Patrik Gronostaj

Future “projections” of massive levels of carbon removal are nothing more than a fantasy. And a reckless one at that.

So many critics of Fressoz just skip his main point that "new" technologies are not close to enough to get us within time to zero carbon emissions.

An article bashing Jean-Baptiste Fressoz claims about the difficulty of a transition and then basically saying he is right: "Fressoz retains one important point: a rising clean-energy share does not guarantee fossil fuels decline quickly enough for climate goals." oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...

Genuinely I don't know that it comes across to people who haven't been here to watch how almost unbelievable this was, just people taking something that looked impossible and dragging it kicking and screaming all the way to inevitability.

Also don't forget the bikes. London: "quadrupling the network's size since 2016." www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

Amazon floodplain forests are vanishing, with a third of historical wetland loss occurring between 2015 and 2024. A new study shows clear boundaries save habitats: recognized Indigenous lands converted just 0.2%, while unmonitored public lands face heavy deforestation. Shanna Hanbury reports.

one more lane would surely fix Stony Island

There is no more normal. Normal was decades ago or centuries even. It is all a slippery shifting baseline since then... Attention to signs is dependent on understanding. Understanding is crafted by action.

“It is a genre that aligns with the power of Indigenous discourse and resistance. It goes against oppression, promotes liberation…” news.mongabay.com/2026/10/in-e...

Quoted in the Guardian today on the technical hopium that, in my experience, has become widespread among many, usually senior, climate experts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

At the same time on @edconway.bsky.social substack. Solving electricity demand with low carbon generation is just one part. As Fressoz says it is the easy part.

Check out this insightful chart that shows space consumption by different transportation modes! It makes very clear that ANY OTHER MODE offers a far better return on our public domain than cars. Source: City of Amsterdam

BYD will be the biggest BEV producer for the second year straight. And next year the scale up of the gen 2 blade battery will be complete. Who dare to bet against BYD in 2027?

Do the right thing, Brazil. Protect the Amazon! apnews.com/article/braz...

Cars have long been commonly associated with freedom in the United States, and it is often assumed that everyone in the country loves to drive. But our latest research tells a different story of a population seeking another type of independence: freedom to move around without cars.

1/ So it’s official. Faced with a choice between whales and oil, our Prime Minister chose oil. Faced with a choice between a safe climate and more fossil fuel expansion, he chose oil again. Today, Mark Carney announced yet another mammoth oilsands pipeline. #cdnpoli #bcpoli 🧵

Out today: Our new report shows that car dependence is a burden for people across the US, draining household budgets and leaving drivers feeling trapped. Key stats below 🧵 climateandcommunity.org/research/dri...

BREAKING 📣 For several days, a peaceful protest took place in the morning, after a young child was killed by a car driver. The child was riding his bike to school, the father with him. The grieving community came together with hundreds of people, cyclist or not, creating a 3km long human bike lane.

When will this remarkable growth in sun and wind powered electricity start putting a dent in total GHG emissions? From all the other charts on rising temperatures and risks by @zekehausfather.com it seems we need more of an abolition than a transition.

For 30yrs, the U’wa people of Colombia & Amazon Watch have stood together– from resisting oil & gas extraction on U’wa lands to a historic human rights victory. U’wa leader Aura Tegría: “These are all places that we’ve walked together.” #StoriesOfSolidarity youtu.be/FN3axDzTEpA?...

We heard it before. Time for action. “The diagnosis is unambiguous – pressure is rising across every planetary boundary already outside the safe operating space. It means that the risk of large-scale, persistent and potentially irreversible change is increasing” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We designed our cities and lives around cars, promising efficiency and freedom. Instead, we got traffic, stress, and lost life. The car promised autonomy, but it actually made us dependent, deprived, and ill.

This cat was discovered as Columbus "discovered" Americas? "The tilcayo was already known to local communities under that name."

Coming in February! An edited collection on rivers past and present and how they move. The code E27RIVER gets you 30% off a preorder from Duke. #envhist #rivers #envhum

Would be really interesting to hear a discussion between Aaron Bastani and JB Fressoz!

Would be really interesting to hear a discussion between Aaron Bastani and JB Fressoz!

Got to work with some incredibly talented filmmakers to turn End Times Fascism into a ten minute video essay. Check it out below. There’s nothing like hearing the derangement directly from the doom profiteers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...

Copenhagen biking evolved a lot, but new studies say cycling has stalled. Here is a article from last year pointing to some new plans for Copenhagen! A big investment is made to build a long bridge. @brenttoderian.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

First excerpt from End Times Fascism! So happy The Guardian went for the part of the book about the wonder of THIS world, and the people doing everything to commit to it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Copenhagen biking evolved a lot, but new studies say cycling has stalled. Here is a article from last year pointing to some new plans for Copenhagen! A big investment is made to build a long bridge. @brenttoderian.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Congratulations to +972 Magazine’s investigative reporter Yuval Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor on winning the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival for their film “NAZA.” NAZA draws in part on investigations published by +972 Magazine, @theguardian.com & @mekomit.bsky.social

Maritime industry slowly being electrified. But can it become disentangled from fossils on a larger scale fast enough? Hardly!

Secret systems used by Israel in mass killings of Gaza civilians revealed in new film

Really interesting article on nitrogen fertiliser! It is also produced with fossil gas, so cutting overuse would cut methane emissions. Let's untangle the agricultural sector for a real transition.

I would really be interested to hear more on the possible role of the bikes in the transition to a sustainable society! Cities as Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Münster are somehow doing it. Who has good input on the topic? @davidho.bsky.social @thierryaaron.bsky.social @kevinclimate.bsky.social

I would really be interested to hear more on the possible role of the bikes in the transition to a sustainable society! Cities as Copenhagen, Amsterdam and Münster are somehow doing it. Who has good input on the topic? @davidho.bsky.social @thierryaaron.bsky.social @kevinclimate.bsky.social

Not sure about the "return" part, but the limit and adapt are fundamental conditions for life. Sadly, rather than radicallising everyone and everything, the news will just be more munition for the trendy catastrophist climate doomsday people. We really need a true and international just TRANSITION.

Astounding that somebody could write "Are We Engineering Physical Activity Out Of Daily Life?" and not be talking about decades of making cars the easiest way to get around cities

Heartbroken to hear that Wendell Berry has returned his borrowed stardust. His immortal wisdom on creativity and love: www.themarginalian.org/2024/12/14/w...

Lets play pick your favourite picture... so solar capacity is bigger. What about generation? What about coal generation actually falling as fast as solar capacity increase? Solar capacity growth shows that solar industry is busy, but unfortunatly it doesn't necessarily equal falling emissions.

"Polls suggest a tight race and Trump and his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, have been accused of trying to tip the scales in Bolsonaro’s favour by launching an overt campaign of economic and diplomatic pressure against Lula." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

A weekslong power outage in Gary, Indiana, laid bare both social and infrastructural vulnerabilities to climate change. Our Research Director @pmbigger.bsky.social spoke to @prospect.org about the forces that worsen climate harms for working-class people and people of color:

It's too late for non-radical futures. A slide from a recent talk by @kevinclimate.bsky.social on the stark choice that faces us. You can view the whole talk here: youtu.be/ABptBPMWitU

JB Fressoz lecture on his book More & More & More in Helsinki from June 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PouT...

Disentangle the fossil fuel society by bike (with a helmet on preferably!)

Another example of "both sides" framing. It's not just advocates who say that speed cameras save lives. The evidence that this very post says advocates are citing — and that journalists could also cite — says this quite clearly.

"This partnership shows how fossil fuel giants seek to buy social credibility while continuing to fuel the climate crisis." — Scottish Greens MSP for North East Scotland, Maggie Chapman. Ellen Ormesher reports for DeSmog.

“It is not about any single fire or attack, but a pattern of destruction that progressively erodes the ability of ecosystems to function, regenerate and sustain life."