Reposted by AbrahmDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This is the most jaw-dropping part of Princeton/BP/Wedges paper scandal: that the scientists funded by BP said outright that their job "was to invent a future where the fossil fuel industries have not disappeared yet climate change is being forcefully addressed, and this is still our job." 1/3 812257
Reposted by AbrahmKatie Worth @katieworth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Our leaders are now counting on CCS working at a crazy scale, raising the next obvious question: Why? This incredible journalistic specimen, by @maddiestone.bsky.social with support from me, @amywestervelt.bsky.social & @abrahm.bsky.social, provides some key clues. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...propublica.orgHow BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global PolicyBP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation. 22113
Reposted by AbrahmMaddie Stone @themadstone.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I’ve spent more than a year reporting on how the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated academia over the last 30 years, shaping fundamental paradigms on how to address climate change. My first story in the new @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social series, “Carbon Captured”, is out today. 21828391
Reposted by AbrahmCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Must-read story by @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @propublica.org. Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study @themadstone.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @katieworth.bsky.socialpropublica.orgBeyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate StudyBP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation. 2190102
Reposted by AbrahmCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 02/05/2026NEW: As congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-market views of climate science. by @abrahm.bsky.socialpropublica.orgEvent With Links to Oil Industry Teaches Judges "Healthy Skepticism" of Climate ScienceAs congressional Republicans accuse climate scholars and lawyers of colluding to influence the judiciary, a symposium hosted by a center funded by the fossil fuel industry educates judges about free-m... 45830
Reposted by AbrahmChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Think the scales are already unbalanced in favor of the fossil fuel industry? Hold my oil can. GOP lawmakers — using bills drafted by groups connected to Leonard Leo — are passing laws to immunize oil & gas companies from being held accountable. @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.orgpropublica.org“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From AccountabilityMost of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo. 616885
Reposted by AbrahmSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Conservative activist Leonard Leo is the driving force behind a push for Republican-led states to shield fossil fuel companies from climate accountability lawsuits: www.propublica.org/article/clim... via @abrahm.bsky.socialpropublica.org“Economic Civil War”: States Push Laws to Shield Oil and Gas Companies From AccountabilityMost of the 15 bills being considered are part of a coordinated effort by groups linked to right-wing activist Leonard Leo. 01910
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 28/07/2025The craziest discovery about our global water crisis -- besides the fact that the continents are drying -- is that groundwater pumping is now driving sea level rise. @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...propublica.org“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global ThreatA new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. 12234121
Reposted by AbrahmJay Famiglietti @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social · 28/07/2025From our new @science.org paper on unprecedented continental drying www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @hrishikeshac.bsky.social @wisegrouporg.bsky.social @propublica.org @abrahm.bsky.social 1148
Reposted by AbrahmProPublica @propublica.org · 28/07/2025Nearly 6 billion people live in the 101 countries that a new study has identified as confronting a net decline in water supply — signaling enormous challenges for food production and a heightening risk of conflict and instability. By @abrahm.bsky.social, w/ graphics by @lucaswaldron.bsky.socialpropublica.org“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global ThreatA new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. 511131589
Reposted by AbrahmProPublica @propublica.org · 26/07/2025You may not feel it, but the ground beneath you may be sinking. In fact, the surface of California’s Central Valley is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was a century ago. Why is this happening? Because our planet is rapidly drying. THREAD/ 7524741047
Reposted by AbrahmJay Famiglietti @jayfamiglietti.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Excellent feature story on yesterday's Science Advances article (led by @hrishikeshac.bsky.social and myself) from @propublica.org. Kudos to @abrahm.bsky.social and @lucaswaldron.bsky.social for expert story and graphics. @wisegrouporg.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/wate...propublica.org“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global ThreatA new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. 12915
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 25/07/2025A looming global water crisis may be under appreciated as climate change takes hold. Today I report on a new study that finds the planet is quickly drying, with mega-regions of water loss now stretching across continents. www.propublica.org/article/wate...propublica.org“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global ThreatA new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise. 7314165
Reposted by AbrahmProPublica @propublica.org · 17/07/2025🎧 Our reporter @abrahm.bsky.social was on @npr.org's Fresh Air today to talk about how Trump's undermining of science — at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common — is "extraordinarily concerning":npr.org'ProPublica' climate reporter calls Texas floods an 'early warning' of future chaosAbrahm Lustgarten says the undermining of science, and cuts to FEMA and NOAA, at a time when erratic weather is making disasters more common, should be "extraordinarily concerning" to us. 6376117
Reposted by AbrahmJustin Gundlach @justingundlach.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Crazy that @abrahm.bsky.social has so few followers here. The guy is an oracle at a time when we could really use oracles. www.propublica.org/article/texa...propublica.orgThe Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to ComeClimate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation. 55414
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Its been 60 years since our leaders knew climate change was approaching. My latest reflections on the tragedy in Texas... fighting off the numbness of these repetitive disasters now coming faster than I can tally them, and trying to keep the big picture in focus. www.propublica.org/article/texa...propublica.orgThe Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to ComeClimate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation. 13314108
Reposted by AbrahmCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of Climate Chaos to Come, by @abrahm.bsky.socialpropublica.orgThe Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to ComeClimate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation. 14419
Reposted by AbrahmRobert Faturechi @robert-faturechi.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Records show Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 and $5 million worth of Trump Media shares on April 2. That same day, after the market closed, Trump announced his Liberation Day tariffs, sending the stock market plunging. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...propublica.orgU.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping TariffsDisclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin... 661152526
Reposted by AbrahmCity Atlas @cityatlas.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Cued to the other way to culturally realign, not by choice - via @abrahm.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/0Jp1qac...youtube.comWe may be past climate change's point of no return. What now?YouTube video by eCornell 162
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The proposed cuts to NOAA cold have profound consequences not just for climate change, but for our national security and the entire economy. Here's what I learned: www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgWhite House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends OnPotential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security. 7574204
Reposted by AbrahmCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 24/03/2025NEW: The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, by @abrahm.bsky.socialpropublica.orgTrump Energy Secretary Chris Wright Is for “All Sources” of Energy, So Long as They’re Oil and GasIn his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas. 1121364
Reposted by AbrahmSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Personally, I think it's pretty alarming that 9% of L.A. County residents are very seriously considering leaving because of the fires. www.latimes.com/california/s... via @laurajnelson.bsky.sociallatimes.comDespite the stress of the fires, most L.A. County residents don't plan to leave, poll findsDespite widespread stress, smoke inhalation and other disruptions caused by the January wildfires, a majority of Los Angeles County residents are happy with their lives here and don't plan to leave. 1222
Reposted by AbrahmJosé Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 07/03/2025WATCH: By eliminating the consideration of carbon’s costs, the Trump admin not only stands to eliminate the consumer benefits, but also allow carbon emissions to grow unabated, intensifying the very increases in 🌎 🌍 🌏 temperature that are driving the broader economic damages. 📰: @abrahm.bsky.socialyoutu.beTrump Executive Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto IndividualsYouTube video by ProPublica 414850
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Climate Change is making the life more costly. That's my lens for asking why Trump's plan to get rid of the regulatory Social Cost of Carbon calculation matters. It's because it will ultimately pass costs that would have been born by industry directly on to you www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgTrump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto IndividualsThe change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues. 21811
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The Social Cost of Carbon: Its not what it sounds like. It saves you money. Its essential to policy that slows climate change. Trump is getting rid of it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...propublica.orgTrump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto IndividualsThe change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues. 512645
Reposted by AbrahmCharles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 21/02/2025NEW: Trump Shifts the Costs of Climate Change Onto Individuals by @abrahm.bsky.socialpropublica.orgTrump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto IndividualsThe change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues. 1320973
Reposted by AbrahmChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Canceling the measurement of economic impacts from climate change doesn’t make those costs — approx. $2 trillion for the U.S. economy this decade — go away. Instead, it will likely push them onto citizens. New, from @abrahm.bsky.social @propublica.orgpropublica.orgTrump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto IndividualsThe change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues. 10340117
Reposted by AbrahmProPublica @propublica.org · 21/02/2025NEW: One of Trump’s most damaging strikes against U.S. climate policy is buried in an executive order that would obliterate a critically important calculation the government uses to gauge the real-world costs that climate change imposes on the economy. By @abrahm.bsky.socialpropub.liTrump Order Shifts the Financial Burden of Climate Change Onto IndividualsThe change would effectively transfer financial responsibility from oil drillers, auto manufacturers and others and leave Americans to face greater direct costs as warming continues. 431109463
Reposted by AbrahmKen Schwencke @schwanksta.com · 11/02/2025We @propublica.org are still tracking and surfacing more of Elon Musk's demolition crew. We just added 9 more names to our tracker: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do... We wrote a little bit more about that here: www.propublica.org/article/elon...projects.propublica.orgElon Musk’s Demolition CrewElon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing. 14540190
Reposted by AbrahmHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 12/02/2025this kind of patient, accumulative journalism requires an enormous amount of work, and has a commensurate degree of value. 713449
Reposted by AbrahmProPublica @propublica.org · 08/02/2025Researchers found that today, insurance underprices climate risk for 39 million properties across the continental United States — meaning that for 27% of properties in the country, premiums are too low to cover their climate exposure. By @abrahm.bsky.socialpropub.liHow Climate Change Could Upend the American DreamAmericans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses. 24665166
Reposted by AbrahmBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 22/01/2025First audience question is about the climate-pollution-driven insurance crisis. @abrahm.bsky.social: "How much time do we have?" 161
Reposted by AbrahmBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 22/01/2025@abrahm.bsky.social: "Housing is a key issue. We don't expect Arizona to become an unpopulated wasteland, but we expect urbanization. Cities like Phoenix, Atlanta will continue to grow." 121
Reposted by AbrahmProPublica @propublica.org · 03/02/2025NEW: Climate change is upending the basic assumption that Americans can continue to build wealth and financial security by owning their own home. In a sense, it is upending the American dream. By @abrahm.bsky.socialpropub.liHow Climate Change Could Upend the American DreamAmericans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses. 27687150
Reposted by AbrahmEliza Barclay @elizabarclay.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Always a pleasure to work with @abrahm.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The New Evidence Climate Change Will Upend American HomeownershipA new analysis predicts an extraordinary reversal in housing fortunes for Americans. 0226
Reposted by AbrahmClare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I'm a journalist. My profession is the only one named and protected in the U.S. Constitution. Our founding fathers understood that if the press was stifled, their new democracy would not survive. Here's how you can help journalists like me preserve democracy: freedom.press/digisec/blog...freedom.pressHere’s how to share sensitive leaks with the pressThinking about securely leaking information to news organizations? This guide will show you how. 6281147
Reposted by AbrahmDr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Excellent article by the author of the must-read book, “On the Move”: “soaring home prices in the United States may have peaked in the places most at risk, leaving the nation on the precipice of a generational decline. That’s the finding of a new analysis by the First Street Foundation.” 04011
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Owning a home wont be the wealth engine it once was. How climate chamge is upending the American dream. www.propublica.org/article/clim...propublica.orgHow Climate Change Could Upend the American DreamAmericans have long accumulated wealth by owning their homes, but a new study predicts that spiking insurance rates and climate disasters now herald an era of widespread losses. 720848
Reposted by AbrahmPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 01/02/2025The very first real victims of Trump's EOs on California #water are California farmers and Central Valley congressional districts that reliably vote red. He's ordered his dam operators to throw away their stored water, just for a photo op and tweet. www.latimes.com/environment/...latimes.comActing on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California damsThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials. 9234112
Reposted by AbrahmJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week. 12494895011947
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Journalist alert: ProPublica is hiring a climate reporter. Come help me investigate arguably the toughest issue facing the world. Listing is here... or feel free to reach out to me directly with questions. boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...boards.greenhouse.ioReporter, ClimateNew York, New York, United States 1256
Reposted by AbrahmJesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 06/12/2024Anxious about what happens with climate and clean energy policy under Trump? Don't miss this week's Shift Key 👇 🔌💡 0404
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024A little diddy on my latest project - tracing the climate change influence in todays most ardent anti-immigrant thought and among the extreme Right www.instagram.com/reel/DDIBVg7...instagram.com 162
Reposted by AbrahmKelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Ongoing drama with flood insurance as SW Florida rebuilds from Ian, Helene, Milton. www.miamiherald.com/news/weather... From @harrisalexc.bsky.social who should come over here sometime HT @riskmarketnews.bsky.social 46017
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Okey doke. Gotta start her with something. And I found some profound wisdom this morning in Nat Rich’s essay on the honest resilience of New Orleans and what it means for a city to live a good life in the face of climate change. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...nytimes.comOpinion | New Orleans’ Striking Advantage in the Age of Climate ChangeUnlike the other major cities that appear on lists of unsafe places, New Orleans has a striking competitive advantage. 180
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 22/12/2022The Colorado River system is collapsing, and in the mayhem diplomacy between states is becoming more personal. "They are taking from us. propublica.org/article/colora…propublica.orgDwindling Colorado River Could Trigger Water War Between StatesDiminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it. 050
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 02/12/2022If you really want to understand the Bridgetown Initiative and Barbados' campaign for fair climate financial play, you can dive deeply into my original reporting for @NYTmag here: nytimes.com/interactive/20…nytimes.comThe Barbados Rebellion: An Island Nation’s Fight for Climate Justice (Published 2022)The Caribbean is trapped between crushing debt and a climate disaster caused by rich nations. Prime Minister Mia Mottley is battling for a fairer system. 020
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 29/11/2022A remarkable thing: 14 years (!!) after my investigation into fracking poisoning drinking water in Dimock, PA, Cabot Oil and Gas has pled guilty and agreed to supply water for 75 years. today's news:My old stories: propublica.org/article/offici… kiro7.com/news/gas-drill… 194
Abrahm @abrahm.bsky.social · 06/10/2022Larry Summers calls on the World Bank to re-orient as the climate funding powerhouse that it could be. "Sustainability must become as central to the bank’s work as reconstruction and development." By extension... same responsibility goes for IMF. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…washingtonpost.comOpinion | IMF-World Bank meetings are the last stop before a coming economic stormGlobal finance ministers need to act now in three key areas to prepare the groundwork for a coming global slowdown. 060