P Carew
@climategeomap.bsky.social
Geographer | Data Nerd | Strong interest in Climate science and solutions | PNW 🌲
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P Carew
@climategeomap.bsky.social
· Nov 16
I appear to be on a list of Geographers - and it refers to academics.
While I am a geographer (graduate and it is my job title) I am not a researcher, lecturer, etc.
I work in the corporate world (unfortunately not related to climate).
Generally post about climate, politics, GIS, thoughts…
While I am a geographer (graduate and it is my job title) I am not a researcher, lecturer, etc.
I work in the corporate world (unfortunately not related to climate).
Generally post about climate, politics, GIS, thoughts…
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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One in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyist, analysis finds
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1... #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1... #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
One in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyist, analysis finds
Analysis finds 1,600 fossil fuel representatives at UN climate summit in Brazil, outnumbering almost every country delegation.
www.euronews.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
One in 25 COP30 attendees is a fossil fuel lobbyist, analysis finds
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1... #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1... #COP30 #Belem #Brazil
Definitely ruined. Contact your congressional representatives, let them know you are disappointed, frustrated, shocked, etc.
I swear to god Chuck Schumer better not ruin the bolt of energy that Tuesday shot through Democrats by folding on the shutdown
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Definitely ruined. Contact your congressional representatives, let them know you are disappointed, frustrated, shocked, etc.
“What is there to say now that 8 Democratic moderates—with the barely disguised backing of party leader Chuck Schumer…—voted to reopen the government in exchange for practically nothing? A few days ago, the Democrats had all the leverage in the world.”
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
Chuck Schumer Needs to Go
The Democratic Senate leader has lost the thread. Everyone is suffering because of his lack of judgment.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“What is there to say now that 8 Democratic moderates—with the barely disguised backing of party leader Chuck Schumer…—voted to reopen the government in exchange for practically nothing? A few days ago, the Democrats had all the leverage in the world.”
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
newrepublic.com/article/2029...
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10/1/2026, states will also need to pay 75% instead of 50% of administrative costs for SNAP.
This is hundreds of millions of dollars each state will need to magically come up with to fund the administrative side of the program.
None of this could ever be seen as positive steps to revamping SNAP
This is hundreds of millions of dollars each state will need to magically come up with to fund the administrative side of the program.
None of this could ever be seen as positive steps to revamping SNAP
Oh, dont forget about the mandatory shift from 50/50 to 25/75 where states will pay now 75% of administrative funding.
So cut funding used to ensure quality, while forcing more payments for worse reviews. Make it make sense other than trying to kill SNAP
So cut funding used to ensure quality, while forcing more payments for worse reviews. Make it make sense other than trying to kill SNAP
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
10/1/2026, states will also need to pay 75% instead of 50% of administrative costs for SNAP.
This is hundreds of millions of dollars each state will need to magically come up with to fund the administrative side of the program.
None of this could ever be seen as positive steps to revamping SNAP
This is hundreds of millions of dollars each state will need to magically come up with to fund the administrative side of the program.
None of this could ever be seen as positive steps to revamping SNAP
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The federal government shutdown is halting Forest Service proactive wildfire preparedness measures and furloughing wildland firefighters to work without pay.
Shutdown causes ‘confusion’ across the Forest Service - High Country News
Prescribed burns are on hold during shutdown while logging continues.
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The federal government shutdown is halting Forest Service proactive wildfire preparedness measures and furloughing wildland firefighters to work without pay.
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DeBriefed | Earth’s first ‘tipping point’; Climate adviser interview; How warming affects children’s health
✍️ Written by @emmahancox.carbonbrief.org
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
DeBriefed | Earth’s first ‘tipping point’; Climate adviser interview; How warming affects children’s health
✍️ Written by @emmahancox.carbonbrief.org
💻 Edited by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org
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According to Gaza Civil Defense, they’ve uncovered booby-trapped children’s toys and canned food that the occupation deliberately planted to cause more casualties.
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
According to Gaza Civil Defense, they’ve uncovered booby-trapped children’s toys and canned food that the occupation deliberately planted to cause more casualties.
Naive to think he and his cabinet were going to do anything else:
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
President Donald Trump is now openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign.
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Naive to think he and his cabinet were going to do anything else:
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump no longer distancing himself from Project 2025 as he uses shutdown to further pursue its goals
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Today on Volts: high-temperature industrial processes like steelmaking get all the attention, but what about humble old low-temp industry -- beer, paper, food, etc.? It can be decarbonized with industrial heat pumps & thermal storage, but it needs policy & incentives. I dig in with experts.
How to clean up beer brewing and other low-temperature industries
Teresa Cheng and Richard Hart join me to discuss how to decarbonize industries that run on industrial boilers, like beer and paper.
www.volts.wtf
September 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Today on Volts: high-temperature industrial processes like steelmaking get all the attention, but what about humble old low-temp industry -- beer, paper, food, etc.? It can be decarbonized with industrial heat pumps & thermal storage, but it needs policy & incentives. I dig in with experts.
Passenger rail has the potential to transport millions of Americans, but it won’t do so efficiently or effectively without continued & increased funding.
Please sign & send this letter to Congress asking your reps to support funding Amtrak!
Only 88 signatures! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ra...
Please sign & send this letter to Congress asking your reps to support funding Amtrak!
Only 88 signatures! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ra...
Rally for Amtrak: Safe and Reliable Transportation for All
Invest, Expand, and Defend Amtrak
To Members of Congress and Federal Transportation Leaders:
We, the undersigned, urge you to fully fund, expand, and protect Amtrak as a vital piece of our nationa...
actionnetwork.org
September 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Passenger rail has the potential to transport millions of Americans, but it won’t do so efficiently or effectively without continued & increased funding.
Please sign & send this letter to Congress asking your reps to support funding Amtrak!
Only 88 signatures! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ra...
Please sign & send this letter to Congress asking your reps to support funding Amtrak!
Only 88 signatures! actionnetwork.org/petitions/ra...
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In #ScienceUnderSiege (www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...), @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I criticize the NY Times for pushing unhelpful antiscience (like the "Lab Leak Theory" for COVID-19) or fossil fuel-friendly framing (e.g. in this case, "geoengineering" as a climate solution):
September 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In #ScienceUnderSiege (www.barnesandnoble.com/w/science-un...), @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social and I criticize the NY Times for pushing unhelpful antiscience (like the "Lab Leak Theory" for COVID-19) or fossil fuel-friendly framing (e.g. in this case, "geoengineering" as a climate solution):
Worth sharing again, do not be distracted, see what they are doing. Resist.
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives apnews.com/article/epa-...
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives apnews.com/article/epa-...
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives
When the head of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year announced a massive rollback of environmental regulations, he said it would spark a “Golden Age” for the American economy.
apnews.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Worth sharing again, do not be distracted, see what they are doing. Resist.
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives apnews.com/article/epa-...
Trump EPA rollbacks would weaken rules projected to save billions of dollars and thousands of lives apnews.com/article/epa-...
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“It’s gotten so easy to pick out the bad guys. One after another, at an escalating pace, the corporate cowards are abandoning their duty as citizens and kowtowing to Trump in a pathetic display of weakness and avarice.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
Capitulation and the Attack on Free Speech
The crackdown on Jimmy Kimmel is an outrage that puts us all at risk
www.americaamerica.news
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“It’s gotten so easy to pick out the bad guys. One after another, at an escalating pace, the corporate cowards are abandoning their duty as citizens and kowtowing to Trump in a pathetic display of weakness and avarice.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
www.americaamerica.news/p/capitulati...
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"Orbánization has surged forward in the last 24 hours."
Yep, and Trump has since made it explicit that he's instructed FCC chair Brendan Carr to abuse broadcast licensing to suppress network criticism of him. He's stated it right in the open.
Yep, and Trump has since made it explicit that he's instructed FCC chair Brendan Carr to abuse broadcast licensing to suppress network criticism of him. He's stated it right in the open.
The government is “using the public interest standard to go after anything it doesn’t like" says Anna Gomez. She is the only Democratic-appointed commissioner on the three-member Federal Communications Commission.
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Orbánization has surged forward in the last 24 hours.
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Orbánization has surged forward in the last 24 hours.
Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse Than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that chairman Brendan Carr’s move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
newrepublic.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Orbánization has surged forward in the last 24 hours."
Yep, and Trump has since made it explicit that he's instructed FCC chair Brendan Carr to abuse broadcast licensing to suppress network criticism of him. He's stated it right in the open.
Yep, and Trump has since made it explicit that he's instructed FCC chair Brendan Carr to abuse broadcast licensing to suppress network criticism of him. He's stated it right in the open.
“Environmental justice and climate justice have always been about fairness and access to clean air, clean water, and a safe place for all children to play... It’s common sense that we think about all of our neighbors, our communities, when developing climate policies.”
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
Despite Misinformation from Washington, Environmental Justice Is About Common Sense, Fairness, and Access to Clean Air and Clean Water for All
Environmental justice is consistent with this country’s mandate for equal protection.
blog.ucs.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Environmental justice and climate justice have always been about fairness and access to clean air, clean water, and a safe place for all children to play... It’s common sense that we think about all of our neighbors, our communities, when developing climate policies.”
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
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Tell me US government what you think:
A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
They want to go retcon the old climate reports to make them favorable to their POV.
Via @weatherwest.bsky.social
A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
They want to go retcon the old climate reports to make them favorable to their POV.
Via @weatherwest.bsky.social
Notice of Availability: A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) seeks public comment on the draft report produced by DOE's Climate Working Group (CWG), titled "A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emi...
www.federalregister.gov
August 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Tell me US government what you think:
A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
They want to go retcon the old climate reports to make them favorable to their POV.
Via @weatherwest.bsky.social
A Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
They want to go retcon the old climate reports to make them favorable to their POV.
Via @weatherwest.bsky.social
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'A global treaty to cut plastic production and pollution is hanging by a thread, as the United States teams up with “petrostates” including Saudi Arabia and Russia to weaken progress on international regulation.'
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
US and Saudi Arabia try to stymie global plastics deal
At least 234 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists are attending the discussions on reducing plastic waste – outnumbering countries represented.
www.smh.com.au
August 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
'A global treaty to cut plastic production and pollution is hanging by a thread, as the United States teams up with “petrostates” including Saudi Arabia and Russia to weaken progress on international regulation.'
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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Really nice to see this story contains advice on how people should avoid CREATING pollution, rather than what you frequently see, which is "Anyone with a health condition should stay inside a plastic bag all day because it's not like people can drive less"
High pollution warning issued for London by City Hall
High pollution warning issued for London by City Hall
City Hall says strong sunshine and hot weather are expected to trigger high ozone levels.
www.bbc.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Really nice to see this story contains advice on how people should avoid CREATING pollution, rather than what you frequently see, which is "Anyone with a health condition should stay inside a plastic bag all day because it's not like people can drive less"
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From @kiley.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org: "We’re all exposed to [fossil fuel pollution] every single day. We’re bathed in it." insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...
Kids in Pennsylvania Are Breathing (Much) Easier After a Coal Plant Shuttered - Inside Climate News
Pediatric asthma ER visits dropped 40 percent after a coal processing plant near Pittsburgh closed down, researchers found.
insideclimatenews.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
From @kiley.bsky.social at @insideclimatenews.org: "We’re all exposed to [fossil fuel pollution] every single day. We’re bathed in it." insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...
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This is the same amount as the entire National Science Foundation's R&D spending for the entire field of *engineering* for the whole country. All of it.
NYT reports that a mysterious, *$984 million* transfer from a Pentagon"black box" account might be paying for the renovation of Trump's "free" Qatari jet.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...
What Will It Cost to Renovate the ‘Free’ Air Force One? Don’t Ask.
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is the same amount as the entire National Science Foundation's R&D spending for the entire field of *engineering* for the whole country. All of it.
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oh my fucking god
July 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
oh my fucking god
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The Environmental Protection Agency said it was dismantling the Office of Research and Development, cutting nearly a quarter of its staff and expanding the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the agency.
EPA eliminates its scientific research arm
The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 percent.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The Environmental Protection Agency said it was dismantling the Office of Research and Development, cutting nearly a quarter of its staff and expanding the Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the agency.
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Further wanton destruction of the federal government, curtailing public goods enjoyed by the American public.
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.
trib.al
July 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Further wanton destruction of the federal government, curtailing public goods enjoyed by the American public.