Craig Birder
@craigbirder.bsky.social
Keen naturalist, world birder, geology and fossils, gardening, butterflies, moth, herptiles, botany, mosses, lichen and bees. Existentialist, Classical music, history, fishing, golf, cricket, snooker. X branch official for Unison and proud EHO 35 years.
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NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
CBS News just gutted its climate team
Paramount and Bari Weiss aren't off to a great start. Here's why David Ellison should change course.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more.
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...
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To anyone who still doubts what climate scientists tell you, predicting so exactly how such a complex variable such as ocean volume would react to our unprecedented addition of CO2 to the atmosphere is nothing short of miraculous, and you should shut up and listen.
Sea-level projections from the 1990s were spot on, study says
Global sea-level change has now been measured by satellites for more than 30 years, and a comparison with climate projections from the mid-1990s shows that they were remarkably accurate, according to ...
phys.org
August 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
To anyone who still doubts what climate scientists tell you, predicting so exactly how such a complex variable such as ocean volume would react to our unprecedented addition of CO2 to the atmosphere is nothing short of miraculous, and you should shut up and listen.
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"Australia’s biggest battery – and the first to feature more than two gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy storage – has raced through its commissioning process and is now fully operational." reneweconomy.com.au/australias-f... via @gilesparkinson.bsky.social 🔌💡
reneweconomy.com.au
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
"Australia’s biggest battery – and the first to feature more than two gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy storage – has raced through its commissioning process and is now fully operational." reneweconomy.com.au/australias-f... via @gilesparkinson.bsky.social 🔌💡
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Trump regime cancels funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the entity that produces the National Climate Assessment, the federal government’s signature climate change study.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Trump moves to hobble major US climate change study
The cuts are a potentially fatal blow to the National Climate Assessment that Congress mandated to ensure the government understands the threats posed by rising temperatures.
www.politico.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Trump regime cancels funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the entity that produces the National Climate Assessment, the federal government’s signature climate change study.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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🌍💙 It's Manatee Appreciation Day - the perfect time to remember how they remain on the brink of extinction.
These gentle giants are the Amazon’s gardeners, shaping ecosystems as they feed. But habitat loss, from humany activity and climate change, threatens their future.
Read:
These gentle giants are the Amazon’s gardeners, shaping ecosystems as they feed. But habitat loss, from humany activity and climate change, threatens their future.
Read:
Researcher discovers new role played by manatees, ‘the gardeners of the Amazon’
MANAUS, Amazonas, Brazil — Located near the confluence of the Solimões and Japurá rivers, Lake Amanã, which means “the path of the rain,” is known as the home of the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inun...
news.mongabay.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🌍💙 It's Manatee Appreciation Day - the perfect time to remember how they remain on the brink of extinction.
These gentle giants are the Amazon’s gardeners, shaping ecosystems as they feed. But habitat loss, from humany activity and climate change, threatens their future.
Read:
These gentle giants are the Amazon’s gardeners, shaping ecosystems as they feed. But habitat loss, from humany activity and climate change, threatens their future.
Read:
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💰Investments in developing countries seriously lag behind growing adaptation needs.
Find out how philanthropy can scale #climate financing👇
Find out how philanthropy can scale #climate financing👇
How Philanthropy Can Boost Adaptation Finance in Developing Countries
To fill the large gap needed to finance climate adaptation, there are innovative opportunities for philanthropic foundations to partner with multilateral development banks.
www.wri.org
March 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
💰Investments in developing countries seriously lag behind growing adaptation needs.
Find out how philanthropy can scale #climate financing👇
Find out how philanthropy can scale #climate financing👇
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The soon-to-be-tragic story of deep-sea mining in the Pacific feels a lot like the tragic story of coal mining in Appalachia--the false promise of prosperity for locals, the extraction of billions by corporations, the certainty of vast environmental destruction.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/digg...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/digg...
Digging For Minerals In The Pacific’s Graveyard: The $20 Trillion Fight Over Who Controls The Seabed
“The soul of our ancestors, when they leave this world, they go into the deep.”
www.civilbeat.org
March 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The soon-to-be-tragic story of deep-sea mining in the Pacific feels a lot like the tragic story of coal mining in Appalachia--the false promise of prosperity for locals, the extraction of billions by corporations, the certainty of vast environmental destruction.
www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/digg...
www.civilbeat.org/2025/03/digg...
Primroses. Alfred’s Cakes, Turkey Tail and Queen Bufftailed Bumblebee
March 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Primroses. Alfred’s Cakes, Turkey Tail and Queen Bufftailed Bumblebee
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While UK newspapers were falling over themselves to cover the "stalling" EV market, the actual number of EVs on the UK's roads surged by 39% in *just 1 year*
The 1.4m EVs, 0.8m PHEVs & 76,000 EV vans on the road in 2024 saved ~£1.7bn in lower fuel costs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
The 1.4m EVs, 0.8m PHEVs & 76,000 EV vans on the road in 2024 saved ~£1.7bn in lower fuel costs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
March 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
While UK newspapers were falling over themselves to cover the "stalling" EV market, the actual number of EVs on the UK's roads surged by 39% in *just 1 year*
The 1.4m EVs, 0.8m PHEVs & 76,000 EV vans on the road in 2024 saved ~£1.7bn in lower fuel costs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
The 1.4m EVs, 0.8m PHEVs & 76,000 EV vans on the road in 2024 saved ~£1.7bn in lower fuel costs
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Solar remained fastest-growing source of electricity in 2024 #energysky -- via Solar Power World: www.solarpowerworldo...
Solar remained fastest-growing source of electricity in 2024
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) confirms that throughout 2024, solar remained
www.solarpowerworldonline.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Solar remained fastest-growing source of electricity in 2024 #energysky -- via Solar Power World: www.solarpowerworldo...
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Did you know that seagrass isn’t the same as seaweed (algae) and that it supports 10 SDGs? 🌿🌊
As World Seagrass Day approaches tomorrow, 1 March, here are interesting facts about seagrass and the benefits it provides us all. 🐟
Click on the thread below to expand or download these visual resources!
As World Seagrass Day approaches tomorrow, 1 March, here are interesting facts about seagrass and the benefits it provides us all. 🐟
Click on the thread below to expand or download these visual resources!
February 28, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Did you know that seagrass isn’t the same as seaweed (algae) and that it supports 10 SDGs? 🌿🌊
As World Seagrass Day approaches tomorrow, 1 March, here are interesting facts about seagrass and the benefits it provides us all. 🐟
Click on the thread below to expand or download these visual resources!
As World Seagrass Day approaches tomorrow, 1 March, here are interesting facts about seagrass and the benefits it provides us all. 🐟
Click on the thread below to expand or download these visual resources!
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It’s not hyperbole to say that American science is being destroyed before our eyes.
Scientists warn of long-term damage as Trump’s orders slow research
By blocking announcements in the Federal Register, the administration is keeping experts from meeting to evaluate funding proposals.
wapo.st
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It’s not hyperbole to say that American science is being destroyed before our eyes.
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The truth:
Putin's Russia invaded #Ukraine.
Russia's invasion started in 2014 & accelerated in 2022.
Russian forces in Ukraine have been committing war crimes & other mass atrocities from the beginning, both in areas outside their control & in areas they occupy.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
Putin's Russia invaded #Ukraine.
Russia's invasion started in 2014 & accelerated in 2022.
Russian forces in Ukraine have been committing war crimes & other mass atrocities from the beginning, both in areas outside their control & in areas they occupy.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
One Thousand Days of Terror: Daily Brief
“What happens next in #Ukraine has been the subject of much speculation in recent weeks, but one thing remains certain regardless. The victims of Russian terror and atrocities in Ukraine deserve justi...
www.hrw.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The truth:
Putin's Russia invaded #Ukraine.
Russia's invasion started in 2014 & accelerated in 2022.
Russian forces in Ukraine have been committing war crimes & other mass atrocities from the beginning, both in areas outside their control & in areas they occupy.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
Putin's Russia invaded #Ukraine.
Russia's invasion started in 2014 & accelerated in 2022.
Russian forces in Ukraine have been committing war crimes & other mass atrocities from the beginning, both in areas outside their control & in areas they occupy.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...
The willow blister fungus, also known as Cryptomyces maximus at Rutland Water found by Tim Sexton. In the top 100 most endangered species on earth
February 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The willow blister fungus, also known as Cryptomyces maximus at Rutland Water found by Tim Sexton. In the top 100 most endangered species on earth
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once again for all of #greensky
@heatmap.news was first to report this week that key government offices have paralyzed all permitting activity for renewables, with crucial staff in some parts of the govt refusing to talk to solar or wind developers
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
@heatmap.news was first to report this week that key government offices have paralyzed all permitting activity for renewables, with crucial staff in some parts of the govt refusing to talk to solar or wind developers
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
Trump Has Paralyzed Renewables Permitting, Leaked Memo Reveals
The American Clean Power Association wrote to its members about federal guidance that has been “widely variable and changing quickly.”
heatmap.news
February 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
once again for all of #greensky
@heatmap.news was first to report this week that key government offices have paralyzed all permitting activity for renewables, with crucial staff in some parts of the govt refusing to talk to solar or wind developers
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
@heatmap.news was first to report this week that key government offices have paralyzed all permitting activity for renewables, with crucial staff in some parts of the govt refusing to talk to solar or wind developers
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
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This is great.
The book is excellent btw!
The book is excellent btw!
✍️Despite being the world's biggest oil producer, America is v reliant on Canadian oil. And getting MORE reliant, not less.
So what happens when tariffs get imposed on Canada?
The answers are quite unsettling, for the American people... and for everyone else edconway.substack.com/p/america-st...
So what happens when tariffs get imposed on Canada?
The answers are quite unsettling, for the American people... and for everyone else edconway.substack.com/p/america-st...
America still needs Canadian oil. Here's why
And why the tariffs on Canada could plausibly lead to America doing deals with considerably more shady countries. A dive into the weird and wonderful world of heavy oil
edconway.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is great.
The book is excellent btw!
The book is excellent btw!
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RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
February 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.
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My annual decarbonization presentation is here.
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
January 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My annual decarbonization presentation is here.
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
200 slides, covering everything from water levels in Lake Gatún to sulfur dioxide emissions to ESG fund flows to Chinese auto exports to artificial intelligence. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
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NEW PAPER:
- 51% of Big Oil’s profits go to the highest 1% of net worth individuals
- 1% goes to the bottom 50%
This is wage theft, unprecedented in scale, and I wonder at what point people will revoke these climate arsonists’ licence to operate scholarworks.umass.edu/server/api/c...
- 51% of Big Oil’s profits go to the highest 1% of net worth individuals
- 1% goes to the bottom 50%
This is wage theft, unprecedented in scale, and I wonder at what point people will revoke these climate arsonists’ licence to operate scholarworks.umass.edu/server/api/c...
December 18, 2024 at 1:13 PM
NEW PAPER:
- 51% of Big Oil’s profits go to the highest 1% of net worth individuals
- 1% goes to the bottom 50%
This is wage theft, unprecedented in scale, and I wonder at what point people will revoke these climate arsonists’ licence to operate scholarworks.umass.edu/server/api/c...
- 51% of Big Oil’s profits go to the highest 1% of net worth individuals
- 1% goes to the bottom 50%
This is wage theft, unprecedented in scale, and I wonder at what point people will revoke these climate arsonists’ licence to operate scholarworks.umass.edu/server/api/c...
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Risk of sewage and petrochemical contamination from flooding along 460 km long coastline of #Florida can be reduced by coral #reef restoration, with a potential economic benefit of about $3.5 million US dollars.
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Coral reef restoration can reduce coastal contamination and pollution hazards - Communications Earth & Environment
Risk of sewage and petrochemical contamination from flooding along 460 km long coastline of Florida can be reduced by coral reef restoration, with a potential economic benefit of about $3.5 million US...
www.nature.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Risk of sewage and petrochemical contamination from flooding along 460 km long coastline of #Florida can be reduced by coral #reef restoration, with a potential economic benefit of about $3.5 million US dollars.
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Read more at www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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therevelator.org/donald-trump...
"The waters around the USA are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years."
Fantastic write-up by Dr. David Shiffman (@whysharksmatter.bsky.social)!
"The waters around the USA are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years."
Fantastic write-up by Dr. David Shiffman (@whysharksmatter.bsky.social)!
Donald Trump’s Second Term Will Be Bad News for Endangered Ocean and Coastal Animals • The Revelator
The waters around the U.S. are home to threatened species who need conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years.
therevelator.org
January 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
therevelator.org/donald-trump...
"The waters around the USA are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years."
Fantastic write-up by Dr. David Shiffman (@whysharksmatter.bsky.social)!
"The waters around the USA are home to many threatened species who need science-based conservation policies to save them from extinction. They won’t get that for the next four years."
Fantastic write-up by Dr. David Shiffman (@whysharksmatter.bsky.social)!
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Some European gas power plant owners are raking it in...
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
January 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Some European gas power plant owners are raking it in...
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
Often you see gas power plants squeezing the markets pushing electricity prices sky-high.
AND on top of those wholesale revenues, they CAPACITY MARKET revenues.
€45 billion for gas power plants and €6 billion for coal since 2015🙂
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"As more and more renewable power is built, the expensive generators run for fewer and fewer hours until they’re no longer profitable and then they shut down."
Remember, solar and wind require no expensive fuel sources once they go live.
Great explainer from Andrew below.
Remember, solar and wind require no expensive fuel sources once they go live.
Great explainer from Andrew below.
You may run into people who say that renewable energy is expensive. Here is an explanation of why that's not the case and how it actually saves the economy money.
www.theclimatebrink....
www.theclimatebrink....
An explanation of how renewable energy saves you money
Fossil-fuel hacks are lying about renewable energy; don't let them get away with it
www.theclimatebrink.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"As more and more renewable power is built, the expensive generators run for fewer and fewer hours until they’re no longer profitable and then they shut down."
Remember, solar and wind require no expensive fuel sources once they go live.
Great explainer from Andrew below.
Remember, solar and wind require no expensive fuel sources once they go live.
Great explainer from Andrew below.