Sophia Rini
@sophiarini.bsky.social
American expat in Denmark 🇩🇰
Climate communications and policy, former NYC Mayor’s Office, many other roles and identities…
Climate communications and policy, former NYC Mayor’s Office, many other roles and identities…
Wow, I wonder why musk is allowing this. www.theverge.com/news/617235/...
The GSA is shutting down its EV chargers, calling them ‘not mission critical’
The GSA operates hundreds of EV charging stations with thousands of plugs.
www.theverge.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Wow, I wonder why musk is allowing this. www.theverge.com/news/617235/...
There is absolutely NO WAY this is legal.
"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...
Over 1,000 EPA Workers on Climate Change and More Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’
A spokeswoman for Lee Zeldin, the new head of the agency, said the goal was to create an “effective and efficient” federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There is absolutely NO WAY this is legal.
You know what’s ‘productive’? Ensuring essential services for communities are not interrupted, that critical environmental cleanup projects continue, that civil servants have health insurance and don’t get screwed out of their retirement benefits… www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Latest on Federal Workers and Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
You know what’s ‘productive’? Ensuring essential services for communities are not interrupted, that critical environmental cleanup projects continue, that civil servants have health insurance and don’t get screwed out of their retirement benefits… www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
There is so much going on right now, that I don’t even know where to start, but this?! Gas-powered data centers owned by Chevron. Um… just speechless at the moment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
Chevron Wants to Tap Into A.I. Boom by Selling Electricity to Data Centers
The oil company plans to build natural gas power plants that will be directly connected to data centers used by technology companies for artificial intelligence and other services.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There is so much going on right now, that I don’t even know where to start, but this?! Gas-powered data centers owned by Chevron. Um… just speechless at the moment.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
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Everyone needs to know that these fires were made possible by global heating, which is caused by the fossil fuel industry, which has lied and blocked action for half a century. And that this will all get much, much, much worse until we end the fossil fuel industry
January 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Everyone needs to know that these fires were made possible by global heating, which is caused by the fossil fuel industry, which has lied and blocked action for half a century. And that this will all get much, much, much worse until we end the fossil fuel industry
Gluten free red velvet cupcakes, gluten free panettone, and tomorrow a batch of gluten free lemon squares. That should do it.
December 23, 2024 at 11:28 PM
Gluten free red velvet cupcakes, gluten free panettone, and tomorrow a batch of gluten free lemon squares. That should do it.
Heading back to NYC tomorrow. Did I miss anything over the past year?
December 17, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Heading back to NYC tomorrow. Did I miss anything over the past year?
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Compelling from billmckibben.bsky.social
If Trump guts NOAA, China is going to end up running the world’s weather-sensing systems. "There’s a real chance that our political immaturity (“it’s a hoax!”) may be the start of our global political irrelevance."
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
If Trump guts NOAA, China is going to end up running the world’s weather-sensing systems. "There’s a real chance that our political immaturity (“it’s a hoax!”) may be the start of our global political irrelevance."
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
The Democrats finally come clean on gas
It's a decade late, but far better than never
open.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 5:28 AM
Compelling from billmckibben.bsky.social
If Trump guts NOAA, China is going to end up running the world’s weather-sensing systems. "There’s a real chance that our political immaturity (“it’s a hoax!”) may be the start of our global political irrelevance."
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
If Trump guts NOAA, China is going to end up running the world’s weather-sensing systems. "There’s a real chance that our political immaturity (“it’s a hoax!”) may be the start of our global political irrelevance."
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Any sustainability professionals looking to move to Denmark? #jobalert velux.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Velux_...
Director of Sustainability Excellence
In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and pla...
velux.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Any sustainability professionals looking to move to Denmark? #jobalert velux.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Velux_...
We got asked by a friend in Denmark yesterday if there are still bookstores in the US. That’s what Europeans think of Americans these days. 😭
December 8, 2024 at 8:00 AM
We got asked by a friend in Denmark yesterday if there are still bookstores in the US. That’s what Europeans think of Americans these days. 😭
This is so cool - stressed plants emit sounds… but now I’m wondering what this means as more and more plants are impacted by the changing climate.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
When They Hear Plants Cry, Moths Make a Decision
A new study suggests that the insects rely on the sounds made by distressed vegetation to guide important reproductive choices.
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:47 PM
This is so cool - stressed plants emit sounds… but now I’m wondering what this means as more and more plants are impacted by the changing climate.
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...
This, now scientifically verified - Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction.
(Thanks for sharing, Alexandra!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Thanks for sharing, Alexandra!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does Car Dependence Make People Unsatisfied With Life? Evidence From a U.S. National Survey
In the United States (U.S.), cars play a key role in facilitating mobility. Americans heavily rely on their cars for daily travel due to the benefits …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 5, 2024 at 7:07 PM
This, now scientifically verified - Using a car for over 50% of out-of-home activities lowers life satisfaction.
(Thanks for sharing, Alexandra!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(Thanks for sharing, Alexandra!)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It’s not a holiday here in Denmark of course, but we still had a lovely meal with a dear friend and argued about geopolitics, so it feels like Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2024 at 8:12 PM
It’s not a holiday here in Denmark of course, but we still had a lovely meal with a dear friend and argued about geopolitics, so it feels like Thanksgiving.
I support accurate claims and fact-based communication in marketing, but could it also be true that companies who are really invested in sustainability should stop their huge spending on marketing campaigns? Even the Patagonia thing of ‘don’t buy this jacket’… What is the actual point?
November 28, 2024 at 7:46 AM
I support accurate claims and fact-based communication in marketing, but could it also be true that companies who are really invested in sustainability should stop their huge spending on marketing campaigns? Even the Patagonia thing of ‘don’t buy this jacket’… What is the actual point?
If you happen to be in Copenhagen next week, I will be presenting best practices for working with #greenclaims.
Denmark has some of the most rigorous guidelines on environmental claims in Europe (maybe the world?).
My motto: If you can get it right in #Denmark, you’ll get it right everywhere.
Denmark has some of the most rigorous guidelines on environmental claims in Europe (maybe the world?).
My motto: If you can get it right in #Denmark, you’ll get it right everywhere.
AmCham Sustainability Forum: Greenwashing & the EU’s Green Claims Directive – AmCham Denmark
amcham.dk
November 27, 2024 at 10:50 AM
If you happen to be in Copenhagen next week, I will be presenting best practices for working with #greenclaims.
Denmark has some of the most rigorous guidelines on environmental claims in Europe (maybe the world?).
My motto: If you can get it right in #Denmark, you’ll get it right everywhere.
Denmark has some of the most rigorous guidelines on environmental claims in Europe (maybe the world?).
My motto: If you can get it right in #Denmark, you’ll get it right everywhere.
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You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 AM
You wanted starter packs to be searchable. Our engineers are busy keeping us online, so in the meantime, an independent developer built a new searchable library of starter packs. This is the beauty of building in the open 🦋
Yes to all this. No matter where we’re living, we can still resist. And support those who are more vulnerable.
apropos of nothing, one of the most important things any of us can do to resist fascism is to refuse to comply early.
this means a lot of things, like not selling out your vulnerable neighbors, and not acting to aid the regime.
it also *very crucially* means not abandoning hope.
this means a lot of things, like not selling out your vulnerable neighbors, and not acting to aid the regime.
it also *very crucially* means not abandoning hope.
November 24, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Yes to all this. No matter where we’re living, we can still resist. And support those who are more vulnerable.
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Russ Vought has been nominated as Trump's budget chief. The Office of Management and Budget is incredibly important, and I have been tracking Vought for years, so here is a primer.
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
A "weaponization of government" trope explainer
Another linguistic ruse by the people who actually want to weaponize government
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Russ Vought has been nominated as Trump's budget chief. The Office of Management and Budget is incredibly important, and I have been tracking Vought for years, so here is a primer.
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
1. If you have heard the term "weaponization" of govt, you can than Vought. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-weaponiz...
Should we start a #COP29 bingo? What are your key picks for overused phrases?
•ambition
•’unlocking’ (solutions, financing…whatever)
•innovative collaboration
Oh never mind, this is starting to make me queasy🤣😬🤮
•ambition
•’unlocking’ (solutions, financing…whatever)
•innovative collaboration
Oh never mind, this is starting to make me queasy🤣😬🤮
November 19, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Should we start a #COP29 bingo? What are your key picks for overused phrases?
•ambition
•’unlocking’ (solutions, financing…whatever)
•innovative collaboration
Oh never mind, this is starting to make me queasy🤣😬🤮
•ambition
•’unlocking’ (solutions, financing…whatever)
•innovative collaboration
Oh never mind, this is starting to make me queasy🤣😬🤮
I don’t know who originated this one, but thank you. The humor is needed right now.
November 16, 2024 at 7:41 AM
I don’t know who originated this one, but thank you. The humor is needed right now.
We need more data. We need more data. We need a strong NOAA, DOE, EPA. We need international cooperation and more data. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/o...
Opinion | Climate Science Can’t Keep Up With the Warming Planet
We need more timely updates in response to the rapid changes to the climate.
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM
We need more data. We need more data. We need a strong NOAA, DOE, EPA. We need international cooperation and more data. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/o...