Always fun to be with @velshi.com, and always fun to be psyching up protesters! If you don't know your rally site, or to NoKings.org, or thirdact.org

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz."

—Bill McKibben

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Opinion | The Hidden Risk to the Housing Market

America is facing a looming economic crisis that few people are talking about: a housing market collapse driven by increasingly devastating natural disasters.

Senator Sheehy and I agree that preparedness should be bipartisan.

The changing climate is toppling the home insurance market. Who should pay? YouTube video by Who Should Pay

When climate-driven insurance hikes and cancellations come to your door, who should pay?

COST: Home insurance costs are up 8.2% in one year as climate risk roils markets. That cascades into mortgage/real estate markets, so buckle up.

CORRUPTION: The fossil fuel industry’s climate denial fraud has real costs to Americans, and Republicans going along with the fraud are accountable.

Trump Targets America's Weather Nerve Center But the National Center for Atmospheric Research underpins insurance markets as well as disaster planning and climate forecasts.

"NCAR is like a circulatory system for all work involving atmospheric science and weather knowledge"
open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump Trump spent much of 2025 boosting fossil fuels and blocking renewables, but 92% of new power additions through November were solar, wind, or batteries.

Because it's clean and cheaper and faster to build!

Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center

Trumpsters trying to dismantle the Atmospheric Research Center for his polluter donors is like trying to turn off the fire alarms to protect the arsonists. The corruption is unbelievable.

Annual global insured losses from natural catastrophes are expected to hit $107 billion in 2025, with 83% in the US alone (LA fires + severe storms) - Swiss Re

"the third‑costliest year after 2023 and 2024, and extending a multi‑year upward trend"

www.reuters.com/business/env...

Yes, please

Washington residents sue Big Oil for fueling insurance crisis | Center for Climate Integrity The class action lawsuit is the first case from individuals demanding Big Oil be held accountable for its role in skyrocketing insurance premiums.

The first-of-its-kind lawsuit aims to hold Big Oil accountable for escalating home insurance costs, which Washington residents argue are being fueled by the industry's “coordinated and deliberate scheme to hide the truth about climate change and the effects of burning fossil fuels.”

Thanks so much for this piece and wake-up call Kenny.

Trump’s Katrina Is Coming - The American Prospect The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.

NEW: Fortunately, the U.S. escaped the 2025 hurricane season mostly unscathed.

But a major storm will almost certainly hit in the next few years. When it does, the lethal effects of Trump's FEMA assault will be fully exposed.

Our @kennystancil.bsky.social surveys the damage in @prospect.org. 🧵⬇️

The peer-reviewed methodology of the International Monetary Fund puts the pollute-for-free subsidy of fossil fuel — in the United States alone — at $700 billion dollars per year. That’s a lot of liability they’re hiding from.

Happy birthday!

My pitch at COP in Belem:

1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.

For years, people argued that there's no point in taking climate action unless China is onboard. I'm at a COP30 event where Chinese government officials and renewable industry reps are outlining the fast-paced renewable energy transition and long-term carbon neutrality plan. The story has flipped.

How to Fill the Climate Void Left by the White House Regardless of your party affiliation, it was hard to feel too jazzed about California Governor Gavin Newsom representing the US at the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil. Democrats will grouse that ...

@markgongloff.bsky.social captures our key ideas from yesterday's Climate Cabinet report, highlighting the exciting opportunities in the states to lead on clean energy finance & climate risk mitigation, and, in the process, to make electric utility and property insurance bills more affordable.

What happens if property insurers are allowed to exclude wildfires from coverage? “Are we just going to turn everybody loose and let the fires burn our houses down?” Nevada just did — and others may follow.

Nevada just let property insurers exclude wildfire coverage. Homeowners won’t realize until it’s too late that fire isn't covered. Expect shock, underinsurance, and scrambling for expensive new policies. Plus: pressure for a federal wildfire safety net. open.substack.com/pub/susanpcr...

Self compassion - a beautiful and necessary thing for us humans 🙂

When Big Oil companies claim to be partners in climate solutions, remember: they are lying.

If you squint, you might be able to see how much energy generated by Big Oil comes from renewables.

For BP and Shell, it's less than half a percent.

For Exxon and Chevron? ZERO, according to a new study.

Climate Change Led to At Least 16,500 Heat Deaths in Europe This Summer A new study tracked the effects of higher temperatures in hundreds of European cities.

The next time your elected representative preaches about "all of the above" energy policy, maybe ask if they know how many more heat deaths that means. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nicely done, America

For the first time ever China will sell more electric cars than the US sells of gas and electric cars combined 🤯

World’s Biggest Battery Secures Financing for UK Construction The world’s biggest battery project secured about £750 million ($1 billion) in public and private financing, and will begin construction immediately in northern England, marking a significant step for...

The world’s largest battery is being built at a former coal plant in the worlds first advanced economy to transition entirely off coal

Kind of tells you all you need to know about which way the wind is blowing 😎

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I hate it when someone writes a super creepy letter from me and forges my signature in a birthday gift to a close friend of mine.

I for damned sure want people to know how we got to this dangerous climate precipice, and who is to blame.

I’m headed to the Senate floor to deliver my 301st Time to Wake Up speech.

Undermining the Fed to get lower rates now is like ripping the batteries out of your smoke alarm because it’s beeping. It’s quiet for a bit. Then your house burns down. Credibility anchors expectations; expectations anchor inflation.