Peter Gleick
Peter GleickHard-hitting journalism about the vulnerability of old dams to rising extreme events from climate change, with a focus on the Mullaperiyar dam in India.
#water
#climatechange
#climate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/16/flooding-rainfall-india-dam/
Peter GleickAnyone remember this?
Peter Gleick#Affordability?
"Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office."
Why?
Trump cancelled 25,000 MWe of new (cheaper renewable) power plants, while demand is surging due to data centers and other uses, causing prices to rise and consumers to pay more.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/energy-bills-us-increased-13-trump-office-new/story
Peter Gleick"Hmm" Trump thinks to himself, "What else can I do to destroy the US tourism industry?"
"Foreigners allowed to travel to the U.S. without a visa could soon face new social media screening"
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/foreigners-allowed-to-travel-to-the-u-s-without-a-visa-could-soon-face-new-social-media-screening
Peter GleickThe threats by Trump against the International Criminal Court in The Hague are a clear indication that he KNOWS he and members of his administration are violating international law, committing war crimes, and vulnerable to prosecution.
Commit crimes? Threaten judges. He does it here in the US too.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/
Peter GleickI'm not sure this story is getting the attention it deserves.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/21/october-inflation-report-cancelled-fed-rate
Peter GleickMy piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years.
Record levels reported in 2024.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/violence-over-water-resources-reaches-record-levels
Peter GleickYes, it's a cult of personality.
Visitors to 116 national parks can no longer get in for free on MLK Day or Juneteenth, federal holidays celebrating Black history (June 19 marks the end of slavery).
They will, however, now get in free on Trump’s birthday, which he just added to the list.
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/national-parks-change-prioritizes-trump-birthday-21219336.php
Peter GleickA short summary and interview with me discussing the growing trend of water-related violence worldwide, based on the new data just released by the Pacific Institute.
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/12/water-conflicts-surge-globally-a-conversation-on-rising-threats/
Peter GleickIf someone wanted to destroy the US automobile industry and tremendously strengthen the Chinese automobile industry, they wouldn't be doing anything differently than what Trump is doing now. China is now producing smarter, cheaper, cleaner cars than the US.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-02/trump-to-dial-back-fuel-economy-rules-in-nod-to-rising-car-prices