Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com
@revkin.bsky.social
40 years of prize-winning sustainability journalism, mostly @nytimes, #sustainwhat webcaster https://revkin.substack.com, #Anthropocene Working Group member, solution seeker, songwriter https://j.mp/revkinlinks
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I've long found small talk is a gateway to sharing bigger ideas and building trust. The key need is to foster moments where it can happen across cultural divides. Hear my old friend @reggieharris42.bsky.social described a #BLM vs #MAGA protest standoff (full Q&A: revkin.substack.com/p/pathways-t...)
Oldest playbook throughout human history: Might makes right.
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Oldest playbook throughout human history: Might makes right.
For some reason this 2019 tweet by Tulsi Gabbard is getting a lot of fresh retweets…
January 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
For some reason this 2019 tweet by Tulsi Gabbard is getting a lot of fresh retweets…
There's a spate of such Grok prompts going around on X...
January 2, 2026 at 1:44 AM
There's a spate of such Grok prompts going around on X...
I drew this cartoon in 2001 and it feels even more relevant now.
December 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I drew this cartoon in 2001 and it feels even more relevant now.
Even as Putin apologiest continue to claim otherwise, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Trump national security officials and the CIA have both found no evidence supporting Russia's claims that Ukraine attacked a Putin residence. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | U.S. Finds Ukraine Didn’t Target Putin in Drone Strike
Disclosure of the findings come as Trump appeared to play down the Russian claim of an attempted drone attack.
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December 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Even as Putin apologiest continue to claim otherwise, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Trump national security officials and the CIA have both found no evidence supporting Russia's claims that Ukraine attacked a Putin residence. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
December 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸
Please follow or subscribe to @climateages.bsky.social for insights on how #paleobio and paleoclimate science matter. My #sustainwhat post explains why: open.substack.com/pub/revkin/p...
December 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Please follow or subscribe to @climateages.bsky.social for insights on how #paleobio and paleoclimate science matter. My #sustainwhat post explains why: open.substack.com/pub/revkin/p...
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
US measles outbreak tops 2,000 known infections
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The U.S. has surpassed 2000 documented measles cases this year, the highest in more than 30 years.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
This is driven by rampant disinformation about vaccines from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including in his capacity as a government official.
We will lose our elimination status shortly.
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While the U.S. Retreats Under Trump, the Developing World Embraces China's Cheap Clean-Energy Wares
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While the U.S. Retreats Under Trump, the Developing World Embraces China's Cheap Clean-Energy Wares
There’s a nonstop flow of click-seeking portentous and hopeful climate coverage around every Conference of the Parties (to the climate treaty), and it’s no different now as COP30 gets under way in Bel...
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December 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
While the U.S. Retreats Under Trump, the Developing World Embraces China's Cheap Clean-Energy Wares
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My hometown of Mount Vernon, Washington - although I’ve left there for a while - is an outstanding example of local leadership, community collaboration and preparedness. open.substack.com/pub/revkin/p...
Thank you Andy @revkin.bsky.social
Thank you Andy @revkin.bsky.social
In Yet Another Atmospheric River Assault, What "Broke the Pacific Northwest's Plumbing"?
I propose it was broken a long time ago and, sure, climate change is likely contributing to epic rains there now.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
My hometown of Mount Vernon, Washington - although I’ve left there for a while - is an outstanding example of local leadership, community collaboration and preparedness. open.substack.com/pub/revkin/p...
Thank you Andy @revkin.bsky.social
Thank you Andy @revkin.bsky.social
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A Fox Poll Shows Americans are Very Concerned about Climate Change and ICE Migrant Assaults, Yet Trump Continues Targeting Migrants and Gutting Climate Science
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A Fox Poll Shows Americans are Very Concerned about Climate Change and ICE Migrant Assaults, Yet Trump Continues Targeting Migrants and Gutting Climate Science
Democracy alarm bells ring when an "imperial leader" doesn't give a hoot about the public
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December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A Fox Poll Shows Americans are Very Concerned about Climate Change and ICE Migrant Assaults, Yet Trump Continues Targeting Migrants and Gutting Climate Science
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From a fellow New York Times alum who still gets the printed paper… I’ve seen this kind of surreal juxtaposition of news and ads even more online….
December 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
From a fellow New York Times alum who still gets the printed paper… I’ve seen this kind of surreal juxtaposition of news and ads even more online….
This song by my friend David Bernz sadly isn’t getting old: "Send Him Away" (A Liar Tweets Tonight) youtu.be/NtNJNJzxrJc?... #nokings
"Send Him Away" (A Liar Tweets Tonight)
YouTube video by Andrew Revkin
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December 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This song by my friend David Bernz sadly isn’t getting old: "Send Him Away" (A Liar Tweets Tonight) youtu.be/NtNJNJzxrJc?... #nokings
In the 1980s, writing on the future of the US auto industry, I got to see secret carved-clay mockups of what would become Ford’s revolutionary Taurus sedan. I’d like to think this purported North Korean nuclear submarine visited by Kim Jong Un is similarly just clay… But I doubt it. 1/
December 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
In the 1980s, writing on the future of the US auto industry, I got to see secret carved-clay mockups of what would become Ford’s revolutionary Taurus sedan. I’d like to think this purported North Korean nuclear submarine visited by Kim Jong Un is similarly just clay… But I doubt it. 1/
Repost with your Christmas tree.🌲
December 26, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Repost with your Christmas tree.🌲
Belated YES to this. David @volts.wtf Roberts has carved a fantastic, illuminating path on #cleanenergy frontiers.
Happy 5th birthday to Volts! #energysky -- via Volts/David Roberts: www.volts.wtf/p/happ...
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Belated YES to this. David @volts.wtf Roberts has carved a fantastic, illuminating path on #cleanenergy frontiers.
A fascinating reality in a country that spans a continent is there’s no common experience of climate. Here’s Downeast Maine today. (In The @nytimes.com ages ago I posited this might be one reason it’s hard to have a common sense of #climatechange. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/w...
December 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A fascinating reality in a country that spans a continent is there’s no common experience of climate. Here’s Downeast Maine today. (In The @nytimes.com ages ago I posited this might be one reason it’s hard to have a common sense of #climatechange. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/w...
On #christmas, redouble your commitment to get a great Democratic turnout in #election2026 to help blunt the coal trolls. This is an actual Energy Dept tweet. #nokings #climate
December 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
On #christmas, redouble your commitment to get a great Democratic turnout in #election2026 to help blunt the coal trolls. This is an actual Energy Dept tweet. #nokings #climate
This animated short is well worth 11 minutes of your time.
The Oscar-winning short animated film "War is Over!" - built on "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" the 1971 song by John Lennon and @yokoono.bsky.social - is now freely watchable on YT. Fascinating back story to this haunting film. revkin.substack.com/p/happy-xmas...
December 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This animated short is well worth 11 minutes of your time.
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The Oscar-winning short animated film "War is Over!" - built on "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" the 1971 song by John Lennon and @yokoono.bsky.social - is now freely watchable on YT. Fascinating back story to this haunting film. revkin.substack.com/p/happy-xmas...
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The Oscar-winning short animated film "War is Over!" - built on "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" the 1971 song by John Lennon and @yokoono.bsky.social - is now freely watchable on YT. Fascinating back story to this haunting film. revkin.substack.com/p/happy-xmas...
I give special dispensation for AI art used for this #goldenfleet purpose. And don’t miss the comment at the bottom!
December 24, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I give special dispensation for AI art used for this #goldenfleet purpose. And don’t miss the comment at the bottom!
One can only hope that Marco Rubio has nightmares in which he's 75 and looking back at absurd, atrocious moments like this one (via @occupydemocrats.bsky.social on Facebook) #nokings
December 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
One can only hope that Marco Rubio has nightmares in which he's 75 and looking back at absurd, atrocious moments like this one (via @occupydemocrats.bsky.social on Facebook) #nokings
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The pulled “60 Minutes” episode on the CECOT prisoners is down on that YouTube link but up now here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The pulled “60 Minutes” episode on the CECOT prisoners is down on that YouTube link but up now here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...