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Three years in, Patagonia says its radical ownership model is paying off for the planet Since devoting nearly all of its profits to climate and nature in late 2022, the company has given away an extra $180 million.

Three years in, Patagonia says its radical ownership model is paying off for the planet

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We finally have Trump on the ropes with the election last Tuesday, but this capitulation is just going to embolden him yet again! All your senators and members of the House should be hearing from you this morning! They still have to vote! ☎️☎️

I'm proud to be one of the Grist.org's 50 people making a climate impact in 2025, for my work with parsing financial institution climate policies. Thank you @grist.org !

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À better measure of the US economy would be how the bottom 33% are making do on their income, rather than how the top 10% are making do in the stock market.

China is winning on renewables. Will it win on green steel, too? While the U.S. backtracks on green steel commitments, Chinese companies are starting to make iron with hydrogen. One just made its first export deal to…

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The growing environmental impact of AI data centers’ energy demands The EPA has reportedly drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. Now, with the rise of artificial int...

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EU abdicates climate leadership with 2040 climate target shot through… Today, the European Commission unveiled its 2040 climate target — which was meant to align EU policy with the 1.5°C warming limit. Instead, it arrives weakened by loopholes that risk setting back year...

"The European Commission's new 2040 climate target arrives weakened by loopholes that risk setting back years of progress," says @billhare.bsky.social.

"Europe must deliver real, verifiable cuts at home — not rely on offsets or weakened standards."

Read the full statement:

Latest science on the 1.5°C limit of the Paris Agreement This briefing provides a comprehensive overview of what the science is saying now about the 1.5°C warming limit – what it means, what is at stake, and what actions are needed to limit the risks of ove...

Extreme climate impacts are everywhere and will only get worse unless peak warming is kept as close to 1.5°C as possible.

Read our brief on the latest science of the 1.5°C limit, including the present level of global warming and current climate impacts.

China Is Poised to Buy More EVs Than Gas-Only Cars This Year Affordability, charging advances and subsidies are supporting the inexorable rise of electric cars in the world’s biggest auto market.

China is probably going to pass 50% EV new car sales this year. ICE technology is a dead man walking www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

White House probe fuels speculation Trump could oust Powell The investigation into cost overruns on a renovation of Fed headquarters is drawing concern that it's a pretext to eventually fire the central bank chief.

We need to be really really clear about what’s happening here. It’s completely pretextual and my guess is even GOP senators won’t stand for it, not to mention the markets.

Zohran Mamdani Made Addressing Climate Change Central to His Affordability Plan for New York - Inside Climate News The official winner of the city’s Democratic mayoral primary has a record of fighting polluting natural gas infrastructure and supports Local Law 97 to cut carbon emissions from city buildings.

Love the way @laurendalban.bsky.social concentrated on important stuff in this article.

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And “moderate” pro-Ukraine Republicans in Congress are doing NOTHING about this betrayal of Ukraine. Cowards!

Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C Authorities in Spain, Portugal, Greece and France issue extreme heat, wildfires and health warnings Authorities across Europe are on alert as the first heatwave of the summer pushes temperatures up to 42C (107.6F), as the fastest-warming continent continues to suffer the effects of the climate emergency. Spain’s state meteorological office, Aemet, issued a special heat warning on Friday, saying temperatures could reach 42C in some southern areas of the country over the coming days. Agence France-Presse and Associated Press contributed to this report Continue reading...

Europe on alert as first major heatwave of 2025 pushes temperatures to 42C

If Jeff Bezos can afford to rent Venice for a $50 million wedding, he can afford to pay his fair share in taxes.

How Socialist Zohran Mamdani Beat the NYC Democratic Establishment In a city used to politics of fear and caution, voters chose boldness, says a former adviser to AOC and Justice Democrats.

Mamdani "flipped Oakland Gardens, a swing district in Queens that went from supporting Biden... to Republican Lee Zeldin in the 2022 New York gubernatorial race to Trump last year...[he] didn’t just activate the left; he broke into communities that conventional wisdom says don’t vote socialist."

Put Down Your Phone A friend at dinner said to me a couple months ago, “Thank you, Andrew.

Maybe put down your phone. blog.andrewyang.com/p/put-down-y...

Not a bad season for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

✅ MVP
✅ NBA Championship
✅ Finals MVP

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the 2024-25 NBA Champions!

After a thrilling 7-game series, the Oklahoma City Thunder are finally NBA champions Led by point guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league's Most Valuable Player, the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers for the team's first title since moving to Oklahoma in 2008.

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“My commitment is about delivering a city that is not only affordable to each and every New Yorker, but is one that each and every New Yorker feels proud of living in.”

Economists unite in support of Zohran Mamdani’s plan for New York City Leading economists endorse Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral plan to freeze rents, expand free buses, and launch public grocery stores.

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We're now 8 points away from sending Andrew Cuomo back to the suburbs.

Every single segment on cable news about Jake Tapper's book talking Biden is one less covering Trump's corruption, his war on our Constitution and his crimes! And that is by design.

25% tax on Apple products while singling out the CEO by name for retribution, 50% tax on European goods, expulsion of foreign students, bill passed with most debt in history, while hosting a dinner for people who gave you $300+ million. All in the last 24 hours.

The Golden Age.

open chart, keep scrolling down

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A line of BYD’s Dolphin Surf electric vehicles at a launch event in Paris

Chinese car group BYD has sold more electric vehicles in Europe than Tesla for the first time www.ft.com/content/53ec...

I was today years old when I learned Wisconsin has been building power lines next to their highways for decades. Duh! Why aren’t we doing this in New York? @kristengonzalez.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Noem Gets Epically Schooled By Dem Senator After She Proves She Has No Clue What 'Habeas Corpus' Is The incompetence is off the charts.

The incompetence is off the charts.