Cari Barcas
@caribarcas.bsky.social
Communications director at @Stand.earth. Environmental advocate. Climate communicator. Recovering journalist. Practicing hope as a discipline. Born in CIN, raised in CHI, home in AVL.
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Last Sunday, Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio AKA Bad Bunny put his motherland Puerto Rico center stage during his Super Bowl halftime show – highlighting the island’s historic struggles with power blackouts and colonization, both old and new.
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Last Sunday, Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio AKA Bad Bunny put his motherland Puerto Rico center stage during his Super Bowl halftime show – highlighting the island’s historic struggles with power blackouts and colonization, both old and new.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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The partisans of the "center left" (aka the courtiers of Abundance) won't tell you this, or even try to account for it, but:
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
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Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
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February 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
The partisans of the "center left" (aka the courtiers of Abundance) won't tell you this, or even try to account for it, but:
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
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Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
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It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 AM
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
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I was there, too, and recorded this as people left the scene.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I was there, too, and recorded this as people left the scene.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
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Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
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‼️ATTN: U.S. residents ‼️Happening TOMORROW!
Follow the leadership of folks in Minnesota resisting ICE and join the #NationalShutdown– find out more at nationalshutdown.org.
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #NoKings
Follow the leadership of folks in Minnesota resisting ICE and join the #NationalShutdown– find out more at nationalshutdown.org.
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #NoKings
January 29, 2026 at 4:54 PM
‼️ATTN: U.S. residents ‼️Happening TOMORROW!
Follow the leadership of folks in Minnesota resisting ICE and join the #NationalShutdown– find out more at nationalshutdown.org.
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #NoKings
Follow the leadership of folks in Minnesota resisting ICE and join the #NationalShutdown– find out more at nationalshutdown.org.
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #NoKings
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Hope is best expressed through action.
📹 Watch this video to hear from some of our campaigners on what they’re most looking forward to in 2026, as we continue to hold corporations and governments accountable and help build a climate-safe future that benefits our planet and all of its people.
📹 Watch this video to hear from some of our campaigners on what they’re most looking forward to in 2026, as we continue to hold corporations and governments accountable and help build a climate-safe future that benefits our planet and all of its people.
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Hope is best expressed through action.
📹 Watch this video to hear from some of our campaigners on what they’re most looking forward to in 2026, as we continue to hold corporations and governments accountable and help build a climate-safe future that benefits our planet and all of its people.
📹 Watch this video to hear from some of our campaigners on what they’re most looking forward to in 2026, as we continue to hold corporations and governments accountable and help build a climate-safe future that benefits our planet and all of its people.
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@microsoft.com’s new plan to convince communities to welcome data centers includes groundbreaking new ideas like *checks notes* paying its taxes and electric bills. 🥴 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
@microsoft.com’s new plan to convince communities to welcome data centers includes groundbreaking new ideas like *checks notes* paying its taxes and electric bills. 🥴 🧵
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🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
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Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
January 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
Asheville turned out tonight to protest ICE and remember Renee Nicole Good.
January 8, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Asheville turned out tonight to protest ICE and remember Renee Nicole Good.
I love how “wide-ranging interview” has become a pervasive euphemism for “completely unhinged rant” in the mainstream media now.
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I love how “wide-ranging interview” has become a pervasive euphemism for “completely unhinged rant” in the mainstream media now.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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From corporate polluters to people power wins, here’s some climate news you might have missed.
From all of us at Stand.earth: Thank you for standing with us in holding corporations and governments accountable for their impact on the people and places we love.
From all of us at Stand.earth: Thank you for standing with us in holding corporations and governments accountable for their impact on the people and places we love.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
From corporate polluters to people power wins, here’s some climate news you might have missed.
From all of us at Stand.earth: Thank you for standing with us in holding corporations and governments accountable for their impact on the people and places we love.
From all of us at Stand.earth: Thank you for standing with us in holding corporations and governments accountable for their impact on the people and places we love.
Happy Election Day! May all of us working in comms, politics, and advocacy take a lesson from the master class that the Mamdani campaign has delivered in how to seemingly effortlessly blend pride in our communities with care for our neighbors, and joy in the process.
watching the Mamdani campaign from afar during the primary, so many things were impressive, among them the incredible work his online video team was doing to spread the message in fun, creative, educational, invigorating ways that spoke to people
this is my story about how they did it
this is my story about how they did it
Selling Zohran | Defector
On a cool Sunday in November, a few days after Donald Trump’s re-election, Zohran Mamdani stood on a street corner in Jamaica, Queens, holding up a hastily drawn cardboard sign that read “DID YOU VOTE...
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Happy Election Day! May all of us working in comms, politics, and advocacy take a lesson from the master class that the Mamdani campaign has delivered in how to seemingly effortlessly blend pride in our communities with care for our neighbors, and joy in the process.
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Fossil-fueled #HurricaneMelissa devastated Caribbean communities this week, with over 50 deaths reported in Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.
Please donate and support these relief efforts and follow caribbiznetwork on Instagram for more information on trusted organizations to support.
Please donate and support these relief efforts and follow caribbiznetwork on Instagram for more information on trusted organizations to support.
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fossil-fueled #HurricaneMelissa devastated Caribbean communities this week, with over 50 deaths reported in Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.
Please donate and support these relief efforts and follow caribbiznetwork on Instagram for more information on trusted organizations to support.
Please donate and support these relief efforts and follow caribbiznetwork on Instagram for more information on trusted organizations to support.
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🌿Deep in the Amazon, uncontacted Indigenous Peoples live in voluntary isolation. There are more than 60 groups of isolated Indigenous Peoples living in the Amazon basin, and 90% are located in Brazil and Peru. 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
🌿Deep in the Amazon, uncontacted Indigenous Peoples live in voluntary isolation. There are more than 60 groups of isolated Indigenous Peoples living in the Amazon basin, and 90% are located in Brazil and Peru. 🧵
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AI companies’ race to the top is an environmental race to the bottom.
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
Why is AI Everywhere?
YouTube video by Stand.earth
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October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
AI companies’ race to the top is an environmental race to the bottom.
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
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📣 SAY IT LOUD FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 📣
"Mikaela Loach, a Jamaican British climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says fossil fuel companies are to blame." 👏
Time to name unnatural disasters for those responsible: Big Oil & Gas.
#MakePollutersPay
"Mikaela Loach, a Jamaican British climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says fossil fuel companies are to blame." 👏
Time to name unnatural disasters for those responsible: Big Oil & Gas.
#MakePollutersPay
Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Executives, Climate Activist Says
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history.
truthout.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
📣 SAY IT LOUD FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 📣
"Mikaela Loach, a Jamaican British climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says fossil fuel companies are to blame." 👏
Time to name unnatural disasters for those responsible: Big Oil & Gas.
#MakePollutersPay
"Mikaela Loach, a Jamaican British climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says fossil fuel companies are to blame." 👏
Time to name unnatural disasters for those responsible: Big Oil & Gas.
#MakePollutersPay
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After bringing a wake of devastation to Jamaica, #HurricaneMelissa is now making landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm.
We know who's responsible: Big Oil and Gas execs who have known and lied for decades about the impact of fossil fuels supercharging climate chaos like this unnatural disaster. 😡
We know who's responsible: Big Oil and Gas execs who have known and lied for decades about the impact of fossil fuels supercharging climate chaos like this unnatural disaster. 😡
How climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa's ferocity
The warming of the world's oceans caused by climate change helped double Hurricane Melissa's wind speed in less than 24 hours over the weekend, climate scientists said Monday.
www.pbs.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
After bringing a wake of devastation to Jamaica, #HurricaneMelissa is now making landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm.
We know who's responsible: Big Oil and Gas execs who have known and lied for decades about the impact of fossil fuels supercharging climate chaos like this unnatural disaster. 😡
We know who's responsible: Big Oil and Gas execs who have known and lied for decades about the impact of fossil fuels supercharging climate chaos like this unnatural disaster. 😡
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"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
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Imagine selling off iconic landscapes like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite’s Half Dome to the highest bidder. Pretty crazy, right? That’s what’s happening in the Arctic.
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
Trump administration finalizes plan to open pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling
The Trump administration has finalized a plan to open the coastal plain of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling, renewing long-simmering debate over whether to drill in one...
www.npr.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Imagine selling off iconic landscapes like the Grand Canyon or Yosemite’s Half Dome to the highest bidder. Pretty crazy, right? That’s what’s happening in the Arctic.
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
Last week, the Trump regime finalized its plan to sell off 16 million acres of public lands in the Arctic to oil and gas. 💔
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The unusually warm ocean temperatures that boosted Hurricane Melissa's intensity were made at least 600 TIMES more likely due to fossil-fueled climate change.
Yes, you read that right: **600 TIMES**
#ThisIsClimateChange
Yes, you read that right: **600 TIMES**
#ThisIsClimateChange
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The unusually warm ocean temperatures that boosted Hurricane Melissa's intensity were made at least 600 TIMES more likely due to fossil-fueled climate change.
Yes, you read that right: **600 TIMES**
#ThisIsClimateChange
Yes, you read that right: **600 TIMES**
#ThisIsClimateChange