Climate crisis @Public_Citizen. Views are my own, except the ones that aren't.
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David Arkush retweeted
The gently sloping line at the bottom is our world 252 million years ago, when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years killing 90% of all species.
It is a period known as The Great Dying.
That vertical red line is the world our children live in.
David Arkush retweeted
“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees....but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know"
Damn right we are saying this
We are in deep, deep, sh*t
theguardian.com/environment/…
David Arkush retweeted
There’s a thing out there called a “climate husher.” Anyone who cares about what fossil fuel pollution is doing to Earth’s natural systems needs to ignore these so-called “climate hushers” – people who think Dems should stop talking about climate.
David Arkush retweeted
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is really bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: nytimes.com/2025/12/18/opini…
David Arkush retweeted
THE FULL COST OF HURRICANE SEASON BY PUBLIC CITIZEN: Homeowners in coastal areas face a difficult dilemma during hurricane season, as detailed in a new Public Citizen blog post.
David Arkush retweeted
A really awkward moment in the bromance between a climate-denying president and an anti-climate automaker...
citizen.org/news/an-awkward-…
David Arkush retweeted
Jane Fonda pressured @green4EMA to dump Toyota.
“I was so proud in 1998 when I bought one of the first Toyota hybrid electrics,” she said. “How devastating it is today to learn that Toyota has become one of the most extreme anti-climate companies." climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/…
David Arkush retweeted
SCOOP: Hollywood's leading sustainability group plans to cut ties with Toyota, it top sponsor. Critics accuse the car company of funding climate denial and fighting electric vehicles.
First edition of Climate-Colored Goggles, my new newsletter: climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/…
David Arkush retweeted
“ExxonMobil made 51 heatwaves at least 10,000 times more likely than in an unheated world”
ExxonMobil knew they were cooking our world 50 years ago, & CHOSE to spend decades funding doubt & denial.
People made this choice.
People who will be responsible for billions of deaths.
David Arkush retweeted
We disrupted the @naic's national gathering this morning. Our homes and health are too important to let the insurance industry buy off our regulators. citizen.org/news/why-we-disr…
David Arkush retweeted
Ted Cruz worked to destroy weather forecasting systems before immediately jetting off to Greece to take a vacation while his constituents were getting swept away by lethal flash floods. Just the human embodiment of foul-smelling pond scum.
David Arkush retweeted
Joe Rogan sat down with Bernie Sanders to discuss climate change.
Some of his takes missed the mark.
Listen to our expert @David_Arkush correct @joerogan's misconceptions about climate change.
David Arkush retweeted
Big Oil has known for over 50 years that burning fossil fuels would cause "globally catastrophic harms."
Those are their own words.
And yet they kept burning.
Listen to @David_Arkush testify in front of Senate Judiciary on Big Oil's complicity in the climate crisis:
David Arkush retweeted
So great to see @David_Arkush call Ted Cruz on his bullshit!
David Arkush retweeted
We are losing to China in a competition for the future.
Instead of producing energy smarter, the U.S. is defunding cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
So the way to make America great is to fall behind???
Make it make sense.
David Arkush retweeted
Hard to overstate just how taxing and dangerous it is to climb in and out of 130F trucks in 90/100F heat for 10 hours, all as bosses monitor practically every movement and second of your shift with surveillance technology
David Arkush retweeted
@SenWhitehouse asked @tedcruz if he would allow @David_Arkush to answer a question he was asked
Cruz: "You're welcome to sing, you can recite poetry in iambic pentameter, you can blow a kazoo, you can do whatever you wish."
David Arkush retweeted
btw i wrote about the case for climate homicide: theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
David Arkush retweeted
insane hearing happening rn:
public citizen has laid out the case for charging big oil w homicide for climate-related deaths
so @tedcruz is asking public citizen's @David_Arkush if ARKUSH should be tried for homicide bc he took an Uber to the hearing
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