Prof. Bob Howarth
@profbobhowarth.bsky.social
Professor at Cornell University, Earth system scientist, co-EiC Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Research
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LNG industry: we are clean energy....
Reality.
Reality.
LNG Canada has been flaring up to 15 times more gas than expected, documents reveal
Problem with the Kitimat facility’s flaring equipment has resulted in LNG Canada burning significantly more gas — and it could take three years to fix
vancouversun.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
LNG industry: we are clean energy....
Reality.
Reality.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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It’s so ironic that the same republicans hollering about how people need to show ID and prove citizenship just to vote(a basic right) are simultaneously saying that ICE agents should be completely anonymous and wear masks while they kidnap people and break into homes without judicial warrants🙃
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 PM
It’s so ironic that the same republicans hollering about how people need to show ID and prove citizenship just to vote(a basic right) are simultaneously saying that ICE agents should be completely anonymous and wear masks while they kidnap people and break into homes without judicial warrants🙃
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My current cozy little hobby is reading up on the Nuremberg trials.
One of the key things they did was use Nazi officials' braggadocious speeches as evidence.
Give a speech taking credit for annexing Austria? Ok, that'll be a conviction for annexing Austria.
One of the key things they did was use Nazi officials' braggadocious speeches as evidence.
Give a speech taking credit for annexing Austria? Ok, that'll be a conviction for annexing Austria.
As a Springfield, Ohio resident, I'm particularly touched that Judge Reyes used a screenshot of Kristi Noem'sTwitter feed 🤣
February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
My current cozy little hobby is reading up on the Nuremberg trials.
One of the key things they did was use Nazi officials' braggadocious speeches as evidence.
Give a speech taking credit for annexing Austria? Ok, that'll be a conviction for annexing Austria.
One of the key things they did was use Nazi officials' braggadocious speeches as evidence.
Give a speech taking credit for annexing Austria? Ok, that'll be a conviction for annexing Austria.
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We are advertising for a Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, closing date 31 March.
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) in University of East Anglia | UEA
View details and apply for this Lecturer in Physical Oceanography (ATR1734) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Science
School of Environmental Sciences
Lecturer in Physical Oceano...
vacancies.uea.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
We are advertising for a Lecturer in Physical Oceanography, closing date 31 March.
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
If you have research interests in the shelf seas, estuarine and coastal oceans then this could be for you!
And you could do research using UEA's fleet of ocean gliders
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/20...
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Hochul: “I just say to the legislature and others, where am I gonna go? I’m trying my best to meet these goals…. But change the calculation will look a lot better.”
See my recent story for context, and a rough preview of where this could go: nysfocus.com/2026/01/30/n...
See my recent story for context, and a rough preview of where this could go: nysfocus.com/2026/01/30/n...
Hochul Could Try to Change New York's Emissions Math Again. Here's…
State officials have voiced renewed interest in changing how New York counts its greenhouse gas emissions.
nysfocus.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Hochul: “I just say to the legislature and others, where am I gonna go? I’m trying my best to meet these goals…. But change the calculation will look a lot better.”
See my recent story for context, and a rough preview of where this could go: nysfocus.com/2026/01/30/n...
See my recent story for context, and a rough preview of where this could go: nysfocus.com/2026/01/30/n...
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Hochul, speaking to @danclarkreports.bsky.social just now, makes clear that she wants to change NY’s emissions accounting standards and maybe revisit other CLCPA deadlines.
“We’re held to a very different standard… we’re always gonna look like we’re coming up short despite our best efforts”
“We’re held to a very different standard… we’re always gonna look like we’re coming up short despite our best efforts”
February 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Hochul, speaking to @danclarkreports.bsky.social just now, makes clear that she wants to change NY’s emissions accounting standards and maybe revisit other CLCPA deadlines.
“We’re held to a very different standard… we’re always gonna look like we’re coming up short despite our best efforts”
“We’re held to a very different standard… we’re always gonna look like we’re coming up short despite our best efforts”
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Late billionaire climate denial funder & oil businessman David Koch making multiple appearances in the files, lots through his apparent friendship w/ publicist Peggy Siegal, who had befriended & helped Epstein reenter society.
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Late billionaire climate denial funder & oil businessman David Koch making multiple appearances in the files, lots through his apparent friendship w/ publicist Peggy Siegal, who had befriended & helped Epstein reenter society.
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
Epstein in 2015: "where are you? I hope David Koch got your message"
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New postdoc opportunities in my group at Rutgers-New Brunswick, working on sea-level rise projections and/or coastal climate risk assessment & management
Postdoctoral Associates - Sea Level Rise Projections and Climate Risk Assessment & Management
The Rutgers University Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences invites applications for highly motivated, creative postdoctoral associates with interests in (a) sea-level rise projections and/or (b) ...
jobs.rutgers.edu
February 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
New postdoc opportunities in my group at Rutgers-New Brunswick, working on sea-level rise projections and/or coastal climate risk assessment & management
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Washington Gas wants to spend $215M replacing gas pipes in D.C.
Critics say that locks the city into fossil fuels (and higher bills) just as electrification gets cheaper.
The decision is in the hands of D.C.'s Public Service Commission. Read more: 51st.news/inside-the-b...
Critics say that locks the city into fossil fuels (and higher bills) just as electrification gets cheaper.
The decision is in the hands of D.C.'s Public Service Commission. Read more: 51st.news/inside-the-b...
D.C. is battling Washington Gas over its pipelines
D.C. and Washington Gas are at odds over the future of the city's pipeline network.
51st.news
January 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Washington Gas wants to spend $215M replacing gas pipes in D.C.
Critics say that locks the city into fossil fuels (and higher bills) just as electrification gets cheaper.
The decision is in the hands of D.C.'s Public Service Commission. Read more: 51st.news/inside-the-b...
Critics say that locks the city into fossil fuels (and higher bills) just as electrification gets cheaper.
The decision is in the hands of D.C.'s Public Service Commission. Read more: 51st.news/inside-the-b...
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
Really need everyone to take a good look at how well the richest people in America have done in the last year.
The rest of us got higher healthcare and electric bills, food assistance cuts, price hikes, and ICE terrorizing our communities.
What are we doing here?
The rest of us got higher healthcare and electric bills, food assistance cuts, price hikes, and ICE terrorizing our communities.
What are we doing here?
February 2, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Schumer needs to hear from us.
HIS jobs is to represent his CONSTITUENTS, not Israel.
HIS jobs is to represent his CONSTITUENTS, not Israel.
Here’s @schumer.senate.gov saying his job is to fight for aid to Israel — which most Dems disagree with… and gives a nod to a “delicate ceasefire” even as people in Gaza are still killed by Israeli bombs daily.
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Schumer needs to hear from us.
HIS jobs is to represent his CONSTITUENTS, not Israel.
HIS jobs is to represent his CONSTITUENTS, not Israel.
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I was a White House staffer. When having a lunch with anyone who worked at law firm, corp, embassy, *newspaper* I had to document that I'd paid exactly my share of the bill. ("No free lunch" policy.)
At some formal event dinners, had to calculate fair-market cost of my serving, and reimburse it
At some formal event dinners, had to calculate fair-market cost of my serving, and reimburse it
I was a White House ethics lawyer.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
I used to advise people not to even accept a free cup of coffee from someone who had interests before them. And staff followed those rules.
I can’t even find the words to describe the scale of Trump’s corruption here.
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.
They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
February 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I was a White House staffer. When having a lunch with anyone who worked at law firm, corp, embassy, *newspaper* I had to document that I'd paid exactly my share of the bill. ("No free lunch" policy.)
At some formal event dinners, had to calculate fair-market cost of my serving, and reimburse it
At some formal event dinners, had to calculate fair-market cost of my serving, and reimburse it
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BREAKING: A U.S. official has filed a bombshell complaint accusing Tulsi Gabbard of serious wrongdoing, so explosive and deeply classified they’ve triggered months of behind-the-scenes chaos over how (or whether) Congress should even be allowed to see them, according to the WSJ.
February 2, 2026 at 12:32 PM
BREAKING: A U.S. official has filed a bombshell complaint accusing Tulsi Gabbard of serious wrongdoing, so explosive and deeply classified they’ve triggered months of behind-the-scenes chaos over how (or whether) Congress should even be allowed to see them, according to the WSJ.
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This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
This is corruption on a breathtaking level. Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, an Abu Dhabi royal nicknamed the "spy sheikh", pumped $187mn into Trump family businesses. A WSJ team has the whole story, reported here for the first time. Remember: Jimmy Carter had to sell his peanut farm.
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@txsharon.bsky.social in E&E.
“What happens is something goes wrong on a midstream facility and everything upstream of that just blasts out in the air — it becomes over pressured,” said Sharon Wilson, director of the environmental group Oilfield Witness
“What happens is something goes wrong on a midstream facility and everything upstream of that just blasts out in the air — it becomes over pressured,” said Sharon Wilson, director of the environmental group Oilfield Witness
Oil and gas emissions surged as winter storm blasted Texas
Watchdog groups say officials in the Lone Star State haven't done enough to prevent emissions events from spiking during harsh weather.
www.eenews.net
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
@txsharon.bsky.social in E&E.
“What happens is something goes wrong on a midstream facility and everything upstream of that just blasts out in the air — it becomes over pressured,” said Sharon Wilson, director of the environmental group Oilfield Witness
“What happens is something goes wrong on a midstream facility and everything upstream of that just blasts out in the air — it becomes over pressured,” said Sharon Wilson, director of the environmental group Oilfield Witness
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I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
Remember, the Republicans in the House and Senate could stop this in a minute. Actually it would only take a few of them. But no, they're either all in or cowards.
February 1, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone.
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Wait, you mean the guy known for getting cash in a bag and ripping kids from their parents for fun?
Can Tom Homan De-escalate Tensions in Minnesota?
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Wait, you mean the guy known for getting cash in a bag and ripping kids from their parents for fun?
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Put a third way, growing corn for ethanol to move combustion vehicles around uses ~100 times more land than making solar electricity to move electric vehicles around.
February 1, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Put a third way, growing corn for ethanol to move combustion vehicles around uses ~100 times more land than making solar electricity to move electric vehicles around.
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Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Put another way, we could get rid of corn ethanol, switch 30% of the freed-up farmland to solar to generate 100% of US electricity, and use the other 70% of the freed-up land for whatever we want.
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
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Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Trump’s problem is that so many Americans — including his MAGA base — believed that he’d expose a powerful global elite.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.
But every day it's becoming more and more clear that Trump is part of that global elite.
Expect him to lash out as the walls close in.