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Meta’s new data center in Louisiana is big. How big? Well, it’s Parisian in scale. Source: buff.ly/KPk219f

So I am working on a new project, and I went to the Iowa Nutrient Reduction strategy site to see what the current numbers are for the much-heralded tech fixes to address tile drainage pollution (bioreactors, saturated buffers, multi-purpose oxbows, and water quality wetlands). 1/

Tracking the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategynrstracking.cals.iastate.edu

New: Bertha is over performing, Now 60 mph! Why? Partly very hot #Gulf sea surface temps near the center, and it will move into even hotter water as it moves west. A #hurricane is unlikely because the system will face an uphill battle from strong shear. 1/

The Trump admin is attempting to illegally authorize the restart and operation of oil pipelines in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Kern counties in violation of state and federal law. We’re suing. CA's coastline is not for sale to enrich the President’s fossil fuel friends.

Attorney General Bonta Continues to Protect California’s Environment and Public Health, Fights Trump Administration’s Latest Effort to Delay and Evade Judicial Review of Sable Offshore’s Illegal Pipel...OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a second petition against the Trump Administration, challenging the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) recent ...oag.ca.gov

Powerful feature article by @alexlubben.bsky.social on rapidly heating Gulf of Mexico, driven by human-caused climate change, with enormous consequences for hurricane intensification & sea-level rise. Meanwhile, Trump wants to cut funding of observations. Gift 🔗 www.nola.com/news/environ...

The Gulf’s heating faster than the world's oceans. Louisiana is at ground zero.The Gulf is in the throes of a turbulent new era that holds enormous consequences for Louisiana and the other states along its coast. “These are not theoretical concepts, one Tulane scientist said. “T...www.nola.com

This combination, two days apart, will serve for future historians as an effective shorthand for the lunacy of the moment.

“Avoidance of water quality, avoidance of the environmental consequences of agriculture has been a real tragic mistake here for the Democratic Party.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...

‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State BluerDemocrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.www.politico.com

This is an important message - forest management alone can’t stop the surge in wildfire. We must halt climate change if we want to keep the increasing wildfire trend from getting worse - much worse.

Funding uncertainties and an outsized reliance on few countries’ contributions have put the ocean sciences community in a “really risky place,” researchers say. eos.org/articles/cha...

Changes in Funding Could Tank Quality of Ocean Heat Content Data - EosAn uncertain funding landscape threatens the longevity of an ocean observation system critical to projecting tropical storms, sea level rise, and more.eos.org

~2006: "You can't link any weather event to fossil-fuel emissions." ~2026: There's "a direct and well-understood impact." 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ossoff: "Here's what's going to happen tonight: the world's most famous sore loser will deliver a prime-time presidential sour grapes address to pursue his 6-year-old grievances about the 2020 election, while his war in the Middle East spirals out of control & the cost of living continues to rise.."

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The Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in MD develops the food safety practices that prevent food-borne illnesses like Cyclospora. Yet, this admin is trying to close BARC with a half-baked plan that threatens critical research, wastes taxpayer money, & risks more outbreaks.

Nearly 7,000 cases of cyclosporiasis confirmed or under investigation nationwide, CDC saysMichigan health officials suggested lettuce or salad greens could be possible sources. Taco Bell said it had removed some ingredients “as a precautionary measure.”www.nbcnews.com

Cartoon by @hickeycartoons.bsky.social.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Farooq Azam has been awarded the Kyoto Prize, Japan’s highest private award for global achievement, for his groundbreaking discoveries on the microbial loop at @scrippsocean.bsky.social. 🏆 https://bit.ly/4eQUEm5

429.68 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 01-Jul-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

The Keeling CurveThe Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

40% of glaciers will melt no matter what we do now. Episode 3 of the podcast "Written in the Ocean" explores what we really know about the frozen world of our planet – and why all of it connects back to the ocean. 🎧️ links to listen in the comments @frontiersmedia.bsky.social @unibremen.bsky.social

Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger ceremonially signed a measure into law that ensures Virginia will rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Learn more about what this means for climate action and the Chesapeake Bay: https://bit.ly/4vIQwfi

Governor Spanberger Signs Measure Rejoining RGGI • Chesapeake Bay FoundationGovernor Spanberger and the legislature should be applauded for rejoining RGGI, a regional carbon trading program for power plants that generates revenue, which is then used for priorities like flood ...www.cbf.org

BTW, as Roger Pielke Jr distorts here while trumpeting the ProPublica article on CMI, the actual US debate in the 2000s was not about the balance between CCS and solar, but between research and deployment —

Another Pillar of Climate Advocacy CollapsesThe 2004 "stabilization wedges" paper wrongly told the world that we had all the technology we needed to solve climate change. We just learned it was ghost-written by BP. Here is the bigger picture.rogerpielkejr.substack.com

Each Friday night, I write a briefing on US science & higher ed. 🧪  June 26 (Year 2, Week 26) made me angry: - dismantling programs to prevent teen pregnancy & fatal overdoses - Texas adds Bible stories to mandatory school readings - bad $$ news from NSF, NIH & more buttondown.com/liminalcreat...

Year 2, Week 26Jun 20-26, 2026 – intercroppingbuttondown.com