Ben Rawlence
Writer: THE TREELINE etc.
CEO Black Mountains College: public education for a new era.
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Climate & Politics
Since the two things are inextricable: here’s a list that combines some insightful thinkers about the unholy mess that is unfolding…
@pennyjohnes.bsky.social
Professor of Biogeochemistry, UBris. Researches freshwater nutrient pollution and biodiversity loss in lakes, rivers and wetlands, and mitigation strategies. Nitrogen, phosphorus, carbon, isotopes, dissolved organic matter. ORCiD: 0000-0003-1605-6896
@chadbourn.bsky.social
📖Sunday Times bestselling author, 📺TV screenwriter, 📇journalist at The New European, Guardian, Times 📶Economist. ✂️Runs with scissors. LDN, NYC, LA https://www.markchadbourn.co.uk for contact, agents etc
@rarohde.bsky.social
Chief Scientist for @berkeleyearth.org. Physics PhD & data nerd. Usually focused on climate change, fossil fuels, & air quality issues.
@glenpeters.bsky.social
Energy, emissions, & climate CICERO Center for International Climate Research, Oslo, Norway https://cicero.oslo.no/en/employees/glen-peters
@alexsteffen.bsky.social
We're not yet ready for what's already happened. Award-winning writer and climate futurist. Foresight and strategies for life in a planetary crisis. Podcast and newsletter: https://alexsteffen.substack.com/
@cleanairmoms.bsky.social
We are a community of 1.5 million moms and dads united against air pollution—including the crisis of our changing climate—to protect our children’s health! Www.momscleanairforce.org
@oilfieldwitness.bsky.social
We are methane hunters and movement organizers. We use optical gas imaging to expose the dirty secrets of oil and gas. We leverage this intelligence to educate the public and policy makers to strengthen climate movements. www.oilfieldwitness.org
@drandrewboswell.bsky.social
Science, energy, climate, law. Taking UK Govt to Court on Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)➡️ https://tinyurl.com/NZT-TW-PROF
@scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org
The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications encourages high-quality #scicomm. https://www.nationalacademies.org/awards/excellence-in-communication
@extremetemps.bsky.social
Climatologist & Weather Historian. www.mherrera.org/temp.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Maxcrc Weather news. Climatic statistics and records. By M. Herrera @extremetemps in all networks
@shanley.com
Rightful queen of Silicon Valley. https://soundcloud.com/shanley-kane is full of original tech analysis you will not find anywhere else. i also have a blog shanley.com
@premthakker.bsky.social
reporter @zeteo.com Any tips or info you’d like to share? Signal premthakker.35 Prem@zeteonews.com https://linktr.ee/premthakker
@legolostatsea.bsky.social
Writer, beachcomber, all at sea. Founder of the award-winning Lego Lost At Sea project. Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year. Author of Adrift, The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost At Sea. Cornwall.
@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
Palestinian-American digital-internet pioneer. Non-profit, NGO founder. Scholar, analyst, consultant, lecturer. Humanist. MENA Peace and Reconciliation. Interdisciplinary Narrative Studies. Campari enthusiast. Dawg Mom. Yankees & Giants Fan.
@jacquelyngill.bsky.social
Climate, extinction, and biodiversity scientist at UMaine, researching Earth’s past for a better future. Writer and podcaster for the planet. Chaotic good professor. Working to be a good ancestor. She/her. #BiInSci #DisabledInSTEM
@calvjones.bsky.social
Regional Economist and sometime troublemaker. Energy, climate, post-growth, guitars, Sci-Fi, bikes, world-systems.
@stonefishweirs.bsky.social
Join us at Indigenous People, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and Climate Change: The Iconic Underwater Cultural Heritage of Stone Tidal Weirs Project Group. https://oceandecadechfp.org/.../indigenous-people.../
@willbunch.bsky.social
National opinion columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer; author of After the Ivory Tower Falls; free weekly newsletter at inquirer.com/bunch
@moonalice.com
From 1982 to 2015, I invested in tech. Since 2016, I have been working for reform of the tech industry. Author of NYT bestseller Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Musician in Moonalice (https://www.moonalice.com/splash) Phillies fan.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social
Help us build the better - independent - media Britain deserves. Subscribe for exclusive content only in the Byline Times news magazine: subscribe.bylinetimes.com Visit our free daily news site: bylinetimes.com
@atrupar.com
Independent journalist and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
@evaholland.bsky.social
Yukoner * freelance writer * book author * devoted servant to a retired sled dog
@mariahblake.bsky.social
Journalist. Author, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, out 5.6.2025. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198/they-poisoned-the-world-by-mariah-blake/
@nicolakellywrites.bsky.social
Journalist. Used to work for the Home Office, now report on it. 'Anywhere But Here', my book on the small boats crisis, out now. Pre-order: https://uk.bookshop.org/a/14936/9781783968558 My Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/notanothersnowflake
@youthvgov.bsky.social
We’re a nonprofit organization elevating the voices of youth to secure their legal right to a safe climate for all present and future generations.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
New here. Doppelganger. This Changes Everything. The Shock Doctrine. No Logo. On Fire. UBC Professor of Climate Justice. 🔗 naomiklein.org 📬 news.naomiklein.org/newsletter
@tobiasjones.bsky.social
Italy-based journalist & award-winnning writer: Ultra, The Po, Blood on the Altar, A Place of Refuge, The Dark Heart of Italy, Utopian Dreams etc. Community-co-builder, bad carpenter, good listener, OK teacher... NSNO
@jsweetli.bsky.social
suspended/censored by Elon Musk bc journalism Words in Rolling Stone, The Intercept, The Guardian, POLITICO, The Nation +
@tjryankeogh.bsky.social
Ocean biogeochemist based at the Southern Ocean Carbon-Climate Observatory, South Africa
@stacyhorn.bsky.social
Writer. My book, The Killing Fields of East New York, about white-collar crime and the rise in murder in Brooklyn, came out in Jan. ‘25. www.stacyhorn.com
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social
dottore, ingegnere, avvocato When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — out now from @fsgbooks https://www.unpopularfront.news/
@ebharrington.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Dartmouth;views my own. Author, 'Capital w/out Borders' https://shorturl.at/bGsLB and 'Offshore' https://shorturl.at/rTacl; words @washingtonpost.com, @nytimes.com, the Atlantic & the Guardian. All at brookeharrington.com
@watershed-i.bsky.social
Award-winning independent not-for-profit investigative journalism in the public interest. https://watershedinvestigations.com/ Watershed is: @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social @leanahosea.bsky.social Posts by Chloe
@alexhh.bsky.social
Ex-🇬🇧diplomat. Now an 🇺🇸. Resigned over Brexit lies. Frmr Ambassdr to 🇬🇪 . Writer Byline Times. Co-host Disorder Podcast. Patron, European Movement. Advisor Eurasia Foundation. Member, Commission on Political Power looking at how to strengthen UK democracy.
@seamas.bsky.social
Author, very professional. Buy my extremely good book at www.mammybook.com
@indivisible.org
Building progressive grassroots power and holding members of Congress accountable. Make a difference in a few clicks: https://linktr.ee/indivisibleteam
@besclimate.bsky.social
Climate Change Ecology group of the British Ecological Society | Sharing Research Opportunities, Networking & Events 🌱 https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/membership-community/special-interest-groups/climate-change-ecology/
@michelawrong.bsky.social
Journalist and writer specialising in sub-Saharan Africa, ex-Reuters, ex-FT, author of five books, including one novel.
@carlgomb.bsky.social
Dean at The London Interdisciplinary School, the first UK higher education institution to get its degree awarding powers at inception for 50 years. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gombrich. #highered #universities #interdisciplinarity #futureofwork
@cast-centre.bsky.social
We are the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST); a global hub for understanding the crucial role that people play in fighting climate change. Based at the University of Bath and across five institutions, ESRC-funded. www.cast.ac.uk
@whaletalesorg.bsky.social
A place where anyone can come to connect, share & save their #WhaleTales Created in 2014, we have 1500+ cetacean stories. Check out the Whale Tales Podcast🎧🐳🐋🐬 linktr.ee/whaletalesorg
@oceanterra.org
Climate | ocean | science policy & diplomacy | Copernicus Climate Change Service, @ECMWF | Partner to @edhawkins.org | ex 🐼 | Views own | 🌍 🌡🌊 🛰 🪸| Born on Wurundjeri Country | 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 | www.pulse.climate.copernicus.eu
@thinkorswim.bsky.social
Campaigning journalist based in Dublin. Freaking out and speaking out on the #ClimateEmergency. Left Twitter when it became a mouthpiece for fascism
@kevinclimate.bsky.social
Professor of Energy & Climate Change at Universities of Manchester & Uppsala. Translating climate science, through carbon budgets, into policy goals & mitigation options. Co-founder https://climateuncensored.com
@shellslies.bsky.social
#Shell 's PR is full of lush forests & “nature based solutions.” Meanwhile they're busy destroying our planet alongside other #BigOil producers #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateLitigation #EndFossilFuels #EndPlasticPollution
@neweconomics.bsky.social
Change the rules. Share the wealth. Protect the planet.
@andrewsimms.bsky.social
Political economist, campaigner & author. Co-author the original Green New Deal, devised Earth Overshoot Day & jointly, the Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty. Co-director New Weather Inst, other roles: https://www.newweather.org/about-us/andrew-simms/