Spot on, @bobkopp.net. “…saving American climate science—and American science in general—requires that the community discard the myth of political neutrality, engage in a concerted defense of liberal democracy, and stand in solidarity with this administration’s other targets.”

China solar boom helps energy emissions fall slightly in 2025—The share of all clean power generation in 2025 reached 40 per cent, rising from 37 per cent the year before, driven mainly by… www.ft.com/content/bf9d... Emiliya Mychasuk @financialtimes.com

Wildfire Seasons Are Starting to Overlap. That Spells Trouble for Firefighting—“If a fire season is increasing and eventually overlapping, it will shrink the window of opportunity to help each other in terms of firefighting,” said… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c... Rebecca Dzombak @nytimes.com

Judge Approves $345 Million Verdict Against @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social in Pipeline Suit—“Speaking out against corporations that cause environmental harm should never be deemed unlawful,” said Marco Simons, interim… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c... @karenzraick.bsky.social @nytimes.com

As New York City works to cut emissions, continued investments in natural gas could deepen long-term reliance on fossil fuels, even as 59% of Americans say they feel personally responsible for helping reduce global warming. Sources: insideclimatenews.org/news/2302202..., YPCCC

New York shivers in one of the most severe winters since the Gilded Age—There is a lack of agreement among scientists about the links between the recent shifts in patterns of the polar jet stream and polar vortex and climate change. www.ft.com/content/a50d... @okr.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

And record-breaking daily-to-monthly high temperatures are occurring, in even more widespread fashion, yet again today. #CAwx #AZwx #NMwx #COwx

Some notable energy news. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

U.S. car companies keep saying they know they have to transition to EVs or they'll get killed by China, even as they shift most of their resources to pickup trucks and SUVs and muscle cars. Hmm. www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Brokers have told the FT that war risk insurers have submitted cancellation notices for policies covering ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil chokepoint, with prices set to rise as much as 50% in the coming days ft.trib.al/Dc82Tff

Very little snow across the West during a winter that has brought record warmth Sierra Nevada: 66% of avg Upper Colorado River region: 66% Oregon: 34% "Projections show that our winters are going to look a lot more like this in the future." www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org

Green ammonia boom wanes as carbon incentives fade-A flurry of multibillion-dollar deals that swept through the sector a few years ago, helped by supportive subsidies and carbon taxes, raised hopes… www.ft.com/content/e4ee... Susannah Savage @financialtimes.com

The other side of the ‘net zero’ ledger—the Carbon Dioxide Removal sector may soon get a boost from policy moves to provide new incentives for corporate purchases from this fledgling industry. www.ft.com/content/a8f3... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com

Breaking: A North Dakota judge finalized the $345 million verdict against Greenpeace in lawsuit brought by Energy Transfer over DAPL protests www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/c...

US asset managers diverge from foreign rivals on climate—In November, New York City’s top finance official recommended that three of its biggest pension funds move over $42bn from BlackRock over its approach to climate change. www.ft.com/content/8a0f... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com

🛢️In 2024, Trump told Big Oil execs he'd protect their interests if they spent $1 BILLION to elect him. Now, he's upheld his end of the deal. New @senatebudget.bsky.social report details how Trump gave Fossil Fuel companies a $3.5 BILLION *annual* tax cut to continue polluting our planet.

Consultancies set for fastest growth in years on back of AI boom—US companies are turning back to consultants for ideas on how to supply energy-hungry data centres with power and turn AI experiments into productivity gains. www.ft.com/content/3cd9... @stephenfoleyft.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Today CARB approved the next step in implementing SBs 253 & 261, aiming to provide accurate, comparable & useful info to CA investors, lenders, insurers & consumers about the risks climate change poses to businesses—including the emissions associated w/certain business activities

How prepared are you and your household for extreme weather events? Our latest analysis compares individual preparedness and institutional readiness across 68 countries and territories. Read more: climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

2025 data quietly released by EPA shows harmful increases in dangerous air pollution attributable to Trump, personally, with 6 TX power plants that Trump exempted from stronger safeguards, for example, experiencing an astonishing 48% increase in sulfur-dioxide emissions collectively in 2025. 1/

While rolling back climate regulations, the Trump administration says this is what the American people want. Yet, YPCCC’s own research shows that a majority of Americans think global warming is happening and that it is making extreme weather worse. climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

EPA's mission is supposed to be protecting the environment. That's what it was doing in 2009 in a formal finding that carbon emissions endanger our health and welfare. This series dissects its rationale for repealing the finding in a stark betrayal of its mission. legal-planet.org/2026/02/26/s...

The crisis on the Colorado River — six things to know www.latimes.com/environment/...

Western U.S. is about to see historic winter weather — with 90-degree temps in forecast—Meteorological winter will likely finish as the warmest on record in Las Vegas, Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz. It’ll be among… www.sfchronicle.com/weather-fore... @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

Lex: Italy pitches a nifty idea to cut power prices-By shedding light on the trade-offs between affordability and decarbonisation, it will at least spark a useful debate. www.ft.com/content/d4a6... @financialtimes.com

Putting data centres in space is even harder than it sounds ft.trib.al/wmPjXTT | opinion

Has Trump Actually “Driven a Dagger Through the Heart” of Climate Policy?—To begin with, there’s a good chance that the repeal of the Endangerment Finding will be reversed by the courts… legal-planet.org/2026/02/25/h... @dfarber1950.bsky.social @legal-planet.org

Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge: More BS on Electricity Prices—The bottom line here is that they need to cough up real money to cover the costs they have pledged to cover. And they need to do it now… legal-planet.org/2026/02/25/t... William Boyd @legal-planet.org

Connolly environmental bill seeks to improve manure handling—“California dairy farmers are struggling to survive, let alone adopt new strategies to reduce methane emissions,” said @asmdamonconnolly.bsky.social a Democrat who represents… www.marinij.com/2026/02/24/c... Cameron Macdonald MarinIJ

While artificial intelligence has ushered in a new era of more accurate weather forecasting, A.I. models may still struggle to predict freak storms. This week, a historic blizzard blanketed the Northeast in snow, and a conventional weather model outperformed A.I. in predicting the storm.

Tonight, as costs for American families continue to soar and environmental and public health protections are weakened by his administration, Donald Trump delivered the first official State of the Union address of his second term. 🔗 bit.ly/3OJVGH8

Deluge revives concerns about European food price rises—“I think we’re really seeing that this is not a one-off,” said (David Barmes, policy fellow at the London School of Economics’ Centre for Economic Transition Expertise)… www.ft.com/content/8504... @barneyjopson.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Breaking News: The Supreme Court will hear a case in which the oil industry claims it shouldn’t be sued in state courts over its role in global warming.

On Mon, Feb 23 at noon PT, I'll host a livestream discuss why upcoming extremely warm atmospheric river, which will bring warm rain atop snow, is only anticipated to bring modest flood risk. Plus: how much did recent storms bolster Western U.S. snowpack?

I somehow thought I would never read that question in any newspaper. Thank you, @financialtimes.com. See: giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... “America is becoming a petrostate”

Wait what theconversation.com/the-worlds-2...

New York City was under a blizzard warning from Sunday morning through Monday afternoon, and could get 16 to 24 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service. Mayor Zohran Mamdani encouraged New Yorkers to stay home and off the roads throughout the storm. trib.al/B4fLKde

A major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, high winds, blizzard conditions and coastal flooding across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast today into Monday as a low-pressure system rapidly intensifies off the Mid-Atlantic coast. Nearly impossible travel and power outages are expected.

This week, climate activists rallied against fossil fuel sponsorships at 10 U.S. sports stadiums, from LA to St. Louis to Philadelphia. It was the first-ever national day of protest against sportswashing. Exclusive details in CLIMATE-COLORED GOGGLES: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/climate-pr...

Avalanche experts fear conditions that led to deadly Tahoe slide could become ‘new normal’—The consensus among experts at Thursday’s gathering was that climate change is… www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art... Gregory Thomas @sfchronicle.com

US allows coal plants to emit more toxic mercury into the air—The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday rolled back strict controls imposed by former president Joe Biden’s administration… www.ft.com/content/d1f3... Myles McCormick @financialtimes.com

“Reducing Wildfire Risk: A Practitioner's Perspective" 2/23, 4pm By Michael Stohlgren & Olivia Anderson 🌲🌳💖 In 2 parts, we'll cover the evolving science around wildfire disasters and the reality of applying that science to meaningfully reduce risk within communities. 👇 Register tinyurl.com/ymfy667n

Growing evidence shows poor and Black, Latino and other racial and ethnic groups are typically more vulnerable than white people to pollution + climate-driven extreme heat, floods and other disasters. The EPA, in a 2021 report no longer on its website, concluded the same. apnews.com/article/trum...

Trump’s EPA just rolled back critical, lifesaving Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, allowing dirty coal plants to release more mercury, arsenic, and other dangerous pollutants into our air.

The human cost of Trump’s environmental rollback—Among all voters, the administration’s environment and energy policy had the lowest support rate of the 13 areas covered, with a net approval rating of minus 27 per cent. www.ft.com/content/6abf... @simonmundy.ft.com @financialtimes.com

Scientists warn that Earth is warming faster than at any time in the past millions of years. 47% say they have personally experienced its effects, underscoring how climate change is increasingly being felt. (Sources: Inside Climate News & YPCCC)

Mill Valley adds carbon-free concrete to city code—“Tonight the city of Mill Valley took bold climate action,” Mayor Max Perrey said after the City Council backed several updates on Tuesday. “Decarbonizing our built environment is… www.marinij.com/2026/02/19/m... Steven Rosenfeld MarinIJ

“The heating is going to be so big and so obvious that it will lead, for the first time, to a real global discussion of solar geoengineering as a response. I think that is tragic and also increasingly likely.” @billmckibben.bsky.social on the brewing El Niño and the next chapter of the climate fight

As Trump Obliterates Climate Efforts, States Try to Fill the Gap—Across the country, Democratic-led states are accelerating their efforts to address climate change as action stalls at the federal level… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c... @maxinejoselow.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Methane Hunters Track Swamp Gas That Is Driving Climate Warming—Decoding methane’s life cycle is a pressing task because methane is 80 times as powerful as carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere… www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c... @eniiler.bsky.social @nytimes.com