Ilana Berger
@ilanaberger.bsky.social
Climate research for Media Matters. Global superstar & activist. Views are my own. Writing: https://www.mediamatters.org/author/ilana-berger
As always, Evlondo making important observations.
Evlondo Cooper III@evlondocooper.bsky.social · 2w agoRight-wing media spent years dismissing environmental justice. Data center fights forced them to acknowledge higher bills, strained water supplies, and exclusion from local decisions. Their response: turn on the people organizing against the buildout. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/dat...
I've watched this person's following grow in an alarming way. To those familiar with it, her language has always signaled conspiracy theorist. I think many see her content and don't realize what her views are. Great work @alexhannaford.com heated.world/p/the-influe...
The influencer teaching millions to fear solar
Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. Her campaign is becoming a blueprint for the fossil fuel right.
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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.
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
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So paying companies to take jobs elsewhere www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...
Trump Officials Weigh New $1 Billion Deal to Stop Offshore Wind Farms
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For @mmfa.bsky.social: The MAHA-aligned crowd is still defending RFK Jr. But some notable figures can't ignore his failure to disrupt Trump's close relationship with Big Ag, and what that could mean for the movement. Still unclear if they'll ever draw a line. www.mediamatters.org/joe-rogan-ex...
Joe Rogan gave RFK Jr. a platform to defend the administration’s embrace of glyphosate, but some other MAHA personalities aren’t letting it go so easily
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🚨The @mmfa.bsky.social 2025 broadcast study on climate coverage is out. There has been a pretty steep decline ↘️ 2022: 23 hours 2023: 17 hours 2024: 12 hours 2025: 8.5 hours
Evlondo Cooper III@evlondocooper.bsky.social · 5mo agoBroadcast climate coverage declined again in 2025, a three-year drop from its 2022 peak. Coverage still rarely connects climate disasters and impacts to fossil fuels or federal policy, which matters as Trump's climate rollbacks continue to advance. www.mediamatters.org/broadcast-ne...
I wonder how Bezos' boots taste? What an accomplishment to truly be the paper of the billionaire class, despised by the people. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | EPA is right to reverse Obama overreach
If the federal government wants to more heavily regulate greenhouse gas emissions, Congress needs to pass a new law.
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Today we won. A U.S. District Court ruled that the administration violated federal law when it secretly convened a group of climate contrarians to produce a thoroughly debunked report to overturn the Endangerment Finding. The science still matters. We won't stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...
A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
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This declaration is a testament to the hard work of CAAD members & others who make sure climate disinformation stays on the agenda! Happy to see countries stepping up where the U.S. is failing miserably.
CAAD_Coalition@caadcoalition.bsky.social · 9mo agoToday at #COP30 in Belém, the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change has launched the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change. buff.ly/knSIk46
With COP30 underway, Climate Action Against Disinformation releases a report showing how both Big Carbon and Big Tech are sabotaging climate action worldwide. Cites examples of legislation that has been effective in limiting the harms of disinformation.
CAAD_Coalition@caadcoalition.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 Our new report, Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified, is out now. 🚨 The report explores how Big Carbon and Big Tech use disinformation to sabotage climate action and why, despite 89% of people worldwide demanding stronger action, progress gets derailed.
“The UN and the World Economic Forum have each declared that Climate Change and disinformation are the greatest threats to Humanity. To truly make this COP the COP of Truth, we need firmly established guardrails against mis and disinformation,” said UCS’s Kate Cell from #COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
This coming right after Kathy Hochul endorses Mamdani is.. something. Sure glad we're learning lessons here. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/u...
A New Democratic Think Tank Wants to Curb the Influence of Liberal Groups
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
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This week marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in Louisiana. For two decades, Fox News has weaponized disasters caused by supercharged storms to attack political opponents, push right-wing narratives, and deny climate change.
From Katrina to Helene: A timeline of Fox News’ hurricane misinformation, harmful narratives, and climate denial
For two decades, Fox News has weaponized major disasters caused by supercharged storms to attack political opponents, push right-wing narratives, and deny climate change. Major storms that hit populated areas generate wall-to-wall TV news coverage. At its best, this coverage exposes systemic issues that leave certain populations vulnerable to disasters, keeps a spotlight on both rescue and recovery processes to keep accountable those responsible for disaster response, and discusses the link between our warming planet and the intensification of storms, along with solutions for reducing climate pollution.At its worst, coverage ignores these issues, downplaying or denying the role of climate change and using disasters to amplify false narratives and misinformation that serve a political agenda. In 20 years of hurricane reporting, Fox News’ coverage has predominately reflected the latter.Below is an overview of some of the major storms that have made landfall in the U.S. over the past 20 years – and how Fox covered them.
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For @mmfa.bsky.social: Murdoch Media is pushing an extremely misleading narrative about rate hikes across the country, and particularly in New Jersey. www.mediamatters.org/rupert-murdo...
Murdoch media find a scapegoat for New Jersey’s high electric rates
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Here is the official statement from the American Meteorological Society on the "foundational flaws" of the Department of Energy’s recent attempt to deny the reality of #climate change. www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
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New from me ⬇️ Last week, UCS and EDF moved to block the EPA from attempting to repeal the endangerment finding. Hopefully, legal precedent and scientific reality can withstand this coordinated assault on climate action.
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · 12mo agoConservative outlets played key roles in the junk science echo chamber of fossil fuel-funded efforts to quash the “holy grail” of climate policy: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
In a victory for free speech, Media Matters won a preliminary injunction against the retaliatory FTC investigation. Below are a statement from @goangelo.bsky.social and some key excerpts from the ruling.
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said." It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy. I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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First a correction: U.S. oil production has fallen over 300,000 bpd this year. Seems like that should have been mentioned in this article. It's already in decline. This isn't true: "U.S. energy companies are producing record amounts of oil"
Analysis: Sliding US rig count outpaces efficiency gains, threatening onshore oil output
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The falling number of oil and gas rigs deployed across the United States is reaching a level that would indicate onshore crude output from the world's top producer could fall in ear...
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We annotated some of the most, er, interesting lines in the DOE's new climate report with the help of scientists. New from me and the rest of the team: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
We fact-checked the Trump administration’s climate report
Scientists say the report cherry-picks key data and misrepresents the state of climate research.
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New for @mmfa.bsky.social: We found that popular online shows pushed right-wing misinformation about #HurricaneHelene recovery efforts, and at least 5.7 million people listened. So, what does that mean for Atlantic hurricane season 2025? Nothing good. www.mediamatters.org/hurricanes/h...
Half of the top 10 online shows spread misinformation or false narratives about Hurricane Helene in 2024
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oh ok got it qz.com/1351489/trum...
One Russian company seems thrilled with Trump’s move on asbestos
The US Environmental Protection Agency is moving to open new avenues to approve asbestos products, and at least one Russian asbestos producer seems thrilled about it. Earlier this summer, Uralasbest p...
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National Conference of State Legislatures, which represents state lawmakers, is urging the Senate to reject the AI provision in the #BigBeautifulBill. And my mom talked to Wired about it! www.wired.com/story/a-poli...
A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers
An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
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Kid at NYU just lost his diploma for speech you can overhear by tuning into the UN security council.
Right-wing media claim Trump is "fighting for the little guy" and "a man of the people," as the administration dismisses market realities to prop up expensive coal and eliminates resources to protect the health & safety of miners. www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/tru...
Trump's push to bring back coal finds support with right-wing media
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