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John Pratt
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Retired Navy/Airforce Climate activist.

Favourite Podcasts: The Great Simplification By Nate Hagens and Planet Critical by Rachel Donald
Planetary Health Check 2024 youtu.be/iXVSRURMqWM?...
Planetary Health Check Launch 2024
YouTube video by Planetary Guardians
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May 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
@mattbevan.bsky.social hi Matt any idea why this is getting no media coverage?

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Planetary Health Check Launch 2024
YouTube video by Planetary Guardians
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May 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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On the topic of Earth Grief, re-posting my 2022 essay on the topic. I'm still intensely sad, but I'm getting into a lot more trouble than I did back then, and that's a good distraction.

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Beyond Grief: There's a Sadness Deep Inside of Me
I am experiencing intense sadness. The source of this sadness is my awareness of all things climate change & collapse. But, I am absolutely not depressed. There's not one descriptive item that comes c...
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December 13, 2024 at 8:51 PM
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Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election reneweconomy.com.au/... #repost
Renewables superpower or climate coward? Albanese needs to make a choice before election
Latest Superpower Institute report outlines a near trillion-dollar green export opportunity, but it needs ambition and it is not clear Albanese will provide it.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 20, 2024 at 11:00 PM
November 17, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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The CDC reports that the United States' first known case of a more severe strain of mpox has been discovered in California.
United States’ first known case of more severe strain of mpox confirmed in California | CNN
The United States’ first known case of a more severe strain of mpox was confirmed in California, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. The risk of clade I mpox to the public...
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November 16, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky!

18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️
November 16, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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What question would you ask if you were present at COP28? Here's 20 great suggestions from Nate Hagens you should really reflect upon.

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COP28 and the Smoke Under the Door | Frankly #50
In this week’s Frankly, we join Nate in a fascinating thought experiment imagining participants in this week’s COP 28 in Dubai are liberated from the usual s...
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December 9, 2023 at 8:32 AM
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I did not want this horror in the country to happen in my time as an elder but it has…I was waiting for this video by Nate Hagens and as usual he has made the path clear…you too may take inspiration from his words

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The Battles of Our Time | Frankly 76
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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November 15, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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An absolute must-see episode of Nate Hagens 'The Great Simplification' - meeting Roman Krznaric on what we can learn from the past to preserve a safer, secure, and sustainable future
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Uncovering Future Possibilities from Humanity's Past with Roman Krznaric | TGS 142
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
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September 26, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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Are you aware of Nate Hagens and the folks he interviews on such topics around making EVs, batteries, and 'Mineral Energy'? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5stP... is one interview, also the interview with Olivia Lazard specific to minerals and conflict: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNkz...
Electric Vehicles: Arthur Berman, Pedro Prieto, & Simon Michaux | Reality Roundtable #1
On this inaugural episode of Reality Roundtable, Nate is joined by Art Berman, Simon Michaux, and Pedro Prieto to discuss the viability of scaling electric vehicles and what role they could play in the future. Electric vehicles have become increasingly more popular in recent years, and in tandem more polarizing and controversial. Art, Simon, Pedro, and Nate join together for a multi-faceted conversation jam packed with expertise and insight about the reality of EVs. Are plans for dramatically increasing the production of electric vehicles as a replacement for internal combustion vehicles materially, economically, or even infrastructurally possible? Are current EV initiatives taking a science-based systems approach towards this massive economic, environmental, and cultural shift or are they rooted in energy blindness? About Arthur Berman: Arthur E. Berman is a petroleum geologist with 36 years of oil and gas industry experience. He is an expert on U.S. shale plays and is currently consulting for several E&P companies and capital groups in the energy sector. About Pedro Prieto: Pedro is the vice president of the Asociación para el Estudio de los Recursos Energéticos (AEREN). AEREN is an open space for debate and communications on energy issues and their role in demography, development, economy and ecology. Pedro was a member of the board at ASPO International with AEREN representing ASPO in Spain. Since 2004, Pedro has led several solar photovoltaic projects in Spain, a leading world country in solar PV penetration. Pedro co-authored Spain's Photovoltaic Revolution. The Energy Return on Investment, that challenged the conventional energy boundaries considered up to the moment for calculations. About Simon Michaux: Dr. Simon Michaux is an Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland. He has a PhD in mining engineering. Dr. Michaux’s long-term work is on societal transformation toward a circular economy. For Show Notes and More visit: https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/episode/rr01-berman-michaux-prieto #natehagens #thegreatsimplification #electricvehicle
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May 23, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Very worthwhile checking out Nate Hagens... So many different perspectives.
January 15, 2024 at 2:05 AM
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South America Is Drying Up
In August and September, huge portions of South America were shrouded in intense smoke from wildfires raging in the Amazon and other parts of Brazil and Bolivia, as #GlobalWarming increases both drought and flooding problems.
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South America Is Drying Up - Eos
A new study shows that dry, warm, and flammable conditions have skyrocketed across the continent, favoring the spread of uncontrolled fire.
eos.org
November 15, 2024 at 2:50 PM
November 15, 2024 at 3:22 AM
November 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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WTF with @emorwee.bsky.social

What a Trump Presidency means for climate action – with added humour because if you're not laughing you're crying amirite.

Listen to the full episode now: www.planetcritical.com/p/wtf-emily-...
November 7, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Ah I see @racheldonald.bsky.social is on here too -- thanks again!
November 13, 2024 at 5:10 PM
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20 MONTHS!

Global Sea Surface Temperatures have now been running above pre-2023 record highs for 20 months!

It's even worse than the crazy Super El Niño extrapolation I made when temperatures were already very high, up to June 10, 2023:
November 14, 2024 at 4:03 PM