Jeff Goodell
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
Author, NYT bestseller THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST | 2020 Guggenheim Fellow | Contributing Writer, ROLLING STONE
Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about how the death of coal has been hindered by two things: 1) industrial inertia 2) political corruption. I think my thesis holds up, although I wildly underestimated the depth of corruption that has surfaced in Trumpworld.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about how the death of coal has been hindered by two things: 1) industrial inertia 2) political corruption. I think my thesis holds up, although I wildly underestimated the depth of corruption that has surfaced in Trumpworld.
Watched a coal train in Montana this morning. It took forever to rumble by. I haven't seen a train carrying sunshine or wind yet, but will keep looking.
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Watched a coal train in Montana this morning. It took forever to rumble by. I haven't seen a train carrying sunshine or wind yet, but will keep looking.
Brave and blunt talk at UT Civitas Institute by @andrewdessler.com listing some of the Scientific Felonies committed in criminally flawed DOE Climate report while authors of report (Koonin, Christy, McKitrick) look on.
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Brave and blunt talk at UT Civitas Institute by @andrewdessler.com listing some of the Scientific Felonies committed in criminally flawed DOE Climate report while authors of report (Koonin, Christy, McKitrick) look on.
I'm thinking about how upside-down the world feels right now. Then I look out my window and see this.
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I'm thinking about how upside-down the world feels right now. Then I look out my window and see this.
A question worth asking amidst Trump's blustery threat to invade Greenland: How well prepared is the US military to venture into a harsh, icy environment? Ten years ago, US Navy officers admitted to me they were "woefully unprepared" to operate in the Arctic.
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January 18, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A question worth asking amidst Trump's blustery threat to invade Greenland: How well prepared is the US military to venture into a harsh, icy environment? Ten years ago, US Navy officers admitted to me they were "woefully unprepared" to operate in the Arctic.
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Ford CEO Jim Farley in happier, more climate-conscious times (the summer of 2024)
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Ford CEO Jim Farley in happier, more climate-conscious times (the summer of 2024)
Sometimes, the right book arrives at just the right time. Up late last night reading The Criminal State by Lawrence Douglas, coming in April from Princeton University Press.
January 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Sometimes, the right book arrives at just the right time. Up late last night reading The Criminal State by Lawrence Douglas, coming in April from Princeton University Press.
Written by Montana artist Charles Russell to friends in 1926 Xmas card, but all too perfect for America in 2026: "Here's hoping the worst of your trail is behind you."
(from a drawing I saw yesterday at the fantastic new Montana Heritage Center in Helena)
(from a drawing I saw yesterday at the fantastic new Montana Heritage Center in Helena)
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Written by Montana artist Charles Russell to friends in 1926 Xmas card, but all too perfect for America in 2026: "Here's hoping the worst of your trail is behind you."
(from a drawing I saw yesterday at the fantastic new Montana Heritage Center in Helena)
(from a drawing I saw yesterday at the fantastic new Montana Heritage Center in Helena)
First light, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. Feeling grateful for the men and women who fought for our parks and imagined an America bigger than themselves.
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
First light, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. Feeling grateful for the men and women who fought for our parks and imagined an America bigger than themselves.
Once, when I interviewed Jane Goodall, I took my son with me to meet her. She was far more interested in talking to him than talking to me. The way she has her hand on his shoulder in this pic says everything about her. RIP to a great woman, a great scientist, a great human.
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Once, when I interviewed Jane Goodall, I took my son with me to meet her. She was far more interested in talking to him than talking to me. The way she has her hand on his shoulder in this pic says everything about her. RIP to a great woman, a great scientist, a great human.
Wrote this 20 years ago, as a proud member of the chardonnay set (aka the isn't-there-a-better-cheaper-less destructive-way- to-generate-electricity-than-burning-rocks set)
September 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Wrote this 20 years ago, as a proud member of the chardonnay set (aka the isn't-there-a-better-cheaper-less destructive-way- to-generate-electricity-than-burning-rocks set)
What gives me hope? Seeing people reading books on crowded NYC subway
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What gives me hope? Seeing people reading books on crowded NYC subway
As part of a reporting trip to Peru, I went for a long hike yesterday in the Andes and visited some fast-vanishing tropical glaciers. During this Crazy Time, it's so good to leave the keyboard behind and get outside and hear nature tell her own story about what stupid humans are doing to her.
September 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
As part of a reporting trip to Peru, I went for a long hike yesterday in the Andes and visited some fast-vanishing tropical glaciers. During this Crazy Time, it's so good to leave the keyboard behind and get outside and hear nature tell her own story about what stupid humans are doing to her.
How much has been lost? 10 years ago today, I talked w @barackobama.bsky.social in Alaska talking about climate change: "Each time I get a scientific report, I’m aware that we have less time than we thought, that this is happening faster than we thought..."
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September 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How much has been lost? 10 years ago today, I talked w @barackobama.bsky.social in Alaska talking about climate change: "Each time I get a scientific report, I’m aware that we have less time than we thought, that this is happening faster than we thought..."
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Last refuge of government-sponsored climate science in America: atop Cadillac mountain in Acadia National Park.
August 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Last refuge of government-sponsored climate science in America: atop Cadillac mountain in Acadia National Park.
Making a rapid transition to 100% solar today.
July 23, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Making a rapid transition to 100% solar today.
California has still got it (Mt Lassen 5:50 AM, 7.22.25)
July 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
California has still got it (Mt Lassen 5:50 AM, 7.22.25)
In Woody Creek CO today, visited the ghost of a man who knew something about weird times in America
July 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
In Woody Creek CO today, visited the ghost of a man who knew something about weird times in America
Arrived in London and this dude named Darwin keeps staring at me like he has something important to say.
June 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Arrived in London and this dude named Darwin keeps staring at me like he has something important to say.
Escaped the tyranny of the keyboard yesterday and went for a drive and found a mountain. My work-thickened blood turned to wine (h/t John Muir)
May 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Escaped the tyranny of the keyboard yesterday and went for a drive and found a mountain. My work-thickened blood turned to wine (h/t John Muir)
In my continuing amateur effort to capture real-time images of the inspiring beauty of California in these dark times, I give you today’s sunrise over Mt Lassen.
May 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In my continuing amateur effort to capture real-time images of the inspiring beauty of California in these dark times, I give you today’s sunrise over Mt Lassen.
Oh yes, I know, I know. A few miles away in front of the newly-refurbished Hotel del Coronado:
May 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Oh yes, I know, I know. A few miles away in front of the newly-refurbished Hotel del Coronado: