In light of policy arguments over the cost of climate action, a trio of economists ask: how much is climate change costing Americans right now? heatmap.news/economy/clim...

This is the first time in 60 years that a president has deployed a state’s National Guard for a domestic operation without the governor’s request.

Join me on Thursday, May 8th at 2pm PT for another YouTube live virtual office hour. This week's topics: the ongoing spring heatwave in California, dispelling widely circulating misinformation re: weather radar, & another federal update. #CAwater #CAfire youtube.com/live/6x7...

Thanks for citing @rockymtninst.bsky.social in this coverage re: how much $$ single-family households would save by switching from gas furnaces and conventional air conditioners to heat pumps in LA County.

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

Harvard sues the Trump administration in federal court over its multibillion dollar cuts to the university’s research funding, accusing the White House of undertaking an arbitrary and unconstitutional campaign. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Full stop

Trump administration fires National Park Service workers en masse, orders national parks to remain open anyway: www.latimes.com/california/s... via @hannahcwiley.bsky.social

Thank you, Eric, for documenting this reality to readers.

Thank you to the brilliant @sarahlazarovic.bsky.social for so many takeaways from this event, such as: “Energy policy is complicated… but sometimes we overcomplicate things. We need to speak directly and assertively, whether on LinkedIn, or in the news, or at an event.”

The FBI is now moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for “conspiracy to defraud the United States.” This comes after EPA Director Lee Zeldin eliminated the EPA headquarters in D.C. and 10 other regional offices.

Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.

In case you thought things couldn't get more idiotic: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

If you missed @weatherwest.bsky.social live on @kqedforum.bsky.social, visit here www.kqed.org/forum/201010... for the full discussion.

Sharp as a tack

NEW: NOAA cuts jeopardize some hurricane hunter flights, as crews are down to minimum staffing levels for 24/7 operations. www.axios.com/2025/03/06/n...

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

US companies are downplaying climate work to avoid negative Trump attention. European companies are downplaying climate work to avoid greenwashing accusations. Welcome to the "greenhushing" era. Great read by @oliviarudgard.bsky.social @cocojournalist.bsky.social: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Once again, if you voted for Trump because you thought he'd lower your grocery bills, I have some very bad news for you. news.bloomberglaw.com/internationa...

Bezos has it exactly wrong. If the Post editorial page is to laser focus on one theme it should be the daily destruction of democracy (not some lame Randian notion of "free markets.")

One pernicious step after another, Bezos encroached on the Post editorial policy. Today he seized it fully. The old Washington Post is gone. I'll never write for it again as long as he's the owner.

Hello y'all, #CERAweek is fast approaching in #houston. If you're a journalist who's covering #energy #resilience #adaptation #economy, I'd love to hear from you. ☀️

So yeah not only is that unacceptable but needs to be legally/formally challenged. A terse statement/letter from WHCA won't cut it

🚨NEWS: Massive layoffs are about to hit the IRS -- around 10,000 employees -- potentially in the middle of filing season. Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities. -- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson

BTW, if you work in the weather/climate/disaster/emergency management space and are/were a federal employee who has been fired in recent hours/days, there are multiple journalists interested in speaking to you (and will be watching replies on this thread).

➡️ January 20: FAA director fired ➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen ➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded ➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees ➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again!

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it. Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice. But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word. They aren’t firing for a reason.

If you're a #journalist who's headed the World Economic Forum in Davos this month, I'd love to hear from you! ☀️ ❄️ #davos #wef #switzerland #wef2025

The truth by @sammyroth.bsky.social: "...a global economy built on fossil fuels — and a U.S. political establishment funded in great part by fossil fuel corporations and their allies — brought us to this point."

All of our coverage is free and open to the public here: www.latimes.com/california/l...

The Truth. @billmckibben.bsky.social: "The great casualties in CA today are people and animals and buildings... But the steady loss of intelligence in our nation and our world worries me the most. Even as the stakes grow higher, we’re losing our hard-won ability to understand the world around us."

Ok this is wild. In 2020, California's state insurer of last resort program had $436 million of exposure in the Pacific Palisades zip code. Four years later, in Sept 2024, they had ~$3 billion in exposure (~7x more) in that single zip code (90272).

Links for LA Fire 🔥 Mutual aid at tinyurl.com/lafiremutualaid

Back for Day 2 #mini1000. Here’s to a day full of surprises. My word? "Abundance."

Here we go #mini1000! Five days of #writing 1,000 words. ✍🏼✍🏼✍🏼✍🏼

As the prophecies foretold, it is time for Jacquelyn's 2024 Holiday Gift Book Recommendation Thread! This is an annual tradition where I share some of my favorite reads that came out each year to help you shop for your friends, coworkers, and family (and also yourself, because let's be honest).

My inaugural post on Bluesky: A poem written by the incredible poet Nikki Giovanni, whom the world recently lost: "i mean it’s my house and i want to fry pork chops and bake sweet potatoes and call them yams cause i run the kitchen and i can stand the heat"