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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Very good thread on climate comms as ever by @thierryaaron.bsky.social
This thread responds to Prof. Christian Dunn’s Telegraph piece on #climate communication.
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
I argue it misdiagnoses public disengagement, underplays escalating scientific risk, & reproduces a media narrative that has actively shaped, not merely reflected, public resistance to climate action 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Very good thread on climate comms as ever by @thierryaaron.bsky.social
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100%!!
A must-read editorial by ace climate journalist @emorwee.bsky.social.
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@who.int
@climate4health.bsky.social
@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@coveringclimatenow.org
A must-read editorial by ace climate journalist @emorwee.bsky.social.
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@who.int
@climate4health.bsky.social
@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@coveringclimatenow.org
It's time to embrace climate conspiracy
Trump’s Venezuela oil play exposes what climate reporting has documented for decades—if we’re willing to say it out loud.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
100%!!
A must-read editorial by ace climate journalist @emorwee.bsky.social.
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@who.int
@climate4health.bsky.social
@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@coveringclimatenow.org
A must-read editorial by ace climate journalist @emorwee.bsky.social.
@mason4c.bsky.social
@docsforclimate.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
@fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social
@who.int
@climate4health.bsky.social
@climatemuseum.bsky.social
@coveringclimatenow.org
Literally every US climate scientist is posting about Trump shutting down the NCAR research lab in Boulder. Perhaps it's an even worse idea than the usual merely-very-bad ideas?
"Science Under Siege -- the NCAR Development" | My new commentary: michaelmann.net/science-unde...
#ScienceUnderSiege
#ScienceUnderSiege
Science Under Siege -- The NCAR development | Michael E. Mann
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has played a key role developing the science of climate modeling and the measurement of climate observations going back […]
michaelmann.net
December 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Literally every US climate scientist is posting about Trump shutting down the NCAR research lab in Boulder. Perhaps it's an even worse idea than the usual merely-very-bad ideas?
Clear-eyed reality check from @doctorvive.bsky.social
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Clear-eyed reality check from @doctorvive.bsky.social
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Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.
First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵
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I’ve written an entire book showing how centrist economists & techno-optimists provide a permission structure for climate propaganda, creating an overlapping false consensus that we can keep using fossil-fuels and still deal w climate change anyway.
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’ve written an entire book showing how centrist economists & techno-optimists provide a permission structure for climate propaganda, creating an overlapping false consensus that we can keep using fossil-fuels and still deal w climate change anyway.
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
Here’s a good example of that dynamic 👇
Great piece on "tactical frivolity" by @shteyngart.bsky.social in NYT: "Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians".
As perfected by Otpor among others.
Humor is the antidote!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
As perfected by Otpor among others.
Humor is the antidote!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Great piece on "tactical frivolity" by @shteyngart.bsky.social in NYT: "Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians".
As perfected by Otpor among others.
Humor is the antidote!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
As perfected by Otpor among others.
Humor is the antidote!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
The fossil fuel industry can only survive by capturing government - and clamping down on people protesting this...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires - Inside Climate News
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
insideclimatenews.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The fossil fuel industry can only survive by capturing government - and clamping down on people protesting this...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
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"If geoengineering works well initially & you see this temperature drop, the tempempation to keep going & extracting fossil fuels will be greater than ever, because it will seem that you have a technologically that can cut off the link between temperature rises & fossil fuel combustion."
Overshoot & Climate Breakdown - Wim Carton & Andreas Malm | #39
YouTube video by Jesse Damiani
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"If geoengineering works well initially & you see this temperature drop, the tempempation to keep going & extracting fossil fuels will be greater than ever, because it will seem that you have a technologically that can cut off the link between temperature rises & fossil fuel combustion."
Comics who took the Saudi dollar facing a richly-deserved backlash.
Not mentioned but also important: Saudi's dastardly role in obstructing climate action for decades...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
Not mentioned but also important: Saudi's dastardly role in obstructing climate action for decades...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival
Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Comics who took the Saudi dollar facing a richly-deserved backlash.
Not mentioned but also important: Saudi's dastardly role in obstructing climate action for decades...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
Not mentioned but also important: Saudi's dastardly role in obstructing climate action for decades...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...
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As the US spirals out of control, let's be clear who the architects of this chaos are. A fossil fuel industry hell-bent on preserving its destructive business.
Yet in the UK, their lobbyists roam the palace of Westminster with privileged access to ministers. At what point will we say enough?
Yet in the UK, their lobbyists roam the palace of Westminster with privileged access to ministers. At what point will we say enough?
August 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
As the US spirals out of control, let's be clear who the architects of this chaos are. A fossil fuel industry hell-bent on preserving its destructive business.
Yet in the UK, their lobbyists roam the palace of Westminster with privileged access to ministers. At what point will we say enough?
Yet in the UK, their lobbyists roam the palace of Westminster with privileged access to ministers. At what point will we say enough?
Trump and Stalin would have got on nicely www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump fires person behind jobs numbers after they're revised down
The labor market slowed sharply over the past three months amid ongoing concerns over President Donald Trump's tariff policies.
www.newsweek.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trump and Stalin would have got on nicely www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Climate stooges
I can't imagine there will be any problems with this summary of climate science
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Climate stooges
Eye-opening (yet unsurprising...) from @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Eye-opening (yet unsurprising...) from @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A despicable approach to carbon emissions: attempting to destabilise the Green energy market
@edmilibandmp.bsky.social we re in your corner. Please share/comment if you agree
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@edmilibandmp.bsky.social we re in your corner. Please share/comment if you agree
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Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects
Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A despicable approach to carbon emissions: attempting to destabilise the Green energy market
@edmilibandmp.bsky.social we re in your corner. Please share/comment if you agree
@mvtfwd.bsky.social @femi-oluwole.bsky.social @philmoorhouse.bsky.social @peterjukes.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
@edmilibandmp.bsky.social we re in your corner. Please share/comment if you agree
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"From 2019-2024, Reform received more than 90% of its funding, £2.3 million, from individuals and companies linked to polluting industries and climate science denial.
"Bringing this information to the attention of voters 'was the only message to significantly reduce willingness to vote for Reform'"
"Bringing this information to the attention of voters 'was the only message to significantly reduce willingness to vote for Reform'"
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"From 2019-2024, Reform received more than 90% of its funding, £2.3 million, from individuals and companies linked to polluting industries and climate science denial.
"Bringing this information to the attention of voters 'was the only message to significantly reduce willingness to vote for Reform'"
"Bringing this information to the attention of voters 'was the only message to significantly reduce willingness to vote for Reform'"
Nothing to worry about
Eyewitness video filmed on Monday, July 14 showed floodwater surging onto the platform of New York’s 28th Street Station as passengers watched from a train car.
Intense storms and heavy rainfall caused flooding across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with several flash flood warnings issued.
Intense storms and heavy rainfall caused flooding across New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, with several flash flood warnings issued.
July 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Nothing to worry about
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #10/10:
NO HONESTY = NO HOPE
There is an ongoing debate in climate communications about doom and gloom vs hope. 🧵
#climatecommunication #climatescience
NO HONESTY = NO HOPE
There is an ongoing debate in climate communications about doom and gloom vs hope. 🧵
#climatecommunication #climatescience
July 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #10/10:
NO HONESTY = NO HOPE
There is an ongoing debate in climate communications about doom and gloom vs hope. 🧵
#climatecommunication #climatescience
NO HONESTY = NO HOPE
There is an ongoing debate in climate communications about doom and gloom vs hope. 🧵
#climatecommunication #climatescience
Awareness doesn't always lead to action. If you don't give a credible account of agency, of how people can affect the dire situation you've just explained, they won't act. 🧵
In the US, it's call or go see your elected representative...
#climateaction #climatescience
In the US, it's call or go see your elected representative...
#climateaction #climatescience
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Awareness doesn't always lead to action. If you don't give a credible account of agency, of how people can affect the dire situation you've just explained, they won't act. 🧵
In the US, it's call or go see your elected representative...
#climateaction #climatescience
In the US, it's call or go see your elected representative...
#climateaction #climatescience
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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
David Cross Meets Prof Michael Oppenheimer | NSFW
YouTube video by Climate Science Breakthrough
www.youtube.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
👇👇👇
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #8/10:
TIPPING SOCIAL NORMS
As Michael Oppenheimer tells David Crosss "we need more people like you".
Change comes once social norms tip. 🧵
TIPPING SOCIAL NORMS
As Michael Oppenheimer tells David Crosss "we need more people like you".
Change comes once social norms tip. 🧵
July 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #8/10:
TIPPING SOCIAL NORMS
As Michael Oppenheimer tells David Crosss "we need more people like you".
Change comes once social norms tip. 🧵
TIPPING SOCIAL NORMS
As Michael Oppenheimer tells David Crosss "we need more people like you".
Change comes once social norms tip. 🧵
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #7/10:
GRABBING ATTENTION
Sadly, most people would rather chew off their own foot than listen to a hefty chunk of the latest climate science. Grabbing their attention is 90% of the battle - this is true of most comms btw. 🧵
GRABBING ATTENTION
Sadly, most people would rather chew off their own foot than listen to a hefty chunk of the latest climate science. Grabbing their attention is 90% of the battle - this is true of most comms btw. 🧵
June 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #7/10:
GRABBING ATTENTION
Sadly, most people would rather chew off their own foot than listen to a hefty chunk of the latest climate science. Grabbing their attention is 90% of the battle - this is true of most comms btw. 🧵
GRABBING ATTENTION
Sadly, most people would rather chew off their own foot than listen to a hefty chunk of the latest climate science. Grabbing their attention is 90% of the battle - this is true of most comms btw. 🧵
Must-read! Prof Michael Oppenheimer in top DC news site @thehill.com, discussing our new film and why it's time to laugh at the climate crisis:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Must-read! Prof Michael Oppenheimer in top DC news site @thehill.com, discussing our new film and why it's time to laugh at the climate crisis:
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
thehill.com/opinion/ener...
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How the next financial crisis starts
- The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil
By @pilitaclark.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
#climatecrisis
www.ft.com/content/9e5d...
- The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil
By @pilitaclark.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
#climatecrisis
www.ft.com/content/9e5d...
How the next financial crisis starts
The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil
www.ft.com
June 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How the next financial crisis starts
- The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil
By @pilitaclark.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
#climatecrisis
www.ft.com/content/9e5d...
- The climate shocks that could trigger wider market turmoil
By @pilitaclark.bsky.social
HT @carbonbrief.org
#climatecrisis
www.ft.com/content/9e5d...
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #6/10:
CLIMATE SHOCKS
Climate communicators secretly welcome extreme weather... it's a no-brainer opportunity to draw attention to the immediacy and danger of the crisis. 🧵
CLIMATE SHOCKS
Climate communicators secretly welcome extreme weather... it's a no-brainer opportunity to draw attention to the immediacy and danger of the crisis. 🧵
June 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Climate Science Translated Breakdown #6/10:
CLIMATE SHOCKS
Climate communicators secretly welcome extreme weather... it's a no-brainer opportunity to draw attention to the immediacy and danger of the crisis. 🧵
CLIMATE SHOCKS
Climate communicators secretly welcome extreme weather... it's a no-brainer opportunity to draw attention to the immediacy and danger of the crisis. 🧵