Peter Gleick
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
Peter GleickNothing like Black Friday and Giving Tuesday to make me think those "unsubscribe" links don't work.
Peter GleickThe last coal plant delivering electricity to California has closed.
California's energy system is now coal free.
https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-coal-dead
Peter GleickA wonderful and extremely personal review of the state of climate science 30 years on by one of the world's leading #climate scientists.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-climate-scientist-reflects-on-30-years-fighting-the-forces-of-unreason/
Peter Gleick"Climate breakdown can be seen in the data"
Large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
#water
#climate
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/climate-crisis-depleting-europe-groundwater-reserves-analysis
Peter GleickIt seems we're about to find out which US senior military officers are willing to sacrifice their commands to uphold their oaths to refuse illegal orders.
Peter GleickKilling unarmed civilians is the same war crime for which Lieutenant Calley was convicted during the Vietnam war.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/
Peter GleickFossil fuels are fine unless you use them for anything.
Stop burning #fossilfuels. Stop turning them into plastics.
Leave them in the ground.
Peter GleickInterested in the past, present, and future of #water? Read "The Three Ages of Water"!
Elizabeth Kolbert calls this book "authoritative, far-ranging, and fascinating."
Greta Thunberg says "What a wonderful book!"
Jerry Brown calls it "timely and magisterial."
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-three-ages-of-water-prehistoric-past-imperiled-present-and-a-hope-for-the-future-peter-gleick/34011e23365bb3b7
Peter GleickIn a world of MAGA decay, dishonesty, and deceit, just doing the right thing is an act of resistance.