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Federica Genovese@fgenovese.bsky.social · 6d ago

🚨New paper Like most things in democracies, achieving climate action in the form of sustainable policy needs a significant amount of political mobilization. We investigate when & where this is more likely to happen across places on the climate frontline: the Global South🧵 📌 osf.io/preprints/so...

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

🚨Job Posting🚨 I've received funding for a project on "Rethinking the Anti-Corruption Toolkit" and am hiring a 2-year postdoc (political theory or related) to help. Ideally starting this fall, but can be flexible. For best consideration apply by the end of next week! apply.interfolio.com/188955

Democratic socialists are still partying in New York City… 🎉 Wait — *checks notes* — sorry this is Colorado. Apologies! We got confused since we were told this only happens in NYC 😬 @melatkirosco.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DaO9NqR...

Ah yes, WaPo opinion by a senior fellow at a right-leaning think tank with a long track record of distorting the science and solutions of climate change. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | The climate apocalypse? Don’t count on it.

Researchers finally retire the most extreme scenarios that have informed policy and media coverage for years.

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It's still a case of "More & More & More" of everything. The clean energy transition requires complete substitution, not simply addition!

Struggling to parse this. Exeter is celebrating its overall global ranking to 136th, comprised (it reports) of 151st (Natural Sciences), 131st (Life Sciences & Medicine) and 76th (Arts & Humanities) while announcing plans to make 25% of Arts & Humanities staff redundant. Does this compute?

University of Exeter@exeter.ac.uk · 2mo ago

We’re delighted to be able to share some exciting news: We’ve climbed 19 places in the QS World University Rankings 2027, and we’re now ranked 136th globally. This achievement reflects the growing strength of our reputation as one of the world’s top universities. news.exeter.ac.uk/staff-news/e...

Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…

Bari Weiss not beating the bootlicking propagandist allegations here:

Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The bigger problem, Lulu, frankly, is not any kind of political influence. The problem was the incompetence.." Scott Pelley talked to @lulugn.bsky.social about "the Bari Weiss era and his last days at 60 Minutes:" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

All the right now has to offer is conflict. Some of its key figures have moved on from culture wars towards what seems to be a deliberate effort to foment civil war. If you're a conflict entrepreneur, the worse it gets, the better it is for you. Where they break, we must mend, building community.

Nigel Farage Listens to the News

I see a lot of charts everyday. Few make me go: THIS IS CRAZY. www.carbonbrief.org/ai-boom-mean...

Newly declassified docs reveal Pentagon and intel concerns about the global security and economic risks of climate change. #FOIA Read my latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...

The Climate Security Threat: Pentagon War Games, European Political Risks, and Darfur Violence

Washington, D.C., May 27, 2026 - State Department intelligence analysts predicted widening political fissures in Europe and warned about the rise of populist and radical political parties in response ...

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JFC new IEA report shows: orders for fossil methane plants for data centres are bigger in the US than they for *any other country for any other reason* (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) "if data centres were a country, they would be the second-largest destination for gas turbines ordered from Q1 2025 to Q1 2026"

The UK government is doubling down on its decision to withhold a national security biodiversity report. I spoke with @tompashby.bsky.social for @thecanaryuk.bsky.social about why the UK’s obfuscation can be more damaging in protecting against long-term risks: www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

UK government trying to 'cover up' its 'embarrassment' over nature and national security report

The government has been accused of trying to hide an explosive report revealing climate and biodiversity emergencies.

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If the @greenparty.org.uk wants a reason to challenge Burnham in the Makerfield election, this is a good one. Labour must learn that you cannot beat the Right-wing by becoming it. Why would Reform voters want a diluted version when the pure stuff is on offer? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say

Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration

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"This increase in renewable energy is supported by the deployment of batteries, which will be needed to store clean electricity for times when the sun doesn’t shine & the wind doesn’t blow. BNEF increased its projection for global energy storage from 220 gigawatts in 2025 to 2,000 gigawatts by 2035"

Akshat Rathi@akshatrathi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Renewables are unstoppable. BNEF's New Energy Outlook for this year says solar is set to be the biggest source of electricity in 2032 and wind will be second biggest in 2034. Both coal and gas displaced from those thrones. This is the business-as-usual scenario. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Every second, $6,000 in fossil fuel subsidies are handed out globally. That’s $5 trillion/year. Renewables? Barely a fraction. We have 6–7 years to halve emissions. The industry has zero years of conscience. Share if you’ve had enough. 🌍✊

🇪🇸 Spain's electricity in 2000: 56% fossil, 2% solar & wind. By 2026: 44% solar & wind, just 17% fossil. The crossover came in 2023. Gas now sets the price only 15% of the time vs 89% in Italy. More in my forthcoming Substack newsletter 👇 janrosenow.substack.com

Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. But electricity is only 23% of total energy. Buildings: 71% fossil. Industry: 61%. Transport: 93%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas still imported. More in my Nature Energy article: nature.com/articles/s41560-026-02048-z

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Europe's electricity: 29% fossil fuels in 2024, down from 53% in 2005. Progress. But transport is still 92% fossil. Buildings: 71%. Industry: 61%. And 95% of EU oil and 88% of gas imported. Switching suppliers doesn't fix this. Electrification and efficiency do. More here: rdcu.be/feOjc

Amazon will pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that two of its Oregon data centers helped contaminate groundwater. This is exactly why communities across the country are organizing to stop data centers — and winning. Never doubt your power to change the system.

Mit dem neuen Semester startet auch unsere Ringvorlesung "Der #Klimawandel: Von ökologischen zu demokratischen Kipppunkten?": Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change Vortrag von @rossmittiga.bsky.social 📆 22.04., 18:15-19:45 Uhr 📍 HZ 9 am Campus Westend ➡️ buff.ly/HkJFVpW

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imagine arguing with your devout catholic grandma and shouting "the pope is WEAK on crime"