Don Burke
@theflyer.bsky.social
Electric vehicles, renewable energy, electrification of everything, photography
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Tesla Expands Robotaxi Service Area Again, Reclaims Top Spot From Waymo
Tesla Expands Robotaxi Service Area Again, Reclaims Top Spot From Waymo
Tesla has expanded its Robotaxi geofence service area again, now compassing 171 square miles.… Read More
www.notateslaapp.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Tesla Expands Robotaxi Service Area Again, Reclaims Top Spot From Waymo
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Astonishing French report from Blatten Avalanche. This event might just be getting started.
thinc.blog/2025/05/30/a...
thinc.blog/2025/05/30/a...
Astonishing French Report on Blatten Avalanche
This event might just be getting started.
thinc.blog
May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Astonishing French report from Blatten Avalanche. This event might just be getting started.
thinc.blog/2025/05/30/a...
thinc.blog/2025/05/30/a...
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Some good news! 3 absurd anti-solar and pro-gas bills die in Texas pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/05/28/a...
Anti-solar bills die in Texas House
Legislation that would "kill renewable energy in Texas" failed to progress in the state's House of Representatives.
pv-magazine-usa.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Some good news! 3 absurd anti-solar and pro-gas bills die in Texas pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/05/28/a...
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This is a seismic gut punch to the weather enterprise.
It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations.
www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...
It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations.
www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...
NSF Unidata Pause in Most Operations
www.unidata.ucar.edu
May 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is a seismic gut punch to the weather enterprise.
It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations.
www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...
It is impossible to overstate how important @unidata.bsky.social is in implementing many datasets/libraries (LDM, netCDF, THREDDS, metPy) we currently use in meteorological research & operations.
www.unidata.ucar.edu/blogs/news/e...
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Hey Katharine! I've since shifted to Gallagher Re. Myself and team release quarterly and annual natural catastrophe / climate reports with ample data to quantify and qualify how these risks are evolving globally.
Q1 2025
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
2024 Annual
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
Q1 2025
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
2024 Annual
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
May 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hey Katharine! I've since shifted to Gallagher Re. Myself and team release quarterly and annual natural catastrophe / climate reports with ample data to quantify and qualify how these risks are evolving globally.
Q1 2025
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
2024 Annual
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
Q1 2025
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
2024 Annual
www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
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Genuine reasons for hope - the constitutional order is under assault, but Trump's incompetence continues to improve the prospects for effective resistance www.vox.com/politics/410...
Trump is losing his war on democracy
Trump’s power grabs are dangerous. But he’s going about them all wrong — and facing effective resistance as a result.
www.vox.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Genuine reasons for hope - the constitutional order is under assault, but Trump's incompetence continues to improve the prospects for effective resistance www.vox.com/politics/410...
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Hosting an event in Alexandria? Promote it easily on the ALXnow calendar
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/29/h...
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/29/h...
Hosting an event in Alexandria? Promote it easily on the ALXnow calendar | ALXnow
Looking to attract more people to your upcoming local gathering? Submit it to ALXnow’s event calendar and connect with locals searching for things to do in our community. Thousands of Alexandria residents...
www.alxnow.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hosting an event in Alexandria? Promote it easily on the ALXnow calendar
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/29/h...
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/29/h...
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We & @sabincenter.bsky.social are tracking government attacks on science --> climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...
@publicenvirodata.bsky.social is archiving critical data --> screening-tools.com
And there are even more trackers in this list! --> ucsd.libguides.com/usgov/trumpt...
@publicenvirodata.bsky.social is archiving critical data --> screening-tools.com
And there are even more trackers in this list! --> ucsd.libguides.com/usgov/trumpt...
Silencing Science Tracker | Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
climate.law.columbia.edu
April 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We & @sabincenter.bsky.social are tracking government attacks on science --> climate.law.columbia.edu/Silencing-Sc...
@publicenvirodata.bsky.social is archiving critical data --> screening-tools.com
And there are even more trackers in this list! --> ucsd.libguides.com/usgov/trumpt...
@publicenvirodata.bsky.social is archiving critical data --> screening-tools.com
And there are even more trackers in this list! --> ucsd.libguides.com/usgov/trumpt...
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Eco-City Festival to showcase Alexandria's environmentally friendly initiatives
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/28/e...
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/28/e...
Eco-City Festival to showcase Alexandria’s environmentally friendly initiatives | ALXnow
Alexandria's Eco-City Festival will be held on Saturday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ben Brenman Park. This free event is perfect for families and aims to boost sustainability awareness in a fun,...
www.alxnow.com
April 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Eco-City Festival to showcase Alexandria's environmentally friendly initiatives
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/28/e...
www.alxnow.com/2025/04/28/e...
Hi everyone. I'm gonna start posting again. I needed to be away from social media for my sanity.
April 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hi everyone. I'm gonna start posting again. I needed to be away from social media for my sanity.
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My eight-year-old asked me today if people with gasoline cars keep gas tanks at home. A whole generation is learning that vehicles gain range while at rest, at home. Having to stop to do that while you’re on the way somewhere is just weird.
March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My eight-year-old asked me today if people with gasoline cars keep gas tanks at home. A whole generation is learning that vehicles gain range while at rest, at home. Having to stop to do that while you’re on the way somewhere is just weird.
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My Most popular post this week: Oil Majors tell Trump to go Frack Himself
thinc.blog/2025/02/03/o...
thinc.blog/2025/02/03/o...
Oil Giants Tell Trump: Go Frack Yourself
As I’ve been reporting, more evidence that there is some magical spigot of oil that can be opened to lower the price of gasoline is a fantasy.Oil Giants have told the administration there is …
thinc.blog
February 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
My Most popular post this week: Oil Majors tell Trump to go Frack Himself
thinc.blog/2025/02/03/o...
thinc.blog/2025/02/03/o...
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Sometimes it is only one side of the #Arctic that experiences anomalously low conditions during winter, but this year we are seeing the sea ice edge on *both* the Atlantic & Pacific sectors at very low levels for this time of year. This is contributing to the historic record low for early February.
February 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Sometimes it is only one side of the #Arctic that experiences anomalously low conditions during winter, but this year we are seeing the sea ice edge on *both* the Atlantic & Pacific sectors at very low levels for this time of year. This is contributing to the historic record low for early February.
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State-level permitting remains a critical safeguard against Trump's anti-climate agenda.
States are strengthening environmental justice standards, ensuring impacts on marginalized communities are considered.
Climate action is resilient—and states will continue to uphold key protections.
States are strengthening environmental justice standards, ensuring impacts on marginalized communities are considered.
Climate action is resilient—and states will continue to uphold key protections.
The weak link in Trump’s anti-EJ push: State permits
State environmental justice standards remain out of the president's reach, complicating his rush to expand fossil fuels.
www.eenews.net
February 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
State-level permitting remains a critical safeguard against Trump's anti-climate agenda.
States are strengthening environmental justice standards, ensuring impacts on marginalized communities are considered.
Climate action is resilient—and states will continue to uphold key protections.
States are strengthening environmental justice standards, ensuring impacts on marginalized communities are considered.
Climate action is resilient—and states will continue to uphold key protections.
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The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
theblue.report
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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State lawmakers nationwide are refusing to back down on our climate future. They're ready to take the lead — to use state power to build the clean energy economy and defy Trump’s attacks.
Join us tomorrow for a press conference with leaders from red, purple and blue states: bit.ly/state-leadership
Join us tomorrow for a press conference with leaders from red, purple and blue states: bit.ly/state-leadership
February 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
State lawmakers nationwide are refusing to back down on our climate future. They're ready to take the lead — to use state power to build the clean energy economy and defy Trump’s attacks.
Join us tomorrow for a press conference with leaders from red, purple and blue states: bit.ly/state-leadership
Join us tomorrow for a press conference with leaders from red, purple and blue states: bit.ly/state-leadership
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Here's how much ice NWS predicts Wednesday night into Thurs AM around the DC area. We think this is a reasonable forecast. Icy glaze most probable/significant west of I-95. Will want to use care on bridges, ramps, overpasses, untreated surfaces!
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
February 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Here's how much ice NWS predicts Wednesday night into Thurs AM around the DC area. We think this is a reasonable forecast. Icy glaze most probable/significant west of I-95. Will want to use care on bridges, ramps, overpasses, untreated surfaces!
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Details: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
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In 2024, for the first time, the EU grid got more power from solar than from coal.
Chart: In a first, EU grid got more power from solar than coal in 2024
The bloc’s use of fossil fuels for electricity hit a historic low, but experts say more progress, particularly in the wind sector, is needed.
www.canarymedia.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
In 2024, for the first time, the EU grid got more power from solar than from coal.
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Excellent article by the author of the must-read book, “On the Move”: “soaring home prices in the United States may have peaked in the places most at risk, leaving the nation on the precipice of a generational decline. That’s the finding of a new analysis by the First Street Foundation.”
NEW: Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home.
In a sense, it is upending the American dream.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
In a sense, it is upending the American dream.
By @abrahm.bsky.social
How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream
Americans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses.
propub.li
February 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excellent article by the author of the must-read book, “On the Move”: “soaring home prices in the United States may have peaked in the places most at risk, leaving the nation on the precipice of a generational decline. That’s the finding of a new analysis by the First Street Foundation.”
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Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
February 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.
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An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An anonymous person at the CDC just archived all the public CDC datasets as of 1/28 and uploaded it to archive.org
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February 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Keep an eye on this graph over the next few days or so (zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...).
An extreme #Arctic winter warming event is occurring bringing a narrow band of near freezing air temperatures close to the North Pole (associated with poleward movement of excessive heat and moisture).
An extreme #Arctic winter warming event is occurring bringing a narrow band of near freezing air temperatures close to the North Pole (associated with poleward movement of excessive heat and moisture).
February 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Keep an eye on this graph over the next few days or so (zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...).
An extreme #Arctic winter warming event is occurring bringing a narrow band of near freezing air temperatures close to the North Pole (associated with poleward movement of excessive heat and moisture).
An extreme #Arctic winter warming event is occurring bringing a narrow band of near freezing air temperatures close to the North Pole (associated with poleward movement of excessive heat and moisture).