Josh Morsell

Josh Morsell

@joshmorsell.bsky.social

Writer. Private investigator. Green transitionist. Northern Californian. joshmorsell.com. @greenintel.bsky.social.

18,227 Followers 40,917 Following 385 Posts Joined Dec 2024
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Wales set to mandate solar panels on all new builds from 2027 Updated building regulations effectively mandate solar installations for new domestic and commercial buildings in Wales from early 2027

Wales set to mandate solar panels on all new builds from 2027
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Analysis: Why clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling - Carbon Brief The Iran war has spurred a range of commentators to renew calls for the UK government to issue new licences for drilling in the North Sea.

Clean energy will cut UK gas imports by more than North Sea drilling--
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...

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Pulling clean water from...air? New technology to capture clean water, climate anxiety grows, and a faith-driven inspiration

Pulling clean water from...air?
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Environmental devastation is yet another reason war is awful. The war in Iran shows, yet again, how much better and safer a world powered by renewable energy would be.

Environmental devastation is yet another reason war is awful.
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U.S. Solar Installations Fell in 2025 as Trump Attacked Clean Energy

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‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds Rising temperatures making it hard even for young, healthy people to safely do normal physical tasks in many regions

"Rising temperatures, driven by the continued burning of fossil fuels, are making it difficult even for many young, healthy adults to do basic physical activities, such as housework or walking up stairs during daylight hours at the height of the summer."
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Sir David Attenborough Scientists Are Seeing Something Odd About Earth — No BS YouTube video by ITZ

Today, scientists across multiple fields are observing patterns that appear unusual.

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The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial Editorial: The war reveals Britain’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy will

Clean power offers protection. More North Sea drilling will not shield households.

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Why aren’t renewables better protecting the UK from energy price shocks? How the UK's gas addiction keeps energy bills high despite the rising role of wind and solar

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Bombing of Iran’s oil infrastructure to have major environmental fallout, experts warn Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

Major environmental fallout.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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A dark and killing cloud over Tehran And over a shamed America

A dark and killing cloud over Tehran
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Environmental Injustice The harm that hides in averages

Environmental Injustice
"This will be a piece about Environmental Justice (EJ), but also about systemic problems and how we think about them."
--Marcus C Sarofim
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How Trump’s EPA rollbacks give US states new tools in climate suits Vermont and New York face high stakes to protect climate superfund laws as it faces attacks from Trump’s DoJ

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Crocodiles ‘absolutely everywhere’ after Australia floods Hundreds of people evacuated as swollen rivers push predators into Northern Territory towns

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Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

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Rebecca Solnit Says Trump's Strongest Foil Has Been Here All Along | The Interview YouTube video by The Interview

"The wonder and horror exist side by side...We don't have to surrender. It's not over." Solnit's new book "The Beginning Comes After The End" was released March 3 by Haymarket Books.
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The Tree House and the Oil Pipeline In the fight against climate change, sometimes you have to go out on a limb.

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Public Pressure Kills Big Bend Border Wall Proposal Sixteen days.

Public Pressure Kills Big Bend Border Wall Proposal
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NBC's top climate reporter quits In an exclusive interview, veteran NBC meteorologist Chase Cain opens up about burnout, suppression, and why he's going independent.

NBC's top climate reporter resigns
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Bill would shift focus of state demonstration forests from logging to restoration • The Mendocino Voice | Mendocino County, CA Assembly Bill 2494 would make research, restoration and recreation the primary purposes of the state’s 14 working forests, including Jackson Demonstration State Forest.

Bill would shift focus of state demonstration forests from logging to restoration mendovoice.com/2026/02/bill...

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US renewables hit record high despite Trump pushback More than a quarter of US electricity came from renewable sources in 2025, up from 10% the prior year, the EIA found.

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Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse

"...new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse..."
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E&E News: Lawsuit targets air permit amid Georgia data center build-out The four new gas and oil combustion units at a coal-fired power plant will threaten air quality for millions of people, environmental groups said.

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'Too dependent on gas': Iran conflict fires up UK energy security row Escalating Middle East crisis comes as government faces competing calls for it to urgently bolster energy security

'Too dependent on gas': Iran conflict fires up UK energy security row
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Meet the 10 Worst Public Lands Villains of 2026 The Damage They’re Doing Right Now and how to stop them.

Meet the 10 Worst Public Lands Villains of 2026
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Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges

Scientists Decry ‘Political Attack’ on Reference Manual for Judges www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/c...

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Renewable Energy Defies Trump’s Attacks, Reaching a New Record Wind, solar and other green sources generated more than a quarter of all US energy last year.

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The women fighting climate change at home | The Narwhal Girls and women responding to natural disasters in Canada in the new climate change documentary, EMERGENCE: Women in the Storm

In Canada’s hardest hit communities, women fight climate change at home: thenarwhal.ca/women-natura...

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Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet Yet another war, and yet another argument for an end to oil

"Surviving on Trump's Dangerous Planet"
--Bill McKibben
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