The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country. We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Once again, the big divide in NYC:

Be careful out there. They're putting RCP8.5 in candy bars.

"Linde’s electricity use in 2024 exceeded that of Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Samsung Electronics Co. as well as oil giant TotalEnergies SE." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

oof. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

A new, somewhat controversial study argues that over the past 5 years, places with the largest electricity demand growth -- including states with exploding numbers of data centers -- have actually seen falling rates. I wrote about some of the complexities: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A clear visual representation of why public transit is still struggling. From @emilypont.bsky.social heatmap.news/politics/chi...

Microplastics are inside our bodies -- and a group of entrepreneurs is trying to make money on removing them. New from me and Daniel Gilbert. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

I guess I have to post a screenshot from the article in order to get rid of the headline-and-photo preview that Bluesky is ludicrously flagging as adult content, lol uh anyway hope you'll read it, gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

Breast, thyroid, and colon cancer rates are skyrocketing in young adults. Some of my colleagues break down the reasons why: www.washingtonpost.com/health/inter...

“Measuring itself is a political act with political consequences,” Dr. Pralle said. “And clearly the Trump administration does not want to do anything to alleviate a problem like climate change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/c... from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social

It's not your imagination: Wildfire smoke in the U.S. has dramatically worsened since 2019. According to a new study, it's already killing 41,000 people a year - and it's poised to get much worse. new from me @johnmuyskens.bsky.social and @sadbumblebee.buzz www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Some context on the Hyundai raid from @evanhalper.bsky.social and myself: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

For the last several months, I've been digging through endless scientific literature on what happens when pregnant mothers are exposed to plastic chemicals in their food, water, and everyday household products. The result is this story. I hope you'll take the time to read. wapo.st/4g3ZoFc

53% of new cars sold in China are now plug-ins ‼️ in some form or other -- 32% full EVs and 21% plug in hybrid cleantechnica.com/2025/07/21/5...

Classic. A city council in the UK won't allow locals to install EV chargers *buried under the sidewalk* and at owners' expense. In 2019, that same council declared a climate emergency 🫠🫠 www.thetimes.com/business-mon...

Austrian carbon tax goes NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/c... Yes, the tax survived, while the dividends just got killed by the new government. But the real story isn't necessarily about the "Klimabonus", but the Klimaticket(!). mini-Austro-🧵

A study predicted economic damages from climate change 3x higher than previous assessments. But it was flawed -- all thanks to the data from just one country. I dug into this strange study and the researchers calling it out: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Lots of interesting stuff buried in the DOE report. For example, here's a reference that doesn't exist:

We annotated some of the most, er, interesting lines in the DOE's new climate report with the help of scientists. New from me and the rest of the team: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

So so excited that my book on microplastics and the rise of plastic has been picked up by Harper 🥹🥹 Thank you to agent extraordinaire Alice Whitwham at @cheneyagency.bsky.social, amazing editor Sarah Haugen at Harper, and family & friends for believing in this project.

'But she did not intend to be silenced. “Speaking out for kids in this situation is more important than my career,” she says.' www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/in...

China calls them the "New Three" -- solar panels, EVs, and batteries -- a set of technologies the country dominates. But once, the US had a headstart. New from me and @naemas.bsky.social on how the US lost its lead in clean energy -- and how China took over. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. The Washington Post has just published every single known name. A seminal moment.

And here it is: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A very interesting moment in the latest Ezra Klein podcast with Jesse Jenkins and Jane Flegal. I've been thinking about this for a long time... The special report on 1.5C never said that 1.5C was a magical threshold. It said that 1.5C was much better than 2C... 1/

One of the craziest S-curves I've seen for electric vehicles -- from Nepal. Great reporting by @lydiadepillis.bsky.social and Bhadra Sharma www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/b...

"'At the simplest level, if you have impaired nutrition and growth, your brain stops growing.'" www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

"The employees of a large US chemicals company “formed a ring” around her, she says. “So I filed the harassment reports with the UN. The guy had to apologise, and then he left the meeting. He was at the next meeting.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Others fear respiratory infections that might result from spending long periods in air-conditioned rooms....[and] “thermal shock,” resulting in nausea, loss of consciousness and even respiratory arrest." The strange world of how Europe views air conditioning: www.wsj.com/world/europe...

Big energy policy question of the decade: Will cost crisis in fact produce a popular swing in favor of clean energy, or a new round of anti-clean revanchism? Current discourse(TM) has me pessimistic- but door's wide open to messaging that presents energy transition as the solution to volatility!

Chemtrails and cloud seeding conspiracy theories are increasingly moving from the fringe into GOP-sponsored laws. Latest from me: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Cox Automotive released its EV numbers yesterday. This is the first quarter since Q2 2020 (pandemic!) with a year-over-year drop in sales. Down about 6.3 percent. There has been a lot of talk about how EV sales slowing down is just media vibes, but ... www.coxautoinc.com/market-insig...

And now: A thread regarding my thoughts on "1.5°C"--not only as a Paris Agreement target, but also re: relevance to recent #climate events & overlaps (or not) w/geophysical realities. (This was originally written as a response to a journalist, who used excerpts in their article.)

Rooftop solar companies are preparing for the loss of a 30% tax credit that has been in place for almost two decades. Some think they'll make it through as electricity prices rise -- others are bracing for impact. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The Inflation Reduction Act, the largest climate law ever to pass the US Congress, is now almost entirely repealed. Again, a nail in the coffin for the hope that projects in red states would protect the law. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

@maxinejoselow.bsky.social reporting that the solar and wind excise tax is out of the wraparound amendment: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

"Sen. Joni Ernst said her closely watched amendment seeking to maintain wind and solar tax credits will not get a Senate vote before the anticipated passage of the GOP megabill." www.politico.com/live-updates...

Murkowski tells me about the tax credit on renewables: “I don’t want to see us backslide on clean energy.”

The GOP bill is much worse for wind and solar than clean energy experts expected. Many were scrambling today to understand exactly what the additional tax on wind and solar means -- and how much it will slow investment. From me and Evan Halper: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Richard Lazarus, 2009

Thrilled to have moderated a panel of legendary journalists last night at the National Press Club about covering energy and climate policy in Trump 2.0 That’s me and @shannonosaka.bsky.social of the Post, @justinworland.com of TIME and Lisa Friedman of NYT. Thanks to our host @canarymedia.com⚡️

Important note in here: "If you want to look at the permitting burdens across the United States, probably 80% to 90% of them are state and local."

They do today; the 20-year average would cross 1.5C in 2027/2028 under the WMO’s median temperature projection using the WMO average of six groups (with a caveat that there are differences across surface temperature records and uncertainties within each)

An underappreciated aspect of the new WMO report -- if the temperature predictions are correct, the world will pass 1.5C in as a long-term average (i.e., the _actual_ Paris goal) in 2027. In just two years. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Never thought I would see a Trump Executive Order railing against RCP 8.5 but well, here we are: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

We will see what happens in the Senate, but this @zeitlin.bsky.social piece is a good summary of how the IRA's political vision -- that clean energy investment in Repub districts would keep Republicans from repealing tax credits-- seems to have failed. heatmap.news/politics/ira...

The freelancer involved in the "Heat Index" AI incident posted this on Facebook yesterday. I appreciate his awareness that this action erodes trust for ALL journalism, including from those who never use AI. Also: I can't help but feel for him. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...