Not mentioned in the NYT story on the penny is that production of the half-penny in the US ceased in 1857 because of its diminished spending power and the high cost of production. A half-penny in 1857 had the spending power of 19 cents today.

In the fourth installment of the #SciencePodcast🎙️ series on books that look to an optimistic future, host Angela Saini talks with science writer @akshatrathi about how capitalism might just save us from #ClimateChange. 🎧 Listen here: scim.ag/8ef

Tool pusher, driller, motorman, mudlogger-- these are classic oil and gas jobs. And a new approach to geothermal energy production could put their drilling expertise to green use. Hear Akshat Rathi in conversation with Fervo Energy's Tim Latimer on the latest ep of Zero.👇🏾

By now, you probably have feelings about lab-grown meat. But there's no way you're hating on lab-grown cotton, right? Right? Anyway, my newsletter this week: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If cotton's water use worries you, here's one solution bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

There's still time to join us tomorrow! I'll be talking with Akshat Rathi about his new book, Climate Capitalism; and the #netzero #EnergyTransition already underway. #Renewables Register here: newamerica.org/planetary-poli…

He’s not lying. Smh!

I see some version of this story every week now. It’s true that a slow down in funding is leading to some high profile shutdowns in climatetech. Important context is that this is how the funding system is designed. Lots of seeds planted so a few can grow. ft.com/content/25a98c…

This is pretty amazing: the ocean heat content averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is obliterating previous all-time record highs. It's 126% of average for the date. bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/

These are some compelling arguments from Yanis Varoufakis youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5DLl…

John Rustad is like …

OPEC+ is thinking about delaying increase in oil production. Well, here's one big reason why.

"The only country besides the UK with a hereditary element in its legislature is Lesotho." theguardian.com/politics/artic…

In the fourth installment of the #SciencePodcast🎙️ series on books that look to an optimistic future, host Angela Saini talks with science writer @akshatrathi about how capitalism might just save us from #ClimateChange. 🎧 Listen here: scim.ag/8go

Wild if Wikipedia is blocked basically for acknowledging matters of fact e.g. ANI has been criticized for reporting BJP gov's version of the truth caravanmagazine.in/reportage/ani-…, for quoting non-existent "sources" and being de facto part of information operations disinfo.eu/publications/b…

A new Third Way report on the US's permitting reform bill concludes that the greenhouse gas emissions reductions from expediting transmission lines would outweigh added emissions from the fossil fuel provisions: thirdway.org/memo/quantifyi…

I am running out of words to describe how absurd August 2024 was in Svalbard. Reaching an average temperature of 11°C in August would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. This is totally bonkers.

When an automaker after 45 years of R&D still doesn't understand the basics 🤣

If done right: "A study published late last year found that insect abundance had tripled over five years on test plots at two other Minnesota solar sites. The abundance of native bees grew twentyfold." nytimes.com/2024/09/05/cli…

In Jan, a whistleblower said Germany's state-approved carbon offsets projects have problems. Today, the govt has declared its first results on 8 of 75 projects and they are damning. The credits traded at €440 per ton in 2022. Story with Natasha White: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…