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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d

Hmm. With solar energy, the big explosions take place 93 million miles away

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, folks, please check out the new Drawdown Explorer.

It’s the world’s leading resource for science-backed climate solutions. And now it provides the most up-to-date, localized, actionable intelligence to help scale these solutions out in the world.

Drawdown.org/explorer

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 9d

desperately wish I had had this article to read and reference 10 or so years ago, but glad to have it now

Iris Meredith @iris-meredith.bsky.social · 9d

Today's article is about a form of bad-faith speech somewhat akin to bullshit, which I'm calling (because why not) wank. I don't quite think I've focused the ideas down as much as I can, but I think it says some interesting things regardless:

An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech

This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...

deadsimpletech.com

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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 9d

Get a heat pump, get a job installing insulation or selling EVs, go to local council meetings in support of bike lanes or solar parks or dense housing near public transport. Run for political office, or at least vote. Recommend flight-free holiday destinations to others. (Delete as applicable).

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

no jury would convict you

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

don't give the subway dance guys any ideas please

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

i just want the subway to work, kendra

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

everybody gets to choose one climate solution they're allowed to hate as long as they 100% support policy and infrastructure to implement it. I loathe biking (because I take it personally when people try to kill me) but bring on the protected lanes and secure bike parking

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 9d

My takeaways are:

1. More people should be looking at this from @projectdrawdown.bsky.social: drawdown.org/explorer

2. More people should be getting around by bike

3. NYC is the greatest city in the world

Drawdown® Explorer

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

drawdown.org

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

this was probably a silly thing to say on bluesky, of all places

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

people can discourse about anything they want, I'm just asking for a little electrification and infill housing

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

big fan of shallow ecology, personally

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

may we all learn the lessons of LOTR (sometimes you just need to take time for 3 pages of boring poetry about people you don't know)

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

Anyway, that, tinker tailor soldier spy, white teeth, and cold comfort farm

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

I cannot believe how few people have said lord of the rings, isn’t bluesky supposed to be for nerds??

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14d

“Everyone should read it”: Nature reviews Human Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fighting climate change takes more than data — it needs wonder, love and hope

An informative and highly accessible book discusses climate change, its impacts and challenges to mitigating global warming through a compelling personal account.

www.nature.com

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14d

Reviewer 2 will probably hate it though

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Benjamin Cook @dustybowl.bsky.social · 14d

Anyone know if ERA5 assimilates any satellite soil moisture observations? Finding some conflicting information online.

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14d

“Everyone should read it”: Nature reviews Human Nature
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Fighting climate change takes more than data — it needs wonder, love and hope

An informative and highly accessible book discusses climate change, its impacts and challenges to mitigating global warming through a compelling personal account.

www.nature.com

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Climate.us @climate.us · 14d

🚨 NCA5 is now LIVE! 🚨

They took it down, but we've brought it back at: nca5.climate.us

Bookmark. 👏 this. 👏 page. 👏

This is just our first step in restoring trusted science information that Americans need to understand what's happening with the climate.

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 15d

The Drawdown Explorer has launched! Get ready to:
build with it, invest with it, plan with it, lead with it!

And help us spread the word! ⬇️

#drawdownexplorer #climatesolutions #projectdrawdown

drawdown.org/explorer

Drawdown® Explorer

We know what we need to do: stop climate change as quickly as possible. Now, with the Drawdown Explorer, we know how to do it.

drawdown.org

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 21d

Are you coming to climate week nyc? Of course you are. Stop by the Nest climate campus at the Javits, I’m the keynote speaker (?!?) 9am Tuesday
www.thenestclimatecampus.com/2025-speakers

The Nest Climate Campus | 2025 Main Stage Speakers

Meet The Nest Climate Campus 2025 thought-leaders, who will be sharing climate action solutions this September 23-25 during Climate Week NYC.

www.thenestclimatecampus.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 23d

Co-author @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social celebrates the launch of "Somebody Should Do Something" at Greenlight Bookstore in NY this Wed., Sept. 17th! Join him and @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for a discussion on the power of individual choices. Link for details: greenlightbookstore.com/event/2025-0...

Promotional image of "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change" by Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly.

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Hannah Ritchie @hannahritchie.bsky.social · 26d

This is an excerpt from Kate's new book, which is just out in the UK.

I've been inspired by Kate's work for a long time, so I'm super-excited to read it. I bet a lot of you will enjoy it too!

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 27d

Humans: sometimes bad, sometimes good, capable of great. Me, in today’s @theguardian.com Long Read
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster

www.theguardian.com

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 26d

or, in British English, a "bouk" scribepublications.com.au/books/human-...

Human Nature by Kate Marvel | Book

A captivating exploration of climate change that uses nine different emotions to better understand the science, history, and future of our evolving...

scribepublications.com.au

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