Climate & energy

“IT’S TIME TO TAKE ON THE GREED OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY The vast majority of scientists tell us that the climate crisis is fueling heat waves and extreme weather across the globe. Donald Trump tells us that climate change is a “hoax.” Who is right? Let’s look at the facts. The last eleven years have been the hottest eleven years on record. The last three years have been the hottest three years on record. 2026 will be one of the warmest years on record, and most scientists believe 2027 will be the warmest year in recorded history. This summer alone, Europe has seen three record heat waves – including the continent’s worst on record that killed more than 10,000 people – and is about to experience its FOURTH of the year. The United States, which has already seen two record heat waves that exposed hundreds of millions of people to dangerous temperatures, is currently experiencing its third major heat wave of the year. This heat is exacerbating drought conditions across the world, including the worst spring drought on record in the United States and some of Europe’s driest conditions on record this summer. We are seeing massive wildfires across the northern hemisphere, including hundreds of wildfires in the United States and Canada earlier this month that created dangerous air quality for Americans across the country. Huge fires that are burning right now in Oregon, Washington and western Canada will create even more dangerous air across the United States over the coming week. In Europe, France and Spain are seeing unprecedented wildfires that have forced more than 300,000 people to evacuate their homes. Major fires are also burning in Portugal, Greece, Italy and Turkey. We are seeing new and extraordinarily dangerous flash flooding become normal across the United States. Alaska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia have all seen record rainfalls this summer that have driven dangerous flash flooding events. Texas Hill Country just saw a 1,000-year rainfall event, its second in two years, that dumped almost a year’s worth of rainfall in just a few days. Missouri just saw a 1,000-year rainfall event that forced emergency responders to rescue campers from cabin rooftops and trees. And it’s not just the United States dealing with extreme flooding – massive floods displaced thousands earlier this summer in West Africa. Recent rainfall in Pakistan killed more than 100 people. And just last week, enormous flooding in India displaced more than 700,000 people. In the face of this extraordinary and devastating reality, Donald Trump continues to protect his fossil fuel billionaire friends that are driving this global crisis. Our job is to take on his ignorance and the greed of the fossil fuel industry by transforming our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable sources of power. If we are to provide a healthy and habitable planet for future generations, this is a struggle that must be won.”

Jul 28 on @SenSanders

“Trump thinks climate change is a “hoax.” He’s dangerously wrong. Millions of Americans have recently experienced record-breaking heat levels. Thousands have died across the world. We must take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry, and transform our energy systems NOW.”

Jul 27 on @SenSanders

“Electricity bills for American families will actually come down”

on keeping electricity bills low amid data center growth

Jul 24 via PBS NewsHour

“The United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy air”

on wildfire smoke from Canada degrading US air quality

Jul 18 via BBC News

“there are modes of production which are working against clean energy”

Jul 18 via NBC News

“so, yes, climate change is the responsibility of everyone… including the United States.”

on wildfire responsibility amid Canada's forest management failures

Jul 18 via Breitbart News

“could amount to about $13 billion per year”

on public health value of the canceled satellite program

Jul 18 via Futurism

“we need more data, not less”

on smoke monitoring amid growing wildfire events

Jul 18 via Futurism

“elon has done more to decarbonize the planet than every activist combined”

Jun 28 via All-In Podcast

“As data-center development threatens to hike up utility bills, deplete our natural resources, and create uncertainty for New Yorkers, it’s my responsibility to take action and lead,”

Jul 16 via The Free Press

“We need to be a more weather ready nation”

on the need for more disaster mitigation and weather adaptation investment

Aug 3 via USA Today

“For @reason , I interviewed former @XRebellionUK spokesperson @ziontree , whose pro-nuclear/pro-clean energy book Energy Is Life has been praised by ppl like @sapinker & @michaelshermer . Really good stuff”

on pro-nuclear energy advocacy interview

Jul 24 on @nickgillespie