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"AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China"
Congratulations to US AI Tech Oligarchs
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This is a must-read for anyone who cares about climate reporting and independent media in general. Tackles crucial issues like conflating journalism with strategic comms and cannibalising investigative journalism.
Are we entering a new energy age and seeing the beginning of the end of fossil fuels? @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social, Prof Helen Thompson, radical farmer Stuart Oates and @helenczerski.bsky.social BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth today
There was some concern that export figures in March 2026 may have been higher because of expiring tax rebates. But April figures out now and the world continues to want Chinese solar panels, batteries, and electric cars in record amounts. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Albert Pinto
I worked hard on this story, it's important, & I want to share it. I'm also finding it difficult to put it out there without this context: Just as I wrapped up final edits last week, I got word that a friend vacationing in Arizona had died after overheating on a hike.
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Emergency officials are searching for loopholes to save lives as President Donald Trump slashes programs.
"EM-DAT’s small team of researchers require just €300,000 ($350,000) a year to maintain operations"
Important story by @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org - would be tragedy if this important and unique data was lost for such a relatively small sum
Q&A: How UK’s seventh carbon budget will deliver ‘£865bn’ in economic benefits
✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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Leo Hickman
Carbon Brief
NEW – AI boom means US is now ‘investing more’ in fossil-fuel power than China | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
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Chelsea Harvey
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Tom Heap
Carbon Brief
Good morning, I am once again annoyed by climate philanthropists. drilled.ghost.io/climate-medi...
We've talked before about the massive bloodletting in climate media this year; even amidst the general demise of journalism, climate reporting stands out as having been hit particularly hard. The Wash...
Media reaction: UK and Europe’s ‘mind-boggling’ May heat and climate change
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Carbon Brief
Europe has been hit by a searing heatwave this May, which has shattered temperature records across France, Spain and the UK.
EM-DAT: Trump aid cuts could close database storing ‘world’s memory of disasters’
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💬 with comments from @niko-speybroeck.bsky.social Dewald Van Niekerk and Gabriele-Messori
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Carbon Brief
The world’s most comprehensive disaster database is at risk of closing as a result of cuts to US foreign aid by the Trump administration
