JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Around 150 countries will gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit. What are the key results negotiators are aiming for — and how could talks break down? Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn

I recently went to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska w/US scientists to study the effect of saltwater on fast-thawing permafrost. 1st in a series by @bloomberg.com on the world's natural carbon sinks with @hayleywarren.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Trump said he was going to make the Kennedy Center “hot." Occupied seats are down 36% since last fall. Sales are the worst they’ve been in years. Trump's "actions have been worse for business at the Kennedy Center than the aftermath of a global pandemic." www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit. Story @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Breaking: Extreme ocean heat has eradicated key coral species in Florida from a 350-mile-long reef that protects coastal cities from storms, provides fisheries habitat. Scientists say reef-building elkhorn & staghorn corals are now "functionally extinct." Free link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The EPA says cutting a pollution reporting program will save the oil and gas industry millions. Some companies are pushing back, saying they need it

"EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead." 🎁🔗 @zhirji.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Companies, industry trade groups & others warn that Trump EPA's bid to axe the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program could immediately jeopardize energy firms’ ability to claim highly valued tax credits, as well as impact future LNG exports. New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump's EPA says its proposal to stop greenhouse gas reporting for big polluters could save oil and gas companies up to $256 million a year. Some of them are countering that it could hurt their business instead. Tagteam w/Ruth Liao @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exclusive: FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund hit ~$9.5 billion at the end of September, according to an internal report reviewed by Bloomberg News. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗

Something unusual just happened in Oregon: A utility asked for a rate *decrease*

“I do have a Nazi streak in me from time to time, I will admit it,” Ingrassia responded, according to the chain. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.

In the unions' shutdown RIFs case, three agencies submitted updated declarations by today's 9a PT deadline under the modified TRO: * Commerce: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... * Interior: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... * HHS: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat. Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

A week into the US government shutdown, EPA starts to send out furlough notices to some staff. Gift link for story providing the latest on the now 1+ week shutdown: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This story also provides an update on a similar situation unfolding at EPA, where at least 15 staffers who signed a dissent letter there have now been fired. bsky.app/profile/zhir...

Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New: A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify. The window heat pump is made by SF startup Gradient. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nearly 200 countries are set to gather at the gates of the Amazon rainforest for a new round of UN-sponsored climate talks. Here are six ways the COP30 summit can succeed or fail

On Thursday 10/9, I'll be talking about how I'm covering (or trying to cover!) the chaos in federal research funding, in a webinar hosted by @sciencewriting.bsky.social. In conversation with the brilliant @katherinejwu.com and @scott-delaney.bsky.social. Join us! connector.casw.org/event/casw-c...

The post-pandemic dip in gasoline consumption in California is pretty stunning

New: An ambitious plan aims to restore imperiled sea otters to their historic range on the US West Coast. The playful predators are climate warriors, reviving coastal ecosystems and keeping healthy carbon-sequestering kelp forests that nurture fisheries. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years. From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

shocking details out of an ICE raid on an apartment building in South Shore area of Chicago on September 30th abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

Send your EPA tips to the great @zhirji.bsky.social, who's covering the agency + rulemaking @bloomberg.com. Signal: zhirji.51 | Email: [email protected]

Jane Goodall, who made startling discoveries about chimpanzee behavior during a life dedicated to animals and environmental conservation, has died at the age of 91. @sarahgc.bsky.social sat down with Goodall for an interview in 2021 on resilience and climate change. Read the Q&A: bit.ly/4gQBwFB

Some personal news: I'm now @bloomberg.com's lead EPA reporter, tracking everything climate -- and so much more. So if you're following a particular rule or proposal, program office or anything else EPA related (biofuels, PFAS, coal ash, etc), I want to know. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Trump's EPA is looking to extend deadlines to comply with rules to switch to cleaner refrigerants. The proposal applies to everything from residential air conditioning to retail food refrigeration and semiconductor manufacturing. Story @bloomberg.com (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

From flood insurance to environmental grants, programs that support climate resilience are expected to be curtailed by the US government shutdown.

Pre-owned electric cars and trucks in America are now almost as cheap as used gas-powered vehicles, on average, and are selling even faster, according to Cox Automotive, a services and technology company. Gift link for Kyle Stock's @bloomberg.com story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Two Democratic senators have raised concerns about the stability of US flood insurance after deep staffing cuts at the agency that manages it.

6/ This isn’t the first time ProPublica has reported on ICE under Trump 2.0 acting in unprecedented ways. In July, my colleagues @mckenziefunk.com and @nicolefoy.bsky.social documented ~50 incidents of officers shattering car windows to make arrests. projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-sm...

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse. Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away. Thread 👇

🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW report based on the 18K emails @business obtained from Jeffrey Epstein's personal Yahoo account: new details about the academics, attorneys and media specialists who helped him—in different ways and to varying degrees 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

I wish they could be clearer about this: The best available evidence shows that taking paracetamol during pregnancy is safe. Double negatives confuse people.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

In dissent as to the stay, Justice Kagan — joined by Justices Sotomayor and Jackson — lays out the lawlessness of the majority plainly. "Our emergency docket should never be used, as it has been this year, to permit what our own precedent bars." Order/dissent: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

“Just like a news orgs would not send a general reporter into a war zone, outlets should also not send untrained journalists into the chaotic online world and expect them to be able to have a complete understanding of what is transpiring” said @oliverdarcy.bsky.social

As of today, EPA has received 105,078 comments regarding its proposal to rescind the endangerment finding. Only 663 of them are posted online so far. www.regulations.gov/document/EPA...

👀https://bsky.app/profile/meredithshiner.com/post/3lz537qgczk2w

Oh, did I mention: We published all of the hundreds of FOIA docs with this story. Now you can look through them yourself: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us... bsky.app/profile/did:...

This story isn't just a look back at what happened last hurricane season. It also looks forward at the threat today. bsky.app/profile/zhir...

NEW: More than 500 pages of #FOIA docs @zhirji.bsky.social @davey.bsky.social & I obtained from FEMA detail previously unreported threats against personnel in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene & Milton, including the swatting of then-FEMA Director Deanne Criswell 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...