Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales. Literally wrote the book on carbon. Born 326.17. He/him. "Bleakly amusing." —A. Martine. "The dad jokes will continue until morale improves." —Charlie Jane Anders. Signal: eroston.87 Bloomberg Green
The world reached 1,000 GW of solar installed in 2022, Bloomberg Green's story headline was "Clean Power Isn’t Reaching Those Who Need It Most" Is that claim still true at 3,000 GW? The chart below hides an interesting story. Thread below 🧵 My story: 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.ecoportal.net/uk/wind-turb... Opponents love the picture of the landfill filled with turbine blades, but that's not the primary outcome any more.
A wind turbine blade can run beyond 170 feet, and when it wears out a Tennessee company bakes the whole thing down to recover the clean glass fiber the industry once paid to buryPicture a blade taller than a 15-storey building, curved and white, leaning against a sky it spent two decades slicing through.www.ecoportal.net
OTD, 2020. It will never get better than this: "How did that happen? This book shows us by dissecting his demagogic language with a particularly precise scalpel. In doing so, it deserves a place alongside George Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language” and Harry G. Frankfurt’s “On Bulls---.”
gift article 🎁 👏🎊🙌🍾🎉🥳 🍾🍻🎈🎆 U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/b...
U.S. to Withdraw Subpoenas Issued to New York Times Journalists (Gift Article)A federal judge raised questions about the government’s handling of the subpoenas, which The Times said were an attempt to intimidate the free press.www.nytimes.com
www.wired.com/story/missis... this is very good reporting and also it bums me out so much that lots of kids aren't excited to read books these days, books saved my life as a kid
Stop Saying Kids Can’t ReadEveryone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.www.wired.com
The global climate technology sector logged its busiest first half on record for public listings and acquisitions, with 153 transactions announced during the first six months of 2026. That marks a 70% increase from a year ago. More details👇 for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate Tech Sees Record-High Deals as Power Demand Fuels Market AppetiteThe recovery in IPOs and acquisitions may help unlock fresh venture capital for the sector, experts say.www.bloomberg.com
Reading the 1968 essay that got Andre Sakharov jailed. He warned about threats from carbon emissions! (not why he was jailed). FWIW, he also called out deforestation, waste dumping, pesticide overuse, wetlands destruction as threats to what he called "earth hygiene." Guy really was a genius!
We should recognize how much time and resources it takes to produce a story like this.
How Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies (Gift Article)Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.www.nytimes.com
Scientists are shocked by “super-extremes” in climate impacts as the crisis accelerates. “We’re starting to see extremes on a spatial scale and a magnitude that’s really surprising,” said Tim Lenton of the University of Exeter. By @eroston.bsky.social and @hayleywarren.bsky.social:
Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It ComingRecord-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.buff.ly
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✓ The ...www.transitiontimes.netChris NelderHot off the press: In @transitiontimes.bsky.social #10, I review the data & commentary on the ongoing heatwave and what it means for climate action. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-10-the-he...
New: With climate-driven heat waves triggering wildfires across the US this summer, evacuation is fast becoming an existential challenge, particularly in hundreds of communities at high risk of wildfire with limited escape routes, sometimes only one. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation PlansAs heat waves fuel more intense blazes, fire officials are rethinking how to safely empty hard-to-escape neighborhoodswww.bloomberg.com
From my essay "In Defense of Complaining" in my book THE VIEW FROM FLYOVER COUNTRY -- now on sale as an ebook for only $2.99! Get it while it lasts: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble. Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...