Emily Cassidy
@enviroem.bsky.social
Environmental scientist 🌏 focused on food and land use. Washington, DC area. @projectdrawdown.bsky.social, previously NASA, World Resources Institute, UMN. Opinions my own. https://emilyscassidy.github.io/
Hell yes. Let’s normalize saying no to AI crap. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'
variety.com
Hell yes. Let’s normalize saying no to AI crap. variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'
variety.com
Killing time at the back bar @930club.bsky.social is a tried and true way to meet your fav bands. I got to meet Sylvan Esso after their sold out show Monday night 🎶💃🏻
“Because methane has such a big impact on the climate in a short amount of time, the more we can reduce methane, it is like pulling the emergency brake on climate change,” @enviroem.bsky.social Read more from #APNews and Alexa St. John: https://bit.ly/470AUsY #compost
Composting leftover coffee grounds, eggshells and carrot tops is a way to reduce the amount of food waste that goes into landfills, where it produces the potent greenhouse gas methane.
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
#climateweeknyc is an exciting opportunity to learn about new and innovative ways to solve climate change. But do the proposed solutions and strategies stack up? Use Carbon in Context to quickly see the real impact of the solutions and actions everybody's talking about! https://bit.ly/4xnQ8D4
Beef may be going the way of the internal-combustion engine. Drought, high fuel and feed prices are threatening U.S. beef--an industry that is vulnerable to climate change and a major emitter. Insightful article by @billmckibben.bsky.social @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The True Cost of Beef
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats beef every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
newyorker.com
Beef may be going the way of the internal-combustion engine. Drought, high fuel and feed prices are threatening U.S. beef--an industry that is vulnerable to climate change and a major emitter. Insightful article by @billmckibben.bsky.social @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The True Cost of Beef
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats beef every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might want something else for dinner.
newyorker.com
The inimitable @mikegrunwald.bsky.social has an exceptionally well written oped on the disastrous proposal from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to give companies carbon credit for cutting down trees.
Opinion | The Latest Corporate Climate Ruse (Gift Article)
Making deforestation look climate-friendly will encourage a lot more deforestation.
nytimes.com
In America, we have no kings, no dictators, no despots, no nobles, no slaves, no serfs, no subjects. Just "We the People." We are not one race, one ethnicity, one religion or one party. But we have one Constitution and one Bill of Rights. Happy Constitution Day, everybody!
The idea that "regenerative" grazing is a climate solution has really taken hold in some quarters. But the science is clear: It doesn't work. Methane and land-use emissions just overwhelm any soil carbon benefits. Here's a great piece by @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social drawdown.org/insights/eig...
Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
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"Regenerative grazing" is a greenwashing scam, nothing more. Here's why. Please don't be taken in. drawdown.org/insights/eig...
Eight reasons regenerative grazing can’t make beef climate-friendly
An influential regenerative grazing movement continues to grow. But here's why the science doesn't back up the purported climate benefits.
drawdown.org
The beef cattle industry points to DROUGHT as a major reason herds are low and beef prices are so high. But the administration's response is to enable ranchers to forgo any health inspections of meat so they can process it themselves. Seems a bit disconnected. thehill.com/homenews/adm...
As of April 2026, nearly 80% of the U.S. beef cattle herd was in areas suffering from drought (according to Rabobank). A much higher share than the past 40 years. Seems bad. media.rabobank.com/asset/0f14b2...
As of April 2026, nearly 80% of the U.S. beef cattle herd was in areas suffering from drought (according to Rabobank). A much higher share than the past 40 years. Seems bad. media.rabobank.com/asset/0f14b2...
It’s time to let Sell-by dates Expire. So many potential puns here. TLDR: sell-by dates are confusing to consumers. Getting rid of them helps reduce food waste.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · last mo.Are sell-by dates on groceries past their prime? California became the first state to ban public facing sell-by dates at the start of July. And other states are following close behind. Why? https://to.pbs.org/4fN1NnW
📝 New article on Our World in Data: Beef production in Brazil has been the largest driver of global deforestation in recent decades. The largest driver of deforestation globally is the expansion of agricultural land.
A new KEEP WATCHING 👁️ climate solution has been released on the Drawdown Explorer! 🐋 Restore Whale Populations. Learn more 🔗 https://drawdown.org/explorer/restore-whale-populations
Restore Whale Populations
Is whale restoration a climate solution? Limited research suggests potential impact is low.
drawdown.org
Let me get this straight. Trump waived tariffs on foreign beef 🥩, then a couple days later, 30,000 pounds of potentially harmful Argentine beef was recalled. Am I missing anything? 🤔 cbsaustin.com/news/local/u...
USDA recalls 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida
It was not immediately clear which retailers sold the beef.
cbsaustin.com
Let me get this straight. Trump waived tariffs on foreign beef 🥩, then a couple days later, 30,000 pounds of potentially harmful Argentine beef was recalled. Am I missing anything? 🤔 cbsaustin.com/news/local/u...
USDA recalls 30,000 pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida
It was not immediately clear which retailers sold the beef.
cbsaustin.com
What are the emissions associated with destroying 125,000-acres of coastal wetlands and launching 30 Space-X Starship flights a day (~11,000/year)? Asking for a friend. @juddlegum.bsky.social oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/louisiana-...
Louisiana completes massive giveaway of sensitive land to Elon Musk
On Tuesday, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) announced an agreement allowing SpaceX to construct the world’s largest launch facility on top of a stretch of coastal wetlands that provide vital habita...
oligarchwatch.substack.com
Trump administration's cancellation of off-shore wind contracts results in a) higher GHG emissions b) huge windfall for Trump donor. Rinse and repeat.
How wind projects got replaced by a $900 million payday to a Trump donor’s firm
The Trump administration’s latest deal to abandon an offshore wind project and redirect investment into fossil fuels stands to deliver a windfall to one of President Donald Trump’s major donors.
washingtonpost.com
Global protein consumption has increased by 1/3 since 1960 More than half of this new growth has come from animal sources, despite plant protein still making up 62% of all protein supply Reversing this trend & being clear on plant protein wins (fibre, planetary health, equal muscle gain) is key
August 26 is Katherine Johnson Day in West Virginia. The celebration commemorates the birthday of the ground-breaking mathematician, who rose above racial struggles to help America rise into space. Her fingerprints are on some of NASA’s greatest achievements. science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-...
Wow 🤔 Sequestering 1 Gt CO2/yr geologically "would require drilling thousands of wells each year until 2050. For comparison, the total number of active drilling rigs [..] in the US at the end of June 2026 was 581." @arvindpawan1.bsky.social + @hdaigle.bsky.social iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Can we sequester carbon fast enough? Growing disconnect between models and reality
Can we sequester carbon fast enough? Growing disconnect between models and reality, Daigle, Hugh, Ravikumar, Arvind
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