Eliza Barclay
@elizabarclay.bsky.social
Climate and environment editor at New York Times Opinion
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"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
Silos for Sunshine: we've mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger | Ember
The shift to renewables represents an agricultural revolution for energy, moving from searching and extracting scarce fuels to harvesting abundant sunlight in place.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
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I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
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Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
He Alone Tracked Leaky Oil Wells in National Parks. He Was Let Go.
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Forrest Smith, the only National Park Service engineer cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells, lost his contract, leaving 93 orphaned wells on park lands unmanaged. These leaking wells release methane and toxins, threatening human health and the environment.
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Look at this cute little thing!
The solar-powered compact car driving Tunisia’s electric vehicle revolution | CNN
Bako Motors, a Tunisian startup, is creating small electric vehicles powered partly by solar energy.
www.cnn.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Look at this cute little thing!
Incredible epsiode of The Daily featuring @hannahdreier.bsky.social and her revelatory reporting on unmasked firefighters and the health consequences they face www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/p...
The Hidden Victims of America’s Wildfires
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Incredible epsiode of The Daily featuring @hannahdreier.bsky.social and her revelatory reporting on unmasked firefighters and the health consequences they face www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/p...
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Same, same.
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | Hurricane Melissa Maxed Out What Scientists Thought Was Possible
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Same, same.
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
“Forty years later, when I look at satellite imagery and other data on hurricanes and extreme weather, I often cannot believe my eyes. Most of these mind-boggling events have a potential link to climate change.” 🎁🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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NOAA’s hurricane research division staff has been cut from 52 in 2020 to 28 in 2025, almost a 50% cut. They’ve resorted to using volunteers to man the critical radar and dropsonde stations on Hurricane Hunter flights. Senseless cuts in an era of climate change making the strongest storms stronger.
Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
NOAA’s hurricane research division staff has been cut from 52 in 2020 to 28 in 2025, almost a 50% cut. They’ve resorted to using volunteers to man the critical radar and dropsonde stations on Hurricane Hunter flights. Senseless cuts in an era of climate change making the strongest storms stronger.
California "deployed a 'strike team' to work around the clock chasing wolves away from livestock, shooting at them with bean bags, and erecting new fencing. But the wolves found ways around these deterrence efforts and killed even more cattle." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | The Reality of Living With Wolves, Bears and Mountain Lions
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
California "deployed a 'strike team' to work around the clock chasing wolves away from livestock, shooting at them with bean bags, and erecting new fencing. But the wolves found ways around these deterrence efforts and killed even more cattle." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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Appreciate @elizabarclay.bsky.social and NYT inviting me to share my perspectives about #Melissa. Between climate change and expanding bullseye, we need to be redoubling our efforts to be able forecast, mitigate and respond to these disastrous weather and water events www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | In 40 Years of Forecasting, I’ve Never Seen a Hurricane Like Melissa
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Appreciate @elizabarclay.bsky.social and NYT inviting me to share my perspectives about #Melissa. Between climate change and expanding bullseye, we need to be redoubling our efforts to be able forecast, mitigate and respond to these disastrous weather and water events www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Thrilled to work with @wxmanms1.bsky.social, whose Substack I've read and admired for some time, on this piece on #Melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | In 40 Years of Forecasting, I’ve Never Seen a Hurricane Like Melissa
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thrilled to work with @wxmanms1.bsky.social, whose Substack I've read and admired for some time, on this piece on #Melissa www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
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Without knowing the details of the impacts of the tidal cycle in this area, it is seriously impossible to imagine a worse case scenario for surge as far as the angle a category 5 hurricane is hitting this bay.
I can't imagine what the surge levels will be in the Black River Bay with the path #Melissa is taking upon landfall.
Very bad angle vs the topography.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
Very bad angle vs the topography.
#hurricanemelissa #jamaica
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Without knowing the details of the impacts of the tidal cycle in this area, it is seriously impossible to imagine a worse case scenario for surge as far as the angle a category 5 hurricane is hitting this bay.
@wxmanms1.bsky.social Hi Alan, I am a NYT Opinion editor. Would love to connect with you about writing a piece for us about Melissa. eliza.barclay@nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
@wxmanms1.bsky.social Hi Alan, I am a NYT Opinion editor. Would love to connect with you about writing a piece for us about Melissa. eliza.barclay@nytimes.com
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Melissa has rapidly intensified into a category 4 major hurricane according to preliminary NHC estimates:
- from 60 to 120 kt in 24 hours (⬆️ 60 kt)
- from 90 to 110 kt in just 6 hours (⬆️ 20 kt)
This slow-moving storm will not only deliver damaging winds & storm surge but also catastrophic rainfall.
- from 60 to 120 kt in 24 hours (⬆️ 60 kt)
- from 90 to 110 kt in just 6 hours (⬆️ 20 kt)
This slow-moving storm will not only deliver damaging winds & storm surge but also catastrophic rainfall.
October 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Melissa has rapidly intensified into a category 4 major hurricane according to preliminary NHC estimates:
- from 60 to 120 kt in 24 hours (⬆️ 60 kt)
- from 90 to 110 kt in just 6 hours (⬆️ 20 kt)
This slow-moving storm will not only deliver damaging winds & storm surge but also catastrophic rainfall.
- from 60 to 120 kt in 24 hours (⬆️ 60 kt)
- from 90 to 110 kt in just 6 hours (⬆️ 20 kt)
This slow-moving storm will not only deliver damaging winds & storm surge but also catastrophic rainfall.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Tens of millions of Americans are about to lose their grocery benefits as Washington remains locked in a shutdown fight. This is really bad.
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The shutdown debacle enters its SNAP era — and it’s about to get ugly
Tens of millions of Americans are about to lose their grocery benefits as Washington remains locked in a shutdown fight. This is really bad.
foodfix.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Tens of millions of Americans are about to lose their grocery benefits as Washington remains locked in a shutdown fight. This is really bad.
foodfix.co/the-shutdown...
foodfix.co/the-shutdown...
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A new Idaho law makes it illegal for state and local governments, private businesses, employers, schools and daycares to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any other “medical intervention.”
➡️ Read the full story: https://propub.li/4oz4JYj
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October 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A new Idaho law makes it illegal for state and local governments, private businesses, employers, schools and daycares to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive any other “medical intervention.”
➡️ Read the full story: https://propub.li/4oz4JYj
➡️ Read the full story: https://propub.li/4oz4JYj
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Breaking: Extreme ocean heat has eradicated key coral species in Florida from a 350-mile-long reef that protects coastal cities from storms, provides fisheries habitat. Scientists say reef-building elkhorn & staghorn corals are now "functionally extinct." Free link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Heat Shock Tips Florida Corals to Extinction
Extreme ocean temperatures triggered the demise of coral species key to the health of a reef that protects the state’s cities from climate-driven storms.
www.bloomberg.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Breaking: Extreme ocean heat has eradicated key coral species in Florida from a 350-mile-long reef that protects coastal cities from storms, provides fisheries habitat. Scientists say reef-building elkhorn & staghorn corals are now "functionally extinct." Free link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Soon-to-be Hurricane #Melissa has potential to be a devastating tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. This will be an extremely slow moving storm, and will tap a very deep pool of highly anomalously warm ocean water (i.e., "hurricane fuel). [1/2] #Hispanola #Jamaica
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Soon-to-be Hurricane #Melissa has potential to be a devastating tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. This will be an extremely slow moving storm, and will tap a very deep pool of highly anomalously warm ocean water (i.e., "hurricane fuel). [1/2] #Hispanola #Jamaica
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Fortunate that @climatecentral.org is keeping the billion-dollar climate-related disaster list going, as the first half of 2025 was a doozy. You can read more here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Fortunate that @climatecentral.org is keeping the billion-dollar climate-related disaster list going, as the first half of 2025 was a doozy. You can read more here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Customers in the South experienced more electricity loss than any other region (77%) in the aftermath of extreme weather events. Its average outage length when the outage is caused by extreme weather is 95.2 hours." www.jdpower.com/business/res...
Disasters Become a Fact of Life for Many U.S. Electric Utility Customers
In response to the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events, J.D. Power expanded its U.S. Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study methodology to better understand th...
www.jdpower.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"Customers in the South experienced more electricity loss than any other region (77%) in the aftermath of extreme weather events. Its average outage length when the outage is caused by extreme weather is 95.2 hours." www.jdpower.com/business/res...
"Beijing’s ultimate objective is to become a supplier of nuclear power to the world" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How China Raced Ahead of the U.S. on Nuclear Power
The United States was once the undisputed leader in atomic energy. Now it is trying to catch up.
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"Beijing’s ultimate objective is to become a supplier of nuclear power to the world" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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What do climate scientists really think about solar geoengineering?
For @newscientist.com, @tinymaddie.bsky.social and I surveyed 120 IPCC authors about their attitudes towards solar geoengineering given the world's failure to slash emissions on time. The results were surprising:
For @newscientist.com, @tinymaddie.bsky.social and I surveyed 120 IPCC authors about their attitudes towards solar geoengineering given the world's failure to slash emissions on time. The results were surprising:
Exclusive: Climate scientists expect attempts to dim the sun by 2100
An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth’s atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet
www.newscientist.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
What do climate scientists really think about solar geoengineering?
For @newscientist.com, @tinymaddie.bsky.social and I surveyed 120 IPCC authors about their attitudes towards solar geoengineering given the world's failure to slash emissions on time. The results were surprising:
For @newscientist.com, @tinymaddie.bsky.social and I surveyed 120 IPCC authors about their attitudes towards solar geoengineering given the world's failure to slash emissions on time. The results were surprising:
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As the Border Patrol heads to the Bay Area, Nancy Pelosi today said local law enforcement may arrest federal troops who break California law.
The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them.
W/ @kellen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them.
W/ @kellen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
Pelosi Says Police May Arrest Federal Agents Who Violate California Law
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
As the Border Patrol heads to the Bay Area, Nancy Pelosi today said local law enforcement may arrest federal troops who break California law.
The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them.
W/ @kellen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
The idea comes from San Francisco DA Brooke Jenkins who says she will prosecute them.
W/ @kellen.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...