Emily Atkin

Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 24, 2024 at 16:51 UTC

I am so guilty of this. It’s just become impossible to read or watch the horrors from Gaza, but getting riled up about dumb administrators and hypocritical pundits is easy.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 24, 2024 at 16:29 UTC

NEW: The world's most powerful countries are considering a novel climate proposal: Impose a 2 percent climate tax on the world's richest 3,000 people—and give the money **directly** to people in climate-vulnerable countries.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 15:46 UTC

NEW: Top coral scientist says the only way to save dying reefs is "a rapid phase out of fossil fuels" "No amount of tinkering with corals—attempting to make so-called super corals—is going to save the world’s coral reefs"

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:35 UTC

To dive deeper, check out Arielle's full story.

It's a fascinating look at the green capitalism that is apparently supposed to save us. heated.world/p/boeings-bi...

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:34 UTC

In the end, the story of the 737 Max is not about the dangers of sustainable technology. It’s about the dangers of viewing sustainability solely as a means for profit.

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:34 UTC

But if Boeing were really chiefly concerned with being “green,” experts say it would have simply developed a new plane. As one expert told us: “This is clearly a case where Boeing did not go far enough on the environment.” It's not a case where it did too much. (7/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:34 UTC

For Boeing, “green” and “clean” were primarily talking points on a quest for market dominance. And they continue to be. Since the 737-Max crashes, Boeing has significantly ramped up its green marketing in a bid to win back consumer trust. (6/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:33 UTC

Boeing also decided not to train pilots in the new software–again, to avoid short-term expenses. This is why the planes were unsafe. Not because of “green” technology itself, but because of Boeing’s prioritization of short-term profit over all else. (5/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:33 UTC

But unlike Airbus, Boeing’s old planes weren’t as aerodynamically suited for the newer, bigger engines. The engines would sometimes make the aircraft’s nose pitch up. So to avoid expensive redesigning, Boeing created new software (MCAS) to detect it instead. (4/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

Boeing, which had originally planned to develop a new plane from scratch to maximize efficiency, quickly decided to switch course and copy Airbus. It too began developing more fuel-efficient engines and sticking them in old planes: The 737 Max. (3/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

The 737 Max was Boeing’s solution to a green competition problem. Airbus had developed new, more fuel-efficient engines that it was sticking in old planes. Boeing’s airline customers wanted to save on jet fuel. So they were threatening to drop Boeing for Airbus. (2/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

Recently, when searching on Google Flights, I noticed that when I sorted by "less emissions," I kept getting a Boeing 737-Max 9. I wondered: Why is that? And does this mean lower-emissions planes are less safe? I sent a reporter to get answers. Here's what she found (1/X)

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 12, 2024 at 18:35 UTC

Here are some of the ones I did not use

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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 12, 2024 at 18:30 UTC

I am DONE publishing silly clickbait headlines on serious climate change stories

From now on I will ONLY be publishing silly clickbait AI-generated header images heated.world/p/meat-and-d...

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