Twilight Greenaway
@twyspy.bsky.social
Journalist/editor focused on climate, agriculture, & the natural world.
The Window https://windowofopportunity.substack.com/ Signal: climatewriter.19
The Window https://windowofopportunity.substack.com/ Signal: climatewriter.19
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Trump takes aim at the people who protect national parks from climate change
After mass firings and rehiring, thousands of federal employees are bracing for deeper cuts — just as wildfires and floods threaten national parks.
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Our national parks have been hit hard by climate change and they're also home to a lot of critical #climate mitigation work. I wrote about what's at stake for these important lands under the Trump Administration for @gristnews.bsky.social
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My weather app says it’s -13 degrees F in Minneapolis right now, but the strike, shutdown, and protests specific to almost every kind of community you can imagine are 🔥🔥🔥
Singing
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
My weather app says it’s -13 degrees F in Minneapolis right now, but the strike, shutdown, and protests specific to almost every kind of community you can imagine are 🔥🔥🔥
"The takes that trouble me come not from the bloodthirsty MAGA types (who do us a service in revealing the clarity of their longing) but from those who would define the center as existing somewhere between Good and her killer."
January 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"The takes that trouble me come not from the bloodthirsty MAGA types (who do us a service in revealing the clarity of their longing) but from those who would define the center as existing somewhere between Good and her killer."
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“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution
Close to two-thirds of the city’s residents commute by bike to school or work every day.
theprogressplaybook.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:13 AM
“When mayors in other cities ask me how #Copenhagen afforded to invest in its cycling networks, I ask them how on earth they have been able to afford highway projects. We invested in bike lanes because that was the cheapest option.”
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
What the world can learn from Copenhagen’s cycling revolution.
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The Trump administration today announced a new government-backed fossil fuel industry mascot.
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Trump administration today announced a new government-backed fossil fuel industry mascot.
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
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The largest share of emissions linked to rich individuals comes not from their yachts or jets, but from the production of their businesses, says Tasnia Hussain. They should be taxed on their investments. @katharinehayhoe.com @taxjustice.net @climatedesk.org www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/19/o...
Want to cut emissions? Young advocate says tax the rich — and what they own
Many are tempted to focus on taxing luxury consumption, but this University of Toronto PhD student says they should aim bigger: rather than just focus on what the rich are consuming, policymakers shou...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The largest share of emissions linked to rich individuals comes not from their yachts or jets, but from the production of their businesses, says Tasnia Hussain. They should be taxed on their investments. @katharinehayhoe.com @taxjustice.net @climatedesk.org www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 18, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
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Minnesota labor unions voiced their support for a statewide economic strike on Jan. 23. Organizers are asking all Minnesotans to not attend school or work and not to shop on Friday to protest the ICE surge in the state.
Video: Eleanor Hildebrandt/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Video: Eleanor Hildebrandt/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Minnesota labor unions voiced their support for a statewide economic strike on Jan. 23. Organizers are asking all Minnesotans to not attend school or work and not to shop on Friday to protest the ICE surge in the state.
Video: Eleanor Hildebrandt/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
Video: Eleanor Hildebrandt/The Minnesota Star Tribune.
The photojournalists at the Minnesota Star Tribune are showing up and doing Pulitzer-level work in this absolutely hellish moment.
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The photojournalists at the Minnesota Star Tribune are showing up and doing Pulitzer-level work in this absolutely hellish moment.
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While countries are making progress at measuring & mitigating methane from fossil fuels, we need to increase our efforts in curbing methane from livestock, rice, & food waste.
@paul-west.bsky.social and I explain in our latest article @projectdrawdown.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/we-...
@paul-west.bsky.social and I explain in our latest article @projectdrawdown.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/we-...
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
While countries are making progress at measuring & mitigating methane from fossil fuels, we need to increase our efforts in curbing methane from livestock, rice, & food waste.
@paul-west.bsky.social and I explain in our latest article @projectdrawdown.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/we-...
@paul-west.bsky.social and I explain in our latest article @projectdrawdown.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/we-...
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Shrinking #coffee harvests effect more than our daily fix
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
The knowledge to save coffee already exists, now it’s in one e-library
Roughly half the world’s arabica coffee-growing regions will become unsuitable for cultivation of the crop by 2050 due to the effects of climate change. The consequences of a shrinking coffee harvest ...
news.mongabay.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Shrinking #coffee harvests effect more than our daily fix
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
Experts & orgs like @projectdrawdown.bsky.social suggest solutions like #agroforestry so @coffeewatch.bsky.social has now created a library of all research ever conducted on it, to help producers grow the finicky plant amid #climatechange:
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
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Minneapolis unions call for General Strike on Jan 23rd against ICE
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 Minneapolis Unions Call for General Strike - Largest Ohio ArcelorMittal Plant Workers on Strike - UPMC Altoona Nurses Win Violence Protection Measures Following Attack
ATU Local 1005, SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, CWA Local 7250, and St. Paul Federation of Educators Local 28 are supporting the call for a general strike and organizers expect the list to grow in...
paydayreport.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Minneapolis unions call for General Strike on Jan 23rd against ICE
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
5 major unions have joined the call so far & the list is expected to grow.
paydayreport.com/5-minneapoli...
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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
The man behind the escalating situation in the Arctic is the heir to a makeup fortune – the global cosmetics brand Estée Lauder.
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
The man behind the escalating situation in the Arctic is the heir to a makeup fortune – the global cosmetics brand Estée Lauder.
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Wealth extraction comes in so many forms but it always benefits the same small group of people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Finally, a note to the many professors in my networks: One other specific, small thing you can do from outside of Minneapolis is reach out to colleagues who are heavily affected (because of their own or their family's risk, or because they're very busy protecting neighbors) and offer a guest lecture
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Finally, a note to the many professors in my networks: One other specific, small thing you can do from outside of Minneapolis is reach out to colleagues who are heavily affected (because of their own or their family's risk, or because they're very busy protecting neighbors) and offer a guest lecture
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If you're a professional editor, writing coach or teacher, or writer, or otherwise experienced with work like this, and want to volunteer -- let me know
If you want to help me connect people, or maybe we organize something collective if there's enough interest, or who knows what -- let me know
If you want to help me connect people, or maybe we organize something collective if there's enough interest, or who knows what -- let me know
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you're a professional editor, writing coach or teacher, or writer, or otherwise experienced with work like this, and want to volunteer -- let me know
If you want to help me connect people, or maybe we organize something collective if there's enough interest, or who knows what -- let me know
If you want to help me connect people, or maybe we organize something collective if there's enough interest, or who knows what -- let me know
New research confirms: we're still pumping too much water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, CA's largest estuary.
But wetlands restoration projects have also been successful in some spots, which is great for some birds and fish.
www.latimes.com/environment/... @ianjames.bsky.social
But wetlands restoration projects have also been successful in some spots, which is great for some birds and fish.
www.latimes.com/environment/... @ianjames.bsky.social
California's Delta waters are in poor ecological health, scientists warn
A new scientific assessment finds California's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta is in poor ecological health, and that a big reason is the amount of water being pumped out.
www.latimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
New research confirms: we're still pumping too much water out of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, CA's largest estuary.
But wetlands restoration projects have also been successful in some spots, which is great for some birds and fish.
www.latimes.com/environment/... @ianjames.bsky.social
But wetlands restoration projects have also been successful in some spots, which is great for some birds and fish.
www.latimes.com/environment/... @ianjames.bsky.social
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America’s greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas had finally started to decline.
Since Trump returned to office, they've risen 2 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Since Trump returned to office, they've risen 2 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 AM
America’s greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas had finally started to decline.
Since Trump returned to office, they've risen 2 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Since Trump returned to office, they've risen 2 percent.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Legislators in New York and Hawaiʻi are considering bills that allow their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies if climate-related disasters cause residents’ property insurance premiums to rise.
Aloha.
Aloha.
States consider suing fossil fuel industry over insurance hikes
New York and Hawaii could expand the legal battlefield and seek to hold companies liable for disasters that cause premiums to rise.
www.eenews.net
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Legislators in New York and Hawaiʻi are considering bills that allow their attorneys general to sue fossil fuel companies if climate-related disasters cause residents’ property insurance premiums to rise.
Aloha.
Aloha.
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MacKenzie Scott continues to rule the billionaire ex-wives club.
She just announced a donation of $45M to The Trevor Project -- a non-profit that serves LGBTQ+ youth:
She just announced a donation of $45M to The Trevor Project -- a non-profit that serves LGBTQ+ youth:
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
MacKenzie Scott continues to rule the billionaire ex-wives club.
She just announced a donation of $45M to The Trevor Project -- a non-profit that serves LGBTQ+ youth:
She just announced a donation of $45M to The Trevor Project -- a non-profit that serves LGBTQ+ youth:
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ANALYSIS: World’s biggest historic polluter by far – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
Historic CO2 1850-2025
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Per capita, the US impact is even more disproportionate
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Per capita, the US impact is even more disproportionate
www.carbonbrief.org/...
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
ANALYSIS: World’s biggest historic polluter by far – the US – is pulling out of UN climate treaty
Historic CO2 1850-2025
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Per capita, the US impact is even more disproportionate
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Historic CO2 1850-2025
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Per capita, the US impact is even more disproportionate
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
November 16, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Camus: Under conditions so desperate, the hard, marvelous task of this century is to create justice in the most unjust of worlds, and to protect freedom from those souls who, out of principle, choose servitude. If we fail, man will return to darkness. But at least we will have fought to find light.
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Trump is meeting with Big Oil executives today to discuss next steps in Venezuela.
Investigative journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social and @emdashsanders.bsky.social discuss whether we should believe Big Oil’s public statements for @levernews.com and ExxonKnews.
Investigative journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social and @emdashsanders.bsky.social discuss whether we should believe Big Oil’s public statements for @levernews.com and ExxonKnews.
January 9, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Trump is meeting with Big Oil executives today to discuss next steps in Venezuela.
Investigative journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social and @emdashsanders.bsky.social discuss whether we should believe Big Oil’s public statements for @levernews.com and ExxonKnews.
Investigative journalist @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social and @emdashsanders.bsky.social discuss whether we should believe Big Oil’s public statements for @levernews.com and ExxonKnews.
Such an important piece of the puzzle.
NEW: Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities
Black community advocates in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.
capitalbnews.org/trump-venezu...
Black community advocates in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.
capitalbnews.org/trump-venezu...
Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities
Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.
capitalbnews.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Such an important piece of the puzzle.