Reposted by Bill WeirMichael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 06/10/2026GREAT ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE NEWS!!! (Not a typo!) The Indonesian government has cancelled its insane Food and Energy Estates project, which would have deforested a land mass the size of Maryland. Amazing work by @mightyearth.org. A massive victory for the planet. mightyearth.org/article/indo...mightyearth.orgIndonesia Announces End to “World’s Largest Deforestation Project” - Mighty Earth 326890
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Opening scene in your next screenplay. Can either go sci-fi or Magnolia 010
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I used a Wendell Berry mic drop on this one... www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/c...cnn.comEarth just had its hottest August on record | CNNCNN News Central’s Kate Bolduan gets the latest from CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir about new data showing 2026 was the hottest summer on record in the United States. Earth just clocked its... 062
Reposted by Bill WeirTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8476682172
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“We probably could move forward faster in our research if we did talk more about it. But players don’t want to do it....Deep down, we all know that probably the majority of us are going to have some form of C.T.E.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/u...nytimes.comAt Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets CTE, Major New Study Finds (Gift Article)The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher. 094
Reposted by Bill WeirAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human CivilizationThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 501007485
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 07/08/2026All the critters you hate are loving this hot new planet we made. 0177
Reposted by Bill WeirContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026📹| In a funny incident, two people tried to enter a movie theater screening [The Odyssey] without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse in a comedic reenactment of the famous story. 17151501028
Reposted by Bill WeirPhilip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Want to keep people cool AND generate energy? Solar panel shading systems! This is a new timber-framed office and laboratory in Basel, by Herzog de Meuron 14625200
Reposted by Bill Weirthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill 54155853778
Reposted by Bill WeirRhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Sam Neill insisting on changing the Australian flag in Event Horizon, and the reasoning behind it, speaks to his character so well. For those who don't know, the reason the flag on Weir's costume has the Aboriginal flag, not the Union flag, is because Sam said he hoped by 2047 we'd have changed it. 605034863
Reposted by Bill WeirDamien Owens @damienowens.bsky.social · 11/07/2026My wife says I remind her of James Bond. I’m not good at following orders, I’m emotionally dead, and she’d like to see the role go to Idris Elba. 1606713757
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026While President Trump lusts for Greenland, Svalbard, Norway is the other melting Arctic hot spot. So this Earth Day, we took a 9-day voyage aboard an ice ship and had our minds blown by the scenery, the speed of The Big Melt and real-time adaptation of bears and men. www.cnn.com/videos/title...cnn.comArctic disappearing | CNNCNN’s Bill Weir joins scientists in the rapidly warming Arctic, where sea ice is record-low, glaciers are shrinking and wildlife is shifting. Meanwhile, global politics threaten the research needed mo... 263
Reposted by Bill Weirkyleayers.bsky.social @kyleayers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London. 160144752889
Reposted by Bill WeirNadya Voynich @nadyavoynich.com · 05/06/2026To avoid burnout, use this 30/30 rule: After 30 min of work, quit and disappear into the mountains for 30 years. Happy Friday! #buildinpublic #startuplife #hiking #mountains #nature #productivity 1376316730
Reposted by Bill WeirKyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 20/05/2026NEW: The Colorado Democratic Party's State Central Committee (400-600 members) will vote Wednesday night on a measure to reprimand Gov Jared Polis and ban him from speaking at party events after giving clemency to Tina Peters 801722346
Reposted by Bill WeirDoc Sportello ❌👑 @digyoursoul.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Michigan just permanently protected 73,000 acres of land in the Upper Peninsula and opened it to the public. The deal, which was 5 years in the making, protects the land from habitat fragmentation and oil and gas exploration www.mlive.com/environment/...mlive.comMichigan permanently protected 73k acres in the U.P. and secured public access$20 million conservation deal protects wolf, moose and brook trout habitat while opening the land to hunting, fishing, hiking and off-road recreation. 12565521176
Reposted by Bill Weir🇨🇦 👊🇨🇦 @sorry-iamcanadian.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Candlestick ice in Banff National Park “Rotten ice or candle ice is a loose term for ice that is melting or structurally disintegrating due to being honeycombed by liquid water, air, or contaminants trapped between the initial growth of ice crystals.” /Wiki #Canada 1053833599
Reposted by Bill WeirCNN @cnn.com · 27/04/2026The war in Iran has sent oil-starved countries scrambling for fuel. Many are opting for energy alternatives — and turning to the renewables king of the planet: China. cnn.comThe Iran war has the world buying more clean energy. China stands to benefit the most | CNN BusinessThe war in Iran has sent oil-starved countries scrambling for fuel. Many are opting for energy alternatives — and turning to the renewables king of the planet: China. 1414056
Reposted by Bill WeirDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Americans have spent an estimated $20.5 billion more on gas and diesel since Trump attacked Iran ... ... funding colossal war profits for Big Oil from Riyadh to Moscow to Houston (next post) 1/2 iranwarcost.watson.brown.eduiranwarcost.watson.brown.eduIran War Energy Cost TrackerTracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline. 1178
Reposted by Bill WeirJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 09/04/2026For the first time ever, heat pumps outsold gas boilers in Germany in 2025. 48% of all new heating systems installed last year were heat pumps. Gas fell to just 39%. A decade ago, heat pumps had a 7% market share. The transformation has been remarkable. 411251417
Reposted by Bill WeirNational Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 27/03/2026From March 15 through March 26 there have been... More than 100 monthly records & more than 700 daily records broken or tied. Since March 1 there have been more than 1,100 daily records broken or tied across the nation. Some record heat will remain through the weekend for areas of the Southwest. 919987
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 25/03/2026“I am leaving because I want to tell the truth.” One of the world’s top minds on climate says goodbye to NASA. 1229
Reposted by Bill WeirDave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Battery is such a game-changer, and nowhere is that more obvious than in California: 2019: daytime solar☀️ 2025: dispatchable solar☀️☀️☀️ 920365
Reposted by Bill WeirCNN @cnn.com · 25/03/2026The House Oversight Committee released videos Tuesday of closed-door depositions with two men in Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle as part of its probe into the late convicted sex offender. cnn.it/4t5HvLx 97737
Reposted by Bill WeirJeff Horwitz @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Verdict is in for the New Mexico child safety case against Meta. Goes against Meta on every question. Jury finds Meta liable for ~37,000 violations. Maximum liability of $5,000 per violation. 291069276
Reposted by Bill WeirAgata Weronika @aquedita.bsky.social · 25/03/2026when citizens were given a chance to decide how to distribute an heiress' fortune they overwhelmingly chose environmental and conservation causes to focus on. bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comCitizens group decides fate of heiress' fortuneA group of 50 people has decided to distribute heiress Marlene Engelhorn's fortune to various charitable organisations. 1163
Reposted by Bill WeirKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 21/03/2026New York's governor is trying to undermine the 2019 climate law that the NY legislature passed with overwhelming support. Where the rubber meets the road: Accounting for methane, the main component of natural gas and a fast/potent climate pollutant. 🧵 with some background on methane.nytimes.comHochul Moves to Delay and Alter Climate Law, Citing Energy Prices 1218184
Reposted by Bill WeirJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Nothing screams “we’re just winging it” like having to buy oil from Iran while in the middle of a war with Iran. 22097182488
Reposted by Bill WeirAlberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Europe spent years debating whether the energy transition was affordable. Spain quietly answered the question: gas now sets its electricity price in only 7% of hours. Strategic autonomy doesn’t arrive via summit communiqués. It’s built in advance — in wind farms, solar parks, and grid investment 7133741234
Bill Weir @billweircnn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/c...cnn.comTrump wants the EPA to stop regulating climate pollution. Blue states have launched a high-stakes legal case against him | CNNA coalition of 40 Democratic states, cities and counties sued the Trump administration on Thursday, challenging the recent termination of a longstanding policy allowing the Environmental Protection Ag... 062
Reposted by Bill WeirBen Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note: Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.” 261116904130
Reposted by Bill WeirShannon Osaka @shannonosaka.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...climatecoloredgoggles.comBreaking: Washington Post gutting its climate teamClean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos. 511933572
Reposted by Bill WeirJim Russell 🏴. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened. 16184782929
Reposted by Bill WeirAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo--- TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you. 130744811310
Reposted by Bill WeirClimatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 26/12/2025🚨🔥 Warmest Christmas on record for the Contiguous U.S.! The average high of 57.9F and the average low of 36.6F each broke the Christmas record by a full 3F. 🔥🚨 13349191
Reposted by Bill Weirc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 25/12/2025In 1826, drunkenness at West Point Military Academy was such a problem that alcohol was banned from campus. On Christmas, cadets smuggled in 4 gallons of whiskey, used as the base for an eggnog party. The night ended in the Eggnog Riot of 1826. Wait until you hear some of the names involved! 58319
Reposted by Bill WeirCNN @cnn.com · 24/12/2025The Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Trump from sending the National Guard into American cities is likely to raise a politically fraught debate about the president’s willingness to invoke a 19th-century law to deploy the regular military on American soil instead. cnn.it/45qYuyn 108323
Reposted by Bill WeirJoshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 24/12/2025For a counterpoint to the current federal administration's misguided energy policies, look not to a blue state, but the state of Texas: no renewable energy mandates there, they just let the market pick the winners and it's solar plus storage: insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...insideclimatenews.orgERCOT’s Market is Transitioning Toward Storage and Solar - Inside Climate NewsCapacity additions to the Texas grid continue to be led by renewables. 0124
Reposted by Bill WeirColin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇 42258352948