This is a better articulation of innovation than has been made in the climate discourse so far. Good piece, and not just because it supports the thesis in my book Climate Capitalism. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

If India isn't ready to tackle visible air pollution (particulate matter), what are the chances it will tackle invisible pollution (carbon dioxide)?

Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments. 🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Their relationship with the president is not personal; their job is to report on who he really is, and provoking him to reveal himself lets them do their job even better. An insult is a confession in this context, and they might as well be field biologists documenting baboons doing baboon things.

Literally buying one copy of a book at your local indie bookstore can mean the difference in whether they buy future books from that author.

Les poids et les mesures / Weights and measures https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3114391

"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals." An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.

Before the public can act, they must know. But China is silencing independent journalists reporting on the environmental impacts of its massive Belt and Road Initiative—mines, ports, dams, power plants etc in mostly poor countries. Here’s how they’re doing it and why it matters.

Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/

Five-byline alert: 🚨 “.. the full scope of [Witkoff’s talks] went much further, according to people familiar .. They were privately charting a path to bring Russia’s $2 trillion economy in from the cold—with American businesses first in line .. to the dividends. 🇺🇦 www.wsj.com/world/russia...

Things are going too far.

India’s strong monsoon cuts solar generation by 15% in September to October #energysky -- via pv magazine global: www.pv-magazine.com/...

star at 3 billion years old: i have so much light and warmth to share star at 12 billion years old: when i finally get to die im taking all of you with me

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism. Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.

"Cyclone Senyar is said to be an important factor that caused a series of disasters in Aceh, N. Sumatra & W. Sumatra. However, a number of observers and environmental activists said that massive forest development & logging also exacerbated the effects of extreme rain & strong winds" #Indonesia 🇮🇩

On 23 Nov, rainfall on Sumatra’s W.coast reached 160mm per day - then, on 24 Nov, rose to 226mm per day. These numbers far exceed Indonesia’s average monthly rainfall of ~150mm. “If rainfall exceeds 100mm in a day, it is already considered extreme- let alone reaching 200mm” says Erma #Indonesia 🇮🇩

" #Climate scientists have already warned that extreme weather events ... will continue to worsen as temperatures increase," said Renard Siew, climate change advisor to the Centre for Governance and Political Studies in Malaysia. "That is exactly what we have been seeing."

The federal-AB agreement is a love letter to fossil fuels -cancelation of critical policies (OG emissions cap & clean electricity rules) -public $$ for a pipeline (via Indigenous loan program) -more $$ for CCS, incl. enhanced oil production - only mention of electricity is for fossil fuels

Generations from now, when historians study this period where we have perfect understanding of the problem, and brilliant, readily available solutions with all the resources necessary to implement them, they'll study cases like this to try to figure out why we kept drilling holes in our lifeboat.

Elephants need more space than zoos can provide. So where should they go? Europe's first large-scale elephant sanctuary is about to launch in Portugal, promising a place that the elephants can live out their final years with space and companionship www.ft.com/content/060a...

Europe’s water reserves are drying up because of climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A book and a train is a hell of a combination. *bonus points for the snowy landscape.

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

Shufu Miyamoto

After some time for reflection I think this is one of the biggest open questions that has a big impact on how much climate action we will see in Canada - unless I'm reading this wrong (?) it doesn't say the carbon floor will be $130 by April. It says there will be an agreement by April 1/

"ETH researchers estimate the cost of removing 1 tonne of CO2 from the air in the year 2050 to be between 230 and 540 US dollars. This is twice as high as previous estimates"

While US courts have not taken up the issue of whether all the "gifts" Trump has received are bribes, it look like the Swiss legal system might weigh in.

2 degree Celsius

Stellar reporting by @carbonbrief.org on what really happened with that 'roadmap' away from fossil fuels at COP30: www.carbonbrief.org/revealed-lea...

Heartily endorse this from @javierblas.bsky.social's latest column. OPEC is at its best when it commands the credibility of the market, and I don't know anyone serious who actually fully believes the current OPEC-published production figures. That's not great, and OPEC needs to fix it.

New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson. “Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Canada's former environment minister is resigning from his current ministerial role and says Carney's climate gamble will fail.

Carney has finally thrown some interesting cards in a gamble on his climate credibility. Will Canada and the planet win?

The Telegraph has just published *yet another* correction to one of its net-zero articles. By my count, that is now the TWELFTH such correction since Labour won the election (and covers 15 separate articles). I have now added the latest one to my epic thread which is tracking these corrections...

My favourite COP30 take is actually not about COP30 and yet says the most important thing after COP30 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"What makes Sudan's crisis even more alarming is its invisibility. The world is not watching closely enough" The Sudanese civil war is creating the world's worst humanitarian disaster with 12 million people now displaced This 🧵traces the deep connections b/w this conflict & the #ClimateCrisis 1/n

It must be said that a G18 statement of consensus on climate action (and so many other critical global issues) is better than no statement, which seems like the fate for G20 statement in 2026 hosted by the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...

VIDEO: 🇹🇭 🇲🇾 Tens of thousands displaced by floods in Thailand and Malaysia Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighbouring Malaysia have been displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 people dead, officials said

Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

An apt historical precedent for AI: Fritz Haber is both the reason the world can support 8 billion people *and* directly responsible for the mechanized mass slaughter that is modern warfare. AI is the Haber-Bosch process of our age. behaviourchangecornwall.co.uk/the-legacy-o...

hot take: AI *should* be polarizing! * it's built on a murky foundation of thinking about copyright & is generally terrible for artists * it's also one of the best things to ever happen to software development * it's powerful tech with enormous negative externalities

Looking forward to Ed Miliband's explanation for the inclusion of per-mile fee on electric cars, while freezing fuel duty for petrol and diesel vehicles.

Please listen to Al #Gore: „We have to address the democracy crisis as part of our strategy for addressing the #ClimateCrisis.“ 👏👏👏 omny.fm/shows/zero/a...

Fall will be “falling” this week with Wild weather swings across the East. Makes holiday packing a pain with a 40-50° temperature swing from Mid to late week.

Scoop: Tesla co-founder JB Straubel's battery recycling firm Redwood Materials laid off dozens of staff, as the company shifts its focus to energy storage and critical minerals. This comes a month after Redwood raised $350 million for an over $6 billion valuation. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘The narwhals stop calling’: how the noise from ships is silencing wildlife in the Arctic

Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...

There are no magic answers to good health www.theguardian.com/society/2025...