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Climate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coal
Dan Robinson, Theregister.com
High gas prices and surging AI demand send operators back to the dirtiest fuel in the stack US datacenters are experiencing a significant shift toward coal-powered energy due to elevated natural gas prices and rapidly growing electricity demand.…
Oct 10, 2025, 1:44 PM
Rebuilding Gaza: don't sideline Palestinian scientists, say experts
Michele Catanzaro, Nature.com
Researchers warn against ‘top down’ solutions as US President Donald Trump brokers first phase of peace deal.
Oct 10, 2025, 12:00 AM
Hotel prices lead countries to consider skipping COP30 climate summit
By Kate Abnett, Yahoo Entertainment
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation at next month's COP30 climate summit in Brazil and some delegates are considering...
Oct 6, 2025, 6:21 AM
There Is No Green Transition Without Consequences
Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic
A new book argues that simply replacing fossil-fuel extraction with critical-mineral mining is no way out of the climate crisis.
Oct 2, 2025, 7:06 PM
From the Cesspool to the Mainstream
Suzanne Schneider, The New York Review of Books
The “new fusionist” intellectuals are the missing link between nineteenth-century race science, twentieth-century libertarianism, and the contemporary alt-right.
Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
World Cup kick-off times could move to after midnight in UK to avoid heat
Sky Sports
FIFA is considering moving some kick-off times for next summer's World Cup to the early hours of the morning UK time in an attempt to avoid the extreme heat in North America that affected the recent Club World Cup.
Oct 2, 2025, 10:10 AM
6 Takeaways From NY Climate Week’s Tale Of Two Cities
Joan Michelson, Contributor, Joan Michelson, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmichelson2/, Forbes
Last week's UNGA and Climate Week was a tale of two cities. Here are six key points from my Climate Week 2025 journey with business & nonprofit leaders and scientists.
Sep 28, 2025, 8:47 PM
China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers
Freakonomics.com
China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. - Freakonomics
Sep 28, 2025, 8:06 PM
Utilities are doing even worse on climate than they were 5 years ago
Jeff St. John, Canary Media, Canarymedia.com
Major U.S. utilities earn an “F” on a new report card because they’re planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many gas-fired power plants.
Sep 28, 2025, 1:00 PM
Links 9/28/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: Drifting cars, black hole collisions, bigger hailstones, Venezuela trouble, China?, Europe disrupted, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched exc…
Sep 28, 2025, 10:55 AM
Why Billionaire Wendy Schmidt Is ‘Doubling Down’ On Climate Science In The Age Of Trump
youtube.com, Biztoc.com
With climate funding under threat, Wendy Schmidt is becoming an increasingly vital philanthropist—supporting deep-sea ...
Sep 28, 2025, 12:03 AM
America's blame game over Canada's wildfire smoke misses the point, experts say
BBC News
US officials have blamed Canada for not doing enough to stop its wildfire smoke from wafting south. Climate experts say it’s not so simple.
Sep 25, 2025, 1:17 AM
China makes landmark pledge to cut its climate emissions
BBC News
It is China's first firm goal to reduce emissions but falls well short of what is needed to meet global targets.
Sep 24, 2025, 6:57 PM
Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won't solve America's wildfire problem
Tony Cheng, Space.com
In other words, more fire is coming, more often.
Sep 24, 2025, 4:00 PM
Trump criticises countries' migration and climate policies in scathing UN speech
BBC News
The US president also takes aim at the UN itself in an address lasting almost an hour.
Sep 23, 2025, 5:03 PM
Can Progressive Mayors Redeem the Democratic Party?
Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
Bill McKibben writes about progressive mayoral candidates, particularly Boston’s Michelle Wu, New York’s Zohran Mamdani, and Seattle’s Katie Wilson.
Sep 23, 2025, 4:01 PM
Leaders promised to cut climate pollution, then doubled down on fossil fuels
Jeff Brady, NPR
Ten years after countries promised to cut climate pollution in the Paris Agreement, countries plan to produce more than twice the amount of fossil fuels that would be consistent with that deal.
Sep 22, 2025, 4:01 AM
Wildfire smoke is an insidious and growing public health threat
Justine Calma, The Verge
Wildfire smoke is the air quality nightmare of our generation, eating away at previous gains made by cracking down on industrial emissions and tailpipe pollution. Constant exposure to smoke is becoming a chronic threat even in places that historically haven't…
Sep 18, 2025, 3:00 PM
Climate Change Fuels Record Summer Heat, Killing Thousands
Andrea Thompson, Scientific American
Climate-fueled heat has caused thousands of excess deaths over the past three summers, which were the three hottest on record
Sep 17, 2025, 4:00 AM
Letters from Our Readers
The New Yorker
Readers respond to John Seabrook’s piece on floods, Eyal Press’s article on the National Restaurant Association, and Adam Gopnik’s essay on the history of gambling in New York.
Sep 15, 2025, 10:00 AM
Opinion - An infectious disease has invaded America’s public health agencies
Glenn C. Altschuler, opinion contributor, The Hill
An infectious disease — one that rejects scientific expertise, metastasizes conspiracy theories and contaminates programs that track and treat illnesses...
Sep 14, 2025, 12:00 PM
Links 9/14/2025
Haig Hovaness, Nakedcapitalism.com
Our strategic daily links: Wild rides, naked black hole, bone glue, first female PM in Nepal, Europe's future, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, hapless democrats, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched ex…
Sep 14, 2025, 10:55 AM
Experts issue scathing rebuttal to US government report: 'A total disgrace'
Susan Elizabeth Turek, Yahoo Entertainment
"It relies on ideas that were rejected long ago."
Sep 14, 2025, 1:30 AM
These 2 Cities Are Pushing Back on Data Centers. Here's What They're Worried About
Corin Cesaric, CNET
Data centers are growing at breakneck speed, but so is the opposition to them.
Sep 13, 2025, 12:00 PM