Wow. Ethan Mollick's test drive of Anthropic's new Claude computer use model announced today is just wild. Brave new world of AI agents (almost?) ready for prime time... oneusefulthing.org/p/when-you-giv…

“Impact investing is both at a crossroads and in the crosshairs. — Fran Seegull, kicking off Private Equity International #ImpactNA24 panel on the US election result and implications for #impinv.

For the definitive account of what really happened at an almost-failed COP29, you need to read the Bloomberg Green team.

Trump is blowing up the Constitution and dismantling democracy before our eyes. Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress. It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result. politico.com/news/2025/01/2…

Climate grant recipient to start spending $2B as Trump’s EPA tries to claw it back ift.tt/54970rJ

As Trump torches the global economy, he’s quietly dismantling the most basic climate protections we have — which will also raise costs for Americans, nearly 30% of whom can expect to experience a climate disaster in any given year. Here are a few things his team has done in

👀 Ethan Zindler

Old enough to remember when this kind or rhetoric came from the White House: "No matter how the int'l situation changes, China's actions to respond to climate change will not slow down and its efforts to promote int'l cooperation will not weaken." xinhuanet.com/politics/leade…

The “Resource Curse” but for the coming AGI era. A critically important cautionary note:

Super cool map showing electricity, data, and datacenter infrastructure from NREL has been updated: nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy25/…

This is a great decision by Gates that will maximize his impact. All organizations become less effective over time, particularly foundations that have no outside accountability. New institutions will be better positioned to deal with the problems of future generations.

Not great. In Brazil, cocoa growers are “adapting” to climate change by transitioning into… cattle ranching. Totally reasonable response at the micro level. Totally insane outcome at the macro level. MARIA NETTO Emilie Mazzacurati Paul Bodnar news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-env…

This new MIT Technology Review is the deepest journalism I’ve seen on AI’s impact on the US power sector. I’m honored to be included w/ David Victor, Ari Peskoe, EPRI, Costa Samaras, etc.

Where do things stand & what's the right path forward for US #climatepolicy post-#OBBBA? Here's a must-listen new Ezra Klein pod featuring the brilliant Jane Flegal & Jesse D. Jenkins. Well worth an hour of your week to get smart on where we go from here 🎯 nytimes.com/2025/07/25/opi…