#Climate

Aaron Rupar

atrupar

The Pence-Harris vice presidential debate is about to begin. Follow for a video thread. The optics of the plexiglass dividers aren't great for Pence These are the first words out

Patrik Erdes

PatrikErdes

"Halving emission by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050 will get us to the 1.5°C ambition" is a dangerous myth, and it is unfortunately spreading all over the place.

Octopus Energy

octopus_energy

1/ On #EarthDay2020 some incredibly hopeful, climate-saving, and downright weird things are happening in energy Yesterday, ~half of the UK’s power came from renewables. This week, for the first

Ashlee Vance

valleyhack

From the - the world might actually get better - department, it seems we're quite close to the first really useful quantum computerhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-06/quantum-computing-startup-raises-215-million-for-faster-device T

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

Meatpacking workers are mostly immigrants & instead of protecting them, regulatory agencies *weakened* safety during pandemic to keep the plants open. These unsafe plants then spread the virus into rural

Lindsay Beyerstein

beyerstein

Delightful review by @PatBlanchfield, but I want to push back on the idea that we need any special explanation for why the bears of Grafton are breaking into people's houses.

Ramez Naam

ramez

Why do carbon taxes fall short? Here's a quick tweet thread on their limitations. For context, I am a carbon tax advocate, was on the board of WA's 2016 revenue-neutral

Laura Sword 🇺🇸

laurasword

I’m going to say something bizarre. Something I never thought I’d say. Thank you, Donald Trump.In 2013 I had a double mastectomy. In 2020 an election. Breast cancer made me

raja senamrobik

ezro_cadabro

you’re right in saying that capitalism did aid in the industrial revolution but not through means that are unique to capitalism and not because of private property. capitalism was only

Antoinette Serrato

spaceandweather

It's #MeteorologicalMonday. Instead of a weather phenomenon I want to make a thread of Black meteorologists/atmospheric scientists to elevate their voices. If you'd like to be included in this thread

IGC Cities that Work

IGC_CtW

Great article on 'Air pollution: A silent killer in Lagos' from @WBG_Poverty @WBG_Cities. Scary facts: Ambient air pollution caused losses of $2.1 billion in 2018, This = 2.1% of Lagos

Richie Merzian

RichieMerzian

NEW @AngusTaylorMP announcements 1) Expanding the successful Renewable Energy Agency @ARENA_aus & Clean Energy Finance Corp @CEFCAus to fund FOSSIL FUELSProbably through 'clean hydrogen' made from coal and gas.Thats just

Dr. Jenae Cohn

Jenae_Cohn

I've been thinking a bit about the collective panic many folks experienced with Zoom's outage yesterday. Understandably, it's stressful when infrastructures that we rely upon fail! The problem is that

Joyce Park

troutgirl

Hey tweeps, I decided to do a long thread about heart failure because there are SOOOO many misconceptions about it. If you read to the end I'll have a couple

Chris Murphy

ChrisMurphyCT

1/ THREAD: On the 3 year anniversary of Trump's inauguration, time for a look back at 3 years of foreign policy disaster.In nearly every corner of the world, he's left

Lisa Boothe

LisaMarieBoothe

There is no case for Joe Biden. 1) INEFFECTIVE. He’s had 47 years to deliver on the promises he’s making now. If he couldn’t get it done then, don’t count