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Brian Eckhouse
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Head of Bloomberg’s power, weather and natural disasters Americas team | Dad/concierge to a loquacious toddler | New Yorker in Los Angeles | Thoughts on the Mets and bagels mine and mine alone
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Brian Eckhouse @brianreports.bsky.social · May 6
Buffett runs a renewables heavyweight and has written that climate change is “highly likely” a “problem for the planet.”

Yet Berkshire is a major investor in oil, gas and coal — a position poised to endure well after the 94-year-old retires.

My analysis here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Buffett Handing Complicated Climate Legacy to Berkshire Energy Head
Berkshire Hathaway is at once a renewables powerhouse and a big investor in fossil fuels.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 1d
Arbor Energy was founded as a carbon removal company that uses waste biomass to create electricity and remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Now, the company is pivoting to generating carbon-free electricity with natural gas, supported by a $55M Series A.

Our story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rocket Tech Is Poised to Generate Clean Power for Data Centers
Founded by SpaceX alumni, Arbor Energy’s technology runs on natural gas and uses carbon capture.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 6d
NEW: Weather models were performing worse ahead of a devastating storm in Alaska compared to a year ago. As one scientist @ecmwf.int put it, "the fact that all the models mis-captured this event tells us something." From me + @joewertz.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Deadly Alaska Storm Hit After a Month of Wider Forecast Errors
Scientists say outages at federal monitoring sites in the state may have contributed to confusion over the storm’s predicted track.
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Stephen Stapczynski @sstapczynski.bsky.social · 20d
GAS TURBINE SHORTAGE 🚨⚡

Orders for turbines for natural gas power plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand

🧵 Thread on how we got here and what it means for power-hungry nations

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Ari Natter @arinatter.bsky.social · 21d
SCOOP: The Trump administration canceling billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as it seeks to pressure Democrats in shutdown fight.

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Trump Set to Cancel West Coast Hydrogen Hubs Amid Shutdown Fight
The Trump administration is planning to cancel billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as part of its first tranche of funding cuts following the go...
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Simon Casey @sjcasey.bsky.social · 21d
We're hiring:

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Commodities Editor and Calgary Bureau Chief
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 23d
Barely a month before COP30, the main topic remains "logistics". There's barely been any discussion about what the US, which is set to leave Paris Agreement in January, will be doing to make negotiations harder.

🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nations Rethink Plans for Brazil Climate Summit as Costs Soar
The countries most vulnerable to climate change face a dearth of rooms and steep rates to attend the COP30 meeting in the Amazon.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 29d
Utilities + traders are "craving" more detailed forecasts as power demand gets harder and harder to predict. Using AI, a tech firm is pushing to predict swings in weather - down to the hour - months in advance.

Story with @naurtorious.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI-Powered Model Gives Energy Traders Hourly Forecasts Seven Months Out
The tool from tech firm Amperon provides a more granular look at the weather and its impact on power markets.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 29d
It's officially fall! And more than 80% of the Northeast is in drought or teetering on the edge of it. Why that's cause for concern: (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Drought Gripping the US Northeast, NYC Raises Fears of Autumn Wildfires
Waterways and wells are running dry in parts of New England and trees in New York City are already shedding their leaves as a late-summer drought engulfs the US Northeast, raising the risk of wildfire...
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Brian Eckhouse @brianreports.bsky.social · Sep 20
More than 80% of the region is now abnormally dry or in drought, compared to just 11% this time last September. Some parts of the Northeast have gone weeks without significant rains — akin to conditions less than a year ago that led to a historic outbreak of brush fires.

By @laurenthal.bsky.social
Drought Gripping the US Northeast, NYC Raises Fears of Autumn Wildfires
Waterways and wells are running dry in parts of New England and trees in New York City are already shedding their leaves as a late-summer drought engulfs the US Northeast, raising the risk of wildfire...
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · Sep 8
🚨Hot off the press🔥
LIGHTS OUT
How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US

A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me

🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · Sep 5
Trump's ex-FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton speaks out against push to abolish the agency.

“I cannot get behind this position that abolishing FEMA is the answer,” Hamilton said on Disaster Tough podcast, calling such a move "an extreme risk" to the American people.

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Trump’s Ex-FEMA Chief Says Killing Agency Puts Public at ‘Extreme Risk’
Cameron Hamilton’s tenure was short and marked by a struggle over the agency’s future.
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Ari Natter @arinatter.bsky.social · Aug 27
Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.

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Soaring Power Bills in Largest US Grid Pose Risk for Republicans
Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · Aug 27
Summer commutes in NYC can be miserable - 108F on the platform at City Hall w/ humidity. But New Yorkers are lucky compared to London, where subway cars lack AC + get hotter than city streets.

With reporting from 3 continents: (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Paris, New York Commuters Keep Their Cool As Londoners Sweat
A look at transportation systems across five global financial centers shows sweaty commuters in the UK capital have a right to feel jealous of some other cities.
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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · Aug 25
NEW: Offshore wind opponents and their lawyers are pressuring a climate lab at Brown U to retract its research, and saying they will escalate their complaint to the Trump administration. Gift link:
Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
The group asked for the retraction of work led by Timmons Roberts and said it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · Aug 25
NEW: An anti-offshore wind group is targeting a Brown researcher who studies climate obstruction. It's not the first time they've done it, but there's a new twist: They're threatening to go to the Trump administration unless the university retracts the work
Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
The group asked for the retraction of work led by Timmons Roberts and said it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
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Brian Eckhouse @brianreports.bsky.social · Aug 21
I’m with you on Lebowski — at least 25 times.

I’ve seen the original Back to the Future at least 75 times.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · Aug 20
California's last nuclear power plant was supposed to be shut down. But now it's on the verge of a 20-year extension, thanks to the state's mounting power needs.

Here's an inside look at Diablo Canyon amid its bid for relicensing (free gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
California’s Last Nuclear Plant Is Poised to Stave Off Extinction
Diablo Canyon is nearing the end of a long relicensing process as the need for round-the-clock power grows.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · Aug 8
Companies with a climate proposition are juggling a trade war, rolled back federal support, jittery investors, you name it.

Amid all the chaos, one industry has been propping up clean tech: artificial intelligence.

My latest with @mchediak.bsky.social:
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Money Is Raining Down on Green-Tech Firms That Have an AI Story
Long-unloved nuclear and geothermal are experiencing a boom in interest as data center developers seek carbon-free resources capable of delivering round-the-clock electricity to power artificial intel...
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Mark Chediak @mchediak.bsky.social · Aug 7
ICYMI - Story with @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @arinatter.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s moves to stop #solar and #wind development and support other energy sources.
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The pace and range of the moves against renewables -- alongside several others that prop up fossil fuels and nuclear power -- have whipsawed wind and solar developers that had grown accustomed to federal support.
Trump's Latest Attacks Stun Wind and Solar Industries
President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on wind and solar power from the rhetorical to the tangible, mounting a rapid-fire campaign that exceeds the industries’ worst fears.In just the past few weeks, the Trump administration instituted permitting reviews that threaten US wind and solar developments. It imposed standards that would essentially prevent new developments on federal land. It rescinded Biden-era decisions earmarking coastal waters for future wind turbines. And on Wednesday
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Brian Kahn @blkahn.bsky.social · Aug 5
Trump killed the government's billion-dollar disaster database. Now, it's coming back at @climatecentral.org and being led by the former NOAA scientists who ran it. Nice scoop from @laurenthal.bsky.social
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed
Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · Aug 5
Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed
Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · Aug 4
Neil Jacobs - the weather scientist who was in charge at NOAA during "Sharpiegate" - is poised to come back.

“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1

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US Weather Boss During ‘Sharpiegate’ Nears Return to a Shrinking Agency
Trump’s appointee to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has vowed to support the president's massive cuts.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · Jul 15
Constellation Energy is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor -- SCOOP with @tylerskendall $CEG
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Constellation to Pursue New York Nuclear Project, CEO Says
Constellation Energy Corp. is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · Jul 15
Trump's sweeping immigration crackdowns are causing a brain drain to the climate tech sector, hurting the economy and energy transition, tech billionaire Vinod Khosla told my colleague @akshatrathi.bsky.social today at the Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle.

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Trump Immigration Policies Hit Climate Tech Talent Pipeline, Khosla Says
The billionaire venture capitalist said the Middle East, India and Europe are among the places that will benefit from the president’s crackdown on immigration.
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