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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...
by Amanda Magnani
1 min read
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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!
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We started...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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Heat Waves, Power Shortages, and Drought in the U.S. 🌿 Brazil’s Oil Expansion
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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...
by Amanda Magnani
5 min read
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Decarbonizing the U.S. Economy 🌿 Plastics Treaty 🌿 Brazil's 'Marco Temporal'
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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. ✨🌿
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DECARBONIZING THE U.S. ECONOMY, AND A GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY
In spite of...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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!
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ELECTRICITY SHORTAGE RISKS AND FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING ACROSS THE U.S.
With summer closing in
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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...
by Amanda Magnani
5 min read
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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!
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U.S. STEPS TOWARD BIG OIL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Last...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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)
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...
by Cristian Salazar
1 min read
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
7 min read
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‘Cop City’ and Domestic Terrorism Arrests
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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
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by Cristian Salazar
6 min read
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🌏 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...
by Cristian Salazar
8 min read
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
8 min read
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
8 min read
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California’s deadly atmospheric river storms
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Foundation led by Cristian Salazar. OptOut maintains a free news aggregation app
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an OptOut 🎟 Member, 🏀...
by Cristian Salazar
7 min read
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🌎 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
by Cristian Salazar
9 min read
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🌏 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...
by Cristian Salazar
2 min read
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
1 min read
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Fossil Fuel Companies Fight Climate Action 🌏 California’s Ailing Salton Sea 🌏 Eric Holthaus on Meteorology and Climate Change
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
9 min read
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COP27 Wrap-Up: Climate Fund 🌎 Lula 🌎 Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
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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
by Cristian Salazar
2 min read
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Negotiators Strike Deal for Climate Fund 🌎 Indigenous Climate Action 🌎 Elon Musk Is Not a Climate Champion
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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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by Cristian Salazar
7 min read
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Big Oil’s Midterm Meddling 🌍 Reparations for Global South 🌍 NYT Publishes Fossil Fuel Talking Points
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
8 min read
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Fighting Climate Destruction • Jackson Water Crisis • Climate Activist Xiye Bastida
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
10 min read
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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 optout.news stretches of land are on fire. Our rivers and lakes are drying up. Species
are being...
by Cristian Salazar
10 min read
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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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by Maria Bustillos
5 min read
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Deadly flood in Libya 🌿 California sues Big Oil 🌿 Indigenous women around the world
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editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our
network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿
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First things first: We are happy to congratulate The on the
three nominations from the Webster...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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Hurricane Idalia strikes Florida 🌿 CCS pipelines worry Louisianans 🌿 Antarctica’s impacts on climate change
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editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our
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HURRICANE IDALIA STRIKES FLORIDA 🌿 CCS PIPELINES WORRY LOUISIANANS 🌿...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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Historic climate win in Montana 🌿 Wildfires in Hawaii 🌿 End to oil drilling in part of Ecuador’s Amazon
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editor. Every other week, I bring you the most important climate news from our
network—with an extra serving of decolonial perspectives. ✨🌿
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WE ARE A NONPROFIT AND RELY ON...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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...
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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!
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Can you pitch in
by Amanda Magnani
4 min read
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
1 min read
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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...
by Cristian Salazar
4 min read
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Oil and Gas Companies Fuel GOP Congressional Takeover Attempt
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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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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
by Cristian Salazar
7 min read
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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 optout.news it is ever completed, the Mountain Valley Pipeline is expected to deliver
fracked...
by Cristian Salazar
9 min read
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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 optout.news catastrophic monsoon rains flooded nearly a third of Pakistan over several
weeks and...
by Cristian Salazar
8 min read
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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
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by Cristian Salazar
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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...
