TV news barely covered Trump's Big Oil "quid pro quo" last year. Now that it's come to fruition, networks should give the scandal the attention it deserves.

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” lands a $1 billion tax break for Big Oil as EPA staff are told to “pause” oil and gas enforcement.
Broadcast networks should give the scandal the attention it deserves.

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.

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People told my dad not to bother educating his 4 daughters. He didn't listen On Father's Day, Esther Ngumbi thinks of the sacrifices her Kenyan dad made to ensure that not only his son but his four daughters got an education. He'd say, "I choose to educate you, my girls."

On Father's Day, Esther Ngumbi thinks of the sacrifices her Kenyan dad made to ensure that not only his son but his four daughters got an education. He'd say, "I choose to educate you, my girls."

Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content

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

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"This is probably the most important graphic that (almost) no one knows or understands. The Earth is currently absorbing three times (!) as much energy as it did in 2000. Even if we stop all emissions, the temperature will still rise until a new equilibrium is reached.
#ClimateCrisis "

🧪 Detailed data viz NYT article, out today, on the extent of funding cuts at the National Science Foundation.

This "broken pie chart" is neat & new to me: Powerfully shows the slowdown in new NSF awards across areas.

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Update:
UNBELIEVABLE ALMOST 27 DEGREES IN ICELAND

Climatic history rewritten.
And sadly, another terrible failure by all models, none of which saw 24C+ in Iceland for this warm episode, although it was obvious it was going to be historic and much warmer than that.

Photo of a man sitting on the edge of a cliff, with the Grand Canyon in the background.

I recently visited the Grand Canyon for the first time, and it felt like some sort of soil scientist pilgrimage

Friendly reminder that it’s very, very cool to not use AI art as a journal cover