Jeff Goodell
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
Author, NYT bestseller THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST | 2020 Guggenheim Fellow | Contributing Writer, ROLLING STONE
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Jeff Goodell
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
· Oct 3
10 years ago @jeffgoodell.bsky.social talked to President Obama about the climate crisis for a Rolling Stone cover. So much has changed but the threat remains and we simply haven't done enough.
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Obama's Climate Crusade
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A postcard from a lost world.
Smart end-of-year take on the Great American Pump and Dump.
Good morning. How about 2000 words about the state of the US oil industry?
"Hamm admitted the Bakken is 'tapped out.' The reason he is buying shale assets in other countries is because the reality is that the U.S. oil industry is tapped out."
"Hamm admitted the Bakken is 'tapped out.' The reason he is buying shale assets in other countries is because the reality is that the U.S. oil industry is tapped out."
Lessons from the Bakken
The New York Times recently profiled Harold Hamm, Continental CEO Resources chairman emeritus and noted how Hamm is advising Trump to go all in on fossil fuels. This should surprise no one as Harold H...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Smart end-of-year take on the Great American Pump and Dump.
“Swaths of the Permian appear to be on the verge of geological malfunction.”
*geological malfunction* 😯 euphemism for our time.
*geological malfunction* 😯 euphemism for our time.
Shale drillers have turned the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico into a pressure cooker that is literally bursting at the seams.
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
on.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“Swaths of the Permian appear to be on the verge of geological malfunction.”
*geological malfunction* 😯 euphemism for our time.
*geological malfunction* 😯 euphemism for our time.
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More sustainability challenges for drillers that have nothing to do with climate change…
Shale drillers have turned the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico into a pressure cooker that is literally bursting at the seams.
America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker
Drillers’ injection of wastewater is creating mayhem across the Permian Basin, raising concern about the future of fossil-fuel production there.
on.wsj.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
More sustainability challenges for drillers that have nothing to do with climate change…
First light, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. Feeling grateful for the men and women who fought for our parks and imagined an America bigger than themselves.
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
First light, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park. Feeling grateful for the men and women who fought for our parks and imagined an America bigger than themselves.
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Liberals should support the whaling industry.
The benefits of this to the American economy are large. Natural resource extraction offers good-paying blue-collar jobs. It also generates useful tax revenue. In more abstract terms, it improves the country’s literary reputation and metaphor production
The benefits of this to the American economy are large. Natural resource extraction offers good-paying blue-collar jobs. It also generates useful tax revenue. In more abstract terms, it improves the country’s literary reputation and metaphor production
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Liberals should support the whaling industry.
The benefits of this to the American economy are large. Natural resource extraction offers good-paying blue-collar jobs. It also generates useful tax revenue. In more abstract terms, it improves the country’s literary reputation and metaphor production
The benefits of this to the American economy are large. Natural resource extraction offers good-paying blue-collar jobs. It also generates useful tax revenue. In more abstract terms, it improves the country’s literary reputation and metaphor production
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This OpEd is a prime example of the thesis of my book: climate policymaking isn’t actually polarized, but instead unified around a center that dismisses climate science and lies about the economics of fossil fuels.
Matt Yglesias has a "Democrats should support more fossil fuel production" OpEd in the Times today, which criticizes me for saying that energy policy should try to uphold the goals of the Paris Agreement.
December 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This OpEd is a prime example of the thesis of my book: climate policymaking isn’t actually polarized, but instead unified around a center that dismisses climate science and lies about the economics of fossil fuels.
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Exxon is happy to help the tech industry meet its greenwashing needs, claiming that 90% of emissions from fossil-powered data centers will be captured. Never mind that CCS has never been successfully deployed at a gas plant and no CCS facility has ever come close to 90%. @emorwee.bsky.social
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
heated.world
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Exxon is happy to help the tech industry meet its greenwashing needs, claiming that 90% of emissions from fossil-powered data centers will be captured. Never mind that CCS has never been successfully deployed at a gas plant and no CCS facility has ever come close to 90%. @emorwee.bsky.social
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The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The administration dismantling NCAR is scientific vandalism, much like the Taliban demolishing cultural artifacts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2001/m...
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"The global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US."
Coal demand reaches new annual record as US output rises
IEA forecasts a decline in years to 2030 despite ‘many uncertainties’
www.ft.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"The global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US."
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CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin.
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin.
Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
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Via @ngluckman.bsky.social
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The 2023 global heatwave led to 178,000 deaths. More than half (54%) of those deaths were attributable to human-induced climate change.
The heat may not get you first, but the heat is killing huge numbers of our brothers & sisters.
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The heat may not get you first, but the heat is killing huge numbers of our brothers & sisters.
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
Global excess deaths associated with heatwaves in 2023 and the contribution of human-induced climate change
www.the-innovation.org
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The 2023 global heatwave led to 178,000 deaths. More than half (54%) of those deaths were attributable to human-induced climate change.
The heat may not get you first, but the heat is killing huge numbers of our brothers & sisters.
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
The heat may not get you first, but the heat is killing huge numbers of our brothers & sisters.
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
@gchalliance.bsky.social
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NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Ending climate research and burning more fossil fuels because he hates California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Recipe for L.A.'s fire disaster: Intense rains followed by unprecedented heat and dry conditions
One fire appears to have been caused by a spark from old power lines, the other allegedly started by an Uber driver with a fascination with flames. In the end, the Eaton and Palisades fires destroyed ...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ending climate research and burning more fossil fuels because he hates California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Great news for everyone who likes more expensive, dirtier energy:
1,891 projects with a combined 266 GW of generation capacity have been cancelled in 2025—equivalent to roughly 1/4 of America’s entire current electricity generation capacity. Clean energy accounts for 93% of project cancellations.
1,891 projects with a combined 266 GW of generation capacity have been cancelled in 2025—equivalent to roughly 1/4 of America’s entire current electricity generation capacity. Clean energy accounts for 93% of project cancellations.
America is Losing Power Projects When It Needs Them Most
Developers have cancelled 1,891 power projects this year with a combined capacity of 266 GW, with clean energy accounting for 93% of cancellations.
newsletter.cleanview.co
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Great news for everyone who likes more expensive, dirtier energy:
1,891 projects with a combined 266 GW of generation capacity have been cancelled in 2025—equivalent to roughly 1/4 of America’s entire current electricity generation capacity. Clean energy accounts for 93% of project cancellations.
1,891 projects with a combined 266 GW of generation capacity have been cancelled in 2025—equivalent to roughly 1/4 of America’s entire current electricity generation capacity. Clean energy accounts for 93% of project cancellations.
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Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Most of the scientists at the nonprofit that I cofounded, including my two cofounders, came from NCAR. It’s hard to overstate the importance of this place for climate science.
Something prophetic about the fact that CoreWeave's meltdown was triggered by "unexpectedly turbulent" storms in Texas.
Exclusive: CoreWeave, the largest of a new breed of companies driving the artificial-intelligence boom, has watched $33 billion of value vaporize in six weeks.
Exclusive | CoreWeave’s Staggering Fall From Market Grace Highlights AI Bubble Fears
The data-center provider’s terrible six-week slide picked up speed when a famous short seller piled concerns on top of delays.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Something prophetic about the fact that CoreWeave's meltdown was triggered by "unexpectedly turbulent" storms in Texas.
"[Ely] went on to travel with the Ringling Bros circus, where he took care of horses and was nearly trampled by a line of elephants. Returning to music, he released his debut solo album and befriended Joe Strummer and the Clash, who enlisted Ely to open their tour in support of London Calling."
Incredible legacy and life. RIP: Joe Ely, Progressive Texas Country Legend Who Toured With the Clash, Dead at 78 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... via @RollingStone
Joe Ely, Progressive Texas Country Legend Who Toured With the Clash, Dead at 78
Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and member of the Flatlanders, who influenced the Clash and Bruce Springsteen, has died at 78.
www.rollingstone.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"[Ely] went on to travel with the Ringling Bros circus, where he took care of horses and was nearly trampled by a line of elephants. Returning to music, he released his debut solo album and befriended Joe Strummer and the Clash, who enlisted Ely to open their tour in support of London Calling."
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This harrowing @propublica story about the carnage created by Trump’s USAID cuts in South Sudan won’t get as much attention as his deranged Rob Reiner rant but they’re both stories about a president who just doesn’t give a shit about other humans.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This harrowing @propublica story about the carnage created by Trump’s USAID cuts in South Sudan won’t get as much attention as his deranged Rob Reiner rant but they’re both stories about a president who just doesn’t give a shit about other humans.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
New data shows the world started warming up at more or less exactly the same time America was founded. Modern democracy and climate change are twins.
250 years later, one is withering, the other is stronger than ever.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...
250 years later, one is withering, the other is stronger than ever.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...
New data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed | CNN
New climate data raises questions about how much the Earth has warmed
edition.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New data shows the world started warming up at more or less exactly the same time America was founded. Modern democracy and climate change are twins.
250 years later, one is withering, the other is stronger than ever.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...
250 years later, one is withering, the other is stronger than ever.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/15/c...
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When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
December 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
When Charlie Kirk was shot, he did a full oval office address. When it's college kids on campus it's "things can happen." What a sociopath.
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US foreign policy is now guided by the goal of creating real-estate development opportunities.
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‘They’re trying to get rich off it’: US contractors vie to rebuild Gaza, with ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ team in the lead
Exclusive: group behind notorious Florida immigration detention center created bid for reconstruction deal
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
US foreign policy is now guided by the goal of creating real-estate development opportunities.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Efforts to keep whaling industry afloat are floundering.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
A climate industry emerging in Houston’s backyard meets new resistance
Trump’s EPA just gave the Railroad Commission control over underground carbon storage. But can it take off in a time when climate change is in question?
www.houstonchronicle.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Efforts to keep whaling industry afloat are floundering.
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...
I watched "Canary" last night about the great ice scientist Lonnie Thompson. I don't understand why docs about scientists are so afraid of (or uninterested in) actually talking about science.
canary.oscilloscope.net
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CANARY - A film by Danny O'Malley and Alex Rivest
Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth’s history contained in...
canary.oscilloscope.net
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I watched "Canary" last night about the great ice scientist Lonnie Thompson. I don't understand why docs about scientists are so afraid of (or uninterested in) actually talking about science.
canary.oscilloscope.net
canary.oscilloscope.net
I can write books ok but a jaunty or heartfelt note inside a holiday card is really tough.
December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I can write books ok but a jaunty or heartfelt note inside a holiday card is really tough.
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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