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Reposted by: Duncan McLaren, Andrew K. Jorgenson, Jean‐Frédéric Morin , and 7 more

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Cover of new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment from Oxford University Press. Shows cows, smokestacks, jets, oil refineries, cell phones and a man in a suit talking to an audience
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by Duncan McLaren

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Thanks for highlighting the source. Nature should be ashamed to publish this hype-ridden excuse for analysis. The first test of any evaluation of AI is if it defines what it includes in that term. This fails…

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This is a really good @desmog.com post on this topic btw, featuring a bunch of friendly norwegian fossil fuel people

www.desmog.com/2025/08/13/c...
Can AI Slash Pollution? Fossil Fuel Industry Is Investing in Boosting Oil Production, Profits Instead
DeSmog reveals that Big Oil says they’re using AI to produce more fossil fuels, while utilities are exploring how “AI agents” could take over key power grid functions.
www.desmog.com
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by Duncan McLaren

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Strong analysis, but still hoping that impacts will stimulate action. Unfortunately everything so far suggests that growing impacts exacerbate denial to the point that systems are too broken to take action… we need a narrative of social and ecological repair www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gives 300th climate speech on the US Senate floor
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by Duncan McLaren — Reposted by: Duncan McLaren

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If you’re worried that the world is sliding into solar geoengineering… you might want to read my new article, critiquing the loose use of “risk-risk” claims about climate intervention (#geoengineering). Brief summary and full article link here www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-f...
From Frying Pan to Fire: wrestling with the risks of solar geoengineering
Ideas of solar geoengineering are getting a lot of attention these days. Moves to ban the technology based on conspiracy theories about existing deployment have proliferated across the USA.
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by Julian Agyeman — Reposted by: Duncan McLaren

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Abstracted notions of equality, diversity and inclusion are almost entirely absent in plans developed by deprived communities which are more likely to focus on tangible issues of local importance such as access to affordable housing, health and service provision. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Towards everyday conceptions of justice in community-led planning
This paper draws upon a novel analytical framework to review a sample of community-led plans produced across the four nations of the United Kingdom. It explores how communities interpret issues of ...
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theguardian.com
Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong | Rebecca Willis
Politicians are retreating from net zero because they think the public doesn’t care. But they’re wrong | Rebecca Willis
Our research shows people are strongly in favour of measures to tackle the climate crisis. They just need to be listened to, says professor of energy and climate governance Rebecca Willis
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Oh look, tech company emissions are already up 150%, and the AI data center build out has just gotten started.
15:37 Energy Monitor •ll 5G 4 News Tech giants' carbon emissions up 150% with Al growth Companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta have experienced a surge in their global indirect emissions. June 9, 2025 Share
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AI doesn’t help you work less or get paid more, but does destroy the environment and climate.
Study looking at AI chatbots in 7,000 workplaces finds 'no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation'
Despite AI’s promise to revolutionize white-collar work, most workers are using it sparingly—or hiding it from their boss.
fortune.com
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by Duncan McLaren

duncanmclaren.bsky.social
Revealed preference WITHIN a system predicated on growing consumption, that is, amongst those lacking agency to change the system…
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by Duncan McLaren

duncanmclaren.bsky.social
I don’t know whether this says more about ordinary Brits or about YouGov. Interesting results but poorly selected and framed questions…
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · May 19
What geoengineering might Britons support to counter climate change?

Planting forests: 92%
Painting roads and roofs light colours: 62%
Adding carbon-capturing nutrients to the ocean: 43%
Making clouds whiter: 31%
Dimming the sun: 18%
Adding gases into stratosphere: 16%

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by Duncan McLaren

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A thoughtful analysis of the dangerous ideology behind the #geoengineering advocates of Silver Lining. cleantechnica.com/2025/05/18/s...
SilverLining’s Geoengineering Techno-Optimism Is Distracting From Real Climate Solutions - CleanTechnica
SilverLining's geoengineering advocacy reflects ecomodernist techno-optimism, diverting attention from urgent, proven climate solutions like wind and solar.
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yougov.co.uk
What geoengineering might Britons support to counter climate change?

Planting forests: 92%
Painting roads and roofs light colours: 62%
Adding carbon-capturing nutrients to the ocean: 43%
Making clouds whiter: 31%
Dimming the sun: 18%
Adding gases into stratosphere: 16%

yougov.co.uk/health/artic...
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by Duncan McLaren

duncanmclaren.bsky.social
I thought that was the mainstream, conventional interpretation not an “interesting take” …
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Having said that, funding CDR development through offsets is a fool’s errand, resulting directly in mitigation deterrence, and sustaining counterproductive market ideologies in climate policy.

by Duncan McLaren

duncanmclaren.bsky.social
Not quite. Removal offsets could exist only for genuinely impossible to abate emissions. At the same time, taking net-zero seriously, with all possible-to-abate emissions eliminated, there could be no avoidance offsets (as no one would have further cuts they could make to generate credits).
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by Duncan McLaren

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With Kevin Surprise, @jenniecstephens.bsky.social, @inamoller.bsky.social, JP Sapinsky and @doreenstabinsky.bsky.social I warned about such profit oriented geoengineering recently ...
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Profit-seeking solar geoengineering exemplifies broader risks of market-based climate governance
Despite uncertainties about its feasibility and desirability, start-up companies seeking to profit from solar geoengineering have begun to emerge. One…
www.sciencedirect.com
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by Duncan McLaren

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Worth the read: A well researched piece from Undark on Stardust Solutions and their secretive approach to promoting #solargeoengineering undark.org/2025/03/17/s...
How One Company Wants to Make Geoengineering Profitable
Stardust, an Israeli-U.S. startup, intends to patent its unique technology for temporarily cooling the planet.
undark.org
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404media.co
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off

The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
TSA Says Its Credit Cards for Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Are Cut Off
The statement follows an alleged internal email which said requests for dog food and vet visits had been put on hold.
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by Duncan McLaren

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“There is extreme danger in launching such field trials into an environment with neither national nor international governance in place.” But well governed research into geoengineering risks would be wise. The key question is why so many SRM advocates resist effective governance for research?
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Leon Simons @leonsimons.bsky.social · Mar 12
You can't make this up:

The same person that has been actively keeping the public ignorant about the aerosol termination shock that we are currently experiencing, uses fear for a hypothetical future termination shock to discourage research in climate tipping point prevention..

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You can't make this up:

The same person that has been actively keeping the public ignorant about the aerosol termination shock that we are currently experiencing, uses fear for a hypothetical future termination shock to discourage research in climate tipping point prevention..
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by Duncan McLaren

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Cities@Tufts and Shareable have put my recent talk on City CDR online - with a cute infographic version too ... www.shareable.net/cities_tufts...

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Our latest @CitiesAtTufts episode is here!

Listen to "From City to Sink: Urban Carbon Removal as Promise and Practice with Duncan McLaren @duncanmclaren.bsky.social at the link below or where you get your podcasts.

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Illustration @jessemilner76
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davidho.bsky.social
The Trump administration's termination of probationary federal employees has devastated the Department of Energy’s Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) team. These terminations add to the uncertainty surrounding the $3.5 billion Direct Air Capture (DAC) hubs program.
Trump Hollowed Out the Government’s Carbon Removal Team
Widespread federal layoffs bring even more uncertainty to the DAC hubs program.
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One to post where MAGA can see it:
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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by: Duncan McLaren, Caroline Levine

marisakabas.bsky.social
Wow—Trump is firing and banning all trans people from the military, per DoD memo.

“Military service by members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service.”

Part of memo:
ATTACHMENT Service Members and Applicants for Military Service who Have a Current Diagnosis or History of, or Exhibit Symptoms Consistent with, Gender Dysphoria 1. Policy. It is DoD policy that: a. Service in the Military Services is open to all persons who can meet the high standards for military service and readiness without special accommodations. b. It is the policy of the United States Government to establish high standards for Service 1s inconsistent with the medical is inconsistinest the medical, surgi, al, and mental he, un constraints on individuals wiplicy gender dysphoria or who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria. c. Military service by Service members and applicants for military service who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria is incompatible with military service. Service by these individuals is not in the best interests of the Military Services and is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security. d. Individuals who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria are no longer eligible for military service, except as set forth in sections 4.1.c. and 4.3.c. of this attachment. e. Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service in accordance with section 4.4. of this attachment. Characterization of service under these procedures will be honorable except where the Service member's record otherwise warrants a lower characterization. f. The Department only recognizes two sexes: male and female. An individual's sex is immutable, unchanging during a person's life. All Service members will only serve in accordance with their sex, defined in Executive Order 14168, "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to i. Absent extraordinary operational necessity, the Military Services will not allow male Service members to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for females, nor allow female Service members to use or share sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated for males. j. No funds from the Department of Defense will be used to pay for Service members' unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with facilitating sex reassignment surgery, genital reconstruction surgery as treatment for gender dysphoria, or newly initiated cross-sex hormone therapy. k. Consistent with existing law and Department policy, commanders shall protect the privacy of protected health information they receive under this policy in the same manner as they would with any other protected health information. Such health information shall be restricted to personnel with a specific need to know; that is, access to information must be necessary for the conduct of official duties. Personnel shall also be accountable for safeguarding this health information consistent with existing law and Departmental policy. 2. Applicability. This policy guidance applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other organizational entities within the DoD.
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When I wrote in a novel, some years ago, ‘We live in the light that comes to us’ that carried within it, for me, the idea that sometimes there is very little, sometimes there is mostly darkness.

It is still our time, we do what we can.
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Nothing about kids dying from measles is normal. Anti-vaxxers like RFK Jr. and the Republicans who enable them are responsible for every single one of these deaths.
RFK JR on Measles Outbreaks: It is not unusual. There are measles outbreaks every year.
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"Our streets are now more safe. There has been a 51% decrease in injuries and a 55% decrease in crashes in the congestion relief zone compared to the same period in January 2024."
Congestion pricing makes NYC safer
Just more than a month ago, crossing the chaotic streets of Manhattan with my daughter meant taking a chance with her life, especially as she’s a toddler who would rather run free. We live in the g…
www.nydailynews.com
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resistokatt.bsky.social
There's going to be news about a woman illegally detained and being forcely removed from a Coeur d'Alene Idaho Town Hall meeting taking place at the high school by men that would not identify themselves wearing plain clothes because she opposed the republican viewpoints.
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KCRCC Town Hall in Coeur d'Alene Idaho woman illegally detained
YouTube video by Devin Prewett
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