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After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We need probabilistic, future-conditions, multi-peril mapping data that is public and subject to norms of oversight and transparency.
@scrawford.bsky.social
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
@scrawford.bsky.social
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Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
susanpcrawford.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
We need probabilistic, future-conditions, multi-peril mapping data that is public and subject to norms of oversight and transparency.
@scrawford.bsky.social
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
@scrawford.bsky.social
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps @scrawford.bsky.social
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
Zillow’s climate risk reversal looks like a setback. It’s really a wake‑up call.
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps,
susanpcrawford.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
When private models sow confusion, it’s a flashing warning sign that Washington needs to fix federal flood maps @scrawford.bsky.social
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/zillows-cl...
The federal grazing system, propped up by subsidies and access to 375,000 square miles of the West, disproportionately benefits billionaires, mining companies and large corporate outfits. www.propublica.org/series/free-...
Free Range Archives
The federal grazing system, propped up by subsidies and access to 375,000 square miles of the West, disproportionately benefits billionaires, mining companies and large corporate outfits. Dwindling ov...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The federal grazing system, propped up by subsidies and access to 375,000 square miles of the West, disproportionately benefits billionaires, mining companies and large corporate outfits. www.propublica.org/series/free-...
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SCOTUS is broken, corrupt, captured and in desperate need of reform.
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
SCOTUS is broken, corrupt, captured and in desperate need of reform.
A homeowner in New Orleans said their total home insurance costs, including flood protection, had jumped to about $21,100 a year, up from $3,800 in 2015.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
America’s Home Insurance Affordability Crunch: See What’s Happening Near You.
A climate ‘shock’ in the insurance market has started to affect home prices in areas most exposed to wildfires and hurricanes, new research shows.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
A homeowner in New Orleans said their total home insurance costs, including flood protection, had jumped to about $21,100 a year, up from $3,800 in 2015.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
😭😭😭 The site removed the feature after real estate agents and some homeowners alleged that the scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales.
You know what hurts sales? Wildfires and floods. The ostrich approach won't work FOREVER!!!!
You know what hurts sales? Wildfires and floods. The ostrich approach won't work FOREVER!!!!
Zillow deletes climate risk data from listings after complaints it harms sales
The site removed the feature after real estate agents and some homeowners alleged that the scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales.
grist.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
😭😭😭 The site removed the feature after real estate agents and some homeowners alleged that the scores appear arbitrary and hurt sales.
You know what hurts sales? Wildfires and floods. The ostrich approach won't work FOREVER!!!!
You know what hurts sales? Wildfires and floods. The ostrich approach won't work FOREVER!!!!
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
“You cannot look at just climate change without … talking about population growth, and nobody is talking about population growth,” Keeley said.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: Amid catastrophic loss, the unshakable allure of the San Gabriel Mountains
Majesty and mayhem have lived together in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains through decades of deadly fires and floods. In the push to rebuild after the Eaton fire, I sought out wise voices a...
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“You cannot look at just climate change without … talking about population growth, and nobody is talking about population growth,” Keeley said.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Yea, because realtors know that the housing market will collapse if people truly understood the risks....
Also, for more info follow @scrawford.bsky.social on all things climate and insurance and housing
Also, for more info follow @scrawford.bsky.social on all things climate and insurance and housing
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yea, because realtors know that the housing market will collapse if people truly understood the risks....
Also, for more info follow @scrawford.bsky.social on all things climate and insurance and housing
Also, for more info follow @scrawford.bsky.social on all things climate and insurance and housing
"It took decades of unsustainable water consumption for the Great Salt Lake to shrink to its current state, Johnson noted, and it will take decades for it to refill"
Um... the west is aridifying? Where is additional water is going to come from????
grist.org/health/dust-...
Um... the west is aridifying? Where is additional water is going to come from????
grist.org/health/dust-...
A drying Great Salt Lake is spewing toxic dust. It could cost Utah billions.
A new report from two environmental groups says elected officials and scientists aren't taking the problem seriously enough.
grist.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"It took decades of unsustainable water consumption for the Great Salt Lake to shrink to its current state, Johnson noted, and it will take decades for it to refill"
Um... the west is aridifying? Where is additional water is going to come from????
grist.org/health/dust-...
Um... the west is aridifying? Where is additional water is going to come from????
grist.org/health/dust-...
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After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
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And the Earth, indifferent to titles and markets, will keep its own record; not in profits or markets, but in poisoned bodies, fraying minds, collapsing systems, and the long shadow of extinction. @race2extinct.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And the Earth, indifferent to titles and markets, will keep its own record; not in profits or markets, but in poisoned bodies, fraying minds, collapsing systems, and the long shadow of extinction. @race2extinct.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
After that, the extra-contaminated water leaves Amazon’s data center, it then gets dumped and sprayed across local farmland in Oregon. From there, the contaminated water soaks straight into the aquifer that 45,000 people drink from.
And the Earth, indifferent to titles and markets, will keep its own record; not in profits or markets, but in poisoned bodies, fraying minds, collapsing systems, and the long shadow of extinction. @race2extinct.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
THE HALL OF INFAMY: A Global Century of Environmental Supervillains
A century of leaders who liquidated the living world--and left us the bill.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And the Earth, indifferent to titles and markets, will keep its own record; not in profits or markets, but in poisoned bodies, fraying minds, collapsing systems, and the long shadow of extinction. @race2extinct.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/lylel/p/...
Did you know that more than 4 million people have been affected by catastrophic floods in Southeast Asia this week and more than 600 have already died?
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app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/a7b985...
A Silent Catastrophe: 600 Dead While the World Looks Away
Did you know that more than 4 million people have been affected by catastrophic floods in Southeast Asia this week and more than 600 have already died?While much of the Western world went about its no...
app.wedonthavetime.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Did you know that more than 4 million people have been affected by catastrophic floods in Southeast Asia this week and more than 600 have already died?
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/a7b985...
app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/a7b985...
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i love feeling like a smol gurl next to the ocean
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
i love feeling like a smol gurl next to the ocean
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"The phenomenon of acid rain was noticed in the 19th century but the threat was largely ignored. Alex Last spoke to Prof Henning Rodhe of @stockholm-uni.bsky.social about the research that alerted the world to the dangers of acid rain"
BBC Audio | Witness History www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | Witness History www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"The phenomenon of acid rain was noticed in the 19th century but the threat was largely ignored. Alex Last spoke to Prof Henning Rodhe of @stockholm-uni.bsky.social about the research that alerted the world to the dangers of acid rain"
BBC Audio | Witness History www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | Witness History www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
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Wrote a piece debunking the claim that Hurricane Melissa is going to cause a major earthquake in Jamaica and Puero Rico within 45 to 60 days. People have enough to worry about there to have this looming....
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
Debunking Claims About Hurricane Melissa And A Looming Earthquake
Yes, Hurricane Melissa affected seismic activity, but it did not cause a crack in the seafloor that will lead to a major earthquake. Our expert debunks a viral claim.
www.forbes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Wrote a piece debunking the claim that Hurricane Melissa is going to cause a major earthquake in Jamaica and Puero Rico within 45 to 60 days. People have enough to worry about there to have this looming....
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
www.forbes.com/sites/marsha...
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Clear-cutting the forests that absorb your carbon while trying to purchase a low-carbon future is like bailing water into a leaking boat. It can’t work.
www.seattletimes.com/news/wa-rele...
www.seattletimes.com/news/wa-rele...
WA releases detailed list of projects funded by Climate Commitment Act
A new state report shows how some of the $3 billion raised so far in CCA funds is being used in more than 3,600 projects around the state.
www.seattletimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Clear-cutting the forests that absorb your carbon while trying to purchase a low-carbon future is like bailing water into a leaking boat. It can’t work.
www.seattletimes.com/news/wa-rele...
www.seattletimes.com/news/wa-rele...
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An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
It’s Time To Scrap Zimbabwe’s Outdated Abortion Law - Molokele ⋆ Pindula News
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe. Molokele made the comments at a ...
news.pindula.co.zw
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
An MP in Zimbabwe has called for the repeal of the country's "backwards" 1977 abortion law. He argued that safe abortion should be available to a wider range of Zimbabwean women, as it is currently restricted to a privileged few. Each year, 60,000 women die due to unsafe abortion.
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In an emergency media conference on Nov 27 Malaysian Meteorological Department director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said this is the first time a tropical storm is reaching such strength.
"its uniqueness is that it is occurring in the Strait of Malacca – something that has never happened before"
"its uniqueness is that it is occurring in the Strait of Malacca – something that has never happened before"
Storm Senyar set to hit 10 locations in Malaysia
Perak, Selangor and Pahang are expected to be the worst-hit before Senyar moves to the east coast. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In an emergency media conference on Nov 27 Malaysian Meteorological Department director-general Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip said this is the first time a tropical storm is reaching such strength.
"its uniqueness is that it is occurring in the Strait of Malacca – something that has never happened before"
"its uniqueness is that it is occurring in the Strait of Malacca – something that has never happened before"
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Lincoln, Nebraska has a very cool program where landlords get money to upgrade decrepit apartment buildings — including by installing climate-friendly heat pumps! — and they have to keep rents low. Everybody wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @carabuckley.bsky.social
In Nebraska, Makeovers for Buildings That Don’t Price Out the Locals
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Lincoln, Nebraska has a very cool program where landlords get money to upgrade decrepit apartment buildings — including by installing climate-friendly heat pumps! — and they have to keep rents low. Everybody wins. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c... via @carabuckley.bsky.social
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The architects of the sixth mass extinction are woefully short on honesty.
We call ourselves “rational actors” as ecosystems collapse around us.
Self-deception may be the only thing we’ve mastered at scale.
apple.news/AaF6VkKwrQay...
We call ourselves “rational actors” as ecosystems collapse around us.
Self-deception may be the only thing we’ve mastered at scale.
apple.news/AaF6VkKwrQay...
The 6th Mass Extinction Is Further Along Than We Thought — Popular Mechanics
It's getting late.
apple.news
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The architects of the sixth mass extinction are woefully short on honesty.
We call ourselves “rational actors” as ecosystems collapse around us.
Self-deception may be the only thing we’ve mastered at scale.
apple.news/AaF6VkKwrQay...
We call ourselves “rational actors” as ecosystems collapse around us.
Self-deception may be the only thing we’ve mastered at scale.
apple.news/AaF6VkKwrQay...