Will Wade
@willwwade.bsky.social
Energy writer, Bloomberg News. Based in New York, watching the world. Views are my own. The only people for me are the mad ones.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
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ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
August 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
This will prove to be one of the biggest policy mistakes in our nation’s history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
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Opinion | Quick! Get the Wind and Solar Discounts Before It’s Too Late!
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This will prove to be one of the biggest policy mistakes in our nation’s history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
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Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Seems kinda obvious, no?
We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
Opinion | We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children.
www.nytimes.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Seems kinda obvious, no?
We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
Constellation Energy is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor -- SCOOP with @tylerskendall $CEG
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Constellation to Pursue New York Nuclear Project, CEO Says
Constellation Energy Corp. is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor.
www.bloomberg.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Constellation Energy is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor -- SCOOP with @tylerskendall $CEG
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...
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June 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...
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Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This isn't hypothetical.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
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It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
April 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.
It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
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I can’t compete with this
April 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I can’t compete with this
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Is China going to retaliate against the tariffs or the fact that Taiwan was listed as a country in the tariff rate announcement?
April 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Is China going to retaliate against the tariffs or the fact that Taiwan was listed as a country in the tariff rate announcement?
Canada threatens tariffs on #electricity in trade war. With @daniellebochove.bsky.social and Mathieu Dion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New York’s Climate Goals Were in Tatters. Then Came the Trade War
Fallout from a round of tariffs between the US and Canada could slash access to clean electricity in the biggest US city
www.bloomberg.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Canada threatens tariffs on #electricity in trade war. With @daniellebochove.bsky.social and Mathieu Dion.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate change affects everywhere. "Japan hasn’t had a wildfire problem, and now it’s burning"
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Japan Battles Worst Wildfire in 40 Years Amid Record Dry Season
Japan is battling its worst wildfire in four decades, forcing thousands of people to flee amid some of the driest weather on record.
www.bloomberg.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Climate change affects everywhere. "Japan hasn’t had a wildfire problem, and now it’s burning"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
oceanacidification.noaa.gov
February 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
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New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
US moving away from clean energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/c...
Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World (Gift Article)
Most major economies are investing in ever-cheaper solar and wind power. The United States risks further ceding a global market to China.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
US moving away from clean energy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/c...
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Pacific Palisades was home to a lot of Teslas. Lots of folks abandoned their vehicles as they rushed to evacuate. Now those batteries are complicating the area’s clean up efforts.
Burned out electric vehicle batteries have added to toxic hazards that are complicating LA's clean-up effort. One expert compared it to the Maui fire, but 10 times larger.
In Maui, the EPA shipped more than 30 tons of lithium batteries.
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In Maui, the EPA shipped more than 30 tons of lithium batteries.
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Burning Teslas Add to Toxic Mix of Pollution Delaying LA Return
As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems.
www.bloomberg.com
January 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Pacific Palisades was home to a lot of Teslas. Lots of folks abandoned their vehicles as they rushed to evacuate. Now those batteries are complicating the area’s clean up efforts.
This is a must-read story, from @michellema.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/itsk... and Jennifer Epstein.
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Fire-Ravaged Altadena Attracts Real Estate Vultures Eyeing Deals
Danielle Neal is a fourth-generation resident of Altadena who saw the house she grew up in and the apartment she rented burn down in the wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County.
www.bloomberg.com
January 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is a must-read story, from @michellema.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/itsk... and Jennifer Epstein.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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