Mark Gongloff
@markgongloff.bsky.social
Climate take farmer for Bloomberg Opinion
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The US Is Making a $3 Trillion-a-Year Mistake
There’s this outdated comparison many politicians and even some climate-change advocates still use, which is to juxtapose climate action against economic growth, as if the two were opposing sides in a...
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The idea that climate action and economic growth are somehow competing is outdated and dangerously wrong. 3 new studies add to the stack of evidence that climate policy *is* economic policy
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Pathetic
Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’
Figures show none of US ‘big four’ – CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox – appear to have sent teams to cover summit in Belém
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Pathetic
Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Major US broadcasters sit out Cop30 climate talks: ‘They’re missing a lot’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"The notion that you can alleviate suffering in a world of uncontrolled warming isn’t just shortsighted, it edges toward magical thinking." - @elizkolbert.bsky.social
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Governments and Billionaires Retreat Ahead of COP30 Climate Talks
Worldwide, every other week seems to bring a new climate-related crisis. Increasingly, the response has seemed to be a dulled acceptance.
www.newyorker.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"The notion that you can alleviate suffering in a world of uncontrolled warming isn’t just shortsighted, it edges toward magical thinking." - @elizkolbert.bsky.social
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Can we all agree never to book Larry Summers on another news show, ever again? Unless the topic is "What Did You Know and When Did You Know It?"
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Can we all agree never to book Larry Summers on another news show, ever again? Unless the topic is "What Did You Know and When Did You Know It?"
A key thing about the IEA's "current policies" scenario showing oil demand rising to 2050 is it assumes no further improvement in renewable tech or costs, defying all trends.
BNEF's base-case current policies scenario includes these trends & shows oil demand peaking in 2032
BNEF's base-case current policies scenario includes these trends & shows oil demand peaking in 2032
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A key thing about the IEA's "current policies" scenario showing oil demand rising to 2050 is it assumes no further improvement in renewable tech or costs, defying all trends.
BNEF's base-case current policies scenario includes these trends & shows oil demand peaking in 2032
BNEF's base-case current policies scenario includes these trends & shows oil demand peaking in 2032
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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Even if we skip COP30, our economy won’t skip the bill.
Climate disasters now cost nearly $1 trillion a year—double a mere decade ago.
A fast clean energy transition costs far less than inaction.
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Climate disasters now cost nearly $1 trillion a year—double a mere decade ago.
A fast clean energy transition costs far less than inaction.
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The idea that climate action and economic growth are somehow competing is outdated and dangerously wrong. 3 new studies add to the stack of evidence that climate policy *is* economic policy
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The US Is Making a $3 Trillion-a-Year Mistake
There’s this outdated comparison many politicians and even some climate-change advocates still use, which is to juxtapose climate action against economic growth, as if the two were opposing sides in a...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Even if we skip COP30, our economy won’t skip the bill.
Climate disasters now cost nearly $1 trillion a year—double a mere decade ago.
A fast clean energy transition costs far less than inaction.
🎯 from @markgongloff.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mark...
Climate disasters now cost nearly $1 trillion a year—double a mere decade ago.
A fast clean energy transition costs far less than inaction.
🎯 from @markgongloff.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mark...
The idea that climate action and economic growth are somehow competing is outdated and dangerously wrong. 3 new studies add to the stack of evidence that climate policy *is* economic policy
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The US Is Making a $3 Trillion-a-Year Mistake
There’s this outdated comparison many politicians and even some climate-change advocates still use, which is to juxtapose climate action against economic growth, as if the two were opposing sides in a...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The idea that climate action and economic growth are somehow competing is outdated and dangerously wrong. 3 new studies add to the stack of evidence that climate policy *is* economic policy
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
In his moronic crusade for an outdated version of energy dominance, Trump has handed true energy dominance to the country’s biggest geopolitical rival
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A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
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November 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In his moronic crusade for an outdated version of energy dominance, Trump has handed true energy dominance to the country’s biggest geopolitical rival
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We get to keep one societal advance, as a treat
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We get to keep one societal advance, as a treat
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
Incredible stuff
A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.
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Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host COP30 in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Incredible stuff
Wonder what the past quarter-century has been like in that parallel universe
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Wonder what the past quarter-century has been like in that parallel universe
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This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is what oligarchy looks like:
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
If you're Elon Musk, the richest man alive, Tesla gives you a $1 trillion pay package & Trump gives you a huge tax break.
If you're a poor kid on SNAP, Trump appeals a court decision that would have prevented you from going hungry.
Obscene.
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I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I would put more money on continuing to harvest infinite energy from the sun over assuming that forcing everyone to use The Machine The Lies To You is the steady basis of an entire economy
Voters on Tuesday: We hate everything you're doing
Trump administration: OK, got it. What if we starved you and ruined air travel for Thanksgiving
Trump administration: OK, got it. What if we starved you and ruined air travel for Thanksgiving
BREAKING: The Trump administration seeks an emergency pause to a court order demanding full November SNAP payments.
Trump administration seeks to halt SNAP food aid payments after a court order
The Trump administration has asked a federal appeals court to block a judge’s order to distribute November’s full SNAP benefits during a U.S. government shutdown. U.S.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Voters on Tuesday: We hate everything you're doing
Trump administration: OK, got it. What if we starved you and ruined air travel for Thanksgiving
Trump administration: OK, got it. What if we starved you and ruined air travel for Thanksgiving
This hack could be the next Fed chair, in case you needed a scare this morning
Hassett: "I think that Secretary Bessent wisely said we're starting to see pockets of the economy that look like they might be in a recession ... if we go another month or so, who knows how bad the economy could be this quarter? And we know whose fault it would be."
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This hack could be the next Fed chair, in case you needed a scare this morning
Tesla shareholders are the world’s easiest marks
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Tesla shareholders are the world’s easiest marks
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Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
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She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
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DC ‘Sandwich Guy’ Found Not Guilty After Defense Successfully Highlights Absurdity Of It All
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn. She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Jeanine Pirro tried to make an example of Sean Dunn.
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
She ended up delivering a hero to Washington, D.C.
www.huffpost.com/entry/dc-san...
Every 1C of global warming on average cuts the world’s ability to produce food by 120 calories per person per day, or 4.4% of current daily consumption, a new study finds - and the US Midwest will be among the hardest-hit
impactlab.org/research/imp...
impactlab.org/research/imp...
Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation - Climate Impact Lab
We explore the impacts of climate change on global agriculture while accounting for adaptation.
impactlab.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Every 1C of global warming on average cuts the world’s ability to produce food by 120 calories per person per day, or 4.4% of current daily consumption, a new study finds - and the US Midwest will be among the hardest-hit
impactlab.org/research/imp...
impactlab.org/research/imp...
We're starving children, not paying air-traffic controllers and telling soldiers to go to food banks, but sure, let's write some checks to the plagiarism-industrial complex
BREAKING: OpenAI is requesting US government support to help guarantee financing for the massive investments in AI chips and data centers it needs for expansion, per Bloomberg.
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We're starving children, not paying air-traffic controllers and telling soldiers to go to food banks, but sure, let's write some checks to the plagiarism-industrial complex
Was just reminded that fossil fuel energy production wastes $4.6 trillion, or 40% of global energy spending, *every year*
But somehow it's the clean-energy transition that's supposedly too expensive
rmi.org/the-incredib...
But somehow it's the clean-energy transition that's supposedly too expensive
rmi.org/the-incredib...
The Incredible Inefficiency of the Fossil Energy System - RMI
Over $4.6 trillion per year, almost 5% of global GDP and 40% of what we spend on energy, is wasted due to fossil inefficiency.
rmi.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Was just reminded that fossil fuel energy production wastes $4.6 trillion, or 40% of global energy spending, *every year*
But somehow it's the clean-energy transition that's supposedly too expensive
rmi.org/the-incredib...
But somehow it's the clean-energy transition that's supposedly too expensive
rmi.org/the-incredib...
I'm not sure we're freaked out enough that the guy using AI to make ICE more efficiently terrible is proudly saying things like, "It was a mistake to casually proclaim the equality of all cultures and cultural values"
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Palantir’s Alex Karp Is Stealing From Musk’s Playbook
There can be only one Highlander, but Palantir’s Alex Karp shows there can be multiple highly paid, outspoken chief executive officers of richly valued tech companies with cult followings and unsettli...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm not sure we're freaked out enough that the guy using AI to make ICE more efficiently terrible is proudly saying things like, "It was a mistake to casually proclaim the equality of all cultures and cultural values"
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