You see this chart and you will likely go "Look, this is why we must move to clean energy."
Not so fast. Higher fossil fuel prices make green alternatives more attractive, but they can also make it harder to deploy renewables.
Story with @lauramillan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NEW: Here's what the crisis in the Middle East and turmoil in energy markets mean for renewable energy and the clean transition
Story w @akshatrathi.bsky.social @sharonchenhm.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com
FREE read:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
A scanned image of the first page of a legal document on letterhead from Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, dated February 27, 2026. It is labeled "Opinion No. KP-0518" and addressed to Mr. Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. A portion of the first paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "mental health care providers" licensed by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council."
![A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreifsl2nf4xp4efqwydrwybswqhnsk2t2mykrbnk5yojrg2xmlb434u@jpeg)
A scanned image of the second page of the Attorney General Opinion document. A section in the first full paragraph is highlighted in yellow, which reads: "[f]or the purpose of transitioning a child’s biological sex as determined by the sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous profiles of the child or affirming the child’s perception of the child’s sex if that perception is inconsistent with the child’s biological sex."
A scanned image of the third page of the Attorney General Opinion document. The text discusses various statutory and dictionary definitions of the terms "health care provider" and "health care". There are no highlighted sections on this page.
A scanned image of the seventh and final page of the Attorney General Opinion document, showing the "SUMMARY" section and the signature block for Ken Paxton. The entire summary paragraph is highlighted in yellow, reading: "The definition of a “health care provider” in subsection 161.701(2) of the Health and Safety Code unambiguously encompasses the professions regulated by the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. Any licensee that facilitates the provision of unlawful procedures or treatments that aim to transition a child’s sex are thus forbidden from receiving public money in support of those efforts and, separately, risk revocation of their licenses to practice."
Texas AG Ken Paxton has declared that it is illegal for mental health providers and therapists to treat trans youth. It means that trans youth will be denied access to any mental healthcare that isn't conversion therapy. Paxton also threatens parents of trans youth with child abuse investigations.
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New: Cracks are showing in California’s 50-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power plants as artificial intelligence spikes electricity demand and the state struggles to meet its climate goals. With @willwwade.bsky.social. Free link.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fished from abundant, well-managed stock off the coast of Spain & France, Patagonia’s canned Atlantic mackerel was once the epitome of sustainability.
But the species became overfished, so the company had to track down a new source, @emmarcourt.bsky.social reports: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JUST IN: A federal judge says the Trump administration has been “terrorizing” refugees — violating the promise America made to them when they fled persecution at home — by locking them up illegally. He blocked the policy for those in MN storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Scoop: The Climate Prediction Center is being folded into other agencies overseen by the National Weather Service
The change follows moves by the Trump administration to dismantle climate science programs
By @weathersullivan.bsky.social & @laurenthal.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump says he wants FEMA to get out of the business of preparing for natural disasters. His administration secretly dismantled a program that helped regular people do that.
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Anyone used to be able to freely order print copies of FEMA preparedness material. When FEMA secretly closed the division behind that material, the backlog of copies were destroyed.
"Talk about a waste of taxpayer dollars," said former FEMA chief Deanne Criswell
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 26, 2026 Dear members of the Columbia community: This morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student. We are working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support. Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a "missing person." We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including
It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access. An administrative warrant is not sufficient. If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety. Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University's response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena. We will update our community as additional information becomes available. Sincerely,
BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student.
"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"
Ultra-rich buyers are consolidating New York townhouse apartments into giant single-family homes. Some are buying two, even three adjacent townhomes to build a franken-house.
Step inside a Manhattan mega-mansion, the latest status symbol in this second Gilded Age:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Unlike the very public dismantling of FEMA's billion-dollar BRIC program (which a judge then ruled unlawful), the agency secretly shelved a much smaller resiliency program focused on the everyday Americans.
Here's the story, exclusively @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
SCOOP: How Trump's FEMA Secretly Dismantled Program to Prepare Americans For Disasters
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Larry Summers to resign from teaching appointments, relinquish university professorship over Jeffrey Epstein ties
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Following Trump's tariffs is like chasing a moving target. From I pitched this explainer on Friday to the time it got published around Tuesday noon, several rounds of rework were done to factor in what seemed like non-stop policy updates. This's what we know for now www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
25.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Can't stop thinking about how the Potomac River sewer spill sent more than 200 million gallons of raw (untreated) sewage into the rive -- an amount *larger* than the oil spilled in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
While emergency repairs to DC Water's broken sewer line could be completed by mid-March, there’s *no timeline* for how long it will take to clean up the environmental damage caused by the spill.
My latest @bloomberg.com (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Between Heated Rivalry and the SOTU, men's hockey is really having a moment right now
25.02.2026 02:32 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New from me: London’s offices are getting greener - and private equity is increasingly paying for it. Gift link:
24.02.2026 11:41 — 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0The "boom" ranges on our snow map for this storm are rather large. Here's why:
22.02.2026 22:02 — 👍 109 🔁 18 💬 5 📌 2Is this still happening?
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In Trump's MATS rule, EPA said that it didn't quantify the human health effects resulting from changes in emissions of PM2.5, NOx & VOCs. Biden's EPA had estimated its strengthened rules would yield $300M in health benefits & an additional $130M in climate benefits. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
20.02.2026 20:08 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Another day, another rollback. The EPA on Friday rolled back rules limiting mercury & other toxic air pollution from power plants, the latest in a series of moves by Trump designed to boost the nation’s shrinking coal sector.
Story @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
In a note embedded on top of an FAQ question, “What is the average length of stay for the aliens?” Tim Kaiser, the deputy chief of staff for US Citizenship and Immigration Services, asked David Venturella, a former GEO Group executive whom The Washington Post described as an adviser overseeing an ICE division that manages detention center contracts, to “Please confirm” that the average stay for the new mega detention centers would be 60 days. Venturella replied in a note that remained visible on the published document, “Ideally, I'd like to see a 30-day average for the Mega Center but 60 is fine.”
NEW: DHS left embedded comments in a PDF outlining its plans to warehouse immigrants, identifying the architects and laying bare the gross extent of its regulatory capture. Great scoop by @regret.bsky.social:
www.wired.com/story/metada...
BIG NEWS: The US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, undercutting his signature economic policy and delivering his biggest legal defeat since he returned to the White House.
@bloomberg.com story by Greg Stohr (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Still thinking about how the Trump administration's approach to talking about the rollback of the endangerment finding + climate rules for cars is to talk only about estimated savings from its regulatory analysis -- while completely ignoring estimated costs.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Response to my question from FBI Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: FOIPAQUESTIONS (foipaquestions@fbi.gov) The recipient's mailbox is full and can't accept messages now. Please try resending your message later, or contact the recipient directly.
Hey FBI I have a question about one of my FOIA requests
19.02.2026 15:52 — 👍 107 🔁 36 💬 2 📌 0According to EPA, costs start at "hundreds of billions of dollars on the low end" and could go much, much higher. Read @zhirji.bsky.social's smart story for free:
19.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
President Trump said repealing climate standards for cars and the so-called endangerment finding would save Americans $1.3 trillion. EPA chief Zeldin repeated the stat.
But that's not actually what EPA's own math says. My story @bloomberg.com, with a gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
SoCal air quality officials rejected a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances after being overwhelmed by more than 20,000 public comments in opposition. Well, turns out many of those comments were powered by AI!
Crazy investigation by @hayleysmith.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/environment/...
