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US journalist in Brazil. Climate alarmist. Co-creator of @fervuranoclima. Previously: National Geographic Br, Planeta Sustentável, Estadão, VejaSP. Brazil fan.
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I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated.
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
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One of the most effective things you can do right now to fight Trump and ICE is to cancel your ChatGPT subscription.
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Although it's been a cold, harsh winter in the East and Midwest, that doesn't mean the planet has stopped warming. Nearly 75 percent of the globe has been warmer than average since December. Anomalies in the Arctic have been remarkable, being over 20 degrees above-average.
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China’s incredible growth in solar power and electric vehicles will greatly reduce its dependence on oil & gas
⚡️🚘BREAKING: For the first time ever, more than half of cars sold in China last month were electric New-energy vehicles, including EVs and PHEVs, reached a record-high 51.1% of retail sales in July, according to data from the China Passenger Car Association EVs are already
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The system is rigged by billionaires, but we’re not going to let it stay that way. Join our mass call with @aru_shineyajay, @KatAbughazaleh, @RoKhanna, and more to learn how we disrupt, clear house, and unrig the system together
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Uma virada histórica: Vendas de carros elétricos superam carros a gasolina pela primeira vez na história da Europa https://t.co/i1OHXUuOSG
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It’s amazing how quickly humans are changing the planet.
Just in - the thickness of #Arctic sea ice dropped to a new all-time record low this year around the North Pole (data from PIOMAS). #OpenScience #SciComm #DataViz #OpenData ➡️ More in my latest 'climate viz of the month' blog: https://t.co/4QzBhL1RFK
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O título da Copa do Brasil foi um roteiro de cinema: - 2 vitórias incontestáveis sobre o maior rival. - Vitória sobre o time do Cássio, nos pênaltis, com o Hugo Souza sendo o grande herói. - Título no Maracanã após jogada de gênio de Bidon e gol do craque do time. Épico.
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Maybe the best play of 2025? Right in the final week of the year.
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What are Firebricks, and How Can They Help Save Our Planet? They can replace furnaces that run on coal, oil, gas, and wood for 90% of industrial heat. Industrial heat is responsible for ~17% of all CO2 & pollution. Paper https://t.co/SESbvofrhh
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The AI backlash is now bigger than the hype. The more people are forced to use GenAI, the more we realise it steals our writing & images to spit out mashed-up, flaw-ridden, factually incorrect slop. 2026: the year the slop companies are rejected & their lies are taken to court
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Billionaires are leeches.
Calling yourself a maker not a taker after taking $38 billion in government funding is quite the rebrand. You would have gone bankrupt without the corporate welfare you milked from the American taxpayer.
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We are causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s 🌎 climate beyond natural limits, with CO2 & temps levels not seen for 3 million years. No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
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2009 world leaders at COP15, to FINALLY solve the climate crisis. They failed. 6 yrs later…COP21 gave us Paris Agreement. FINALLY we would solve the problem. 10 yrs later GHGs continue rising. Warming accelerates. 1.5C soon lost. We follow path to disaster. Not much to celebrate
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We were warned. Media and govts refused to act and many lied. Now we face the consequences which will get worse and worse.
Flooding swamped streets and even a gas station in Washington as historic rainfall from multiple atmospheric rivers continued to pound the Pacific Northwest with more than a foot of rain.
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*taps the sign* “Billionaires will leave if you tax them,” is a myth created by billionaires so you won’t tax them.
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In 3 yrs this #solar installation at an Arkansas high school turned the district’s budget from a $250K deficit to a $1.8 million surplus. They're using the surplus to pay teachers more We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#ClimateAction #climate #NoWarNoWarming
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Today on Volts: while some blue states hedge on their green commitments, Illinois is doubling down, passing its third major energy bill in a decade. Among other things, this one empowers the state's utility regulator to directly procure clean energy. We get into it.
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🇮🇩🔊 Listen to the sounds of despair. Sumatra’s disaster is apocalyptic. Floods and landslides everywhere. Many never stood a chance, and the world stays quiet. Climate change is killing, and the deniers are watching in silence. Don’t stay silent. Speak up, act, demand change
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