Fran Cummings
@francummings.bsky.social
#ClimateEmergency activist. Consultant on #microgrids #energyefficiency #electrification. Also at http://linkedin.com/in/fcummings & http://mastodon.energy/web/@fcummings.
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Can we still limit warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century?
At #COP30, leaders are discussing this—but are we doing enough? @elliej.bsky.social breaks down a 1.5°C scenario using the #EnROADS Simulator, including what it would take and what’s at stake.👇 www.climateinteractive.org/blog/1-5degc...
At #COP30, leaders are discussing this—but are we doing enough? @elliej.bsky.social breaks down a 1.5°C scenario using the #EnROADS Simulator, including what it would take and what’s at stake.👇 www.climateinteractive.org/blog/1-5degc...
1.5°C—What will it take?
What does it take to limit warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century?
www.climateinteractive.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Can we still limit warming to 1.5°C by the end of the century?
At #COP30, leaders are discussing this—but are we doing enough? @elliej.bsky.social breaks down a 1.5°C scenario using the #EnROADS Simulator, including what it would take and what’s at stake.👇 www.climateinteractive.org/blog/1-5degc...
At #COP30, leaders are discussing this—but are we doing enough? @elliej.bsky.social breaks down a 1.5°C scenario using the #EnROADS Simulator, including what it would take and what’s at stake.👇 www.climateinteractive.org/blog/1-5degc...
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"The entire financial system, including government bonds and mortgages, is premised on the idea that tomorrow will look something like today. In a world that’s 3 degrees warmer, it assuredly will not"
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
"The entire financial system, including government bonds and mortgages, is premised on the idea that tomorrow will look something like today. In a world that’s 3 degrees warmer, it assuredly will not"
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
@peterbrannen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com -->>
www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
#ClimateEmergency: Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of #FossilFuels www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of Fossil Fuels | Common Dreams
"We can’t have a deal that fails to deliver what science and the law require on finance, fossil fuels, or forests and call that progress."
www.commondreams.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#ClimateEmergency: Fury as 'Shamefully Weak' COP30 Draft Drops All Mention of #FossilFuels www.commondreams.org/news/cop30-f...
Please explicitly call for a roadmap to PHASE OUT ALL #FOSSILFUEL
🔵With the Blue Zone reinstated, negotiations will resume this Friday. There is substantial work ahead. COP30 President, Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, shares his expectations for this final stretch. Watch now! 🎥
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Please explicitly call for a roadmap to PHASE OUT ALL #FOSSILFUEL
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At a time when the president and his allies embrace lawlessness as a key part of their agenda, the rest of us must redouble our commitment to the law, writes Ben Raderstorf. Chicago and Charlotte have shown that it’s not just morally right — it’s a winning strategy.
https://protdem.org/44kC811
https://protdem.org/44kC811
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
At a time when the president and his allies embrace lawlessness as a key part of their agenda, the rest of us must redouble our commitment to the law, writes Ben Raderstorf. Chicago and Charlotte have shown that it’s not just morally right — it’s a winning strategy.
https://protdem.org/44kC811
https://protdem.org/44kC811
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Beneficial electrification has already saved US consumers billions, according to a new report from Brattle.
New Brattle Report Finds Beneficial Electrification Delivers Billions in Savings to US Households Along with Significant Emissions Reductions - Brattle
Harnessing the benefits of electric technology over the last decade saved US households between $5.6 to $8.8 billion in 2023 alone and prevented more than
www.brattle.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Beneficial electrification has already saved US consumers billions, according to a new report from Brattle.
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I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I’m really surprised this isn’t bigger news. Just under 10 million people live in Tehran. Where can they go? Where else in Iran will have enough water? This will undoubtedly strain the country’s and the region’s politics, finances and governance capacity.
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From where I sit, reporting from afar, this year's COP started to get a little more real. Adaptation metrics, roadmaps, critical minerals, the notion of overshoot — regardless of the outcome, which is TBD, this is much more nitty gritty stuff than in the past. heatmap.news/climate/cop3...
Where COP30 Is Actually Making Progress
The United Nations climate conference wants you to think it’s getting real. It’s not total B.S.
heatmap.news
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
From where I sit, reporting from afar, this year's COP started to get a little more real. Adaptation metrics, roadmaps, critical minerals, the notion of overshoot — regardless of the outcome, which is TBD, this is much more nitty gritty stuff than in the past. heatmap.news/climate/cop3...
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It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Cop30 live: summit president warns ‘everybody will lose’ if countries fail to cooperate
André Corrêa do Lago issues plea to preserve Paris agreement with countries far from reaching agreement on scheduled final day
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It will shock few that the Cop30 draft deal 'does not align with science, with law, with the legitimate demands of children, youth, frontline communities...or ultimately with the very objective of the UNFCCC,' @unsrclimatehrights.bsky.social says
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Read more reax www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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Someone claimed ancient volcanoes emitted more CO₂ than humans ever could. The data says otherwise.
Siberian Traps (252 million years ago): 0.02–0.13 gigatons of CO₂ per year, over ~300,000–500,000 years
Humans today: ~36 gigatons per year
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🧪 #SciComm
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Siberian Traps (252 million years ago): 0.02–0.13 gigatons of CO₂ per year, over ~300,000–500,000 years
Humans today: ~36 gigatons per year
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🧪 #SciComm
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Humans vs Volcanoes: The Shocking Carbon Truth
Someone said volcanic eruptions release way more CO₂ than humans ever could.
But the science tells a different story.
The Siberian Traps released massive carbon over 300,000-500,000 years, only…
youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Someone claimed ancient volcanoes emitted more CO₂ than humans ever could. The data says otherwise.
Siberian Traps (252 million years ago): 0.02–0.13 gigatons of CO₂ per year, over ~300,000–500,000 years
Humans today: ~36 gigatons per year
🧵
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/grYHtuc
Siberian Traps (252 million years ago): 0.02–0.13 gigatons of CO₂ per year, over ~300,000–500,000 years
Humans today: ~36 gigatons per year
🧵
🧪 #SciComm
buff.ly/grYHtuc
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"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
"In total, the Gates Foundation (formerly known as the The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) has donated $3,519,491 to Lomborg’s think tank. The most recent tax filing on record includes a 2022 donation to the Copenhagen Consensus Center worth $1.25 million" - @rtakver.bsky.social, @desmog.com
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Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
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NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
Trump’s Voter Citizenship Database Is ‘Flawed’ and Could Lead to Disenfranchisement, Election Administrator Warns
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NEW: Court filings reveal that states using the Trump administration’s untested citizenship verification system to purge voter rolls may be mistakenly flagging eligible voters at an alarming rate, risking the chance of voters being disenfranchised.
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Resistance is possible, and it’s happening right now.
How Chicago’s MMA gyms, cyclists and pet shelters are uniting to resist ICE
Teachers, clergy and MMA students are finding ways to counter immigration authorities’ attempts to detain undocumented neighbors.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Resistance is possible, and it’s happening right now.
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Everyone’s talking about Steve Bannon saying Trump will be president in 2028. But here’s the point most are missing: He’s openly floating treason and civil war.
“Seizing institutions and purging them.” Isn’t rhetoric, it’s a test to see how far Trump’s followers will go.
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“Seizing institutions and purging them.” Isn’t rhetoric, it’s a test to see how far Trump’s followers will go.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Everyone’s talking about Steve Bannon saying Trump will be president in 2028. But here’s the point most are missing: He’s openly floating treason and civil war.
“Seizing institutions and purging them.” Isn’t rhetoric, it’s a test to see how far Trump’s followers will go.
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“Seizing institutions and purging them.” Isn’t rhetoric, it’s a test to see how far Trump’s followers will go.
1/2
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This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
October 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is several days old. But amidst so much else id missed it. That’s a stunning number. No wonder they about-faced. Reminder of the power of consumers in oligarch era, not subject to the same kind of targeting.
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Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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To confront the impacts of climate change, we need a climate-ready workforce. The young people of our city are ready to take on that challenge.
This summer, 215 young people worked jobs focused on climate resilience, sustainability, and environmental justice with our new Boston Youth Climate Corps.
This summer, 215 young people worked jobs focused on climate resilience, sustainability, and environmental justice with our new Boston Youth Climate Corps.
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
To confront the impacts of climate change, we need a climate-ready workforce. The young people of our city are ready to take on that challenge.
This summer, 215 young people worked jobs focused on climate resilience, sustainability, and environmental justice with our new Boston Youth Climate Corps.
This summer, 215 young people worked jobs focused on climate resilience, sustainability, and environmental justice with our new Boston Youth Climate Corps.
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From me in @lpeblog.bsky.social today:
The lesson of the US investment in Intel is "public capital without accountability. The result is not sovereign wealth but corporate capture—an arrangement that entrenches incumbent power while eroding the state’s ability to direct economic development."
The lesson of the US investment in Intel is "public capital without accountability. The result is not sovereign wealth but corporate capture—an arrangement that entrenches incumbent power while eroding the state’s ability to direct economic development."
Today, @jamesftierney.bsky.social argues that the government's recent $8.9 billion equity investment in Intel represents a new model of American state capitalism: one that entrenches corporate power while foreclosing more democratic and effective alternatives.
Intel and the New State Capitalism
While some have cast the U.S. government’s $8.9 billion equity stake in Intel as the first step on the road to socialism, upon closer examination it looks more like a distinctive form of American…
lpeproject.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
From me in @lpeblog.bsky.social today:
The lesson of the US investment in Intel is "public capital without accountability. The result is not sovereign wealth but corporate capture—an arrangement that entrenches incumbent power while eroding the state’s ability to direct economic development."
The lesson of the US investment in Intel is "public capital without accountability. The result is not sovereign wealth but corporate capture—an arrangement that entrenches incumbent power while eroding the state’s ability to direct economic development."
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This is utterly unconstitutional and un-American. Journalists identify 170 US citizens detained by immigration enforcement actions (~20 children), at least two dozen were prevented from contacting lawyers for at least a day. Blatant violations of Bill of Rights.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This is utterly unconstitutional and un-American. Journalists identify 170 US citizens detained by immigration enforcement actions (~20 children), at least two dozen were prevented from contacting lawyers for at least a day. Blatant violations of Bill of Rights.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
www.propublica.org/article/immi...