Will Wade
banner
willwwade.bsky.social
Will Wade
@willwwade.bsky.social
3K followers 820 following 41 posts
Energy writer, Bloomberg News. Based in New York, watching the world. Views are my own. The only people for me are the mad ones.
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Reposted by Will Wade
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see

Like the US economy

Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.

Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
Reposted by Will Wade
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...
www.nytimes.com
Reposted by Will Wade
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water.

A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places:

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
www.bloomberg.com
Reposted by Will Wade
This isn't hypothetical.

The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
Reposted by Will Wade
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen

It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world

It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
Reposted by Will Wade
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
Reposted by Will Wade
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
Reposted by Will Wade
Reposted by Will Wade
Is China going to retaliate against the tariffs or the fact that Taiwan was listed as a country in the tariff rate announcement?
Reposted by Will Wade
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
oceanacidification.noaa.gov
Reposted by Will Wade
Reposted by Will Wade
Pacific Palisades was home to a lot of Teslas. Lots of folks abandoned their vehicles as they rushed to evacuate. Now those batteries are complicating the area’s clean up efforts.
Burned out electric vehicle batteries have added to toxic hazards that are complicating LA's clean-up effort. One expert compared it to the Maui fire, but 10 times larger.

In Maui, the EPA shipped more than 30 tons of lithium batteries.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Burning Teslas Add to Toxic Mix of Pollution Delaying LA Return
As the smoke clears from devastating Los Angeles wildfires, efforts to clean up the affected areas are being complicated by burnt-out electric and hybrid vehicles and home-battery storage systems.
www.bloomberg.com