Brian Kahn
@blkahn.bsky.social
Your friendly local Bloomberg climate tech editor
Shot: The Trump administration is pushing the biggest US grid operator to hold an emergency wholesale electricity auction later this year to accelerate new power coming on the grid and bring down costs 🎁🔗
Trump Pushes for Emergency Power Auction to Fuel AI Boom
The Trump administration and several states laid out a plan intended to compel technology companies to effectively fund the construction of new power plants as a way to tame surging consumer utility b...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Shot: The Trump administration is pushing the biggest US grid operator to hold an emergency wholesale electricity auction later this year to accelerate new power coming on the grid and bring down costs 🎁🔗
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The US rare earth industry saw record venture funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors. My latest for @bloomberg.com w/ Emily Forgash www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #rareearths #climatetech #investment
Trump’s Rare Earth Push Extends Lifeline to Green Tech
The industry saw record funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors.
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The US rare earth industry saw record venture funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors. My latest for @bloomberg.com w/ Emily Forgash www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #rareearths #climatetech #investment
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Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers.
🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers.
🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
the world’s saddest man cave
Update — Here is what the new apparent CBS News segment "Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil" may look like:
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
the world’s saddest man cave
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Safe from a nuclear bomb, but unsafe from fossil fuels.
"When it was built in the late 1950s the bunker was more than 100 yards from the sea." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nuclear bunker nears collapse due to coastal erosion - BBC News
The brick building, on the East Yorkshire coast, is thought to be about 70 years old.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Safe from a nuclear bomb, but unsafe from fossil fuels.
The offshore wind farm Trump paused because of national security concerns can continue after a judge said "I'm not persuaded any emergency exists in this case" to stop work on a project that is 90% complete
Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump
A US judge ruled Orsted A/S can resume development of a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy g...
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January 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The offshore wind farm Trump paused because of national security concerns can continue after a judge said "I'm not persuaded any emergency exists in this case" to stop work on a project that is 90% complete
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Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."
China:
China:
Another, underreported problem with Venezuela's dirty oil? The industry's methane emissions are the worst in the world and 10 times higher than the global average due to busted (or in some cases nonexistent) infrastructure 🎁🔗
Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela’s Massive Methane Problem
Data shows millions of tons of methane spewing from the nation’s decaying energy infrastructure, underscoring how much work is required to revive production.
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January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Another, underreported problem with Venezuela's dirty oil? The industry's methane emissions are the worst in the world and 10 times higher than the global average due to busted (or in some cases nonexistent) infrastructure 🎁🔗
Nothing says freedom in a foreign country like huge US flags, chain stores and endless parking spaces filled with SUVs
You guys gotta explore the world. You’re living a miserable fucking life
January 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Nothing says freedom in a foreign country like huge US flags, chain stores and endless parking spaces filled with SUVs
“You had to look hard and almost knowingly to find any hint of plant protein source in that graphic." RFK Jr's new food pyramid is a secret carbon time bomb by overemphasizing meat 🎁🔗
New US Dietary Guidelines Are Heavy on Meat and Carbon Emissions
The inverted food pyramid encourages Americans to eat meat and dairy products for higher protein intake.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
“You had to look hard and almost knowingly to find any hint of plant protein source in that graphic." RFK Jr's new food pyramid is a secret carbon time bomb by overemphasizing meat 🎁🔗
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some @wired.com tips for protecting yourself from your government. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:26 AM
People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some @wired.com tips for protecting yourself from your government. www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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We're the only country on earth to not sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
We're the only country on earth to not sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The climate stuff is all really notable but also don't want it to get lost that these are some of the other institutions that were deemed "contrary to the interests of the United States"
January 8, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The climate stuff is all really notable but also don't want it to get lost that these are some of the other institutions that were deemed "contrary to the interests of the United States"
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Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
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I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
AI slop has come for the weather warnings (this is actually really bad for both conveying information and maintaining trust in the official US government forecast!)
Wait a minute...why is NWS throwing out genAI generated slop on their socials?
This is a horrible look and doesn't help keep people safe or aware of the forecast.
This is a horrible look and doesn't help keep people safe or aware of the forecast.
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
AI slop has come for the weather warnings (this is actually really bad for both conveying information and maintaining trust in the official US government forecast!)
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One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
January 2, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
This type of demand to give fringe people equal weight is how climate denialists muddied the waters for so long. Absolutely toxic for public opinion
Belatedly, this line from Weiss' memo is...something
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
Let's get someone who says banishing to CECOT was legit, she says
Here's the thing: There's a consensus among legal experts that *wasn't* legit
You can find someone who says moon is made outta Fluffernutter. Doesn't mean you should quote 'em
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This type of demand to give fringe people equal weight is how climate denialists muddied the waters for so long. Absolutely toxic for public opinion
The National Climate Assessment is the US gold standard report that takes years and hundreds of researchers to put together. The next version will be brought to you by a handful of people who downplay climate change and Grok www.eenews.net/articles/its...
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The National Climate Assessment is the US gold standard report that takes years and hundreds of researchers to put together. The next version will be brought to you by a handful of people who downplay climate change and Grok www.eenews.net/articles/its...
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Most important thing to know about the Trump Media-TAE fusion deal: "No company has been able to produce fusion energy at a commercial scale" 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Media Targets Nuclear Fusion Through Merger With TAE
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, is getting into nuclear fusion.
www.bloomberg.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Most important thing to know about the Trump Media-TAE fusion deal: "No company has been able to produce fusion energy at a commercial scale" 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
we’re just doing stock market madlibs at this point i guess
December 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
we’re just doing stock market madlibs at this point i guess