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Lawrence Vulis

@lvulis.bsky.social

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Climate Data Scientist working on natural hazards and climate risk in the property sector. Interested in the science of water, climate, cities, and landscapes, also dogs. Opinions are solely my own.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · Feb 28

It's all so fucking dumb

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1h

The city is doing almost exclusively infill and thinking abt this a lot right now, based on personal conversations with people there. How to get fire safe anyfamily built and mitigate risk in place.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 17h

There is good news on renewable energy vs. fossil fuels, just not here

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 17h

#climaterisk

Adrienne Marshall @hydro-adrienne.bsky.social · 17h

🌧️ Correlation distances of precipitation gauges vary in both space and time! New work out in @agu.org's GRL, led by @alexayeo.bsky.social (with @lakeographer.bsky.social and me) examines precip correlation distances over the US. Check it out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Maps of the US, showing trends in precipitation correlation distances over a 70-year observational record in each season. Summer correlation distances are decreasing.

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Andrew Blum @ablum.bsky.social · 23h

These are in our common kitchen. Anyone know what they are?

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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 1d

Renewables deal flow is ramping back up, but developers and financiers remain apprehensive about the longer-term fallout from disappearing wind and solar incentives. My latest: 🔌💡
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...

A bar chart showing US clean energy tech investments in billions from 2020 through 2030

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year - a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank Ember.

#climaterisk 🔌💡

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity

Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

www.bbc.com

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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 1d

So is Canada a #petrostate, doomed to be a long run rustbelt, or an #electrostate rising into the future? Maybe it's a choice between two states of mind, vision, planning & governance. Can we go our own "Norway"? See our essay, p73 of the global DDP report. ddpinitiative.org/wp-content/u...

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 1d

The continued rapid growth of solar generation meant that renewables overtook coal for the first time.

Coal generation dipped slightly compared to the first half of 2024, with renewables continuing to grow.

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 1d

NEW | Electricity generation from fossil fuels fell in China and India in the first half of 2025 🔥📉

This marks a reversal from previous trends.

Simultaneously, there was a small uptick in the US and in the EU.

A thread 🧵

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BNO News @bnonews.com · 1d

WATCH: Medical helicopter crashes onto highway in Sacramento, California; several injuries

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

No idea but the ACA is super popular cuz of all this. Sounds like you served and haven't heard great things about the VA so I dunno man. Hope you're good.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine - i had my physical and because I was a new patient I had to pay basically $200, and then I got referred to a derm and that was $400. With insurance. And if you call the clinic they'll just take 10-20% off cuz why not. Been getting random bills for a year.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

The +spouse and kid is $500/mo min with much higher deductible etc. getting on the low deductible is $1k/mo for spouse+kid, $260 for an individual

Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I was actually just checking my premiums with open enrollment coming up. For a high deductible plan it's gonna be $150 a month (up from $128), like a $3600 deductible and out of pocket max is huge. Anyways also basically need to pay a bill entirely before insurance kicks in.

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American Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 1d

Well, it's benefits election time again...

Starting next year, after we add a child to our health insurance policy, we'll be paying $574/month for health insurance, and that's just our portion. My wife's employer covers the rest.

This post written for my non-US audience. ☝️

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Wait wait what? I just heard from a weather forecasting startup that their vineyard clients all bailed and the startup blamed it at least partially on hit Canadian sales.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 1d

People smugly saying make your own pasta are going to say grow your own rice next.

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Any insights on say, municipalities or jurisdictions with fair plan being more than say 25% of exposure?

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Charlottesville: come out to UVA tomorrow where I’ll be giving a talk and participating on a panel about AI and the environment as part of UVA’s Environmental Futures Forum. www.environmentalfuturesforum.org

UVA Environmental Futures Forum

www.environmentalfuturesforum.org

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

Talking about home fire safety and mitigation with the resource conservation district for San Diego Climate Week.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

"Few microtransit evaluations found that programs substantially increased transit ridership."

doi.org/10.1016/j.ci...

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

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Lawrence Vulis @lvulis.bsky.social · 1d

CA FAIR plan seeks 35.8% rate increase.

#climaterisk

www.latimes.com/business/sto...

California's home insurer of last resort seeks 36% rate hike following January fires

The California FAIR Plan Assn., which covers homeowners denied insurance, is seeking a 35.8% rate increase, though some policyholders could pay more or less depending on fire risk.

www.latimes.com

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · 1d

Redwood Materials, Pairwise, Kairos, Cemvision & @fervoenergy.bsky.social all made this year's @technologyreview.com list of the 2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch. Learn why and check out our full list here:

2025 Climate Tech Companies to Watch

MIT Technology Review's annual list of companies that are taking meaningful steps to reduce emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change.

www.technologyreview.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

US spirits exports tumble as drinkers shun American brands, industry warns reut.rs/4h7o2Ft

US spirits exports tumble as drinkers shun American brands, industry warns

Exports of U.S. spirits fell 9% in the second quarter, according to a report by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States published on Monday, which warned that trade tensions were hitting demand in key markets.

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