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.
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I've been getting a lot of requests from reporters for comments about the removal of the DOE Climate Working Group report from the EPA's repeal of the endangerment finding.
Here are some comments:
Here are some comments:
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I've been getting a lot of requests from reporters for comments about the removal of the DOE Climate Working Group report from the EPA's repeal of the endangerment finding.
Here are some comments:
Here are some comments:
Basically the same playbook as fossil fuels/climate: you people die, me and my people get money.
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Basically the same playbook as fossil fuels/climate: you people die, me and my people get money.
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As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
There is No Scientific Justification to Revoke the Endangerment Finding
The U.S. EPA's decision to repeal the Endangerment Finding will limit the government's ability to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
www.nature.org
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
As I say here, there is no scientific justification to revoke the engagement finding. In fact, over the last 15+ yrs, the evidence of how climate change affects our health has only grown. Higher risk of allergies, dementia, fertility, heart disease, and death: that’s what’s on the line. @nature.org
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I'm not sure if this is the message people are looking for from the secretary of health and human services
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I'm not sure if this is the message people are looking for from the secretary of health and human services
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The scientific understanding of human-driven climate change is much stronger today than it was in 2009 when the EPA first issued the endangerment finding. There is no scientific basis for the Trump administration's decision to repeal it
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Read chapter Front Matter: The scientific community has been studying the question of how human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases are affecting the cli...
www.nationalacademies.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
The scientific understanding of human-driven climate change is much stronger today than it was in 2009 when the EPA first issued the endangerment finding. There is no scientific basis for the Trump administration's decision to repeal it
The blue is coal. You can see where this is going. The game now is to keep the plants alive a few more years and let the old Trumpers squeeze a few more bucks out of corroding power plants and depleted mines.
Final EIA-860 is out, and 2025 really did it: 54 GW of new U.S. electric capacity, 96% clean. Solar again carries the offense, and we built more storage in 2025 than the cumulative total through 2023. More and more and more additions... but also record low retirements.
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The blue is coal. You can see where this is going. The game now is to keep the plants alive a few more years and let the old Trumpers squeeze a few more bucks out of corroding power plants and depleted mines.
Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about how the death of coal has been hindered by two things: 1) industrial inertia 2) political corruption. I think my thesis holds up, although I wildly underestimated the depth of corruption that has surfaced in Trumpworld.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Twenty years ago, I wrote a book about how the death of coal has been hindered by two things: 1) industrial inertia 2) political corruption. I think my thesis holds up, although I wildly underestimated the depth of corruption that has surfaced in Trumpworld.
“I think democracy versus oligarchy is going to be the battle of the 21st century….I don’t know how long it’s going to take for the Democratic Party to actually understand that.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
Opinion | The People vs. the Plutocrats
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:06 PM
“I think democracy versus oligarchy is going to be the battle of the 21st century….I don’t know how long it’s going to take for the Democratic Party to actually understand that.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
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We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
wapo.st
February 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.
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Patagonian wildfires show how denying climate change & pushing environmental destruction make the reality of climate change much worse. Threatening the destruction of trees that have been alive when the bronze age collapsed. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Patagonian wildfires show how denying climate change & pushing environmental destruction make the reality of climate change much worse. Threatening the destruction of trees that have been alive when the bronze age collapsed. @wwattribution.bsky.social www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
Watched a coal train in Montana this morning. It took forever to rumble by. I haven't seen a train carrying sunshine or wind yet, but will keep looking.
February 11, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Watched a coal train in Montana this morning. It took forever to rumble by. I haven't seen a train carrying sunshine or wind yet, but will keep looking.
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It seems like we have the dumbest trolls in government, but it's way worse than that.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It seems like we have the dumbest trolls in government, but it's way worse than that.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
These men are evil.
Every single one of them knows they're lying about climate change. They know that actual science shows it's real, it's us, it's dangerous, but we can fix it—yet they truly do not give a fuck.
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Every day we're striving to make Idiocracy a documentary
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Every day we're striving to make Idiocracy a documentary
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Using the military to prop up coal is a real petromasculinity two-fer.
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Using the military to prop up coal is a real petromasculinity two-fer.
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yes this is damaging but 1) most of the Biden-era climate legislation was carrots not sticks and 2) the bulk of US climate action takes place in states and cities
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
yes this is damaging but 1) most of the Biden-era climate legislation was carrots not sticks and 2) the bulk of US climate action takes place in states and cities
What Gavin said. ⬇️
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What Gavin said. ⬇️
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Little to add to Trump's Endangerment Finding move that hasn't already been said, but here's the key bit: Framing matters.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Little to add to Trump's Endangerment Finding move that hasn't already been said, but here's the key bit: Framing matters.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
This isn't "economics" vs climate, or some kind of noble "cost-cutting" crusade.
It's a handout to narrow fossil interests, counter to economic forces.
Great reporting by @nytimes.com Lisa Friedman and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social on the long campaign by four hardcore climate deniers to take down the Endangerment Finding. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Great reporting by @nytimes.com Lisa Friedman and @maxinejoselow.bsky.social on the long campaign by four hardcore climate deniers to take down the Endangerment Finding. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Forget Abundance. This is Scorched Earth.
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Forget Abundance. This is Scorched Earth.
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Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
Re-upping 2018 story I wrote about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. I still think about the revolutionary I met in the mountains who brandished Simon Bolivar's sword and said, “Anything I can do to make the world a more just place, I will do.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Perfect Storm: How Climate Change and Wall Street Almost Killed Puerto Rico
How climate change and Wall Street almost killed Puerto Rico
www.rollingstone.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Re-upping 2018 story I wrote about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. I still think about the revolutionary I met in the mountains who brandished Simon Bolivar's sword and said, “Anything I can do to make the world a more just place, I will do.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Your periodic reminder that almost 9 years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still doesn't have a functioning power grid.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening?
Puerto Rico's hurricane-battered power grid has suffered compounding crises including hurricanes and financial problems.
www.usatoday.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Your periodic reminder that almost 9 years after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico still doesn't have a functioning power grid.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Buried in this piece is a throwaway line about how actually her real hustle is selling online courses to aspiring AI hacks, marking an extraordinary symbiosis of my two most hated internet poisons