I think we understand the steps to this dance:
1️⃣Damaging article against Trump or ally
2️⃣Subject claims defamation
3️⃣Sues immediately
4️⃣A month later, media entity files motion to dismiss
5️⃣Months after that, it's granted. Case dismissed.
6️⃣Appeal. Takes a year.
7️⃣By the time appeal fails, world moves on.

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

US elites decided, like a school of fish, that climate concern is old, boring, "woke," square, not hip & popular any more. As usual, it was based almost entirely on internal elite dynamics. It had nothing to do with the actual public, which is more concerned than ever.

American exceptionalism on EVs:

A map of Washington snowpack, showing many of the state's river basins below 50% of normal.

In case you were wondering, the snowstorms last week did NOT end the drought. Snowpack is a key water supply source in WA and unfortunately, only a few days last week were cool enough for any new snowpack. This was nowhere near enough to make up for the snow we didn’t get over the warm winter.

“It wasn’t that long ago that there weren’t any protected bike lanes downtown. The bike network is better than it’s ever been in Seattle,” he said. “If people haven’t ridden downtown recently, I encourage everyone to try it again.”

Great to chat with @nickdeshais.bsky.social about this connection!

Really good headline

It feels like yesterday that online-engineers-of-a-certain-age were saying that heavy freight could never be electrified. To quote William Gibson, "The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet." Fossil fuel interests want to keep it that way.

Climate removed from top level navigation on BBC News.

The #1 worst spring drought, so far, on record in US history! That’s where we find ourselves today. 100% of the Southeast is in #drought, 70% of the US, and 3/4 of #Florida in “extreme” drought. Lack or rain and the #1 warmest US year on record to date is how we got here…

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections. n.pr/3QfF8I1

Someday, with luck and hard work, she will have a name too.

We all know Trump lies about everything ceaselessly and with impunity, but this is especially galling since it's been so obviously false for decades and because it's so dangerous to the entire planet.
#climatechange
#climate

Unprecedented corruption

Year-end surge: electric trucks outsell diesel for the first time in China - electrive.com In December 2025, 45,300 fully and partially electrified heavy-duty trucks were newly registered in China—accounting for 54 percent of total heavy-duty truck

Large BEV commercial trucks are now outselling diesel commercial trucks in China for the first time. While the world electrifies, the US is squandering resources to fight over expensive, dwindling, polluting, fossil fuels. 🧪💡🔌 ☀️💨💧🔋 www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/y...

The ongoing efforts to weaponize the DOJ against Trump's enemies poses a profound danger to democracy and the rule of law

Mount Shasta looms over the iron gateway to Weed, California.

Another EV road trip on the books: 1,750 mi round trip from Seattle to Santa Cruz.

Noticeably more fast chargers out there since last time we did this trip a few years ago - we never had to wait for one to open up, which wasn’t the case several years ago.

Prize for most scenic charger: Weed, CA.

Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America - Nature By examining the hourly diurnal cycle of 23,557 fires in North America during 2017–2020, 1,095 overnight burning events were identified, mostly associated with extreme fires and driven by long-te...

Proud of my graduate student, Kaiwei Luo, because today his first research chapter of his PhD was published in Nature. Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America. nature.com/articles/s41...

Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up In what is possibly another sign of climate change, mosquitoes have landed in Iceland for the first time. For many years, the island was the only Arctic country that could claim to be mosquito-free. B...

Another indication of our climate-changed future.
#climate

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Federal policy on biofuels goes from bad to worse under Trump The administration’s lavish biofuel subsidies for farmers are bad for consumers and the planet, but the problem goes way beyond his administration.

Is mandating an increase in the amount of corn and soy we burn in vehicles good for food security? No. Is it good for nature? No. But is it at least good for the climate? Also no. Read the latest from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social 👇🏻

Carbon Removal After Microsoft Though the tech giant did not say its purchasing pause is permanent, the change will have lasting ripple effects.

Microsoft is the anchor of the carbon removal market. It bought 45 million tons of carbon removal last year; the next largest buyer has purchased 1.8 million tons *ever.*

So what happens now that Microsoft’s paused buying?

Spent the week talking to folks about it: heatmap.news/carbon-remov...

At first I thought this protester was opposed to fracking in Alabama, or maybe by ex-Sen. Franken.
(It's actually "No to the fracking" in Spanish)

Seattle's traffic deaths are climbing. One City Council member wants an audit to find out why Seattle’s goal is zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Right now, the numbers are far from zero — and going nowhere but up.

Seattle’s goal is zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Right now, the numbers are far from zero — and going nowhere but up.

Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

Anyone who claims that we don't know the cause of climate change is either a liar or a moron.

Some Type 2 fun this week as @kuow.org’s Megan Farmer and I bounced across Rosario Strait in a small boat (during a Small Craft Advisory 😬) to report on an endangered species in the San Juan Islands. Happy to report that nobody puked! Yeehaw! 🤠

NPR Receives $113 Million From 2 Gifts

This is great news, but it nicely illustrates that, just like for science, nothing can replace government funding.

NPR got a one-time gift totaling $113 million, which is not nothing. But Congress clawed back $500 million in annual funding from public broadcasters.

There aren’t enough characters to say this but the criminal conviction underscores the importance of journalism, as the case began with an investigative story in Le Monde. If we want a just and livable world for all, we have to support journalism financially.

Trump to Pick Ousted FEMA Head to Lead Agency Again

I've been reporting a multi-part @onthemedia.bsky.social series about FEMA for like 9 months. I interviewed Cam Hamilton last year after he was fired. I did not see this coming!!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

Of course conversations about diets and food consumption are always sensitive, but I bet most people aren’t aware that US per capita beef consumption peaked in the 1970s and is now 1/3 below what it was then. Chicken is the #1 consumed meat in the US diet since around 1990.

Or you could be on a bicycle

Holy revolving door, Batman!