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🌿🌎 Special COP 29 Newsletter 🌎🌿

🌿🌎 Special COP 29 Newsletter 🌎🌿

Hi, Everyone!  I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. COP 29, the annual U.N. climate conference started today in Baku, Azerbaijan, and it happens at a critical time for our planet.  WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE...

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🌿Special Election Newsletter🌿

🌿Special Election Newsletter🌿

The OptOut Media Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity and does not endorse any candidates for public office. Hi, Everyone!  I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. With the presidential election happening tomorrow, today’s newsletter is a special one. More than ever, this year’s election

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Hurricane Milton 🌿 Helene misinformation 🌿 First gas lawsuit

Hurricane Milton 🌿 Helene misinformation 🌿 First gas lawsuit

Hi, Everyone!  I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿  WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO...

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Helene’s aftermath 🌿 Farm Bill negotiations

Helene’s aftermath 🌿 Farm Bill negotiations

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 HELP US KEEP GOING! WE ARE SHORT ON OUR GOAL TO CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT YEAR. DONATE HERE! you probably...

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EPA’s ban on DCPA 🌿 $1.5 billion for “carbon negative” fertilizer 🌿 U.S. first CCS violations

EPA’s ban on DCPA 🌿 $1.5 billion for “carbon negative” fertilizer 🌿 U.S. first CCS violations

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 HELP OPTOUT KEEP GOING! WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE OUR WORK! DONATE HERE!...

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Plastic found in brains 🌿 Mercury release 🌿 A.I. rising temperatures 🌿 Climate in the Elections

Plastic found in brains 🌿 Mercury release 🌿 A.I. rising temperatures 🌿 Climate in the Elections

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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$2 Billion for the Energy Grid 🌿 Green Groups Endorse Harris 🌿 Workers Rally for Heat Protection 🌿 Fighting Wildfires With AI

$2 Billion for the Energy Grid 🌿 Green Groups Endorse Harris 🌿 Workers Rally for Heat Protection 🌿 Fighting Wildfires With AI

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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Climate under Harris 🌿 Project 2025 🌿 False climate solution

Climate under Harris 🌿 Project 2025 🌿 False climate solution

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿🌿🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO...

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Climate in the elections 🌿 LGN is back 🌿 Record-breaking hurricane season

Climate in the elections 🌿 LGN is back 🌿 Record-breaking hurricane season

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 🌿🌿🌿 The past two years have seen record high levels of CO2 in our atmosphere, in spite of policies from

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OptOut’s budget cuts 🌿 $7 tri for Big Oil since Paris Agreement 🌿 Politicians delay Climate Action 🌿 Criminalizing pipeline protests

OptOut’s budget cuts 🌿 $7 tri for Big Oil since Paris Agreement 🌿 Politicians delay Climate Action 🌿 Criminalizing pipeline protests

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 🌿🌿🌿 Unfortunately, today I have some not-so-good news for you. After receiving the last installment...

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Biden’s Climate Rush 🌿 Climate Justice Undermined 🌿 Taxing the Rich

Biden’s Climate Rush 🌿 Climate Justice Undermined 🌿 Taxing the Rich

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network–with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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Failed climate goals 🌿 Capturing carbon to pump more oil 🌿 Billing companies for climate disasters

Failed climate goals 🌿 Capturing carbon to pump more oil 🌿 Billing companies for climate disasters

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network--with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿         🌿 🌿 🌿 If you haven’t checked out our latest Global South Corner, in which I spoke...

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Ceasefire for climate 🌿 Heatflation 🌿 Siding with Big Oil

Ceasefire for climate 🌿 Heatflation 🌿 Siding with Big Oil

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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Elections 🌿 LNG opaque dangers 🌿 Solar energy milestone

Elections 🌿 LNG opaque dangers 🌿 Solar energy milestone

The OptOut Media Foundation does not endorse or oppose candidates for public office.   Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE...

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GOP protests to LNG halt 🌿 Category six hurricanes 🌿 Climate denier school 🌿 IRA’s success

GOP protests to LNG halt 🌿 Category six hurricanes 🌿 Climate denier school 🌿 IRA’s success

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 This week’s newsletter is getting to you a bit later than usual, and you can blame Carnaval for that. As a...

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PODCAST: COP 28 – The Ups and Downs of a Climate Conference Hosted by a Petrostate

PODCAST: COP 28 – The Ups and Downs of a Climate Conference Hosted by a Petrostate

On this episode of OptOutcast, Climate Editor Amanda Magnani brings you inside COP 28, the United Nations' yearly climate conference, which took place last year in Dubai from Nov. 30-Dec. 13. The event was the largest one to date, with an attendance of nearly 100,000 people. On the one hand, it was marked by exciting announcements, such...

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Biden’s LNG Freeze 🌿 What Big Oil Knew 🌿 Mining Near the Grand Canyon

Biden’s LNG Freeze 🌿 What Big Oil Knew 🌿 Mining Near the Grand Canyon

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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Greenhushing 🌿 Endangered Species Act 🌿 Methane Emissions Fee

Greenhushing 🌿 Endangered Species Act 🌿 Methane Emissions Fee

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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🌿 2023 Climate Roundup 🌿

🌿 2023 Climate Roundup 🌿

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. After a short holiday break, I’m back with the most important climate news from our network – always through decolonial lenses. ✨🌿 🌿🌿🌿 First things first, I wish you all an amazing 2024! May this be the year the collapse of Big Oil...

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🌿Key concepts to understand COP28🌿

🌿Key concepts to understand COP28🌿

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. COP28 started yesterday in Dubai, here are some key concepts you must understand to follow any coverage of the most important climate event of the year. And don’t forget that I am already in Dubai, and I will share updates on our Instagram...

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World doubles down on fossil fuels 🌿 Governments are world’s biggest oil and gas producers 🌿 Egypt after COP 27

World doubles down on fossil fuels 🌿 Governments are world’s biggest oil and gas producers 🌿 Egypt after COP 27

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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An LNG Project Threatens a UNESCO Biosphere in Canada

An LNG Project Threatens a UNESCO Biosphere in Canada

On this episode of OptOutcast, I sit down with Nick Cunningham, Gas Outlook’s North American correspondent, to talk about Howe Sound, a UNESCO biosphere reserve in British Columbia that is being threatened by a liquified natural gas (LNG) initiative. LISTEN in the OptOut News app. Nick spent months Woodfibre LNG how it is affecting...

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Earth’s unfitness for human life 🌿 Carbon offsets’ greenwashing 🌿 COP28’s relevance

Earth’s unfitness for human life 🌿 Carbon offsets’ greenwashing 🌿 COP28’s relevance

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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Indigenous People’s Day 🌿 NYC Unprepared for Climate Disasters 🌿 American Climate Corps

Indigenous People’s Day 🌿 NYC Unprepared for Climate Disasters 🌿 American Climate Corps

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON YOUR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE

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Deadly flood in Libya 🌿 California sues Big Oil 🌿 Indigenous women around the world

Deadly flood in Libya 🌿 California sues Big Oil 🌿 Indigenous women around the world

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 🌿🌿🌿 First things first: We are happy to congratulate The the three nominations from the Webster...

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Hurricane Idalia strikes Florida 🌿 CCS pipelines worry Louisianans 🌿 Antarctica’s impacts on climate change

Hurricane Idalia strikes Florida 🌿 CCS pipelines worry Louisianans 🌿 Antarctica’s impacts on climate change

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! 🌿🌿🌿 HURRICANE IDALIA STRIKES FLORIDA 🌿 CCS PIPELINES WORRY LOUISIANANS 🌿...

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Historic climate win in Montana 🌿 Wildfires in Hawaii 🌿 End to oil drilling in part of Ecuador’s Amazon

Historic climate win in Montana 🌿 Wildfires in Hawaii 🌿 End to oil drilling in part of Ecuador’s Amazon

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! WANT TO KEEP THE OPTOUT NEWSLETTERS AND APP FREE? WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON...

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Health emergency from extreme heat 🌿 Fossil fuel donations for climate denialism 🌿 Amazon Rainforest Summit

Health emergency from extreme heat 🌿 Fossil fuel donations for climate denialism 🌿 Amazon Rainforest Summit

Looking at the world’s biggest crisis through a decolonial lens. Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! WANT TO KEEP THE...

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PODCAST 🌿 How to Protect Our Planet: Learning From Indigenous Communities in Brazil

PODCAST 🌿 How to Protect Our Planet: Learning From Indigenous Communities in Brazil

This episode is supported in part by the Amazon Rainforest Journalism Fund from the Pulitzer Center. On this episode of OptOutcast, I sit down with our LGBTQ+ Editor, Liana to talk about sustainable initiatives developed by Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon and what we all have to learn from them in terms of public policies...

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U.S.–China Climate Talks 🌿 Raising fees for oil drilling 🌿 Water vulnerability in the Dominican Republic

U.S.–China Climate Talks 🌿 Raising fees for oil drilling 🌿 Water vulnerability in the Dominican Republic

Looking at the world’s biggest crisis through a decolonial lens. Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! 🌍 Can you pitch in

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All-time heat record 🌿 American energy insecurity 🌿 Heat impacts on Bangladesh

All-time heat record 🌿 American energy insecurity 🌿 Heat impacts on Bangladesh

Looking at the world’s biggest crisis through a decolonial lens. Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! 🌍 We started...

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Heat Waves, Power Shortages, and Drought in the U.S. 🌿 Brazil’s Oil Expansion

Heat Waves, Power Shortages, and Drought in the U.S. 🌿 Brazil’s Oil Expansion

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT If you have been with us for a bit, you know I've spent the past two months in the...

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Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy 🌿 Plastics Treaty 🌿 Brazil's 'Marco Temporal'

Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy 🌿 Plastics Treaty 🌿 Brazil's 'Marco Temporal'

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! 🌿🌿🌿 DECARBONIZING THE U.S. ECONOMY, AND A GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY In spite of...

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Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! 🌿🌿🌿 ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE RISKS AND FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING ACROSS THE U.S. With summer closing in

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A Visit to Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon

A Visit to Indigenous Lands in the Brazilian Amazon

I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. This week, our newsletter is a bit different, as I write to you from Indigenous communities in the Brazilian Amazon, where I’m working on a series of solution-based stories about local sustainability initiatives. ✨🌿 This week's newsletter was produced...

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Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian (photo)journalist and OptOut News’ climate editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿 So let’s get started! 🌿🌿🌿 U.S. STEPS TOWARD BIG OIL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Last...

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Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Decolonizing Climate Change with Amanda Magnani

Hi, Everyone! I’m Amanda Magnani, a Brazilian journalist and photographer and the new climate editor at OptOut News. From today on, I will carry out Cristian Salazar’s mission of bringing you the most important climate news from our network—with a few tweaks. ✨✨ Every other week, I will suggest stories to decolonize our way of thinking...

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Meet Amanda Magnani, Your New Climate Editor

Meet Amanda Magnani, Your New Climate Editor

This week we have some news of our own! The OptOut Media Foundation is excited to announce that Amanda Magnani is the new editor of OptOut Climate. Amanda is a Brazilian journalist and photographer focused on social and environmental issues. After living in seven countries, she returned to Brazil to dedicate herself to documenting the...

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PODCAST: Brown Girl Green (Unlocked Full Episode)

PODCAST: Brown Girl Green (Unlocked Full Episode)

Today we've unlocked our full Kristy Drutman, the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand that educates and inspires action around sustainability, climate change, and the environment. She is also the founder of Green Jobs the top online destination for people of color to learn about employment in the environment and climate...

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Drill, Baby, Drill! Alaskan Oil Extraction

Drill, Baby, Drill! Alaskan Oil Extraction

The Biden administration said last week that it had agreed to open public Alaskan lands to oil and gas development, which some environmental activists say will create a “carbon bomb” that will contribute enormously to climate change. The decision to approve the Willow Arctic project came despite President Biden’s campaign promises to ban...

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‘Cop City’ and Domestic Terrorism Arrests

‘Cop City’ and Domestic Terrorism Arrests

🌍 We started OptOut Climate because we face an existential threat, and corporate and legacy media are beholden to fossil fuel join us in our mission to elevate independent media and accurately inform the public about our planet by making a tax-deductible donation the annals of environmental dissent, rarely has the spark of confrontation

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🌏 Train Derailment Raises Questions About Lingering Environmental Hazards

🌏 Train Derailment Raises Questions About Lingering Environmental Hazards

OptOut is holding it first-ever public event next month! On Feb. 27, we are hosting a 2023 kickoff party and fundraiser in Gowanus, Brooklyn. We hope to meet you there! Please you're planning to come, and share this with anyone who'd be interested! OptOut News 2023 Kickoff and Fundraiser Help the OptOut Media Foundation kick off its...

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The U.S. Climate Migration Has Begun

The U.S. Climate Migration Has Begun

OptOut is holding it first-ever public event next month! On Feb. 27, we are hosting a 2023 kickoff party and fundraiser in Gowanus, Brooklyn. We hope to meet you there! Please you're planning to come, and share this with anyone who'd be interested! 🎉 Save the Date: OptOut News Party/Fundraiser in Brooklyn! 🍾 Come to our 2023 kickoff...

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Podcast: How Fossil Fuel Trade Groups Obstruct Climate Action

Podcast: How Fossil Fuel Trade Groups Obstruct Climate Action

Christian Downie is a political scientist and professor at the Australian National University, where he researches climate and energy politics. He is also the author of Business Battles in the U.S. Energy Sector. His recent paper with co-author Robert Brulle in the journal Climatic Change traces how fossil fuel trade associations in...

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Radical activism to defend the planet

Radical activism to defend the planet

As the climate crisis intensifies and governments fail to respond to calls to protect the environment and curb fossil fuel emissions, citizens have embraced radical direct action, occupations, and mass protests. Authorities have responded with arrests and armed confrontation. In Atlanta, a recent melee between police and forest defenders...

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California’s deadly atmospheric river storms

California’s deadly atmospheric river storms

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at exists because of tax-deductible donations from readers like you. Become an OptOut 🎟 Member, 🏀...

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🌎 Fossil Fuel Industry Fights Climate Action

🌎 Fossil Fuel Industry Fights Climate Action

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at of documents generated by oil and gas companies obtained through a congressional investigation reveal

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🌏 Podcast: Brown Girl Green on BIPOC in Climate Media & Staying Authentic on Social

🌏 Podcast: Brown Girl Green on BIPOC in Climate Media & Staying Authentic on Social

OptOut sometimes sends content from our issue-based verticals to the full OptOut list, so those who aren't signed up can get a taste of what they're missing. Today we send you a brand new podcast. If you're not already on the OptOut Climate list, you can sign up Drutman is the founder of Brown Girl Green, a digital media brand...

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Podcast: Eric Holthaus on Meteorology, Climate Journalism, and Twitter

Podcast: Eric Holthaus on Meteorology, Climate Journalism, and Twitter

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at Holthaus is a leading climate journalist and the founder of a weather and news service that recently...

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Fossil Fuel Companies Fight Climate Action 🌏 California’s Ailing Salton Sea 🌏 Eric Holthaus on Meteorology and Climate Change

Fossil Fuel Companies Fight Climate Action 🌏 California’s Ailing Salton Sea 🌏 Eric Holthaus on Meteorology and Climate Change

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at started OptOut Climate because we face an existential threat, and corporate and legacy media are...

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COP27 Wrap-Up: Climate Fund 🌎 Lula 🌎 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

COP27 Wrap-Up: Climate Fund 🌎 Lula 🌎 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at U.N.’s climate conference, officially known as COP27, ended last month with a historic deal to create

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Negotiators Strike Deal for Climate Fund 🌎 Indigenous Climate Action 🌎  Elon Musk Is Not a Climate Champion

Negotiators Strike Deal for Climate Fund 🌎 Indigenous Climate Action 🌎 Elon Musk Is Not a Climate Champion

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at you pitch in to help grow our Climate All donations are tax-deductible. ----------------------------

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Big Oil’s Midterm Meddling 🌍 Reparations for Global South 🌍 NYT Publishes Fossil Fuel Talking Points

Big Oil’s Midterm Meddling 🌍 Reparations for Global South 🌍 NYT Publishes Fossil Fuel Talking Points

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at started OptOut Climate because we face an existential threat, and corporate and legacy media are...

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Special Edition: OptOut’s Independent Media Guide to COP27

Special Edition: OptOut’s Independent Media Guide to COP27

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at the next two weeks, world leaders, scientists, activists and policymakers are gathering in Sharm...

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Oil and Gas Companies Fuel GOP Congressional Takeover Attempt

Oil and Gas Companies Fuel GOP Congressional Takeover Attempt

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Find out more about the app at Please take our audience article was originally published by OptOut member outlet. Written by David...

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Fighting Climate Destruction • Jackson Water Crisis • Climate Activist Xiye Bastida

Fighting Climate Destruction • Jackson Water Crisis • Climate Activist Xiye Bastida

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for for Find out more about the app at depends on your support to run our free app, send this newsletter, and a lot more. We've raised...

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The Increasing Costs of Hurricanes • An Indigenous Climate Solution • Climate Jobs

The Increasing Costs of Hurricanes • An Indigenous Climate Solution • Climate Jobs

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices. Find out more about the app at increasingly intense hurricanes, made more powerful by climate change, can

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A Coal Baron’s Dirty Pipeline Bill • Geoengineering As A Potential Climate Solution • Puerto Rico’s Plight

A Coal Baron’s Dirty Pipeline Bill • Geoengineering As A Potential Climate Solution • Puerto Rico’s Plight

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices. Find out more about the app at it is ever completed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is expected to deliver fracked natural gas...

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Pakistan's Catastrophic Flooding • Fossil-Fueled Beauty • COP27

Pakistan's Catastrophic Flooding • Fossil-Fueled Beauty • COP27

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices. Find out more about the app at catastrophic monsoon rains flooded nearly a third of Pakistan over several weeks and videos of...

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Fossil Fuel Giveaways in the Climate Deal • California Takes on the Auto Industry • Speaking with Emily Atkin

Fossil Fuel Giveaways in the Climate Deal • California Takes on the Auto Industry • Speaking with Emily Atkin

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices. Find out more about the app at are sending this second edition of OptOut Climate to the general OptOut newsletter list. To get...

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Monster Climate Deal Is Called Historic; Others Angered by Embrace of Fossil Fuel Industries

Monster Climate Deal Is Called Historic; Others Angered by Embrace of Fossil Fuel Industries

This is the newsletter of OptOut Climate, a program of the OptOut Media Foundation. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for Apple and Android devices. Find out more about the app at stretches of land are on fire. Our rivers and lakes are drying up. Species are being obliterated,...

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Independent News Outlets Call on Corporate Media to Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Industry

Independent News Outlets Call on Corporate Media to Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2022 CONTACT: press@optout.news, (917) 974-4383 Brooklyn, N.Y. — More than 20 news outlets and leaders in the OptOut independent media network released an video showing how, even in this time of climate crisis, corporate and legacy media continue to produce ads for oil and gas companies. Corporate Media...

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Corporate Media Must Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Companies

Corporate Media Must Stop Making Ads for Fossil Fuel Companies

This is the newsletter of OptOut, a free news aggregation app for exclusively independent media that's available for iPhone and iPad. Find out more about the app at optout.news Alex Kotch (OptOut and Maria Bustillos (Popula by Amy Westervelt production and editing by Spencer this video! WHO’S TO BLAME FOR A LACK OF ACTION ON CLIMATE...

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