While the US residential solar market is collapsing after Trump ended a popular tax credit last year, one state is proving to be a surprising exception: Florida. FL installed ~110 MW in first 3 months of 2026, & more is coming. @bloomberg.com story (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Trump EPA is on a spree of approving state requests to run their own permitting of coal ash disposal. Yesterday, the agency added one more to the list: proposing to approve Alabama's controversial program Full story @bloomberg.com, with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Big BRIC news: Months after a district judge overturned FEMA's termination of the massive resiliency grant program BRIC, the court today ruled the agency has yet to take a series of steps to actually get the program up and running. Now FEMA has 21 days or less to get a move on.

Compared with the 1st year of previous admins, including Trump’s 1st term, the current admin has taken fewer polluters to court & settled fewer existing court cases, per a new review of federal court records by the nonprofit EIP. Story @bloomberg.com w/gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The EPA this week finalized its decision on the reconsideration of the Endangerment Finding -- the bedrock of US climate regulations -- and sent the rule over to the White House for review. Once the WH signs off, a process that could take days to months, the EPA will announce the final rule.

My latest @bloomberg.com: Trump's FEMA keeps denying state requests for resiliency funds. As of June 10, the total number of rejections is up to at least 7. States can only apply for this $ after disasters & it helps them better prepare for future ones. Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump stopped mentioning the hazard mitigation grant program in major disaster declarations, so I started looking into what was happening. Here's what I found by asking each state asking about the status of their recent hazard mitigation requests. Full story here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA's website has been updated to reflect that Cameron Hamilton is out as senior official at the agency. David Richardson, previously appointed as assistant secretary for the DHS's Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office, is in. www.fema.gov/about/organi...

In an email to Brown alumni, Brown Pres. Christina Paxson says that while the school has "not received official notice of any large-scale or across-the-board funding cuts," roughly 3 dozen grants/contracts have been terminated & reimbursements for active NIH grants have stopped *I am a Brown alum

“Elon is causing trouble, we are going to burst his bubble” - chant at anti Tesla protest in downtown Boston in Copley at the pre marathon expo

Big News: After months of some of EPA's Clean School Bus Program rebates being inaccessible, it seems the money may finally be flowing soon. This is welcome news for the electric school bus industry. Full story, with gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

As per usual, @cwarzel.bsky.social perfectly captures a vibe so well that I feel it in my bones: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Arizona's new COOLtainer program turns shipping containers into movable cool spaces outfitted w/solar panels, batteries + AC. The launch of one in Ajo, means the rural town now has a free public AC spot on weekends, during power outages 📸 Pima County/Randy Metcalf www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Is your favorite fashion brand cutting emissions? Here's how American Eagle, Fast Retailing, Gap, Lululemon + 16 others compare (but for many others the available data makes it tricky to assess): Full story at Bloomberg News here, with a free link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A ballot initiative threatening to repeal Washington's fledgling cap-and-invest program is *already* distorting the carbon market's auctions. Allowances went for ~$63 in the state auction last August, but fell to nearly $26 in the state's March auction. Full story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Videos overtly denying human-made climate change are declining on certain YouTube channels, while those going after climate solutions are ramping up, per a new report. Full story for free: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Over the past few decades, the climate change-El Niño double whammy has produced a string of record hot years. (And the second year of a strong El Niño is often warmer than the first.) Full story at Bloomberg News, with free gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Ok, everyone needs to take a second to appreciate the cover of the new UNEP Emissions Gap report. It's honestly stunning.

This beautiful bench used to be a wind turbine blade. Many retired wind blades end up in landfills. A startup called Canvas is trying to change that: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Can't stop looking at these before and after coral bleaching photos from the Cheeca Rocks reefs in Florida Keys Photo credits: NOAA From this story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Biden White House estimates nearly 2,000 long-term disaster recovery projects would be delayed during a shutdown. Here's a breakdown of the top 10 most impacted states & territories. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Among the 100 House members with the most civilian federal workers in their districts, 52 are Republicans, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis of Census Bureau data. Read full story here: bloomberg.com/news/article...

Still thinking about these quotes from the presidents of Brazil & South Africa yesterday on how developing countries are so over developed countries climate sh*t:

Here's what the climate victory in a Montana court means both inside and outside the state Full story here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-16/montana-s-climate-court-verdict-could-impact-litigation-everywhere-else?srnd=green

Every ocean scientist I've spoken to has been very alarmed about what's happening off the coast of Florida and what it means for corals (aka bleaching, death). Here's a few charts to show why. Story here: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-global-warming-impacts-data/?srnd=green