The EPA said it will stop updating a database that companies use to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions from their supply chains. In July, EPA suspended the database's lead scientist because he signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...

Based on fossil fuel growth rates from the IEA Coal Mid-Year Update, July Oil Market Report, & Gas Market Report Q3, fossil CO2 emissions would grow around 0.8% in 2025, reaching another record high...

We are only half way through the year, but don't build too much expectation for peak emissions.

About a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/c...

wow, this is really good mapping www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/c...

Since the IRA passed, companies have made plans to invest over $843 billion in clean energy projects. But just one-third of that has actually been invested, new data shows. Much of the rest is now at risk.

On the new House Republican plan to dismantle the IRA, with @harrystevens.bsky.social

Rebecca Dzombak, Max Bearak & @harrystevens.bsky.social look at the possible long-term consequences from seabed mining.

“Part of the challenge in understanding potential effects is that the pace of life is slow on the seafloor. Deep-sea fish can live hundreds of years. Corals can live thousands.”

The azimuthal equal-area projects the sphere onto a disk and preserves area across the projection. You can display the whole planet, but latitudes far from the center get very distorted. The clipped two-hemisphere approach avoids the distortion and fits nicely on a phone.

I first saw this last year in a map by @bananafish.bsky.social. Not sure if he invented it or saw it somewhere else.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

A cylindrical or pseudocylindrical (in this case Patterson's Natural Earth) projection will start looking real scrunchy at around 600 pixels, but the stacked Lamberts work great down to 300 pixels — as narrow as you'll ever need.

A trick for fitting world maps on phones:

Stack two azimuthal equal-area projections, clipped at 90° longitude, each one rotated 180° from the other.

The bottom map covers the top's Antarctica, which reduces the total height and looks nice.

As seen in www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/c...

ICYMI: C4ADS Program Director Krista Rasmussen spoke to @harrystevens.bsky.social about #China’s growing control of critical #mineral supply chains — building on our recent Refining Power investigation into ownership of Indonesian nickel refineries.

From @nytimes.com 👇
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Jury Finds Greenpeace Liable for Hundreds of Millions in Damages

A lawsuit by pipeline giant Energy Transfer claimed Greenpeace had played a major, costly role in protests nearly a decade ago. Greenpeace has said a loss could put it out of business.

by Karen Zraick

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/c...

🦋 The study didn't investigate causes, but habitat disruption and pesticides likely contributed to declines. Climate change may have played a role: species saw larger drops in the south of their ranges, suggesting northward migration w/ temp. increase.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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🦋 This is the first study to combine butterfly observations from thousands of surveys across the country to create a complete picture of U.S. butterfly trends.

Of 342 species, 245 suffered declines of at least 10 percent.

Read the story here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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🦋 In 20 years, the contiguous U.S. lost 22 percent of its butterflies, according to a groundbreaking new study published today.

We got the data, and I made a tool that lets you find out what's happening with butterfly species in your town.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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The US won't have an official govt delegation at an upcoming, key UN climate science meeting next week. (Story led by @mccuri.bsky.social )
**Whether this signals a broader federal disengagement from int'l climate research is not yet clear... www.axios.com/2025/02/20/u...

Nikola, the EV startup that once enjoyed a surging stock price, has filed for bankruptcy after struggling to turn its plans for electric and hydrogen trucks into a viable business.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/b...

The Energy Department has begun laying off staff — around 1,000 workers — as part of Trump's purge of the federal workforce

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...

Update: The State Dept.'s plan to spend $400 million on armored Teslas, which was made after Trump was inaugurated but before he took office, has been suspended

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/u...

The State Department plans to spend $400 million on armored Cybertrucks from Elon Musk’s Tesla

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Thanks Shravya

NEW: @noaa.gov offices have been asked to search their grants for climate-related keywords, among other executive order-related terms. This could put climate grant-funding in the crosshairs if/once the judicial order holding the funding freeze back is lifted. www.axios.com/2025/02/09/n...