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Patrick Bigger@pmbigger.bsky.social |
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Research Director at @cplusc.bsky.social. Political economy in the ecological crisis. Novice mid-Altantic-ite. Terrible taste in music. climateandcommunity.org // bit.ly/pb-publications
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Patrick Bigger
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As we wrote in the @cplusc.bsky.social
call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, there is climate justice everywhere, or nowhere. We shirk internationalism and a clear-eyed analysis of the violent political economy in which the climate crisis is unfolding at our collective peril.
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Patrick Bigger
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It seems to me that there are important connections being made between the peace movement, the climate movement, and the global economic justice movement- these connections will be vital for building movements and analysis that center internationalism and solidarity that can win
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Patrick Bigger
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3rd is violence deployed against responses to climate crisis- both social movements resisting fossil fuel development, and the militarization of borders against people seeking safety- often from conflict and, increasingly, the impacts of climate change.
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Patrick Bigger
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2nd, there is increasing state violence to secure minerals for the green transition. This is clear in the hysterical (+ often racist) New Cold War trade policy, and the ways militaries are capturing resources that are desperately needed for civilian energy transitions
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Patrick Bigger
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1st, there is the ongoing violent geopolitics to secure fossil fuels and the climate impacts of militaries themselves; militaries are responsible for abt 5.5% of global carbon emissions and military force by the US in particular is still the guarantor of the global fossil economy
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Patrick Bigger
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We don't get to climate justice without an internationalism that takes war and militarism seriously. This essay looks at three categories of state violence (or violence by reactionaries in service of states) and how they intersect with climate.
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Patrick Bigger
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The genocide in Gaza has pushed the climate movement to think about how war and the climate crisis are linked- my newest invites them to take the next step to an internationalism that takes war & militarism everywhere as a threat to climate justice 🧵
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Patrick Bigger
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Blushing
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
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"In 2024, military force is still the foundation of the fossil fuel economy, both in terms of protecting the interests of fossil fuel firms and as an effective guarantor of demand."
turningpointmag.org/2024/07/03/t...
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Akshat Rathi
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World's largest carbon offset project is going rogue after coming under investigation. Withdrawing from standards body Verra, a move “unprecedented in every sense”. Project provides insurance to other projects that may, say, burn down. What happens next: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Leonard Pierce
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RIP the Gaza aid pier. It didn't last long, it didn't accomplish anything, and it was always just a PR stunt to pull attention away from the government's support of a genocide, but at least it cost more money than the federal government spends on addiction treatment programs
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Kwisatz Sazerac 🖤 🐀🐀🐀
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That’s one expensive metaphor
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Iain Soutar
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“To bring these fuels to the scale needed would require massive subsidies, the trade-offs would be unacceptable and would take resources aware from more urgent decarbonization priorities
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Matthew Haugen
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New TERRAIN post www.terrain.news/p/man-its-a-...
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Climate and Community Project
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This Nakba Day, a “delayed” shipment of weapons to Israel is not enough. An immediate, lasting ceasefire in Palestine and end to all occupation and apartheid is the only path to peace, security, and justice through the climate crisis. #StopArmingGenocide bit.ly/nakba76action
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Patrick Bigger
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I spent like 2 hours last night trying to figure out if there was any meaningful difference between Trone and Alsobrooks and A. decided there wasn't; B. was extremely frustrated that it took so long and visits to so many different websites to actually find meaningful policy statements
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Patrick Bigger
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This was a great event, and I was really inspired by Rep. Ramirez and my fellow panelists Ashik Siddique and Hebah Kassem. The ongoing genocide in Gaza is horrifying and heartbreaking, but I see a glimmer of hope as the climate, peace, and economic justice movements start to come together.
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Kelly Hereid
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New rule: no one gets to write a "climate change and the Florida hurricane market" story without reading and understanding Carolyn Kousky's new primer on the history and structure of public/private market in the state: www.edf.org//floridainsu...
Correlated runs to debt markets anyone?
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Katie J. Wells
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It's hard to think about geography or grad school or learning to really see the world without the writings of Brett Christophers. An honor to hear him speak. Thx @pmbigger.bsky.social.
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Patrick Bigger
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I'm so glad you were able to come! And Brett is just such a delight, isn't he?
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Patrick Bigger
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I've seen enough: the best hardcore punk record of the year came out today. Creative, nuanced, and technically masterful but still punk-as-fuck. Half new songs, half a vinyl repress of the demo tracks from last year that I absolutely never get sick of hearing. A real triumph.
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regular steve albini
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The Dicks were an incredible band and Gary Floyd an inspiration. Uniquely powerful and honest. Requiescat Gary Floyd.
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youtu.be/z8O2ToQ_Dok?...
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Bradford Vivian
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It’s a national student-led movement now. A good illustration of why authoritarians target universities.
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Anna Meier
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University of York Palestinian Solidarity has announced that, following student activism, York has divested from weapons manufacturers, which is just a reminder that: -UK student activism may look a bit different from the US, but it's still happening. -Protest works. Keep agitating keep fighting.
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Carolyn Gallaher
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Thanks for inviting me!
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Gernot Wagner
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Regular reminder that every barrel of oil, every ton of coal causes more in external damages than it adds value to GDP.
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/c...
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Heatmap News
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"None of this is to say that socializing generation and finance solves every problem ... but within the existing structure of energy markets, public ownership does solve a lot."
Read @advaitarun.bsky.social's review of Brett Christophers' the Price is Wrong:
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Katharine Hayhoe
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Here's what everyone needs to know* about climate change: 🌍 It's real 👥 It's human-caused ⚠️ It's serious 💡 With immediate action, it's solvable ⌛ Later is too late * social science shows these msgs increase acceptance of the issue, awareness of the risk and, most importantly, willingness to act.
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Patrick Bigger
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Absolutely the first record that came to mind when trying to figure out an eclipse playlist. Overlooked classic from some of the noisiest to ever do it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52G...
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Patrick Bigger
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Man, this episode legit made my day yesterday. I ate a gummy, got the dog ready for his walk a bit too leisurely, then briefly panicked when the gummy hit but I didn't have anything queued up to listen to. Then I saw that there was a fresh DJAM and I did a little dance of joy.
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Shepherd
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NO MORE TOPO CHICO UNTIL THERE'S A CONTRACT
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Climate and Community Project
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NEW with @organizeworkers.bsky.social : Climate Justice at Work! From solar installation to teaching to farming, all workers have a stake in winning cross-industry campaigns for climate safety and action on the job. Join us on Tuesday 4/10 with @jmijin.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/Climate-at-W...
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Patrick Bigger
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I'm SO PUMPED for these great events we're co-hosting with Brett Christophers in DC and New York next month to talk about the political economy of renewable power, and the limitations of a market-led approach to decarbonization.
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kilgore trout
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the idea ai would become sentient and kill us all was always a ridiculous shiny object to distract from the vastly more obvious outcome that humans would simply exploit ai as a dumb tool for killing with no accountability
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Patrick Bigger
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Sweet will drop you a line- thanks so much!
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Climate and Community Project
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If you're going to be in DC for the World Bank/IMF Spring meetings, we are hosting a workshop on April 20 and 21 for civil society organizations and academics on research + advocacy priorities at the debt/climate nexus. It's free but space is limited! www.eventbrite.com/e/debt-and-t...
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Patrick Bigger
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I would love to pick your brain a little bit! Is it alright if I send an email? I think I found your institutional email but let me know if there's a better way to reach out.
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Patrick Bigger
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ah I love this idea- thanks!
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Patrick Bigger
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I have not, thanks for the tip!
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Patrick Bigger
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At enough of a loss to put this out into the void: Im trying to find a space close to the hill in DC to host a Palestine/climate justice panel next month. We've got some incredible speakers, a good promo plan, even a sweet flyer, but I don't know the city well enough to even know options- any ideas?
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Marisa Kabas
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NEW: I reached out to all 22 Democrats who voted to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib to see if they'd take action against GOP Rep. Tim Walberg for implying we should nuke Gaza. Only three replied. My report:
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Patrick Bigger
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Having a similar experience listening to any baseball game on the MLB app- every third ad is a 30 second reprise of smoky bear though the ages, forcing me to consider the history of public land management every half inning
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David Ho
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For April Fools' Day, I was going to suggest a ridiculous CO₂ removal (CDR) method but everything I’ve come up with has already been proposed as a real solution.
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Polly Hemming
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Australia's carbon offset scheme is possibly the largest and most far-reaching environmental fraud in Australia's history. This has global implications. Australia is one of the world’s largest fossil fuel exporters and our offset scheme is facilitating it. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/environ...
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Greg Sargent
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"During the pandemic, we relied on immigrants to keep our society going. We honored them by calling them 'essential workers.' But that's all faded. I don't understand why we're not standing up and saying, 'We relied on immigrant workers. Let's do right by them now.'"
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Nicole Chung
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The Latino Racial Justice Circle in Baltimore is raising money to help support the families of workers who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: gofund.me/05cfe3e9
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Timmons Roberts
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Social scientists: Deadline Apr 1st.
The fifth call of @climateSSN calls for proposed research seeks to close gaps in our understanding of key sectors and types of actions obstructing action on climate change. See
CSSN.org/grants/
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