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.
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Given that POTUS increasingly appears borderline senile, I think it's reasonable to assume that Stephen Miller is basically running the United States, amirite?
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Given that POTUS increasingly appears borderline senile, I think it's reasonable to assume that Stephen Miller is basically running the United States, amirite?
My hot take on Zeke's post:
It's not an either / or .. It's a both / and
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/keep-it-in...
It's not an either / or .. It's a both / and
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/keep-it-in...
Keep it in the ground?
When the politics of affordability meet the needs of climate mitigation
www.theclimatebrink.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:25 PM
My hot take on Zeke's post:
It's not an either / or .. It's a both / and
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/keep-it-in...
It's not an either / or .. It's a both / and
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/keep-it-in...
I lived in the SF Bay Area for 20+ years, including a decade in The City. Now settled permanently in Cascadia. … this 49ers vs Seahawks game is really testing my loyalties.
January 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I lived in the SF Bay Area for 20+ years, including a decade in The City. Now settled permanently in Cascadia. … this 49ers vs Seahawks game is really testing my loyalties.
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Oil brings us climate change and illegal invasions of sovereign nations.
January 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Oil brings us climate change and illegal invasions of sovereign nations.
I don’t listen/watch a lot of Trump appearances … and so tuning into this Venezuela press conference is wild. This guy really seems out of it. Does a performance like this really inspire confidence among anyone?
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I don’t listen/watch a lot of Trump appearances … and so tuning into this Venezuela press conference is wild. This guy really seems out of it. Does a performance like this really inspire confidence among anyone?
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Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
January 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Humans have emitted 2750 gigatons of CO2 since the industrial revolution from burning fossil fuels and land use change. To put this in perspective, this is more than the (dry) mass of all living things on earth and everything humans have ever built combined:
New Years Eve Day mood
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New Years Eve Day mood
Nice day to spend in the mountains
December 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Nice day to spend in the mountains
Wolves save lives
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Wolves, long feared and reviled, may actually be lifesavers
A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wolves save lives
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Happy Endangered Species Act Day to all who celebrate. Here are some bald eagles today on the North Fork of the Nooksack River.
December 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Happy Endangered Species Act Day to all who celebrate. Here are some bald eagles today on the North Fork of the Nooksack River.
Love this line of Dillard’s: “I was purely as sensitive and as mute as a photographic plate; I received impressions, but I did not print out captions.”
We seem to have forgotten that identities and opinions are the least interesting parts of people — ripples on the surface of the ocean of the soul, shimmering but shallow, pervious to every windsweep, irrelevant to the depths. An antidote from Annie Dillard: www.themarginalian.org/2025/05/15/a...
Annie Dillard on Unselfconsciousness
Walking through the white-walled gallery at the graduation show of one of New York’s most esteemed art schools, between beautiful young people with Instagram faces, I was struck to see projec…
www.themarginalian.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Love this line of Dillard’s: “I was purely as sensitive and as mute as a photographic plate; I received impressions, but I did not print out captions.”
Merry Christmas from the shore of the Salish Sea.
December 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Merry Christmas from the shore of the Salish Sea.
“The more men have to lose, the less willing they are to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a spaniel.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
“The more men have to lose, the less willing they are to venture. The rich are in general slaves to fear, and submit to courtly power with the trembling duplicity of a spaniel.”
Somebody tell Matt Ygelsias
New paper just dropped about sticks and carrots in climate policy: “Policy carrots alone do not dramatically reduce future emissions. Only with policy sticks are there unambiguous signals to substantially shrink the size of incumbent fossil fuel industries.”
December 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somebody tell Matt Ygelsias
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EXCLUSIVE: I received a copy of the letter sent to developers today halting construction on all 5 offshore wind farms being built in America.
What’s new here is the close “coordination” with the “Department of War” in determining the “risk” poised by these wind farms. And the threat to “cancel.”
What’s new here is the close “coordination” with the “Department of War” in determining the “risk” poised by these wind farms. And the threat to “cancel.”
‘Bonkers': DOI letter halts all five in-progress offshore wind farms
Construction will be paused for 90 days as Trump's Department of War and Interior Department coordinate to evaluate supposed "national security" risks.
www.canarymedia.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
EXCLUSIVE: I received a copy of the letter sent to developers today halting construction on all 5 offshore wind farms being built in America.
What’s new here is the close “coordination” with the “Department of War” in determining the “risk” poised by these wind farms. And the threat to “cancel.”
What’s new here is the close “coordination” with the “Department of War” in determining the “risk” poised by these wind farms. And the threat to “cancel.”
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Seventeen+ Florida panthers died in 2025. Almost all were killed by cars as they tried to cross roads.
December 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Seventeen+ Florida panthers died in 2025. Almost all were killed by cars as they tried to cross roads.
I’d like to yield my time to the Gentleman from Illinois for this scathing rebuttal 🔥🔥🔥
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I’d like to yield my time to the Gentleman from Illinois for this scathing rebuttal 🔥🔥🔥
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@oilchange.bsky.social found something quite different than Mr. Yglesias did about Norwegian opinion on fossil fuel. oilchange.org/news/new-rep...
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
@oilchange.bsky.social found something quite different than Mr. Yglesias did about Norwegian opinion on fossil fuel. oilchange.org/news/new-rep...
Tis the season for … Borscht!
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Tis the season for … Borscht!
"It really undermines the idea that you’re passing neutral laws that you know are supposed to apply equally to everybody,” said Dan Farber, a professor of law at UC-Berkeley. “I find it really startling they would make that concession.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump administration admits to targeting blue states for energy grant cuts
Justice Department lawyers argue in court documents that it is legal for the administration to withhold funding based on partisan politics.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"It really undermines the idea that you’re passing neutral laws that you know are supposed to apply equally to everybody,” said Dan Farber, a professor of law at UC-Berkeley. “I find it really startling they would make that concession.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Looks like I now have what will be a collector's item in my driveway
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Ford pulls the plug on the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck
Ford says it is "following the customer" in discontinuing its large electric pickup, which was well-received but never profitable. Ford will keep the Lightning name alive as a plug-in hybrid.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Looks like I now have what will be a collector's item in my driveway
www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/12/15/n...
Tis the perfect season to read the final page proofs
December 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Tis the perfect season to read the final page proofs
Geothermal is H-O-T right now, and so naturally I wanted to find a local angle. Here's my writeup of the geothermal potential of Mt Baker for the good folks @salish-current.org
salish-current.org/2025/12/15/c...
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Could Mount Baker be tapped for geothermal energy?
State officials and clean energy developers investigate the potential of tapping into the nearby volcano
salish-current.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Geothermal is H-O-T right now, and so naturally I wanted to find a local angle. Here's my writeup of the geothermal potential of Mt Baker for the good folks @salish-current.org
salish-current.org/2025/12/15/c...
salish-current.org/2025/12/15/c...