Recent posts by Climate and Energy Professionals on Bluesky

In her blog, Dr. Rachel Licker explains how our new report “Keeping Everyone’s Lights On...” explores ways to strengthen the US power system against both current and future climate impacts.

Netanyahu’s latest war isn’t about Iranian nukes—it’s about entrenching the genocide.

Vascular health makes a big difference in whether people develop Alzheimer’s Disease as they age click1.email.jamanetwork.com/t.do?id=5400...

Netanyahu’s latest war isn’t about Irananian nukes—it’s about continuing the genocide.

This upcoming Father’s Day, we’re celebrating the dads who make us laugh, groan and roll our eyes all at once. Check out our collection of nature-themed dad jokes so corny… you’ll want to make like a tree and leaf. "I tried to catch some fog, but I mist..." Ready for more? You’ve been warned!

Some thoughts on Alaska heat, and how heat is covered generally

The State of the Planet, Part I (my latest post) open.substack.com/pub/climateh...

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/13/o...

In the #Netherlands, activists from @kappenmetkolen.bsky.social and #ExtinctionRebellion are blocking the railway at the EMO coal terminal today, together with human rights activist from Resistencia Activa Ya! from #Peru. We demand an immediate end to the trade and transport of coal.

Targeted murderous attacks make peaceful #nokings demonstrations that much more vital. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

Even in Trump's America, this is unbelievable.

Some models 🚨 show numerous heavy storms affecting the National Mall this evening. Others suggest more hit-or-miss. We'll update this afternoon/evening as new data rolls in and storms develop. Follow 👉 cwg.live 📸: Model forecast radar, 8 pm

We will be at the Austin No Kings rally tonight at 5pm. www.fox7austin.com/news/no-king...

Interesting explanation from David Fishman, @pretentiouswhat on the birdsite, on how the Chinese city tier system works. I did not know it was unofficial or that there were a limited number of slots in each tier! open.substack.com/pub/crossing...

This is horrific and very worrying!

It’s working again. Crisis averted.

We are here now *briefly* Gift link: Marines, in a Rare Move, Briefly Detain Man in Los Angeles www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

My god. Political assassinations of Democrats. In Minnesota. Today. Rep. Melissa Hortman was the leader of the MN house and an outstanding human being. Absolutely sickening.

Duolingo is down, people. This is not a drill. Duolingo. Is. Down.

visiting a friend on a maine island and about 10% of the population turned out to protest and a group of old men led the crowd in singing "this land is your land" 😭

Among other things a reminder of why secret police are a bad idea

Reminder there are a TON of bot accounts on BlueSky making annoying cringey comments about protests today. It’s not worth arguing. Just block & move on.

Speaker Hortman was a bold and brave leader who made hard decisions and fought for the people of Minnesota every single day. She and her husband Mark did not deserve to die. My heart goes out to their children.

#NoKings #NoKingsinAmerica #RejectFascism

On my way on Metro North. See you in Bryant Park, New Yorkers. #NoKings So many possible messages, so little poster board. Here’s what I landed on at 6 am this morning… A side / B side

Fire in New Jersey belching out some bad air.

Fire in New Jersey belching out some bad air.

I have been studying and playing the music of JS Bach since I was a kid. But until now, I did not know of his Cuban works. Here is the delightful Bach Cuban Concerto for Piano and Tres* performed by Joachim Horsley and Olivia Soler. I hope you enjoy it. *A Cuban guitar with 6 strings in 3 pitches.

*Black women everywhere nodding, mm-hmm*

To note: the legislative session just wrapped up and their districts aren’t competitive. Rep. Melissa Hortman is the most visible woman in Minnesota state politics. She’s the speaker emerita and the leader of the DFL House Caucus. She is not just a random member of the house.

Last month was the 2nd hottest May on record for our planet. It was also the 2nd warmest over the oceans as well as over just land areas. Data by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...). See more in the @noaa.gov monthly summary: www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit....

Good morning from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, aka the range of light, home to the largest alpine lake in North America.

We need a Campaign for Real Information #CAMRI

New Climate Study Highlights Dire Sea Level Warnings - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/1306202...

Governor Walz is doing a press conference at 9 to give updates on the shooting

BREAKING: Youth plaintiffs suing Trump over his fossil fuel EOs are now seeking a court order to immediately halt the administration's anti-climate, pro-polluter actions

As Trump Unwinds Federal Oversight, States Become Battlegrounds for Environmental Data - DeSmog www.desmog.com/2025/06/11/a...

Storms will probably be numerous this evening in DC area. Heavy rain could cause flooding but too soon to know where the worst will occur. This could cause disruptions for Army anniversary festivities. Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... Pictured: forecast radar at 8p.

Tulane scientist resigns, citing 'gag order' on environmental justice research • Louisiana Illuminator lailluminator.com/2025/06/13/t...

Biofuels Policy, a Mainstay of American Agriculture, Has Been a Failure for the Climate, a New Report Claims - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/1306202...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is implementing a 15% overhead cap for current and future grants to universities. The destruction of American science continues. www.cogr.edu/sites/defaul...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR). ONR is implementing a 15% overhead cap for current and future grants to universities. The destruction of American science continues. www.cogr.edu/sites/defaul...

“This is how we celebrate the Army’s 250th Birthday.” - #Maryland’s @GovWesMoore.bsky.social

F&%kery History 101. It was 53 years ago today, June 14, 1972, that the EPA banned the continued domestic use of DDT. This was 10 years after Rachel Carson published her book "Silent Spring." www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-for...

Partner: Good Morning, munchkin. It’s time to get up. Kid, smiling with eyes closed. *Partner & I look at each other* Me: what’s the smile for, baby? Kid, smiling brightly, whips out USA flag from under pillow, waving it high: I borrowed your flag, Mommy — IT’S FLAG DAY! *laughing*

Clean energy investments are keeping energy costs down, creating tens of thousands of jobs, bringing back Made in America manufacturing, and protecting our energy independence. Congress must defend these investments #SaveCleanEnergy @actonclimateus.bsky.social‬

Conveniently, the price of Brent Crude is now high enough again ($70) for US fracking to be profitable again.

THIS is antiauthoritarianism — love it!

Geoengineering could have been avoided if the human species wasn’t as racist and selfish as it turns out it actually is. But now the climate has been fucked by us, should we avoid fucking it further for puritanical reasons that don’t apply because we already fucked the climate?

What in the Bridgerton??

Your 'moment of kakistocracy' for today: “So we’re spending money to glorify a gas-guzzling equipment used for war, genocide and planetary destruction, at the same time as critical services for populations at home and around the world are being slashed.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Still frustrates me that anti-Black sentiments and assumptions about people who grew up poor looms over the hiring process for young graduates in 2025. Y’all missing out. They’re a gem.

Share photos of your events please 🙏

More political violence brought to you by MAGA. Guy dressed as law enforcement wonder who normalized not knowing if the armed weirdos abducting people are cops.

My LinkedIn feed might actually have something to read if I had the option to “hide all mentions of AI and Chat, including ads” Almost missed that my last summer intern got a new job! So proud 🥹

My #Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume data visualizations were updated through May 2025: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... #SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

My #Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume data visualizations were updated through May 2025: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... #SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

The one on this website is called “good posting”

My #Arctic sea-ice thickness and volume data visualizations were updated through May 2025: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i... #SciComm #DataViz #OpenScience #OpenData

If you have any lingering doubts that Trump is tying to establish an authoritarian state, please read this by two Russian exiles teaching at Harvard. Six words that describe Putin's government — and are equally apt to describe Trump's. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...

i pray they find this shooter because the idea of him being on the loose with major rallies planned today is absolutely horrifying

Everything is an Onion article.

Coffee musings: I don’t own a hoodie — winter coat doesn’t count. The sun looks like it’s giggling behind the cloud cover. Wonder when I’ll see another hummingbird in this window.

I was driving south on I-93 through Boston yesterday and saw a big billboard of a union supporting @wutrain.bsky.social for reelection. I wish I could vote for such a cool mayor. Boston, get on it!

I measure PM2.5 and PM10, and I tend to see Saharan dust buildup on a Velux roof window (and elsewhere too!). Good to see how Canadian smoke and Saharan desert dust were indeed hitting much of Europe, including the UK...

CEO of Predator, trying to build an offshore LNG terminal in Ireland, gave a stunningly revealing interview to @codohertynews.bsky.social Pity about the paywall - here are some quotes. m.independent.ie/irish-news/g...

Carter is a brilliant sweet and wonderful guy

No rest for the wicked: despite having just launched an all-out war on #Iran, Israel continues to simultaneously slaughter civilians in #Gaza. The only language they understand is violence. www.rte.ie/news/world/2...

With apologies to @tomgauld.bsky.social, this is now the life of an American scientist.

A new report from the World Resources Institute draws from 100 academic studies on biofuel impacts & concludes that US ethanol policy has been largely a failure and ought to be reconsidered. Much research suggests that ethanol may produce more GHGs than the fossil fuels it was intended to replace.

Can targeting a small number of coastal cities stop a third of the world's plastic pollution entering the ocean? 30-year old Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat thinks so. Here's one of the good news projects announced at the UN ocean summit in Nice this week 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-ta...

I’m glad they built it

This strikes me as insane? Other than the challenge to justice of potentially requiring billion dollar securities, doesn’t this require judges to routine adjudicate disputes about how to value federal budgetary impacts? Full employment for OMB and CBO retirees?

A new study "shows an increasing likelihood that human-caused warming will raise the global average sea level at least 3 feet by 2100, at the high end of the projections by the IPPC. Due to regional variations, sea level would rise twice that much in some tropical areas, causing misery for millions"

🏳️‍🌈 For #PrideMonth2025 I’m posting one queer skeet a day. 6/14: Clown fish are all born male and live in groups led by a single dominant female. When she dies, the top male changes sex to become the primary female. Finding Nemo has some cis plot issues. 🏳️‍⚧️ www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fis...

Think a lot of people just pretended it wasn’t happening until recently now they are bugged out. It’s a bit silly to be afraid to go to a protest but so is this post, which is prob why it has quote skeets turned off.

“I think we shouldn’t underestimate capitalism’s ability to come up with new @bullshitjobs.bsky.social.” -Rutger Bregman on Real Time last night

They can weaken and silence scientific organisations but this won’t mean climate change is not happening In fact the impacts will be worse because without easily-available information, it will be harder to be resilient or adapt. People will be harmed by this www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Flood watch Saturday afternoon and evening. Runs from 2 to 11 p.m. Right now, it seems the local area could be stormy this evening but hard to say exactly where. We'll have updates at cwg.live as we learn more.

🙏

Tomorrow in London (Richmond):

Israel has become addicted to murdering children

Suggestion. Someone who knows a little about quantum (but significantly less than @philipcball.bsky.social should do an hour+ podcast interview debriefing him Helgoland, and more generally on what is going on with all this stuff

When people say that without MOPs Israel lacks the weaponry to put Fordow beyond use, they presumably mean it lacks the conventional weaponry to put Fordow out of use.

I’m frequently asked: what’s the point of peaceful protests like #NoKings? It’s a chance to show civic strength and consolidate people power. They create collective identity and build capacity for social change. Done right, they can expand participation and mobilize support for longer term efforts.

Simon Le Bon once looked at me.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifwt...

That's a good Honours haul for the Rausing family

Let’s be serious, the only time that an American parade was worth paying attention to was in 2006

Big congrats to those who have been recognised today in King's Birthday Honours for their service to climate science... Prof Andrew Charlton-Perez OBE Dr Jolene Cook OBE Prof Peter Cox CBE Prof Gabi Hegerl CBE Prof Tim Lenton OBE Prof Susan Page MBE Prof Emily Shuckburgh CBE

Big congrats to those who have been recognised today in King's Birthday Honours for their service to climate science... Prof Andrew Charlton-Perez OBE Dr Jolene Cook OBE Prof Peter Cox OBE Prof Gabi Hegerl OBE Prof Tim Lenton OBE Prof Susan Page OBE Prof Emily Shuckburgh OBE

Happy #NoKings Day to all who celebrate (so, basically anyone who treasures American Democracy)...

A nice surprise on a Saturday morning: Apparently I’m one of the Top 20 LinkedIn Influencers in the UK in 2025. Thanks Favikon and thanks to all my followers for engaging with my content.

Great thread on why fossil fuel dependency is a fool's errand - which is why emerging economies are dumping it.

Resumed 3rd session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to #BeatPollution. 🗓 14 - 18 June 📍 Punta del Este, Uruguay More info and livestream: bit.ly/43XmLe6

Finally near an ocean after some time

Yesterday, @david-smyth-eco.bsky.social showed me around the @irishwoodlandtrust.bsky.social's new 80-acre reserve, including about 30 of Atlantic rainforest, Coill Sheanadh Gharráin near Spiddal, Galway. No words could do justice to the magic of the place. I was awestruck.

Blessed to be capturing another night of auroras!

Interesting argument that US’s (kinda) energy independence due to shale boom is a big factor in it withdrawing from multilateralism www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...