Good morning with good news: RE growth rates skyrocket globally from 2024-2030, compared to 2017-2023: China triples to 3207 GW India quadruples to 350 GW USA more than doubles to 500 GW EU doubles to 550 GW RE electricity jumps from 30% to 46% by 2030! iea.org/reports/renewa…

Summarizing the economics Nobel prize in two words: Institutions matter.

Truly honored to be appointed vice provost for climate science, policy, and action at Penn. Excited about what we can all do together here at Benjamin Franklin's university to address the defining challenge of our time! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/michael-m…

China's spectacular EV run has no equal in 125 years of automotive history. > EV sales from 1.3 to 12 million in 4 years > EV penetration from 6% to 50% in 4 years China NEV sales / share of new car sales 2020: 1.3 million / 6.3% 2021: 3.5m / 15% 2022: 5.4m / 30% 2023:

The world is losing its reflective shield, one snowcap at a time. Mount #Fuji remains snowless, marking the latest in the year it's been bare in over 130 years of records. The implications - with less sunlight reflected, #global warming will only accelerate. #Climate #Japan

Emperor penguin found on Australian beach, thousands of miles from home washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Butterflies in the U.S. are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Smoke from New Jersey wildfire blows toward New York washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…

Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating Friday as the country’s debt soars and a Republican budget bill is projected to add trillions of dollars to the balance. reuters.com/markets/us/moo…

When you pump liquid poisons into the ground ... they eventually make it into the water table (and often into our air). The US must protect our air and drinking water! theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

274,000 sharks are being killed everyday. cbsnews.com/boston/news/ma…

NYTimes nytimes.com/2025/07/29/cli…

Jim Lovell, astronaut who commanded Apollo 13, dies at 97. He was a local hero to us Chicagoans and ran a great restaurant, too. He also piloted Apollo 8 which gave us the famed "Earthrise" photo of earth from a trip to the dark side of the moon. #RIP washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Defrost your turkey -- starting now! This is a general reminder that a large turkey (over 16 lbs) needs to be out of the freezer & defrosting in the fridge today if you want it to be ready for cooking on Thursday. Tomorrow or Monday is fine for smaller birds. #Thanksgiving

Just saw "The Lost Bus" w/Matthew McConaughey. Great movie & message! Fire chief statement in 2018: "Every year the fires get bigger. And, there's more of them. We are being being damn fools. That's the truth." #ActOnClimate

Interest on the $38.8 trillion national debt has tripled since 2020, topping defense and Medicaid | Fortune share.google/wLNI2w4i83Uj8f…

A ‘debt spiral’ before a fiscal crisis: Interest on the national debt will be growing faster than GDP in just 5 years, think tank warns fortune.com/2026/03/16/deb…

As U.S. Debt Passes $39 Trillion, Americans Are Paying $900 Billion In Interest Annually share.google/Uxk4Xfdx2Ujwgn…

Michael Mann and BBC reporting on US record Heat Wave thinc.blog/2026/03/21/mic…

Many Americans today have mixed opinions about Barack Obama. Some admire him, others criticize him. But for those of us who come from outside, the reality is often different. Believe it or not, no American president has ever left such a strong impression around the world as