James Fredrick
@jameslfredrick.bsky.social
Journalist | CDMX/Colorado | Media relations at the Global FoodBanking Network | #foodsystems #climatechange #hunger #NBA #Nuggets | he/him/his | jfredrick@foodbanking.org
I never get sick of seeing the ridiculous “projected vs actual solar deployment” 📈
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I never get sick of seeing the ridiculous “projected vs actual solar deployment” 📈
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Reposted by James Fredrick
With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline.
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Hunger #SNAP #Food #Waste
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Hunger #SNAP #Food #Waste
With SNAP in crisis, America's epic food waste problem has become a lifeline
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
grist.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
With SNAP in crisis, America’s epic food waste problem has become a lifeline.
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Hunger #SNAP #Food #Waste
The U.S. throws away enough food to help tackle its hunger problem. The government shutdown is proving it.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Hunger #SNAP #Food #Waste
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‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
- From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are introducing their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
#C40 #COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org/cop30/here-a...
#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org/cop30/here-a...
#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Here are the 5 issues to watch at COP30 in Brazil
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org/cop30/here-a...
#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
“The entire Paris Agreement experiment is being challenged.”
grist.org/cop30/here-a...
#Brazil #COP #Environment #Climate
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"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. "
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels. "
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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More state-sponsored child abuse www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
More state-sponsored child abuse www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Mexico's president was groped on the street. Now she's waging war on rampant sexual harassment
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president, is pushing measures against sexual harassment after she was groped by a stranger on the street.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
When Storytelling Is Called ‘Terrorism’: How My Friend and Fellow Journalist Was Targeted by ICE
As a DACA recipient, Ya'akub Ira Vijandre’s arrest holds drastic implications for the state of free speech in America.
thebarbedwire.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
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Folks in Chicago can get in on Tamar's project: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/04/a...
Amid SNAP Cuts, Englewood Activist Launches 'Tiny Kitchen Project' To Feed Neighbors In Need
Dozens of neighbors have signed on to offer their kitchens and a nearby church has raised money to help. Meals will be distributed to over 100 children and families five days a week.
blockclubchicago.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Folks in Chicago can get in on Tamar's project: blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/04/a...
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Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
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All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And…
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
When the Supreme Court allowed immigration agents to consider race during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t worry because if they’re detained, agents will “promptly let the individual go.”
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
For these Americans, that wasn’t true.
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Tomorrow, SNAP benefits are set to expire.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Tomorrow, SNAP benefits are set to expire.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
In Boston, if you need assistance with groceries or paying the bills, or if you’re looking to donate to our support fund with @bostonfdn.bsky.social, please visit boston.gov/snap or dial 311 to get help.
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No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
- "I think most countries would prefer there to be no US,” a former State dept official said
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "I think most countries would prefer there to be no US,” a former State dept official said
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
Decision to stay away from Cop30 meeting in Brazil underscores administration’s hostility to climate action
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
No high-level US representatives will go to UN climate talks, Trump officials say
- "I think most countries would prefer there to be no US,” a former State dept official said
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- "I think most countries would prefer there to be no US,” a former State dept official said
#COP30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans
Trump Sets Annual Limit For Refugees To 7,500 — And They'll Mostly Be From This 1 Country
No reason was given for the numbers, which are a dramatic decrease from last year’s ceiling set under the Biden administration of 125,000.
www.huffpost.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits annually into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans
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Reposted by James Fredrick
ICE and CPB agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE says the result of this app can override a birth certificate too www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
ICE and CPB agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE says the result of this app can override a birth certificate too www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
#Foodbanks around the US projecting that SNAP cuts (which Trump has not found an anonymous investor to cover 🤔) could push demand even beyond COVID peak
If you can, donate to or volunteer at your local food bank
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
If you can, donate to or volunteer at your local food bank
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#Foodbanks around the US projecting that SNAP cuts (which Trump has not found an anonymous investor to cover 🤔) could push demand even beyond COVID peak
If you can, donate to or volunteer at your local food bank
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
If you can, donate to or volunteer at your local food bank
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/u...
excited for them to spin this off into NYT Games
-citizen, do you know your Gestapo from your Sipo? Your SA from your SD? Your Waffen SS from your..
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
excited for them to spin this off into NYT Games