Erik C. Parker
@erikparker.bsky.social
Filmmaker, video producer, climate activist, bi guy, occasional singer, and supposed content creator. he/him 🎞️⚖️🌎💚💖💜💙 http://imdb.com/name/nm6370906/
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Erik C. Parker
@erikparker.bsky.social
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‘Project Drawdown is a global research organization that identifies, reviews, and analyzes the most viable solutions to climate change, and shares these findings with the world.’
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calling for a climate reset reset
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
calling for a climate reset reset
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The main reason climate policy has failed is that it's opposed by an international coalition of fossil fuel incumbents, authoritarian governments, & oligarch-owned media.
That's it. It's the people who killed it who are responsible for killing it! Not the people who supported it! FFS.
That's it. It's the people who killed it who are responsible for killing it! Not the people who supported it! FFS.
October 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The main reason climate policy has failed is that it's opposed by an international coalition of fossil fuel incumbents, authoritarian governments, & oligarch-owned media.
That's it. It's the people who killed it who are responsible for killing it! Not the people who supported it! FFS.
That's it. It's the people who killed it who are responsible for killing it! Not the people who supported it! FFS.
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scientists and environmentalists simply didn't use the exact right combination of magic words to take down a ruthless multitrillion-dollar global industry that's been buying governments and lying for half a century
October 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
scientists and environmentalists simply didn't use the exact right combination of magic words to take down a ruthless multitrillion-dollar global industry that's been buying governments and lying for half a century
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Preventing climate change by reducing emissions is, intrinsically & unavoidably, an altruistic act: just as more emissions hurts everyone (it's *global* warming), fewer emissions helps everyone. You are helping yourself but, whether you intend it or not, you're also helping everyone else. Now ...
July 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Preventing climate change by reducing emissions is, intrinsically & unavoidably, an altruistic act: just as more emissions hurts everyone (it's *global* warming), fewer emissions helps everyone. You are helping yourself but, whether you intend it or not, you're also helping everyone else. Now ...
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... *adapting* to climate change does not share this quality. When you adapt your place to be more resilient in the face of warming, you help yourself & your community, but no one else.
Again: mitigation is unavoidably global & altruistic; adaptation is unavoidably local & self-focused.
Now ...
Again: mitigation is unavoidably global & altruistic; adaptation is unavoidably local & self-focused.
Now ...
July 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
... *adapting* to climate change does not share this quality. When you adapt your place to be more resilient in the face of warming, you help yourself & your community, but no one else.
Again: mitigation is unavoidably global & altruistic; adaptation is unavoidably local & self-focused.
Now ...
Again: mitigation is unavoidably global & altruistic; adaptation is unavoidably local & self-focused.
Now ...
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... ask yourself which of those two conservatives are going to prefer.
And there you go. You understand climate politics now.
And there you go. You understand climate politics now.
July 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
... ask yourself which of those two conservatives are going to prefer.
And there you go. You understand climate politics now.
And there you go. You understand climate politics now.
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1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee.
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The Hunger Gap
A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.
www.monbiot.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
1. At the Tipping Points conference in Exeter yesterday, I spoke about the likelihood of food system collapse: a massive existential threat few people's radar. If you want a handle on the issue, here's the submission I made to a parliamentary committee.
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The Times questioning Zohran’s experience kinda just boils down to ideology & racism but the idea of 33 being too young to hold a major political office is so funny. If he was a CEO of a startup that produced something worse than nothing they’d write a glowing feature on his new bold ideas.
June 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The Times questioning Zohran’s experience kinda just boils down to ideology & racism but the idea of 33 being too young to hold a major political office is so funny. If he was a CEO of a startup that produced something worse than nothing they’d write a glowing feature on his new bold ideas.
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"Renewables will win the future almost everywhere that there is a free market in electricity — but that’s not the world being constructed in the US right now."
The Climate Cost of America’s Infinite Tariffs
Years of protectionism have weakened the US solar industry. Levies of up to 3,521% on Asian imports will set energy transition back even further.
www.bloomberg.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Renewables will win the future almost everywhere that there is a free market in electricity — but that’s not the world being constructed in the US right now."
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This could be a big deal for the hundreds of climate lawsuits underway around the world. @jsmankin.bsky.social and @ccallahan45.bsky.social link emissions from specific fossil fuel companies to trillions of dollars in damages.
“I think this is going to be the future of climate litigation." 🧪🔌💡
“I think this is going to be the future of climate litigation." 🧪🔌💡
Can climate science attribute economic damage to major polluters?
Climate researchers argue their science has advanced enough to directly link emissions from particular companies to damages from specific extreme weather events
www.newscientist.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This could be a big deal for the hundreds of climate lawsuits underway around the world. @jsmankin.bsky.social and @ccallahan45.bsky.social link emissions from specific fossil fuel companies to trillions of dollars in damages.
“I think this is going to be the future of climate litigation." 🧪🔌💡
“I think this is going to be the future of climate litigation." 🧪🔌💡
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Cleaner air, lower energy bills, safer home.
Ahead of her baby’s birth, Rewiring America Research Director Cora Wyent switched her home to all-electric appliances.
Get the full tour: youtu.be/CJuyikkXQb0
Ahead of her baby’s birth, Rewiring America Research Director Cora Wyent switched her home to all-electric appliances.
Get the full tour: youtu.be/CJuyikkXQb0
Inside A Sunny, Electric Bungalow in Los Angeles | This Electric House | Rewiring America
YouTube video by Rewiring America
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March 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Cleaner air, lower energy bills, safer home.
Ahead of her baby’s birth, Rewiring America Research Director Cora Wyent switched her home to all-electric appliances.
Get the full tour: youtu.be/CJuyikkXQb0
Ahead of her baby’s birth, Rewiring America Research Director Cora Wyent switched her home to all-electric appliances.
Get the full tour: youtu.be/CJuyikkXQb0
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Despite growth in renewable energy, a look at state electricity sources shows the persistence of fossil fuels, even in places you wouldn’t expect.
How Does Your State Produce Its Electricity? The Variations are Wild and Weird - Inside Climate News
Take a tour of the country in terms of how each state produces power.
insideclimatenews.org
March 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Despite growth in renewable energy, a look at state electricity sources shows the persistence of fossil fuels, even in places you wouldn’t expect.
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Want to see how your state produces its electricity?
Check out this cool helpful chart from @dangearino.bsky.social and the cool folks over at @insideclimatenews.org.
Check out this cool helpful chart from @dangearino.bsky.social and the cool folks over at @insideclimatenews.org.
March 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Want to see how your state produces its electricity?
Check out this cool helpful chart from @dangearino.bsky.social and the cool folks over at @insideclimatenews.org.
Check out this cool helpful chart from @dangearino.bsky.social and the cool folks over at @insideclimatenews.org.
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It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
March 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It would be helpful if more people understood renewable energy is actually an extremely disruptive technology and the reason monied interests are trying to make folks hate it is that they are the ones which will be disrupted.
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It appears that staff fired today include meteorologists, data scientists responsible for maintaining weather predictive models, and technicians responsible for maintaining the nation’s weather instrumentation network (among many others).
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It appears that staff fired today include meteorologists, data scientists responsible for maintaining weather predictive models, and technicians responsible for maintaining the nation’s weather instrumentation network (among many others).
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The U.S. NWS is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. Its cost of operation is only ~$3-4/yr per taxpayer—equivalent to a single cup of coffee—and yields a truly remarkable return on investment (at least 10 to 1, and perhaps 100 to 1).
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The U.S. NWS is a truly world-class meteorological predictive service, perhaps singularly so. Its cost of operation is only ~$3-4/yr per taxpayer—equivalent to a single cup of coffee—and yields a truly remarkable return on investment (at least 10 to 1, and perhaps 100 to 1).
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NOAA & NWS collectively offer tens to hundreds of billions of dollars each year in economic benefit through combination of averted losses & efficiencies gained. More importantly, NWS saves countless lives by issuing high-quality weather forecasts & extreme weather warnings.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
NOAA & NWS collectively offer tens to hundreds of billions of dollars each year in economic benefit through combination of averted losses & efficiencies gained. More importantly, NWS saves countless lives by issuing high-quality weather forecasts & extreme weather warnings.
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Despite widespread discussion to the contrary, the fact of the matter is that the private sector, as it presently exists, simply cannot quickly spin up to fill any void› left by substantial dismantling of NOAA and/or the NWS.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Despite widespread discussion to the contrary, the fact of the matter is that the private sector, as it presently exists, simply cannot quickly spin up to fill any void› left by substantial dismantling of NOAA and/or the NWS.
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I work extensively with weather and climate scientists who work in the private sector—all of whom do good and important work that I greatly respect—yet even within the private sector there is near unanimous agreement that NOAA and NWS are indispensable.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I work extensively with weather and climate scientists who work in the private sector—all of whom do good and important work that I greatly respect—yet even within the private sector there is near unanimous agreement that NOAA and NWS are indispensable.
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In fact, though this is not widely known, most or all private weather companies in U.S. (including forecasts that you see on TV or your favorite app) are built directly atop backbone of taxpayer-funded instrumentation, data, predictive modeling, & forecasts provided by NOAA.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In fact, though this is not widely known, most or all private weather companies in U.S. (including forecasts that you see on TV or your favorite app) are built directly atop backbone of taxpayer-funded instrumentation, data, predictive modeling, & forecasts provided by NOAA.
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Further, even a temporary or partial interruption in NOAA/NWS 24/7/365 lifesaving services—which are often used in an hour-by-hour (even minute-by-minute) context during extreme weather events and other emergencies—would be devastating.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Further, even a temporary or partial interruption in NOAA/NWS 24/7/365 lifesaving services—which are often used in an hour-by-hour (even minute-by-minute) context during extreme weather events and other emergencies—would be devastating.
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The NWS is a critical public utility, and it would be extremely difficult to rebuild if torn down. This is not, in short, an acceptable setting in which to “move fast and break things.”
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The NWS is a critical public utility, and it would be extremely difficult to rebuild if torn down. This is not, in short, an acceptable setting in which to “move fast and break things.”
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To be clear: If there were to be large staffing reductions at NOAA and NWS—at appears is now indeed underway, with credible reports of larger further cuts on horizon—there will be people who die in extreme weather events & related disasters who would not have otherwise.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
To be clear: If there were to be large staffing reductions at NOAA and NWS—at appears is now indeed underway, with credible reports of larger further cuts on horizon—there will be people who die in extreme weather events & related disasters who would not have otherwise.
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The now-confirmed and rumored additional cuts to come at NOAA/NWS are spectacularly short-sighted, and ultimately will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters.
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February 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The now-confirmed and rumored additional cuts to come at NOAA/NWS are spectacularly short-sighted, and ultimately will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters.
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