I know this is obvious but it's always worth repeating: fossil gas is not a climate solution. The worst, most deadly scenarios always feature the most gas, and the least-bad scenarios always feature the least gas.

The Epstein files being unsealed right now are controlled by the courts, not the DOJ meaning an investigation can’t actually stop a judge from releasing records. But it can shift the narrative, muddy the waters, and frame future revelations as “ tainted by politics” or “part of an ongoing probe.”

nothing new here: the IEA is still downplaying data centre growth as immaterial despite the fact it accounts for more total demand growth than all heating for the entire human species.

Standard whataboutism

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Meta is scrambling to mask its rising emissions: first by buying dodgy pseudo-offsets to make its emissions align with its "target" (🤔), and more recently, by joining a lobby group pushing to redefine how emissions are measured

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