Debbie Friedman
@foodinsight.bsky.social
Food policy and politics, food systems, organic farming, school food. Staying hopeful. FoodInsightGroup.com
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This is a huge shame.
Maritime emissions need to be reduced. It has taken years to build proposals to enhance committed clean shipping supporting decarbonisation, ocean health and innovation.
Maritime emissions need to be reduced. It has taken years to build proposals to enhance committed clean shipping supporting decarbonisation, ocean health and innovation.
The U.S. has blocked a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting ended Friday without adopting new regulations. The world’s largest maritime nations had been deliberating on regulations to move the shipping industry away from fossil fuels.
US blocks a global fee on shipping emissions as international meeting ends without new regulations
The U.S. has blocked a global fee on shipping emissions as an international maritime meeting ended Friday without adopting new regulations.
bit.ly
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is a huge shame.
Maritime emissions need to be reduced. It has taken years to build proposals to enhance committed clean shipping supporting decarbonisation, ocean health and innovation.
Maritime emissions need to be reduced. It has taken years to build proposals to enhance committed clean shipping supporting decarbonisation, ocean health and innovation.
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The @nytimes rightly taking heat for burying coverage of the massive protests in tiny pics below the fold on the cover and the story on page 23 — while saying they drew “thousands” (it was millions) and glazing Vance’s marines stunt.
What’s going on in there?
What’s going on in there?
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The @nytimes rightly taking heat for burying coverage of the massive protests in tiny pics below the fold on the cover and the story on page 23 — while saying they drew “thousands” (it was millions) and glazing Vance’s marines stunt.
What’s going on in there?
What’s going on in there?
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OK, here we go...
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
OK, here we go...
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
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"The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025," is the way @wired.com reported on the 2025 @oilchange.bsky.social report. www.wired.com/story/us-tax...
US Taxpayers Will Pay Billions in New Fossil Fuel Subsidies Thanks to the Big Beautiful Bill
A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas industry over the next decade.
www.wired.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"The Trump administration has already added nearly $40 billion in new federal subsidies for oil, gas, and coal in 2025," is the way @wired.com reported on the 2025 @oilchange.bsky.social report. www.wired.com/story/us-tax...
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🧑🌾 Here comes yet another Trump farmer bailout we have been talking about for almost a year — all because of his misguided trade war.
(As they scream about “SocIAliSM”)
(As they scream about “SocIAliSM”)
September 24, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🧑🌾 Here comes yet another Trump farmer bailout we have been talking about for almost a year — all because of his misguided trade war.
(As they scream about “SocIAliSM”)
(As they scream about “SocIAliSM”)
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The MAHA Commission strategy report confirms that the administration has no real plans to reduce exposures to pesticides. Further, it broadly reaffirms the administration’s continued reliance on voluntary industry compliance rather than enforceable federal regulation.
www.panna.org/news/pesticid...
www.panna.org/news/pesticid...
Pesticides, Public Health, and the MAHA Commission | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN)
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission’s strategy addressing children’s health was billed as a way to address declining public health, with a particular focus on curtailing recent increases in chronic illness in children. However, under pre
www.panna.org
September 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The MAHA Commission strategy report confirms that the administration has no real plans to reduce exposures to pesticides. Further, it broadly reaffirms the administration’s continued reliance on voluntary industry compliance rather than enforceable federal regulation.
www.panna.org/news/pesticid...
www.panna.org/news/pesticid...
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Trumpism seems to have three big obsessions: deportations, tariffs, and killing clean energy. (Also graft of course). On Sun Day we take on #3. Join us at sunday.earth
August 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trumpism seems to have three big obsessions: deportations, tariffs, and killing clean energy. (Also graft of course). On Sun Day we take on #3. Join us at sunday.earth
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French government subsidies for renewable energy are set to jump 23% to a record €9 billion next year, after almost doubling in 2025
France Set to Pay a Record €9 Billion in Subsidies to Renewables
French government subsidies for renewable energy are set to jump 23% to a record €9 billion ($10.3 billion) next year, after almost doubling in 2025, according to the regulator.
bloom.bg
August 2, 2025 at 7:30 AM
French government subsidies for renewable energy are set to jump 23% to a record €9 billion next year, after almost doubling in 2025
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HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.
heatmap.news
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
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folks, the Abundance faction are still insisting that solar and wind are not getting built thanks to NIMBY environmentalists 🙃
HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.
Interior Order Chokes Off Permits for Solar and Wind on Federal Lands
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.
heatmap.news
August 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
folks, the Abundance faction are still insisting that solar and wind are not getting built thanks to NIMBY environmentalists 🙃
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The main barriers to nature restoration are a lack of political leadership & a lack of vision. Denmark lack neither.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Ambitious Denmark project starts farm-to-forest conversion
In December 2024, Denmark embarked on an ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions and restore 250,000 hectares (617,763 acres) or almost 6% of the country into forested area. One local initiative is aff...
news.mongabay.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The main barriers to nature restoration are a lack of political leadership & a lack of vision. Denmark lack neither.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Solar power electricity production is rising faster than any other generation technology in history (say Goldman Sachs)
"Solar energy.... is likely to meet a high share of long-run global energy demand because drivers of the surge look structural"
www.gspublishing.com/content/rese...
"Solar energy.... is likely to meet a high share of long-run global energy demand because drivers of the surge look structural"
www.gspublishing.com/content/rese...
July 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Solar power electricity production is rising faster than any other generation technology in history (say Goldman Sachs)
"Solar energy.... is likely to meet a high share of long-run global energy demand because drivers of the surge look structural"
www.gspublishing.com/content/rese...
"Solar energy.... is likely to meet a high share of long-run global energy demand because drivers of the surge look structural"
www.gspublishing.com/content/rese...
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My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
www.science.org
July 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.
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For example: burning corn and soybeans to power cars and airplanes (necessitating deforestation and land-use change to create new farmland to grow corn and soybeans to feed people and animals). That’s an anti-solution that makes the climate problem worse.
July 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
For example: burning corn and soybeans to power cars and airplanes (necessitating deforestation and land-use change to create new farmland to grow corn and soybeans to feed people and animals). That’s an anti-solution that makes the climate problem worse.
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CORRUPT American Petro-State speeds plans to put New York and Miami under water, cause more Texas floods, wildfires. #climate
Energy Department to Gut Funding for Solar and Wind Projects
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
CORRUPT American Petro-State speeds plans to put New York and Miami under water, cause more Texas floods, wildfires. #climate
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Sen Cruz inserted language into the Republicans’ “big beautiful” bill to eliminate funding for improvements in weather forecasting and dissemination of forecasts & warning to the public.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Sen Cruz inserted language into the Republicans’ “big beautiful” bill to eliminate funding for improvements in weather forecasting and dissemination of forecasts & warning to the public.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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67,000 fewer vehicles are entering Lower Manhattan each day, while mass transit ridership is up across the board. The program is also on track to reap the forecasted $500 million in revenue in 2025 gothamist.com/news/numbers...
Numbers are in and NYC congestion pricing is a big 'success,’ Hochul says
The controversial program has trimmed traffic volume in the congestion zone by 11% daily, according to new data.
gothamist.com
July 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
67,000 fewer vehicles are entering Lower Manhattan each day, while mass transit ridership is up across the board. The program is also on track to reap the forecasted $500 million in revenue in 2025 gothamist.com/news/numbers...
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Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
July 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%
So yes this program is a SUCCESS.
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#TexasFloods are awful, but there is no doubt that events like this massive marine heat wave are human-caused.
Votes for HR1 must be remembered as willful acts destroying the future of their own kids.
@senatebudget.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
Votes for HR1 must be remembered as willful acts destroying the future of their own kids.
@senatebudget.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
July 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
#TexasFloods are awful, but there is no doubt that events like this massive marine heat wave are human-caused.
Votes for HR1 must be remembered as willful acts destroying the future of their own kids.
@senatebudget.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
Votes for HR1 must be remembered as willful acts destroying the future of their own kids.
@senatebudget.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
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Marching orders from our friends in Appalachia who know how to fight and waste no time:
July 2, morning to-do list list:
1) Make coffee
2) Call Congressional rep
July 2, morning to-do list list:
1) Make coffee
2) Call Congressional rep
The House of Representatives will soon vote on the megabill that would sell our communities out and give tax cuts to billionaires. Call your representative NOW at (202) 224-3121 using this script to tell them to vote NO on #HR1!
https://loom.ly/c1qqgbo #NOHR1
https://loom.ly/c1qqgbo #NOHR1
July 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Marching orders from our friends in Appalachia who know how to fight and waste no time:
July 2, morning to-do list list:
1) Make coffee
2) Call Congressional rep
July 2, morning to-do list list:
1) Make coffee
2) Call Congressional rep
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I know there's a lot happening in the world right now, but I can't find any news reporting at all of this major new study published in Science.
Where's the #climate coverage?!
"We therefore need to cut GHG emissions even further to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees"
Where's the #climate coverage?!
"We therefore need to cut GHG emissions even further to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees"
Climate models with low sensitivity to greenhouse gases do not align with satellite measurements
Climate models that give a low warming from increases in greenhouse gases do not match satellite measurements. Future warming will likely be worse than thought unless society acts, according to a new ...
phys.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I know there's a lot happening in the world right now, but I can't find any news reporting at all of this major new study published in Science.
Where's the #climate coverage?!
"We therefore need to cut GHG emissions even further to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees"
Where's the #climate coverage?!
"We therefore need to cut GHG emissions even further to have a chance of keeping global warming below 2 degrees"
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Today was a truly sorrowful day. Tomorrow, we continue the work–undaunted.
Read @undauntedk12.bsky.social's statement on the passage of the House Budget Reconciliation Bill:
www.undauntedk12.org/ourwork/stat...
Read @undauntedk12.bsky.social's statement on the passage of the House Budget Reconciliation Bill:
www.undauntedk12.org/ourwork/stat...
Statement from UndauntedK12 Co-Founders on the House Budget Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1) — UndauntedK12
With the passage of H.R. 1, the House of Representatives squanders years of investment in America’s clean energy future and with it opportunities for generations of students and all of our schools.&nb...
www.undauntedk12.org
May 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Today was a truly sorrowful day. Tomorrow, we continue the work–undaunted.
Read @undauntedk12.bsky.social's statement on the passage of the House Budget Reconciliation Bill:
www.undauntedk12.org/ourwork/stat...
Read @undauntedk12.bsky.social's statement on the passage of the House Budget Reconciliation Bill:
www.undauntedk12.org/ourwork/stat...
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Looking forward to attending this webinar with @iatp.bsky.social!
Save the date! On May 22 at 11 a.m. CT, join IATP for a conversation on the state of trade and tariffs, with a focus on impacts on farmers and food. Learn more and register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looking forward to attending this webinar with @iatp.bsky.social!
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if you were looking for signs that Jeff Bezos's obeisance to Trump has bled over into newsroom coverage it would probably look something like this article getting top billing over the story of 3-5 million people marching yesterday www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
She marched against Trump in 2017. Now, she says, ‘just let it all burn.’
Democrats are struggling to match the massive “resistance” movement that sprang up in Trump’s first term — and battling cynicism among their own voters.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
if you were looking for signs that Jeff Bezos's obeisance to Trump has bled over into newsroom coverage it would probably look something like this article getting top billing over the story of 3-5 million people marching yesterday www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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One reason I dislike abundance discourse is that it's all too easily appropriated by the right to spin horrific extractive practices, whether fossil fuel production or, here, the mass logging of public, old-growth American forests.
April 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
One reason I dislike abundance discourse is that it's all too easily appropriated by the right to spin horrific extractive practices, whether fossil fuel production or, here, the mass logging of public, old-growth American forests.