Prof. Bob Howarth
@profbobhowarth.bsky.social
Professor at Cornell University, Earth system scientist, co-EiC Land-Ocean-Atmosphere Research
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“If you can get the Supreme Court to rule that carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie. Are they brazen enough? Does John Roberts feel invulnerable enough?“
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"Just making s**t up" — David Roberts sounds off on the EPA
"To say members of Congress didn’t anticipate a specific pollutant is just f**king comical."
www.publicnotice.co
February 16, 2026 at 11:41 AM
“If you can get the Supreme Court to rule that carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie. Are they brazen enough? Does John Roberts feel invulnerable enough?“
@volts.wtf to @thorbenson.bsky.social
@volts.wtf to @thorbenson.bsky.social
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For decades, Big Oil has used the EPA endangerment finding as a legal shield. Trump's taking that shield away just as states are starting to sue Big Oil to help pay for climate damages. Awkward!
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
One of Big Oil’s Biggest Defenses Is Getting Blown Up
For decades, fossil-fuel companies and their climate-change-denying allies obsessively tried to kill the federal government’s right to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. Like Ahab, they may find that ...
www.bloomberg.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:20 PM
For decades, Big Oil has used the EPA endangerment finding as a legal shield. Trump's taking that shield away just as states are starting to sue Big Oil to help pay for climate damages. Awkward!
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Check out our new paper in OLAR. N flux from Mississippi Basin is decreasing even though use of N fertilizer has stayed steady. Crops are taking up fertilizer more efficiently & more N is being exported from the Basin in the harvested crops.
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Changes in Terrestrial N Budgets and Riverine Nitrate-N Yields from Mississippi River Basin Watersheds 2000 to 2020 | Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research
The Mississippi–Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) drains approximately 40% of the continental United States and discharges into the Northern Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of benthic hypoxia forms in...
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February 16, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Check out our new paper in OLAR. N flux from Mississippi Basin is decreasing even though use of N fertilizer has stayed steady. Crops are taking up fertilizer more efficiently & more N is being exported from the Basin in the harvested crops.
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Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?And why won’t they
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump’s mental decline has gotten worse.
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
Why is the media only barely starting to report on it?
And why won’t they ask who’s really making the decisions in the White House? https://youtu.be/NQHLciC67V8?si=uoJIQXi5JIEJvac-
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I said it, and it’s true. rollcall.com/2026/02/12/e...
February 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I said it, and it’s true. rollcall.com/2026/02/12/e...
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Despite all the industry PR, just one more significant #nuclear accident / incident and it all becomes a very expensive stranded asset.
February 16, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Despite all the industry PR, just one more significant #nuclear accident / incident and it all becomes a very expensive stranded asset.
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We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
February 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
We tend to think of batteries as the ones in our phones. But the real shift is happening at grid scale.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
Utility-scale “mega batteries” now have hundreds of millions of times the capacity of a smartphone battery.
Costs are down ~40% since 2024, and capacity in 2024 was 12x higher than in 2020.
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That's about as Hitlerian as it gets.
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
A short note to Kristi Noem
To a current Cabinet secretary from a former one
robertreich.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
That's about as Hitlerian as it gets.
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During #BlackHistoryMonth we would do well to remember the wise words of Martin Luther King Jr-
“The time is always right to do what is right”.
This certainly applies to protecting our neighbors & children from assault, & kidnapping.
Honor King. Do what’s right. Step up. Get loud.
#Pinks #OneV1
“The time is always right to do what is right”.
This certainly applies to protecting our neighbors & children from assault, & kidnapping.
Honor King. Do what’s right. Step up. Get loud.
#Pinks #OneV1
February 15, 2026 at 4:08 PM
During #BlackHistoryMonth we would do well to remember the wise words of Martin Luther King Jr-
“The time is always right to do what is right”.
This certainly applies to protecting our neighbors & children from assault, & kidnapping.
Honor King. Do what’s right. Step up. Get loud.
#Pinks #OneV1
“The time is always right to do what is right”.
This certainly applies to protecting our neighbors & children from assault, & kidnapping.
Honor King. Do what’s right. Step up. Get loud.
#Pinks #OneV1
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Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.
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We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
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I stopped counting but there are now close to 70 independent studies all coming to similar conclusion:
“Hydrogen boilers […] remain economically unviable.”
This is what this paper which I had not yet read found comparing a range of heating technologies.
“Hydrogen boilers […] remain economically unviable.”
This is what this paper which I had not yet read found comparing a range of heating technologies.
February 15, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I stopped counting but there are now close to 70 independent studies all coming to similar conclusion:
“Hydrogen boilers […] remain economically unviable.”
This is what this paper which I had not yet read found comparing a range of heating technologies.
“Hydrogen boilers […] remain economically unviable.”
This is what this paper which I had not yet read found comparing a range of heating technologies.
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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"TC Energy predicts North American natural gas demand to increase by 45 billion cubic feet a day from 2025 to 2035"
From an article in the Wall Street Journal today.
Could someone please explain where that volume of gas is coming from? That WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
From an article in the Wall Street Journal today.
Could someone please explain where that volume of gas is coming from? That WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
Enbridge, TC Energy Investing in Projects to Tap Rising Energy Demand
Big Canadian pipeline operators are investing heavily in anticipation that North American energy demand will continue to grow, driven in large part by the boom in data centers.
www.wsj.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"TC Energy predicts North American natural gas demand to increase by 45 billion cubic feet a day from 2025 to 2035"
From an article in the Wall Street Journal today.
Could someone please explain where that volume of gas is coming from? That WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
From an article in the Wall Street Journal today.
Could someone please explain where that volume of gas is coming from? That WILL NEVER HAPPEN.
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The Keys to Spain's economic boom are:
1) Allowing lots of people to immigrate and become citizens and
2) Building a lot of clean energy.
Someone should tell Congress
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-YZ...
1) Allowing lots of people to immigrate and become citizens and
2) Building a lot of clean energy.
Someone should tell Congress
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-YZ...
Why Spain & Portugal are Still Outperforming the Rest of Europe
YouTube video by TLDR News EU
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
The Keys to Spain's economic boom are:
1) Allowing lots of people to immigrate and become citizens and
2) Building a lot of clean energy.
Someone should tell Congress
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-YZ...
1) Allowing lots of people to immigrate and become citizens and
2) Building a lot of clean energy.
Someone should tell Congress
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-YZ...
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“The most effective way to undermine a democracy today is to purchase it”
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February 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“The most effective way to undermine a democracy today is to purchase it”
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open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
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When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
February 14, 2026 at 11:59 AM
When will Republicans, veterans organizations, & retired military officers speak up about this? No president in the history of the Republic has done this. Yet Trump, Vance, & Hegseth do it constantly. It betrays the most important core value of our military-no partisan politics.
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He clumsily read his speech from the page without hardly looking up and told everyone in the room to follow the US's lead or suck it. He accused Europe of managed decline by not being racist enough, and if it doesn't fall in line then America won't be there for it. Not sure how reassuring that is.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies. n.pr/4qHYOAJ
Rubio reassures trans-Atlantic ties with Europe at Munich Security Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM
He clumsily read his speech from the page without hardly looking up and told everyone in the room to follow the US's lead or suck it. He accused Europe of managed decline by not being racist enough, and if it doesn't fall in line then America won't be there for it. Not sure how reassuring that is.
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What a corrupt, criminal mess👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
February 14, 2026 at 1:59 AM
What a corrupt, criminal mess👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
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"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around."
Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
February 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around."
Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
February 14, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.
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Why do the fascists want to keep you hooked on fossil fuels? Because it keeps them in power. If you don't need their fossil fuels, they lose a lot of that power. True for Putin, Trump and the Princes.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
Cubans turn to electric vehicles as US tightens oil blockade
HAVANA, Feb 13 () - The rumble of 1959 Chevrolets, once the rhythmic heartbeat of Havana, is fading to the near silence of electric vehicles as the island faces its worst fuel shortage in years. For...
finance.yahoo.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Why do the fascists want to keep you hooked on fossil fuels? Because it keeps them in power. If you don't need their fossil fuels, they lose a lot of that power. True for Putin, Trump and the Princes.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.
The smartest national security move now is to switch to renewables and electric transportation.