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Danielle Bochove

@daniellebochove.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow at Arctic 360 and The Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary History. Ex-Bloomberg, CBC, Reuters. Beekeeper's assistant. Opinions are my own.

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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
After years of interviews about Canada’s productivity woes it was a pleasure to discover a few positive surprises.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
This was taken at midday in Toronto. The smoke is so bad the streetlights are on. Climate change is super-charging wildfires. There are mitigating forest management measures we can take but ultimately the only solution is global decarbonization. That means weaning the world off fossil fuels.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
After 10 years covering the global Arctic, commodities and climate, and serving as Toronto bureau chief, I have left @bloomberg.com More to come and on LinkedIn. www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Recent US threats against Greenland may have cooled but so, inevitably, has the bilateral relationship. Climate science is feeling the effects. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Greenland Threats Put Crucial Climate Change Research at Risk
Political tensions are hampering work on the island, which is key to understanding the effects of global warming.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Text transcript of Mark Carney's address to Davos courtesy of The CBC. If anyone doubts the weight of this moment in history... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
An era of 'global water bankruptcy' has begun, says a new UN report. Humans are squandering and mismanaging freshwater resources -- even as climate change drives up demand and makes the availability of fresh water less predictable. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Water ‘Bankruptcy’ Era Has Begun for Billions, Scientists Say
Stress and scarcity aren’t strong enough terms to capture the water crisis facing much of the world, according to a new UN report.
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Interviewed @kovrig.bsky.social for this analysis of the Carney-Xi handshake seen around the world. Scotiabank economist Derek Holt described the Carney era like this: "Commerce is in charge now" With Ottawa bureau chief @ldhillonkane.bsky.social & senior reporter @daniellebochove.bsky.social
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Carney’s China Embrace Widens Gap With US in Trump’s Tariff Era
Canada has long stuck closely to the US on China policy, even through a diplomatic crisis over high-profile prisoners. Along with historic trade ties, that alignment is now cracking.
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers. 🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A chart back to 1970 showing the global average temperate rise, which matches the warming effects of CO₂, methane and other warming gases, until an anomalous heat spike after 2023.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
The EPA will no longer calculate the monetary value of saving human lives, among other health impacts, when setting new clean air rules. It quietly debuted this new approach in a version of a new final rule for power plant emissions published online last week. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EPA Will No Longer Consider Value of Human Health Benefits in Setting Air Pollution Rules
The agency is abandoning a longstanding policy to calculate the monetary savings in avoided deaths and disease from cutting certain pollutants.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Having completed his 5-year term as Canada's UN ambassador in November, Bob Rae has been forthright about the implications of America's National Security Strategy on global peace and security. He spoke to Bloomberg at length. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Greenland Threats Call for Firm Response From Allies, Canada’s Rae Says
As European leaders seek to persuade President Donald Trump that Greenland’s security is best defended by NATO, broader concerns persist about US expansionism. Bloomberg News spoke with Bob Rae, Canad...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The Arctic's hottest year on record is just one of the grim milestones in the 2025 report card on the region by @noaa.gov We have the solutions. Wishing for a 2026 tailwind for everyone working to move them forward. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The Arctic’s Annual Physical Finds an Environment That’s Breaking Down
From rusty rivers to shrinking sea ice, the region’s vital signs are out of whack, the 2025 Arctic Report Card shows.
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
A property developer in Canada said bankers pulled out of financing a new building because of a landmark court ruling that recognised Indigenous rights over about 800 acres of land near Vancouver Gift link:
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Canadian Property Firm Says Loan Halted After BC Indigenous Case
A property developer in Canada said bankers pulled out of financing a new building because of a landmark court ruling that granted an Indigenous group rights over about 800 acres of land near Vancouve...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
This week @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social, a respected politician and former climate activist who resigned from Mark Carney's cabinet last week, sat down with @akshatrathi.bsky.social to talk about climate policy in Canada. Full podcast included in gift link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carney Defector Says ‘No Way’ Canada Can Meet Climate Goals Now
Ex-minister Steven Guilbeault said the government’s recent policy decisions put its targets for 2030, 2035 and even 2050 out of reach.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec. Interview with ex-cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @nojoudalmallees.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Carney’s Alberta Oil Deal Is Fueling Quebec Separatism, Ex-Minister Guilbeault Says
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s move to placate Alberta with an oil pipeline deal is emboldening a resurgent separatist movement in Quebec, warned former cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault, who resigned ...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The 2nd installment of our global carbon sinks series...
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Olivia Rudgard @oliviarudgard.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
New from me: I spoke to two scientists who originally helped spread the use of carbon capture. They now say it's being misused. Here's why (gift link):
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The Scientists Who Popularized Carbon Capture Have a Warning About It
Many countries are relying on it to meet their climate goals, but it might hurt more than help, they say.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Breaking: As the US moves to license deep sea mining, new research finds that extracting critical metals from the seabed generates waste that endangers tiny marine organisms that form the basis of a vast food web, threatening fisheries people depend on. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Seabed Mining Disrupts Fisheries, Researchers Find
Scientists analyzed data from a test mining operation to document threats to small marine organisms key to the health of commercially valuable seafood like tuna.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
What's all the COP fuss about? Two months ago I set out to find what COPs achieved. The answer was in the data: a $10 trillion wave of green investment that's starting to change things. As Laurence Tubiana told me: "The train has left the station" FREE read: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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There’s a $10 Trillion Antidote to Trump’s Climate Backlash
The landmark Paris Agreement triggered a wave of climate commitments. A decade later, Bloomberg examined seven key categories to chart progress amid a new era of attacks on global warming science and ...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 03/11/2025
JOIN THE CONVERSATION: Around 150 countries will gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit. What are the key results negotiators are aiming for — and how could talks break down? Bloomberg journalists answer your questions today at 1 p.m. EST. Stream: bloom.bg/3Ji78rn
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
I recently went to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska w/US scientists to study the effect of saltwater on fast-thawing permafrost. 1st in a series by @bloomberg.com on the world's natural carbon sinks with @hayleywarren.bsky.social and @eroston.bsky.social A thread follows: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Biggest Arctic Carbon Sink Is Increasingly Unstable
Scientists at the top of the world are racing to uncover how rapidly the Arctic’s permafrost is thawing.
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Most people don't have high expectations from COP30. But with the US govt intent on wrecking climate policies at home and abroad, things could get testy. For a preview, tune into a conversation later today with Bloomberg's crack team on the ground at COP30. www.bloomberg.com/sessions/202...
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Live Q&A: Six Ways the COP30 Climate Summit Can Succeed or Fail
Bloomberg journalists answer your questions about what to expect at the COP30 climate summit in Brazil. Stream our Live Q&A on Monday, Nov. 3 at 1 p.m. EST
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
The US absence from #COP30 is a blow but also an opportunity, EU Climate Commissioner @wopkehoekstra.ec.europa.eu says in weekend interview. Gift link below @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Pivot Is a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Climate, Says EU’s Hoekstra
Europe’s top climate diplomat said the US skipping the COP30 summit is a blow but doesn’t close down paths to progress.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit. Story @bloomberg.com, gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Jamaica’s Grid Was Not Ready for Hurricane Melissa
The massive storm underscores the challenges in keeping up with the quickening pace of climate change.
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Emma Court @emmarcourt.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Extreme heat now kills roughly one person every minute, and about 550,000 a year, finds @lancetcountdown.bsky.social's new report. And scientists warn parts of the world may soon hit limits where it’s too hot and humid for people to survive. My latest for @bloomberg.com (free 🎁 link):
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Hot Weather is Killing More than Half a Million People a Year
Authors of a new Lancet report warn that parts of the world could become unlivable, as climate change drives a surge in heat deaths.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Online views of the ad that caused the US President to slap an additional 10% tariff on Canada continue to climb. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Attack on Ontario’s Reagan Ad Helped Amplify Its Reach
In the global portfolio of political ads that changed history, a handful stand out.
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Ben Elgin @benelgin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
To put it plainly: The US successfully kills international effort that was one step towards leaving a hospitable planet for future generations. A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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US Opposition Freezes Global Carbon Levy on Ships
This week, climate diplomacy ran into a Trump-sized iceberg. Nations were set to decide on landmark regulations to make vessels start paying for their greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday, the Internat...
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
‘I’m The Same Me’: Canada’s Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record A story by @daniellebochove.bsky.social, from Carney's wide-ranging Bloomberg podcast interview with Mishal Husain
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‘I’m The Same Me’: Canada’s Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’s focused on climate policies likely to have the greatest impact at a time of strained resources and multiple crises, denying criticisms that he’s backpedal...
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Exclusive: FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FEMA Tells Staff to Name Whistleblowers or Risk Losing Jobs
Investigators are looking for staffers who anonymously endorsed an open letter criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to disaster funding.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
One of today's winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry is UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi. Last year I wrote about Yaghi and Atoco, the startup he founded to commercialize his scientific breakthrough with a device that extracts water from air using just sunlight. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Startups Are Racing to Make Water Out of Thin Air
Materials that are bigger on the inside than the outside provide a futuristic solution to supply water to an increasingly arid planet.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As China moves forward on a new "Arctic Express" service between Asia and Europe, some of the world's largest container shippers say Russia's Northern Sea Route is too risky a shortcut. The Arctic's fragile ecosystems are part of the reason why. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Eyes Arctic Shortcut as Top Container Lines Stay Away
China’s latest foray into the Northern Sea Route — using the channel between Russia and the North Pole to ship goods — has led some of the world’s largest container carriers to reiterate that the Arct...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We can all use some good news
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
At 91, Jane Goodall died on a speaking tour, fighting for environmental protections until the end of her extraordinary life. She was a hero to me and countless others. Backstage at an event in 2013 she told me she was very tired. On stage, she was mesmerizing. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
2025 Wildfire-Drought Honey. Bees are a miracle. This year, they deserve military decoration.
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Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A double news update after a summer respite from social media: 1) I’ve joined @bloomberg.com to report on China & climate! 2) Just in time for China’s new climate targets, announced by Xi today. I’m thrilled to cover this special beat—and to be diving right in: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Played It Safe With First Pledge to Cut Greenhouse Emissions
Other nations have achieved larger declines after reaching peak climate pollution — and the world’s biggest emitter has exceeded its own goals
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Chinese government's new regulation look to electrify more of the country's steel production, which will increasingly powered by clean power. The result is China's new plan will mean lower emissions and greener steel. www.bnef.com/analyst-reac...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Great Icebreaker Race. As Arctic temperatures rise so does global demand for ice-capable vessels to tackle less impossible ice. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Arctic Icebreaker Ships Are in High Demand as Nations Vie for Power
The US and Canada want more icebreakers to counter Russia and China in the Arctic, as the polar region — and competition for it — heats up.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
🏖️NEW: Overtourism and climate change have created a dangerous feedback loop that endangers Southern Europe’s tourism industry www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Hotter Summers and Overcrowding Threaten Europe’s Tourist Economies
Overtourism and climate change have created a dangerous feedback loop that endangers Southern Europe’s tourism industry
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A US DOE report argues the economic harm caused by trying to reduce greenhouse gases is greater than the consequences of climate change itself. It could be used to underpin US President Donald Trump's plans to stop regulating greenhouse gases. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Trump-Vetted Scientists Are Trying to Shred the Climate Consensus
A new report commissioned by the Energy Department downplays global warming as the administration seeks to unwind environmental rules.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
In 2023, marine heat waves affected 96% of the surface of the world's oceans and helped push overall ocean temperatures to new records. Chinese researchers who led the new study fear it may herald a climate tipping point. @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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‘Unprecedented’ Ocean Heat Waves in 2023 Suggest Climate Tipping Point
Marine heat waves that year were unusually intense and lasted much longer than average, posing a threat to ecosystems, researchers say.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
On June 26, 2021, Lytton, British Columbia smashed a Canadian heat record , reaching 46.6 C. It broke it again the next day, and the next, and then it burned to the ground. @eroston.bsky.social on the "impossible" temperatures scientists are struggling to predict. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How Hot Can It Get? Scientists Are Struggling to Find an Answer
Figuring out how anomalously high temperatures can rise is taking on added importance as the planet warms.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
What happens when soot falls on snow and ice? As wildfires burn across Canada and beyond, understanding their full impact on the Arctic -- a critical shield against global warming -- is essential. Heat Week series by @bloomberg.com starts w/Black Carbon. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Wildfire Smoke Brings a Forgotten Danger to the Arctic: Black Carbon
Scientists are revising their view of the role that soot may play in endangering glaciers and ice sheets.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Canadian Pension Doubles Down on Green Investing With $400 Million Pledge
At a rocky time for sustainable investing, La Caisse says the approach is key to value creation and risk management.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
A Swiss mountain slope bursting and unleashing a cascade of rocks and ice over an idyllic Alpine village last week was a chilling image, but also the symbol of a well-managed climate crisis FREE read via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Swiss Glacier Collapse Is a Lesson on Climate Disaster Management
Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them to do that are not available to most countries.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
New: Technology to cut carbon emissions from giant ships that transport 80% of the world's trade in goods tends to be complex and costly. But the pandemic led the Los Angeles ports to create a low-cost queuing system with a big impact on emissions. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This Low-Tech Solution Cut Ship Emissions by Up to 24%
A digital OpenTable-style reservation system helped Los Angeles ports reduce vessel congestion and pollution.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Very proud of this piece done with so many great colleagues and grateful to the people who shared their stories.
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
For 25+ yrs, the Arctic Council helped keep the region "High North, low tension." But now 7 NATO countries + Russia ring it, making collaboration tough. (Trump's aspirations for Canada and Greenland don't help). The new SAO Chair, a native Greenlander, spoke to us. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Greenlander Takes Helm of Arctic Council as Tensions Simmer
The body that fosters collaboration and climate science at the top of the world is under geopolitical pressure.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The WH scrubbed these online enviro mapping tools. So volunteers tried creating them. EPA EJScreen: pedp-ejscreen.azurewebsites.net CEQ CJEST: edgi-govdata-archiving.github.io/j40-cejst-2/... FEMA Future Risk Index: fulton-ring.github.io/nri-future-r... My story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
💡 BLACKOUT MEGA-THREAD: Last week I was working at the Bloomberg office in Madrid when the humming of the ventilation system suddenly went quiet. That felt quite nice. But when we looked out the windows, we realized traffic lights were off. That's when we knew something serious was going on
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Clean air, waters and land in the US come in part from ridiculously successful laws starting in the early 70s. But there's a new blind spot: pollution that originates above the skies. 🧵 🎁🔗: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Falling Satellites Expose the Space Industry’s Dirty Secret
The thousands of satellites operated by companies from Starlink to Telesat will eventually burn up in the atmosphere when they reach their useful end of life. Scientists are sounding the alarm about t...
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Danielle Bochove @daniellebochove.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Canada's new PM has deep climate expertise. @akshatrathi.bsky.social and I explored the implications on Bloomberg Green's Zero Podcast
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