Jeff Spakowski
@jeffspakowski.bsky.social
Born at 319.65 ppm, so angry it's already going past 419.44 ppm today Nov 13, 2024.
Also on IG: https://instagram.com/jfspakowski/
Would rather be reading. An actual book. Always from an independent bookstore or my library.
Also on IG: https://instagram.com/jfspakowski/
Would rather be reading. An actual book. Always from an independent bookstore or my library.
New standup clip. Classic Nato joke. Just a jewish guy brainstorming nonviolent resistance.
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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YESSSS to this from @jbwinters.bsky.social for @grist.org. The consensus requirement at COP (and the IPCC for that matter) makes obstruction and the watering down of commitments an inevitability. grist.org/cop30/un-cli...
UN climate talks are built on consensus. That's part of the problem.
At COP, the requirement that countries find consensus before taking action has stalled climate progress for decades. Experts say there's a better way.
grist.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
YESSSS to this from @jbwinters.bsky.social for @grist.org. The consensus requirement at COP (and the IPCC for that matter) makes obstruction and the watering down of commitments an inevitability. grist.org/cop30/un-cli...
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As #COP30 gets underway in Belem, a new report shows that four countries—Australia, Canada, Norway and the U.S.—have collectively *increased* oil and gas production 40% since the Paris Agreement was signed 10 years ago @rishpardikar.bsky.social writes: drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As #COP30 gets underway in Belem, a new report shows that four countries—Australia, Canada, Norway and the U.S.—have collectively *increased* oil and gas production 40% since the Paris Agreement was signed 10 years ago @rishpardikar.bsky.social writes: drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
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Two good newsletters from @billmckibben.bsky.social...first, Australia has so much solar power that it will require utilities to give people three hours of free electricity every day: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect...
Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
billmckibben.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Two good newsletters from @billmckibben.bsky.social...first, Australia has so much solar power that it will require utilities to give people three hours of free electricity every day: billmckibben.substack.com/p/free-elect...
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Not to be negative but this is apocalyptic
Ahead of midterms, climate policy has become a wedge issue splitting Democrats. After last week's electoral victories, some Democrats will only talk about expanding clean energy through lens of affordability. Others believe talking about climate change will win voters. www.eenews.net/articles/ret...
Retreat or recast? Democrats debate future of climate politics.
Democratic election wins last week reignited arguments on how — or if — candidates should discuss climate change on the campaign trail.
www.eenews.net
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Not to be negative but this is apocalyptic
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new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
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How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
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So I see the “DEI killed environmentalism” trains are running www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So I see the “DEI killed environmentalism” trains are running www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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I know I've said this before, but from advertorials to false equivalence the media really needs to own up to its role in warping the climate issue. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I know I've said this before, but from advertorials to false equivalence the media really needs to own up to its role in warping the climate issue. www.thenation.com/article/envi...
Politicians (with very few exceptions) despise accountability.
New British anti-protest bill just dropped
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Politicians (with very few exceptions) despise accountability.
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Literally every single day. My hatred of AI deepens by the minute.
(I’d argue it’s irrational not to do so.)
(I’d argue it’s irrational not to do so.)
Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Literally every single day. My hatred of AI deepens by the minute.
(I’d argue it’s irrational not to do so.)
(I’d argue it’s irrational not to do so.)
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Great coverage from @emorwee.bsky.social of the first entire unit to be let go at CBS News under new management: the climate team 🙃 heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Great coverage from @emorwee.bsky.social of the first entire unit to be let go at CBS News under new management: the climate team 🙃 heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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Wind power is the best
This is for Trump.
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A recent study reveals that energy costs in Britain has been reduced by 104 billon pounds the last 15 years because of wind power.
The Biden administration knew this and introduced the IRA which Trump rolled back to make Americans pay more.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Wind power is the best
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Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
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A Trump Target List of Environmental Organizations
Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at the end. Please consider a paid subscription so I can keep up my independent reporting.
C...
alleenbrown.ghost.io
October 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Trump keeps turning to the right-wing Capital Research Center for nonprofits to attack. These are the environmental organizations in its crosshairs.
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
alleenbrown.ghost.io/a-trump-targ... for my newsletter Eco Files. Subscribe!
Their alleged violation? Supporting civil disobedience. 1/
alleenbrown.ghost.io/a-trump-targ... for my newsletter Eco Files. Subscribe!
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when we did the most *conservative* accounting of this (using advertising data, because of course they're also not transparent about it), the NYT alone had taken in $20 million from oil and gas companies in just THREE years. it's absolutely wild drilled.media/news/drilled...
Reuters, New York Times Top List of Fossil Fuel Industry’s Favorite Media Partners
Taking a hard look at the media industry’s relationship with the fossil fuel industry.
drilled.media
October 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
when we did the most *conservative* accounting of this (using advertising data, because of course they're also not transparent about it), the NYT alone had taken in $20 million from oil and gas companies in just THREE years. it's absolutely wild drilled.media/news/drilled...
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Exxon suing to retain its 1st Amendment free speech rights to do business in California without disclosing its greenhouse gas emissions. www.latimes.com/california/s... via @susrust.bsky.social
Exxon sues California over new laws requiring corporate climate disclosures
ExxonMobil has filed suit in federal court challenging two California laws that would require the oil giant to report the greenhouse emissions resulting from the use of its products globally.
www.latimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Exxon suing to retain its 1st Amendment free speech rights to do business in California without disclosing its greenhouse gas emissions. www.latimes.com/california/s... via @susrust.bsky.social
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can someone please just run this as an ad?
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
can someone please just run this as an ad?
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One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story
Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
One of the many things @ninalakhani.bsky.social does so well is show the very real, very now cost of climate change at the most human level. This story is devastatingly good: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Helpful to have a self-produced list of which Rabbis are total fucking racists
it's wild to me that we have a letter from 850+ rabbis denouncing zohran mamdani for things he never said and positions he never took while no such letter has been written condemning stephen miller for claiming to "defend jewish values" while being an utter fucking nazi and dismantling our democracy
it’s funny how the attacks levied last night against zohran mamdani by andrew cuomo more accurately describe stephen miller — totally inexperienced, deeply ideological, surrounded by antisemites, speaks like he’s talking exclusively to the internet, will bring about a policy nightmare, etc.
October 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Helpful to have a self-produced list of which Rabbis are total fucking racists
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Every COP there’s a big wave of climate disinformation, but this is the first year that countering it is actually on the agenda. Excited to moderate this @caadcoalition.bsky.social webinar next week about what we’re likely to see. Join us! luma.com/wnbweecl
Pre-COP30 Disinformation Roundtable · Zoom · Luma
2025 has been a big year for climate disinformation, and more importantly, for our efforts to stop those who are stopping policymakers from stopping climate…
luma.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Every COP there’s a big wave of climate disinformation, but this is the first year that countering it is actually on the agenda. Excited to moderate this @caadcoalition.bsky.social webinar next week about what we’re likely to see. Join us! luma.com/wnbweecl
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This is no shade to Chicago but this actually started in LA. They bought out a ton of vendors to keep them home.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is no shade to Chicago but this actually started in LA. They bought out a ton of vendors to keep them home.
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love the brave souls who pontificate and lock their replies 🤣 For the record: no one thinks it's simple; the idea we should all be beholden to fossil fuels because the Industrial Revolution happened is nonsense; if we're to transition--which *is* complicated & expensive--who should pay...citizens?
October 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
love the brave souls who pontificate and lock their replies 🤣 For the record: no one thinks it's simple; the idea we should all be beholden to fossil fuels because the Industrial Revolution happened is nonsense; if we're to transition--which *is* complicated & expensive--who should pay...citizens?
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Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
Knowledge is Worth Your Time
Folks who hang out on Bluesky/Twitter may have caught bits and pieces of the discussions amongst academics about what to do about today's university students...
chanda.bearblog.dev
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Wrote this yesterday chanda.bearblog.dev/knowledge-is...
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There's increasing awareness of the role the animal ag industry plays in climate obstruction, but this new book brings all the peer-reviewed research on the subject together in one place and it's 🤯.
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep7 | How the Animal Ag Industry Obstructs Climate Policy
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There's increasing awareness of the role the animal ag industry plays in climate obstruction, but this new book brings all the peer-reviewed research on the subject together in one place and it's 🤯.
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...