In March, one of California's top lawmakers wrote to Dodgers owner Mark Walter, urging him to end all oil and gas industry sponsorships. The team wouldn't comment publicly, but turns out they had an answer: Nope. I just got a copy of the letter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/dodgers-wi...

Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air #Pollution Laws: Report @sharonkelly.bsky.social reports for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2025/10/29/m...

"It should shock everyone’s conscience that we have masked armed men behaving like that with a U.S. citizen father and a toddler who were just going to run an errand at Home Depot on a random Tuesday.” Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Climate scientists say confronting climate change is crucial to solving all the problems Bill Gates says he cares about. In-depth panel I hosted earlier this week: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/live-event...

Bill Gates doubled down at Caltech on Monday. Seems to think climate scientists and activists care more about abstract measurements than about human suffering, which makes me wonder how many climate scientists and activists he knows. www.latimes.com/environment/...

When your local reporter needs the same support and protection as a foreign war correspondent: www.poynter.org/business-wor...

“Over and over, it allows its readers to get spun like a basketball on Big Oil’s finger.”

Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪 + Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue) + Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

I am humbled beyond measure to be receiving the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Science Communication from Climate One this year. drawdown.org/news/climate...

While Trump demolished the East Wing and hit up grovelers to pay for a $300-million ballroom, Newsom worked on a much different project. He raised over $100 million to thwart Trump with Proposition 50. George Skelton of @latimes.com still bringing the fire. www.latimes.com/politics/new...

Electricity prices are rising everywhere, with some experts referring to them as the "new eggs" in the cost of living crisis. For older people on fixed incomes, it's yet another strain on their finances. Women in particular are worried. 19thnews.org/2025/11/olde...

MAGA had a total anti-Indian meltdown on social media, revealing a deep, ugly racism toward South Asians. It comes amid the first real rebellion about rampant antisemitism: MAGA's 'big tent' is burning down amid explosion of antisemitism, racism www.latimes.com/california/s...

Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate This streak dies tomorrow Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months This blind spot will remain forever

Highly recommend these eye-opening Water Talk podcast episodes about how local governments and communities are struggling to assess the impacts of data center proposals because of NDAs, etc... - www.watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/epi... - www.watertalkpodcast.com/episodes/epi...

New: There are no employees left at the National Park Service who can plug abandoned oil and gas wells, which can leak methane and contaminate groundwater. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/c...

@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

Incredible visualizations in this piece. Must read: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

“Union baristas mean business and are ready to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract,” Eisen said in a statement. “If Starbucks keeps stonewalling, they should expect to see their business grind to a halt. The ball is in Starbucks’ court.” www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Promises of lower energy bills win big on election day

Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Letter from a climate activist: “It is time for every leader to prove that they value people over polluters. My generation will not stop pushing for policies that match the science and protect our future.”

Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.

How would Maduro’s military respond to a U.S. attack? Venezuela has an arsenal of Russian weapons and armed civilian militias that could mount a guerrilla war, @simonromero.bsky.social reports: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Tensions in the ongoing Colorado River talks: Arizona’s governor criticized officials of the four Upper Basin states for what she called their “extreme negotiating position.” tucson.com/news/local/e...

Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

California voters approved Prop. 50 www.latimes.com/california/l... @latimes.com

“In recent months, a small army of historians, librarians, scientists and other volunteers has fanned out across America’s national parks and museums to photograph and painstakingly archive cultural and intellectual treasures they fear are under threat.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Whoever designs the covers of these UNEP reports deserves a raise. They’re fantastic.

"It could be the last and best chance to save the world’s tropical forests. ... But there are concerns. Forest ecologists warn that the plan’s rulebook is so loose that it could allow payouts for forests even as they are being logged." By Fred Pearce e360.yale.edu/features/tro...

“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...

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: From far away, an L.A. couple grapples with all-too-familiar debate after Dodgers win. Share, porfas!

“This is astonishing; the rate of retreat is just crazy,” said Ted Scambos, a study author and senior research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder. www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/c...

My first science job was as a summer undergraduate intern here working on the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite.

Must watch: Really excellent piece on the work of @mauri-pelto.bsky.social @jillpelto.bsky.social by Ben Tracy and @climatecentral.org for @cbssundaymorning.bsky.social

For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate. Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.

They've been compared to the 'bedbugs' of the Delta. One year since their discovery near the Port of Stockton — a first for North America — golden mussels encrust boats and piers, and threaten water supplies for farms and cities. And there's no help on the way. calmatters.org/environment/...

More than three dozen experts interviewed by @apnews.com said negotiators have already pinned down the goal. "What’s needed now is more money and political will for countries to put decades of words and promises into action and policy." @borenbears.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cop3...

NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.) www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...

Advocates Warn of ‘Forced Labor’ Camp for Homeless People in Utah Designed to Enforce Trump Order www.commondreams.org/news/utah-ho...

California storm to bring strong winds, widespread rain to parts of state #CAwx www.sfchronicle.com/weather-fore...

Carmen’s abusive husband came home drunk one night last summer. He pounded and kicked the door. He threatened to kill her as her young son watched in horror. She helped get him deported. Then the Trump Administration deported Carmen right into his hands. www.latimes.com/california/s...

A major shift in where L.A. gets water: The city will double the size of a project to transform wastewater into purified drinking water, producing enough for 500,000 people. The recycled water will allow L.A. to stop taking water from creeks that feed Mono Lake. www.latimes.com/environment/...

She helped get her violent husband deported. Then ICE deported her — straight into his arms. @racheluranga.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Great piece on the inspiring return of beavers to Glen Canyon 🦫 insideclimatenews.org/news/2710202...

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

In a World Series finale for the ages, Dodgers cement their dynasty in win over Blue Jays