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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · 9d

and scientists collide over who defines the world’s “greatest threat,” it says a lot about where we are and how far we still have to go. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/28/b... and the essay: www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...

Bill Gates makes a stunning claim about climate change | CNN Business

In a stunning and significant pushback to the “doomsday” climate activist community, Bill Gates, a leading proponent for carbon emissions reductions, published a remarkable essay Tuesday that argued r...

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · 9d

As climate-change-supercharged #HurricaneMelissa slams into Jamaica, Bill Gates publishes a controversial essay & immediately sparks debate.

“There is no greater threat to developing nations than the climate crisis,” said @michaelemann.bsky.social
“He’s got this all backwards.” When billionaires

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · 12d

4/4 and community benefit all align. It proves there are valid answers , just not the kind that sound like the opening scene of Mad Max - AI Edition.”

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What's Powering All These Futuristic Data Centers? In Many Cases Repurposed Jet Engines

Turns out they're not powered by hopes and dreams.

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · 12d

3/ which may not spin up as fast as a repurposed jet-engine but deliver something far rarer: clean, stable, cheap community-positive power.

I’m lucky enough to be working on one of those genuinely cool energy solutions in a literally cool place, where renewable energy, existing and new data cables

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · 12d

2/ wenty-one of them sold already*, each a monument to short-term thinking, CO2, noise, and nitrogen dioxide.

This isn’t innovation. It’s desperation disguised as disruption.

I’d genuinely invite those celebrating this trend to look at renewable alternatives - solar, wind, hydro -

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · 12d

So this is what passes for ‘innovation’ now: 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐣𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝. When data centres can’t get grid access for years, instead of fixing the infrastructure or accelerating renewables, we strap Boeing 747 engines to concrete pads and call it progress.

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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · Sep 10

Congrats to @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social and colleagues for this important new paper
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Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Sep 10

A floating iceberg , neither the scale nor the colour can be captured though…

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Sep 10

A giant, retreating ice sheet is the most effective messenger of all: massive & undeniable. And yet our collective response feels like “too little, too late” in the face of such enormity. Standing there, it’s impossible not to feel the gap between the scale of the crisis and the pace of our action.

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Sep 9

Standing at the edge of a collapsing ice front in Greenland a few days ago ( see below) drives home one truth: we cannot afford techno-fantasies, we must address the inconvenient truth with scaling and spending up (climate) action. We need to move from the incremental to the transformative!!!

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Aug 28

I was shocked when I first saw these results from standard climate models used in IPCC reports: for high emissions, the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC shuts down in all 9 models that ran past 2100, and is well on the way to shutdown by 2100.
Our paper on that is out today.🧵

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IEECP @ieecp.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 Save the Date! 🗓️ We are glad to present: "Please Look Up: What does our energy & climate future look like?" 🌍💡

Join us and 8 EU projects in October to explore ways to achieve an #Efficient, #Resilient, #Fair, & #Smart energy future in Europe!

Register now: ieecp.org/events/save-...

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Vlasios Oikonomou @vlasiosoikonomou.bsky.social · Aug 23

Do you believe that the EU-US Energy Agreement can lower costs to consumers? In our IEECP article @ieecp.bsky.social we argue that if the same amounts would be spent on #EnergyEfficiency for consumers, the #LNG agreement would not be a cost-efficient solution. diplomacy.berlin/efficiency-f...

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Aug 3

Farewell, @alkaliearth.bsky.social - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). It’s a gut punch to the engineered CDR field and a bright red warning sign for what happens when real science collides with broken business models and a policy vacuum. www.linkedin.com/posts/zsolt-...

Farewell, Alkali Earth - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). | Zsolt Lengyel

Farewell, Alkali Earth - and What It Means for the Future of Carbon Removal (CDR). The quiet shutdown of Alkali Earth (co-founded by geoscientists Sean McCauley & Daniel Maxbauer) isn’t just another ...

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Aug 2

Let us know if the new “Sources Supplement” is desirable in its current (or an alternative) form. In terms of this week’s broader message, the path forward is anything but simple. This is the climate response: evolving, urgent, imperfect, and absolutely essential.

Great LinkedIn Posts (and References)

In this issue, we highlight 15 thought-provoking LinkedIn posts offering insights into the evolving climate conversation—from law to lending, from biodiversity credits to fashion supply chains. The th...

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Aug 2

In our Newsletter we highlight 15 thought-provoking LinkedIn posts offering insights into the evolving climate conversation - from law to lending, from biodiversity credits to fashion supply chains. The themes? Legal clarity, fiscal realism, financial reform, and moral urgency.

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Great LinkedIn Posts (and References)

In this issue, we highlight 15 thought-provoking LinkedIn posts offering insights into the evolving climate conversation—from law to lending, from biodiversity credits to fashion supply chains. The th...

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Grist @grist.org · Jul 29

Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.

A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.

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#Climate #Food #Agriculture #USDA #Farms #Seaweed

Seaweed brought fishers, farmers, and scientists together. Trump tore them apart.

A Puget Sound project turned seaweed from a nuisance into a “climate-smart commodity.” That inserted it into the president’s culture wars.

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

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The largest act of climate vandalism in U.S. | Zsolt Lengyel

The largest act of climate vandalism in U.S. history: in a absurd act of deregulation, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - now standing for Emissions Proliferation Agency - has proposed* ...

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

7/ A premeditated attack not just on environmental policy, but on the scientific consensus and intergenerational justice.

Speak now or drown later. The public commenting period is open. Raise your voice ! www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

EPA Releases Proposal to Rescind Obama-Era Endangerment Finding, Regulations that Paved the Way for Electric Vehicle Mandates | US EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regu...

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

6/ Welcome to the land of “freedom,” where your right to pollute shall not be infringed - even if it means cooking the planet your grandchildren will inherit.

If this rule passes, it will be the largest act of climate vandalism in U.S. history

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

5/ EPA chief Lee Zeldin says this move “drives a dagger into the heart of the climate change religion.” Because yes, forget science, forget record heatwaves, floods, and fires - this is all just a cult.

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

4/ This will be the largest act of climate vandalism in U.S. history. Why? Because apparently, protecting Americans from catastrophic climate disruption is too expensive - to the tune of $54 billion in imaginary annual savings.

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

3/ that we're feeling
and that we're seeing and the declaration by this administration, you know, move on. There's nothing to see
here.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAe1...

Michael Mann on BBC World News Discussing Changes in US Climate Regulations (JUL 29 2025)

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Zsolt Lengyel @climatius.bsky.social · Jul 30

2 / and feel the danger in the form of these unprecedented extreme weather events that we're living through now. So there's just this um dissonance between what we all know is happening, the danger and damage www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAe1...

Michael Mann on BBC World News Discussing Changes in US Climate Regulations (JUL 29 2025)

YouTube video by Michael Mann

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