"The effects aren’t always temporary or reversible...in the most severe cases, survivors can be permanently disabled." Upsetting but really important read from the great @zhirji.bsky.social + @emmarcourt.bsky.social >>

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Many people still think of heat stroke as a short-term event: You overheat, then you cool off. But heat stroke survivors told Bloomberg News of physical recoveries that stretched for weeks or months, with health effects in some instances lasting even longer. New: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Rebecca Ochoa had a heat stroke during a high school volleyball tryout. That was 11 years ago. “I am still not the same as before this happened, physically or mentally,” she told @bloomberg.com. New story on the long recovery of heat stroke survivors (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

One Hot Day Can Change Your Body for Years

Heat stroke can damage the brain, heart, kidneys and liver. As extreme heat becomes more common, doctors are learning just how difficult recovery can be.

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The fast-growing "Super El Niño" is looking like a potential macroeconomic shock for parts of the Global South. Add in geopolitical conflict and...the timing isn't great. New story out from @bloomberg.com 🧵

How much water do data centers really use, why do they use so much, and is it a problem? I talked to researchers and industry experts to understand the true water footprint of the AI boom: Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Why Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?

The artificial intelligence boom has inspired one of the largest infrastructure build-outs seen in decades: Tech firms are investing billions into constructing the data centers powering AI. This has m...

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A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to make their bets pay off New story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Prediction Market Bets on Wildfires Draw Scrutiny From Senators

A group of Democratic senators urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to rein in prediction market trading on wildfires, expressing concern that individuals could be tempted to commit arson to...

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As the US enters another week of blistering temperatures across the Great Plains and West, @bloomberg.com colleagues @laurenthal.bsky.social and @johnainger.bsky.social have a great piece on the collision of weather and data commerce. #AI #climate #weather www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Power Grids Reach Tipping Point as 100F Weather, US Data Center Boom Stress Aging Networks

Back-to-back heat waves across the US are straining electricity grids serving millions of households and businesses amid a surge in demand from data centers that require around-the-clock power.

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Climate change: a status report 🧵

When even scientists are shocked by extreme weather, the only conclusion to draw: we're in trouble. Must-read story by @eroston.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Central Park hit 100F today for the first time since 2012, the World Cup is churning on and Taylor Swift is (maybe?) trying to get married at Madison Square Garden. A dangerous combo! Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NYC’s Extreme Heat Threatens Holiday Weekend Plans With 110F Real Feel

A dangerous heat wave that is trapped over New York City is also trapping people in the city.

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Several colleagues and I have a big new feature out today: An inside look at the global peptide trade, a billion-dollar black market in experimental and potentially dangerous drugs that RFK Jr. is pushing to make legal. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

The Billion-Dollar Peptides Gold Rush

As black-market drugs go mainstream and legalization is within reach, entrepreneurs, investors and healthcare players are racing to cash in.

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Tropical storm watches are up in TX and LA. The swirl of thunder and rain may spin up into Tropical Storm Arthur later. This might be a blip in a fragile energy market and a headache for World Cup fans looking to get to the stadium. @bloomberg.com story here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Texas Flood Threat Persists as Gulf System Nears Storm Status

Tropical storm watches are in effect along the Texas coast south of Houston to Morgan City, Louisiana, as a system threatens to strengthen and bring torrential downpours to the US Gulf Coast.

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El Niño has arrived - and it's on track to be a big one. From transatlantic flight times to Panama Canal shipping delays, to the cost of a candy bar or even just a bottle of soap, its effects can pop up all over the economy. (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

El Niño Slams Into a Global Economy Unprepared for More Chaos

Scientists warn a blockbuster weather event risks pushing costs higher for everything from building materials to groceries.

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The Trump administration wants to give political appointees sweeping authority to halt or prevent research on climate and topics at odds with White House priorities. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

White House Plan to Vet Grants Puts Climate Science in Jeopardy

The Trump administration’s proposal to tighten political control over federal grants would hinder research, experts say.

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⚡ The AI data center boom in the US is threatening to claim its biggest victim yet — the nation’s largest electric grid operator. ⚡ In an explosive speech, the FERC chair said it may have grown "too big to function." 🎁Gift link to our deep dive below 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Data Center Boom Risks Breakup of Biggest US Power Grid Operator

Soaring utility bills and sluggish bureaucracy are fueling calls to split up PJM Interconnection, which runs the grid in 13 states.

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Artificial intelligence data centers are on the verge of reaching their limits. That’s forcing a reckoning among hyperscalers, data center operators, chip makers and power equipment producers. As they scale up, they are having to reimagine how data centers are designed, built and powered. 🎁 link:

The Race to Rethink Data Centers for AI’s Power Surge

With energy demand already straining infrastructure, AI players are reimagining the data center from the ground up.

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A judge has temporarily blocked the National Science Foundation from dismantling a globally significant weather and climate research center in Colorado.

Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Breaking Up Climate Research Center

A judge has temporarily blocked the National Science Foundation from dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, a globally significant weather and climate research center based in Boulder, Colorado.

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Trump's EPA says its latest climate rollback — delaying the phasedown of highly polluting greenhouse gases used in refrigeration — will save Americans millions of dollars on groceries. Its own economic analysis for the final rule tells a different story. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EPA Climate Rollback Counts Savings, Downplays Costs

The agency estimates delaying a super-pollutant phaseout will result in millions of dollars in savings, but its calculation doesn’t take many costs into account.

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It's not just you: Groceries are getting more expensive. And that's before prices reflect the full effects of the Iran war and a strong El Niño on the horizon (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Americans Are About to Pay Even More at the Grocery Store

As Americans confront a surge in prices at the pump, another inflation wave is headed for the grocery store.

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Everyone's talking about what it means for the data center boom. But with its deal to buy Dominion, NextEra is also picking up territory in states where extreme weather has caused more than $57 billion in damage over the last 5 years (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

NextEra’s Dominion Deal Expands Its Storm Risk

The utility giant is expanding into some of the US’ costliest weather zones.

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NEW: The Trump administration on Thursday plans to announce it will delay a planned phasedown of refrigerants as it looks for ways to cut consumers’ costs and lay blame for high prices on former President Joe Biden. Gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump to Delay Superpollutant Restrictions in Affordability Push

The Trump administration on Thursday plans to announce it will delay a planned phasedown of refrigerants as it looks for ways to cut consumers’ costs and lay blame for high prices on former President ...

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East Coast power plant operators are under pressure to generate what they can and help keep the lights (and ACs) on...when they'd normally be making repairs before summer demand surges. Gift link @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Rising Heat Strains US Power Grid in Need of Off-Season Repairs

A blast of late-spring heat is adding strain to the largest US power grid as operators race to repair equipment ahead of rising demand and hotter-than-normal weather expected this summer.

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Journalism job alert: Bloomberg is hiring a Canadian real estate reporter, based in Toronto. bloomberg.avature.net/careers/Publ...

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Cameron Hamilton led FEMA for a few months — until he opposed plans to kill it. Now that Trump has nominated him for the top job, the question is whether he will defend the agency or further weaken it.

Can Trump's New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency?

Backers say Cameron Hamilton will bring direction to the agency, but critics question whether he has the experience for its top job.

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Trump's new pick to lead FEMA is a familiar name: Cameron Hamilton. He's the former acting chief who got pushed out last year after telling Congress he didn't think FEMA should be abolished. Instead? He'd favored downsizing it "pretty radically," he later told me and @zhirji.bsky.social 🧵

While at FEMA, Cameron Hamilton "had a vision to downsize the agency pretty radically." Now he's been tapped to lead it once again, in a Trump nomination that comes with extraordinary ambiguity (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Can Trump's New FEMA Pick Save the Beleaguered Disaster Agency?

Backers say Cameron Hamilton will bring direction to the agency, but critics question whether he has the experience for its top job.

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"A transformed" FEMA: Trump's task force advises huge changes to everything from flood insurance to housing relief to reimbursing states for destroyed infrastructure. But much of it can't happen without Congress. Free to read from me + @zhirji.bsky.social

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BREAKING: President Donald Trump’s task force for reforming the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Thursday recommended sweeping changes to how the federal government responds to natural disasters. Gift link for @bloomberg.com story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: FEMA this week officially called back staffers who have been on administrative leave for *8 months* after signing a whistleblower letter last August. Some of the disaster workers started back today. Story @bloomberg.com, with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA Reinstates Staffers Who Had Criticized Trump Cuts to Agency

The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week told more than a dozen staffers to return to work after placing them on administrative leave eight months ago for signing an open letter criticizing t...

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Good morning, according to the latest from the US Drought Monitor UT, CO, GA, AL, SC, NC, VA, TN, MS, NJ, and DE are all 100% in drought. MD is more than 99% droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a... #drought #weather

Drought afflicting some 90% of Nebraska and Oklahoma lands is threatening the winter wheat crop and squeezing cattle producers — and it's expected to last through spring. By @laurenthal.bsky.social, Erin Ailworth + @ilenapeng.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com

US Wheat Crops Wither, Herds Thin as Spring Drought Deepens

Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly feed purchases, prompting some to abandon plans to...

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Drought across the US Plains is threatening wheat yields and prompting ranchers to thin herds

US Wheat Crops Wither, Herds Thin as Spring Drought Deepens

Farmers across the Great Plains are confronting an intense drought that threatens winter wheat harvests and is pushing cattle producers toward costly feed purchases, prompting some to abandon plans to expand their herds.The dryness is expected to persist through spring after weeks of scant rainfall and a late-winter heat spell that fueled massive pasture fires across the nation's breadbasket. Drought now covers nearly 90% of Nebraska and Oklahoma, with more than half of Nebraska in "extreme" dro

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