Visited site of Mann Gulch fire in Montana yesterday. 77 years ago, on what was then the hottest day in regions history (103 F), the Mann Gulch fire exploded. 13 smokejumpers died. First heat/fire human tragedy of the climate age?
Jeff Goodell
@jeffgoodell.bsky.social
Author, NYT bestseller THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST | 2020 Guggenheim Fellow | Contributing Writer, ROLLING STONE
We all live in a sweatbox now, with no shade or water breaks from the cruelty of a mad king. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/c...
Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections (Gift Article)
The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.
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Like the hypocrisy and the open corruption, the naked, brazen lying is itself aspiring authoritarianism. They aren't lying to cover anything up. They're saying, "We know we're lying. You know we're lying. And we know you know we're lying. And there's nothing you can do about it."
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.BASH: But it peeled off. Why did that happen? BURGUM: It didn't peel off. There was vandalism. There was box cutters. There have been 7 arrests. BASH: There are photographs of people cutting a 350 foot gash in the reflecting pool? BURGUM: Dana, I'm not sure why you keep questioning it
This is not $10 billion to defend Boston from flooding. This is $10 billion to defend Boston from fossil fuels. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/20/s...
Boston unveils a $10b coastal flood defense plan. But who will pay? - The Boston Globe
The Army Corps of Engineers developed a $10 billion draft plan to protect Boston's coastline from flooding.
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In fifteen years, the UK has deleted coal power from their power system, halved fossil gas use, replaced most of that with wind and solar, and the country has not suffered the hellish blackout apocalypse conservatives and media outlets promised would happen. ember-energy.org/data/electri...
Well this is true I suppose. trump can’t be bought; he is subscription based. You have to keep bribing him forever www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Wildfires. Drought. Extreme heat waves. War. Economic chaos. How's Big Oil doing? "We're in the catbird seat," one Exxon executive says. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets
ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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“What seems to be important,” wrote scientist James Lovelock in a 1966 memo to Shell, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of fuel is responsible.”
Rebecca John@rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 7d agoAs Shell faces a landmark climate lawsuit, "confidential" documents from the 1960s show British scientist James Lovelock warning executives of the risks of burning fossil fuels. See his June 1966 memo published in full for the first time with my latest for @desmog.com
the great thing this interview with @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social is not hearing her shoot arrows at Christopher Nolan, it's listening to her talk about translating The Odyssey and hearing the deep and obvious joy she takes in her work. Such a rare thing to hear, especially in these times.
Fresh Air with Terry Gross & Tonya Mosley@nprfreshair.bsky.social · 7d ago"We need to have a protagonist with detailed, believable motivation," Wilson tells Fresh Air. "[But] these desires seem stripped from [Nolan's] Odysseus. He doesn't seem to want food. He doesn't seem to want sex. What does he want?" www.npr.org/2026/07/29/n...
Lots of my friends told me THE HEAT WILL KILL YOU FIRST was a really bad title for a book. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows
UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season
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I'll have the smoked gouda, please: To fight wildfires, one European researcher says, we need more local cheese, not more aircraft. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
European Wildfires Amplified by Emptying Countryside and Fewer Farms (Gift Article)
A warming planet and a shift away from farming have set the stage for larger fires on the continent. “We must learn to coexist with them,” one report said.
nytimes.com
🚨 New today in Nature 🦟 After decades of debate, we show that climate change has probably made malaria worse in sub-Saharan Africa, causing about 1 extra case per 1,000 children. But: malaria eradication efforts have pulled the other direction 200 times harder. 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
France in the crucible of extreme heat. Extra points for linking AC fanaticism to right-wingers like Le Pen and Musk. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Opinion | 112 Degrees in Paris, Flames Near Bordeaux. France Can’t Go On Like This. (Gift Article)
The frightening heat and wildfires this summer should be an impetus to those in charge to reckon with how quickly the risks are changing.
nytimes.com
Executives at leading oil and gas companies have sold almost $400 million in stocks since the Iran war began.
Fossil Fuel Executives Cash In (Gift Article)
Insiders at leading oil and gas companies have made millions from stocks since the Iran war began.
nytimes.com
Pedal to the metal, people. www.texastribune.org/2026/07/28/t...
Talarico leads Paxton by 5 points in new Texas Senate poll
The poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans.
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Narrator: it was, in fact, exactly what scientists warned about
Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)@doctorvive.bsky.social · last wk.The Prime Minister of Spain: “This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold and scale that scientists have long warned all of Spain and Europe about.” This is the realistic climate discourse the world needs. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...
This is why Big Oil is so terrified of climate deception lawsuits. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-is...
Meta Is Fighting a Mountain of Social-Media Lawsuits—at Just the Wrong Time
In the midst of an expensive AI transformation, the company is grappling with litigation that could cost it billions and force painful changes.
wsj.com
Macron: “The situation we’re facing today is the hardest we’ve ever recorded, the hardest since World War II."
Europe Wildfires Live Updates: Spain and France Fight to Contain Blazes as Extreme Heat Threatens New Fires (Gift Article)
Firefighters and volunteers raced to contain wildfires on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in central Spain and southwest France.
nytimes.com
ExxonMobil will report second quarter earnings in a few days. Most analysts expect profits for the quarter will more than double compared to last year, from $7 billion to about $16 billion.
Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last wk.🔥🔥🔥Newspaper frontpages🔥🔥🔥
There are people who will tell you with a perfectly straight face that climate change impacts are not that bad, nothing to panic and rapidly phase out fossil fuels about. And anyway this destruction is about failure to adapt so it's sort of their fault.
Dr. Prakash Kashwan@pkashwan.bsky.social · 2w ago"The number of people evacuated in France and Spain has now passed 250,000...Both countries are facing unprecedented blazes that are spreading unchecked despite the efforts of many hundreds of firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft." www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
“I have no idea how to get around chat gpt’s refusal to let me rip off other authors other than to actually write prose myself”
Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 2w agoNope. No, you haven’t.
“The fires in France and Spain are part of a broader wave of wildfires this summer across Europe, where repeated heat waves since May have brought extreme temperatures. Last month was the hottest June on record in Western Europe.” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Fires Rage in Spain and France, Forcing Thousands to Flee: Live Updates (Gift Article)
Firefighters were racing to contain blazes that were moving closer to Madrid and Bordeaux.
nytimes.com
Masterclass in science communication here. Very few journalists—or anyone else for that matter—are better at talking about the complex stuff going on in our world than @eaterofsun.bsky.social
The Economist@economist.com · 2w agoEarth is getting dimmer and hotter. On “Babbage” this week, why the planet’s diminishing albedo is causing alarm
Another heat dome affecting a third of the country, brought to you by fossil fuels www.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
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.
insideclimatenews.org
Tens of thousands of deaths from extreme heat this summer, as well as many summers before, not to mention the fires etc, has everywhere been reduced to a stupid pro/anti air conditioning fight. Our addiction to techno-fixes is almost as dangerous as our addiction to fossil fuels.
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2w agoMy favorite part is when Musk says more Europeans die from heat than Americans die from guns. Musk asks why The Economist doesn't write about air conditioning. She explains they do. "Pro-air conditioning?” asks Musk. “Very pro-air conditioning,” she responds. “You should read us sometime.”
"Scientists have found that extreme heat can disrupt the body's serotonin, aka the happy hormone. They've also found a connection between extreme heat and increased levels of cortisol, our stress hormone." via @yessfun.com
Extreme Heat Is Making Us Sadder (And Sicker)
A study the media largely ignored suggests that suicide rates may increase as the planet's temperature does.
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➡️ Climate change is driving drought in Europe - but not how you might expect. While there isn't a clear signal for climate change impacting the dry weather, extreme heat is sucking more moisture out of the landscape. (1/3)
