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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections

A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

As @andrewdessler.com & @bobkopp.net's team concluded, “in the major agricultural growing regions of the U.S. (and in most parts of the world), CO2-induced climate change will lead to yield declines.” That will increase food prices until we stop global warming and associated climate damages (9/9)

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections

A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

Farmers have so far been able to overcome those climate damages by devoting more land to agriculture & implementing innovative practices. But there are limits to land & water availability, and detrimental effects on the environment & health from applying too many pesticides and fertilizers (8/9)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

Those climate crop declines will increase food prices. A 2024 study estimated that “annual food inflation of 1-3 percentage points per year could result from temperatures projected for 2035.” A 2021 study estimated temp-related crop losses resulted in $27B in crop insurance claims since 1991 (7/9)

Global warming and heat extremes to enhance inflationary pressures - Communications Earth & Environment

Future global warming and intensifying heat extremes will have strong, non-linear and persistent upward impacts on inflation across the world, according to an analysis that combines physical projectio...

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

Another study published in June estimated that the amount of global land used for agriculture should have decreased 2% over the past 30 years because our farming practices have become more efficient and productive. Instead it's increased 4% due to climate-suppressed crop yields (6/9)

Climate-driven global cropland changes and consequent feedbacks - Nature Geoscience

Cropland area—and associated carbon dioxide emissions—in 110 studied countries is 6% higher than it would be without declines in agricultural productivity caused by climate change, according to a comp...

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

The DOE deniers also claimed that farmers can just adapt to climate changes. But a study just published in June estimated that even with adaptation, each additional 1°C of global warming in 2100 will reduce crop yields by the equivalent of 4.4% of global per capita recommended calorie intake (5/9)

Impacts of climate change on global agriculture accounting for adaptation - Nature

Analysis of data on six stable crops, capturing two-thirds of global crop calories, allows estimation of agricultural impacts and the potential of global producer adaptations to reduce outpu...

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

Free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) experiments have studied these complex variables. A 2020 analysis of 30 years of FACE experiments found that higher CO2 levels did increase crop yields...when “under non-stress conditions.” But changing temps or precipitation suppressed or erased those gains (4/9)

30 years of free‐air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE): What have we learned about future crop productivity and its potential for adaptation?

Lessons from more than 250 experiments, with 15 field crops on five continents using free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE). Plus, its combination with drought and nitrogen, and with rising ozone and tempera...

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

This is based on the fact that plants absorb CO2 during photosynthesis, and so in a controlled environment like a greenhouse, more CO2 tends to boost plant growth. But Earth isn't a controlled environment. More CO2 also boosts extreme weather like heatwaves, droughts, floods that stress plants (3/9)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

The EPA claimed: "Recent data and analysis show that even marginal increases in CO2 concentrations have substantial beneficial impacts on plant growth and agricultural productivity, and that this benefit has been significantly greater than previously believed." (2/9)

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 10h

For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):

Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections

A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...

yaleclimateconnections.org

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 19h

“The BLM did not cancel the project,” the email reads. “During routine discussions prior to the lapse in appropriations, the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada.”

cleantechnica.com/2025/10/12/w...

Wait, The Esmaralda 7 Solar Power Projects Are Not Dead, Yet

Rumors of the death of the Esmeralda 7 solar power and energy storage projects in Nevada have been greatly exaggerated, for the time being...

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Matt Zeitlin @zeitlin.bsky.social · 1d

It's not a climate economics nobel, but Philippe Aghion has applied his insights about creative destruction to climate. Namely that climate policy should seek primarily to foster and induce technological innovation especially by firms that specialize in green technology heatmap.news/economy/nobe...

The Latest Nobel Winner Thinks ‘Creative Destruction’ Can Stop Climate Change

Economist Philippe Aghion views carbon taxes as a tool to decarbonize, but not a solution in themselves.

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John Cook @johnfocook.bsky.social · 22h

Fun random statistic - our 2013 paper finding 97% scientific consensus on human-caused global warming just went past 1.5 million downloads (which is not a bad number for an academic paper) iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3d

This article explains that what happened to the Esmeralda seven projects: “the proponents and BLM agreed to change their approach for the Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada,” instead of programmatic review, developers can review individually. 🔌💡
www.reviewjournal.com/business/ene...

Feds cancel review of Vegas-sized solar farm in Nevada desert

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have been among the nation’s largest solar projects. The Bureau of Land Management has listed the Nevada project as canceled since Thursday.

www.reviewjournal.com

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Andrew Moseman @andrewmoseman.bsky.social · 4d

The #Bolt isn't perfect, but at this price, who cares heatmap.news/electric-veh...

The Chevy Bolt Is the Cheap EV We’ve Needed All Along

It’s not perfect, but pretty soon, it’ll be available for under $30,000.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

i am unable to ask blm about it suddenly declaring the biggest solar project in nevada is canceled

the agency’s flacks all have bounce backs saying they can’t reply due to the shutdown

sick

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4d

less than one year into trump 2.0, some of the country’s biggest wind (lava ridge) and solar (e7) projects now appear to be canceled and major transmission lines across the west are on the skids

we should call him who he is: degrowth donald

cc @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @heatmap.news

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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 6d

CCL supports the Fix Our Forests Act to improve forest management practices and reduce wildfire risk. This legislation also provides support for firefighters on the front lines.

Learn more at cclusa.org/fofa 🔥

Support the Fix Our Forests Act | Citizens' Climate Lobby

Tell your senator on the Agriculture Committee you support healthy forests, wildfire management, and bipartisan climate solutions.

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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 6d

The U.S. Forest Service has treated about 4 million fewer acres than this time last year. We're way behind on thinning, prescribed fire, and related actions.

www.eenews.net/articles/shr...

Shrinking Forest Service falls behind on wildfire prevention

"Operational challenges" have hampered the use of prescribed fire to reduce potential wildfire fuel, according to Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz.

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 7d

Optimism and pessimism. The IEA renewables 2025 update is fascinating. It ratchets down both US and China's renewable buildout from the 2024 report. US down more than 40% (!) and China down about 5%.

Forecast revisions from IEA Renewables 2025 report.

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 11d

September 2025 was the third warmest September on record at 1.47C above preindustrial levels in ERA5, behind only the prior two years (2023 and 2024).

With 9 months of the year now in, I estimate 2025 will approximately tie with 2023 for the second warmest year on record at ~1.48C.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 14d

Was honored to write this profile for Daniel Swain ( @weatherwest.bsky.social) for Time Magazine's 2025 "#TIME100 Next": time.com/collections/...

Daniel Swain Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next

Find out why Daniel Swain is on this year’s list

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

If the U.S. government shuts down on Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of workers will be sent home without pay, disrupting a wide range of federal programs. But not all agencies have released contingency plans for how they would operate. Here’s what we know. nyti.ms/4nncpwq

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14d

This is amazing: @ladwp.com, the Los Angeles utility, has launched a program that will install solar+battery systems on qualifying low-to-moderate-income households, *for free*.

Yes: free.

If you know someone eligible, tell them to apply!

Self-Generation Incentive Program

The Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) helps qualified LADWP residential customers install solar and battery storage systems by providing financial incentives. This program supports clean energy...

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