Y'all, I'm a dumbass, I published a tweet with a year-old story saying that solar power was going to grow 17% this summer. It did in fact do that, last summer.

*This* summer, it's expected to grow 22%. 😎

Deutsche Bank Declares China Energy ‘Winner’ in New Era of War As war injects extreme volatility into oil and gas markets, the global race for energy security is making China stronger, according to Jacky Tang, emerging markets chief investment officer at the priv...

China won the war.

Fifteen ways Luxon is increasing climate pollution (and the one way he says he is making it better but is not) - Greenpeace Aotearoa After the deadly storms, made worse by climate change, the Luxon Govt has tried to claim that it takes climate change seriously. But here are 15 pollution policies that speak louder than words.

Fifteen ways Luxon is increasing climate pollution (and the one way he says he is making it better but is not) www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

Heat ‘nowhere to go’ as temps hit 47C A dangerous heatwave that shattered January records is now barrelling towards Australia’s southeastern states, with millions set to swelter through next week.

AUSTRALIA
au.news.yahoo.com/millions-swe...

ICE detains family seeking emergency care for child at Portland hospital The Venezuelan parents and their 7-year-old daughter entered the U.S. legally.

they went to an emergency room seeking help for their 7 year old child.

ICE arrested the 7 year old and her parents.

the family is here legally.

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

Happy no catching fish day 😁

Merry Kirimihimete world.😘🚲

Went beach overnight.

New Zealand will not recognise Palistine. The right wing govt goes against the majority and shows its cowardice . #UN

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

First kiwi fruit bud of the new season . NZ

We have both been shopping . #Kete

The UN in New York has voted to upsticks and leave to Geneva. The September meetings are to be held in Geneva. Palestine peacekeeping is one of the first issues.

Went bush overnight.

Shielding the rich? Govt to axe info-gathering power that shed light on how much tax the rich pay Axing the power will improve taxpayer privacy but weaken the quality of IRD policy advice.

The 2023 IRD wealth study found that the richest 300 people in NZ pay tax on income of 9.4%, versus 28% for someone earning $80k. Luxon Govt is removing the clauses of the tax law that allowed IRD to collect the study data. They don’t want you to know. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

Tea sorted. 🇳🇿

Not been out for 20 months. Missed it.

"My name is Greta Thunberg and I am from Sweden. If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel."

Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and Scripp...

CO2 levels top 430ppm after huge 3.6ppm rise over last 12 months

No sign at all of this slowing

We really are in deep, deep, sh^t

But I don't see any government that gives a flying f*ck

scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

Grets and her companions have been kidnapped by the terrorist zionists. We need the worlds navies to go and rescue them. #FREEGRETA

Warming accelerates global drought severity - Nature Increased atmospheric evaporative demand in recent years has increased drought severity by an average of 40% globally across both dry and wet regions, and the trend is likely to continue under future ...

🌍🔥 Warming worsens droughts

Global warming has intensified drought severity by 40%, with areas in drought expanding 74% in the last 5 years.

Evaporation demand from the atmosphere is a major driver – and it is rising.

🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#ClimateScience #Drought #SciComm 🧪

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

When you don’t understand how anything works then everything is a conspiracy

ICE releases health worker arrested at airport despite living in the U.S. legally for 50 years Lewelyn Dixon had been arrested at the Seattle airport after a trip to her native Philippines in late February. She was released from ICE custody after three months.

One more for the "WTF" quota...

This lady has been legally in the U.S. for 50 years. She was detained by ICE in *February* when coming home from a trip to the Philippines and only just released last week.

"It was horrific; it was awful, it is crowded—super crowded."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

New WMO report on near-term climate projections finds that global temperatures are likely to remain at highly elevated levels for the next five years. Barring a large volcanic eruption, it is very unlikely that we see a year as cool as 2022 again. wmo.int/sites/defaul...

This has been a fantastic livestream. It's still going on, so take a look. Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social is on at 8:30 pm CT and Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social is on at 9:15 pm CT.

DOE cancels $3.7B in carbon capture, decarbonization awards Calpine, PPL Corp., Ørsted and Exxon Mobil are among the companies affected by the decision.

“DOE found these projects failed to advance the energy needs of the American people, were not economically viable and would not generate a positive ROI”
Carbon capture is a fancy way to launder public money into fossil fuel pockets. POTUS should love it.
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-can...

The very dire and scary situation unfortunately continues for NOAA Research - including across the federal labs, cooperative institutes, and program offices...

Vet and bird rescue says euthanasia is appropriate ......

Poor Gannet has a damaged foot and can't get airborne. Waiting for help from bird rescue Whakatane.