Patrick Bigger
@pmbigger.bsky.social
Research Director @cplusc.bsky.social // co-director @transitionsec.bsky.social Political economy in the climate+ecological crisis. Terrible taste in music. climateandcommunity.org // transitionsecurity.org // https://bit.ly/pb_pubs
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Patrick Bigger
@pmbigger.bsky.social
· Sep 10
I'm so excited to share the launch of a new collaboration between @cmmonwealth.bsky.social and @cplusc.bsky.social: The Transition Security Project. TSP will be a home for research, analysis, and new policy thinking at the intersection of climate, economy, & the military industries of the US and UK🧵
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Another outstanding contribution to our series on unsettling geopolitics in an era of climate crisis and warmaking. @mona-ali.bsky.social goes global and granular to tease out the causes and consquences of weaponizing trade and the potentials of multipolarity.
The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy?
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Another outstanding contribution to our series on unsettling geopolitics in an era of climate crisis and warmaking. @mona-ali.bsky.social goes global and granular to tease out the causes and consquences of weaponizing trade and the potentials of multipolarity.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Forest and other biomass techniques might be the most cost-effective methods of CO₂ removal (CDR), but they're certainly not the most effective. But if you're only interested in greenwashing, why waste your money on real CDR?
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Forest and other biomass techniques might be the most cost-effective methods of CO₂ removal (CDR), but they're certainly not the most effective. But if you're only interested in greenwashing, why waste your money on real CDR?
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
www.statista.com/chart/35418/...
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Weapons that get built tend to get used. More weapons don’t make us safer — they make the world more dangerous, and shrink the space for finding common ground on #climate. — @pmbigger.bsky.social
More in my latest on a world begging for relief at #COP30: tribune.com.pk/story/257674...
More in my latest on a world begging for relief at #COP30: tribune.com.pk/story/257674...
At COP30, the planet waits for reprieve | The Express Tribune
Global temperatures are rising, political will is shifting, and many countries are sidelining the climate agenda
tribune.com.pk
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Weapons that get built tend to get used. More weapons don’t make us safer — they make the world more dangerous, and shrink the space for finding common ground on #climate. — @pmbigger.bsky.social
More in my latest on a world begging for relief at #COP30: tribune.com.pk/story/257674...
More in my latest on a world begging for relief at #COP30: tribune.com.pk/story/257674...
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By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
Decision by international court of justice hailed as a gamechanger for climate justice and accountability
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
By me: ‘Existential and urgent’: what impact will/should the ICJ climate ruling have on Cop30?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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@cplusc.bsky.social’s brilliant @pmbigger.bsky.social takes the wheel on our front page today.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
@cplusc.bsky.social’s brilliant @pmbigger.bsky.social takes the wheel on our front page today.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
War industries — especially across the US & Europe — are quietly (or not so quietly) fanning the flames of the #climate crisis. As temps climb & political will melts, #COP30 begins in Belém on Nov 10.
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
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It would be nice if — instead of complicated financial instruments with huge loopholes for fraud —we just directly addressed climate change.
Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted 31 suspects for fraud and land-grabbing in a massive criminal carbon credit scheme in the Amazon, according to Brazilian national media outlet Folha de S.Paulo.
It is the largest known criminal operation involving carbon credit fraud to date in the nation.
It is the largest known criminal operation involving carbon credit fraud to date in the nation.
Brazil charges 31 people in major carbon credit fraud investigation
Brazil’s Federal Police have indicted 31 suspects for fraud and land-grabbing in a massive criminal carbon credit scheme in the Brazilian Amazon, according to Brazilian national media outlet Folha de…
news.mongabay.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It would be nice if — instead of complicated financial instruments with huge loopholes for fraud —we just directly addressed climate change.
Exciting new stuff from @cplusc.bsky.social by @joshuamcwhirter.bsky.social - one thing we always confront in making bold, just climate investments is how to pay for it. CCI will be starting to answer those questions, and this brief looks how we can rethink investments for healthy schools
Healthy School Finance
Demanding the right kind of debt, on just terms, is as essential a fight as any for public education.
climateandcommunity.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Exciting new stuff from @cplusc.bsky.social by @joshuamcwhirter.bsky.social - one thing we always confront in making bold, just climate investments is how to pay for it. CCI will be starting to answer those questions, and this brief looks how we can rethink investments for healthy schools
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NEW: In the first installment in a joint series between @cplusc.bsky.social and RDP, Sarah Knuth and Winston Yau make the case for fighting Big Tech's political capture with green economic populism.
When AI Comes to Town
The Fight for the United States’s Green Economic Future
climatecommunityinstitute.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW: In the first installment in a joint series between @cplusc.bsky.social and RDP, Sarah Knuth and Winston Yau make the case for fighting Big Tech's political capture with green economic populism.
New today in our series on critical issues at the climate/economy/geopolitics nexus- @tobitac.bsky.social shows the horrifyingly plausible ways that the US's hostility to Chinese development isn't just a climate threat, but puts us all on a dangerous path from cold war to hot war.
🚨 NEW: Read @tobitac.bsky.social “Cold War on a Warming World” for sharp analysis of China’s economic development, its clean energy dominance and why Washington’s foreign policy response is a threat to global decarbonisation.
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transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...
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transitionsecurity.org/cold-war-war...
Cold War on a Warming World
The US foreign policy response to China's economic development is a threat to the global climate transition.
transitionsecurity.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New today in our series on critical issues at the climate/economy/geopolitics nexus- @tobitac.bsky.social shows the horrifyingly plausible ways that the US's hostility to Chinese development isn't just a climate threat, but puts us all on a dangerous path from cold war to hot war.
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Congrats to Colorado for showing the rest of the country how to establish a basic baseline of decency.
Colorado voters approve boost to free school meals program | Colorado Newsline
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado's universal school meals program, Propositions LL and MM, led in early results Tuesday night.
coloradonewsline.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Congrats to Colorado for showing the rest of the country how to establish a basic baseline of decency.
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"What binds Polanski and Mamdani is not only their left-wing credentials, but their rejection of political cynicism."
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
How Zack Polanksi And Zohran Mamdani Transformed What It Means To Be A Left-Wing Politician
Newly elected leader of the Green Party, Zack Polanksi, has taken British politics by storm. The self-proclaimed ‘eco-populist’ has resurrected the Green Party’s reputation amongst voters and driven t...
www.europinion.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"What binds Polanski and Mamdani is not only their left-wing credentials, but their rejection of political cynicism."
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
Let's go! 🎉
www.europinion.uk/post/how-zac...
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If "The Groups" are so dominant & powerful in the Democratic Party, such that it can bully the entire party into talking about climate change even when it doesn't want to ... then why is it crumbling, cringing, and hiding after one adverse election?
Why Democrats aren't talking about climate change much anymore
As Democrats reflect on the 2024 election, talking about the "planetary emergency" is out, and "cheap energy" is in.
grist.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If "The Groups" are so dominant & powerful in the Democratic Party, such that it can bully the entire party into talking about climate change even when it doesn't want to ... then why is it crumbling, cringing, and hiding after one adverse election?
Abandoned Well Administration now! images.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/AWA-...
November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Abandoned Well Administration now! images.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/AWA-...
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It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is widely agreed that robust LNG exports from the US will have the effect of globalizing the price of NG, which will in turn have the effect of *raising the price of domestic NG*.
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
So why aren't all the "focus on affordability" people fighting LNG exports?
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None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
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🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and Richard Hodgkins at @lborogeog.bsky.social. Please reach out with any questions, and do share widely!
Storyline approaches to regional flood risk: making climate change relatable. | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
This project aims to bring together evidence from climate projections, risk assessment and observations to develop and evaluate event-based storylines based on recent flooding in Leicestershire, UK.
www.lboro.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and Richard Hodgkins at @lborogeog.bsky.social. Please reach out with any questions, and do share widely!
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“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.”
Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions
transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...
Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions
transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...
Two Transitions
A series of essays on geopolitics, the climate crisis and collective safety in a multipolar world.
transitionsecurity.org
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.”
Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions
transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...
Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions
transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...
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The bogus shell game of selling 'conservation credits' has moved to wildlife conservation in the West -- "If I create the false illusion of conservation over here, I can sell credits that will allow you to destroy intact and occupied habitat over there." 🌍
Oregon's first sage grouse 'conservation bank' operating
->East Oregonian | #conservation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
->East Oregonian | #conservation | More from Lil Dr Glen EcoChat at BigEarthData.ai
Oregon's first sage grouse 'conservation bank' operating
Map shows Oregon’s three sage grouse service areas. The state’s first sage grouse conservation bank is in the northern service area, partially in Baker County and partially in Malheur County. Swipe or click to see more Map shows the two...
eastoregonian.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The bogus shell game of selling 'conservation credits' has moved to wildlife conservation in the West -- "If I create the false illusion of conservation over here, I can sell credits that will allow you to destroy intact and occupied habitat over there." 🌍
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If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck!
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
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open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
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open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
War, Climate Crisis and the Economy w/ Common Wealth
open.spotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
If you missed our launch event on 16 October, you're in luck!
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
You can now listen back to the live recording with @stephensemler.bsky.social, @iliasalami.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
👇
open.spotify.com/show/7ABsNTl...
Today on @macrodosepod.bsky.social you can check out the @transitionsec.bsky.social launch event where we discussed everything from US equity stakes in mining firms to euro rearmament to the new cold war - and what it means for climate and workers.
War, Climate Crisis and the Economy w/ Transition Security Project by Macrodose
Today we are posting a bonus episode recorded by our friends over at Transition Security Project. In this fascinating discussion, former Macrodose guests Laleh Khalili and Thea Riofrancos are joined b...
creators.spotify.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Today on @macrodosepod.bsky.social you can check out the @transitionsec.bsky.social launch event where we discussed everything from US equity stakes in mining firms to euro rearmament to the new cold war - and what it means for climate and workers.