Hannah Story Brown

active on the other site 🦋

nyc writer & deputy research director on climate and governance @revolvingdoorDC

[The American Prospect @TheProspect]

Oil companies are looking to the Supreme Court to rescue them from dozens of lawsuits. Recent financial disclosures from the justices show four of them have oily fingers, with past or present financial or familial ties to the industry. From @HannahStoryB:

https://t.co/WsEru3GZRf

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

NEW in @TheProspect this morning from @HannahStoryB: as Exxon once again seeks the help of the Supreme Court to avoid being held accountable for decades of climate deception, Alito isn't the only justice whose oily ties and inconsistent recusals raise serious ethics questions.

[Climate & Community Institute @cplusci]

Read this piece by @kenny_stancil on how tackling planetary warming and fixing the economy for working people through cost-cutting and green investment go hand in hand.

Then read our Seize the Future agenda, a progressive policy roadmap for how to do it: https://t.co/bwiKN3glwu

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

In the words of @HannahStoryB, "When former politicians lobby their ex-colleagues or hobnob with insiders at high-profile events, they have an outsized reach, with their past public service lending credibility to ideas they're being paid to peddle."

[Ariana Tobin @Ariana_Tobin]

Birth certificate. Eyeglasses. Cell phone. Teddy bear. Sewing machine. Hep C medication. Breast pump. Bible. Urns of ashes.

@propublica spoke with people across the US about what they lost during encampment sweeps. Please spend time with this. https://t.co/Ai4xadcUlJ

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

What happens when a polluting industry partners with slimy PR firms?

"A match made in back rooms to screw planet earth"

Check out this video in partnership w/ @cleancreatives & @Public_Citizen

Read our full report on Natural Allies' greenwashing below!
https://t.co/XUvAw9p8hn

[Hannah Story Brown @HannahStoryB]

@schilukuri1 @jeffvandermeer @MotherJones Love this!!!

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

The Gulf Coast areas being evacuated right now are represented in Congress by people who are currently trying to block the federal government from declaring a climate emergency - all while they rake in massive campaign contributions from oil/gas donors. https://t.co/vCNaYJ2jx6

[David Dayen @ddayen]

NEW: There are 100s of allegations of price-gouging after Hurricane Helene & before Milton. Kamala Harris proposed a federal price-gouging ban for just these moments. But the economists who savaged it at the time aren't budging in the face of new evidence.
https://t.co/ONShtoX8BC

[wilderness proponent @JTommins]

great work by @npbowlin explaining the serious public land impacts of the forest service hiring freeze for seasonal workers (and thanks for letting me weigh in on the one issue i’m qualified to)

https://t.co/YxgwtUXzzH

[Jamie Henn @jamieclimate]

This chart is from NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Trump's Project 2025 agenda would "break it up" and "fully commercialize" its weather forecasting services, so you'd have to pay for this data.

[Mona Chalabi @MonaChalabi]

For many journalists, Arab life is worthless. For many investors, Arab death is worth a lot. 

On October 6, 2023 the value of a Lockheed Martin share was $402. Today, they're worth $603.

[Shadi Hamid @shadihamid]

If Brett McGurk loses his position under a Harris administration, it will be a significant gain. U.S. policy doesn't improve as long as McGurk is running point.

[Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos]

Fantastic, must read essay from @JWMason1 in @DissentMag.

He asks: is US green industrial policy without escalated warmongering possible? https://t.co/fkLKprZxtl

Also appreciate the shout out to my work, you can read that article open access here ➡️ https://t.co/oO2PDZiHQM

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

The price of mitigating climate change, while massive, pales in comparison to the cost of letting climate change go unchecked. There are no economic justifications for expanding fossil fuels. Fossil fuels = climate change = increased global poverty.

https://t.co/QOvjwNifC6

[Revolving Door Project @revolvingdoorDC]

Why is a clean energy PAC giving so much of its money to House Republicans?

American Clean Power has apparently decided to align itself with the climate denial party over the "passed the IRA" party. Trump isn't the only one tilting at windmills.

https://t.co/eSR1Dcwo1T

[The BREAK–DOWN @break_downradio]

“Landlords have no incentive to improve energy efficiency ... because so long as these changes don't impact house prices, the tenant will reap all the benefits.”

NEW ESSAY: Read @Martha__Dillon on why the climate and housing crises can’t be separated.

https://t.co/rUoWjObAwU

[Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos]

Fossil gas plants are booming in the US. Again. In the year 2024. For AI data centers. Energy addition, not transition.

“In the first six months of the year alone, companies have announced plans to build more new gas power capacity across the US than they did in all of 2020”

[Johanna Bozuwa @johannabozuwa]

We are deep into election season and 2 yrs from the IRA's passage.

What comes next? The climate movement needs to connect kitchen sink issues to bold climate policies that make people's lives better.

@cplusci put together a platform for 2024 + beyond.

https://t.co/PdoBgJBGhH