Drew Beiter
@drewbeiter.bsky.social
Social Studies, Human Rights and Climate Educator- Non-Profit Leader- 2020 Inductee: National Teachers Hall of Fame
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From this piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social
"If you grow an acre of corn, it will produce 900gal of ethanol, which will get you about 25k miles for a Ford F-150 pickup ...But let’s say we put solar on that same acre. It will produce enough electricity every year to drive my Lightning 550k miles”
"If you grow an acre of corn, it will produce 900gal of ethanol, which will get you about 25k miles for a Ford F-150 pickup ...But let’s say we put solar on that same acre. It will produce enough electricity every year to drive my Lightning 550k miles”
Forty Acres and a Sense of Hope
Sunshine on a Cloudy Week
billmckibben.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:16 PM
From this piece by @billmckibben.bsky.social
"If you grow an acre of corn, it will produce 900gal of ethanol, which will get you about 25k miles for a Ford F-150 pickup ...But let’s say we put solar on that same acre. It will produce enough electricity every year to drive my Lightning 550k miles”
"If you grow an acre of corn, it will produce 900gal of ethanol, which will get you about 25k miles for a Ford F-150 pickup ...But let’s say we put solar on that same acre. It will produce enough electricity every year to drive my Lightning 550k miles”
Hey Buffalo Teacher Friends, You won't want to miss the Academy's next amazing conference for educators: October 23rd, 2025, at Erie 1 BOCES, with details below. Learn more about what is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time: www.academyforhumanrights.org
September 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hey Buffalo Teacher Friends, You won't want to miss the Academy's next amazing conference for educators: October 23rd, 2025, at Erie 1 BOCES, with details below. Learn more about what is perhaps the most pressing issue of our time: www.academyforhumanrights.org
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Watch our planet warm - and especially tune into the last decade...
100 years of January-July temperature compared to average over land areas through this year. Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
100 years of January-July temperature compared to average over land areas through this year. Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
August 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Watch our planet warm - and especially tune into the last decade...
100 years of January-July temperature compared to average over land areas through this year. Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
100 years of January-July temperature compared to average over land areas through this year. Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
"When a country fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions — whether by producing or consuming fossil fuels...or subsidizing the industry — it may be held liable for “an internationally wrongful act,” the court’s 15 judges said."
Opinion | Climate Science Is Now the Law
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When a country fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions — whether by producing or consuming fossil fuels...or subsidizing the industry — it may be held liable for “an internationally wrongful act,” the court’s 15 judges said."
"China has overtaken Detroit as the center of the global auto industry. America can embark on an all-out push to rebuild world-class manufacturing and supply chains, or our carmakers can hide behind tariffs, continue making gas-powered trucks and S.U.V.s and fade into irrelevance."
Opinion | Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"China has overtaken Detroit as the center of the global auto industry. America can embark on an all-out push to rebuild world-class manufacturing and supply chains, or our carmakers can hide behind tariffs, continue making gas-powered trucks and S.U.V.s and fade into irrelevance."
"We need to trade in the language of limits for the language of leverage."
Don’t say “sustainability.” Say “stability”: in supply chains, in local economies, in your energy bills.
Don’t say “renewables.” Say “American-made power.”
Don’t say “clean energy transition.” Say “next-gen infrastructure.”
Don’t say “sustainability.” Say “stability”: in supply chains, in local economies, in your energy bills.
Don’t say “renewables.” Say “American-made power.”
Don’t say “clean energy transition.” Say “next-gen infrastructure.”
Want to fix climate change? Stop talking about saving the planet. | Opinion
The language we use to talk about climate change is too abstract, too politicized and too divorced from the things most Americans actually care about.
www.usatoday.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"We need to trade in the language of limits for the language of leverage."
Don’t say “sustainability.” Say “stability”: in supply chains, in local economies, in your energy bills.
Don’t say “renewables.” Say “American-made power.”
Don’t say “clean energy transition.” Say “next-gen infrastructure.”
Don’t say “sustainability.” Say “stability”: in supply chains, in local economies, in your energy bills.
Don’t say “renewables.” Say “American-made power.”
Don’t say “clean energy transition.” Say “next-gen infrastructure.”
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Pakistan and India are in a tug over water
#IndusWaterTreaty
Looks like the beginning of #ClimateWars
#BlueEarth
#OV1
#IndusWaterTreaty
Looks like the beginning of #ClimateWars
#BlueEarth
#OV1
Pakistan has rejected India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty and says any attempt to violate its rights over the waters will be considered “an act of war”.
May 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Pakistan and India are in a tug over water
#IndusWaterTreaty
Looks like the beginning of #ClimateWars
#BlueEarth
#OV1
#IndusWaterTreaty
Looks like the beginning of #ClimateWars
#BlueEarth
#OV1
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
To all my teacher friends: Need a dose of hope? Join us for this amazing webinar featuring Dr. Luvelle Brown and Dr. Sheldon Berman and a panel of courageous educators from around the world: Thurs., March 27 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EST www.academyforhumanrights.org/teaching-wit....
March 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
To all my teacher friends: Need a dose of hope? Join us for this amazing webinar featuring Dr. Luvelle Brown and Dr. Sheldon Berman and a panel of courageous educators from around the world: Thurs., March 27 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EST www.academyforhumanrights.org/teaching-wit....
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It's hard to believe that humanity is at a place where a headline like this, to our peril, is merely met with a yawn... Earth is now retaining profuse excess heat - the equiavlent of a million nuclear bombs per day - in our climate system. Today’s Berardelli Bonus
H/T to @LeonSimons8
Linear trend
H/T to @LeonSimons8
Linear trend
February 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's hard to believe that humanity is at a place where a headline like this, to our peril, is merely met with a yawn... Earth is now retaining profuse excess heat - the equiavlent of a million nuclear bombs per day - in our climate system. Today’s Berardelli Bonus
H/T to @LeonSimons8
Linear trend
H/T to @LeonSimons8
Linear trend
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❗️URGENT❗️Trump is gutting democracy & Congress is letting him.
Flood their phones—make them feel the pressure.
5 CALLS makes it incredibly EASY: pick an issue, get a script & DEMAND action from your reps.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will NOT back down.
We will NOT live in fear.
Call today! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Flood their phones—make them feel the pressure.
5 CALLS makes it incredibly EASY: pick an issue, get a script & DEMAND action from your reps.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will NOT back down.
We will NOT live in fear.
Call today! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
❗️URGENT❗️Trump is gutting democracy & Congress is letting him.
Flood their phones—make them feel the pressure.
5 CALLS makes it incredibly EASY: pick an issue, get a script & DEMAND action from your reps.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will NOT back down.
We will NOT live in fear.
Call today! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Flood their phones—make them feel the pressure.
5 CALLS makes it incredibly EASY: pick an issue, get a script & DEMAND action from your reps.
We will NOT be silenced.
We will NOT back down.
We will NOT live in fear.
Call today! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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No blackouts either. “renewables fulfilled 100% of the state’s electricity demand for up to 10 hours on 98 of 116 days, a record for California”
apple.news/Ab6pq09PmR5O...
apple.news/Ab6pq09PmR5O...
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy — Grist
One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to sleep.
apple.news
January 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
No blackouts either. “renewables fulfilled 100% of the state’s electricity demand for up to 10 hours on 98 of 116 days, a record for California”
apple.news/Ab6pq09PmR5O...
apple.news/Ab6pq09PmR5O...
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Santa Monica Pier today
January 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Santa Monica Pier today
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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
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Holy cow. Just woke up to this view from mid-Wilshire looking downtown
January 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Holy cow. Just woke up to this view from mid-Wilshire looking downtown
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Los Angeles received just 0.16 inches of rain since May 2024, the second-driest period on record.
Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January.
But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil.
What planet are they living on?
Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January.
But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil.
What planet are they living on?
LA's wildfires sparked by rare collision of climate factors
Extremely dry conditions and an hurricane force winds are overlapping unusually late in the year.
www.axios.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Los Angeles received just 0.16 inches of rain since May 2024, the second-driest period on record.
Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January.
But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil.
What planet are they living on?
Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January.
But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil.
What planet are they living on?
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I like this. It's a great start to a conversation we should be having.
November 24, 2024 at 6:30 AM
I like this. It's a great start to a conversation we should be having.
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I'm holding an 8' 2x4 in my profile pic as it shows about how much wood you'd need to grow to sequester the C from a gallon of gasoline. Gas is 87% carbon by weight, so a 6 pound gallon of gas has 5.5 pounds of carbon in it. If that C was converted to graphite (which is pure C), it'd look like this:
November 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I'm holding an 8' 2x4 in my profile pic as it shows about how much wood you'd need to grow to sequester the C from a gallon of gasoline. Gas is 87% carbon by weight, so a 6 pound gallon of gas has 5.5 pounds of carbon in it. If that C was converted to graphite (which is pure C), it'd look like this:
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Nine out of ten Amazon addictions can prob be traced back to the Scholastic Book Fair.
November 18, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Nine out of ten Amazon addictions can prob be traced back to the Scholastic Book Fair.