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Tzeporah Berman @tzeporah.bsky.social · 11h

The majority of heat related deaths in European cities this summer were caused by climate change. These figures should terrify us.

This shows us that heat plans not enough – we need strong EU climate targets to cut the emissions causing this dangerous heat.

www.imperial.ac.uk/grantham/pub...

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 12h

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging

little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.

www.consumerreports.org

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Ed King @ed-king.bsky.social · 16h

10 years of Paris Agreement and - turns out - oil & gas companies ain't changed much...

Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 17h

Oil and gas companies will often claim to be partners in the clean energy transition, when it is politically expedient to do so, but new research finds their actual contributions are marginal:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy

Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...

www.nature.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 19h

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21h

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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BP’s new chair signals more asset sales and demands faster restructuring

“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 17h

Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs

Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.

www.bloomberg.com

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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · 15h

With all of Trump's recent funding cuts for green hydrogen, the always daunting task of competing against China's cleantech juggernaut is looking more challenging for the US industry.

W/ the wonderful @cocojournalist.bsky.social

Gift link below:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump’s Hydrogen Cuts Put the US Further Behind China on Key Green Tech

China already produces 60% of the world’s electrolyzers, and it continues to provide policy support to bring down the costs of the clean fuel.

www.bloomberg.com

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 1d

Nestle stuck it out less than 2 years with the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, and never actually reported its dairy methane emissions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jeff Hauser @jeffhauser.bsky.social · 14h

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles | Common Dreams

One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.

www.commondreams.org

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 14h

How have I never heard this? I love it

Jason R. Wang @jasonrwang.bsky.social · 15h

My friendly amendment to the fusion joke: Fusion hasn't been 10 years away for the last 100 years – it's always been 8.3 minutes from us! ☀️😎

Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 6d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFUh...
This was a fun @energyvsclimate.bsky.social to record, I hope its as fun to watch/listen. A bit different, we cover a bunch of new(ish) energy tech with our hot takes, and end on an important note that part of being an expert is admitting when you just dont know.

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 14h

You've probably heard how a high percentage of #Nobel laureates are immigrants. The US in particular has benefited from the influx of bright minds.

@jennaahart.bsky.social ran the data for this century's Nobel prizewinners — and shows more than 30% immigrated. 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

newrepublic.com

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks JFred!

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 14h

"The leadership seems unwilling to jettison older industries in favor of the higher-value added industries of the future," writes @jeremywallace.bsky.social of China's refusal to double down on its green tech lead. heatmap.news/ideas/china-...

China Can’t Decide if It Wants to Be the World’s First “Electrostate”

The country’s underwhelming new climate pledge is more than just bad news for the world — it reveals a serious governing mistake.

heatmap.news

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 18h

What do China's new climate pledges show us about the future? The putative electrostate elected to punt -- it isn't ready to commit to a non-coal future. Xi's government is unambitious, and seems to be falling into the very middle income trap that it says it fears.

heatmap.news/ideas/china-...

China Is Deciding Not to Decide on a New Green Future

The country’s underwhelming new climate pledge is more than just bad news for the world — it reveals a serious governing mistake.

heatmap.news

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 15h

So Altman and you agree bsky.app/profile/aksh...

Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 10d

Reporter @vijayvaitheeswaran.bsky.social: Will AI's energy guzzling screw the climate?

Altman: "The climate is screwed without AI."

www.economist.com/business/202...

Nvidia’s $100bn bet on OpenAI raises plenty of questions

Meanwhile, the building of AI data-centres gathers pace

www.economist.com

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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 16h

This story was inspired by a conversation with a fossil fuel exec in Paris a few days after the big outage in Spain. He blamed too much renewable energy as the cause.

Was that really it? Turns out: No.

@npr.org takes you through a new report on what happened + impacts of renewable misinformation.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

www.npr.org

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 15h

This book has the most interesting, surprising summary I've read. Reply with your favorite examples. www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 18h

Um, yeah, it's happening...
🎁🔗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 19h

Couldn't agree more.

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 19h

Another one bites the dust.

🎁⛓️ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 19h

Fast and cheap way to cut the warming impact of flying, but few are working on it. Main reason @hannahritchie.bsky.social thinks is lack of awareness of contrail's effects. You can change that by reading and sharing this: www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/eliminatin...

Eliminating contrails from flying could be incredibly cheap

Could we halve aviation's climate impact at a fraction of the cost of sustainable aviation fuels?

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 20h

Worth noting that my newsletter did get a rebrand. Not Trumpian though. (The angry look hasn't changed!)

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 20h

Who goes next with a Trumpian rebrand?

Note from Semafor's @timmcdonnell.bsky.social

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 20h

Is there anywhere on the planet that has an ecosystem completely untouched by human activity? This excellent series has an answer (actually two).

I got a chance to contribute to it. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Looking for No Man's Land - Available now

Available episodes of Looking for No Man's Land

www.bbc.co.uk

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