Peter Gleick

#Climate and #water scientist and communicator. Interested in many things, including #birds, mandolin, politics. You can also find my stuff (or message me) at www.gleick.com.
Author of a mess of scientific papers, the 9 volumes of The World's Water (Island Press); Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Island Press); A 21st Century US Water Policy (Oxford); and my new book: "The Three Ages of Water." Email me at pgleick (at) gmail

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2026-04-01 16:26:08 UTC

My latest opinion piece, at the San Francisco Chronicle,
"Here’s what California’s dismal snowpack means for the state’s future..." "What we’re seeing is a clear signal of human-caused climate change."
#climatechange
#water
Gift Link:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/snow-water-reservoir-california-22162283.php?hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL29waW5pb24vb3BlbmZvcnVtL2FydGljbGUvc25vdy13YXRlci1yZXNlcnZvaXItY2FsaWZvcm5pYS0yMjE2MjI4My5waHA%3D&time=MTc3NTA1NzIyMjc0Mw%3D%3D&rid=YTViMGY0ZmUtMjcxNi00ODNlLWFiZTEtMDg3ZjQ5OTU5YjRm&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D

2026-04-01 14:35:24 UTC

Today is the unofficial end of the California rainy season and the last official snowpack survey. There's basically no snow, and the reason is #climatechange.
“This particular year is as clear an indication of the influence of climate change as anything we’ve seen”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-04-01/extreme-heat-california-snow

2026-03-31 20:49:34 UTC

A lot has been written about Dr. Paul Ehrlich, who recently passed away. Much of it is misleading, out-of-date, or simply wrong about his brilliant science, the evolution of his thinking, and his deep care for people & the planet. Here's a personal take on his legacy, written by three people who actually knew him.
https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/understanding-the-fragility-of-our-planetary-home-the-legacy-of-paul-ehrlich/

2026-03-31 20:11:24 UTC

Another Trump Executive Order (cutting funding for PBS and NPR) is ruled illegal.
"It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch" said the judge.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/judge-blocks-trumps-executive-order-to-end-federal-funding-for-pbs-and-npr

2026-03-30 21:23:04 UTC

Leave it to the dangerous ignorance of Trump to threaten to attack Iran's #desalination plants (of which they have almost none) while ignoring the actual vulnerability of the Gulf country's desalination plants (to which they are completely dependent).
Oh, and such attacks are a war crime.
#water
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/320/223/669/474/782/original/76147ebe4bb685a5.png

2026-03-30 17:09:17 UTC

In light of Trump's new threat to destroy Iranian #water systems, here's my recent opinion piece from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:
https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/desalination-water-and-war/#post-heading

2026-03-30 17:07:27 UTC

Trump is threatening a war crime by attacking civilian #water systems in Iran. He just threatened "blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!)"
Ironically, Gulf desalination plants are FAR more vulnerable to attack -- Iran has almost no centralized desalination plants.
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/319/216/993/158/665/original/ddddc63ae5091311.png

2026-03-28 05:21:35 UTC

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade "the gravest crime against humanity".
Three countries voted against it.
The US, Argentina, and Israel.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0rxqng5pyno

2026-03-26 18:53:02 UTC

Melania Trump shares the red carpet at the White House with a robot. She's the one on the right.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/26/nx-s1-5761898/melania-trump-robot-education-technology-ai
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/296/985/645/964/898/original/ea4c10b74b8d5326.png

2026-03-25 00:14:14 UTC

These graphs show the total collapse of snowpack numbers for California over the past few weeks (dark blue line), along with the average snowpack (light blue area), for the state, and northern/central/southern California.
California snowpack is now at only 27% of normal, as heat waves have turned the little #snow California received to #water or vapor.
#climatechange
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/286/920/611/468/625/original/b1e083392dc96da8.png

2026-03-24 17:40:55 UTC

It's spring in California and the new tender green leaves of Toxicodendron diversilobum are unfurling and reaching out to the nearest hiker.
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/285/377/998/319/023/original/6c1785eee1694400.jpg

2026-03-23 00:08:28 UTC

There's a lot going on, but today is World Water Day #worldwaterday.
If you have safe drinking #water and decent sanitation, please understand how fortunate you are, and give a thought to the billions of people who don't.
Solutions to our water problems are possible.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-three-ages-of-water-prehistoric-past-imperiled-present-and-a-hope-for-the-future-peter-gleick/34011e23365bb3b7

2026-03-21 18:19:07 UTC

I can't get over this insanity for so many reasons but...
Imagine being able to "teleport" and using it to go to Waffle House.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/politics/fema-official-gregg-phillips-violent-rhetoric-teleported-kfile

2026-03-21 18:18:19 UTC

Higher temperatures are forcing irrigation districts to begin irrigating two weeks earlier than normal, putting more pressure of California's #water supplies.
Another impacts of human-caused #climatechange
https://abc30.com/post/early-heat-prompts-fresno-irrigation-district-release-water-ahead-schedule/18743144/

2026-03-21 15:27:47 UTC

Women and girls bear the brunt of our failure to provide universal access to safe #water and sanitation.
And #climatechanges is making it worse.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/19/women-and-girls-bearing-brunt-of-water-shortages-globally-un-warns

2026-03-21 03:20:40 UTC

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Unless by "teleport", he meant stumbled drunkenly into a Waffle House and had alcoholic amnesia.

2026-03-20 20:14:17 UTC

Some personal news!
I've written a new book, on the threat of violence over #water and how to move from conflict to cooperation.
It'll be released in November, but it's now available for pre-order!
"When the Well is Dry: How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes Peace"
https://www.amazon.com/When-Well-Dry-Violence-Shapes/dp/B0GGYFMT98

2026-03-20 18:40:11 UTC

We already see this.
I'm part of an international team of water scientists giving lectures on freshwater to Chinese university students. The first class has 1,500 students and they expect 10,000 to take the course. 10,000!
Just on #water issues.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00618-5

2026-03-19 21:39:44 UTC

Russian attack on a Ukrainian hydroelectric plant causes a #water contamination event that extends into Moldova, cutting water supply to thousands.
https://apnews.com/article/moldova-ukraine-water-pollution-russia-war-15444cfde592efb1bc4862fe75458231

2026-03-18 18:21:10 UTC

The only MAGA that makes sense.
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/251/560/349/451/894/original/6d63a4656d9d68b7.png

2026-03-17 18:21:34 UTC

OK, something new.
For years, I've been playing mandolin in a bluegrass/fiddle band for fun. In May, our "Blue Mondays" band will play in a concert/fundraiser "Pickin' for Democracy". Every penny goes to Movement Voters PAC to fund local organizing and movement-building for voters. Our band has a $5,000 target (there are 10 other bands!!) We're looking for sponsors. We'll be playing "Round the Horn" & "Liberty" -- two classic tunes (and yes, metaphors!!).
Here's more info, and links if you're able to sponsor us!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GBYhdVwcD2-cB8voLjGcAb-og7rW4fZO/view?usp=drive_link

2026-03-17 02:06:46 UTC

I'm tired of evil.
I'm tired of stupid.
I'm tired of incompetence.
I'm tired of self-righteous unrepentant, proud racism and sexism.
It's all exhausting.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2026-03-15 23:51:21 UTC

Dr. Paul Ehrlich, founder of the field of population biology, Stanford professor, prolific author of books on butterflies, birds, & human ecology, world-class environmentalist, outspoken scientist, and a personal friend, has passed away.
A giant in the field of ecology.
https://youtu.be/vW1z4n4Dusk?si=yCM8iAcPWtklTGV3

2026-03-15 20:31:14 UTC

If the world was less dependent on oil and gas, the amount of shipping required (and the pollution and political costs associated with that dependence) would drop dramatically.
Also, things are definitely backed up on both sides of the straits of Hormuz today.
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/235/083/856/520/082/original/f1301f94efc29585.png
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2026-03-15 16:02:31 UTC

My interview on PBS Marketplace about the risk to #desalination plants from the Iran War.
#water
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2026/03/13/war-in-iran-poses-threat-to-critical-water-desalination-plants

2026-03-15 00:11:17 UTC

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typo, thx

2026-03-15 00:08:25 UTC

A reminder. Our politicians kept insisting we were winning the Vietnam War right up until we lost it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-iran-we-won-dont-want-leave-early-2026-03-11/

2026-03-15 00:03:35 UTC

Happy π day.
In 1897, the Indiana House of Representatives voted unanimously to make π=2.
#π
#πday
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-story-behind-indianas-1897-vote-to-change-the-value-of-pi/

2026-03-14 17:16:48 UTC

All hat, no cattle.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-debuts-pricey-wild-west-look-in-the-oval-office/

2026-03-13 19:52:17 UTC

Trump: "When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money."
What does Tonto say about "we"?
Trump, Russia,and his oil company cronies are the "we."
Not anyone else.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/trump-gas-prices-iran-war

2026-03-13 16:57:40 UTC

US gasoline prices over the past year.
But Donald Trump says it's great when oil prices go up. "We make a lot of money" he says.
"We"?
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5780543-us-oil-prices-trump/
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/222/919/767/671/867/original/ae8e22fec56484ed.png

2026-03-13 16:49:54 UTC

Just a reminder that once-upon-a-time when entertainment streaming services began, the idea was by paying a monthly fee, you could get ad-free streaming.
No longer: We've been Trojan-horsed. Now you pay a monthly fee but still have to watch ads, or you have to pay ANOTHER monthly fee to avoid them.

2026-03-13 16:41:02 UTC

You know what else gets more expensive when the price of oil goes up? Plastic, and everything that uses it. Which is almost everything.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/iran-war-unsettles-indias-packaged-water-makers-bottles-caps-get-pricey-2026-03-12/

2026-03-13 03:50:05 UTC

In a Trump administration with an already stunning track record of deep incompetence, this takes the cake.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/politics/hormuz-trump-administration-underestimated-iran

2026-03-13 00:01:17 UTC

I'm sorry but when I post about the importance of making a rapid transition to electric vehicles and you comment that the real issue is eliminating cars completely, you're not helping.

2026-03-12 19:46:38 UTC

We're racing toward the key April 1 California snowpack measurement and it's going to be disastrously low -- my estimate is far less than half of normal.
#california
#water
#climatechange

2026-03-12 19:41:21 UTC

I can hear the cheering in China from here.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70722299/honda-0-series-suv-saloon-acura-rsx-canceled/

2026-03-12 15:37:03 UTC

Going to war with no clear objective or rationale and with outdated Intel is so on brand for Trump, Hegseth, and his minions. And it leads to war crimes.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-school-hegseth-trump-2ffff06808f7a584b0a03831897ab0b8

2026-03-12 03:43:32 UTC

California has had about the average amount of rain expected for this time of year, but snowpack is half of normal and melting fast.
This is absolutely evidence of #climatechange.
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/214/137/101/460/798/original/cbdba4f1abc53afb.png
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2026-03-11 21:02:26 UTC

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Good point. Indeed, California precipitation is around normal for this time of year -- it is the snowpack that's a problem. Fortunately, our reservoirs are in excellent shape for the year, so I don't expect much of a water supply problem this year. (Other than our persistent water supply problems EVERY year.)

2026-03-11 19:23:26 UTC

What is happening with California snowpack this year is an example of #climatechange: more extreme storms that bring rain and snow; too little snow compared to rain; and rapid loss of snowpack due to rising temperatures. Snowpack is just half of normal & melting far more quickly than average.
#water
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/212/169/433/261/844/original/947522e5f80ab518.png

2026-03-11 02:10:35 UTC

The US intelligence community long ago gamed out all the risks surrounding a conflict with Iran, including the possibility Iran would close the Straits of Hormuz.
If the Trump administration and Hegseth are surprised now, it's because they've never listened to, and sidelined, the experts.

2026-03-10 17:07:43 UTC

California's already poor snowpack is going to further shrink in the coming week as an unprecedented heat wave strikes the state.
Remember how to use #water carefully.
#climatechange
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/california-see-unprecedented-heat-wave-120000268.html

2026-03-10 06:02:22 UTC

Do you all remember that the International Criminal Court has already issued arrest warrants for war crimes for Netanyahu and Gallant?
Seems like similar charges could be drafted for Trump and Hegseth.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/08/nx-s1-5739395/iran-school-airstrike-tomahawk-missile-trump

2026-03-09 21:55:51 UTC

Attacks on civilian water systems must be condemned and punished under the laws of war. We must repudiate such attacks and stop targeting water supplies, water systems, and other critical civilian infrastructure. #Water must never be a target or weapon of war.
https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/desalination-water-and-war/

2026-03-09 21:31:39 UTC

My new opinion piece on the recently reported attacks on desalination plants in the Middle East.
#water
#desalination
#iranwar
https://thebulletin.org/2026/03/desalination-water-and-war/

2026-03-09 21:12:47 UTC

The nonstop BS and blatant lies spewing from Trump and every Trump official is really wearing.
And despite it all being easily debunked, the media just reports it unchecked.

2026-03-09 06:14:45 UTC

Interesting to think that Donald Trump may have, completely inadvertently and at a horrific cost, finally woken up the world to how urgent it is we get off our dangerous addiction to fossil fuels.
Electrify everything.
Ban the production of gasoline-powered vehicles.
Tax oil companies dry.
Subsidize all renewables and EVs.

2026-03-08 17:50:12 UTC

Just a legal note: You don't have to be in an officially declared "war" to be guilty of international war crimes.

2026-03-08 17:42:18 UTC

There are now two reported attacks on desalination facilities in Trump's Iran War: one on an Iranian plant; one in Bahrain. This marks a dangerous escalation in a region highly dependent on #desalination for #water supply.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/attacks-on-desalination-drag-water-supplies-into-the-war-with-iran-73b02146

2026-03-07 23:04:33 UTC

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Also prohibited under the 1977 Geneva Convention Protocols

2026-03-07 18:59:16 UTC

Colorado River in crisis.
A record warm winter could send Lake Powell to a historic low.
#water
#coloradoriver
#climatechange
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/03/07/how-flaming-gorge-may-help-keep/

2026-03-07 18:55:13 UTC

Geneva Convention 1977 Protocols:
“It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as... drinking #water installations & supplies and irrigation works... for any other motive.”
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/world/blatant-and-desperate-crime-irans-fm-condemns-us-attack-on-qeshms-freshwater-desalination-plant-warns-of-grave-consequences/

2026-03-07 18:32:34 UTC

Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
https://timesofoman.com/article/169185-irans-fm-condemns-us-attack-on-qeshms-freshwater-desalination-plant-warns-of-grave-consequences

2026-03-07 06:48:23 UTC

Excited about the possibility of desalination helping solve the Colorado River crisis? Forget it. The #water that might be available from San Diego's Carlsbad plant is miniscule and 10 times more expensive than conservation or other options.
https://www.kjzz.org/science/2026-03-05/could-ocean-water-help-fix-arizonas-drought-troubles-this-agreement-puts-it-one-step-closer

2026-03-06 19:11:20 UTC

Oil going thru the roof.
The higher the price of oil, the higher the cost to the average American. But the higher the price of oil, the more renewable energy looks both attractive and necessary. Too bad Donald Trump is trying to kill the US electric-vehicle and renewable energy markets.
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/183/807/890/785/913/original/96decd63df9505e7.png

2026-03-06 05:29:25 UTC

The latest update from the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory, shows current #carbondioxide concentrations continue to accelerate upward. The latest reading? 429.1 parts per million. Pre-industrial concentrations were under 280 ppm.
#climatechange
#climate
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2026-03-06 04:57:18 UTC

Also, my book on bottled water is still available.
https://islandpress.org/books/bottled-and-sold#desc

2026-03-06 04:56:51 UTC

Just your periodic reminder that #bottledwater (thousands of times more expensive than tap #water) can have water quality problems. And this may just be the tip of the iceberg: FDA conducts almost no inspections of BW plants.
https://www.prevention.com/health/a70607643/valley-springs-artesian-gold-bottled-water-recall/

2026-03-04 22:40:22 UTC

“The biggest short-term losers of Trump's war will be US consumers of oil and gas, as prices of energy rise,” Gleick says. “The three biggest short-term winners are fossil-fuel-company profits, Russian fossil-fuel revenue, and Chinese sales of renewable energy and electric vehicles.”
https://www.fastcompany.com/91502090/trump-assaulted-renewable-energy-now-america-is-more-vulnerable-to-iran-fossil-fuel-shocks

2026-03-04 22:39:00 UTC

“The costs of Trump’s war to the average American will be higher than it could have been because of the assault of the GOP and Trump administration on renewable energy projects,” said Peter Gleick, a member of the US National Academy of Sciences
https://www.fastcompany.com/91502090/trump-assaulted-renewable-energy-now-america-is-more-vulnerable-to-iran-fossil-fuel-shocks

2026-03-04 01:50:47 UTC

If we're spending $4 million Patriot missiles to shoot down Iranian Shahed drones that cost only $30,000, Trump's war may be shorter than he thinks.

2026-03-03 17:08:56 UTC

By the time Americans figure out that Trump's wars raised the price of gasoline and decide it's finally time to buy an EV, there won't be any major American automobile companies making them. The death of the American automobile industry can be laid directly at Trump's feet.

2026-03-02 18:56:12 UTC

Turns out the "Department of War" IS more accurate.

2026-03-02 17:15:28 UTC

The world is getting a reminder, once again, of the enormous economic and geopolitical risks associated with dependable on fossil fuels. And a reminder of the incredible independence that renewable energy provides from those risks.
#fossilfuels
#renewableenergy
#iran

2026-03-02 17:06:48 UTC

How about if we give human rights to humans first?
https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/02/22/the-cult-that-wants-to-give-human-rights-to-robots/

2026-03-01 22:29:19 UTC

Here, in a nutshell, is why using AI for military purposes is worse than dangerous:
If you ask it for a plan to attack something, it will never respond "that's bad idea, don't do it."

2026-03-01 19:26:34 UTC

The hot in the west was hotter than the cold in the east was cold.
#climatechange
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/155/550/980/384/099/original/63e27b38466f2139.jpg

2026-02-28 23:27:49 UTC

The leaders of Israel and the United States are war criminals.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2026-02-27 06:48:08 UTC

Turns out, if you give the Republicans an inch, they'll take all your civil rights.
Stop hoping one last concession or compromise will finally stop them.

2026-02-26 23:30:40 UTC

My most visceral sense of the concept of infinity is the realization I'll never be able to block all the spam phone numbers in the world sending me unsolicited texts.

2026-02-26 16:04:42 UTC

The US Drought Monitor this week for California versus Florida.
Zero versus 100% drought extent.
#drought
#water
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/137/774/910/275/367/original/59782c5641d6bfa6.png
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2026-02-26 06:29:03 UTC

"Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental"
Hitler’s Greenland Obsession
After creating an economic mess with ill-advised tariffs, Hitler looked north in pursuit of resources and national security.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/hitler-greenland/685984/

2026-02-26 05:30:58 UTC

The Biden administration committed $400 million to farmers, irrigation districts, agricultural associations, and tribes in 2024 for drought relief. Trump blocked those funds and now no one knows what happened to the money from USDA.
#water
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/did-the-usda-just-forget-about-400m-in-drought-aid-for-farmers/

2026-02-26 05:24:37 UTC

More evidence that water -- massive amounts of water -- have been present in the universe since shortly after the Big Bang.
All it took was hydrogen and oxygen, among the earliest elements created.
#water
#bigbang
https://www.earth.com/news/black-hole-quasar-bal-apm-08279-5255-water-fill-trillions-of-earth-size-oceans/

2026-02-25 18:05:26 UTC

So Skynet is real and the movie War Games was a documentary?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/

2026-02-25 04:45:03 UTC

It sounded better in the original German.

2026-02-24 17:33:52 UTC

Me. I'm a mad scientist.
(Paul Noth cartoons)
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/126/803/280/042/721/original/e24d9a2e45ec7d4b.png

2026-02-24 17:27:34 UTC

Trump has never once deployed US military forces and then not used them. Especially when he needs a distraction from domestic disasters and bad polls.
An attack in Iran is inevitable, no matter what they do in negotiations.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2026-02-23 21:32:47 UTC

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

2026-02-21 22:17:19 UTC

You are here.
We've breached 430 ppm CO2.
#climatechange
https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/110/930/212/374/260/original/1f78343e6942f9d6.jpg

2026-02-20 17:00:13 UTC

Today's SCOTUS decision makes it crystal clear that three justices will let Trump do literally anything he wants. Screw the Constitution, the law, facts, morals, and ethics.
It should have been 9-0.
#scotus

2026-02-20 16:48:49 UTC

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That seems likely to be minuscule compared to the other factors. Just a guess, tho.

2026-02-20 16:47:35 UTC

Now that SCOTUS has acknowledged that Trump tariffs are actually taxes, do I get to deduct what I've already paid in tariffs from this year's tax return?
#scotus
#taxes

2026-02-19 23:59:46 UTC

Trump banner at the Justice Department.
Mussolini banner at Fascist headquarters, Italy.
What's the difference?
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2026-02-19 23:01:02 UTC

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Sea levels wouldn't be dropping, land levels would be rising. Important distinction.

2026-02-19 23:00:10 UTC

There's zero scientific basis for overturning the #climate #endangerment finding, so the Trump administration is hoping for some legal loophole given their increasing control over the judiciary. If they succeed that may be a GOP political victory but a loss for the entire planet.
#climatechange

2026-02-17 20:22:45 UTC

"It never rains but it pours."
So true, as California rediscovers this week.
Also, #climatechange.

2026-02-17 20:05:36 UTC

Anyone who thinks that lab-grown meat is "icky" has clearly never been to a slaughterhouse.
https://thebulletin.org/2026/02/the-ick-factor-wont-stop-alt-meat-if-bruce-friedrich-has-anything-to-say-about-it/#post-heading

2026-02-17 19:53:24 UTC

AI can't fix climate change because the problem is politicians in the pocket of fossil-fuel interests, not a lack of information or understanding.

2026-02-13 07:19:41 UTC

The Bewick's Wrens are declaring it to be spring in California. (Sound up)
🪶🐦‍⬛
#birds
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2026-02-12 20:08:14 UTC

They can hide, censor, and deny #climate change science but that doesn't change the #science.
They can try to repeal the #Endangerment Finding but that doesn't change the danger.
Reality will always win and history will never forget what they're doing and who is doing it.

2026-02-12 16:16:49 UTC

Yes they're corrupt. And vile. And racist. And fascist. And misogynistic. And anti-science. And relentless liars and hypocrites. But they're also stunningly incompetent.

2026-02-12 06:50:33 UTC

Republicans have never, ever really believed in a free market. That's always been a scam. They've now also abandoned any pretense of believing in the Constitution.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-direct-pentagon-buy-coal-revive-industry-bloomberg-news-says-2026-02-11/

2026-02-12 06:43:34 UTC

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2026-02-12 06:34:39 UTC

It's ridiculous that Gallop will no longer track presidential approval after decades of doing so, but this means Trump will forever have the lowest approval rating ever measured.

2026-02-11 22:06:23 UTC

Trump demands Pentagon buy dirty coal power in a feeble-minded attempt to help the coal industry, which massively pollutes and yet employs fewer people than Southwest Airlines or the University of Michigan.
Oh, and the military doesn't use coal.
https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/trump-direct-pentagon-buy-coal-revive-industry-bloomberg-news-1357991
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2026-02-11 06:16:50 UTC

I'm seriously not liking the high pitched whining drones in all the Olympic ski event coverage.
#olympics

2026-02-11 06:08:28 UTC

If you were holding out hopes that the collapse of the Washington Post into right-wing talking points was temporary, this despicable editorial should shatter that hope.
"EPA is right to reverse Obama overreach"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/02/10/epa-is-right-reverse-obama-overreach/

2026-02-11 05:58:23 UTC

Trump to direct Pentagon to buy buggy whips to revive horse&buggy industry.
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy muskets to revive musket industry.
Buggy whip and musket industries big donors to Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-direct-pentagon-buy-coal-revive-industry-bloomberg-news-says-2026-02-11