Jeff Young

Journalist writing about climate solutions at Newsweek's Better Planet. Also, you should read "Appalachian Fall," available from Simon & Schuster.

[Jeff Young @JeffYoung8]

Flames destroying the protective layer at #COP30 climate talks? A screenwriter would be deemed a hack for that scene. But as emissions rise even as we end yet another extraordinarily hot year, the truth of our #climate crisis is stranger than fiction.
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What we learned from a Climate Week full of conflicting messages https://t.co/Otx48Ja8wH

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The US enters its banana republic phase.
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[America Is All In @americaisallin]

As federal climate leadership stalls, #AmericaIsAllIn Managing Co-chair Gina McCarthy & @ClimateMayors Chair @MayorGallego spoke with @JeffYoung8 on the grit & determination driving cities & states at #ClimateWeekNYC this week.

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#Climate Week NYC powers on Despite unfriendly political headwinds in US https://t.co/1eoqWnybaO

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China embraces cleaner energy, while US is stuck in the 20th century https://t.co/QO42AGcxMU

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Just a year ago, @rhodium_group projected a steeper GHG decline of 38-56% by 2035.
The lowest of that previous range is now better than we can expect.
Why?
Trump and the 119th Congress brought "the most abrupt shift in energy and climate policy in recent memory."

[Rhodium Group @rhodium_group]

We find the US is on track to reduce GHG emissions by 26-41% in 2040 relative to 2005 levels. On the way to 2040, we estimate GHG emissions levels will decline 26-35% in 2035.

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"All the extremist-related murders in 2022 were committed by right-wing extremists...
White supremacists commit the greatest number of domestic extremist-related murders in most years."
from: Murder and Extremism in the United States in 2022 | ADL

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?

TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.

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What's next for the circular economy after plastics treaty meltdown https://t.co/LFZrZ0aNBZ

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Training AI models could eat up 4 gigawatts of power by 2030, report warns https://t.co/tIq8wPNztJ

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Why the plastic treaty talks now underway are a chance for climate action https://t.co/0IU35nyIR1

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Join me and these excellent panelists today at 2 pm ET for insights on #plastic waste and work on a global treaty to address the plastic waste crisis.
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Pot has a plastic waste problem: Here are some budding solutions https://t.co/60cIiTRpWu

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UN Leader says clean energy is a 'moment of opportunity' in climate crisis https://t.co/rUOxbjL9u8

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Join Newsweek Thursday for a live event: Turning the Tide on Plastic Waste https://t.co/NcKlYhHvIm

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How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect clean energy jobs https://t.co/lKVxWQUohA

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These maps show where Trump's 'big beautiful' bill will cancel clean energy https://t.co/bUwGO9I5Lo