Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

HeatMap: Climate Change Is Already Costing U.S. Households Up to $900 Per Year A new working paper from a trio of eminent economists tallies the effects of warming — particularly extreme weather — on Americans’ budgets. (December 01, 2025 ) https://heatmap.news/economy/climate-costs-insurance […]

COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass. Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.

Recently back from #COP30. This is spot on- "if it wasn’t clear already, fundamental changes must now be made in the UNFCCC rules. A small number of rogue nations cannot be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world."

To recap: My law firm represented Black and Latino voters in striking down Texas' new congressional map. The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.

Wednesday 3:21 pm: A 252 mph wind measured by a dropsonde (weather instrument dropped from Hurricane Reconnaissance flight to observe wind/temperature/dewpoint as it descends to the surface) in Hurricane Melissa is the strongest wind on record measured in a hurricane: news.ucar.edu/133047/recor...

If a 2003-style heatwave hit Europe today, at ~1.5°C warming, it could cause ~18k deaths in a week, rising to ~32k at 3°C. Even with current adaptation, extreme-heat mass-mortality events remain plausible. Every 0.1°C of warming matters.... www.nature.com/articles/s41...

NEW: As world leaders meet at #COP30, Oxford research reveals which countries are turning climate promises into action and which aren’t. 🌍 The Climate Policy Monitor gives the clearest picture yet of how national laws stack up against global climate goals. 🧵 [1/10]

Zohran Mamdani would not be the first Dem socialist Mayor of NYC. Other Mayors, like LaGuardia and Dinkins, governed like socialists and/or embraced socialism. Though "City Hall has never had a leader with ties quite that close to democratic socialism," as Mamdani. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

Hoping for more candidates like this. We need to reclaim Christianity and the moral/ethical high ground from those who have used it as a weapon against the most powerless and marginalized populations in our society. substack.com/@luciaromano...

12 Benchmarks of our slide to autocracy. We are not there yet, but we will be if we are complacent. I found this a useful read from the NY Times editorial board. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NOAA aerial imagery is coming in. Hurricane Melissa literally turned western Jamaica from green to brown. Vegetation damage is immense — recovery will take years.

“To watch a glacier collapse is to feel the full weight of climate change.” Former Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s new piece for Meidas+ is a breathtaking, and heartbreaking, firsthand look at Alaska’s vanishing world.

It's smart politics and ultimately more responsive to everyday voters' concerns to push for policies to achieve"energy affordability," understanding that addressing climate change (mitigation) is embedded in the DNA of those policies. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

“.. Penn has rejected the White House’s proposed preferential funding compact, according to a Thursday email to the University community.” www.thedp.com/article/2025...

Brown rejected the compact! www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

Worth a read. Why you should blame the current administration when your energy bills go up. "You do not have to care about climate change to believe that clean energy is an important and strategic resource." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

As the current national administration seeks to prop up coal -- a highly polluting and uneconomic technology of the past -- the global economy and investors are sending a very different signal about where the future of energy is headed: www.eenews.net/articles/ren...

NEW STUDY Since I was born, 500 Black neighborhoods have vanished And 500,000 Black people have been lost All due to urban revitalization projects Like the one for LA’s new coliseum — for the Clippers and ‘26 Olympics — that’s destroying Inglewood @adamlmahoney.bsky.social @capitalb.bsky.social

U.S. climate and energy federalism at work! www.eenews.net/articles/col...

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

"You're here for a reason. Find the reason and do your bit." Dr. Jane knew what her reason was. And she did her part. Do you know your reason? Are you doing your part? You can help move forward the work that Dr. Jane started: JaneGoodall.ca/RememberingJane.

In order for the United States to become a party to the International Criminal Court and have our officials be subject to trial at The Hague, the US Senate would need to ratify the Rome statute by a two-thirds vote. Let’s start running on that.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

This is a video summary of www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... about what has halted collapses of Democracy before. Via @bwyble.bsky.social by @marinanord.bsky.social (of @hertieschool.bsky.social, coincidentally!) @fabioangiolillo.bsky.social @silindberg.bsky.social & al.

The EPA is attempting to deny climate change and rollback critical scientific findings.     Unlike our federal government, I know climate change is real and I'm taking action to fight back.

New on MSNBC: According to the court transcript, only 14 of the 23 grand jurors voted in favor of indicting James Comey on the two counts that went forward.

It's remarkable that Mamdani has successfully courted the establishment and broadened his voting base without moving right on policy. His platform remains in tact. He has backtracked from language he used in the past, but not given policy concessions to centrists. newrepublic.com/article/2009...

🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court RULES that election officials violated voter’s rights by rejecting mail-in ballots with technical errors without notifying voters. Voters must be given notice their ballots won’t count so they can challenge the disqualification or cast a provisional ballot.

To our national democratic leaders, please take note. Let's embrace and not run from the next gen of leaders.🙏🏾 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...

Jimmy Kimmel: “Maybe most of all, I want to thank the people who don’t support my show and what I believe, but support my right to share those beliefs anyway. People I never would have imagined, like Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul. Even my old pal Ted Cruz.”

Climate change refers to long-term temperature & weather shifts, which can occur naturally but have been mainly driven by human activity since the 1800s. Follow the #ClimateSummit as countries discuss the future of our planet and get the latest facts: www.un.org/en/climatech...

Hours after we sent a letter signed by over 450 artists and 40K others defending free speech, ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel will return to air. Other companies should heed this warning: We the people are watching.

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in UCLA medical research grants. The grants were suspended over allegations of campus antisemitism, use of race in admissions, and recognition of transgender identities.

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Walsh is a retired four star general, former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a senior position in the CIA, and was on the board of a major defense contractor. That is who is being accused of "leftist ideology." If it wasn't clear the target is not "leftist ideology" it's higher education.

That was fast. This is also why you don’t surrender to autocrats - you fight them and beat them.

9-0 SCOTUS ruling from last year: “Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors.”

Three quarters of the news stories studied were shared without clicking and reading the article - something I’m guilty of myself all too often. But it’s not good practice! “virality of political content on social media (including misinfo) is driven by superficial processing of headlines and blurbs”

This is huge. Among other reasons the Gov is endorsing him, she says: "...[I]n light of the abhorrent and destructive policies coming out of Washington every day, I needed to know the next mayor will not be someone who would surrender one inch to President Trump." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

Gift Link: Read article without a subscription. A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Washington Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame." wapo.st/45Yk0vl

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina, Climate Week NYC 2025, rising threat to NYC food system, distinguished fellows program, glacial ice loss, chat with Professor @sheilarose.bsky.social, new faculty, more from Columbia Climate School and State of the Planet! ➡️ us8.campaign-archive.com?e=17f790cedd...

Couldn’t have said it better myself…

The Supreme Court is taking on a case that challenges part of the Voting Rights Act. It ensures voters of color can elect representatives of their choice. I'm leading a group of AGs to defend this law and protect voting rights for everyone in our country.

"Since 2016 the Democratic Party has consisted of two things: the Sanders left and efforts to defeat it. Abundance is the latest effort, a closed parenthesis in the halfhearted sentence of contemporary liberalism."

Having taught at two Jesuit universities (Fordham and Georgetown), I am happy to see this Op-Ed that aligns DEI with Jesuit values. From my former Dean at both places, William Treanor. www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.

Sadly emblematic of how much we've retrenched in a few months.“Are we that much of a threat to society that we have to be policed like this?” ...“There was some true equality that was starting to form within our nation, but now it’s just like we took 100 steps back.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...