There's a pervasive idea in climate spaces (often, though not exclusively, pushed by men) that goes something like: it's okay for me to be an asshole because I'm delivering wins on climate. That's some extractive, colonialist shit if I've ever seen it.
Ranted about it, imperfectly, in today's @WeAreDrilled newsletter, but it's something I'm thinking about a lot, this toxic idea that giving a shit about being decent to other humans is a distraction from the more important, serious work of addressing the climate crisis.
@amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled I am in love with your rant in today's newsletter. Can we talk about that NYT methane story? :/ When people steal my work, then other people go to them as experts on the topic. They don't know shit about it other than what I told them so everyone loses.
@TXsharon @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled I, too, loved @amywestervelt’s rant in @WeAreDrilled right from the get-go w her list of cynical footnotes. It’s funny though because I’ve been forced to write about an issue after unsuccessfully begging real reporters to do so...and I wouldn’t even care if they credited me. 🧵
@TXsharon @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled I just wanted to have the issue get coverage. Of course, if I was a real reporter like Amy I’m sure I would expect and appreciate being credited for my work. One thing that I think is unhealthy in the news business is the need to be first, exclusive. The public could care less.
@TXsharon @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled They just want solid important news, be it original or, as Amy said, built on what others have done. I’m just an unknown guy who stumbled upon an article 4 years ago in an obscure journal, Corrosion Management. The article should #StopMVP. It should have stopped #Line3 but...
@TXsharon @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled ...virtually no one wrote about it. So finally, I wrote an article myself and @truthout thankfully ran it: truthout.org/articles/pipel…