2025 was a wild year for many of us working on the climate front. I spoke with over a dozen US-based investors about where they think smart green money should — or shouldn’t — head to this year. (Gift link 👇 ) For @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Happy holidays to everyone! 💝 It's time for some good (climate) news (gift link below 👇) Story for @bloomberg.com w/ my colleagues @lauramillan.bsky.social @oliviarudgard.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exc with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social: Former British ambassadors are being paid to lobby for pro-Putin, genocide deniers in Srpska. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...

Not sure what presents to give your love ones this holiday season? @oliviarudgard.bsky.social and I have you covered with a green gift guide that includes climate-friendly choices. Enjoy, and happy holidays! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped

COPs are all about super-technical diplomatic talk, but also about people. Those who go there harbor memories of all sorts and this year we dug out a few. We asked climate celebs like @laurencetubiana.bsky.social what their best COP memories are. Read them for FREE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New: California Governor Gavin Newsom seized the mantle of US climate leadership at COP30 in Brazil in the face of Trump hostility to climate action. Here's the data on how the world's fourth-largest economy is decarbonizing and slashing emissions. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

A few months ago @thelocal.to got a promising pitch from a writer with bylines in whole bunch of reputable publications—The Cut, The Guardian, Dwell, Architectural Digest, etc. Then I started investigating. Here's a story about fabulists in journalism's AI slop era. thelocal.to/investigatin...

Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules. Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New from me: At COP30, the countries most vulnerable to climate change say the world needs to focus on adaptation — but not at the expense of cutting emissions. Gift link:

Exclusive: The Home Office secretly funded a boyband to tour schools in Muslim areas and sing songs about 7/7. By me, for PoliticsHome. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

New type of climate dad just dropped

Scoop: The UN sent Brazilian officials a letter demanding improvements to security and poor conditions at COP30, including stifling heat and flooding inside the venue. Gift link:

New from me: London is struggling to adapt to the climate-changed reality of more flash-flooding, and insurers are spooked. That's made it harder to get cover for high-end properties with basements, creating an insurance time-bomb and increasing demand for property-level protections. Gift link.

New from me: I spoke to two scientists who originally helped spread the use of carbon capture. They now say it's being misused. Here's why (gift link):

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

Why have green stocks become one of this year’s most lucrative bets despite political headwinds? And is this rally a real comeback or a flash in the pan? Natasha White, Alastair Marsh, and I spoke with experts to find out www.bloomberg.com/news/article... For @bloomberg.com #greenstocks

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...

Most people don't have high expectations from COP30. But with the US govt intent on wrecking climate policies at home and abroad, things could get testy. For a preview, tune into a conversation later today with Bloomberg's crack team on the ground at COP30. www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...

We solved climate change! At least in the climate game, Daybreak. All it took was some climate reporters and scientists working together, an all-out effort to decarbonize the world and enhance natural carbon sinks, and CO₂ removal (CDR) and solar radiation modification (SRM) deployments. Easy. 1/2

Exclusive: The Attorney General is a defendant in a torture claim from a Libyan military commander and sanctioned ‘terrorist’ that he represented until weeks before the 2024 election www.politicshome.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🚨 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 🎁🔗

New from @emmarcourt.bsky.social and me: In 2020, in the dying days of his first term, President Trump signed into law a plan to phase down powerful 'super-pollutants' in fridges and air conditioners. Five years later, he's reversing course. What changed? Gift link:

Unfortunately The i Paper is making several reporters redundant today, and my role is one of them. I'm very proud of the work I've published over the last three years, and I'm looking forward to continuing my reporting freelance. Want to chat? Drop me an email, text or DM.

Extraordinary scenes unfolding at the global meeting to put a charge on shipping carbon emissions. "The United States is waging war against multilateralism, UN diplomacy and climate diplomacy, at this meeting now, inside the building and outside the building." 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New: Last year when I wrote about a startup, Atoco, with a game-changing technology to extract water from air, founder and UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi was mentioned as a future Nobel winner. Now he's a 2025 laureate in chemistry, a boon for Atoco. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Generate Capital PBC, a major financier for green projects in the US, has cut staff as the withdrawal of the US's policy support upends the clean energy investing landscape. Sharing @bloomberg.com scoop that came out last night. By @mchediak.bsky.social and me www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Exc: 13 Afghans who worked with the British Army are being deported back to Afghanistan despite being under the care of the British High Commission in Pakistan after delays getting them to the UK. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

NEW: Bloomberg obtained 100s of pages of agency emails & other docs via FOIA, shedding new light on how disaster-related misinfo affects the govt's emergency response, sucks up resources & puts staff at risk. with @zhirji.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚨Hot off the press🔥 LIGHTS OUT How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Glaciers in Central Asia have long managed to withstand rising temperatures and changing weather patterns. But now, the outlook is worsening. My latest for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I love this so much

This summer, I visited Glen Kenny's heat lab in Ottawa to see where he -- and many others -- repeatedly put their bodies on the line to better understand how high heat can damage the human body and how to keep people safe. Full story @bloomberg.com with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

New: Some of the world's best chefs are switching to induction for reasons that are nothing to do with climate and everything to do with how they run their professional kitchens. Featuring some (hopefully) mouthwatering dish descriptions - I'm no food critic but I did my best! Gift link:

Had a fun time writing about bread and circuses vs. bread and roses and whether in crises we're allowed to have fun. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/circuses-vs-...

Extreme heat is taking a toll on the US’s aging bridges. Here comes the "bridge doctors" who enlist AI and automation to detect hidden dangers before it's too late. My latest for @bloomberg.com (read on for free for 7 days) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... #infrastructureresilience #climatetech

Millions are confronting a terrifying reality: When sweat can’t evaporate, heat kills. Incredible on-the-ground reporting & photos by colleagues in India. Gift link:

Something for the weekend.. Did you know you could go 'wild' swimming in Canary Wharf? What London's most unlikely open water swimming spot tells us about how work & life is changing. Gift link:

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

Great story about how Europe's tourism industry is changing because of climate change. We always take our summer holiday in September now in part because no kids & it's cheaper but also because peak summer heat in southern Europe just doesn't sound that fun to me any more

‘What if the real doomer scenario is that we pollute the internet and the planet, reorient our economy and leverage ourselves, outsource big chunks of our minds, realign our geopolitics and culture, and fight endlessly over a technology that never comes close to delivering on its grandest promises?’

!!! A church will be moved down the road on Tuesday! It'll be live-streamed. It's wild. It's in Kiruna, Sweden's most northern town (I've been there): the whole town is being moved to get to iron ore under it. The church is wooden and square, inspired by Sami tents. lkab.com/en/events/th...

'In many ways, the summer of 1976 was Britain’s first real taste of a new normal.' Really great data-packed story and thread here about the mythical 1976 heat wave and what it tells us about climate change.

Netflix should do "Senescence"

Very interesting that if you don't use words like 'EV' or 'micromobility' or 'bicycle' people really love small electric vehicles that allow them an escape from the hassle of driving an SUV

Some of the most commonly prescribed & over-the-counter drugs share the same little-known side effect: increasing the risk of heat-related illness. Examples range from antihistamines (i.e. Benadryl) to diuretics (i.e. chlorthalidone), and many more. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New from me: Two major UK heat pump installers have been told not to run their ads again without information about who is eligible for government subsidies. Ruling follows a similar decision last week about Octopus's heat pump ads. Gift link:

New from me & @bloomberg.com colleagues @priazrocha.bsky.social & Eamon Farhat: A fresh salvo in a series of very public disagreements between Centrica and Octopus Energy. And of course it's about heat pumps. Gift link:

Talking to these lovely filmmakers prompted me to look up toad crossings near where I live. It's a nice opportunity for some volunteering, if you're in the market for that. (gift link):