Must-read debut @crampell.bsky.social newsletter for @thebulwark.com explains the hidden costs of Trump’s tariffs… …and asks whether he’ll be smart enough to let the Supreme Court kill them www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...

“Where are we heading? Are we subject to the whims of a madman? For the first time in most people’s memory, our economic future seems uncertain for a new reason: The immediate past cannot tell us what comes next.”

My 22 yo took this tonight. You can’t tell from the photo, but it has a double halo. Beautiful evening!

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

So glad to see this www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

these people obviously have not read the Gates memo

“Hoping that clean energy will be absolutely cheaper than fossil fuels at a scale needed to decarbonize our energy system is a gamble – and one with loaded dice.”

“The election of two new public service commissioners represents a seismic change in Georgia’s energy landscape and reflects a new politics of electricity in America.” heatmap.news/politics/ali...

Good take on the Bill Gates memo, imo. While reading it, I was reflecting on the 2023 power outage in Davis, CA, which happened during an extreme heatwave. It was 116 when our power shut off from heat having damaged our utility’s equipment. A hotter world makes these kinds of mishaps riskier.

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“But the dipole now appears to be a solid 100-150 miles farther south than earlier anticipated–and this has substantial implications for northern California even as southern California continues to be dry and mild.”

Strong article on many aspects of the insurance crisis in California. Particularly appreciate the attention to the exceptions to the 85% market share rule. California Promised Insurance Relief, But Delivered Loopholes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/u...

“Only through the revelation of hidden knowledge and the cracking of codes by a righteous minority can the malefactors be unmasked and defeated. The morality is as simplistic as the narrative is complex: It is a battle between good and evil.”

This means less disaster reporting at a time when we desperately need it.

“Among national broadcast stations, coverage peaked in 2021 and has been falling ever since, according to the Media and Climate Change Observatory.” And now this ⬇️ Incredibly disappointing!

If he decides to use a nuclear weapon, someone will finally stop him, right? Right?!

“Major report warns planet approaching tipping points" | New article by Alan Murphy for @weatheire.bsky.social: weatheire.com/news/climate...

A lot of records set, along with this one: “First hurricane to force two hurricane hunter missions to abort (one by NOAA on Oct. 27, one by the Air Force on Oct. 28).”

Remember when social media was a useful tool for assessing damage post-disaster, instead of having to fish through fake photos made with AI garbage? That was nice.

“Their polling addiction ignores more complex political instruments telling them that the working class isn’t just white men and that centrism isn’t enough to bring white voters back into the fold.” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...

I've had to update the plot of the strongest tropical cyclones by ocean basin all too often in recent years, since climate change increases the number of high-end storms. Melissa has joined the club, tied with Dorian (2019) as strongest Atlantic hurricane recorded outside the Gulf of Mexico.

“And even though there were differing opinions on where the boundaries should be drawn or even whether there should be any wilderness at all, the conversation was just that: a conversation, and a civil one at that.” —Jonathan P. Thompson open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible. Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.

Melissa is strengthening as it has now made the turn north en route to landfall in Jamaica. Thoughts and prayers to that nation in what is going to be a horrific night and morning.

I could not recommend this book more.

If you found that piece convincing, please read this alternative analysis: cepr.net/publications...

A renewed bout of intensification is likely ongoing with Melissa as the central dense overcast continues to appreciably cool after sunset. Also noticing the development of an enveloped eyewall lightning (EEL) signature here, often a signature of a high end category 4 or 5 hurricane

New Weather West post out this evening: "Following a cool and wet October, a much warmer and drier November to come across California." I'll talk more about this in Monday's YT livestream, in addition to Hurricane #Melissa. #CAwx #CAfire

There will be a tipping point, where the acceptance of violating the law spreads well beyond Trump. Lawful/peaceful societies are built around voluntary acceptance of laws and rules--with some, but limited, need for enforcement. We're headed for a cultural shift that will be hard to reign back in

But look at all that prescribed fire on the ground in NorCal at the moment (thanks to this snapshot from the Watch Duty app!). Conditions where it's not raining are generally quite favorable for getting some "good fire" on the ground at the moment. #CAwx #CAfire

Latest model projections regarding #Melissa are painting an increasingly dire scenario for Jamaica and possibly western Hispaniola (esp. Haiti) in terms of widespread risk of catastrophic flooding from exceptional rainfall amounts--possibly exceeding 3-4 feet (30-40+ inches).

👀 Largest solar and wind developer in the United States, NextEra, is on the list of companies that paid for the destruction of the White House.

And this: “The more important question, he believes, is whether AI’s overall impact on the world will end up justifying the water it consumes. And as he told me, ‘the jury is really out’ on that for now.”

“‘The water impact is slightly overblown,’ he told me. Data centers ‘still use a lot less water than golf courses.’” Interesting read on water use and data centers by @kbrigham.bsky.social heatmap.news/climate-tech...

“But there is at least one group of EPA employees who the Trump administration considers “essential,” and are still on the job: the people making it legal for coal plants to release more mercury into the environment.” @emorwee.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

This doesn't sound good ...

the republican governor of utah spencer cox cites my story about esmeralda 7’s apparent cancelation to criticize the trump administration: “this is how we lose the AI/energy arms race with china”

“These achievements have led to analysts referring to China as the world’s first significant “electrostate”, a global manufacturing superpower with a rising share of industry coming from electricity…and an economy increasingly driven by clean tech.” bsky.app/profile/janr...

One of his many thrones Cat pics because the news is brutal

"World’s tropical forests are getting younger and that’s a major problem for the climate -- 140 million tons of above-ground carbon are lost per year because old-growth forests are being replaced by younger stands." 🌍 www.zmescience.com/ecology/worl...

“I hike back over the snow-covered dunes from the frozen lake, thinking of glacial moraines and the thousand-foot wall of ice that made them.” Finding meaning in place through time and experience, of oneself and others. A beautiful piece!

Here's the TOTAL budgets of some other agencies that are being cut so the Admin can send $20B your tax dollars to their ideological friends: - EPA (clean air and water): $9.1B - NOAA (weather forecasts, warn if hurricane coming): $6.8B - DOE EERE (energy efficiency & renewable energy): $3.4B

Hanging onto every bit of good news The river has come alive in the Klamath with wild Chinook salmon. The wider ecosystem is healing. This most powerful story of Indigenous-led #rewilding after the largest dam removal in US history keeps getting better. lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/oct/9/o...

Here we go again. Go get em Coastal Commission. @thecacoast.bsky.social. www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/10/09/c...

This seems bad.

Well, folks, personal news: After 7 years, today is my last day with @latimes.com. It's been a privilege working with some of the world's best journalists at my hometown paper. Thank you to everyone who's read and supported my work. I'm not done telling climate stories. More news to come.

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

Oh shit, ANTIFA is suiting up

Looks like @goldfinger300.bsky.social @earthjay.bsky.social just want to make sure everyone is awake over here, with paleoseismic evidence for Cascadia triggering the northern San Andreas ⚒️🧪 "may represent direct evidence of stress triggering and partial synchronization of these two great faults"