John Gage
@johngage.bsky.social
Software designer at Sun Micro 20 years, Oracle 10 years. Nature, science, Nordic. Volunteer climate solutions advocate @citizensclimate.
Most effective climate policy: #CarbonFeeAndDividend.
Pass it on: bit.ly/cfdresources.
Tell students: cfdmovement.org.
Most effective climate policy: #CarbonFeeAndDividend.
Pass it on: bit.ly/cfdresources.
Tell students: cfdmovement.org.
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John Gage
@johngage.bsky.social
· Nov 24
More people should know about the US federal policy that gets the world halfway to our 1.5°C goal while it puts more money in most people’s pockets: bit.ly/cfdresources.
According to En-ROADS, a steadily increasing (cash-back) carbon fee pushed worldwide with a CBAM is by far our best next step.
According to En-ROADS, a steadily increasing (cash-back) carbon fee pushed worldwide with a CBAM is by far our best next step.
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to our analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published February)
(Published February)
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It’s worth remembering this
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
It’s worth remembering this
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No one outside the U.S. is confused and no one here would be confused if they saw this happening in another country.
Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty.
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.
"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"
September 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
No one outside the U.S. is confused and no one here would be confused if they saw this happening in another country.
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This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
Bill Gates Delivers ‘Tough Truths’ on Climate Just Before Big U.N. Talks
Bill Gates argues against focusing on emissions goals in favor of measures of human development.
www.newsweek.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism.
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...
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While #Melissa hits Jamaica, on the other side of the globe Huế experiences serious flooding.
We are in a climate emergency, and should not take seriously those who think we should not talk about it.
We are in a climate emergency, and should not take seriously those who think we should not talk about it.
Vietnam's former imperial city floods after record rains.
Centuries-old buildings in Vietnam's former imperial city of Hue, a UNESCO world heritage site, are flooded by brown water as heavy rainfall inundates the country's central coastal region since the weekend
Centuries-old buildings in Vietnam's former imperial city of Hue, a UNESCO world heritage site, are flooded by brown water as heavy rainfall inundates the country's central coastal region since the weekend
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
While #Melissa hits Jamaica, on the other side of the globe Huế experiences serious flooding.
We are in a climate emergency, and should not take seriously those who think we should not talk about it.
We are in a climate emergency, and should not take seriously those who think we should not talk about it.
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WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
October 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
WOW: The White House says the president's MAIN PRIORITY is his BALLROOM. SNAP is ending. Subsidies for health care are gong to double and in some instances quadruple plan premiums. The government is shut down. The cost of living is through the roof. And his priority is his ballroom.
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📣Fossil fuel harms start before birth & never stop.
A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social
calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels.
✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social
@iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social
calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels.
✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social
@iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
Ban Fossil Fuel Advertisements Recommends Study On ‘Cradle To Grave’ Climate & Health Impacts - Health Policy Watch
A sweeping new report by a consortium of climate and health experts offers a global indictment of how fossil fuels harm populations - from extraction to
healthpolicy-watch.news
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
📣Fossil fuel harms start before birth & never stop.
A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social
calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels.
✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social
@iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
A sweeping new report from @gchalliance.bsky.social
calls for bold, immediate action to protect human health from “cradle to grave” harms of fossil fuels.
✍️ @cbhattacharji.bsky.social
@iea.org @shwetanarayan30.bsky.social @nature.com
📖⬇️ & 🙏🔁
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October 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Concord NH,” tomorrow - sign up now to join me here or at one of the other 2500 events worldwide! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):
Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections
A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):
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Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today
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"The six family dynasties providing significant support to Project 2025 — Bradley, Coors, Koch, Scaife, Seid, & Uihlein...
Of the 49 Project 2025 groups, 37% received funding from at least three... 70% of the 49 groups received funding from at least two...
The average donation was over $420,000."
Of the 49 Project 2025 groups, 37% received funding from at least three... 70% of the 49 groups received funding from at least two...
The average donation was over $420,000."
How 6 Billionaire Families Fund Climate Denial and brought us Project 2025 - desmog.com/2024/10/25/project-2025-trump-mapped-how-6-billionaire-family-fortunes-fund-climate-denial
Mapped: How 6 Billionaire Family Fortunes Fund Project 2025
Unraveling a $130 million web of climate denial, political extremism, and Trump campaign ties.
desmog.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The six family dynasties providing significant support to Project 2025 — Bradley, Coors, Koch, Scaife, Seid, & Uihlein...
Of the 49 Project 2025 groups, 37% received funding from at least three... 70% of the 49 groups received funding from at least two...
The average donation was over $420,000."
Of the 49 Project 2025 groups, 37% received funding from at least three... 70% of the 49 groups received funding from at least two...
The average donation was over $420,000."
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The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Those influencing Trump education policy aren't shy about wanting to eradicate public schools.
Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org
“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org
“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Those influencing Trump education policy aren't shy about wanting to eradicate public schools.
Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org
“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
Asked what % of kids she imagines should be in public schools, Tiffany Justice -- Moms for Liberty cofounder, now with Heritage Foundation -- told @propublica.org
“I hope zero. I hope to get to zero.”
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Everyone & Everything Filmed 👁️ No One Knew #EpsteinFiles
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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But I thought he said he “knew nothing about” Project 2025?
October 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
But I thought he said he “knew nothing about” Project 2025?
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Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Boston Mayor’s Blowout Victory Jilts CEOs Seeking New Direction
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is coasting to reelection after her main opponent quit the race, giving her a commanding mandate that’s putting city business leaders on edge.
www.bloomberg.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Don't sleep on Michelle Wu, one of this country's most quietly effective climate leaders, cruising to a second term in Boston. It's telling that business interests tried and failed to stop her and are pouting about it now
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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THIS IS BIG! Change happens when people come together to push leaders + demand better. That’s why Climate Reality + Climate Changemakers are uniting to build a stronger movement for climate action. Learn more: www.climaterealityproject.org/climate-chan...
September 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
THIS IS BIG! Change happens when people come together to push leaders + demand better. That’s why Climate Reality + Climate Changemakers are uniting to build a stronger movement for climate action. Learn more: www.climaterealityproject.org/climate-chan...
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“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...
September 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“If you can’t honor a man by quoting him directly because his own words seem disparaging to his legacy, then perhaps you shouldn’t try to honor him at all.” Watch my latest here: www.youtube.com/live/2Mv50KZ...
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The Hatfields keep blaming the McCoys every time a Hatfield shoots another Hatfield.
September 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Hatfields keep blaming the McCoys every time a Hatfield shoots another Hatfield.
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Quid pro quo
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Quid pro quo
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Just remembering the literally hundreds & hundreds of beneath-the-headlines things that the Biden administration did to advance the energy transition. He got nothing for it -- no credit, no popularity -- and now it's all gone.
Biden sets out to supercharge industrial decarbonization
On Monday, the Biden administration announced over $6 billion in grants to industrial decarbonization projects in sectors ranging from steel to concrete to chemicals to, uh, macaroni. I talk about the...
www.volts.wtf
September 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just remembering the literally hundreds & hundreds of beneath-the-headlines things that the Biden administration did to advance the energy transition. He got nothing for it -- no credit, no popularity -- and now it's all gone.