Amy Westervelt

Press Briefing: The Iran War and the Climate Emergency YouTube video by Covering Climate Now

Oh yes they always record, here it is! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7l7...

Pink sticker with a blue whale that reads: "SAVE THE WHALES...from the carbon market!"

Please enjoy my favorite sticker from COP30

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Iran War and the Climate Emergency. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. War makes climate change worse in many ways, and vice versa. The US-Israel attacks on Iran that began over the weekend have killed hundreds of civilians and sent oil prices soaring, but this war also ...

Happening in 30 minutes! Should be a very interesting conversation, esp with @ninalakhani.bsky.social there. (and no, no one is saying that emissions are more important than lives, that's a false dichotomy).

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

If you're looking around for a model of courage against repression, may I recommend the latest @drilledmedia.bsky.social podcast episode with @ninalakhani.bsky.social on the late great Berta Cáceres? drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

I don't think anyone, or this piece, is blaming individual activists. It's asking where the Democrats, climate foundations, etc are and why they all folded so fast

Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback? Climate deniers expected more resistance to the fossil fuel blitz. But Democrats, billionaires and activists have gone silent

“Nothing happened. There wasn’t even a whimper.
The Trump administration just marched in and destroyed the crown jewel of climate science in the United States”
- Robert Brulle
fyi @marchudson.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @grassrootbeer.bsky.social

Podcast alert: 10 Years After Berta Cáceres’s Murder, Why Is It Still So Dangerous for Environmentalists in Honduras?
Listen to me and @amywestervelt.bsky.social with lots of great interviews from Honduras
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
@drilledmedia.bsky.social

10 Years After Berta Cáceres’ Murder, Why Is Honduras Still So Dangerous for Environmental Activists? Despite some prosecutions, the criminal masterminds behind the Indigenous leader's murder remain at large, while illegal land grabs, international finance and attacks against defenders continues with ...

A tremendous piece from the great @ninalakhani.bsky.social for @drilledmedia.bsky.social today, marking the 10-year anniversary of the assassination of Berta Cáceres: drilled.media/news/berta. (U.S. folks: huge, huge parallels to what's happening in the states now as well)

Albanese Supported An Illegal War With No Clear Objective or End. It's A Grim New Low the Albanese government didn’t even know the reason for the war, let alone whether it was unlawful – but they supported it anyway.

It’s not just an illegal war. That would be bad enough.

Today, the Albanese government clearly admitted they gave our support to a war, without even knowing why it was launched.

From us:

www.lamestream.com.au/albanese-sup...

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Tweet on X by Amir Kiyae reads: Strikes on Iran appear to have hit the home where opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard have been held under house arrest - both are reported safe, but their residence was damaged. Former President Ahmadineiad's home was also targeted. Israel has stated it is targeting Iranian leaders "past, present, and future." This follows previous Israeli strikes on Evin Prison. Draw your own conclusions,

Home of reformist opposition leaders from 2009 Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Zahra Rahnavard was also hit by Israeli/US strikes. They have been under house arrest by the regime for over a decade.

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This is the correct energy against our media overlords

"In fact, the fossil fuel industry has been trying to get out of climate liability for years ... The coordinated lobbying, legal intimidation, and PR campaign is all pointing to a single goal: chilling climate litigation."

@amywestervelt.bsky.social on Big Oil's long fight to escape accountability👇

insert "yellow peril" joke I'm too tired to think of

Part of the problem here is a long-standing issue of mine: The public gets a huge benefit from beat journalism—but the journalism industry does not, by and large, recognize beat journalism for its value or when it comes to awards and prizes. Those go to investigations and "one big thing" features.

On the one hand, wow, scary to live in a society in which the police and political officials conspire to kill leading activists. On the other hand, wow, good for Brazil for holding these monsters accountable.

love that!

Before anyone chimes in here with "what about (insert other world issue that intersects with climate)?" YES that is the entire point. This was presented as a snapshot of the connections I had in mind on *one* single day. It intersects with everything, all the time. I know you know this!

It's not going to NOT make you mad, but hopefully also charts a path forward (I tried to anyway!)

A bit late to this, but this graphic by @amywestervelt.bsky.social is **extremely** important. It's another reminder that "just stop mentioning climate change" isn't an option, as advocates, analysts and communicators.

drilled.ghost.io/yes-climate-...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Saving Narrative Climate Podcasts: A Post-On Air Fest Conversation. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join Uprooter Jordan Gass-Pooré (creator of the “Hazard” series of podcasts) and Amy Westervelt (co-creator of “Hot Take” and the long-running podcasts “Drilled” and “Damages”) in a post-On...

Register for "Saving Narrative Climate Podcasts," a post-On Air Fest conversation to learn how we can save narrative climate podcasts from going extinct, with Uprooter @jgasspoore.bsky.social and @amywestervelt.bsky.social. Tomorrow, Wed., Feb. 25th at 12:30 p.m. ET on Zoom tinyurl.com/y7mxm6cv

'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it's not an accident.

As @amywestervelt.bsky.social has pointed out ... There's *always* as #climate connection.
www.fastcompany.com/91490280/eps...

Read more about the history of RAGA's coordinated efforts and why this context matters in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's primer here: drilled.media/news/RAGA

right? i've been thinking about that too. also will be interesting to see how they twist themselves into knots trying to argue AGAINST state's rights (though I've no doubt they'll rise to the task, sigh)

I think the fun thing about the latest John Oliver episode is that he’s mainstreaming what has been common discourse here for months, in that if you’re a government official/reporter/someone who considers themselves a non-Nazi then what the FUCK are you still doing on X?

Now hiring: Environment and Energy Reporter - Mountain State Spotlight Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit news organization, is looking for a passionate and tenacious journalist to expand our coverage of environmental issues, energy and worker safety and health. In…

🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social is hiring an Environment and Energy Reporter to cover environmental issues, energy, and worker safety and health. mountainstatespotlight.org/now-hiring-e...

This looks interesting, thanks for sharing!

The Supreme Court Will Weigh in On Big Oil’s Favorite Defense Against Climate Liability Lawsuits The Supreme Court will hear a Colorado climate case next term. Its ruling could impact dozens of other climate liability lawsuits.

After denying petitions for years, the Supreme Court announced today that it will pick up its first climate liability case. @amywestervelt.bsky.social places the case in the broader context of the fossil fuel industry's current campaign for legal immunity. drilled.media/news/scotus-...

The Supreme Court Will Weigh in On Big Oil’s Favorite Defense Against Climate Liability Lawsuits The Supreme Court will hear a Colorado climate case next term. Its ruling could impact dozens of other climate liability lawsuits.

The oil companies *really* want these climate liability cases to go away.

drilled.media/news/scotus-...

thank you!! 🙌