Would be helpful to explore all of this in a @columbiaclimate #sustainwhat conversation if folks are willing. Related to our #watchwords chat on abuses of the word #collapse in ice-sheet context
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@moi_o_see @FEMA_Deanne @usfire @columbiaclimate @columbia_ncdp Here's one for you - the #collapse notion that Antarctic ice is coming unhinged in realtime. https://www.climate.columbia.edu/events/watchwords-antarctic-clarity-explore-…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1505956421321515010

I have been waiting to see how long it would take before the “low confidence” judgement might percolate up through the frothy BS of the @WSJ headline.

Too long. (But thank you @Revkin for digging into this.)
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RT @Revkin
I'm writing a #sustainwhat #watchwords entry on how to dissect media scoops & spin around intelligence reports. One tip: look up definitions for terms like "low confidence"! Case in point, the @WSJ exclusive on the updat…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1630281043436617728

Join me at 330 pm ET with ex @ODNIgov analyst @RodSchoonover for a pop-up LIVE #sustainwhat discussion of ways to separate spin from reality (including uncertainty) when there's a flood of coverage of snippets of pandemic (or other) intelligence - latest case study is the…
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RT @revkin
I'm writing a #sustainwhat #watchwords entry on how to dissect media scoops & spin around intelligence reports. One tip: look up definitions for terms like…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1630281043436617728

I'm writing a #sustainwhat #watchwords entry on how to dissect media scoops & spin around intelligence reports. One tip: look up definitions for terms like "low confidence"! Case in point, the @WSJ exclusive on the update to the @ODNIgov overview of the http://revkin.substack.com… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1630281043436617728

I express concern when climate-focused media pump up #globalwarming connections to #extremeweather because this can lead to a #whiplasheffect http://j.mp/whiplasheffect that disengages audiences over time. This is still early-days attribution science:
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RT @revkin
@business I've got to ramp up my #watchwords series on #sustainwhat. When you see the word "could" in a story sifting for #climatechange hooks in extreme weather, test your conf…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1606461984165199875

Over on #Mastodon, @mattjhodgkinson made a good point about my use of the #twitterrefugee tag. https://mastodon.green/@revkin/109461943095219827 Refugee is on the #watchwords list I'm building at #sustainwhat on Substack: https://revkin.substack.com/p/watchwords-in-climate-and-sustainability-22-05-11 See @GlobalPress stylebook: https://revkin.substack.com/p/meet-global-press-filling-global-22-05-19
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RT @revkin
Mastodoners haven't exactly…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1599762500215504896

@stokel Valuable insight on hashtags that perpetuate inaccurate usage by @mattjhodgkinson just now. Refugee is indeed way overused. https://mastodon.green/@revkin/109461943095219827 I'm building a list of #watchwords that require a closer look before use. Pitch me yours: http://j.mp/sustainwhatwatchwords

Totally this. "Raise ambition" at a COP is theatrics. No country has yet moved at a climate conference beyond what its domestic politics and energy mix could sustain. Good term to add to my climate #watchwords series: https://revkin.substack.com/p/watchwords-to-examine-as-sustainability-22-06-05
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RT @DoctorVive
I hate the word "ambition" in climate discourse.

"I'm plummeting to earth, but I have the 'ambition' to pull my parachute's…
https://twitter.com/DoctorVive/status/1597366354847621120

7/7 Here's the 2017 @NRDC @riverkeeper report showing how "Indian Point's Nuclear Power Can Be Replaced with Low-Carbon Options Led by Increased Energy Efficiency and Renewables." The word *can* will be on my #watchwords list of terms to zoom in on. https://www.nrdc.org/media/2017/170223