Founding Director, End Climate Silence Author, *The Language of Climate Politics: Fossil-Fuel Propaganda and How to Fight It* genevieveguenther.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlbqsnjr5s2fOxy got $600 million from the Biden Administration to open this plant, surely in part because they were hearing from folks at the Department of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management that carbon removal could "decarbonize oil," or some shit (and yes, I'm talking about Holly Buck). 1/2 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbqsnjr5s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlbqhoczj22fA lot of the "community opposition" to clean energy is also funded by fossil-fuel interests, as the research from @cssn.org has reveals. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/07/us-utilities-fund-groups-against-public-power-lobby07 May 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbqhoczj22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlbqcgtsfc2fBut I just heard someone saying on a podcast that the oil and gas companies were not benefiting from America's attacking Iran? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbqcgtsfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlbq7xl5k22fwe can totally do this, folks. it really is possible! [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbq7xl5k22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlbq4e5l7c2fthe market meets petro-authoritarianism and loses big time [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbq4e5l7c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlbi67tqrs27Think using a chatbot makes your work better? Think again. 1/307 May 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbi67tqrs27https://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mlb4q6otas2hI used to be a good liberal, animated by a belief in meritocracy and economic opportunity. But I became a climate activist from moral outrage that The New York Times, my paper of record, hired Bret Stephens, then a full-on climate denier, to write commentary, and I’ve just moved left ever since. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb4q6otas2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mla75d4tcc2iLike, I cannot believe that capital took at look at climate breakdown and said, “yeah no, we’re not going to decarbonize; we’re going to build tens of thousands of huge conglomerates of machines that use a shit ton of water and methane instead.”07 May 2026 02:45 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla75d4tcc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3mla6upiq522iRemembering the Bill Gates memo arguing he could do more good for the poor if he deprioritized climate change. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla6upiq522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3ml7kmlont22jGood David Wallace-Wells piece thinking through the climatic and political implications of the coming El Niño. Did you know that American climate concern is higher now than it was during the Biden administration? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/opinion/el-nino-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gVA.pJ21.Twdxoy6KGdkc&smid=nytcore-ios-share06 May 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7kmlont22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3ml7id37k6k2zIs this Abundance? [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7id37k6k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3ml7i7u7gls2zI have to say, I’m really not a fan of chronological scrolling. I miss the algorithm that brought the most interesting climate tweets right to my app the moment I logged on.06 May 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7i7u7gls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3ml6nzkvzz222And yet the market follows Trump’s pronouncements on Iran like a bunch of lemmings. Weren’t finance bros supposed to be smart? 🙃 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6nzkvzz222https://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3ml4j2k4rtc2x@mattyglesias.bsky.social is wrong when he tells Democrats that they should support oil and gas companies and encourage more fossil fuels in the world. Majorities (av. 66%) of US adults support the US economy transitioning away from fossil fuels to 100% clean energy by 2050. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4j2k4rtc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/doctorvive.bsky.social/post/3ml4iylcolk2xIgnore the liberals who say that the Democrats should support fossil fuels to be popular. They are wrong. According to the latest Yale data, majorities support generating renewable energy on public land. MAJORITIES OPPOSE DRILLING AND MINING FOR FOSSIL FUELS on public land.05 May 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:xalxqffcayyidntafmptzhta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4iylcolk2x