Bob Berwyn
@bberwyn.bsky.social
Europe-based climate science and policy reporter with Inside Climate News https://insideclimatenews.org/profile/bob-berwyn/
Among the places threatened by worsening wildfire: America’s natural and cultural sites.
Climate-Fueled Fires Put America’s Natural and Cultural Sites At Risk - Inside Climate News
New studies find that wildfire is a major threat to significant historical and national park sites across the United States.
insideclimatenews.org
Federal litigation has concluded over toxic contamination at a now-closed Florida migrant detention site for children. The children were exposed to arsenic and lead, among other harms, according to documents released as part of the litigation.
Child Migrants Exposed to Toxic Contamination at Florida Detention Site - Inside Climate News
The contamination is detailed in documents made public as part of federal litigation over the now-closed facility. Advocates say it fits a pattern of migrant incarcerations in harmful environments.
insideclimatenews.org
Die Klimakrise samt Folgen nehmen massiv zu und die Berichterstattung dazu im Öffentlich-Rechtlichen? Bricht regelrecht ein. Alles daran ist bitter, weil sich die Wahrnehmung verschiebt, Lösungen nicht diskutiert werden und noch schlimmer: Im Hintergrund Klimaschutz abgebaut wird.
My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
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es wäre eigentlich an der Zeit, dass die Republik die Strafen gegen die Aktivist:innen der "Letzten Generation" aufhebt und sich in aller Form bei ihnen entschuldigt.
Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta
We’ve seen this before.
theatlantic.com
## Neuer Wiener Hitzerekord ## 40,1° jetzt in Stammersdorf. Eine so hohe Temperatur wurde in Wien noch nie gemessen.
NEW: Big new feature from me about offshore wind farms as anchors for wildlife! For example: seals swimming *into* turbine towers to, apparently, hunt fish - and scour protection at the base of turbines used by sea creatures as a dwelling place. atmos.earth/science-and-...
The Sea Life Making a Home in Offshore Wind Farms | Atmos
Offshore wind farms can pose risks to birds and marine life. But their foundations also serve as artificial reefs, offering essential habit.
atmos.earth
Our gluten-free blueberry cheesecake went tectonic, with hot, magmatic blueberry topping (far right) that folded itself into the base as the crust curled up and inward ...
Shut down the Taylor Diarrhea Farms!
Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 4d agoThe diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
Update on the 2026 wildfire season around the Arctic in the latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter. On Substack and Beehiiv. H/T @mparrington.bsky.social #akwx #Arctic #Canada #Wildfire alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/july-2026-... alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/july-2026-...
Climate Whiplash, Flash Drought - What are they? How is Extreme Heat different to Drought? How can Climate be a Social Policy issue? In a rollercoaster of an article I got asked by The Conversation UK to write - I try to start to answer these questions. theconversation.com/a-rollercoas...
A rollercoaster of weather extremes: drought and heatwaves are creating UK’s climate whiplash
An expert explains the different types of drought and what happens when they combine with heatwaves.
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@clairbarnes.bsky.social said: “These aren’t fires burning in remote areas, they are happening in close proximity to where people live. Every fraction of a degree of warming pushes us into unknown territory, and these fires show exactly what that risk looks like.”
We're on the verge of losing something that all of humanity has shared for thousands of years ...
A Commercial Space Race Prompts a Thorny Question: Who Owns the Sky? - Inside Climate News
The surge in satellites brings pollution and risks of repeating destructive colonial practices, experts warn.
insideclimatenews.org
Countries with good governance and environmental rule of law can make a just transition work.
More Countries Are Factoring Fairness Into the Clean Energy Transition - Inside Climate News
Countries with strong environmental governance and trusted institutions are well positioned to pivot away from fossil fuels, a new United Nations report finds.
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Was wir in der Waldbrandregion bei Bordeaux erlebt haben, und was der Klimawandel damit zu tun hat. www.t-online.de/klima/leben-...
"Wie in dystopischem Film": Augenzeuge schildert Erlebnisse – Inferno in Urlaubsland
Schwere Waldbrände wüten unweit von Bordeaux in Frankreich, aber auch in Spanien und Italien. Ein Klimaforscher, der seit Jahren vor den Folgen der Erderwärmung warnt, kommt den Flammen gefährlich nah...
t-online.de
Building a fairer world is possible new @unep.org report shows.
More Countries Are Factoring Fairness Into the Clean Energy Transition - Inside Climate News
Countries with strong environmental governance and trusted institutions are well positioned to pivot away from fossil fuels, a new United Nations report finds.
insideclimatenews.org
I was trying to get a close look at its orange-tinted antennae (from pollen?) when it turned around and faced me for a stare-down ...
This keeps getting worse until we stop burning fossil fuels 🔥 #KeepItInTheGround
Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last wk.🔥🔥🔥Newspaper frontpages🔥🔥🔥
Wise words from @doctorow.pluralistic.net "'Post-political' movements are made up of people who don't know what politics are. A 'centrist' is ultimately a rightist, because the foundation of rightism is the supremacy of property." pluralistic.net/2026/07/08/w...
A reminder: Democracy Americana is now also available in German. Same content, same analysis – only in German The German version of this piece will be out shortly. Please help me spread the word:
Demokratie Americana
Essays und Analysen zur Politik und Geschichte der USA – und dem andauernden Kampf um die amerikanische Demokratie
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I think we're past global warming and into the global frying stage.
I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵
I wrote an entire book about the dangers of extreme heat in less time than OSHA has taken to review heat standards for workers.
OSHA Proposed Heat Protections for Workers. Two Years Later, They’re Still Not Final. - Inside Climate News
In Florida, where the state has banned adoption of local laws intended to protect outdoor workers, the lack of federal rules leaves individuals particularly vulnerable.
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📌The biggest story since the Civil War has been Trump’s attack on America, and every one of these so-called journalists at this pathetic dinner to celebrate themselves missed it. And now he’s spitting on them while they laugh. How weak. How pathetic.
