Why aren't oil futures trading with a time decay (theta) like options? Each day that passes without opening Strait of Hormuz increases the physical shortage in oil importing economies, e.g. Asia/Euro. And companies directly affected, like euro/asian airlines should see incremental drops e.g. $RYAAY

Climate Change Concern Near Its High Point in US 44% of US adults worry "a great deal" about climate change or global warming is near its 46% high point from 2020.

44% of Americans are very worried about climate change — among the highest levels since 1989 — and 63% believe the US government is not taking enough environmental action, the highest since @Gallup.com started polling the question in 1992.

Scientists looked back in time to find the first signs of human-caused global warming. It’s far earlier than previously thought | CNN The human fingerprint on global warming was likely evident in Earth’s atmosphere far earlier than previously thought—even before the invention of modern cars, a new study says.

Humans were already changing the climate at the time of the US civil war

www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/c...

California Utility Bills Are 20% Higher Due to Wildfires A new government report warns that climate change could upend the state’s economy if policy makers don’t act.

A reminder to *state-level* policymakers considering rolling back state-level climate policy in the name of affordability: climate change is unaffordable.
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Boston Midnight Marathon Bike Ride info.

News: Leading atmospheric science summer undergraduate research program canceled due to NSF funding loss Quieter weather on tap for a few days for most of the country

News: a leading NSF supported University of Oklahoma atmospheric science summer undergraduate research program that has mentored hundreds of top atmospheric scientists over two decades has been canceled for 2026 due to funding loss. (repost w/correct link) More: tinyurl.com/3zjzf7vu

THAILAND is living an extraordinary heat wave with deadly heat 24/7 for weeks:
Maxes up to 44C ,Mins up to 30C and extreme humidity with THIS locally >50C.
Records fall every single day
41.1C Chachoengsao last one

The bad news this will just get worse going into May.

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Wow. SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” was first established to stop the Clean Power Plan.

It’s remarkable how many assaults on democracy, or at least on established process, over the last decade have served to protect fossil-fuel interests from the energy transition.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

Must read in the @nytimes.com

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Thank you 🙏

I’m surprised it took them so long to consult the handbook on this.

Rules for Repressives, Chapter 4:

If you don’t like the rules, change them.

Forest Service plan to close research stations stokes fear as wildfire season approaches • Michigan Advance The U.S. Forest Service’s plan to close scores of research stations could threaten the nation’s wildfire readiness, many foresters fear, and erode decades of work to understand timber production, soil...

Forest Service plan to close research stations stokes fear as wildfire season approaches

michiganadvance.com/2026/04/18/r...

From @stateline.org

Investing in nature: Why outdoor spaces in Mass. deserve your vote - The Boston Globe A ballot initiative would dedicate funds from existing state sales taxes to protect green spaces.

Investing in nature: Why outdoor spaces in Mass. deserve your vote
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/18/o...

Intermountain west is in big trouble from climate change.

Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks President Trump and his family are suing federal agencies over leaks of their tax information. Court filings say they’re in talks to find a solution instead of heading to trial.

Grand theft !!!

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Schrödinger's Strait

you are 100% correct. skiers are a wealthy and powerful lobby and should be seeing calls to action on every lift ride

seems important and U.S. news seems to be under-reporting due to lack of local shortages

The Keeling Curve The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

429.37 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 13-Apr-2026
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

A Weakened IRS Has Significant Consequences

DOGE turbocharged the deficit, achieving no savings. The IRS reductions from funding and layoffs have likely resulted in about $861 bn in decreased revenue. The layoffs from actions like DOGE alone have likely resulted in $597.8 bn in decreased revenue over the 2026-2035.

Is the US Forest Service dying? - The Boston Globe A massive Trump reorganization is closing scores of vital research stations, including one in the White Mountains.

Today's Starting Point takes a look at how a massive Trump reorganization is shrinking the US Forest Service. Included in the closures of vital research stations: one in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

yay!

Horizons from PBS News | Will more embrace renewables after the latest oil surge? Will more Americans embrace renewable energy after the latest oil price surge?

🔆 "Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the earth. But none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz."
— @billmckibben.bsky.social on Horizons, @wbrangham.bsky.social's (relatively new) science/health/environment show @pbsnews.org. www.pbs.org/video/will-m...

never give up on your dreams! Wout van Aert at Paris-Roubaix!

Map showing snow water equivalent percent of the 1991-2020 median for the Western United States on April 10, 2026.

This is a frightening map, especially given the fact that this is normally near the peak in snowpack across the West. There are many far-reaching consequences from this historic snow drought, ranging from increasing risk of summer wildfires to major water concerns.

Map by nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov

The irony of this story about people injecting peptides is that it starts in SC…the state where low vax rates have fueled a Measles epidemic 😭

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The Era of Free Seas Is Unraveling—and Now Everyone’s Going to Pay
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Stagflation it is.
Seems like the socials should vibe what were you like in the 1970's not the 1990s.