This is, of course, an implicit admission of liability for the climate crisis.

Seven countries now use renewable energy for 100% of their electricity Recent data has shown that in 2022, countries including Albania, Paraguay, Ethiopia & Nepal produced more than 99.7% of the electricity they consumed using geothermal, hydro, /1 thread www.renewableinstitute.org/seven-countr...

Spoiler alert: nothing trickled down.

I've updated my El Niño forecast plume with the latest April data (ECMWF, NMME, CFSv2, Canadian models). Its now looking like it might end up giving 2015/2016 a run for its money in terms of strength, with a peak of ~2.6C in the ENSO3.4 region by end of year: dashboard.theclimate...

TODAY: Iranians are forming human chains around civilian infrastructure (bridges, power plants) as Trump threatens to kill them all

I feel like “the world passed peak gas-powered car sales in 2017” is not a widely known fact

Doctors Still Seeking Sweet Spot Between Infection Control And Infection Embrace

This looks like a complicated chart, but in fact it's some of the simplest and best news imaginable: batteries are quickly turning night into noon. Worth a read if I say so myself open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Sometimes I think about how when my parents were born interstates literally didn't exist but then they did and the entire landscape of the US was completely changed by the time they were adults. So, like, could we just do that for high speed rail?

The latest data shows that at least $156 billion across 48 data center projects was blocked or stalled by local opposition in 2025. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/b...

Earth on track to become uninhabitable, scientists say. Unless nations cooperate to quickly end the #fossilfuel era, rather than continuing to fight and attack eachother. Because war = #ecocide

Emma Wiesner: “Do I understand you correctly that we’re in a situation where oil & gas prices are skyrocketing bc of the war in Iran & the Middle East right now, & you want to remove climate policies meant to take us out of fossil fuel dependence — then continue using oil, gas & coal?”

Saw the numbers and thought “that can’t be right” but no, 498 schools hit by US/Israeli bombs in Iran. 281 hospitals. sourced to the Red Crescent by Al Jazeera. Unspeakable

Not density OR trees. Density AND trees. Better cities are climate action. #UrbanTruth

How its going:

Unless there's a sudden shift in weather conditions, preliminary estimates show that 2026 set another new record low maximum extent for #Arctic sea ice. This follows very closely with last year, which previously set the record. Not good! Download graphic at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

To everyone out there who defends and encourages reliance on generative AI: I want you to explain to me how software systems that do this is not just defensible but something good and to be encouraged. Go on. Explain it to me, right now. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Sea ice is a record low for this time of year in the #Arctic (see zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...). One of the drivers of this is related to an extreme event ongoing in the Sea of Okhotsk, where current conditions are not even close to any other year in our satellite record (similar to May). Yikes! 🌊

Register | Organizing for Climate Resilience, May 2026 Ben Lomond Quaker Center is hosting a virtual workshop series I'm leading on Tuesday evenings in May 2026 called "Organizing for Climate Resilience." This will be useful for Friends (Quakers) as well as anyone who is interested, with a…

These characteristics—directness, separation, intersection quality, width, and recognisability—combine to create not just a safe route but an efficient and attractive one; forming the backbone of a modern cycling network, and encouraging more people to choose the bike for longer, everyday journeys.🔚

Again, ICE did not stop abducting ppl but the news decided en masse to stop talking about it

They said it would take 193 years to clean London’s air. We did it in nine. 💨 London has now met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide air pollution.

"In our analysis of a long term data set of Virginia (USA) we found that it took $33 million of investment into data centres to create one job, around 400 times the cost of a job from IT investment that did not go into data centres" aprs.scot/resources/em...

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

Nebraska is very on fire www.ketv.com/article/nebr...

Sign up for an author discussion about the chapter I co-authored with Catalina Morales Bahena, "Reclaiming 'Enough': Away from Scarcity toward True Abundance" in the book Hungry for Hope (Eerdmans 2025). March 31, virtual. Also, check the link for a great Discussion Toolkit for use with groups.

Utility safety concerns about plug-in solar panels prompted 5 states to delay votes on enabling legislation. Germany has 1.2 million balcony solar panels registered with no safety problems reported. Here's my @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2026/03/12/n...

2026 Beane Lecture | “Walk Cheerfully Over the World” Last week, I had the opportunity to offer the Beane Lecture at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. My topic was, "'Walk Cheerfully Over the World': Living Justly Amidst Climate Change" (the link is to a video of the talk, if you're…

Reference to 🦖 We are currently losing animal and plant biomass 100 times faster than during Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Species go extinct 10-30 times faster than during the worst phase. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretace...

playbook www.desmog.com/2015/02/04/h...

These attacks are focused on eliminating human life - the US is bombing schools and Israel is destroying desalination plants. It is raining oil-soaked acid rain in Tehran This is why so many have been screaming for years that the climate movement should be paying attention to Gaza

Published | Handbook on Religion and the Environment The Handbook on Religion and the Environment (Edward Elgar, 2026) was recently released, and included an article I wrote called: "Faith communities as participants in climate resilience hubs: a case study from Oregon." While I have not yet…

Everyone is interested in data centers these days, so I recommend going back and listening to this long, in-depth podcast about the history of data centers. You will feel much more grounded and informed about current debates.

We celebrate two pro-Palestine victories at the American Psychological Association @@apajournals.bsky.social and American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social!

China is testing a train that will go 280mph, making it the fastest conventional train in the world. The US can't get its shit together to build a single new line.

USAID’s Emergency Food Security Program spent $4 billion in FY2022 to feed 114 million people in 55 countries. We just blew that much money in four days of this war.

INBOX: The Oregon Senate passed the 1.25 Percent for Wildlife bill, which will raise the state’s lodging tax by 1.25 percent to fund wildlife conservation programs, mostly through the Dept of Fish and Wildlife. This has been a long time in the making.

Wednesday's Most Read # 1 - Adding Up What Urban Highways Really Cost link.theoverheadwire.com/t84nu @benschneider.bsky.social @thedotcity.bsky.social

Hello? Anybody home? Climate "hushing" and avoidance has allowed Trump and the fossil industry to destroy decades of effort. Where is the climate movement? Where are the Democratic politicians? Vast majorities are concerned about climate change. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This week in Talking Climate: why a warming world can mean worse winter weather, and how one of the world's biggest cities just cleaned up its air 184 years ahead of forecast. Read on!

Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another. A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

'Based on estimates I’ve seen, a single data center campus would have an annual carbon footprint equivalent to the emissions of about 80,000 passenger vehicles in a year.' so... that means capturing waste heat from data centers is not circularity. www.planetizen.com/blogs/137025...

This is what it really comes down to. Masks are a reminder the pandemic isn’t over. 🔹COVID is airborne 🔹Each infection carries cumulative risk 🔹Long COVID has no cure 🔹The pandemic isn’t over 🔹Wearing a mask is still one of the best ways to protect yourself and others Stay informed. Stay safe.

More than 70% of American adults are very or somewhat concerned about exposure to toxic chemicals in their food and drinking water. 5 out of 6 adults in the United States say they wanted the federal government and industry to do more to protect them. www.cnn.com/2026/02/26/h...

As a person who eats food, this is great news. Here in the Portland area data center bros are trying to pave over some of the most fertile land in the world. We food-eaters must stop them.

New meta-analysis of 26 published studies concludes that AVs will lead people to use cars a lot more — which would thicken congestion and worsen pollution (even if AVs are electric). "AV deployment is anticipated to lead to an overall increase in Vehicle Miles Traveled." doi.org/10.1016/j.tb...

On Top of ‘Off‑the‑Charts’ Warming: Why the Next El Niño Is Really Bad News– Intview with Dr Jennifer Francis, Snr Scientist At Woodwell Climate Research Centre (US). https://youtu.be/VSw_kV6dq9g #elnino #climatechange @nickbreeze.genn.cc  @jfrancisclimate.bsky.social  @woodwellclimate.bsky.social