Lyssa Freese
@lfreese.bsky.social
Climate, air quality, energy, equitable solutions
Otherwise in the mountains, throwing pots, or making dad jokes
Opinions my own, not my employer's.
Otherwise in the mountains, throwing pots, or making dad jokes
Opinions my own, not my employer's.
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This paper did not get that much attention when it came out, but it deserves more. Welcome to "Climate Nowcasting" as a new term in the lexicon...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This paper did not get that much attention when it came out, but it deserves more. Welcome to "Climate Nowcasting" as a new term in the lexicon...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Startling new research finds marathon times go up when there's more fossil fuel pollution in the air. Los Angeles Marathon has it worst. Even elite runners suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Startling new research finds marathon times go up when there's more fossil fuel pollution in the air. Los Angeles Marathon has it worst. Even elite runners suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
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This program now accounts for 5% of the faculty hired in the system, and those hired after completing these postdocs have a 97% tenure rate - obviously exceeding baseline tenure statistics.
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This program now accounts for 5% of the faculty hired in the system, and those hired after completing these postdocs have a 97% tenure rate - obviously exceeding baseline tenure statistics.
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A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
UC to Stop Funding Systemwide Postdoc Program
Established in 1984 to encourage women and minority Ph.D.s to pursue academia, the program has attracted right-wing criticism for prioritizing diverse candidates.
www.insidehighered.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A devastating set of decisions on the part of UC leadership to withdraw support from our nationally recognized postdoc program that prioritizes research excellence combined with addressing our university public service mission. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Today on Volts: You know what sucks? Cars. They screw up cities, degrade our health, make us mean & selfish, induce terrible public policy, on & on. I talk with Doug Gordon & Sarah Goodyear, hosts of the unapologetic @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast, about their new book & life after cars.
Yes, you weenies: a war on cars
Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon join me to discuss their new book and why a future with fewer cars is a happier one.
www.volts.wtf
October 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today on Volts: You know what sucks? Cars. They screw up cities, degrade our health, make us mean & selfish, induce terrible public policy, on & on. I talk with Doug Gordon & Sarah Goodyear, hosts of the unapologetic @thewaroncars.bsky.social podcast, about their new book & life after cars.
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
So now they're just prioritizing funding University research based on loyalty pledges?
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
Trump aims to give preferential funding treatment to universities that meet demands
The Trump administration is urging a group of nine universities to sign a 10-point compact that would have sweeping implications on campus in exchange for a funding advantage in federal grants. &nb…
thehill.com
October 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So now they're just prioritizing funding University research based on loyalty pledges?
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
thehill.com/homenews/edu...
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This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Self-Generation Incentive Program
The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...
www.ladwp.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
Yes: free.
If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!
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Their big conclusion. This is the exact opposite of the conclusion of the DOE CWG report.
September 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Their big conclusion. This is the exact opposite of the conclusion of the DOE CWG report.
I'm hiring a postdoc to join the Climate, Pollution, and Solutions group at UC Irvine's Earth System Science Department! Flexible start date + research on one of three tracks in climate, pollution, and solutions.
More info on the position and how to apply in the ad here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09874
More info on the position and how to apply in the ad here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09874
Postdoctoral Scholar: Climate, Pollution, and Solutions
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ap.uci.edu
September 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm hiring a postdoc to join the Climate, Pollution, and Solutions group at UC Irvine's Earth System Science Department! Flexible start date + research on one of three tracks in climate, pollution, and solutions.
More info on the position and how to apply in the ad here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09874
More info on the position and how to apply in the ad here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09874
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Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
sites.google.com
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
n.pr
September 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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More coverage of the scathing review by more than 80 scientists of the report from the DOE's climate working group. It's biased, cherry picked, and written with a scientifically unsupported agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump team’s contentious climate report ‘makes a mockery of science’, experts say
Over 85 top climate specialists lambasted administration’s review, calling it a ‘shoddy mess’ that downplays risks
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
More coverage of the scathing review by more than 80 scientists of the report from the DOE's climate working group. It's biased, cherry picked, and written with a scientifically unsupported agenda. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
www.pbs.org
August 30, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
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“The Biden administration was totally feckless when it came to holding the Netanyahu government to the standard of American law and the standards that we claim to apply to every other country in the world when it comes to the duty to provide humanitarian assistance.” Senator Chris Van Hollen.
As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S.'s role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this? n.pr/3VnVTQm
The road to famine: How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza
As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S.'s role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?
n.pr
August 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“The Biden administration was totally feckless when it came to holding the Netanyahu government to the standard of American law and the standards that we claim to apply to every other country in the world when it comes to the duty to provide humanitarian assistance.” Senator Chris Van Hollen.
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AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report
Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025
www.ametsoc.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
AMS released a statement on climate change today that points out five foundational flaws with the Department of Energy's 2025 climate report: www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...
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"These cuts, which would hit basic science on the weather, oceans, and—especially—climate, represent a “down payment” on the White House’s proposal to eliminate NOAA’s research arm in the 2026 fiscal year that begins on 1 October, agency officials have told employees."
Trump administration pushes ahead with NOAA climate and weather cuts
Despite congressional resistance, agency aims to cut research spending now
www.science.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"These cuts, which would hit basic science on the weather, oceans, and—especially—climate, represent a “down payment” on the White House’s proposal to eliminate NOAA’s research arm in the 2026 fiscal year that begins on 1 October, agency officials have told employees."
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
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The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
August 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The recent DOE climate science report misrepresents the work of many researchers. Carbon Brief asked those cited to review the parts of the report where their work was used, and we collectively found 100+ misleading or false statements: interactive.carbonbr...
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Joe Rogan might call this a brutal KO, if it wasn't him getting knocked the F out.
A supremely delightful takedown by @climatetown.bsky.social of Rogan's confident, ignorant, and dangerous climate denial.
A supremely delightful takedown by @climatetown.bsky.social of Rogan's confident, ignorant, and dangerous climate denial.
Joe Rogan Doesn't Understand Graphs
YouTube video by Climate Town
www.youtube.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joe Rogan might call this a brutal KO, if it wasn't him getting knocked the F out.
A supremely delightful takedown by @climatetown.bsky.social of Rogan's confident, ignorant, and dangerous climate denial.
A supremely delightful takedown by @climatetown.bsky.social of Rogan's confident, ignorant, and dangerous climate denial.
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Just finished reading this fabulous series from my @latimes.com colleagues imagining a future Los Angeles that works better for everyone. Will share some highlights... www.latimes.com/california/s... 🧵
Let’s imagine a future that works for all of us
Los Angeles knows how to weather a crisis — or two or three. Angelenos are tapping into that resilience, striving to build a city for everyone.
www.latimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Just finished reading this fabulous series from my @latimes.com colleagues imagining a future Los Angeles that works better for everyone. Will share some highlights... www.latimes.com/california/s... 🧵
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Exactly right. At a time when demand is rising, the Administration is restricting and raising taxes on the main sources of capacity being added to the grid: clean energy. The result: hiring electric bills, greater risk of blackouts, and more pollution.
I want the American people to know that this is not an accident. This administration is choosing to take actions that are raising people's electric bills.
August 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Exactly right. At a time when demand is rising, the Administration is restricting and raising taxes on the main sources of capacity being added to the grid: clean energy. The result: hiring electric bills, greater risk of blackouts, and more pollution.
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Commentary:
Without medication or steady income for rent, I lost the RV. My dog Rex and I then endured 15 traumatizing months in a shelter, where daily harassment by staff made life unbearable. cal.news/3JaWrX1
📝 Sean Geary
Without medication or steady income for rent, I lost the RV. My dog Rex and I then endured 15 traumatizing months in a shelter, where daily harassment by staff made life unbearable. cal.news/3JaWrX1
📝 Sean Geary
Ramping up RV enforcement only makes it harder to house California's homeless | Opinion
California leaders should choose compassion and reject a bill that would make it easier to tow RVs, often the last refuge for homeless people.
cal.news
August 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Commentary:
Without medication or steady income for rent, I lost the RV. My dog Rex and I then endured 15 traumatizing months in a shelter, where daily harassment by staff made life unbearable. cal.news/3JaWrX1
📝 Sean Geary
Without medication or steady income for rent, I lost the RV. My dog Rex and I then endured 15 traumatizing months in a shelter, where daily harassment by staff made life unbearable. cal.news/3JaWrX1
📝 Sean Geary
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The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.
US to rewrite its past national climate reports
US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.
www.france24.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The Trump administration has announced that the US will rewrite past climate reports, in a clear attempt to erase scientific history and undermine the consensus on human-caused climate change.