Most data-driven prediction and decision software works very differently from large language models (ChatGPT etc) and requires orders of magnitude less compute.

Reply mini thread on how cheap used EVs are now. At $4/gal gas there's a lot of reason to switch and it seems likely that it will keep going up. I wonder at what point we see used EV prices spike?

Insurance companies are fighting efforts to get fossil fuel industry policyholders to chip in to the costs of adapting to climate change: www.eenews.net/articles/ins...

We can and should build a society that meets everyone's basic needs, regardless of employment status, with no paperwork, no shame, no questions asked. Food, shelter, utilities, health care, child care, education - we can and should make these freely available to all.

Heartened at the news that @avilewis.ca Avi Lewis has been voted head of Canada's progressive party, the NDP. This is a man who's taken climate change seriously, and who will help Mark Carney by providing a serious critique from the left.

"The finest hour that I have seen Is the one that comes between The edge of night and the break of day It's when the darkness rolls away" - Kate Wolf

I had a feeling this was going to happen. Sad news, especially given the poor state of sea ice after this winter. Looks like we won't be getting any more data for Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume for a while from PIOMAS. See: psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...

Happy to have our research included in these top takeaways from No Kings 3 yesterday: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/u...

It cannot be long before Trump’s retinue of sycophants, enablers and justifiers, in government and in the media, start telling us, "I never liked the guy", "I tried to restrain him" and "I was only obeying orders." So be sure to keep the receipts.

Whoa! As of today ALL bus lines within the municipality of Copenhagen are electric! Good for climate, local environment, passengers and public budgets. #dktrp #dkgreen via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddel...

Yesterday, millions of people across the US participated in over 3000 events as part of the third No Kings Day. Here are some of the main findings from our research at the event in DC organized by @freedcproject.bsky.social: danarfisher.com/2026/03/29/a...

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Not sure what this normies stuff is about but if you haven't noticed nice ladies do a lot of the activist work in this country and have since the abolitionist movement, you maybe should.

Under Trump, companies now get equal tax credits for using carbon capture to drill for more oil we are gonna be seeing a lot more of this insideclimatenews.org/news/2803202...

Hard to convey the size of the crowd at Seattle #NoKings - there are thousands more behind me.

New video up on YouTube! youtu.be/u1Xs5EA5_uU?...

Another channel covered the vehicular cycling vs bike infra history, but this channel's overall tone is more appealing to me, and maybe more palatable to people whom I disagree with.

Who needs physical reality anyway? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is why fossil fuel companies always presented their "targets" linked to the caveat that they can only act as fast as society moves: so that when they successfully lobby for fossil lock-in, they can pretend they're just passively going along with trends www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Rising Conservative Star Just Guy Wearing Nazi Armband And Crying https://theonion.com/rising-conservative-star-just-guy-wearing-nazi-armband-1849855062/

I spoke with @nytimes.com about today's #NoKings Day events and why the focus must be on channeling outrage into strategic action (and not meeting some magical number): “It’s not about inflatable costumes. It’s not about clever signs.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/u...

$10B DHS slush fund has the same annual budget as the entire EPA or the National Science Foundation and have some left over.

The Mid-transition is "the period during which carbon-emitting systems and zero-carbon systems that both exist at sufficient scale to impose operationally relevant constraints on the other" Now in this war - what is imposing the operationally relevant constrains on the oil and gas supply? ?? ??

No: don't call it a mid-transition war This is not a mid-transition impact, this is the same oil shock/disruptive impact as the last however many times, moderated somewhat and for some countries because there are actually alternatives available and in some cases deployed H/t @gruberte.bsky.social

"The average American homeowner’s insurance bill rose 12 percent last year, reaching $2,948 per year, and will rise another 4 percent this year. This is much faster than overall inflation for the same period." That is a $435/year rise. Equivalent to the price of gas rising 56¢ per gallon. A lot.

I imagine this cost is eating up the monthly payments many homeowners and landlords could have otherwise used on decarbonization budgets.

For a typical US household, about 15% of monthly electricity bills goes straight to shareholder profits - a recurring wealth transfer from everyone to the small minority of people who own the vast majority of stock (the richest 10% of Americans - all multimillionaires - hold ~90% of US stock value).

I’m actually surprised that it took him so long to say it. Branding environmentalists as terrorists has very apparently been part of the plan all along.

State Rep. Danny McCormick, a Republican who represents rural Caddo Parish — where the Amazon data center will be built — told the Gulf States Newsroom the NDAs exist for a simpler reason. "They don't want the little people to know what they're doing until after they've done it."

I like this for a lot of reasons. But mostly because the path to decarbonization AND cost reduction is electification, and electric regulation is primarily done at the state level in the US. Governors can lead, and Spanberger is. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Worth remembering that the Trump Administration has not prepared for such a perilous wildfire season. In fact, it has worked to limit federal capacity to respond to disasters and support states after disaster hits.

@warren.senate.gov & Josh Hawley are calling on EIA to collect annual energy-use disclosures from data centers. This is a critical first step to addressing the industry's secrecy on facilities' energy & water use, denying critical information to those who care about sustainability & affordability.

The Spanish grid operator now allows (and pays) solar and wind to help regulate voltage. Not clear from the article whether they now pay for performance, or if plants that overcommit and underdeliver still get paid in full, as thermal generators did just before the blackout. h/t @chrisbaraniuk.com

I really hope journalists in Australia can ask - Why Anthropic discloses *literally nothing* on its energy and emissions impacts - Why they're urging the US gov't to set a *target* (!!) for building fossil gas Time to stop giving Anthropic a free ride. www.afr.com/politics/fed...

They probably only let him out to avoid having him die in ICE custody. Really a 360-degree assault — decimate cancer research, send health insurance premiums skyrocketing, then detain thousands of people and deny them healthcare. Death cult.

remember how Biden wouldn't put his name on covid relief checks

If anyone wants to write a story about reporters not using generative AI at all, feel free to get in touch with me!

Having one of those 'omg I said yes to way too many things' moments. 😬

I love mine real bad

This is also a pretty standard right-wing tactic — to blame "the left" for the reactionary / authoritarian / anti-science positions the right espouses. Saying scientists "allowed the science to get politicized" is also an abuser's excuse, as @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social notes: "she made me do it."

I think you're capturing a widespread corporate progression: first oppose and delay new regulation, secondarily accept a weakened version, thirdly portray its effects as the result of corporate voluntarism and technological progress. This is the untold half of the CAFE and cat converter stories

Env folks, me included, like to talk about the Cuyahoga River - but I think Exxon Valdez offers a more effective, less well-understood story for defending env regulation. Not "things used to be bad, but we fixed them - let's not go back," but "if you don't prevent the damage, you can never fix it"

Gov't agrees reform to allow German gas grid decommissioning, transformation Reform gives utilities legal basis for grid conversions to hydrogen or biogas, or for shutting down networks where permanent reduction in gas demand is expected

Looking to the state up north as Ohio approves one behind the meter gas plant after another

Even just threatening to destroy power plants in a country is a disgusting, severe and unconscionable threat to harm civilians. Really really really horrific to see governments like Norway, Aus and others failing to strongly condemn this and threaten consequences for such a dog act

I was featured on a short podcast episode for Ask MIT Climate talking about the grid of the future, sometimes (micro), and community choice aggregation. climate.mit.edu/podcasts/e5-...

The slippery narrative of Fermi's Neugebauer on why it is building off-grid fossil gas power plants: we want to shield consumers from data center costs & provide reliable "baseload" power. Google's Peterson explains how this is enormously wasteful & will end up increasing ratepayer burdens.

Some of you might be interested in this upcoming symposium on the intersection of civil law and climate change. There's many cool seeming talks! I am giving a talk on liability for failure to forecast which means I'm very rapidly attempting to learn tort law. There is CLE and its online

Can't escape the feeling that the fossil fuel industry understands the transformative stakes of this moment far better than clean energy industry and advocates. Today's ex: In CA, I'm hearing that gas utilities will be spending *shareholder money* on stronger gas-efficiency incentives! (1/2)

If, upon reading @tdichristopher.bsky.social's latest, you wonder, "Why would anyone REbuild houses that rely on gas in Los Angeles!?" have you asked-- a) the right question b) a rhetorical question c) a question with just one reasonable answer d) all of the above