Andrew Revkin
Environmental journalist; reported on climate and the environment for The New York Times from 1995 to 2016, including the Dot Earth blog. Writes the Sustain What newsletter and hosts its webcast.
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Their wordsAt the campus meeting I agreed heartily with him that the managerial approach is destined to fail.
↗Good News for Earth: Agentic AI Can Only Really Thrive if It Sustains a Living Planet (Yes, Just a Hypothesis)revkin.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsNonetheless, I also laid out the proposition that an entity that thrives on bountiful energy and information would value a planet brimming with both.
↗Good News for Earth: Agentic AI Can Only Really Thrive if It Sustains a Living Planet (Yes, Just a Hypothesis)revkin.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Us-versus-them framing of conflicts hides the solutions that come from embracing messy reality.
Their wordsThe problem, of course, is that this habit obscures paths toward solutions that can materialize when one embraces the messy nature of reality rather than trying to distill it.
↗On October 7 and Every Day, It’s Hard, but Vital, to Shift the Focus from Conflict to Cooperationrevkin.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, which, among other things, would responsibly accelerate and sustain the much-needed buildout of the nation’s energy infrastructure.
↗On October 7 and Every Day, It’s Hard, but Vital, to Shift the Focus from Conflict to Cooperationrevkin.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsOn matters of war and peace, the need for avoiding us / them framing is particularly acute.
↗On October 7 and Every Day, It’s Hard, but Vital, to Shift the Focus from Conflict to Cooperationrevkin.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Progress on climate-smart energy can sometimes require not talking about global warming at all.
Their wordsParadoxically, though, in some instances this would require something odd: not talking about global warming at all.
↗A 350.org Founder Pushes the Listen-First Climate Communication Strategyrevkin.substack.com
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Their wordsFor impacts, I’m much more concerned about the Himalayas than Europe’s alps, given the vastly greater exposure and vulnerability
↗The Glaciers of Europe’s Alps - Going, Going Faster, Gone...revkin.substack.com
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Their wordsBut with Trump’s war spiking fertilizer and diesel prices, with tariffs and trade battles roiling markets, with the cost of borrowing way up, farm bankruptcy rates are surging and worse is in the offing.
↗Thank a Farmer on Farm Aid Day, or Any Dayrevkin.substack.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsMost of the food in our cupboards and refrigerator comes through supply chains spanning the globe — and that’s a good thing in many ways.
↗Thank a Farmer on Farm Aid Day, or Any Dayrevkin.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece