Laura Millan
@lauramillan.bsky.social
Writing about 🔥💧and all things climate at Bloomberg
The worst heat wave on record for Europe resulted in over 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales and cost the whole of the UK $1.5 billion My story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Heat Wave in June Cost the UK Economy $1.5 Billion
Scorching temperatures exposed shortcomings in Britain’s homes, workplaces and public transport.
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1/4 Orcas making sunfish explode One orca firmly holds the carcass of a sunfish (whose viscera have already been removed) while an adult male crashes into it at high speed, making it explode into countless pieces. (paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/eth...
Europe is warming faster than any other continent on Earth, but it's not spending nearly enough to allow its people and infrastructure to deal with extreme heat, despite having more resources than most regions to do so Story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Heat Morphs Into a Major Economic Shock for an Unprepared Europe
Europe’s status as the planet’s fastest-warming continent is becoming a serious drag on its economic prospects.
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From timing park visits to cold showers, parenting in Madrid offers a preview of how climate change is reshaping family life across Europe Read my latest story on @bloomberg.com for FREE! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How to Raise Young Children in One of Europe’s Hottest Capitals
From timing park visits to cold showers, parenting in Madrid offers a preview of how climate change is reshaping family life across Europe.
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New from me: The chief air pollution regulator (Aaron Szabo) at the US Environmental Protection Agency is resigning. His deputy, Alexander Dominguez, left EPA earlier this year. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump’s Top Air Pollution Regulator Is Resigning From EPA
The chief air pollution regulator at the US Environmental Protection Agency is resigning.
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New: With climate-driven heat waves triggering wildfires across the US this summer, evacuation is fast becoming an existential challenge, particularly in hundreds of communities at high risk of wildfire with limited escape routes, sometimes only one. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation Plans
As heat waves fuel more intense blazes, fire officials are rethinking how to safely empty hard-to-escape neighborhoods
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Over 1,000 people died in Spain of excess heat last month, the deadliest June since records began over a decade ago Read it for free via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Spain Saw Record Heat Deaths for June After Heat Wave Hit Europe
Spain experienced its deadliest ever June for heat mortality after record-breaking temperatures scorched Europe.
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I spoke to firefighters in Portugal, Spain, France and Greece, who told me who will be on the frontline over the next three months. They're not happy. They warn they’re entering the season under-funded, under-equipped and under-staffed. story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Firefighters Warn They’re Ill-Prepared for a Bad Wildfire Season
With another hot summer looming, fire services across Europe face funding and labor shortfalls.
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Europe is facing another summer of intense wildfires, but firefighters who will be on the frontline issued a warning
European Firefighters Call for More Resources as More Wildfires Loom
They’re bracing for another severe fire season.
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DISPATCH: At climate negotiations in Bonn this week, diplomats got stuck on a familiar problem: who's paying to help developing nations tackle global warming? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Finance Fight Clouds UN Climate Talks Even as War Adds Momentum
Negotiators in Bonn got stuck on a familiar problem: how to find money to help developing nations tackle global warming.
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NEW: Is climate change making some places unlivable, even in one of the world's richest countries? One year after a glacier collapsed over a town in Switzerland, we go back and answer this question. Read today's @bloomberg.com Big Take for FREE: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Swiss Alps Reckon With the Threat of Collapsing Glaciers
“We don’t live in an easy landscape.” As climate change leads to collapsing glaciers and mudslides, some in Switzerland question whether the danger is worth it.
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Chinese researchers confirmed Tehran oil depot fires in March released toxic sulfur dioxide equivalent to a moderate volcanic eruption. via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Toxic Fumes From Tehran Oil Fires Affected Area Size of Italy
When Tehran oil infrastructure caught fire in March following Israeli strikes, the blaze produced toxic fumes detectable across an area the size of Italy, according to fresh research.
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Decades of war in one of the world's top oil producing regions have caused heavy pollution in the waters of the Persian Gulf. The current conflict is making it worse, with oil slicks visible from space on the rise Read my latest on @bloomberg.com www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...
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Trump has called climate change a hoax, con job and scam. Then Saturday he posted about an obscure tool climate modelers use to standardize the configuration of their simulation runs. Here's what it is and why. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Scientists Ditch Worst-Case Climate Scenario, With Ridicule From Trump
Global warming skeptics, including the US president, have celebrated the end of the scenario known as RCP8.5. Experts say it was retired for being outdated, not wrong.
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New: Berkeley is the first US city to require home sellers and buyers to replace gas furnaces/water heaters with heat pumps or make other green upgrades as a condition of sale. It's changing the local real estate market as sellers tout electrification. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
To Sell a Home in This California City, It Must Be Climate Friendly
Berkeley is requiring home sellers to make green upgrades as a condition of sale.
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The global climate finance landscape reached a milestone in 2025, but behind the headline growth is a big shift. My latest for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate Finance Funds Attract Record Inflows in ‘Feast or Famine’ Year
Investors are moving toward supporting deployment-ready technologies, especially in the energy sector.
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New: Arizona’s water-reliant data centers powering the AI boom are expanding rapidly - just as it faces shrinking supplies amid a climate-driven water crisis. Projects being built could spike data center water demand 67% annually, Bloomberg Intelligence predicts. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Colorado River Water Woes Threaten Arizona’s AI Boom
Data center water demand in the state is slated to soar as the Colorado River dries up.
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As Madrid morphs into a luxury tourist destination, struggling small businesses are pushing to retain the character that drew many tourists in the first place FREE link to my latest @bloomberg.com story shorturl.at/cXkJT
Madrid Locals Are Fighting to Preserve the City’s Soul
As the city morphs into a luxury tourist destination, struggling small businesses are pushing to retain the character that drew many tourists in the first place.
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SCOOP(let): In Europe, defense companies are increasingly asking the EIB for help to boost renewable energy sources, increase the energy efficiency of facilities and products and invest in nascent technologies like small nuclear Free read via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Defense Firms Are Asking EIB for Help Navigating Energy Crisis
Defense firms are increasingly turning to the European Investment Bank for help to shift to alternative energy sources, as the Iran war drives up the price of oil.
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Prices on Corsia, a carbon offset marketplace for airlines, have fallen in the months following Koko’s collapse. @lauramillan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
What a Clean Cookstove Company’s Bankruptcy Means for Carbon Markets
Prices on Corsia, a marketplace for airlines, have fallen in the months following Koko’s collapse.
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2026 was going to be a turning point for carbon markets. Then Koko collapsed. The bankruptcy delivered a blow to confidence in carbon markets, battered by credibility issues and a retreat on climate goals story w @antonysguazzin.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How a Company Collapse Is Denting Trust in Carbon Markets – Again
This year was supposed to be a turning point for carbon markets, with the United Nations’ long-delayed country-to-country trading system coming into force and airlines preparing to enter a mandatory p...
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The high-profile collapse of a World Bank-backed clean-cooking company has delivered another blow to confidence in the carbon-credit market @lauramillan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How a Company Collapse Is Denting Trust in Carbon Markets – Again
This year was supposed to be a turning point for carbon markets, with the United Nations’ long-delayed country-to-country trading system coming into force and airlines preparing to enter a mandatory p...
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The US economy is increasingly tied to data centers and the AI boom. But there’s one problem. Read today’s Green Daily to know more
The US Data Center Boom Is Hitting a Transformer Crunch
More than half the US data centers planned for this year are expected to be delayed.
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The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, citing reasons of national security. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump’s God Squad Exempts Gulf Drilling from Endangered Species Protections
The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, ...
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Join us TODAY at noon for a Rapid Readout about the consequences of the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. @zhirji.bsky.social, reporter at @bloomberg.com, will outline projected ripple effects on the U.S. economy, as well as identify possible paths forward. 👀 Watch at www.eesi.org/livecast!
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Environmental and Energy Study Institute@eesionline.org · 5mo agoJoin us TODAY at noon for a Rapid Readout about the consequences of the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. @zhirji.bsky.social, reporter at @bloomberg.com, will outline projected ripple effects on the U.S. economy, as well as identify possible paths forward. 👀 Watch at www.eesi.org/livecast!
How does war impact greenhouse gas emissions and planetary warming? Check our latest story on @bloomberg.com featuring exclusive data on gas flaring in the Middle East since the conflict started. Story w @akshatrathi.bsky.social & A. Clark. FREE link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Middle East War Spurs Emissions From Oil and Gas Sites, Satellites Show
Experts have detected increased flaring at some facilities, highlighting the increase in greenhouse gases from the conflict.
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EV NEWS: Growing global adoption of electric vehicles helped avoid the consumption of 2.3 million barrels of oil per day last year, according to BloombergNEF. Always fun to work with @akshatrathi.bsky.social ! read our latest Bloomberg Green story for FREE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
EVs Avoided the Use of 2.3 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day in 2025
With gas prices climbing due to the Iran War, interest in electrified transportation is on the rise.
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