Brian Kahn

somehow the full post is even worse. it makes American Canto read like Didion

The Data Center Surge Has a Hidden Source of Carbon Emissions Tech companies are turning to green concrete to help reduce the massive environmental footprint of building out data centers.

Data center energy and water use have gotten a lot of (rightful) attention. But there's another issue that's getting less attention than it should: The immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them 🎁🔗

What Democrats Can Learn From the Trump Energy Playbook Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to take more aggressive actions on clean energy, former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.

Jennifer Granholm's advice for Democrats: Implement their agenda as aggressively as Trump and tie building renewables to lowering energy bills.

Oh, and don't mention climate: “On Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, climate does not rise as much as how much I'm paying for my electricity bill" 🎁🔗

Not the just White House. Also extremely unclear what penguins and MAHA have to do with each other

Local news remains undefeated in creating new weather metrics

The fossil fuel industry has a long history of mascots. One of my favs is Captain Coal, who is featured in coloring books and other materials the Lignite Council gives out for free to teachers

22GW of renewables thwarted or in limbo under Trump ‘blockade’ An Interior Department memo is hampering wind and solar on public lands. It’s one of many federal actions slowing the build-out of cheap, clean energy.

Chaser: The administration has paused or canceled renewables projects on public lands that would be big enough to power 16.5 million homes

Trump Pushes for Emergency Power Auction to Fuel AI Boom The Trump administration and several states laid out a plan intended to compel technology companies to effectively fund the construction of new power plants as a way to tame surging consumer utility b...

Shot: The Trump administration is pushing the biggest US grid operator to hold an emergency wholesale electricity auction later this year to accelerate new power coming on the grid and bring down costs 🎁🔗

Trump’s Rare Earth Push Extends Lifeline to Green Tech The industry saw record funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors.

The US rare earth industry saw record venture funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors. My latest for @bloomberg.com w/ Emily Forgash www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #rareearths #climatetech #investment

A chart back to 1970 showing the global average temperate rise, which matches the warming effects of CO₂, methane and other warming gases, until an anomalous heat spike after 2023.

Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers.

🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

the world’s saddest man cave

Safe from a nuclear bomb, but unsafe from fossil fuels.

Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump A US judge ruled Orsted A/S can resume development of a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy g...

The offshore wind farm Trump paused because of national security concerns can continue after a judge said "I'm not persuaded any emergency exists in this case" to stop work on a project that is 90% complete

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any."

China:

Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela’s Massive Methane Problem Data shows millions of tons of methane spewing from the nation’s decaying energy infrastructure, underscoring how much work is required to revive production.

Another, underreported problem with Venezuela's dirty oil? The industry's methane emissions are the worst in the world and 10 times higher than the global average due to busted (or in some cases nonexistent) infrastructure 🎁🔗

Nothing says freedom in a foreign country like huge US flags, chain stores and endless parking spaces filled with SUVs

Panel behind new dietary guidelines had financial ties to beef, dairy industries The industry connections of an advisory panel for the new dietary guidelines are notable, especially in light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticism of corporate influence.

Related news: The panel recommending everyone eat more meat had members who have worked with or had research funded by beef, dairy and pork industry trade groups

New US Dietary Guidelines Are Heavy on Meat and Carbon Emissions The inverted food pyramid encourages Americans to eat meat and dairy products for higher protein intake.

“You had to look hard and almost knowingly to find any hint of plant protein source in that graphic." RFK Jr's new food pyramid is a secret carbon time bomb by overemphasizing meat 🎁🔗

A map of the US with each 2025 billion-plus dollar weather and climate disaster geo-located on it. Source: Climate Central

After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.

Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.

More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.

People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some @wired.com tips for protecting yourself from your government. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

v helpful thread laying out some of the other orgs and treaties Trump just exited and what they do bsky.app/profile/joeu...

We're the only country on earth to not sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The climate stuff is all really notable but also don't want it to get lost that these are some of the other institutions that were deemed "contrary to the interests of the United States"

DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.

Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court

I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.

AI slop has come for the weather warnings (this is actually really bad for both conveying information and maintaining trust in the official US government forecast!)

One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.

We're gonna get someone from Heartland on CBS arguing sunspots are causing climate change actually under Bari aren't we

This type of demand to give fringe people equal weight is how climate denialists muddied the waters for so long. Absolutely toxic for public opinion