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Geoffrey Supran
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This bloke mocking deadly & destructive global warming-induced sea level rise is an ACTUAL US Senator. GOP & its fossil fuel underwriters are anti-science, anti-security, anti-innovation, anti-jobs, anti-health, & they should be made to own it in history books & ballot boxes. 1/n
2/n: In today's #GreenNewDeal sham vote in the Senate, Senators who voted "no" took 🔥11 TIMES🔥 as much money from fossil fuel interests as those who didn't. oilchangeusa.org/opponents-of-g…
3/n: This is par for the course: On average, climate-denying Senators take 🔥4 TIMES🔥 as much money from fossil fuel interests as those who accept science. thinkprogress.org/the-anti-scien…
4/n: As @rebleber points out: "Remember: Republicans have no plan for confronting climate change." They should be made to wear that badge forever. motherjones.com/environment/20…
5/n: As always, @drvox is also eloquent on this strategy of agonism. "Rather than begging Republicans for assent...publicize their intransigence & make it core to their identity. Tie it around their necks every time a microphone appears; make them own it." vox.com/energy-and-env…
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*HUGE*: Hours after UK Parliament officially declares "#ClimateEmergency", government's official advisers formally recommend legislation to "use known technologies [to] end our contribution to global warming by reducing emissions to Net Zero by 2050." 1/n theguardian.com/environment/20…
2/n: The UK Committee on Climate Change @theCCCuk "conclude[s] that net-zero is necessary, feasible and cost-effective" "based on existing technologies." theccc.org.uk/publication/ne…
3/n: Off-shored emissions continue to be a major blind spot. @theCCCuk say "it is important that [the UK does] not simply off-shore emissions to other parts of the world." But does that sufficiently attend to our "common but differentiated responsibility"? theccc.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
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Geoffrey Supran
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This is weak sauce -- an ahistorical false dichotomy. As my friends @NaomiOreskes & @MichaelEMann note in #ClimateChangeTheFacts: evidence alone has floundered in the face of 30y of climate denial & delay by fossil fuel interests & conservative ideologues. Let’s debunk. THREAD
2/n: First, @Anna_Soubry's point is ahistorical: The assertion that facts alone will win the day is contradicted by scholarship & experience, including history of climate politics, climate psychology, communication science, political science, & decades of advocacy & policymaking.
3/n: As I testified to EU Parliament last month, the fossil fuel industry has *known* the basic facts of climate science for 60 years: that its products, when used correctly, had the potential to cause catastrophic global warming.
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Geoffrey Supran
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This is the new bar for climate storytelling ⬇️ A stunning 7-min postcard from the future to turbocharge the climate movement & #GreenNewDeal. By the unstoppable @AOC, @NaomiAKlein, @KateAronoff et al. Watch, share, act.

(My special thx & kudos for including #ExxonKnew framing)
My serious oversight for not acknowledging the *incredibly* talented artist who made this possible, @mollycrabapple. Also huge props to @theintercept for facilitating this brilliant futurism, and to everyone else involved in this project.
Including the extraordinarily talented filmmaker @avilewis!
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Sea level rise, a tweet thread.

Nestled in this 🔥 story by @PopovichN and @jswatz on how 2018 was the 4th hottest year on record, which means that the last five years have basically been the hottest years on record is a note about the ice sheets /1
.@flimsin a UK researcher led a study that revisited a terrifying 2016 study which said that by 2100 sea levels could rise as much as 6 feet which is taller than I am. 😳

That study hinged on what happens when an ice shelf collapses. /2

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She's the perfect #GOP candidate, though.

Tulsi Gabbard ‘regrets’ past anti-gay activism as she prepares for presidential race.
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Ten percent of the population are "homosexual extremists."
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This Republican control over all parts of our government defies comparison. On second thought, it feels like a Biblical punishment..Remember the 10 Plagues of Egypt?
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First, the waters of the land of Egypt were to be turned into blood....
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After realizing that there is much to learn before we understand what exactly their super evil plans for us are, I feel like I need to compile a few thoughts from he science realm... This may help us get a better idea about DNA manipulation and 5G implications...
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@NastyWomenofNPS
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1) My small coastal town has 3 seats up for city council next month. #vote
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