Excellent #ClimateWeekNYC conversation at Scandinavia House with Columbia Climate School Dean Alexis Abramson and IKEA CEO Jesper Brodin on reshaping what it means to be climate leaders in an era of uncertainty. Join us as #ColumbiaClimateWeek continues:
www.climate.columbia.edu/climate-week

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

Updated figure from Jain et al. showing global extreme fire weather trends since 1979. Metrics are global 95th percentile of annual Fire Weather Index (FWI), Initial Spread Index (ISI) and the Vapor Pressure Deficit (VPD). The trend is clear - we are seeing more extreme fire weather due to warming.

Please read/share if you love your national parks!
New from @pamherd.bsky.social & me: A DOGEr is now running the National Park Service.

They were already short of employees to manage record crowds. DOGE has cut 13% and wants to cut 30%.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-vs-a...

Celebrate Earth Day with us (via Zoom or in person)!

My pet theory here is that space tourism is intended to prove the viability of space escapism--to show billionaires that they don't have to care about the planet or the other people on it, because soon (and so long as the money keeps flowing to SpaceX), they'll be able to escape to Mars.

ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries

The Trump administration has directed nonprofits involved in a $20 billion Biden-era climate initiative to turn over records to the FBI and appear in federal court later this month.

The latest on layoffs at NOAA/National Weather Service, including some numbers and functions hit hardest. The experts who keep weather models running, track satellites, & model weather and climate hit particularly hard, along w/ some NWS fcst offices. www.axios.com/2025/02/28/n...

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Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats.

After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

On every continent except Antarctica, distinct regions are seeing repeated extreme heat waves that can't be explained by climate models, finds study by @lamontearth.bsky.social climate scientists @kornhuber.bsky.social, Samuel Bartusek, Richard Seager, Mingfang Ting, colleague. Via @theatlantic.com.

One of the three Republicans to gain parts of Nashville after it was gerrymandered to shreds. thehill.com/homenews/hou...

"Fossil fuels are losing their grip on EU energy. At the start of the European Green Deal in 2019, few thought the EU’s energy transition could be where it is today; wind and solar are pushing coal to the margins and forcing gas into structural decline"

Big new @ember-energy.org report on EU energy

🚨 🚀🌍 Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is launching three online tools – the Climate Backtracker, the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker & the Silencing Science Tracker – to keep tabs on the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks & anti-science actions: https://buff.ly/4jsf5HJ
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