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"CDR is a fantasy"
Removing just 1 GT of CO2 with #DAC direct air capture requires about 3700 terawatt hours of electricity, more than what 🇪🇺produces in a year. 1GT = only 2.5% of global annual emissions, but process emits between roughly 1.4 & 5 tons for every ton removed. 💀
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The Frontline for @AtmosMag today is from @n_thanki, taking a critical approach to the tech world's obsession with carbon removal strategies
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The Frontline for @AtmosMag today is from @n_thanki, taking a critical approach to the tech world's obsession with carbon removal strategies
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got pulled into a meeting, but super grateful to for working with and me on this one. he makes a compelling argument against direct air capture tech, reminding us of what we need to focus on: cutting fossil fuel pollution and protecting Indigenous lands
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wiiiiild that this is so normal for American law enforcement
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trying to make new friends at this age is SO hard... and yet i realllllly need some 🥴🥴🥴 accepting applications lol
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yassssssss
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YAS
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Taylor Swift y Bad Bunny juntos, literalmente, mis gustos musicales en una foto
hablemos de que Bad Bunny decidió abrir los #GRAMMYs con una canción que dice "ahora todos quieren ser latinos, pero les falta sazón, batería y reggaetón" acabó con todoooo
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knock at the cabin in the woods was wild!
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damn, i'm cute
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the defensiveness I’m seeing out there is giving cult, it’s giving im holier than thou, it’s giving I got a lot to hide.
smh!!!
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orgs and their leaders need to be able to step back and reflect on why ppl have taken issue and why reporters are investigating claims rather than pulling the YALL ARE EVIL AND CORRUPT card
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the way the nonprofit justice world just does NOT understand how or why journalism works is so disappointing and concerning. y’all aren’t devoid of accountability. the purpose of your work doesn’t remove you from criticism, esp when ppl are alleging YALL CAUSED HARM. smh
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any EMF (electromagnetic field) experts out there who can talk to me about this as it relates to health and radiation? for
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cool job!
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JOB ALERT @FERNnews is seeking an editor-in-chief.
As a 10-year-old nonprofit news org covering food, agriculture+ environment, FERN is preparing for the next stage in its evolution + is looking for a new leader to chart its path editorially. thefern.org/work-with-us/jShow this thread
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every time i try to check out ChatGBT, it's at capacity lol useless ass AI
disappointing
ain't nuthin but a g thang babyyyyy
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im wanting some more impactful Q&As this year on The Frontline for . have connections with an important voice/leader in the climate and environmental justice space? hoping to interview someone? pitch me! :)
yessenia [at] atmos [dot] earth
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There is a clear connection between police violence & the environment/climate. Not sure? Check out these powerful stories from .
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i'm still thinking about the #TyreNichols news. for those who aren't sure how police violence connects to environmental and climate issues, here is a list of stories I've written on the issue.
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Nothing like a bacon egg and cheese in the mornin 🥹 wish I could find a spot with vegan bacon around here because an egg and cheese just doesn’t hit the same 🥲
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these are the type of dudes who "make it" in journalism, smh. disgusting. where's the humanity? i can understand having to evict someone, but saying shit like this and then POSTING it? disgusting
great scoop from
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Way too belated plug but the amazing & helped me accomplish my teenage lefty dream of appearing in Media Matters and not for one of the many not good reasons to be mentioned by Media Matters!
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I really enjoyed my discussion with @brockbenefiel and @yessfun hosted by @climatepod. Here's a short excerpt from the conversation. mediamatters.org/broadcast-netw
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And check out 's piece on how the best extreme weather segments point the way forward for national TV news' extreme weather coverage
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ICYMI, we talked to and about improving mainstream media coverage of environmental justice issues.
We also discussed some amazing #environmentaljustice reporting currently being done and how media can improve.
Listen here!
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i'm absolutely IN LOVE with this essay from on The Frontline for today
what a way to kick off #BlackHistoryMonth. they make connections b/w roly-polys and Black futurity, finding inspiration and awe in the critters of our gardens
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Ugh once my cat decides to cuddle w me in bed, there goes my productive morning. I haven’t used my peloton in nearly a week 😭
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a rare white dude in climate journalism who genuinely gets EJ stories and cares about his writers! I love Brian! pitch him!
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Some personal news: I'm editing for the Guardian's America's Dirty Divide series and am looking for stories on environmental justice in the U.S. Journalists (no PR people!) hit me up at brian.kahn@theguardian.com
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if y’all enjoy my tweets, consider subscribing to my newsletter The Frontline for . it’s free :) and features voices of other folks I respect and admire
we’ve got some other dope newsletters too!
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"When everything is framed as an apocalypse, which the media and the press do often, it forecloses the potential for solutions and world building.
What imperative is there for us to actually build a new world, if we think this one is lost and hopeless?"
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kehlani really is the goat
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"We do not yet know how eco-distress might look across cultures and identities. How environmental trauma might inscribe itself in the body. We will need to learn how to help a wildfire survivor who has a panic attack each time they smell smoke."
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The Frontline for @AtmosMag is from @MelissaGodin21 on the future of climate therapy
the story explores the @ClimateNa + how it's trying to transform the field to view systemic issues (racism, sexism) as psychological stressors under climate change
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#TuesdayMorning Reading: A thought-filled #Thread by on the linkage of Police violence, #Climate Protest, #Health and the big one #EnvironmentalJustice. Read More:
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i'm still thinking about the #TyreNichols news. for those who aren't sure how police violence connects to environmental and climate issues, here is a list of stories I've written on the issue.
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let's remember how these issues are related & hold the movement accountable. there's so much unnecessary suffering in black & brown communities. it's not an accident. it's a choice govts make.
more can be done to protect folks—from cops or pollution. leaders choose not to.
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and while police killings are direct forms of violence, there are slower, more indirect forms that are equally lethal—like pollution. the fact that black and brown communities face disproportionate risks from both is not a coincidence
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