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distinguished professor & chair, Texas Tech
chief scientist, The Nature Conservancy
board member, Smithsonian NMNH
advisor, Lawson Climate Inst UofT
alumna, UToronto and UIUC
author, Saving Us
Katharine Hayhoe
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NEW: I went inside one Texas county's data center boom—and backlash—to report on how the state GOP's data center divide will shape the next legislative session.
Bonus scooplet: I got into a local meeting with a state senator working to draft a data center bill.
www.texasobserver.org/data-center-...
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battery discharge on Australia's main grid just overtook gas peaking plants. Not long before it overtakes *all gas combined*.
Not long before renewables overtake coal, too.
None of this was meant to be possible!!!!!!!!!!!!
explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/nem/?...
www.texasobserver.org
In rural areas like Caldwell County, local Republican officials and citizens are scrambling to find ways to empower counties and slow AI-fueled development.
* also an ethical failure, and even a common sense and a long-term economic failure – as there is no profit on a dead planet, as the famous cartoon says.
Now, whenever I post anything that might seem contentious, FB boosts the heck out of it. Trolls & conspiracists flood in and pile on.
But so to do those who are connected to their friends and family on FB – and to them, they’re the most trusted messengers.
So that is why I am still there.
Japan reforested with Japanese cedar (sugi) and cypress (hinoki) in the 1950s to rebuild post-war forests. Now the pollen gives 40%+ of its population hay fever. Climate change extends pollen seasons further. Today’s decisions shape tomorrow’s reality. Short-term fixes can become long-term crises.
Katharine Hayhoe
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Vet student teaches climate impacts on wildlife and humans.
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www.nationalobserver.com/2026/06/08/o...
Banks poured $906bn into fossil fuels last year. Either way it's a bad bet.
If we don't decarbonise, the physical damage wrecks the economy they're betting on.
If we do, those assets strand and they eat the transition risk.
Heads you lose, tails you lose. Don't trust them with your money.
Katharine Hayhoe
David Ho
www.theguardian.com
JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say
And here’s the thing: closed loop water systems are 100% possible. They just require a bit more investment.
Similarly, powering data centers off clean energy is also 100% possible. In some cases, it’s even cheaper!
This disastrous overconsumption is not a technological failure: it’s a policy one.
