Prof. Bob Howarth
@profbobhowarth.bsky.social
Professor at Cornell University, Earth system scientist, co-EiC Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Research
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Household energy prices have outstripped overall prices in Trump's second term. Key drivers: the data center boom–with Big Tech shifting its costs to everyday ratepayers–along with Trump's boosting of LNG exports and blockage of renewables.
The political cost of America’s surging electricity bills
Data centres powering the AI boom are straining grids and causing price rises that could hurt Trump
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Household energy prices have outstripped overall prices in Trump's second term. Key drivers: the data center boom–with Big Tech shifting its costs to everyday ratepayers–along with Trump's boosting of LNG exports and blockage of renewables.
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I'm endorsing Gov. @KathyHochul because she's someone willing to engage in honest dialogue that delivers results.
Along with the movement that powered our campaign, it's how we secured a historic agreement on childcare. And we're just getting started.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Along with the movement that powered our campaign, it's how we secured a historic agreement on childcare. And we're just getting started.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Zohran Mamdani: Why I'm Endorsing Kathy Hochul
Exclusive: New York City's mayor explains why he's backing New York's governor in the 2026 election.
www.thenation.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I'm endorsing Gov. @KathyHochul because she's someone willing to engage in honest dialogue that delivers results.
Along with the movement that powered our campaign, it's how we secured a historic agreement on childcare. And we're just getting started.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Along with the movement that powered our campaign, it's how we secured a historic agreement on childcare. And we're just getting started.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Amazon dropped $75M on the Melania doc — with a big chunk going into the Trumps' pockets.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
Since then, Amazon Web Services got a $580M Pentagon contract.
And this week, Pete Hegseth visited Blue Origin facilities as the DoD overhauls how it hands out defense contracts.
Always follow the money.
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That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
February 4, 2026 at 9:48 PM
That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
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Jeff Bezos responds immediately to my suggestion:
February 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Jeff Bezos responds immediately to my suggestion:
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Narrator: "And they're BOTH in the Epstein Files"
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Narrator: "And they're BOTH in the Epstein Files"
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Meet the “blue button jelly,” a stinging cnidarian that’s more like a tiny team than a single animal. WHOI’s jellyfish expert Larry Madin tells @popsci.com what he knows about this "quasi-colonial organism: go.whoi.edu/popsci-jelly
February 5, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Meet the “blue button jelly,” a stinging cnidarian that’s more like a tiny team than a single animal. WHOI’s jellyfish expert Larry Madin tells @popsci.com what he knows about this "quasi-colonial organism: go.whoi.edu/popsci-jelly
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My EV is fun to drive, reliable and inexpensive to run; good to know they measurably help my neighbors’ clean air too.
EVs are already making your air cleaner
A study in California finds that even small increases in EVs lead to measurable drops in air pollution at the neighborhood level.
grist.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
My EV is fun to drive, reliable and inexpensive to run; good to know they measurably help my neighbors’ clean air too.
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If this were a draft story for a political comedy - a national security official who shows no interest in national security, and obsesses over a domestic locality with the same name as a country she's supposed to care about - it would be too on the nose.
Why Is Tulsi Gabbard Investigating the Wrong Georgia?
Sidelined from her real job, she chases Trump conspiracy theories instead of problems overseas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If this were a draft story for a political comedy - a national security official who shows no interest in national security, and obsesses over a domestic locality with the same name as a country she's supposed to care about - it would be too on the nose.
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As Bannon’s plans make clear, Senator Dems need to prohibit ICE from suppressing the vote by placing ICE agents at polling places. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
Don’t Let ICE Freeze Voting
Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:21 PM
As Bannon’s plans make clear, Senator Dems need to prohibit ICE from suppressing the vote by placing ICE agents at polling places. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
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🚨🚨Poland to examine “increasingly likely possibility that pedophilia scandal was co-organized by intelligence services” in Moscow.
Read the full story below. 🖇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Read the full story below. 🖇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
February 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
🚨🚨Poland to examine “increasingly likely possibility that pedophilia scandal was co-organized by intelligence services” in Moscow.
Read the full story below. 🖇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
Read the full story below. 🖇️
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
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“I feel sorry for LNG projects in the US,” Holtum said on a panel.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
Trafigura CEO Says LNG Projects Need New Financing Playbook
Trafigura Group Chief Executive Officer Richard Holtum said the liquefied natural gas industry needs a “bit of innovation” when it comes to financing projects.
www.bloomberg.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
“I feel sorry for LNG projects in the US,” Holtum said on a panel.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
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WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
WaPo laid off one of the journalists who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
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Fulton County officials asked a federal court to return 2020 election ballots that the FBI seized last week. The county is also requesting that the court unseal the affidavit the administration used to obtain approval for the search.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Fulton County officials asked a federal court to return 2020 election ballots that the FBI seized last week. The county is also requesting that the court unseal the affidavit the administration used to obtain approval for the search.
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Possibly the biggest burn in this year, and this says a lot when reflecting the last 4 weeks. The French MFA absolutely torched Elon Musk.
February 4, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Possibly the biggest burn in this year, and this says a lot when reflecting the last 4 weeks. The French MFA absolutely torched Elon Musk.
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Did Kash Patel know Trump is named over 38,000 times in the Epstein files?
February 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Did Kash Patel know Trump is named over 38,000 times in the Epstein files?
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"We're all facing this issue where there's more to place and not enough takers," one of the traders said
Again, perhaps before you illegally take over another country to steal there oil you should figure out if anyone, even your own country wants it.
Again, perhaps before you illegally take over another country to steal there oil you should figure out if anyone, even your own country wants it.
US refiners struggle to absorb sudden surge in Venezuelan oil imports
HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Oil refiners on the U. Gulf Coast are struggling to absorb a rapid surge in Venezuelan crude shipments since last month's flagship $2 billion supply deal between Ca...
finance.yahoo.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"We're all facing this issue where there's more to place and not enough takers," one of the traders said
Again, perhaps before you illegally take over another country to steal there oil you should figure out if anyone, even your own country wants it.
Again, perhaps before you illegally take over another country to steal there oil you should figure out if anyone, even your own country wants it.
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Why would you need all these facilities for immigration detention. If they're going to send ppl back to where they were before they came to the U.S., there should be no need to have so many huge facilities. Unless other people, e.g. the regime's perceived enemies, are going to be sent there too.
February 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Why would you need all these facilities for immigration detention. If they're going to send ppl back to where they were before they came to the U.S., there should be no need to have so many huge facilities. Unless other people, e.g. the regime's perceived enemies, are going to be sent there too.