Recovering academic, seeking sustainability: @HUCEnvironment @WoodwellClimate former science & policy director, chief climate scientist @UCSUSA
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Peter Frumhoff retweeted
After the hearing, @PeterFrumhoff, former chief climate scientist at @UCSUSA, told ExxonKnews that the hacker's sentencing is hopefully “a stepping stone, not a final moment” of accountability for the attack against key players in the #ExxonKnew movement. exxonknews.org/p/exxonknew-h…
Peter Frumhoff retweeted
“I was the target, but the public at large was the intended victim,” said Peter Frumhoff, former director of science and policy and chief scientist at UCS in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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"Now more than ever, scientists, advocates and our policymakers must fight back against scare tactics, delay maneuvers, and other abuses of power by the fossil fuel industry. A safer, healthier & more just future is at stake."
Statement by @kathy_mulvey➡️act.ucsusa.org/3uaIfFV
ALT A Manhattan judge will issue a sentence today for Aviram Azari, a self-described “hacker for hire” who pleaded guilty in what is known as the “Dark Basin” cyberattack. The large-scale spear phishing venture targeted individuals at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and other public interest organizations working to expose concerted efforts by ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel industry interests to spread disinformation about climate science and prevent climate action.
Peter Frumhoff retweeted
"Climate Disasters Daily? Welcome to the ‘New Normal.’--Around the United States, dangerous floods, heat and storms are happening more frequently" by David Gelles (@dgelles) for The @NYTimes: nytimes.com/2023/07/10/clima…
Climate policy redefined as dangerous interference with the fossil fuel industry profit system...
Shell boss under fire for saying cutting fossil fuel production is ‘dangerous’ theguardian.com/business/202…
Closing the door to #solargeoengineering research means flying blind when someone decides to deploy - & leaving research to be funded by untethered private capital. What's needed is transparent, collaborative publicly funded research, w/in a primary commitment to mitigation.
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Après moi, le déluge
Maryland’s iconic Smith Island faces one of the nation’s most dire forecasts for rising seas, but real estate is booming. wapo.st/3ptL57c
Peter Frumhoff retweeted
The European Commission takes a stand on #geoengineering
- risks, impacts & unintended consequences poorly understood
- new risks to people & ecosystems, could increase power imbalances
- support for international efforts for an assessment & discussions on a governance framework
Saddened to learn of Roger Payne's passing. I had the joy of researching humpback song with Roger in the early 1980s. He was as much an artist & musician as he was a scientist - passionate & intuitive. We hear the world differently because of him.
The great Roger Payne has passed. I was able to speak with him and bid farewell. Five days prior, when he knew his end was coming, he published this recollection to help us find our way forward. time.com/6284884/whale-scien…
Peter Frumhoff retweeted
🚨Climate Accountability Lab at University of Miami is hiring!🚨 Pls share widely!📢
Researchers at all levels (undergrad, grad, postdoc, senior scientist, consultant) interested in investigating climate disinformation & propaganda, pls reach out! Postdoc job listings below. 1/n
Friday April 28th is #WorkersMemorialDay @kathleenrest tells us why it matters and what we can do to honor- and better protect - our nation's workers.
Honoring our nation’s workers — past and present blog.ucsusa.org/kathleen-res…
Peter Frumhoff retweeted
BREAKING 🚨 In a major victory for climate accountability, dozens of climate lawsuits across the U.S. can advance toward trial after the Supreme Court today declined to hear Big Oil’s desperate pleas to escape justice in state courts. climateintegrity.org/news/su…
U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs Exxon, Chevron appeals in climate litigation reuters.com/business/energy/…
Peter Frumhoff retweeted
11th May
Join us for Corporate Climate Litigation: Lessons Learned, Comparative Perspectives and Future Pathways
Spks inc @IvanoAlogna Marc Clément, @PeterFrumhoff, Prof Michael Garrard, Prof Annalisa Savaresi, Prof. Qin Tianbao, Nigel Plemming
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Peter Frumhoff retweeted
I think this is a good way to evaluate a company’s claims to be on board vis a vis the climate: “At a minimum, the company must have no new commitments to initiate new fossil fuel exploration, production or refining.” washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
Sacklers Gave Millions to Institution That Advises on Opioid Policy nytimes.com/2023/04/23/healt…
"What we need is an international conversation. Solar geoengineering is a desperate measure and one that we should make every effort to avoid." My comments on @cbssaturday
Fire suppression deployed in Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge to protect carbon woodwellclimate.org/fire-sup…
Analysis: Shell admits 1.5C climate goal means immediate end to fossil fuel growth carbonbrief.org/analysis-she…
Excellent piece. Also senseless as a climate response unless we decarbonize drastically is solar geoengineering - albeit for very different reasons.
I use the CO₂ removal (CDR) as time machine analogy to argue that while we need to research and develop CDR because it’s needed in the future, CDR is useless as a climate solution until we decarbonize drastically. 2/2
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Peter Frumhoff retweeted
Compiled by @VatanHuzeir, the latest cache of internal documents describing Big Oil's concealed knowledge of global warming is a gold mine.
One bombshell is a confidential @Shell scenario report from 1989 which imagined two futures: SUSTAINABLE WORLD and GLOBAL MERCANTILISM 🧵
