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Todd Woody
@toddwoody.bsky.social
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Environmental journalist covering climate and ocean issues at Bloomberg News in San Francisco. Formerly at Participant Media, Fortune, Forbes, San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee and other publications. www.toddwoody.com [email protected]
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 8m
New: A heat pump that can be installed in minutes is allowing Boston to quickly decarbonize a public housing complex for the elderly and provide air conditioning as climate change-driven heat waves intensify. The window heat pump is made by SF startup Gradient.
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Boston Public Housing Upgrades Units With Window Heat Pumps
A pilot project aims to cut heating costs and provide air conditioning while reducing emissions.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 37m
One of today's winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi. Last year I wrote about Yaghi and Atoco, the startup he founded to commercialize his scientific breakthrough with a device that extracts water from air using just sunlight.
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Startups Are Racing to Make Water Out of Thin Air
Materials that are bigger on the inside than the outside provide a futuristic solution to supply water to an increasingly arid planet.
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Coco Liu @cocojournalist.bsky.social · 2d
Why did a space startup's plan to accelerate the energy transition get astronomers worked up? My latest for @bloomberg.com

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Plan to Reflect Sunlight to Power Solar Panels at Night Upsets Astronomers
Reflect Orbital aims to launch its first of a planned 4,000 satellites into orbit next year. Scientists worry that it would be “ruinous” for research.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 5d
Dr. Jane Goodall came to California in April to help launch the Sea Otter Fund, a campaign to restore the furry climate warriors to their West Coast range. My story on that was published today. In today's newsletter I wrote about Goodall's support of sea otters. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Private Funding Is Set to Help California’s Sea Otters Recover
Happy Friday! We’ve got your weekly debrief of what went on in Washington, DC, amid the government shutdown. But first, sea otters.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 5d
New: An ambitious plan aims to restore imperiled sea otters to their historic range on the US West Coast. The playful predators are climate warriors, reviving coastal ecosystems and keeping healthy carbon-sequestering kelp forests that nurture fisheries. Free link.
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As Federal Government Retreats, A Private Fund to Save Sea Otters Steps in
The initiative aims to restore the imperiled animals to the US West Coast to make marine ecosystems more resilient to climate change.
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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · 13d
A double news update after a summer respite from social media: 1) I’ve joined @bloomberg.com
to report on China & climate! 2) Just in time for China’s new climate targets, announced by Xi today. I’m thrilled to cover this special beat—and to be diving right in:

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China Played It Safe With First Pledge to Cut Greenhouse Emissions
Other nations have achieved larger declines after reaching peak climate pollution — and the world’s biggest emitter has exceeded its own goals
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 19d
Given ~~gestures at everything~~ now is a great time to support your local (or not local) worker owned journalism outlet. Throw the money you just pulled from WaPo et al at a media coop! If you're in the Bay Area (or care about it) COYOTE Media just launched:
COYOTE
Independent journalism with a bite!
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 18d
Breaking: As climate impacts multiply, a landmark UN treaty to protect ocean life will go into effect in January. The high seas biodiversity treaty ratified Friday allows for marine protected areas in international waters, among other things. Free link.
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Nations Ratify First Global Treaty to Protect Ocean Life
The new agreement allows for marine protection areas and mandates environmental review of activities that could damage biodiversity.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 20d
New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials.

Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Chaos Inside FEMA as Death Threats Distract From Hurricane Response
Internal documents show how online conspiracies and personal attacks disrupted FEMA during back-to-back hurricanes last year.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 25d
"We need a transition between an area that is going to burn, and that we can let burn, but not in a way that is catastrophic."

@jeva.bsky.social speaks to Dan Efseaff, the restoration ecologist building a wildfire buffer in Paradise, CA:
The ‘Buffer’ That Can Protect a Town from Wildfires
Paradise, California, is snatching up high-risk properties to create a defensive perimeter and prevent the town from burning again.
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Emma Court @emmarcourt.bsky.social · 26d
What does “safe” really mean after a wildfire? You might first think of the homes that have been destroyed, but there’s another category of victims that doesn’t often get much attention. Months after the LA fires, they're still trying to get answers.

For @bloomberg.com (+ my first Bluesky post!):
When Is Your Home Safe After Wildfire Smoke? LA Researchers Have Some Answers
Smoke from the Los Angeles fires spread toxins across thousands of homes, but in the absence of government guidelines, residents say they’re struggling to clean up.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 27d
“For us, it was quite clear that climate change does impact our basic human rights."

For the NYT Magazine's climate issue, I wrote about a group of law students from the South Pacific whose clarity and tenacity helped reshape international law

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...
How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law
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Simon Holmström @simonholmstrom.bsky.social · 29d
Just dropped: ABC News' "Race to the Bottom" - a #DeepDive into #DeepSeaMining that’s anything but soothing. The new pirates are going for the #DeepSea.🌊🤿 #DeepSeaMining #DefendTheDeep #KeepItInTheSeabed
Race to the Bottom
Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 28d
🚨Exclusive🚨
NASA has revoked facilities-and-systems access for Chinese citizens with US visas who work on its space programs
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NASA Blocks Chinese Citizens With US Visas From Working on Space Programs
NASA has blocked Chinese citizens with US visas from working on agency programs, people familiar with the matter said, as Washington escalates anti-Beijing rhetoric with both nations racing to the moo...
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Delger Erdenesanaa @edelger.bsky.social · 29d
Published a story with @rjnskl.bsky.social last week on the future of the ocean under growing human pressures -- and the future of cultures and economies built on the ocean and coastlines. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like. (Gift Article)
Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 29d
The Trump administration, from the CDC to EPA to NOAA, is going to war with established climate science.

I, along w/@blkahn.bsky.social @eroston.bsky.social, try to capture the big picture of what's already happened & what's at stake.

Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 29d
🚨Hot off the press🔥
LIGHTS OUT
How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US

A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me

🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · Sep 8
New: In California, sellers of older homes in high-risk wildfire areas must now discuss to buyers their dwellings' susceptibility to fire and what they've done to fix those vulnerabilities. Will it encourage homeowners to harden houses against wildfire? Free link.
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Older Homes for Sale in California Now Come With Wildfire Warnings
The state is the first to require sellers in high-risk areas to disclose what they’ve done to protect houses.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · Sep 5
Trump's ex-FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton speaks out against push to abolish the agency.

“I cannot get behind this position that abolishing FEMA is the answer,” Hamilton said on Disaster Tough podcast, calling such a move "an extreme risk" to the American people.

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Trump’s Ex-FEMA Chief Says Killing Agency Puts Public at ‘Extreme Risk’
Cameron Hamilton’s tenure was short and marked by a struggle over the agency’s future.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · Sep 5
🔥 A record summer of blazes in Europe shows how governments and local communities can’t keep up with brutal fire conditions exacerbated by climate change

story via @bloomberg.com
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Climate Change: Wildfires in Europe Hit Area the Size of Cyprus This Year
A record summer of blazes on the continent shows how governments and local communities can’t keep up with brutal fire conditions exacerbated by climate change.
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Coco Liu @cocojournalist.bsky.social · Sep 2
Glaciers in Central Asia have long managed to withstand rising temperatures and changing weather patterns. But now, the outlook is worsening. My latest for @bloomberg.com

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Even the Most-Resilient Glaciers Are Falling Victim to Climate Change
Researchers studying the health of glaciers say that one in Tajikistan likely reached its tipping point in 2018.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · Aug 29
Thanks! I cited the pre-print of the study in my Zone Zero story on the state regs from two weeks ago: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
While Los Angeles Burned, Rules to Protect Homes From Wildfires Were On Hold
California passed a 2020 law requiring property owners to create ember-resistant zones. Here’s why it’s only now finishing regulations that could’ve saved LA homes.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · Aug 29
The awkward reality is that nobody knows anymore whether FEMA as it currently exists will be around by the end of the year. But there’s another elephant in the room: The agency was breaking long before Trump.

Tag-team w/@leslieatlarge.bsky.social‬. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The US Disaster Agency Was Breaking Long Before Trump
To fulfill its mission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency needs investment in the kind of work that voters rarely see.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · Aug 29
This summer, I visited Glen Kenny's heat lab in Ottawa to see where he -- and many others -- repeatedly put their bodies on the line to better understand how high heat can damage the human body and how to keep people safe.

Full story @bloomberg.com with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Scientist Shuts Himself in 104F Chamber in Quest to Study Heat Stress
Research is reshaping the health protections deployed by governments and companies as the human and economic toll from a hotter world keeps mounting.
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