Dave Vetter
@davidrvetter.bsky.social
Climate and sustainability writer; duck monitor.
Fruit to produce jet fuel: another greenwashing scam, directly from the fossil fuel industry, that will turn an area of Brazilian countryside the size of LA into a monoculture. 🧵
Jet Fuel Made From Tropical Fruit Gets $3 Billion Backing
A Brazilian company owned by Mubadala Capital plans to make sustainable aviation fuel out of macauba fruit, which grows on palm trees.
bloomberg.com
Welsh Conservatives on Instagram this morning, campaigning on behalf of fossil fuels during a record-breaking drought that has parched the country and set the stage for severe wildfires.
Rational Market latest (repeat every 24-48 hours):
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · 17h agoDo brokers know something about AI and Iran the rest of us don’t?
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
If you've not read this hilarious, authoritative, longform bit about the tragicomic pandemic of AI mania in business, you've got a treat in store. H/t @rtakver.bsky.social
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decisionmaking
The reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively.
hermit-tech.com
"The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
Institutional investors on North Sea drilling: “If what you’re trying to achieve is the trifecta that most governments appear to be looking for ... affordability, energy independence and decarbonization,” then increasing North Sea drilling “doesn’t achieve any of those."
Investors Raise Alarm on Prospect of More UK North Sea Drilling
Institutional investors are raising concerns over the prospect of UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham supporting more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.
bloomberg.com
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
"It's as if we have to mourn the future."
Repeated heatwaves fuel eco-anxiety and anger among youth: 'It feels like we're living in a dystopia'
In the wake of the third heatwave to hit France since May, frustration and anxiety have gripped part of the younger generations, faced with what some call 'the coolest summer of the rest of their live...
lemonde.fr
🧵Right-leaning newspapers are trying to blame Europe's raging wildfires on everything EXCEPT fossil fuels 1. The Wall Street Journal Frontpage story: "Greece fights wildfires as Europe crisis spreads" WSJ editorial: "How green policies fuel fires in Europe"
This article listing all 34 Clacton candidates should prove indispensable for any scholars asking the question "what exactly is Britain?"
The candidates standing in the Clacton by-election
The full list of candidates who have declared they intend to fight the Clacton by-election.
bbc.co.uk
Mr Farage, some in the media have accused you of being too handsome. What do you have to say to them?
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d agoNigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
Almost like the Murdoch press has given the BBC permission to sort of do its job.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2d agoFascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.
Listening to Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net always feels shocking, because he so clearly articulates an objective reality that is aggressively concealed by almost the entirety of the media industry, not least the financial press.
Frank Mc Girr@vhsteacher.com · 2d agoExcellent long-form interview about AI. With Jon Stewart and @doctorow.pluralistic.net the writer and activist who coined the term "enshittification"—the process by which digital platforms gradually become worse for users as they prioritize profits and business interests. youtu.be/-dAIJRjb-Bw
The Great Climate Insurance Collapse is beginning before our eyes. How does it happen? Gradually, and then all at once. Buckle up. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Climate change is turning parts of Europe into an insurance nightmare
The European Central Bank and EU insurance regulators have called on Brussels to set up an EU-level reinsurance scheme and a public natural disaster fund.
subscriber.politicopro.com
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
I suppose we should be grateful the Sunday Times is both-sidesing the idea we should try to cut carbon emissions, rather than dismissing it outright. But it’s still further evidence of how mainstream reporting on climate has got dramatically worse in recent years. www.thetimes.com/article/ed72...
How wildfires put climate (and net zero deadlines) back on the agenda
Much of the country is experiencing the extreme heat scientists have long warned about, but reignited political debate shows no sign of finding consensus
thetimes.com
On 2 August 1944, the last 4,300 Roma & Sinti at Auschwitz were gassed to death. Today - Fascism is not some abstract, distant menace. It is a present, coordinating power across Europe. Now is the time for active #antifascism as a civic duty. Resist in any way you can. #romaholocaustmemorialday
Counterpoint: "Agree to disagree" is not an appropriate stance on a novel virus that has killed more than 7 million people.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d agoNo need for anyone to agree with me - but some of the responses to this on here reminds me just how stifling and absolutist a period in our national discourse Covid was.
I, for one, was not aware of how many cyclists Italy manages to wipe out.
Kevin Wilson@kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 4d agoShocking.
Superb. A scholar asking Nolan about the themes and philosophy of the work, rather than about Tom and Zendaya's chemistry on set, or whatever garbage 99% of such interviews focus on.
Michael Avolio@michaelavolio.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is easily the most interesting discussion about Nolan's Odyssey I've come across so far. Chinese academic Zhong Shu interviews Nolan & asks him about the thematic meaning of his adaptation, which is my favorite aspect of the movie. youtu.be/wa4I8Ch2TRo
August 1, 1980 – Wall Street Journal does excellent #climate reporting "If the theory is true, that means big trouble" Prof David Rose, MIT allouryesterdays.info/2023/07/31/a...
August 1, 1980 - Wall Street Journal does excellent #climate reporting - All Our Yesterdays
Forty three years ago, on this day, August 1, 1980, The Wall Street Journal ran a seriously good report on the problem of climate change. It included professors (inc David Rose) and also the view from...
allouryesterdays.info
Autopsies of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd protests often conclude that movements produced tough-on-crime backlash. My new study in Work and Occupations finds a different kind of movement outcome: BLM changed how local reporters cover cops and jails. 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
With "surveillance pricing," businesses have finally found something AI can do way, way, *way* better than people: price gouging. 1/
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
within the last 24 hours i have today learned that i have likely stopped two data centers with my reporting
If it is so easy for you to turn on one vulnerable group, it is easy for you to turn on any vulnerable group. Trans rights are a litmus test. Not because they matter only as a proxy —they matter profoundly in their own right — but because how someone treats those in danger reveals who they are.
