Think the scales are already unbalanced in favor of the fossil fuel industry? Hold my oil can.
GOP lawmakers — using bills drafted by groups connected to Leonard Leo — are passing laws to immunize oil & gas companies from being held accountable.
@abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
Conservative activist Leonard Leo is the driving force behind a push for Republican-led states to shield fossil fuel companies from climate accountability lawsuits: www.propublica.org/article/clim... via @abrahm.bsky.social
The craziest discovery about our global water crisis -- besides the fact that the continents are drying -- is that groundwater pumping is now driving sea level rise. @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...
From our new @science.org paper on unprecedented continental drying www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social @propublica.org @abrahm.bsky.social
Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a new study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability.
By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.social
You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking.
In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago.
Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/
Excellent feature story on yesterday's Science Advances article (led by @hrishikeshac.bsky.social and myself) from @propublica.org. Kudos to @abrahm.bsky.social and @lucaswaldron.bsky.social for expert story and graphics. @wisegrouporg.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...
A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...
🎧 Our reporter @abrahm.bsky.social was on @npr.org's Fresh Air today to talk about how Trump's undermining of science — at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common — is "extraordinarily concerning":
Crazy that @abrahm.bsky.social has so few followers here.
The guy is an oracle at a time when we could really use oracles. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Its been 60 years since our leaders knew climate change was approaching. My latest reflections on the tragedy in Texas... fighting off the numbness of these repetitive disasters now coming faster than I can tally them, and trying to keep the big picture in focus.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2.
That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging.
www.propublica.org/article/pam-...
Cued to the other way to culturally realign, not by choice - via @abrahm.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/live/0Jp1qac...
I’m pulling for Journalism today. Just sayin.
The proposed cuts to NOAA cold have profound consequences not just for climate change, but for our national security and the entire economy. Here's what I learned: www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Personally, I think it's pretty alarming that 9% of L.A. County residents are very seriously considering leaving because of the fires. www.latimes.com/california/s... via @laurajnelson.bsky.social
WATCH: By eliminating the consideration of carbon’s costs, the Trump admin not only stands to eliminate the consumer benefits, but also allow carbon emissions to grow unabated, intensifying the very increases in 🌎 🌍 🌏 temperature that are driving the broader economic damages.
📰: @abrahm.bsky.social
Climate Change is making the life more costly. That's my lens for asking why Trump's plan to get rid of the regulatory Social Cost of Carbon calculation matters. It's because it will ultimately pass costs that would have been born by industry directly on to you www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Social Cost of Carbon: Its not what it sounds like. It saves you money. Its essential to policy that slows climate change. Trump is getting rid of it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Canceling the measurement of economic impacts from climate change doesn’t make those costs — approx. $2 trillion for the U.S. economy this decade — go away.
Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens.
New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.org
NEW: One of Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate a critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
We @propublica.org are still tracking and surfacing more of Elon Musk's demolition crew. We just added 9 more names to our tracker: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
We wrote a little bit more about that here: www.propublica.org/article/elon...
this kind of patient, accumulative journalism requires an enormous amount of work, and has a commensurate degree of value.
Researchers found that today, insurance underprices climate risk for 39 million properties across the continental United States — meaning that for 27% of properties in the country, premiums are too low to cover their climate exposure.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
Abrahm Lustgarten
First audience question is about the climate-pollution-driven insurance crisis.
@abrahm.bsky.social: "How much time do we have?"
Abrahm Lustgarten
@abrahm.bsky.social: "Housing is a key issue. We don't expect Arizona to become an unpopulated wasteland, but we expect urbanization. Cities like Phoenix, Atlanta will continue to grow."
