Amazon and Google just reported emissions jumps of 16% and 18%, respectively, in 2025 compared to 2024. The main driver is not hard to guess: data centers and AI. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Sooo impressed with my friend @kiliiiyuyan.bsky.social new book (with @charlescmann.bsky.social ). It’s a thing of beauty! Kiliii and I will be in conversation July 18 in #Bellingham.

a lot of people have heard about the rooftop solar boom in Pakistan Looks like same thing is now unfolding in the Philippines www.reuters.com/business/ene...

That helps explain why big media, always the handmaiden of power, works so hard to frame climate concern as some fey, boutique, out-of-touch elite concern. They don't want you to know that other people are concerned too. If you knew that, you might organize & push for change! And so we get this:

I have an immodest proposal for this whole #ReflectingPool fiasco: Let's rewild the Mall! Plant some sedges and reeds. Introduce a beaver family. Line the edge with pollinator-friendly perennials. We need *more* algae, not less. LFG!

One of my favorite annual traditions is creating a list of important new books (and films). Some of them are acclaimed, while others are still under the radar and deserve more promotion: www.thegreenspotlight.com/2026/06/book... #books #authors

Hottest week of the year/decade. So far.

I was today year's old when I realized that you can easily flip "climate hushing" to "climate gushing" with a careless keystroke ...

So grateful to @amywestervelt.bsky.social and everyone else involved for making this so clear. and infuriating. projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu....

Wildfire season has started - and that's not a sentence I ever expected to be typing about the UK

Dang hallmark is really going for it these days

My friends, we have reached peak ocean spray, aka cream bush, ironwood, Holodiscus discolor

Bird populations are crashing, due to habitat loss and cats and, of course, climate change. But a major reason is that birds are running out of food, which for many means insects. In his latest "Lookout" column, @jasondovemark.bsky.social learns to love the bugs that feed the birds.

Much gratitude to @billmckibben.bsky.social for giving The Earth Said Remember Me a shout out in his latest Substack. Appreciate it, Bill!

I love when I walk into an area with tons of trees and it instantly feels cooler.

This chart, via @NOAA Fisheries, is a gut punch. The gray whale, once a symbol of wildlife recovery, is plummeting in numbers. They are, in a word, starving

I've lived on the same 77 acres for 18 years. We used to have scissor-tailed flycatchers lining our fences all summer, but I hardly ever see them anymore. Same story with frogs, toads, and small mammals. I've never sprayed any pesticides and rarely use herbicides, only for sand burs. ☹️

My latest column for @earthislandjournal.bsky.social: "As a deep ecologist who believes in the intrinsic rights of all species, I should probably value insects in and of themselves. But I should be honest — I love the bugs because they feed the birds." www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

Come One, Come All! Seriously: You're welcome to join me and friends and family for a good, old-fashioned, virtual book party on Monday, July 27. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/jasonsbookpa...

Great time for "climate hushing"! Dem consultants, always winning.

Big news from the northwestern-most corner of the PNW. Whatcom County Council votes 5-2 to place a temporary moratorium on the construction of immigration detention centers in a pushback to #ICE. I'm proud to have played a small part in making this good trouble www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jun/23/...

The once extreme is now the "new normal" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

We have a new entry in the climate dictionary under “irony”

Information abhors a vacuum. The Trump folks tried to shut down or muzzle federal government communications on #climate. So scientists created a workaround --> "Climate.us is the nonprofit successor to Climate.gov, delivering climate data and information to promote public climate literacy"

Spotted in the wild! A lovely capsule review of my forthcoming book from the good folks at Adventure Journal! “Want inspiration? Here it is.”

Happy #Solstice (it’s all down hill from here, folks)

I think I might have discovered a thing: it’s a standard bean and cheese burrito, only instead of black beans or pinto beans you use Bush’s Best Original Baked Beans. I’m calling my creation— wait for it!—the Trailer Park Quesadilla.

As someone on here recently said: The stupidity--it burns! "Trump has so far committed $2.5 billion in taxpayer dollars to killing renewable energy projects. ... Yes, $2.5 billion to destroy already-approved, cost-effective clean energy projects." paulkrugman.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

Psyched to have a big essay about the future of wilderness in the current issue of Trails Magazine featuring @stonemanning.bsky.social, @sierraclub.org, @conserveamerica.bsky.social, and Nature is Nonpartisan. Want to read it? subscribe today! trailsmag.net/products/sub...

It was a real pleasure to read--and then write a review of-- @robertmoor.com's new book: "In the woods, the author eventually finds nothing less than himself. In Trees is, essentially, an arboreal bildungsroman." www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...

I dunno: this seems like just doubling down on sacrifice zones. grist.org/energy/a-sol...

I was blown away by this feature story in @highcountrynews.org by @jwoolington.bsky.social: "While Chinookan peoples built boats to fit the river, the [Army] Corps built the river to fit boats." It takes a real talent to make an ostensibly dry subject like this sing. www.hcn.org/issues/58-6/...

@robertmoor.com's new book In Trees isn’t about tree biology or ecology,” writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social in this book review. It’s “pursuing something harder to wrap one’s arms around: the idea of trees.” This sets Moor on a globe-spanning tour of adventures, misadventures and hard-won wisdom.

The buck stops…with some other guy

I feel seen

It's getting real! Finally got my hands on the finished copies of my new book, The Earth Said Remember Me -->

I know it’s mostly voodoo… but I still plant by the moon as much as possible , and it sure is nice when a lunar cycle lines up so neatly with the date on the solar calendar

For the past 15 years, the Stillaguamish Tribe has been buying riverfront land, in its ancestral territory, and removing levees to transform farmland into tidal marshes, an essential habitat for young Chinook salmon. Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/PTuHCTx @npr.org

Why do journalists always call @weatherwest.bsky.social? “He uses language that is both precise and deep but very accessible, and that’s why you see him quoted everywhere.” www.theatlantic.com/science/2026... via @jasondovemark.bsky.social

This weekend I think we reached Peak Washington. Truly, doesn’t get any better than this

"But there’s no hard evidence that discussing climate change hurts Democrats in elections, Mildenberger and other experts told Grist. If anything, it rewards candidates with a modest boost among voters, studies and surveys show." grist.org/politics/dem...

Many thanks to the good folks @thedailyclimate.bsky.social for highlighting my profile of Daniel Swain in today's newsletter! www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

This is a smart obit. Had me hooked from the headline, which is inspired heatmap.news/daily/lee-ra...

One climatologist has become a ubiquitous explainer of America’s extreme weather, Jason Dove Mark writes. He explores why the media keep quoting the same climate scientist:

I was proud to play a small role in helping to convince the Port of Bellingham to prohibit civil immigration enforcement at its properties. A small victory for the rule of law www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/jun/09/...

Only because of @weatherwest.bsky.social did I know and understand how the Santa Anas in Pasadena/Altadena in Jan 2025 would be so terrible. I'm grateful for how he teaches and informs.

"Some precincts of the ivory tower are suspicious of academics who become public figures. But Swain’s minor celebrity appears to have sparked mostly admiration from his colleagues. If anything, he’s become an object of emulation for up-and-coming climatologists" www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

This sucks. E&E News was a go-to outlet for everything climate, energy, and the environment. www.semafor.com/article/06/0...

The Extinction of Languages Is an Environmental Issue https://therevelator.org/extinction-languages/