"Hard-to-abate" is sometimes code for "we haven't looked closely yet." This great new report shows opportunities for clean heat (low/medium-temp industrial process heat) through electrification, which also has public health benefits.

Unbelievably inhumane conditions. No wonder the Trump administration didn't want Americans to see this reporting. Must watch.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

I look forward to the legally required, transparent peer review process required by the US Global Change Research Act and the Information Quality Act. I always thought they would try to do a NCA with Judith Curry, five old men and a LLM.

This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...

Yglesias wants to take us backwards to the stale coal vs. natural gas fights of the 2000s that anchor the climate debate in fossil fuels. The debate must move forwards, beyond fossil fuels that corrupt our politics, drive inflation, harm public health, & foul our climate, air & water, public lands.

It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines. It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States. And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).

Naturally @leahstokes.bsky.social is on it:

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

Anyway, no worries, Kash Patel is on the job, and half of FBI agents are working immigration enforcement donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life The Minnesota Speaker’s closest friends and family open up for the first time. Read @stephenrodrick.bsky.social's exclusive: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

It's hard to believe, but we're having the public lands sell-off fight all over again.

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.

Critical work on a sector that used to be considered hard to decarbonize. Key takeaway-- electrification with clean energy can replace process heat for many industries cost-effectively. @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

Industrial decarbonization isn’t just hydrogen with its tough (impossible?) economics. Most processes can be decarbonized via electrification and other heat tech, often already cheaper and more efficient, or could soon be, thanks to electrotech learning curves & supporting policies ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We have the technologies we need to cut pollution from the industrial sector. In our new report, we take a deep dive into an immediate, practical opportunity: electrifying low- and medium-temperature process heat in manufacturing food, beverage, paper and chemicals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Some pundits claim replacing climate with affordability messages is the way for Dems to win. But climate is driving unaffordability (like with home insurance), voters trust Dems on climate, & solution exist that center people not CEOs. That’s a layup. @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2044...

👀 White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Trump, Vance, Musk, Vought and Bondi: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...

Less than 48 hours after the deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach that left more than a dozen dead, Australian authorities announced proposals for sweeping new gun laws. n.pr/48UTa7g

Exxon is abandoning the pretense that it gives a shit about reducing carbon.

Look, you break into a liquor store, knock shit all over the place, go on a bender, and pass out on the bathroom floor ... it's probably not your first time.

You know it’s bad when even Fox News is reporting it

so if you personally pay donald trump you get a fast track to a green card

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

On the anniversary of the Paris Climate agreement we have both the serious inertia of a fossil fuel redemption movement and great progress in the ICJ ruling—with resonance we’ve not yet understood—and exponential clean energy deployment. Inspiring piece by Rebecca Solnit feat. Leah Stokes.

"You can draw a line between small islands’ fierce advocacy through to the passage of the largest climate law in American history." Great read from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social on the legacy of the Paris Agreement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump Administration says sans serif fonts are WOKE. Lol. What a world. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

You need to read this story by @fieseler.bsky.social. Speaking as someone who covers some of the same issues, this is one of the best stories I've ever seen on this subject. Really, really good stuff. www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.

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This might be the wildest "pivot to data center" story I've seen. A supersonic aircraft startup that hasn't delivered a single plane raised $300 million to make natural gas turbines to power data centers techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/b...

This is a great piece by @leahstokes.bsky.social with practical ideas to lower electricity prices… www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

According to a recent episode of Volts, the new omnibus energy law in Illinois includes a requirement for time-of-use rates! And so, while electricity may not yet be "free" at noon, @leahstokes.bsky.social's suggestion is being taken seriously at the state level! (and should be in more states!!)

They’re clearly plugging this dude into an IV regularly and, if this were Biden, there would be demands for weekly hour long press conferences from his doctors on his health. But that’s not how authoritarianism works so stop asking questions already.

SoCalGas is using *efficiency funding* collected from ratepayers to push LA wildfire survivors who lost their homes to build back with *gas* rather than all-electric. Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC? insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...

A Mexican woman was grabbed by ICE right after a c section. She was suffering eclampsia and other complications, and her baby was alone in the NICU They wouldn’t even give her a breast pump She has a pending visa for victims of violent crimes… and then ICE committed a violent crime against her.

Brilliant piece on the fading empire of Donald J. Trump, AKA Sleepy Don. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.

Electricity prices are soaring while utilities rake in billions in profit. Here's three ideas to bring bills down: 1) Make power cheap in the middle of the day 2) Stop utility profiteering 3) Keep climate impacts off bills My latest in @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...

Some news. My book on climate and security for Cambridge University Press is the winner of the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Advancing World Order. Thrilled to be among the august company of previous winners. www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...

Today, DOE renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), one of the crown jewels of U.S. science and engineering for renewable energy, the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). We should be reinvesting in our world-leading national labs not renaming them. www.nrel.gov/news/detail/...

China has gone from 52% plug in EV sales in the summer to 59% in October. That’s the very steep part of the diffusion S curve right there. Also, the NEV requirement in 2025 is 48% - they are ahead of their target.

Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair. Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority. We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.

AI slop. it's what's for dinner. Thanks tech overlords! Keep looking in the mirror while you sing the song about your utopian genius!

Sleepy Don.

OMG the new york times, which endlessly discussed Biden's age, has FINALLY discovered that Trump is... ALSO OLD.

Got one in 2020, got the heat-pump hot water heater this spring (after the really unpleasant death of my gas water heater), and I'm one stove away from the all-electric mostly-run-on-renewables home of my dreams. Pretty sure it'll be Copper's glorious induction stove. copperhome.com/products/cha...

Join us on 12/16 for a deep dive into one of the most immediate, practical opportunities to cut industrial climate pollution in the U.S. — electrifying low and medium temperature process heat! Register here: bit.ly/industrial-e... @leahstokes.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @heinrich.senate.gov