Emily Cassidy
@enviroem.bsky.social
Science writer and researcher, focused on our home planet 🌏 Washington, DC area. Currently @projectdrawdown.bsky.social, previously NASA, World Resources Institute. Opinions my own.
https://emilyscassidy.github.io/
https://emilyscassidy.github.io/
Found inspiration in Stephen Colbert's acceptance speech @kennedyhrc.bsky.social a few days ago:
“While few can change history, everyone has the opportunity and the obligation to push back on the temptation to despair. Because despair is very seductive...”
youtu.be/Wi3t7OVDEXE?...
“While few can change history, everyone has the opportunity and the obligation to push back on the temptation to despair. Because despair is very seductive...”
youtu.be/Wi3t7OVDEXE?...
Stephen Colbert at 2025 Ripple of Hope Award Gala
YouTube video by Allard Prize
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December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Found inspiration in Stephen Colbert's acceptance speech @kennedyhrc.bsky.social a few days ago:
“While few can change history, everyone has the opportunity and the obligation to push back on the temptation to despair. Because despair is very seductive...”
youtu.be/Wi3t7OVDEXE?...
“While few can change history, everyone has the opportunity and the obligation to push back on the temptation to despair. Because despair is very seductive...”
youtu.be/Wi3t7OVDEXE?...
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We are failing our kids
December 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We are failing our kids
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Authoritarianism does not tolerate genuine federalism.
December 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Authoritarianism does not tolerate genuine federalism.
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Not sharing that grotesque Time Person of the Year cover, but as always, there’s a dril tweet
December 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not sharing that grotesque Time Person of the Year cover, but as always, there’s a dril tweet
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Pssst… Cows *do* contribute to climate change.
But that's not the only reason to cut back on beef consumption as a country. How about our health, our water, our land, etc., etc.
But that's not the only reason to cut back on beef consumption as a country. How about our health, our water, our land, etc., etc.
Brooke Rollins on beef prices: "To rebuild the lowest beef herd in 75 years will take a little bit of time. You think about the last administration, they had a war on American agriculture. They thought that cows created climate change."
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Pssst… Cows *do* contribute to climate change.
But that's not the only reason to cut back on beef consumption as a country. How about our health, our water, our land, etc., etc.
But that's not the only reason to cut back on beef consumption as a country. How about our health, our water, our land, etc., etc.
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How did we end up with a media ecosystem that constantly echoes misleading & scientifically unfounded political 'false-choice' framing between climate action and economic security, from industry talking points? Any ecological economists out there who can talk to me about this on Thursday morning?
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
How did we end up with a media ecosystem that constantly echoes misleading & scientifically unfounded political 'false-choice' framing between climate action and economic security, from industry talking points? Any ecological economists out there who can talk to me about this on Thursday morning?
Rest In Peace, Claude, @calacademy.bsky.social’s beautiful albino gator 🐊 sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
December 2, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Rest In Peace, Claude, @calacademy.bsky.social’s beautiful albino gator 🐊 sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
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If this were your dad, you’d be texting the siblings: “We need to talk.”
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
If this were your dad, you’d be texting the siblings: “We need to talk.”
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"We did not see enough discussion about livestock or meat production in particular, or even diets in general. So I think this is a pretty big missed opportunity." Dan Jasper, Sr Policy Advisor
https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc
@sentientmedia.org
https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc
@sentientmedia.org
Another COP, Another Missed Opportunity to Tackle Emissions From Food
“I think it's been a pretty big disappointment.”
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"We did not see enough discussion about livestock or meat production in particular, or even diets in general. So I think this is a pretty big missed opportunity." Dan Jasper, Sr Policy Advisor
https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc
@sentientmedia.org
https://bit.ly/4afp4Oc
@sentientmedia.org
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And Project Drawdown ran a "Deep Dive" on food loss & waste for investors, philanthropists, and business leaders.
It points to numerous opportunities to scale these crucial climate solutions.
drawdown.org/programs/dra...
It points to numerous opportunities to scale these crucial climate solutions.
drawdown.org/programs/dra...
Reducing Food Waste
Learn practical tips and strategies for reducing food waste, saving money, and contributing to a more sustainable environment for future generations.
drawdown.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
And Project Drawdown ran a "Deep Dive" on food loss & waste for investors, philanthropists, and business leaders.
It points to numerous opportunities to scale these crucial climate solutions.
drawdown.org/programs/dra...
It points to numerous opportunities to scale these crucial climate solutions.
drawdown.org/programs/dra...
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A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice
A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.
Some good news! vegconomist.com/politics-law...
US Senate Passes Bill Giving Children the Right to Plant-Based Milks in Public School Lunches - vegconomist - the vegan business magazine
The US Senate has unanimously voted to pass a bill that gives public school children the right to choose non-dairy milk as part of their school lunches. The
vegconomist.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Some good news! vegconomist.com/politics-law...
Heartbreaking essay on Tatiana Schlossberg's terminal cancer diagnosis. During Schlossberg's treatment, she learns one of her chemo drugs, cytarabine, owes its existence to an ocean animal: a sponge that lives in the Caribbean Sea.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Heartbreaking essay on Tatiana Schlossberg's terminal cancer diagnosis. During Schlossberg's treatment, she learns one of her chemo drugs, cytarabine, owes its existence to an ocean animal: a sponge that lives in the Caribbean Sea.
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Shifting away from fossil fuels & fossil-based materials, to biofuels & biomaterials, means reducing one important source of GHG emissions (fossil fuels) but potentially increasing another (land-use change, driven by increased land demand). It’s essential to account for both sides of this equation.
The chemical industry is a huge source of GHG emissions. Decarbonizing the industry will be hard, but as a UNFCCC technology expert said here, there's no way we can avoid it. COP30 reflected that, with what seemed to be more spotlight on chemicals than past summits. cen.acs.org/environment/...
At COP30, chemical companies push biobased climate solutions
But environmentalists are raising concerns about the ecosystem, food security, and other impacts from the fossil fuel alternative
cen.acs.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Shifting away from fossil fuels & fossil-based materials, to biofuels & biomaterials, means reducing one important source of GHG emissions (fossil fuels) but potentially increasing another (land-use change, driven by increased land demand). It’s essential to account for both sides of this equation.
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Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
One result from the recent @projectdrawdown.bsky.social report on climate solutions in SE Asia: Protecting 20% of the most carbon-rich peatlands in Sumatra & Borneo can reduce emissions by 390 million tons CO₂‑eq/yr, roughly equivalent to annual emissions of the UK. drawdown.org/insights/why...
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
One result from the recent @projectdrawdown.bsky.social report on climate solutions in SE Asia: Protecting 20% of the most carbon-rich peatlands in Sumatra & Borneo can reduce emissions by 390 million tons CO₂‑eq/yr, roughly equivalent to annual emissions of the UK. drawdown.org/insights/why...
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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Extra points for the butcher's MacBeth handwashing gestures:
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Extra points for the butcher's MacBeth handwashing gestures:
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
I need a Project Drawdown mug.
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I need a Project Drawdown mug.
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Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
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Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Now that the Sept and Oct data are (belatedly) in, it looks like 2025 will be the second warmest year in the record (~80% probability). The last three years are in a class of their own.
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Why are forests and farming in Southeast Asia so critical to climate change? If you’re ready to act strategically on climate, read our latest report: “A Drawdown Roadmap for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use in SE Asia”
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir
@jamesgerber.bsky.social @enviroem.bsky.social
Overview 🔗: https://bit.ly/4hXOdir