If you trap heat on earth… IT GETS HOTTER Earth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/c...

Earth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find

The likelihood of hot, dry weather that helps wildfires spread has increased sharply in Europe in recent decades, according to a new report.

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REGULATE CAPITALISM OR DIE. This Is the Way Out of Our Ultraprocessed Dystopia www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/o...

Opinion | Want a Better Food System? Use the Anti-Tobacco Playbook.

A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.

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Sperm whales change their vocalizations when ships are nearby. Are they talking about the ships?

Sperm whales change ‘vowel’ sounds when boats are nearby, scientists discover

Researchers listening off the Caribbean island of Dominica found variations in the mammals’ audible clicks when marine traffic was close

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Great summary by Sarah Hoffman at desmog on new report by Center for Climate Integrity on decades-old misinformation campaign by big oil & gas on natural gas, methane, and climate. www.desmog.com/2026/07/20/h...

How Big Oil Spent Decades Selling the Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas

A new report reveals oil and gas companies knew as early as the mid-1970s that methane fueled climate change while launching massive PR campaigns to promote natural gas as clean energy.

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Deeply important work. Thanks to @rebleber.bsky.social and team

Center for Climate Integrity@climateintegrity.org · 2w ago

NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.

Trump isn’t our first crooked President. But he’s destroying checks and balances more than any other. Historian Adam Hochschild compares autocrats and thieves we have known. On my podcast on Apple Spotify YouTube.

When you trap heat on earth under the pollution blanket WILDFIRES get STRONGER rainstorms too. #endclimatecorruption #endclimatesilence

The fossil fuel chickens are, as Malcolm X would say, coming home to roost. So sad. Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/w...

Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain

Roads were turning to rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who had been stranded.

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KILL BABY KILL: So they can DRILL Trump Administration Sharply Cuts Protections for Endangered Species www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

The move could open up habitats to drilling and mining, and hasten the demise of many imperiled animals, experts say.

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Former Washington governor @govjayinslee.bsky.social (the best WA governor in my lifetime) talked climate change recently with @dfenton.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIPY...

How Trump's Fossil Fuel Corruption Is Robbing American Consumers with Former Governor Jay Inslee

YouTube video by The Fenton Forecast

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Trump Pardons Polluters and plans more asthma and lung disease. Not the Onion. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/u...

Trump Pardons Violators of the Clean Air Act and a Major Donor

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When you trap heat on earth… IT GETS HOTTER. Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/c...

Without Climate Change, U.S. Heat Wave Called ‘Virtually Impossible’

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CCNow was launched in 2019 with the express intent of breaking the “climate silence” that prevailed in most news media. And for a few important years, that silence was broken. But new 2025 analysis of US climate coverage shows that much of the media has gone, if not silent, certainly quiet.

A Burning House, A Quiet Media, A Silenced Majority — Covering Climate Now

All parts of the media play a decisive role in how humanity confronts the climate challenge. These media are largely responsible for what people know…

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The Mugging at Mar-a-Lago. That’s what @govjayinslee.bsky.social calls Trump’s war on cheaper, clean energy. Trump is transferring your $ to his fossil fuel donors through high utility and gas bills. #cleanenergy Interview go.fentonforecast.com/JayInsleeApp... go.fentonforecast.com/JayInsleeYou...

“Eat well. Move more. Stress less. Love more.” Dr. Dean Ornish proved in peer-reviewed studies that these 4 habits can prevent and often reverse heart disease, diabetes, early-stage prostate cancer, and even Alzheimer’s. full interview on The Fenton Forecast🎙️ go.fentonforecast.com/DeanOrnishAp...

Interior Dept Moves To Make Public Lands Hotter and Drier, Increase Wildfires.

Interior Department Moves to Relax Rules for Drilling on Public Lands

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I joined @dfenton.bsky.social to talk about a key lesson I've learned in my decades in climate communication ⬇️ People already have reasons to care about climate change. Our job is helping connect the dots between a changing climate and the things they already value. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75O...

Communications is a climate solution says climate scientist @katharinehayhoe.com on The Fenton Forecast on Apple Podcasts go.fentonforecast.com/HayhoeAppleP...

What's the most important thing we can do about the climate crisis? Talk about it! @dfenton.bsky.social talks with @katharinehayhoe.com about how "Climate Hushing" is the new form of climate denial. thefentonforecast.substack.com/p/climate-hu...?

Climate Hushing is the New Climate Denial

“COMMUNICATIONS IS A CLIMATE SOLUTION” An Interview with Christian Evangelical Climate Scientist Katharine Hayhoe Plus More NYTimes Climate Hushing

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Billie Eilish’s mom, Maggie Baird, talks with @dfenton.bsky.social about reducing the music industry’s carbon footprint & inspiring fans to take climate action. Billie has gotten venues to offer plant-based food and encourages fans to pledge to eat one plant-based meal a day. www.fentonforecast.com

The Fenton Forecast Podcast | Join the Conversation Now

Explore dissident insights on AI, climate, democracy, and social movements with The Fenton Forecast Podcast. Tune in for bold conversations shaping our future with your host, David Fenton.

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Billie Eilish’s Mom Maggie Baird promotes plant-based eating for human and planetary health. Full interview on The Fenton Forecast on YouTube and Apple now. Watch/listen here: 🎙️ Apple: go.fentonforecast.com/MaggieBairdA... Youtube: go.fentonforecast.com/MaggieBairdYT

When will progressives wake up to the era of parasocial digital influencer domination by the right? Expert Laura Dawn shows what we face at fentonforecast.com

Digital Domination by the Christian Right is what we face. Progressives are barely on the playing field. @lauradawn.bsky.social on fentonforecast.com go.fentonforecast.com/LauraDawnApp...

CORRUPTION ON THE HIGH SEAS: Removing Sensors So You Won’t Know Big Oil And Gas Are Making It Hotter. #climate

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

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I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Forbes@forbes.com · 2mo ago

Scientists have reached a consensus that human behavior is a big driver of climate change—but Americans aren't buying it.

What the NYT calls “a posture of nonchalance when pushed on the political consequences of his actions” is the posture of a dictator enabled by a totally corrupt Supreme Court majority’s grant of immunity. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/u...

Iran, Gas Prices, the Ballroom: Trump Professes Indifference Over Fallout

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U.S. to Risk Weapons-Grade Plutonium being stolen for nuclear bombs. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/c...

U.S. Seeks to Give Weapons-Grade Plutonium to Start-Ups for Fuel

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Clean energy is surging for a simple reason: it is fundamentally cheaper and faster. If you want a shot of good news, check out David Fenton’s pod with David Hochschild. There’s a great deal to be optimistic about, even when things feel bleak.

David Fenton@dfenton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Need some climate optimism? California Energy Commission chair provides it in my interview on The Fenton Forecast. Listen on Apple Podcasts go.fentonforecast.com/DavidHochsch...

Need some climate optimism? California Energy Commission chair provides it in my interview on The Fenton Forecast. Listen on Apple Podcasts go.fentonforecast.com/DavidHochsch...