Compared with the 1st year of previous admins, including Trump’s 1st term, the current admin has taken fewer polluters to court & settled fewer existing court cases, per a new review of federal court records by the nonprofit EIP. Story @bloomberg.com w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts

Data center energy and water use have gotten a lot of (rightful) attention. But there's another issue that's getting less attention than it should: The immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them 🎁🔗

Jennifer Granholm's advice for Democrats: Implement their agenda as aggressively as Trump and tie building renewables to lowering energy bills. Oh, and don't mention climate: “On Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, climate does not rise as much as how much I'm paying for my electricity bill" 🎁🔗

Not the just White House. Also extremely unclear what penguins and MAHA have to do with each other

Local news remains undefeated in creating new weather metrics

The fossil fuel industry has a long history of mascots. One of my favs is Captain Coal, who is featured in coloring books and other materials the Lignite Council gives out for free to teachers

Shot: The Trump administration is pushing the biggest US grid operator to hold an emergency wholesale electricity auction later this year to accelerate new power coming on the grid and bring down costs 🎁🔗

The US rare earth industry saw record venture funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors. My latest for @bloomberg.com w/ Emily Forgash www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #rareearths #climatetech #investment

Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers. 🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

the world’s saddest man cave

Safe from a nuclear bomb, but unsafe from fossil fuels.

The offshore wind farm Trump paused because of national security concerns can continue after a judge said "I'm not persuaded any emergency exists in this case" to stop work on a project that is 90% complete

Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any." China:

Another, underreported problem with Venezuela's dirty oil? The industry's methane emissions are the worst in the world and 10 times higher than the global average due to busted (or in some cases nonexistent) infrastructure 🎁🔗

Nothing says freedom in a foreign country like huge US flags, chain stores and endless parking spaces filled with SUVs

“You had to look hard and almost knowingly to find any hint of plant protein source in that graphic." RFK Jr's new food pyramid is a secret carbon time bomb by overemphasizing meat 🎁🔗

After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some @wired.com tips for protecting yourself from your government. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

We're the only country on earth to not sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The climate stuff is all really notable but also don't want it to get lost that these are some of the other institutions that were deemed "contrary to the interests of the United States"

Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated. Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court

I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.

AI slop has come for the weather warnings (this is actually really bad for both conveying information and maintaining trust in the official US government forecast!)

One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.

This type of demand to give fringe people equal weight is how climate denialists muddied the waters for so long. Absolutely toxic for public opinion

The National Climate Assessment is the US gold standard report that takes years and hundreds of researchers to put together. The next version will be brought to you by a handful of people who downplay climate change and Grok www.eenews.net/articles/its...

EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction

Most important thing to know about the Trump Media-TAE fusion deal: "No company has been able to produce fusion energy at a commercial scale" 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

we’re just doing stock market madlibs at this point i guess

“To shutter this facility is, frankly, a national security risk” - @kimcobb.bsky.social 🎁🔗

The outpouring of scientists sharing stories about their time at NCAR or collaborations with researchers there really tells you all you need to know about how central an institution to climate and weather research it is. It feels like every scientist I know (and hundreds I don’t!) have a connection

The world's biggest earth science conference is happening right now, and there are literally hundreds of presentations involving NCAR people. It's impossible to understate how central the lab is to the climate and weather science enterprise

remember when the F-150 was gonna be the thing that convinced Americans electric cars were cool

New: My essay on living in the beautiful but sure-to-burn Berkeley Hills and how denial in the face of certain catastrophe remains deeply embedded in the California psyche. But the LA fires are forcing a reckoning over how we pursue the California Dream. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Cajun Navy groups may raise a few million dollars in a good year, collectively. As President Trump weighs major changes to FEMA - like shutting it down - some leaders say they wouldn't be able to replace it. Or simply aren't interested. As one put it: "We don't want to end up sucking like them."

"They’re popping tear gas canisters with abandon, which suggests they have every reason to believe they can replace those pretty quickly." Military equipment makers are seeing a huge windfall from ICE and CBP, with some seeing a nearly 32000% increase in orders this year 🎁🔗

Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans. New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:

some personal news

The war on renewables is being driven in part by nuclear operators and fossil fuel interests. 🎁🔗 to an absolutely comprehensive look at the backroom alliance shaping opposition

The war on renewables is being driven in part by nuclear operators and fossil fuel interests. 🎁🔗 to an absolutely comprehensive look at the backroom alliance shaping opposition

NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones! My guide:

relatedly: heatmap.news/climate-tech...

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...

Oh that little stat? Yeah that's the free newsletter I edit six days a week, which hey you should subscribe

The venue where UN climate talks is taking place just caught on fire. Metaphors really write themselves these days...

📉The voluntary carbon market crashed bc credits didn't do what they claimed. Offsets 2.0 is here, with hard, inventive work on the ground. 🌴A look at the race to control carbon, from under the banana and cacao trees. By Fabiano Masisonnave and me: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ