"We show that #climate litigation can lead to the implementation of significant policy changes. The paper concludes by arguing that with each successful climate case taken against a state, the corpus of international jurisprudence grows& reverberates creating a ‘domino effect’ in climate litigation"

This continues to be one of the worst and most dangerous things happening in America. www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

Increasingly, vulnerable NYCers are dying of heat-related causes when temperatures reach 82+. It should be illegal to cut power when temps are over 80. State regulators permit ConEd to cut New Yorkers’ power until temps reach 90 degrees. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/n...

NEW: Falling fossil everywhere: For the first time in 2025, fossil electricity generation fell in EVERY OECD country, compared to its peak. Solar and wind are helping the power sector to transition away from fossil fuels #TAFF

"Our results show that non-survivable conditions are occurring during present-day heat events, all of which are below 35oC wet-bulb temperature. Of concern is regular exceedances of deadly thresholds for older people directly exposed across all events. " #ClimateEmergency

Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.

Scientists are wary of glyphosate. MAHA loathes it. And our yearlong investigation shows California is spraying it everywhere.

“This is the bridge Santa Marta needs to build for mainstream financial audiences: fossil fuel phaseout is not anti-growth. It is a strategy for resilience in a world where fossil dependence increasingly imports geopolitical volatility” www.forbes.com/sites/we-don...

Irish gov is “looking at the plug in solar panels which can be connected directly to domestic electricity circuits, to see if regulatory and safety issues which have prevented their approval for use in Ireland can be overcome.” www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0422/1569632-rooftop-solar-panels/

40 years after the disaster, Chornobyl remains at risk www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Great read. We need a “…full-on assault about affordability, leaning not into the price of eggs, but the price of gas, utilities, and insurance. …All you have to say is: a quick move to clean energy drives down prices.”

BREAKING: Marking 40 years since the Chernobyl disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of “nuclear terrorism” and urges the world to “force Russia to stop its reckless attacks.” 🔴 More on aljazeera.com

"Vaccines prevent three million to five million deaths globally each year. They are not toxic and they do not cause autism.... They made many disease outbreaks a thing of the past.... We are at growing risk of experiencing that misery again." Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/o...

Yes! Another snippet of this great piece: “Subsidised or not, price systems will always allow the wealthy to hoard resources while others suffer. Rather than demanding adjustments to price, perhaps we should be demanding the outright abolition of the price system for goods essential to human life.”

The NY budget is being finalized as we speak. Hidden inside it: a provision that would gut the strongest climate law in the country. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) requires New York to get 70% of its electricity from renewables this decade and cut emissions 40% by 2030.

Gov Hochul is demolishing NY's climate law and raising our energy bills. Read EarthJustice's receipts below. Call Hochul to tell her that you are angry: (518) 474-8390. readme.readmedia.com/HERE-S-EVERY...

In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins

The silver-spoon HHS secretary can’t stand to see people—mainly women—get paid for care work in the home.

JP Morgan's report on tipping points is both extremely terrifying and extremely weird how they aren't screaming in 72-point font AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO KILL FOSSIL FUELS jpmorgan.celero.site/s/ab29c67c/c...

Trump's attack on civil society continues. Next up, the Southern Poverty Law Center www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Had a great time chatting with @yessfun.com about why environmental journalists should be covering crackdowns on protest. www.sej.org/publications...

As fuel prices soar, climate leaders urge Democrats to equate clean energy with affordability [via @theguardian.com]

This author deserves your attention far more than RFK Jr... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...

We need a national ban on gerrymandering. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NEW! REACT Intervention Reenrolls Nearly Twice as Many Students Who Have Stopped Attending College www.mdrc.org/work/publica...

#AMOC thread with interesting science research sources for further reading.

'Bluebells at Wisley' by contemporary UK painter Susan Entwistle #womensart

Artwork by contemporary artist Katja Lang #Womensart

Another indication of our climate-changed future. #climate phys.org/news/2026-04...

Keystone, NJ “The old Aeromarine landfill has been cited multiple times over the last five decades for being improperly sealed off, and for leaching at least five known carcinogens, as well as other toxins.” It later became a hang-out site for teenagers. www.nj.com/news/2026/04...

Heat pump orders up 2x in a month. Solar panel inquiries up 250%. EV leases up 85%. The Iran crisis has made energy security feel personal. I understand why: I have solar panels, a heat pump & EV on a flexible tariff. When gas prices spike, my bills barely move. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Lately I've been thinking a lot about science, scicomm, and the crazy world we live in. And yeah. Now I'm completely reworking my newsletter. Because I feel like us science folks — scientists, scicommers, journalists, everyone who believes in science and truth as a force for good — need to talk.

Cloughjordan 💖 www.rte.ie/news/regiona...

Protect NY’s climate law…Every little helps! act.nyrenews.org/clean-energy...

A 91-year-old peace activist has crossed Ireland on foot and arrived in Dublin to petition the government to bar US military flights via Shannon Airport. Lelia Doolan completed a two-week, 220km (138 mile) trek on Wednesday accompanied by throngs of supporters. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

NEW YORK FRIENDS! Join me and the smart kids at @foodandwater.bsky.social tomorrow, 4/16 for an online meeting re: the campaign to stop then build out of water-destroying, electricity-sucking, air polluting, noise polluting data centers in our beloved state. www.mobilize.us/fww/event/92...

Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening

Formula E is inspiring EV technology developments which will benefit all of us, and the Envision team have adopted the climate stripes on their car to start more climate conversations Read about why this partnership is important: thereadingreporter.substack.com/p/the-race-t...

Been on this particular trip many times, but it never gets less crazy: Every single site that has ever handled fossil fuels, ever, is toxic. You are surrounded by this legacy, you see it every day, and if we labelled even a fraction of it, it would blow the politics of energy transition wide open.

‘Without them there is no life on Earth’: why interest in #fungi conservation is mushrooming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The story of ed tech is a repeated loop of massive hype and massive disappointment See MOOCs, and now AI Evidence can interrupt this unproductive cycle The Stanford SCALE Initiative, led by rock star Prof Susanna Loeb, brings evidence to the conversation scale.stanford.edu/sites/defaul...

Real talk www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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NYT bias in coverage of Mamdani: he “hustled up a litany of quick accomplishments” as though it’s a bad or trivial thing. The free 3K had me wondering if I could squeeze out another baby in my mid 40s. These are life-changing policy wins!! “Litany…” 🙄 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/n...

Love a strong protest, but putting profits ahead of the wellbeing of households, social services, etc., is… bad. “The [farmer and haulier] protests have led to… around 600 service stations [1 in 3] having run out of diesel and petrol.” www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

I have been writing about EVs at WSJ for a decade and this is the first year that so many readers are fans of them that when I asked for their tips on switching, responses *poured* in. The energy transition isn't gonna happen fast but it IS happening. 🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/business/aut...

“More than a million people — roughly a fifth of the population — have been forced from their homes” Free link www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/w...

"sorry I can't come to your once-in-250-years party. I'll be busy doing something it would actually make much more logical sense to do four days later. I bumped it up on purpose so I could throw it in your face. eat shit forever, amen" there is no hater on earth like a hater from Chicago