Jeff Young
@jefftheyoung.bsky.social
Journalist covering climate and clean energy at Newsweek's Better Planet. Author of "Appalachian Fall." Formerly: Living on Earth (and still living here).
On Signal: @Jeff_Young.34
https://www.newsweek.com/better-planet
On Signal: @Jeff_Young.34
https://www.newsweek.com/better-planet
Behind the scenes at preparation for COP30 in Belem where they are, ahem, stapling fake greenery on the Saudi exhibition.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Behind the scenes at preparation for COP30 in Belem where they are, ahem, stapling fake greenery on the Saudi exhibition.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
A bit on the nose, frankly.
Greetings from Belem where things are not quite ready for showtime.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Greetings from Belem where things are not quite ready for showtime.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
Hours from opening the main exhibition hall is a frenzied construction zone.
OTOH, there is Amazon Beer.
Just in from the DOE...Trick or Treat!
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
October 31, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Just in from the DOE...Trick or Treat!
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
Specifically, treats for coal barons, tricks for our clean air and climate.
There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
October 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Also got the first endorsement from Tribe Called Quest
October 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Also got the first endorsement from Tribe Called Quest
Digable Planets
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Digable Planets
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
If you listen closely during the next CBS news broadcast you can actually hear Ed Murrow turning in his grave.
October 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
If you listen closely during the next CBS news broadcast you can actually hear Ed Murrow turning in his grave.
All these years later, that baby's still chasin' the bucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...
October 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
All these years later, that baby's still chasin' the bucks. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/a...
Judge William Young put this threatening note he received atop his opinion, in which he catalogs Trump administration actions meant to "terrorize Americans into quiescence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
October 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Judge William Young put this threatening note he received atop his opinion, in which he catalogs Trump administration actions meant to "terrorize Americans into quiescence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Microsoft says it is near completion of "the world's most powerful" AI data center.
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Microsoft says it is near completion of "the world's most powerful" AI data center.
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
Brad Smith says in a blog post it will cut water and energy use with advanced closed-loop cooling and will match every kw hr of fossil fuel energy used with carbon-free energy.
blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issue...
You have the cat version of Sissy Hankshaw.
September 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You have the cat version of Sissy Hankshaw.
This graf kinda tells you all you need to know...
August 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This graf kinda tells you all you need to know...
Can someone please explain why a disproportionate number of Illinois Gov's have Shoney's Big Boy hair?
Is it a requirement for the office?
Is it a requirement for the office?
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Can someone please explain why a disproportionate number of Illinois Gov's have Shoney's Big Boy hair?
Is it a requirement for the office?
Is it a requirement for the office?
Also, still a month or so to claim the EV credits (I just bought a plug-in hybrid that qualifies.)
Here's the rest:
Here's the rest:
July 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Also, still a month or so to claim the EV credits (I just bought a plug-in hybrid that qualifies.)
Here's the rest:
Here's the rest:
Fun with Grok today.
Musk's chatbot sounds like a frat boy the day after a tequila bender blaming "an earlier version of me that got out of hand."
Musk's chatbot sounds like a frat boy the day after a tequila bender blaming "an earlier version of me that got out of hand."
July 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fun with Grok today.
Musk's chatbot sounds like a frat boy the day after a tequila bender blaming "an earlier version of me that got out of hand."
Musk's chatbot sounds like a frat boy the day after a tequila bender blaming "an earlier version of me that got out of hand."
There's just one way this ends, and that is with @verminsupreme.bsky.social as the America Party candidate.
July 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
There's just one way this ends, and that is with @verminsupreme.bsky.social as the America Party candidate.
Jim Justice's WV coal mines likely to be a big winner from the OBBBA, which adds met coal to the list of "critical minerals" that get tax breaks.
July 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Jim Justice's WV coal mines likely to be a big winner from the OBBBA, which adds met coal to the list of "critical minerals" that get tax breaks.
On top of a lot of other bad #climate - related news today, an $88M satellite that was monitoring methane emissions has been lost.
Here's a piece I did about it when it was launched last March:
www.newsweek.com/methanesat-s...
Here's a piece I did about it when it was launched last March:
www.newsweek.com/methanesat-s...
July 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
On top of a lot of other bad #climate - related news today, an $88M satellite that was monitoring methane emissions has been lost.
Here's a piece I did about it when it was launched last March:
www.newsweek.com/methanesat-s...
Here's a piece I did about it when it was launched last March:
www.newsweek.com/methanesat-s...
Trump: We're doing coal.
Reality: We're doing renewable and batteries.
Reality: We're doing renewable and batteries.
June 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Trump: We're doing coal.
Reality: We're doing renewable and batteries.
Reality: We're doing renewable and batteries.