Jonathan Koomey

Multiple Tankers Under Attack in Gulf Waters as US-Iran Conflict Escalates More tankers came under attack in Gulf waters on Thursday as the U.S.–Iran war escalated, and Iranian drones entered Azerbaijan,…

Multiple Tankers Under Attack in Gulf Waters as US-Iran Conflict Escalates

"Oil prices extended their rally on Thursday, with Brent climbing 3% and WTI rising 4%. They have both jumped 16% since the war started on Saturday..."

www.marinelink.com/news/multipl...

the news can be factual and accurate without being boring. and it should be.

people betting huge sums on other people's death is some straight-up black mirror shit

but the person dying and then the betting firm finding a fine-print loophole to not pay them anyway is what elevates this to high art

I doubt it's a coincidence that this happened the day after Rep. Gonzales was forced into a runoff in his primary.

The House GOP leadership must have realized he can't be saved from this scandal* and it's better to replace him now than have him get beaten in the fall.

Looks like a great reference. Many thanks!

Direct human health risks of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide - Nature Sustainability A review of studies on exposure to elevated CO2 concentrations in air suggests that health damages, such as inflammation or reductions in cognitive abilities, can occur at levels as low as 1,000 ppm.

Results are accumulating that exposure to CO2 has heatlh effects at lower levels than previously thought, but we're not going to drop dead at such levels. @joeallenjoe.bsky.social can better speak to this topic.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart

NYT’s reporting on the DOD-Anthropic dispute sheds more light on how the Pentagon planned to use Claude for mass surveillance of Americans: by collecting and analyzing commercial bulk data.

So what is this commercial data? And how might Claude be used to collect and analyze it? 🧵 1/

Iran war live: Iran warns will attack ships trying to pass Hormuz; drones hit US embassy in Riyadh Tehran’s ability to disrupt transit in the Hormuz Strait has rattled markets and choked global trade. Trump says the military campaign against Iran could last longer than four weeks, and the U.S. emba...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected the war against Iran was ‘not going to take years,’ as the conflict widened with Israel attacking Iran-backed Hezbollah targets in Lebanon and Iran hitting Gulf states that host US bases. Follow our live coverage: reut.rs/4tW44U6

Effects are likely to be worse for people with existing kidney disease. Also regional variations (see Phoenix CO2 dome).
ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998PhGe...

False solutions: How do fossil fuel companies reproduce their power through the energy transition In response to mounting political and social pressure to transform their business models, the fossil fuel industry is attempting to portray itself as …

This paper is excellent and shows how the fossil fuel industry deploys false solutions- CCS, hydrogen, and CDR- in order to further entrench and protect fossil fuel hygemony

I do recall seeing some stuff about in the midst of the pandemic.

I'm not going to try to figure it out. Perhaps, @linseymarr.bsky.social or @corsiaq.bsky.social have some insight on [CO2] health impacts on humans.

Submariners are typically younger and healthier than the gen pop though.

Here's another one showing cognitive effects: Satish, et al.. 2012. "Is CO2 an indoor pollutant? Direct effects of low-to-moderate CO2 concentrations on human decision-making performance." Environ Health Perspect. vol. 120, no. 12. Dec. pp. 1671-7.

Thanks for this. Other studies show different effects, but this looks like a credible one.

I've read that, but I've also read contradictory stories about submariners operating at a couple times that concentration.

These limits are for toxic effects, but Joe Romm cited studies indicating reduced cognition at 1000 ppm.

NIOSH REL (recommended exposure limits)
TWA 5000 ppm (9000 mg/m3) ST 30,000 ppm (54,000 mg/m3)

OSHA PEL (permissible exposure limits)
TWA 5000 ppm (9000 mg/m3)

TWA = time-weighted average concentration for up to a 10-hour workday during a 40-hour workweek

This says nothing about the study you cited, though.

I remember Joe Romm citing toxic effects of CO2 above 1000 ppm but don't have the refs handy.

Peripherally related: Permentier, et al. 2017. "Carbon dioxide poisoning: a literature review of an often forgotten cause of intoxication in the emergency department." International Journal of Emergency Medicine. vol. 10, no. 1. 2017/04/04. pp. 14. [https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-017-0142-y ]

This is respectfully disingenuous beginning with which viewpoints they overwhelmingly choose to platform and hire on the opinion side.

In addition to that, there's a difference between sharing viewpoints you disagree with and sharing viewpoints that are based in lies.

Probably also missing rooftop PV, which is tracked separately from power system generation.

Screenshot of a spreadsheet that shows the data reported in the post.

US electricity generation changes, 2024 ➡️ 2025:

Coal: ⬆️ 67 TWh (13%)
Oil: ⬆️ 2 TWh (19%)
Gas: ⬇️ 41 TWh (-4%)
Nuclear: no change
Hydro: ⬆️ 6 TWh (3%)
Other renewables: ⬆️ 13 TWh (11%)
Total: ⬆️ 47 TWh (2%)

Big story is coal generation rising A LOT (67 TWh, 5x renewable growth), mostly displacing gas.

“The president has illegally circumvented congress to ignite a war with no rationale and no clear plan and has as a result committed numerous war crimes.”

Clear fucking messages that include zero 0️⃣ words of support for any aspect of it much less starting by praising one of the main outcomes, Jesus.

Max lying on top of a grey blanket on a couch.

I am dehydrated again so I am going to drink a big glass of water and make breakfast. Naps count as offline activities! Max loves you.

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.

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Journalism job alert: @wired.com is hiring an experienced politics writer. I might be biased, but WIRED is doing some of the best political coverage out there. This is your chance to join our amazing newsroom! condenast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CondeC...

Exclusive | U.S. Power-Plant Pollution Rose Sharply in 2025 The increase was a rare uptick in an otherwise long-term downward trend, partly because of more coal being burned to generate electricity.

Explosive, exclusive article in Wall Street Journal, documenting some of 1st results of Trump rollbacks:

U.S. Power-Plant Pollution Rose Sharply in 2025.

Rising emissions coincide with Trump administration’s push for coal use & rollback of Biden-era climate regulations. www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...

Email blunder exposes $90bn Russian oil smuggling ring Apparent network of companies using same server includes little-known group that has become country’s largest oil exporter

An IT blunder suddenly reveals a network of companies that exist to launder the export of Russian oil and gas. www.ft.com/content/4310...