Cate bramble
@cbdebris.bsky.social
I converse with computers and animals. Cynophilist. Neurodivergent.
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“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources.”
This is incredible (good news too): “After a 40% fall in 2024 in battery equipment costs, it’s clear we’re on track for another major fall in 2025…The economics for batteries are unrecognizable, & the industry is only just getting to grips with this new paradigm”
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/12/b...
Batteries now cheap enough to make dispatchable solar economically feasible
Energy think tank Ember says utility-scale battery costs have fallen to $65/MWh outside China and the United States, enabling solar power to be delivered when needed.
www.pv-magazine.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Solar is no longer just cheap daytime electricity, now it’s anytime dispatchable electricity,” said Rangelova. “This is a game-changer for countries with fast-growing demand and strong solar resources.”
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America’s water policies have tended towards mismanagement and environmental disaster. @ryanlcooper.com argues that the country needs a new vision for managing this resource. trib.al/cYF6Xfa
‘Cadillac Desert’ Reconsidered - The American Prospect
Marc Reisner’s 1986 book demonstrates how a hypertrophic judiciary combines with America’s deadlocked legislature to make vast swaths of Western water policy dependent on 19th-century legal norms.
trib.al
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
America’s water policies have tended towards mismanagement and environmental disaster. @ryanlcooper.com argues that the country needs a new vision for managing this resource. trib.al/cYF6Xfa
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He got high on catnip, then passed out after trying to open a bag of cat treats he pilfered from an upper cabinet somehow. Happy #Caturday
December 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
He got high on catnip, then passed out after trying to open a bag of cat treats he pilfered from an upper cabinet somehow. Happy #Caturday
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EPA is wiping mentions of human-caused climate change from its website www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
EPA is wiping mentions of human-caused climate change from its website www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new pesticides containing PFAS (“forever chemicals”)—raising serious concerns about their long-term impact on food, water and public health. 🌿🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food
Critics warn the EPA’s approvals of new PFAS pesticides could expose more Americans to “forever chemicals” through their food.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency has approved two new pesticides containing PFAS (“forever chemicals”)—raising serious concerns about their long-term impact on food, water and public health. 🌿🚨 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Our SWT/KWS Veterinary Units exist to alleviate animal suffering. This successful operation to save a snared elephant's trunk earlier this year is a powerful reminder of the difference they make. To date, more than 3,800 elephants have been offered life-saving treatment by our Veterinary Units.
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Our SWT/KWS Veterinary Units exist to alleviate animal suffering. This successful operation to save a snared elephant's trunk earlier this year is a powerful reminder of the difference they make. To date, more than 3,800 elephants have been offered life-saving treatment by our Veterinary Units.
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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Today, on #GivingTuesday, you have the power to DOUBLE your impact! Thanks to generous philanthropic partners, donations and adoptions made today will be MATCHED, up to $800,000. But we can’t meet our goal without you. If you want to support us, today is the day! www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Today, on #GivingTuesday, you have the power to DOUBLE your impact! Thanks to generous philanthropic partners, donations and adoptions made today will be MATCHED, up to $800,000. But we can’t meet our goal without you. If you want to support us, today is the day! www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.o...
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Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | I’m a Marine Biologist. This Is How I Talk to Whales.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Mind-blowingly cool use of AI
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
“Altogether, these findings are leading us to an extraordinary conclusion: Whales may possess a communication system more intricate than our own, one that possibly predates human language by tens of millions of years.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
"This year, a Bloomberg News analysis found that roughly “two-thirds of new data centers built or in development since 2022 are in places already gripped by high levels of water stress.”
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The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
November 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The price fossil fuel forces on everyone else.
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