Jason Mark
@jasondovemark.bsky.social
Former EIC of Sierra; former editor of Earth Island Journal. Author of Satellites in the High Country, currently working on a book about shifting baseline syndrome. Lily's Dad. Gardener + Hiker. Posts = ill-considered opinions.
File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
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The ocean has been hoarding heat. Now it is building up a massive 'burp.'
Even if humans cut emissions enough to reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
File under: The Laws of Thermodynamics are a B****
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On New Years Eve 2015-16, some friends and family created a time capsule. Ten years later, it’s time to dig it up and … we can’t find it.
Have you seen the movie Holes? Feels like that.
Have you seen the movie Holes? Feels like that.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
On New Years Eve 2015-16, some friends and family created a time capsule. Ten years later, it’s time to dig it up and … we can’t find it.
Have you seen the movie Holes? Feels like that.
Have you seen the movie Holes? Feels like that.
Thanks to the good folks @earthislandjournal.bsky.social for featuring my opinion essay about Bill Gates's climate memo in their weekly newsletter!
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Bill Gates Won’t Save Us from the Climate Crisis
What Bill Gates’s climate memo gets wrong — and why.
www.earthisland.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thanks to the good folks @earthislandjournal.bsky.social for featuring my opinion essay about Bill Gates's climate memo in their weekly newsletter!
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This thread from a former SC staffer reads right to me.
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This thread from a former SC staffer reads right to me.
My thoughts exactly!
Imagine thinking "now is a great time to publish a bullshit hit piece against the sierra club."
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
My thoughts exactly!
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“The Billionaires Won’t Save Us from the Climate Crisis" | Nice article by @jasondovemark.bsky.social for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social:
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
Bill Gates Won’t Save Us from the Climate Crisis
What Bill Gates’s climate memo gets wrong — and why.
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/articles/entry/bill-gates-wont-save-us-from-the-climate-crisis##
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“The Billionaires Won’t Save Us from the Climate Crisis" | Nice article by @jasondovemark.bsky.social for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social:
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
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Perfectly captures Trump’s empathy for his fellow man.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Perfectly captures Trump’s empathy for his fellow man.
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60 years ago. Saw our future. Worth a read.
60 yrs ago today (Nov 5, 1965), the 1st US government report to warn about climate change was published.
"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
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"Restoring the Quality of Our Environment" included warning of C02 build-up and sea-level rise/melting ice-caps.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
60 years ago. Saw our future. Worth a read.
It is of course an impossible to prove counterfactual ... but I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that if Mamdani had lost, this headline would be: Why Mamdani's Loss Is More Important Than You Think
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
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Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
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November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
It is of course an impossible to prove counterfactual ... but I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that if Mamdani had lost, this headline would be: Why Mamdani's Loss Is More Important Than You Think
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o...
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My latest, via @earthislandjournal.bsky.social:
On one point, Bill Gates and I agree. Gates writes “There is no CEO who sets the world’s climate priorities or strategies, which is exactly as it should be."
Let’s take him at his word on that.
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
On one point, Bill Gates and I agree. Gates writes “There is no CEO who sets the world’s climate priorities or strategies, which is exactly as it should be."
Let’s take him at his word on that.
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
The Billionaires Won’t Save Us
What Bill Gates’s climate memo gets wrong — and why.
www.earthisland.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My latest, via @earthislandjournal.bsky.social:
On one point, Bill Gates and I agree. Gates writes “There is no CEO who sets the world’s climate priorities or strategies, which is exactly as it should be."
Let’s take him at his word on that.
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
On one point, Bill Gates and I agree. Gates writes “There is no CEO who sets the world’s climate priorities or strategies, which is exactly as it should be."
Let’s take him at his word on that.
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
In which I clap back to Bill Gates:
"[The Memo] is less tough talk than warmed over effective altruism — the school of utilitarian ethics that is all the rage with tech bros. Nerdy readers will detect a rehash of William Nordhaus..."
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
"[The Memo] is less tough talk than warmed over effective altruism — the school of utilitarian ethics that is all the rage with tech bros. Nerdy readers will detect a rehash of William Nordhaus..."
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
Bill Gates Won’t Save Us from the Climate Crisis
What Bill Gates’s climate memo gets wrong — and why.
www.earthisland.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
In which I clap back to Bill Gates:
"[The Memo] is less tough talk than warmed over effective altruism — the school of utilitarian ethics that is all the rage with tech bros. Nerdy readers will detect a rehash of William Nordhaus..."
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
"[The Memo] is less tough talk than warmed over effective altruism — the school of utilitarian ethics that is all the rage with tech bros. Nerdy readers will detect a rehash of William Nordhaus..."
www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...
I had the same thought. It's like, *why* does the Oval Office need a sign? Is POTUS getting lost on his way to work?
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I had the same thought. It's like, *why* does the Oval Office need a sign? Is POTUS getting lost on his way to work?
Um, who’s gonna tell him?
Mike Johnson: "The economy and healthcare are two of the primary issues in the country clearly, and that's why we are delighted to run on our record."
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Um, who’s gonna tell him?
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
If I were still making editorial decisions I would 100% be assigning someone to do an explainer story: “Who was Eugene Debs?”
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
If I were still making editorial decisions I would 100% be assigning someone to do an explainer story: “Who was Eugene Debs?”
Enjoyed with some fava beans and a nice chianti, I imagine ...
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Videos show killer whales flipping great white sharks and eating their livers
New research suggests that a pod in the Gulf of California specializes in hunting sharks.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Enjoyed with some fava beans and a nice chianti, I imagine ...
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Love This: In Louisiana, air pollution monitoring becomes an act of resistance
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Citizen-led pollution monitoring persists in Louisiana, despite law that limits its use • Louisiana Illuminator
Communities around Louisiana are taking environmental data collection into their own hands — despite a law restricting how their findings can be used to enforce regulations.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Love This: In Louisiana, air pollution monitoring becomes an act of resistance
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Got an assignment on Friday to cover the Bill Gates memo on #climate. Banged it out this Monday morning and--yikes!--it's 2,200 words.
Makes me think of the old quip, "I would've made this letter shorter if only I had had the time."
Makes me think of the old quip, "I would've made this letter shorter if only I had had the time."
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Got an assignment on Friday to cover the Bill Gates memo on #climate. Banged it out this Monday morning and--yikes!--it's 2,200 words.
Makes me think of the old quip, "I would've made this letter shorter if only I had had the time."
Makes me think of the old quip, "I would've made this letter shorter if only I had had the time."
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There's one tax credit Republicans didn't kill, and you can use it to update your home's heating & cooling system.
The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump
The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There's one tax credit Republicans didn't kill, and you can use it to update your home's heating & cooling system.
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This is incredible, even for Exxon. Exxon found to have funded right-wing think tanks to spread #climate change denial across Latin America in a "coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is incredible, even for Exxon. Exxon found to have funded right-wing think tanks to spread #climate change denial across Latin America in a "coordinated campaign to make the global south “less inclined” to support the UN-led climate treaty process."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
At the start of the Big Dark, made a fire as a small act of resistance
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
At the start of the Big Dark, made a fire as a small act of resistance
As night follows day…
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As night follows day…
Bad for News
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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 6:14 PM
Bad for News
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There’s a storm brewing in the hunter and angler
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MAGA Is A Disaster For Hunters. Top Hunting Influencers Are Making It Far Worse
There are a few voting communities that are as tight-knit and culturally important as hunters and anglers.
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October 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There’s a storm brewing in the hunter and angler
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Garlic planted today. Cover crop nicely established. Garden pretty much tucked in for the year.
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Garlic planted today. Cover crop nicely established. Garden pretty much tucked in for the year.