For decades, oil companies pushed misinformation on climate solutions. "We’re doing the most expensive, least applicable thing first rather than cheapest easiest things." A report by grantees Amy Westervelt, molly taft, & Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo for @wearedrilled.pulitzercenter.org/stories/docume…

“We’re doing the most expensive, least applicable thing first rather than cheapest easiest things first at great expense to taxpayers and with no analysis of net climate benefit.” Drilled shows, CCS is an underperforming failure.

Envision Resilience Challenge mural in New Bedford unveiled. Where to find it. southcoasttoday.com/story/news/202…

💥 Bombshell work by Law Students for Climate Accountability! It’s not just insurance companies, banks, and PR shops that are aiding and abetting the build-out of massive new fossil fuel projects and accelerating the climate crisis. It’s also law firms. Need to know thread👇

I'll be on @DemocracyNow tomorrow morning ~9:15am ET to discuss the existential planetary threat posed by Trump, the GOP and #Project2025 democracynow.org

#Florida is "the most flood-prone state in the nation" yet "is alarmingly underinsured," writes of Mary Anna Mancuso of republicEn.org: "As #climatechange continues to reshape the state’s landscape and increase #floodrisks, the time for action is now." theinvadingsea.com/2024/08/21/flo…

The great #Florida book critic Colette Bancroft closes a chapter Tampa Bay Times, which will shutter one of the nation's best book festivals. I propose #Gainesville pick it up in honor of Colette & the book banners she calls out: Lauren Groff h/t Peter Schorsch tampabay.com/life-culture/a…

Come hang ✨ with me, Environmental Voter Project & Lead Locally. Details and tickets: getitright.earth/tour 🎟️

Author Dr. Genevieve Guenther will speak with journalists Kendra Pierre-Louis, @BillMcKibben & @AmyWestervelt at a #NYCClimateWeek event, “The Language of Climate Politics in the 2024 Election,” on Sept 25 eventbrite.com/e/the-language…

New NOAA research: ecological collapse of snow crabs in Alaska’s southeastern Bering Sea is almost entirely attributable to human-induced climate warming, essentially the shift from Arctic to sub-Arctic conditions. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

🚨WATCH: A new CBS News @InsideClimate investigation exposes Exxon's role in the plastic waste crisis and the oil giant's deceptive claims about "advanced" recycling. Rob Bonta could soon bring legal action to hold Exxon accountable for the fraud of plastic recycling.

NSF Invests $72 Million In Four University Pandemic Research Centers forbes.com/sites/michaelt…

What does resilience look like? For one community, it’s this beautiful mural, supported by @envisionrnc. southcoasttoday.com/story/news/202…

"The fossil fuel industry remains the biggest obstacle to the clean-energy transition, and climate disinformation remains its most potent tool. It is very much in Big Oil’s interest for climate advocates to... stop “obsessing over climate disinformation.”" jacobin.com/2024/08/climat…

Industrial “carbon capture” is Big Oil’s favorite climate solution. Because (as used in oil and gas) it isn't one, and they get taxpayers to subsidize it. theguardian.com/business/artic…

“The fossil fuel industry remains the biggest obstacle to the clean-energy transition, and climate disinformation remains its most potent tool.” Aaron Regunberg jacobin.com/2024/08/climat…

Want to connect your water-related courses to the UF Gulf Scholars program? Have ideas for water-related experiential learning? Can you mentor students on water-related Gulf impact projects? Then come to the Faculty Information Session! September 18, Zoom: bit.ly/3X8Vd1Q

“We think of unis as for the public good...[T]he scale & scope of influence of the fossil fuel industry on higher ed shows some of that is being distorted toward private sector interests”- Jennie C. Stephens speaks to grist's Kate Yoder about our new study:grist.org/accountability…

Parasitologists up in arms as NIH ends funding for key database | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

For #FloridaClimateWeek, the Invading Sea is holding an online discussion on the #FloridaWildlifeCorridor with Susan Carr of ACT, Josh Daskin of ABS and Tom Hoctor of the FLORIDA Center for Landscape Conservation Planning. Sign up: whova.com/portal/registr…