James Boulter
@jeboulter.bsky.social
Scientist. Educator. Environmentalist. Musician. Professor of Chemistry, Climate, Public Health & Sustainability
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🧵Yesterday’s trade deal is predicated on forcing the EU to buy more US oil and gas—specifically triple what it imports now. Lots of scoffing among the data crowd.
Fantasy or not, achievable or not, the fight against further #LNG build-out just got even harder. 1/4
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
Fantasy or not, achievable or not, the fight against further #LNG build-out just got even harder. 1/4
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
The EU’s ‘fantasy’ $750B energy promise to Trump
Technical issues, limited U.S. supplies and the EU’s minimal control over imports render the pledge infeasible, experts say.
www.politico.eu
July 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
🧵Yesterday’s trade deal is predicated on forcing the EU to buy more US oil and gas—specifically triple what it imports now. Lots of scoffing among the data crowd.
Fantasy or not, achievable or not, the fight against further #LNG build-out just got even harder. 1/4
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
Fantasy or not, achievable or not, the fight against further #LNG build-out just got even harder. 1/4
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
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Here’s a list of nine technologies for storing the magical energy from wind and solar.
July 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Here’s a list of nine technologies for storing the magical energy from wind and solar.
Small modular nuclear IN COMBINATION with Wind, Water, Solar + complete electrification
Quote this with a technology that gives you hope about the future
July 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Small modular nuclear IN COMBINATION with Wind, Water, Solar + complete electrification
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Consumers are facing a
✔️Sept. 30 deadline to be eligible for tax credits for EVs
✔️Dec. 31 deadline when credits vanish for rooftop solar, air source heat pumps and certain water heaters
www.rewiringamerica.org
For 14,000 miles/year
EV fuel cost 110 mpg-e
$500
Gas car fuel cost 35 mpg
$2,400
✔️Sept. 30 deadline to be eligible for tax credits for EVs
✔️Dec. 31 deadline when credits vanish for rooftop solar, air source heat pumps and certain water heaters
www.rewiringamerica.org
For 14,000 miles/year
EV fuel cost 110 mpg-e
$500
Gas car fuel cost 35 mpg
$2,400
July 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Consumers are facing a
✔️Sept. 30 deadline to be eligible for tax credits for EVs
✔️Dec. 31 deadline when credits vanish for rooftop solar, air source heat pumps and certain water heaters
www.rewiringamerica.org
For 14,000 miles/year
EV fuel cost 110 mpg-e
$500
Gas car fuel cost 35 mpg
$2,400
✔️Sept. 30 deadline to be eligible for tax credits for EVs
✔️Dec. 31 deadline when credits vanish for rooftop solar, air source heat pumps and certain water heaters
www.rewiringamerica.org
For 14,000 miles/year
EV fuel cost 110 mpg-e
$500
Gas car fuel cost 35 mpg
$2,400
Thanks to the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York along with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group!
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/c...
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/c...
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thanks to the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York along with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group!
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/c...
Farmers Sued Over Deleted Climate Data. So the Government Will Put It Back. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/c...
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New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...
New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say - Inside Climate News
Experts in environmental and energy law said the effort “reflects a complete lack of understanding of how government works.”
insideclimatenews.org
April 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New Trump Administration Directives to Repeal Environmental Regulations En Masse Make ‘No Sense,’ Legal Experts Say insideclimatenews.org/news/1204202...
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Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
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Today's US EO orders the Attorney General to identify + take expeditious action to stop enforcement of "all State & local laws... purporting to address “climate change” or involving “environmental, social, and governance” initiatives, “environmental justice,” carbon or “greenhouse gas” emissions."
This executive order confirms that. They are attacking all "state laws" that address climate change, ESG, environmental justice and/or greenhouse gases.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
April 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Today's US EO orders the Attorney General to identify + take expeditious action to stop enforcement of "all State & local laws... purporting to address “climate change” or involving “environmental, social, and governance” initiatives, “environmental justice,” carbon or “greenhouse gas” emissions."
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Gruppenfuhrer Trump is trying to scrub Climate Change info. The Guardian is preserving it. Please repost and pass it on to other social media platforms. Thanks!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s ‘climate’ purge deleted a new extreme weather risk tool. We recreated it
The Guardian has recreated a searchable climate future risk tool developed by Fema but then deleted
www.theguardian.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Gruppenfuhrer Trump is trying to scrub Climate Change info. The Guardian is preserving it. Please repost and pass it on to other social media platforms. Thanks!! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨 This is important as this is some of the foundational weather data for initialization of all weather models, not just NOAA ones. In other words, even the ECMWF (Euro) models could see degraded performance over time if this becomes a regular issue. Very troubling stuff here.
More fallout from the indiscriminate NWS firings:
"Effective immediately, and until further notice, the [NWS] is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing."
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
"Effective immediately, and until further notice, the [NWS] is temporarily suspending some weather balloon launches in Albany, New York, and Gray, Maine, due to a lack of Weather Forecast Office (WFO) staffing."
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
March 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🚨 This is important as this is some of the foundational weather data for initialization of all weather models, not just NOAA ones. In other words, even the ECMWF (Euro) models could see degraded performance over time if this becomes a regular issue. Very troubling stuff here.
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🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US**
Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11
Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11
Eight things scientists can do right now to stand up to the Trump administration’s attacks on research, public health, and the environment
A guest post by Dr Anne Toomey, author of the book "Science with Impact: How to Engage People, Change Practice, and Influence Policy".
christinapagel.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US**
Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11
Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here
christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11
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More info in this latest article, although to be clear what has been terminated is the IPCC Working Group 3 technical support unit and fed travel to next weeks’s meeting where the report chapter outlines are to be approved, after which authors will be solicited.
February 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More info in this latest article, although to be clear what has been terminated is the IPCC Working Group 3 technical support unit and fed travel to next weeks’s meeting where the report chapter outlines are to be approved, after which authors will be solicited.
FEMA backtracks on stronger building codes for disasters www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...
Exclusive: Trump administration drops work on stronger building codes for disasters
To help homes survive more intense disasters, FEMA has been developing recommendations for stronger building codes. The Trump Administration has pulled them back.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
FEMA backtracks on stronger building codes for disasters www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...
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Scoop w/ @mariacurie.bsky.social : U.S. to pull delegation from UN climate science meeting (IPCC Plenary in China next week) www.axios.com/2025/02/20/u...
Scoop: U.S. delegation pulled from key U.N. climate science meeting
The IPCC meeting in China is slated to determine the content in the group's next series of reports.
www.axios.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Scoop w/ @mariacurie.bsky.social : U.S. to pull delegation from UN climate science meeting (IPCC Plenary in China next week) www.axios.com/2025/02/20/u...
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Who remembers “Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job”?
FEMA is losing scores of employees. That could slow disaster response.
Cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency could affect people across the country who are struggling to rebuild and prepare for disasters.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Who remembers “Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job”?
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Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
February 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Firings are happening right now at the National Science Foundation. Essential staff are being cut.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
This isn’t about the budget. If it was, they’d be going after the military (17%) or state appropriations (38%). NSF is 0.7% of the federal budget. All federal employees make up only 4% of the budget.
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This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This morning, the US National Science Foundation fired 168 employees, approximately 10% of its workforce, for no cause other than they were the agency's most recent hires. 🧪
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
Co-workers are leaving supportive messages before they have to clear out of the building at 5 p.m. Sent to me by a source ⬇️
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Best Superbowl LVIII commercial this year?
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ByTheTime
YouTube video by Science Moms
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February 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Best Superbowl LVIII commercial this year?
youtu.be/GYwPLhjAZtE?...
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The paper is a long read but open to the public-try it! I personally find it deeply compelling, although maybe out of the scientific mainstream (i.e. IPCC). But his established record warrants real consideration - both his articulation of the crisis and his contemplation of our needed responses.
Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
- Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated though other scientists disagree
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The paper is a long read but open to the public-try it! I personally find it deeply compelling, although maybe out of the scientific mainstream (i.e. IPCC). But his established record warrants real consideration - both his articulation of the crisis and his contemplation of our needed responses.