Peter Gleick
Peter GleickTrump demands Pentagon buy dirty coal power in a feeble-minded attempt to help the coal industry, which massively pollutes and yet employs fewer people than Southwest Airlines or the University of Michigan.
Oh, and the military doesn't use coal.
https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/trump-direct-pentagon-buy-coal-revive-industry-bloomberg-news-1357991
Peter GleickUS Judiciary deletes a chapter on #climate science in the newest edition of its reference manual on scientific evidence because apparently science is a left-leaning concept and MAGAs complained.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-judiciary-scraps-climate-chapter-scientific-evidence-manual-2026-02-09
Peter GleickHow to Kill Independent Media, Jeff Bezos Edition
Peter GleickThe media reports, over and over, how cold it is in the eastern US, but they're silent about how hot it is in the west. The lower-48 as a whole were almost a degree hotter than average in January.
And there's terrible snowpack in the west, critical for water supply, as what little precipitation has been rain.
#climatechange #climate
Peter GleickAnna's hummingbird on blooming currant, Tilden, Berkeley, CA.
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Peter GleickSpring time. Singing Dark-eyed Junco. Tilden, Berkeley, CA. Sound on. ðŠķðĶ#birds
Peter GleickFrom the Dept. of Wishful Thinking and Self-Motivated Reasoning:
In the new Pew study on religious beliefs in the US, 14% of people believe in heaven but NOT hell.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/01/29/if-the-us-had-100-people-charting-americans-religious-beliefs-and-practices/
Peter GleickNo, it's not your imagination. The crows are coming.
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https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/crow-populations-san-francisco-21316117.php
Peter GleickWho could have guessed that the easiest way to get gun control was to have liberals get guns?
Peter GleickA pretty great Great Egret.
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