Joe Fassler
@joefassler.bsky.social
The Sky Was Ours (Penguin Books, 4/23/24).
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Thanks to @joefassler.bsky.social and @environment.theguardian.com for covering Sentient’s media analysis — hope it sparks more reporting on emissions from food!
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Thanks to @joefassler.bsky.social and @environment.theguardian.com for covering Sentient’s media analysis — hope it sparks more reporting on emissions from food!
Trump admin officials, industry groups, and tech leaders cite an “AI arms race” with China to justify a massive fossil fuels expansion — calling it an urgent matter of national security.
For @desmog.com, I spoke to experts who explained why that’s not true:
For @desmog.com, I spoke to experts who explained why that’s not true:
No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China
These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.
www.desmog.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump admin officials, industry groups, and tech leaders cite an “AI arms race” with China to justify a massive fossil fuels expansion — calling it an urgent matter of national security.
For @desmog.com, I spoke to experts who explained why that’s not true:
For @desmog.com, I spoke to experts who explained why that’s not true:
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🚨 NEW 🚨 In Texas, the gold rush to build data centers for AI is spurring demand for over 100 new gas power plants. And it is a "rush": some gas plant air pollution permits were approved by the state in just 24 hours. Get the full story from @joefassler.bsky.social 👇
In Texas, AI Gold Rush Helps Spur Demand for Over 100 New Gas Plants
State may be “rubber stamping” some air pollution permits, according to new report on the boom.
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June 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 NEW 🚨 In Texas, the gold rush to build data centers for AI is spurring demand for over 100 new gas power plants. And it is a "rush": some gas plant air pollution permits were approved by the state in just 24 hours. Get the full story from @joefassler.bsky.social 👇
A few months back, I started in on what I thought would be a simple, straightforward piece: mapping out the Trump admin officials connected to Project 2025 groups.
The ties turned out to go so deep, and be so numerous and surprising, that the piece only just ran today.
The ties turned out to go so deep, and be so numerous and surprising, that the piece only just ran today.
Project 2025 isn’t just influential in Washington. Its friends and creators are literally running the show, according to a new analysis from @DeSmog buff.ly/xyzwHZE
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
www.desmog.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A few months back, I started in on what I thought would be a simple, straightforward piece: mapping out the Trump admin officials connected to Project 2025 groups.
The ties turned out to go so deep, and be so numerous and surprising, that the piece only just ran today.
The ties turned out to go so deep, and be so numerous and surprising, that the piece only just ran today.
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Trump tried to deny any knowledge of Project 2025 - the radical plan to dismantle the federal government.
Well it turns out that 70% of his Cabinet have ties to the groups behind the document.
Well it turns out that 70% of his Cabinet have ties to the groups behind the document.
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
www.desmog.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trump tried to deny any knowledge of Project 2025 - the radical plan to dismantle the federal government.
Well it turns out that 70% of his Cabinet have ties to the groups behind the document.
Well it turns out that 70% of his Cabinet have ties to the groups behind the document.
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Fantastic @desmog.bsky.social post detailing how solidly Musk is now positioned as one of the single greatest threats to climate action we have ever faced
www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/e...
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social @joefassler.bsky.social @adambarnett.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/e...
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social @joefassler.bsky.social @adambarnett.bsky.social
Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial
In December, a Chicago-based organization called the Heartland Institute, which for decades has attempted to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change, devoted an episode of its daily podca...
www.desmog.com
February 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fantastic @desmog.bsky.social post detailing how solidly Musk is now positioned as one of the single greatest threats to climate action we have ever faced
www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/e...
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social @joefassler.bsky.social @adambarnett.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/02/20/e...
@geoffdembicki.bsky.social @joefassler.bsky.social @adambarnett.bsky.social
The team of mad geniuses at Vow Foods envisions a very different future for cultivated meat.
For now, they're not trying to compete with commodity animal ag.
They're scaling expensive, bizarre products in the world's first genuine cell-meat factory — like $100/pound quail foie gras.
For now, they're not trying to compete with commodity animal ag.
They're scaling expensive, bizarre products in the world's first genuine cell-meat factory — like $100/pound quail foie gras.
The strange future of lab-grown meat involves quail, crocodile, and woolly mammoth
Australian biotech startup Vow has created the first cell-meat factory and is focusing on 'weird meat' to achieve viable scale.
www.fastcompany.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:22 PM
The team of mad geniuses at Vow Foods envisions a very different future for cultivated meat.
For now, they're not trying to compete with commodity animal ag.
They're scaling expensive, bizarre products in the world's first genuine cell-meat factory — like $100/pound quail foie gras.
For now, they're not trying to compete with commodity animal ag.
They're scaling expensive, bizarre products in the world's first genuine cell-meat factory — like $100/pound quail foie gras.
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Trump has been filling his cabinet with a long list of conservative partisans eager to stop climate action. Here’s background on 6 fracking billionaires & climate denial groups backing them.
@joefassler.bsky.social reports: www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
@joefassler.bsky.social reports: www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
6 Fracking Billionaires and Climate Denial Groups Behind Trump’s Cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
www.desmog.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Trump has been filling his cabinet with a long list of conservative partisans eager to stop climate action. Here’s background on 6 fracking billionaires & climate denial groups backing them.
@joefassler.bsky.social reports: www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
@joefassler.bsky.social reports: www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
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Many of Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t household names, but they’re backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction.
@joefassler.bsky.social goes deep into the fracking billionaires and denier groups eagerly awaiting Trump's second administration.
www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
@joefassler.bsky.social goes deep into the fracking billionaires and denier groups eagerly awaiting Trump's second administration.
www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
6 Fracking Billionaires and Climate Denial Groups Behind Trump’s Cabinet
Trump’s nominees are backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction – from Project 2025 and Koch network fixtures to oil-soaked Christian nationalists.
www.desmog.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Many of Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t household names, but they’re backed by major players in the world of climate obstruction.
@joefassler.bsky.social goes deep into the fracking billionaires and denier groups eagerly awaiting Trump's second administration.
www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
@joefassler.bsky.social goes deep into the fracking billionaires and denier groups eagerly awaiting Trump's second administration.
www.desmog.com/2024/12/16/6...
I wrote a novel! It lives.
Some related writing, out this week, a thread:
Some related writing, out this week, a thread:
April 24, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I wrote a novel! It lives.
Some related writing, out this week, a thread:
Some related writing, out this week, a thread:
A young, hungry industry raked in billions to try to grow slaughter-free meat in giant tanks.
Could it fix our broken diets, repair a damaged planet, save us from ourselves?
I wrestled with that question for a year. Here’s what I learned.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/o...
Could it fix our broken diets, repair a damaged planet, save us from ourselves?
I wrestled with that question for a year. Here’s what I learned.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/o...
Opinion | The Empty Promise of Endless Steak
Cultivated meat offered a delicious fantasy: that we can consume our way out of climate catastrophe.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2024 at 1:41 PM
A young, hungry industry raked in billions to try to grow slaughter-free meat in giant tanks.
Could it fix our broken diets, repair a damaged planet, save us from ourselves?
I wrestled with that question for a year. Here’s what I learned.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/o...
Could it fix our broken diets, repair a damaged planet, save us from ourselves?
I wrestled with that question for a year. Here’s what I learned.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/o...
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It's not the how.
It's the cow, all day long.
@joefassler.bsky.social reports on a new study that assesses claims of cattle sequestering carbon as wildly overblown.
www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/c...
It's the cow, all day long.
@joefassler.bsky.social reports on a new study that assesses claims of cattle sequestering carbon as wildly overblown.
www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/c...
Research Undermines Claims that Soil Carbon Can Offset Livestock Emissions
It's “a nail in the coffin” for the idea that the global ruminant sector can be climate positive at its current scale.
www.desmog.com
February 3, 2024 at 10:13 PM
It's not the how.
It's the cow, all day long.
@joefassler.bsky.social reports on a new study that assesses claims of cattle sequestering carbon as wildly overblown.
www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/c...
It's the cow, all day long.
@joefassler.bsky.social reports on a new study that assesses claims of cattle sequestering carbon as wildly overblown.
www.desmog.com/2024/02/01/c...
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If you, like me, are new here, and looking for the food & science folks you enjoyed on twitter, here's a thread with some of them:
@waiterich.bsky.social
@gidmk.bsky.social
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
@marynmck.bsky.social
@hels.bsky.social
@sarahzhang.bsky.social
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
@waiterich.bsky.social
@gidmk.bsky.social
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
@marynmck.bsky.social
@hels.bsky.social
@sarahzhang.bsky.social
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
October 23, 2023 at 10:55 PM
If you, like me, are new here, and looking for the food & science folks you enjoyed on twitter, here's a thread with some of them:
@waiterich.bsky.social
@gidmk.bsky.social
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
@marynmck.bsky.social
@hels.bsky.social
@sarahzhang.bsky.social
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
@waiterich.bsky.social
@gidmk.bsky.social
@kendrawrites.bsky.social
@marynmck.bsky.social
@hels.bsky.social
@sarahzhang.bsky.social
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social