@JesseBPress

Working on climate and perhaps also tweeting about it | He/Him/His | Opinions are my own.

 Southern California
Joined May 2013
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Tonight in Maine, more people were killed by one man with a gun than in the entire last year in the state. If you haven’t been impacted yet by gun violence, God bless you. But sadly it’s coming - to your state, community, school. sunjournal.com/2023/10/16/fb…

FBI data shows Maine’s violent crime rate lower in 2022 than it’s been in more than four decades

Though the murder rate rose slightly in 2022 in Maine, decreases in rapes, robberies and assaults brought down the overall volume of crime.

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Pitch: We need less reporting on overengineered climate solutions and more on the specific policy impediments barring the uptake of existing solutions
Prof. Peter Strachan
@ProfStrachan15 Jun 2022
Highly recommended read "Bloomberg NEF estimates that #solar and #wind are the cheapest source for 91 percent of the world’s electricity—but is being held back by misinformation and myths" #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy e360.yale.edu/features/three… via @YaleE360

Three Myths About Renewable Energy and the Grid, Debunked

Renewable energy skeptics argue that because of their variability, wind and solar cannot be the foundation of a dependable electricity grid. But the expansion of renewables and new methods of energy...

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if you're cooking Thanksgiving dinner this year, you get to refer to yourself as "chairperson of the fed"
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Rebecca Leber@rebleber22 Jun 2021
New: Emails obtained by @ItsDocumented show how aggressive greenwashing circulated from the oil industry to Democrats claiming that increased offshore oil drilling will help climate change vox.com/22543816/offshore-oi…

The weird argument that offshore oil is good for the climate, debunked

Oil companies and their Democratic allies are claiming that offshore drilling is somehow good for the planet. (It’s not.)

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Line 3 Treaty Gathering Action Update: • >2000 ppl took action today in MN against Line 3 • There are two actions happening simultaneously: 1) A pumping station and 2) the 1st Line 3 Mississippi River crossing. Work has been stopped at both. • cont....
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“The Amazon continues to bleed, continues to cry, for its children.” Justino Piaguage, @udapt_oficial #AntiChevron #QuePaguen #BeyondChevron
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"the only way to truly ensure the UN talks are set up for success is to completely firewall the talks from the fossil fuel industry, not roll out the red carpet for them” @JesseBPress climatechangenews.com/2021/0…

Tar sands executive named as Canadian 'climate champion' ahead of Cop26

Suncor's chief sustainability officer is one of 26 people praised for moving Canada towards net zero emissions, despite the oil company expanding production

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🚨🚨Cliché personal news post🚨🚨: Next week will be my final week with @StopCorpAbuse. I’m proud of all the work and impact I’ve helped to make happen over the last EIGHT (8) years on this team. A nostalgic 🧵
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There’s much more there and MUCH more to come from all the teams at @StopCorpAbuse. I feel honored to have had the opportunity to work with them and all of our partners around the world. Can’t wait to see what they do next!
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And...if you actually read all of these tweets, maybe consider donating to support all the great work this crew does? secure.actblue.com/donate/co…
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