Paull Young
@paullyoung.bsky.social
Climate Dad. An Aussie in LA. Head of Sustainability @GitHub.
This 14 min podcast from @ezraklein a great listen.
“Trump is trying to govern like a King because he is too weak to govern like a President.”
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“Trump is trying to govern like a King because he is too weak to govern like a President.”
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Don't Believe Him
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
This 14 min podcast from @ezraklein a great listen.
“Trump is trying to govern like a King because he is too weak to govern like a President.”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
“Trump is trying to govern like a King because he is too weak to govern like a President.”
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Agriculture is estimated to be over 10% of US CO2e emissions
February 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Agriculture is estimated to be over 10% of US CO2e emissions
This, from UCLA, is one of the better (& more reassuring) things I’ve read about #LAfires & current air quality www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/ash-...
Ash below, blue sky above: Is the air safe?
Deciding whether the air is safe in Southern California can feel like a dangerous riddle in the week since the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires began.
www.ioes.ucla.edu
January 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This, from UCLA, is one of the better (& more reassuring) things I’ve read about #LAfires & current air quality www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/ash-...
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Who should pick up the tab for the billions of dollars in damages from these deadly fires in LA? The fossil fuel industry who lied about climate change for decades, that's who.
Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Should Pay for the Los Angeles Fires
It’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Who should pick up the tab for the billions of dollars in damages from these deadly fires in LA? The fossil fuel industry who lied about climate change for decades, that's who.
Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Jan 6 “was a day of love”
January 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Jan 6 “was a day of love”
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I assume most people know this, but seems important to point out basic truths at this moment in time. There is no energy emergency in the U.S. The U.S. is the world's top producer of oil and gas at the moment, and the top exporter of gas, and U.S. oil and gas producers are making record profits.
January 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I assume most people know this, but seems important to point out basic truths at this moment in time. There is no energy emergency in the U.S. The U.S. is the world's top producer of oil and gas at the moment, and the top exporter of gas, and U.S. oil and gas producers are making record profits.
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Heartless. Cruel.
January 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Heartless. Cruel.
I search ‘TikTok’ in the US Apple App store right now & get:
Instagram
Snapchat
Facebook
YouTube
Meta are poised to be big winners from the TikTok ban.
Snapchat
YouTube
Meta are poised to be big winners from the TikTok ban.
January 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I search ‘TikTok’ in the US Apple App store right now & get:
Instagram
Snapchat
Facebook
YouTube
Meta are poised to be big winners from the TikTok ban.
Snapchat
YouTube
Meta are poised to be big winners from the TikTok ban.
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Such a hard one. When I talked to Alistair Hayden, a Cornell scientist who studies air pollution and wildfires, he said the one place he turns for real-time data is the wildfire AirNow map: fire.airnow.gov
It combines EPA data with calibrated data from the cheaper, more abundant PurpleAir sensors.
It combines EPA data with calibrated data from the cheaper, more abundant PurpleAir sensors.
January 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Such a hard one. When I talked to Alistair Hayden, a Cornell scientist who studies air pollution and wildfires, he said the one place he turns for real-time data is the wildfire AirNow map: fire.airnow.gov
It combines EPA data with calibrated data from the cheaper, more abundant PurpleAir sensors.
It combines EPA data with calibrated data from the cheaper, more abundant PurpleAir sensors.
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2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
January 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
2024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency
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It's official: 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with an average temp 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the limit set by the Paris Agreement.
The 1.5C goal isn't dead -- it won't be until/unless this happens over many years. But it's sure not looking good. via @eroston.bsky.social
The 1.5C goal isn't dead -- it won't be until/unless this happens over many years. But it's sure not looking good. via @eroston.bsky.social
Record Heat Pushed 2024 Above Global Warming Threshold of 1.5C
Scientists in the EU and UK find that last year was the hottest year on record, breaching the climate change limit sought by the Paris Agreement.
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's official: 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with an average temp 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the limit set by the Paris Agreement.
The 1.5C goal isn't dead -- it won't be until/unless this happens over many years. But it's sure not looking good. via @eroston.bsky.social
The 1.5C goal isn't dead -- it won't be until/unless this happens over many years. But it's sure not looking good. via @eroston.bsky.social
I watched Australia burned after one of the driest years in our history.
Now I watch LA burn again after record setting dry.
Climate change changes rain patterns & drier land burns more.
Now I watch LA burn again after record setting dry.
Climate change changes rain patterns & drier land burns more.
Los Angeles received just 0.16 inches of rain since May 2024, the second-driest period on record.
Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January.
But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil.
What planet are they living on?
Wildfires are now engulfing the city in January.
But some politicians still claim the climate crisis is a "hoax" as they do the bidding of Big Oil.
What planet are they living on?
LA's wildfires sparked by rare collision of climate factors
Extremely dry conditions and an hurricane force winds are overlapping unusually late in the year.
www.axios.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I watched Australia burned after one of the driest years in our history.
Now I watch LA burn again after record setting dry.
Climate change changes rain patterns & drier land burns more.
Now I watch LA burn again after record setting dry.
Climate change changes rain patterns & drier land burns more.
Unbelievable oil companies are allowed to get away with this, especially while getting huge $ in govt subsidies
More than 2 million oil and gas wells sit unplugged in the U.S., many leaking contaminants into waterways, farmland and neighborhoods.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
Time and time again, oil companies have walked away — leaving taxpayers to pay for cleanup. Here’s how.
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
propub.li
January 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Unbelievable oil companies are allowed to get away with this, especially while getting huge $ in govt subsidies
“China can move infrastructure projects — from power plants & transmission lines to data centers — from blueprint to reality in a small fraction of the time. As of Dec 23, China had built 34 ultra-high-voltage transmission lines — totaling tens of thousands of miles —, while the US had none.”
The 19th-Century Technology That Threatens A.I.
[Gift Article] From @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/o...
[Gift Article] From @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/o...
Opinion | The 19th-Century Technology That Threatens A.I. (Gift Article)
The biggest thing holding America back from dominance in artificial intelligence is the country’s inability to keep up with the demand for electricity.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
“China can move infrastructure projects — from power plants & transmission lines to data centers — from blueprint to reality in a small fraction of the time. As of Dec 23, China had built 34 ultra-high-voltage transmission lines — totaling tens of thousands of miles —, while the US had none.”
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github.blog
December 20, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Free Copilot!!!
Any folks from Hilton on here? You might want to do some market research to see if ‘free bottled water’ is seen as a benefit or a turn off….
December 11, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Any folks from Hilton on here? You might want to do some market research to see if ‘free bottled water’ is seen as a benefit or a turn off….
If we get gas out of our homes: “Fine airborne particulate matter and other air pollutants could decrease by 300,000 tons, the equivalent of taking 40 million cars off the road.”
🚨 New report from @rewiringamerica.bsky.social finds that household electrification has significant public health benefits by improving outdoor air quality, translating to about $40 billion in health benefits every year. ⚡️💡🔌 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/c...
Here’s How Much Cleaner Energy Could Save America, in Lives and Money
Widespread adoption of heat pumps could prevent thousands of premature deaths and save billions on energy bills, according to a new analysis.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 4:34 PM
If we get gas out of our homes: “Fine airborne particulate matter and other air pollutants could decrease by 300,000 tons, the equivalent of taking 40 million cars off the road.”
Just wild that more cargo ships in the world are hauling fossil fuels than anything else
40% of the mass of everything transported by a ship in 2023 was a fossil fuel.
That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
That stat paired with this new study shines a pretty harsh spotlight on how obscenely bad-faith the right-wing concern trolling around offshore wind + whales is
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
UW study finds leading cause of whale deaths
New research shows that the top threat to whales around the globe has changed. But it wouldn't take much to reduce the risk, researchers say.
www.seattletimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:56 AM
Just wild that more cargo ships in the world are hauling fossil fuels than anything else
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We're just innocent men
December 2, 2024 at 9:58 PM
We're just innocent men
Wow… imagine the carbon footprint of this!
Meta plans to build a fiberoptic subsea cable extending around the world — a 40,000+ kilometer project that could total more than $10 billion. It will be the sole owner and user of this cable — a first for the company and a milestone for its infrastructure efforts.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m...
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m...
Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say | TechCrunch
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of
techcrunch.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Wow… imagine the carbon footprint of this!
My two nationalities:
🇦🇺 32%
🇺🇸 11%
🇦🇺 32%
🇺🇸 11%
Have traveled to 10 or more countries outside their own
Sweden 57%
Netherlands 48%
UK 43%
Germany 36%
Australia 32%
France 26%
Italy 25%
Canada 22%
Spain 20%
Greece 19%
S Korea 15%
Israel 14%
US 11%
Hungary 8%
Japan 8%
Poland 4%
www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/...
Sweden 57%
Netherlands 48%
UK 43%
Germany 36%
Australia 32%
France 26%
Italy 25%
Canada 22%
Spain 20%
Greece 19%
S Korea 15%
Israel 14%
US 11%
Hungary 8%
Japan 8%
Poland 4%
www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/...
November 29, 2024 at 8:51 PM
My two nationalities:
🇦🇺 32%
🇺🇸 11%
🇦🇺 32%
🇺🇸 11%
I knew plastics had a huge oil footprint, but the scale is way larger than I knew until I saw this great @carbonbrief.org data!
November 27, 2024 at 7:20 PM
I knew plastics had a huge oil footprint, but the scale is way larger than I knew until I saw this great @carbonbrief.org data!