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Dr. Prakash Kashwan
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Env & Climate Justice Prof | Just Transition | Governance | Author Decolonizing Environmentalism https://tinyurl.com/3v2fysfr | Editor @environmentalpol.bsky.social | GoogleScholar https://tinyurl.com/PKGSChlr | Ex-Chair @isaess.bsky.social | Dad, Husband .. more

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Dec 10
Hi, BlueSky! Delighted to📣 Decolonizing Environmentalism (bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) is hitting the virtual book-shelf later this month & the bookstores in the new year. We wrote it esp. for the youth environmental & climate activists. Plz help spread the word. www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
www.bloomsbury.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 2h
We live in a moment rife w/ mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering technologies, and hopefulness of youth climate activism: Planet-Hacking Environmentalism in the Anthropocene
www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
www.bloomsbury.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 3h
Well said. If you're new to Solar Geoengineering, please check out and sign/endorse the @solargeoeng.bsky.social Non-use Agreement campaign and/or talk to any one of the signatories to that campaign. share.google/72PZF3zVhae2... Or, check out Chapter 3 in Decolonizing Environmentalism linked below 👇🏽

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 9h
Something I see a lot of folks missing in discussions about what's happening Venezuela, particularly around oil, is the role U.S. oil majors' interest in Guyana—and the threat Venezuela posed to it—has in all of it. Explainer here: drilled.media/news/guyana-...
The U.S.-Venezuela-Guyana Oil Triangle
The U.S. interest in Venezuela isn’t just about the oil there, but also about the oil next door in Guyana, and the U.S. oil companies that have staked their future on it.
drilled.media

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 19h
It’s been very striking to see mainstream news coverage of Venezuela. The not-so-subtle framing is: this wasn’t a bad idea. The sourcing is: a random assortment of people in the U.S. who don’t have to deal with the ramifications of Trump’s strike on Venezuela.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
"In Boston, some Venezuelans celebrated Maduro’s capture, but wariness about what might follow his removal is keeping their enthusiasm in check. By contrast, Democratic lawmakers took to social media decrying the attack as unconstitutional and reckless." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/03/m...
Greater Boston’s Venezuelan community cautiously hopeful as Democratic lawmakers condemn capture of Maduro - The Boston Globe
Members of the Massachusetts delegation questioned the strike in Venezuela.
www.bostonglobe.com

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Will Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 1d
Public design is too important a generational project for the left to cede to neoliberal technocrats.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 1d
This is as good as a time to spread the word about substance of policy Frameworks that are being developed by some very smart people. Many neoliberal policy wonks promoted the myth that they had a monopoly on policy expertise.Policy design is too important to be left to modelers on corporate rolls.

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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 1d
New to Money on the Left? Here’s a good place to start. 👇
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
moneyontheleft.org

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 1d
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d
Isn't it odd that the United States has enough money to suddenly run Venezuela, but not enough to run our own country?

There is always cash in the piggy bank for bombs to kill people, but never for healthcare to keep them alive.

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Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 2d
1. Look, there are basically just two ways to run the global oil market: petro-imperialism and petro-consumerism. Historically USA has embraced both, varying over time. The attack on #Venezuela is a return to naked petro-imperialism. Thread.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 2d
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d
BREAKING: Hearing reports of explosions in Caracas, Venezuela. Source with family on the ground says people advising each other to shelter in place.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 4d
Insightful interview with Allison Considine @buildingdecarb.org showing how the energy extraction by data centers and crypto mining undermine progress on decarbonization. #EnergySky spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-...
The argument for implementing New York's All-Electric Buildings Act
Allison Considine joins Capital Tonight.
spectrumlocalnews.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
Will do!

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
Okay, thanks for clarifying. Will share this with the National Community of Practice on Right to Food.

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
Is the statement about comparison with Great Recession from this report, or from another source?

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 5d
Public libraries rock! Happy new year all 🎊🎉🪅
joshuajfriedman.com Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
New York Public Library press release: Schomburg Qur'an Selected for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's Swearing-In In a historic first, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from NYPL's Schomburg Center at a midnight swearing-in ceremony. December 31, 2025-The New York Public Library announced on Wednesday that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to take the oath of office at a midnight swearing-in ceremony on New Year's Eve. This comes as the Schomburg Center is celebrating its centennial. Following the midnight swearing-in ceremony, the Qur'an will be put on public display beginning January 6 in the McGraw Rotunda at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street. "This marks a significant moment in our city's history, and we are deeply honored that Mayor-elect Mamdani has chosen to take the oath of office using one of the Library's Qur'ans," said Anthony W. Marx, President and CEO of The New York Public Library. "This specific Qur'an, which Arturo Schomburg preserved for the knowledge and enjoyment of all New Yorkers, symbolizes a greater story of inclusion, representation, and civic-mindedness."

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 5d
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
New York Public Library press release: Schomburg Qur'an Selected for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani's Swearing-In In a historic first, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from NYPL's Schomburg Center at a midnight swearing-in ceremony. December 31, 2025-The New York Public Library announced on Wednesday that Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will use a Qur'an from the collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to take the oath of office at a midnight swearing-in ceremony on New Year's Eve. This comes as the Schomburg Center is celebrating its centennial. Following the midnight swearing-in ceremony, the Qur'an will be put on public display beginning January 6 in the McGraw Rotunda at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street. "This marks a significant moment in our city's history, and we are deeply honored that Mayor-elect Mamdani has chosen to take the oath of office using one of the Library's Qur'ans," said Anthony W. Marx, President and CEO of The New York Public Library. "This specific Qur'an, which Arturo Schomburg preserved for the knowledge and enjoyment of all New Yorkers, symbolizes a greater story of inclusion, representation, and civic-mindedness."

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 5d
Good! 10k to follow, with stoves that have batteries.

With batteries on an induction stove, there’s no need for the building to upgrade the electrical. Bye, dirty gas, asthma and other health issues from the pollution.

citylimits.org/nycha-to-rep...
NYCHA to Replace Gas Stoves in 100 Apartments Under Energy-Efficiency Pilot Program - City Limits
Dozens of public housing apartments will get plug-in induction ranges as part of the initiative, which aims to eventually shift 10,000 NYCHA homes off the use of polluting fossil fuel appliances.
citylimits.org

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 6d
This 👇🏽 -- please post and reward quality content that informs, enlightens, and forges deep conversations.
kaiserneko.bsky.social Scott Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 7d
I do not want to see some dipshit's take from Twitter.

I do not want to see the takes of dipshits with no following or traction from ANYWHERE.

Stop putting that shit on my timeline.

Stop boosting them.

Stop using them to get likes/reposts because you dunked on someone who DOES NOT MATTER.

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fishonareef @fishonareef.bsky.social · 6d
We need to do better.

"Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent millions of deaths"

www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...
EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives
Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent m...
www.stockholmresilience.org

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Pete Sikora @petesikora.bsky.social · 7d
Employment continues to drop in the U.S. oil & gas sector.

Down about 20%, a net loss of ~200,000 jobs in oil and gas over the past decade.

ieefa.org/resources/mo...
More oil, fewer jobs: Employment declines in the U.S. oil and gas sector
The U.S. oil and gas industry employs 20% fewer workers today than it did a decade ago, with total employment in the sector falling from 1.26 million to 1 million.
ieefa.org

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Scott Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 7d
I do not want to see some dipshit's take from Twitter.

I do not want to see the takes of dipshits with no following or traction from ANYWHERE.

Stop putting that shit on my timeline.

Stop boosting them.

Stop using them to get likes/reposts because you dunked on someone who DOES NOT MATTER.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 7d
In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
In the Global Race for Electric Vehicle Dominance, the US is Falling Way Behind
They estimate that widespread EV adoption could reduce climate pollution worldwide by over 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year
dlvr.it

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Alec Luhn @alecluhn.com · 8d
The US invented the solar panel & wind turbine, notes @billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We could have owned these technologies, & instead we’ve just ceded them to our theoretical main rival... I don’t think there’s been an act of national self-sabotage quite like this." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables
The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival
www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 9d
“While wealthy nations count the financial cost of disasters, millions of people across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean are counting lost lives, homes and futures. In 2026, govts must stop burying their heads in the sand and start responding with real support for people on the frontlines.” #NewYear
rahmstorf.bsky.social Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 9d
"The bill for extreme weather damages will continue to rise until the world slashes greenhouse gas emissions and phases out fossil fuels."
What some don't understand: it will rise disproportionately as resilience limits of infrastructure are increasingly exceeded.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters
Christian Aid annual report’s top 10 disasters amounted to more than $120bn in insured losses
www.theguardian.com

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 9d
"The bill for extreme weather damages will continue to rise until the world slashes greenhouse gas emissions and phases out fossil fuels."
What some don't understand: it will rise disproportionately as resilience limits of infrastructure are increasingly exceeded.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Cyclones, floods and wildfires among 2025’s costliest climate-related disasters
Christian Aid annual report’s top 10 disasters amounted to more than $120bn in insured losses
www.theguardian.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 9d
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · 12d
Such a wonderful news! Happy holidays, Pete!