Larry Ellison pledges $40-billion personal guarantee for Paramount’s Warner Bros. bid www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @megjames.bsky.social

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Well this is interesting. Google parent company Alphabet is buying San Francisco-based Intersect — a major renewable energy development — for $4.75 billion: www.wsj.com/tech/ai/alph...

Wrote about my least favorite op-ed in the New York Times last week. Yes the one by @mattyglesias.bsky.social about climate change. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/matthew-yg...

Enjoyed chatting with @revkin.bsky.social!

A fun (albeit depressing) moment from my climate journalism chat with former @latimes.com Boiling Point author @sammyroth.bsky.social about his Climate Colored Goggles project on Substack and the general state of things Full convo and links in the #sustainwhat post below. 1/

Read this. @sammyroth.bsky.social gets it.

Good takedown of Matt Yglesias wrong-headed advice to D candidates to ignore climate and embrace oil and gas from @sammyroth.bsky.social www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/matthew-yg...

Trump's social media and cryptocurrency company is merging with a nuclear fusion company. Experts say that's a conflict of interest as Trump promotes nuclear energy: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b... via @rebeccafelliott.bsky.social @bradplumer.bsky.social

Jimmy Kimmel Will Deliver Britain’s ‘Alternative Christmas Message’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/w...

Seriously though, renewable energy companies should keep tripping over themselves to remind the Trump administration that clean power can help with American energy dominance. That might still work. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Kerri Abatti, estranged wife of #ImperialCounty farming mogul, Mike Abatti, was shot and killed in her home in Pinetop, AZ on 11/20. Who was she? Why did she go to #Pinetop? photos: @caitlin_oh www.latimes.com/california/s...

Wrote about my least favorite op-ed in the New York Times last week. Yes the one by @mattyglesias.bsky.social about climate change. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/matthew-yg...

Sammy Roth on Climate, Culture and the Changing Media Environment Linkedin www.linkedin.com/events/74081... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWcR... Facebook www.facebook.com/events/11932...

Join me LIVE with @sammyroth.bsky.social at the top of the hour (12 pm ET) to discuss his new climate journalism push on Substack and more. three ways to watch and engage below. @coveringclimatenow.org #journalism 1/

This is so so bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

Once a pariah, Saudi Arabia is now Hollywood’s hot cash source www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

California, the biggest water user in the basin, pitches Colorado River framework: nevadacurrent.com/2025/12/17/c...

Nevada's top water regulator was abruptly fired. Big deal in the nation's driest state: thenevadaindependent.com/article/it-w...

Perfect example of the auto industry's marketing genius btw: The Ford Mustang gets the theme park treatment in L.A. Can experiences get Gen Z to buy cars? www.latimes.com/travel/story... via @toddmartens.bsky.social

How to identify the geological wonders in L.A’s mountains www.latimes.com/travel/newsl... via @jaclyncosgrove.bsky.social

The old mythology was that a star might be discovered at Schwab’s lunch counter or in an audition room. Hollywood has always chased the “it factor.” What happens when the performer is, quite literally, an it?

“Consuming media today is so easy, it’s like resting on a royal pillow, being fanned by ostrich feathers while someone brings you grapes. It’s nice to be comfortable, but make sure you’re leaving the palace gates to look around once in a while.” Via @mattdpearce.com.

In a divided America, Rob Reiner was a tenacious liberal who connected with conservatives

Who could have guessed this House of Representatives would pass permitting reform that was better for fossil fuels than for renewables? insideclimatenews.org/news/1812202...

Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly. Critics say that's a dangerous fiction. Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one! www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...

California’s Westlands Water District approved a plan to convert huge amounts of San Joaquin Valley farmland to solar power: sjvsun.com/ag/westlands...

California passed a law to let state officials fast-track renewable energy projects facing intense scrutiny by local governments. The first time they got a chance to use it, they rejected a wind farm: www.sfchronicle.com/climate/arti... via @kurtisalexander.bsky.social

Please @netflix.com, make this happen. Pay all the money. deadline.com/2025/12/matt...

California officials voted to reduce utility profit margins, but not nearly as much as consumer advocates hoped they would. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Colorado River negotiators met in Las Vegas this week, and no progress was made. coloradosun.com/2025/12/19/c...

Netflix and iHeartMedia announce video podcast deal www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

What the Oscars moving to YouTube means for broadcast TV www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @joshrottenberg.bsky.social @stevebattaglio.bsky.social

Great explainer of the wildfire-climate connection here. www.latimes.com/california/s...

On a $1 houseboat, one of the Palisades fire’s ‘great underdogs’ fights to stay afloat www.latimes.com/environment/... via @nohaggerty.bsky.social

A researcher whose home burned down in the Palisades fire is using computer simulations to try to design a fire-proof Palisades: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @nohaggerty.bsky.social

L.A.'s water system wasn't built to handle an urban inferno like the Palisades fire, especially not in the climate change era. Here's what it might take to upgrade the hydrants and reservoirs for modern firefights: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @ianjames.bsky.social

"Since October’s explosion, there have been more than a dozen reported incidents of unplanned flaring at Chevron’s refinery in El Segundo, according to air district data. Each one raises the question: What happened?" www.latimes.com/environment/...

California will spend $115 million over six years to drive down the cost of ultra-efficient, climate-friendly plug-in heat pumps and induction stove. Super cool! www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social

Shot: The U.S. Energy Department's internal watchdog will investigate the Trump administration's cancellation of $8 billion in clean energy grants in blue states: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @hayleysmith.bsky.social

L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center saw 46% more visits for heart attacks than usual during the 90 days after the Palisades and Eaton fires ignited. Also unusual blood test results increased 118%. Chilling stuff from @corinnepurtill.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...

Preemptively cutting off power to prevent destructive wildfires: no longer just a California thing. Almost like there is some underlying trend... coloradosun.com/2025/12/18/c...

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The Imperial Valley grows your winter vegetables, drains the Colorado River and generates tons of solar. Also public corruption runs rampant and a farm baron's wife just got killed under mysterious circumstances. Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...

Many problems with this @mattyglesias.bsky.social op-ed, but the biggest is that he continues to ignore vast real-world differences between reducing emissions slowly and quickly because they're politically inconvenient. "Net zero" was not dreamed up by an activist. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

If you like "Yellowstone" you'll love this story by @sammyroth.bsky.social about a real-life powerful ranching family in Imperial County and the mysterious murder of one of its members. open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

The Imperial Valley grows your winter vegetables, drains the Colorado River and generates tons of solar. Also public corruption runs rampant and a farm baron's wife just got killed under mysterious circumstances. Did someone say climate murder mystery? www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/mike-abatt...

Senators dig into FCC chairman’s role in Jimmy Kimmel controversy www.latimes.com/entertainmen... via @megjames.bsky.social

Old enough to remember when you had to pretend to go to war over oil. www.latimes.com/world-nation...