How thirsty is your grass? Very! Breaking my long social media drought to hype up this gorgeous piece of visual journalism on Colorado's battle with water-intensive grass. From the insanely talented @samhart.bsky.social and Ashley Burke. Also, I helped. www.cnn.com/interactive/...

This massive wind farm in the North Sea could power up to 50 million homes. Europe is seeing renewables as synonymous with energy independence as the US is proving to be an increasingly volatile partner. w/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/c...

The family’s water was undrinkable: It corroded taps. It withered plants. Their ice maker expelled clumps of salt. Why? For 2 yrs, Oklahoma oil regulators delayed basic tests that could help them find out. Read @nickbowlin.bsky.social latest for @propublica.org + @readfrontier.bsky.social!

Great reporting from @laurapaddison.bsky.social: India may be on a faster electrification trajectory than China, with rapid solar and EV deployment. India's energy transition is being driven by one thing: cost. www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/c...

Terrible day for many amazing, hard-working, intelligent journalists at the Washington Post. I'm still here and trying to figure out how to best support my colleagues who have lost their jobs. If you feel able to share or contribute, please do: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

Tapping the @greenwell.bsky.social sign www.megangreenwell.com/the-adults-i...

Great piece from @ellanilsen.bsky.social on the drivers behind rising electricity prices across the country: edition.cnn.com/2026/02/02/c...

The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)

Absolutely not. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...

New: We estimate that in 2025, US greenhouse gas emissions increased by 2.4%, marking a change from the prior two years of decreases in emissions. Emissions also grew faster than the economy in 2025, reversing the decoupling of emissions and economic activity of the prior two years.

Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...

China has been one of Venezuela's biggest oil customers. Experts say it has also likely hit peak oil as it speeds towards EVs. www.cnn.com/2026/01/08/c...

“What we’re seeing here is overt effort to cancel freedom of scientific thought and inquiry. That should send a chill down the spine of every US citizen.” Great reporting on NCAR's impending breakup, and the scientists fighting it, from @afreedma.bsky.social.

We dissected a Maryland utility bill in this very cool interactive to drill down on what's driving cost spikes. What we found: infrastructure (in this case, replacing ancient gas lines that date back to the 1800s) is a huge factor. w/ @samhart.bsky.social www.cnn.com/interactive/...

"Climate risk data didn’t suddenly become inconvenient; it became harder to ignore in a stressed market.” On Zillow's decision to remove extreme weather risk info from home listings, and pressure on other sites to do the same, via @ellanilsen.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/c...

In an 👀 stat, PJM watchdog Monitoring Analytics said the current price spikes “are almost entirely the result of large load additions from data centers,” and that data centers alone inflated PJM’s latest power price auction by over $9.3 billion.

New: Maryland residents are seeing higher electricity bills driven in large part by new neighbors in Northern Virginia: the world’s biggest cluster of data centers. “We shouldn’t be subsidizing [AI companies],” one MD ratepayer told me. “They have enough money.” www.cnn.com/2025/11/14/c...

“You’re cutting off the next three decades of missions to explore the universe, to learn more about the planets and to learn more about the Earth. It’s a really devastating loss.” @ellanilsen.bsky.social @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

New: Citing need for cost-cutting, NASA is quietly closing buildings at Goddard, giving employees days to pack up highly specialized equipment or risk it getting thrown away, raising alarm. "The things they’re doing don’t actually seem to save money,” one employee said. www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

An important new story on the quiet gutting of one of NASA's most important laboratory campuses, during the federal shutdown. Via @ellanilsen.bsky.social & @jackiewattles.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...

Fill out this form to tell @ellanilsen.bsky.social about how rising electricity prices affect your family! We're reporting on how electricity costs differ around the country and how new infrastructure (including AI datacenters) is affecting the price of power. www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/c...

I wrote about a recent phenomenon worrying scientists: entire mountainsides falling into the ocean in coastal Alaska, triggering monster tsunami waves. It's happened 3 times in the last decade, all close to retreating glaciers. www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...

I love this piece by @ellanilsen.bsky.social about a phenomena I previously had never heard of: Whole-ass mountainsides sliding into the ocean in Alaska, causing tsunamis that could pulverize cruise ships. www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...

One of the biggest tsunami waves on record hit an Alaskan fjord this summer, caused by a massive landslide falling into the ocean near a melting glacier. No one was hurt, despite a Nat Geo cruise ship being 15 miles away, but scientists are anxious it could happen again. www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/c...

First sentence says it all: "Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use." Read the rest of the story though. from @ianjames.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

"The deal with Broadcom would use as much power as 8 million US households" www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/t...

New: Energy Sec. Chris Wright suggested the Trump admin is updating past National Climate Assessments.“We’re reviewing them, and we will come out with updated reports on those and with comments on those reports,” he said. www.cnn.com/2025/08/07/c...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Trump admin is altering previous National Climate Assessments. These were produced by hundreds of climate scientists and mandated by Congress. (1/2)

NEW: The NWS has received permission to hire up to 450 meteorologists/hydrologists/radar technicians after DOGE-related cuts. Agency also given a public safety exemption from federal hiring freeze after losing more than 550 people in those cuts. (1/2)

I wrote about US new power plant additions in the first half of the year, and what's on tap between now and 2030. If I had to some this up in three words, they'd be: solar, batteries, Texas. insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...

The EPA cited my paper in their argument against the endangerment finding today. However, their point is completely backwards: my paper actually supports the EPA's 2009 range of 1.8C to 4C warming by 2100. www.nature.com/artic...

New: The Trump admin commissioned a new report on climate science in conjunction with its proposed endangerment finding repeal, per Energy Sec. Wright. DOE recently hired 3 researchers who have questioned & rejected the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change. www.cnn.com/2025/07/29/c...

“[Children's] small bodies are shutting down — they can’t breathe, their immune systems are collapsing." Meanwhile, Gaza health authorities say more 1,000 people have been shot and killed trying to access food distribution sites backed by Israel and the US. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

If “it is the artist’s job to make the revolution, irresistible,” I went looking for the artists most devoted to Earth repair and the clean energy revolution. See how they are changing live music and discover what gives them hope in these dark days Sunday night on CNN.

Confirming @maxinejoselow.bsky.social 's scoop: DOE has hired 3 prominent climate contrarian's, and mainstream climate scientists are worried about what's next... W/ @ellanilsen.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/c...

Really important reporting by @afreedma.bsky.social and CNN's Investigates team.

2/2 Projects that start construction between 1 year of bill enactment and end of 2027 must be placed in service by end of 2027. Big picture: still a narrow window for clean energy developers, but more breathing room.

Big wind/solar changes in final Senate bill: - no excise tax on wind/solar - bill sets a commence construction deadline for wind/solar projects that start within a year of bill enactment. Those projects get full tech-neutral credit for 1 year, and are spared the 2027 placed in service deadline 1/2

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...

NEW: Trump admin seeks to defund US network of labs that monitor CO2 levels in the atmosphere, including Mauna Loa, home to the famous "Keeling Curve." The moves would also affect weather forecasting centers. www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...

We're out with an interactive on how Trump's bill would raise energy prices in every state in the continental US over the next decade. Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas could see up to 18% higher energy costs by 2035 if Trump’s bill passes. w/ @thatsoph.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/c...

Made gfx/tool based on modelling from @energyinnovation.org that shows that the GOP tax and spending bill will result in larger energy bills for many Americans compared with a scenario where the bill does not pass. Thanks to EI & Ella who worked on me with this: www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/c...

NEW: Republicans killing wind/solar/EV tax credits means annual energy costs will be higher in *every state* in the continental US than they would have if the tax credits stay intact, per @energyinnovation.org data. Red states like SC, OK and TX will be hit hardest. www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/c...

Excellent article with very cool infographic from some of our modeling, courtesy of @cnn.com's @ellanilsen.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/c...

Two new polls from KFF and Washington Post-Ipsos out today both finding negative views of the GOP budget bill: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.kff.org/medicaid/pol...

EPA has told staff overseeing the industrialized Midwest to stop enforcing pollution violations against fossil fuel companies, Rene Marsh & @ellanilsen.bsky.social report: www.cnn.com/politics/epa...

New: The EPA has told staff overseeing the country’s industrialized Midwest — a region plagued by a legacy of pollution — to stop enforcing violations against fossil fuel companies, multiple sources told CNN. www.cnn.com/politics/epa...

Meager snowmelt amid high temperatures in the Colorado River Basin. Lake Mead and Lake Powell are dangerously low: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social

We're expecting another above-average hurricane year as NOAA and FEMA have been hollowed out -- losing thousands of experts and staff. “There almost certainly will be less data for the models," one NOAA staffer said. w/ @afreedma.bsky.social and Gabe Cohen. www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/w...

Equinor says it's losing $50 million a week after the Trump admin stopped the NY Empire wind project, which was fully permitted. The executive's comments here are notable