Miranda C. Spencer
@mirandacspencer.bsky.social
Free-range book editor, media critic & multimedia journalist on environment/health/social justice beats. Piano student, cat person, Jersey girl in the Granite State. Subverting the dominant paradigm one day at a time.
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Global Assessment - Brown Climate Social Science Network
Climate advocacy has not failed, climate policy has been sabotaged, explains a new open access book, Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment.
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Just out! 100+ scholars uncover and analyze the sectors and institutions that are deliberately halting or slowing action on the #climate crisis. In hardcover, or download for free!
Proud to have served as managing editor of this project.
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Proud to have served as managing editor of this project.
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Holy crap it’s worse than I knew. Sounds like COP is now totally co-opted.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Holy crap it’s worse than I knew. Sounds like COP is now totally co-opted.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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📍 BREAKING 📍 Canada delegation to COP30 stuffed with fossil fuel representatives, reflecting a new report that shows this year's UN climate talks have the highest number ever of fossil fuel lobbyists. buff.ly/FlNKBmT
‘Inviting the fox into the henhouse’: Canada delegation to COP30 loaded with fossil fuel representatives
Delegation’s composition consistent with new KBPO report revealing this year’s UN climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date
www.desmog.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
📍 BREAKING 📍 Canada delegation to COP30 stuffed with fossil fuel representatives, reflecting a new report that shows this year's UN climate talks have the highest number ever of fossil fuel lobbyists. buff.ly/FlNKBmT
We could do a lot better if the US, China, India, and Russia had shown up at the COP this year.
Not sure this Y axis should've been zero but that aside: this masks the problem that the improvement in projections essentially stopped two years ago, and threatens to worsen in the coming years.
Things *were* getting better. They are not, now.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
Things *were* getting better. They are not, now.
www.axios.com/2025/11/13/c...
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We could do a lot better if the US, China, India, and Russia had shown up at the COP this year.
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So amazingly, the impeachment movement is blowing up massively and there is going to be a huge rally on the national mall to push for it.
Dropkick Murphys are going to be there! You should come!
Dropkick Murphys are going to be there! You should come!
Remove the Regime | November 22, Washington, DC
Join the movement to demand impeachment and remove the current administration in Washington, D.C., November 22, 2025. Be part of historic change now.
removetheregime.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So amazingly, the impeachment movement is blowing up massively and there is going to be a huge rally on the national mall to push for it.
Dropkick Murphys are going to be there! You should come!
Dropkick Murphys are going to be there! You should come!
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Now, for some good news...
Yesterday, at over 150 locations across the US, veterans and their neighbors rose.
In Chicago, 300 marched through downtown.
In Portland, they held a silent vigil and left flowers outside of an ICE facility.
In Seattle, their banners read, "VETS SAY NO OATHS TO TRUMP."
Yesterday, at over 150 locations across the US, veterans and their neighbors rose.
In Chicago, 300 marched through downtown.
In Portland, they held a silent vigil and left flowers outside of an ICE facility.
In Seattle, their banners read, "VETS SAY NO OATHS TO TRUMP."
Vets Say No — A Veteran's Day Wrap Up
If you have stories from dissent this past weekend or story tips, share them on my website. And please, don’t forget to like and subscribe.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Now, for some good news...
Yesterday, at over 150 locations across the US, veterans and their neighbors rose.
In Chicago, 300 marched through downtown.
In Portland, they held a silent vigil and left flowers outside of an ICE facility.
In Seattle, their banners read, "VETS SAY NO OATHS TO TRUMP."
Yesterday, at over 150 locations across the US, veterans and their neighbors rose.
In Chicago, 300 marched through downtown.
In Portland, they held a silent vigil and left flowers outside of an ICE facility.
In Seattle, their banners read, "VETS SAY NO OATHS TO TRUMP."
No free speech for you, Scots! Crackdowns against peaceful protest there sound even harsher than in the US re fake “terrorism” charged…
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
Gaza protestors across Scotland are waiting to know if they'll be prosecuted as terrorists – a photo essay
Photographer Rayna Carruthers has been documenting pro-Palestine protests in Scotland for two years, particularly in recent months, following the proscription of Palestine Action by the UK Government.
www.theferret.scot
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
No free speech for you, Scots! Crackdowns against peaceful protest there sound even harsher than in the US re fake “terrorism” charged…
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
www.theferret.scot/palestine-pr...
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As #COP30 officially starts today, a look at how various actors try to obstruct UN climate processes, with @cssn.org's Kari de Pryck and Eduardo Viola drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep10 | The Corruption of COP
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
As #COP30 officially starts today, a look at how various actors try to obstruct UN climate processes, with @cssn.org's Kari de Pryck and Eduardo Viola drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
Some of the same countries that have agreed to the biggest pledges to cut carbon emissions have actually ramped up production of fossil fuels.
First #COP30 report. About the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada and their oil and gas interests for @drilledmedia.bsky.social drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Some of the same countries that have agreed to the biggest pledges to cut carbon emissions have actually ramped up production of fossil fuels.
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🚫 Bad COP to good COP: Blocking fossil-fueled disinformation in Belém & beyond
@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
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@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
buff.ly/Il1bnfM
Blocking fossil fuel disinformation in Belém and beyond
Fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions, and their disinformation must be tackled
www.climatechangenews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚫 Bad COP to good COP: Blocking fossil-fueled disinformation in Belém & beyond
@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
buff.ly/Il1bnfM
@ucs.org's Kate Cell and Kathy Mulvey explain why fossil fuel companies should be barred from COP climate talks, where they attempt to derail discussions.
via @climatechangenews.com
buff.ly/Il1bnfM
Just another reason I’m so so skeptical about AI. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
New study: AI chatbots systematically violate mental health ethics standards
Researchers at Brown University found that AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics standards, underscoring the need for legal standards and oversight as use of these tools increases.
www.brown.edu
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just another reason I’m so so skeptical about AI. www.brown.edu/news/2025-10...
At this point I wonder if the COP meetings are just for show…
UNEP's latest annual “emissions gap” report is out - countries' climate plans "barely move the needle" on future warming
@carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/unep-new-cou...
@carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/unep-new-cou...
UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming - Carbon Brief
The latest round of country climate plans ‘barely move the needle’ on future warming, the head of the United Nations Environment Programme has warned
www.carbonbrief.org
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
At this point I wonder if the COP meetings are just for show…
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If food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the U.S. 😱
source: Food and Ag Org of the UN
For more information on food waste, check out @paul-west.bsky.social for @sentientmedia.org
🔗 sentientmedia.org/the-climate-...
source: Food and Ag Org of the UN
For more information on food waste, check out @paul-west.bsky.social for @sentientmedia.org
🔗 sentientmedia.org/the-climate-...
The Climate Solution Sitting in America’s Trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
sentientmedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If food waste were a country, it would be the world’s third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China and the U.S. 😱
source: Food and Ag Org of the UN
For more information on food waste, check out @paul-west.bsky.social for @sentientmedia.org
🔗 sentientmedia.org/the-climate-...
source: Food and Ag Org of the UN
For more information on food waste, check out @paul-west.bsky.social for @sentientmedia.org
🔗 sentientmedia.org/the-climate-...
"Getting governments to take the action citizens want on climate requires closing the perception gap, something the media may have helped to create in the first place, but is also uniquely positioned to fix."
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion
The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.
www.thenation.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"Getting governments to take the action citizens want on climate requires closing the perception gap, something the media may have helped to create in the first place, but is also uniquely positioned to fix."
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
One reason why we should take Bill Gates’ climate opinions with a giant hunk of salt.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
One reason why we should take Bill Gates’ climate opinions with a giant hunk of salt.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
This is a really helpful chart for those following the #climate talks.
NEW – Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit | @arunacsekhar.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org
Read here ⬇️
Read here ⬇️
Interactive: Who wants what at the COP30 climate change summit - Carbon Brief
In order to track parties’ positions on negotiating points at COP30, Carbon Brief has analysed nearly 100 submissions to the UN and captured them in a table
www.carbonbrief.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a really helpful chart for those following the #climate talks.
I look forward to reading this. Sounds like breath of fresh air.
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
A magazine born of anger, heartbreak, and hope.
Equator promises to move beyond a Western-centric perspective. Can it?
www.cjr.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I look forward to reading this. Sounds like breath of fresh air.
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
www.cjr.org/the-intervie...
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“The atmosphere has a huge historical memory when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,”said Carlos Milani, a professor of international relations at Rio de Janeiro State U’s Institute of Social and Political Studies. “What happened 30 years ago matters very much”
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 11:32 PM
“The atmosphere has a huge historical memory when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions,”said Carlos Milani, a professor of international relations at Rio de Janeiro State U’s Institute of Social and Political Studies. “What happened 30 years ago matters very much”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
NBC news poll shows that voters surveyed cite protecting constitutional rights and/or democracy as their most important issue.
H/t @democracydocket.com
H/t @democracydocket.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NBC news poll shows that voters surveyed cite protecting constitutional rights and/or democracy as their most important issue.
H/t @democracydocket.com
H/t @democracydocket.com
Radioactive wastewater is one of the under-covered aspects of the fracking debate. Gas is not green. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Whistleblower sounds alarm about radioactive spill at US facility: 'This never should have happened'
Thousands of gallons of radioactive fracking wastewater spilled into the Susquehanna River, raising concerns about Eureka Resources' operations.
www.thecooldown.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Radioactive wastewater is one of the under-covered aspects of the fracking debate. Gas is not green. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2025. Globally, 85% of journalist killings go unpunished, according to UNESCO, eroding accountability and enabling crime, corruption and human-rights abuses.
#EndImpunity
#EndImpunity
November 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists 2025. Globally, 85% of journalist killings go unpunished, according to UNESCO, eroding accountability and enabling crime, corruption and human-rights abuses.
#EndImpunity
#EndImpunity
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HCR nails it every time but love the way Neguse reframed what’s happening. Why isn’t everyone in the media doing this?
November 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
HCR nails it every time but love the way Neguse reframed what’s happening. Why isn’t everyone in the media doing this?