Thanks @rustneversleeps.bsky.social! As a business builder. I have never thought the way to beat climate change was "just stop oil". You have to build the alternatives, which means factories, supply chains, skills, capital formation, etc which takes time. Great to see my little model catching on.

"If you did let your imagination run wild, especially if you were undocumented, everywhere you look, around the corner, is somebody that you’re fearful is going to try and get you and deport you.”

Nice deep dive by my colleague @nigelduara.bsky.social

calmatters.org/economy/2025...

"After a raid, 'people don’t drive, there’s no money because everyone’s paying bond, no one’s going to school anymore.'"

Can the Earth testify against us? What climate solutions can be seeded from the Islamic tradition? Read my latest piece, "An Islamic case for climate action":
malaksilmi.substack.com/p/an-islamic-c…

Pope Francis, who raised awareness of climate change and called for it to be addressed with “swift and unified global action,” died on Monday, the Vatican announced.

Read more in this morning’s climate briefing.

"At the end of the day, a forecast is only as good as the data fed into it."

Why weather forecasters are concerned about NOAA layoffs as hurricane season approaches, from @jeva.bsky.social 🌊

Amid a once in a generation storm in the central U.S. and larger changes at FEMA, the Trump administration is ending its popular adaptation program BRIC—one of the only sources of funding communities can tap to prepare for disasters before they hit. First reported by Grist: grist.org/politics/fem...

Impressive student journalism:

One of Ann Arbor’s major prop. owners is also a big local pol. donor.

These reporters found 3 previous felony convictions under different surnames — now a local councilwoman alleges she attempted bribery and an FBI investigation

www.michigandaily.com/news/focal-p...

#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member @lkbotts.bsky.social! Lindsey plays a central role in curating @sierramagazine.bsky.social’s mix of news articles, opinion pieces, current-events explainers and more. www.sej.org/sejspotlight...

Tune in this Friday as Lindsey takes over @sejorg.bsky.social!

Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.

I’ve been telling people that Trump may do more for the climate than he realizes. What a read!
heatmap.news/politics/gre...

BREAKING: New Arizona Legislation would req. a 12-mile setback for wind energy projects, setting strictest limits in US & aligning w/ Trump's anti-wind stance.

I teamed up w/ @usatoday.com to calculate how much of Arizona would be off limits if it passes.

A: 90%
www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Hundreds of the federal contracts canceled by DOGE, nearly 40% in all, are expected to produce no savings to taxpayers

apnews.com/article/doge... Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings

Essential reading… one thing I’ve learned from my previous work in journalism is that data can be wrong, and if you ignore what you see and hear from the people in your communities, you’re missing the full story
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

The NDCs (a plan that every country submits saying how they'll get to net zero, per the Paris Agreement) are far from perfect - they're often unrealistic and unenforceable. But anyone who cares about the climate crisis should feel concerned that 95% of countries didn't submit one on time