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Laura Millan

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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
More than 34,600 people died in five Western European countries due to heat this summer as the region posted its hottest June, July and August on record Read my story on @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Heat Deaths in Western Europe Top 34,600 During Warmest Summer Ever
More than 34,600 people died in five Western European countries due to heat this summer as the region posted its hottest June, July and August on record, according to a Bloomberg compilation of mortal...
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NEW: This summer's heat melted 5% of ice volume on Swiss glaciers. Overall, 20% of Swiss glaciers has disappeared since 2021-2022. Alpine glaciers have no chance of surviving over the long term Story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Summer Heat Widened Swiss Glacier Loss to 20% Over Past Five Years
Unstable conditions make terrain unsafe for tourism that’s critical to Alpine communities.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Germany is the third European country to present its own roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. The plan, made public last week at #UNGA, lays out a path for Europe's largest economy to get rid of coal, gas and oil by 2045. Story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Germany Maps Exit From Fossil Fuels as Energy Crises Take Toll
Germany has provided a roadmap setting out its transition away from fossil fuels by 2045, as Europe’s largest economy seeks to reduce its vulnerability to global energy-market shocks.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
10 kilos of gold stolen in just under 4 minutes. How the Spanish town of Villena lost its Bronze Age treasure, story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Spanish Heist Sees Bronze Age Gold Stolen in Under Four Minutes
A collection of 3,000-year-old bracelets, bowls, bottles and other pieces made mostly of gold was stolen from a museum in the medieval Spanish town of Villena in a matter of minutes.
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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Congo Basin is vast and critical to the planet's climate, but it gets only a fraction of the research that the Amazon attracts. Scientists want to change that. With @lauramillan.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ncdn8sxr
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Africa’s Congo Basin, Vital to Earth’s Climate, Is Critically Understudied
To fill the knowledge gap, scientists hope to fund 1,000 African researchers to pursue PhDs on the basin, which is as important for the planet as the Amazon.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Last Saturday the average ocean temperature for the whole planet reached a new record of 21.1C read my story on @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Highest-Ever Ocean Temperature Measured as Super El Niño Forms
Scientists have recorded the highest temperature ever measured in the world’s oceans, as climate change combines with a powerful El Niño in the tropical Pacific.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The worst heat wave on record for Europe resulted in over 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales and cost the whole of the UK $1.5 billion My story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Heat Wave in June Cost the UK Economy $1.5 Billion
Scorching temperatures exposed shortcomings in Britain’s homes, workplaces and public transport.
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Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró) @biotay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1/4 Orcas making sunfish explode One orca firmly holds the carcass of a sunfish (whose viscera have already been removed) while an adult male crashes into it at high speed, making it explode into countless pieces. (paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/eth...
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Europe is warming faster than any other continent on Earth, but it's not spending nearly enough to allow its people and infrastructure to deal with extreme heat, despite having more resources than most regions to do so Story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Heat Morphs Into a Major Economic Shock for an Unprepared Europe
Europe’s status as the planet’s fastest-warming continent is becoming a serious drag on its economic prospects.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
From timing park visits to cold showers, parenting in Madrid offers a preview of how climate change is reshaping family life across Europe Read my latest story on @bloomberg.com for FREE! www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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How to Raise Young Children in One of Europe’s Hottest Capitals
From timing park visits to cold showers, parenting in Madrid offers a preview of how climate change is reshaping family life across Europe.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New from me: The chief air pollution regulator (Aaron Szabo) at the US Environmental Protection Agency is resigning. His deputy, Alexander Dominguez, left EPA earlier this year. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s Top Air Pollution Regulator Is Resigning From EPA
The chief air pollution regulator at the US Environmental Protection Agency is resigning.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New: With climate-driven heat waves triggering wildfires across the US this summer, evacuation is fast becoming an existential challenge, particularly in hundreds of communities at high risk of wildfire with limited escape routes, sometimes only one. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Faster, Fiercer Wildfires Are Testing Evacuation Plans
As heat waves fuel more intense blazes, fire officials are rethinking how to safely empty hard-to-escape neighborhoods
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Graphics by @hayleywarren.bsky.social Our full story: </🧵> 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It Coming
Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Climate change: a status report 🧵
An article header image titled "Green: Extreme Heat Isn’t the Only Climate Impact Shocking Scientists." The background shows a hazy, sunlit city square where a man in a white t-shirt and shorts stands bent over, cooling off under a row of water sprinklers spraying from a long yellow hose on the ground.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Over 1,000 people died in Spain of excess heat last month, the deadliest June since records began over a decade ago Read it for free via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Spain Saw Record Heat Deaths for June After Heat Wave Hit Europe
Spain experienced its deadliest ever June for heat mortality after record-breaking temperatures scorched Europe.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I spoke to firefighters in Portugal, Spain, France and Greece, who told me who will be on the frontline over the next three months. They're not happy. They warn they’re entering the season under-funded, under-equipped and under-staffed. story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Firefighters Warn They’re Ill-Prepared for a Bad Wildfire Season
With another hot summer looming, fire services across Europe face funding and labor shortfalls.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/06/2026
Europe is facing another summer of intense wildfires, but firefighters who will be on the frontline issued a warning
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European Firefighters Call for More Resources as More Wildfires Loom
They’re bracing for another severe fire season.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
DISPATCH: At climate negotiations in Bonn this week, diplomats got stuck on a familiar problem: who's paying to help developing nations tackle global warming? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Finance Fight Clouds UN Climate Talks Even as War Adds Momentum
Negotiators in Bonn got stuck on a familiar problem: how to find money to help developing nations tackle global warming.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEW: Is climate change making some places unlivable, even in one of the world's richest countries? One year after a glacier collapsed over a town in Switzerland, we go back and answer this question. Read today's @bloomberg.com Big Take for FREE: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The Swiss Alps Reckon With the Threat of Collapsing Glaciers
“We don’t live in an easy landscape.” As climate change leads to collapsing glaciers and mudslides, some in Switzerland question whether the danger is worth it.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Chinese researchers confirmed Tehran oil depot fires in March released toxic sulfur dioxide equivalent to a moderate volcanic eruption. via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Toxic Fumes From Tehran Oil Fires Affected Area Size of Italy
When Tehran oil infrastructure caught fire in March following Israeli strikes, the blaze produced toxic fumes detectable across an area the size of Italy, according to fresh research.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Decades of war in one of the world's top oil producing regions have caused heavy pollution in the waters of the Persian Gulf. The current conflict is making it worse, with oil slicks visible from space on the rise Read my latest on @bloomberg.com www.linkedin.com/safety/go/?u...
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Trump has called climate change a hoax, con job and scam. Then Saturday he posted about an obscure tool climate modelers use to standardize the configuration of their simulation runs. Here's what it is and why. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Scientists Ditch Worst-Case Climate Scenario, With Ridicule From Trump
Global warming skeptics, including the US president, have celebrated the end of the scenario known as RCP8.5. Experts say it was retired for being outdated, not wrong.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New: Berkeley is the first US city to require home sellers and buyers to replace gas furnaces/water heaters with heat pumps or make other green upgrades as a condition of sale. It's changing the local real estate market as sellers tout electrification. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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To Sell a Home in This California City, It Must Be Climate Friendly
Berkeley is requiring home sellers to make green upgrades as a condition of sale.
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Coco Liu @cocojournalist.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The global climate finance landscape reached a milestone in 2025, but behind the headline growth is a big shift. My latest for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Climate Finance Funds Attract Record Inflows in ‘Feast or Famine’ Year
Investors are moving toward supporting deployment-ready technologies, especially in the energy sector.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New: Arizona’s water-reliant data centers powering the AI boom are expanding rapidly - just as it faces shrinking supplies amid a climate-driven water crisis. Projects being built could spike data center water demand 67% annually, Bloomberg Intelligence predicts. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Colorado River Water Woes Threaten Arizona’s AI Boom
Data center water demand in the state is slated to soar as the Colorado River dries up.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
As Madrid morphs into a luxury tourist destination, struggling small businesses are pushing to retain the character that drew many tourists in the first place FREE link to my latest @bloomberg.com story shorturl.at/cXkJT
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Madrid Locals Are Fighting to Preserve the City’s Soul
As the city morphs into a luxury tourist destination, struggling small businesses are pushing to retain the character that drew many tourists in the first place.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
SCOOP(let): In Europe, defense companies are increasingly asking the EIB for help to boost renewable energy sources, increase the energy efficiency of facilities and products and invest in nascent technologies like small nuclear Free read via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Defense Firms Are Asking EIB for Help Navigating Energy Crisis
Defense firms are increasingly turning to the European Investment Bank for help to shift to alternative energy sources, as the Iran war drives up the price of oil.
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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Prices on Corsia, a carbon offset marketplace for airlines, have fallen in the months following Koko’s collapse. @lauramillan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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What a Clean Cookstove Company’s Bankruptcy Means for Carbon Markets
Prices on Corsia, a marketplace for airlines, have fallen in the months following Koko’s collapse.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
2026 was going to be a turning point for carbon markets. Then Koko collapsed. The bankruptcy delivered a blow to confidence in carbon markets, battered by credibility issues and a retreat on climate goals story w @antonysguazzin.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How a Company Collapse Is Denting Trust in Carbon Markets – Again
This year was supposed to be a turning point for carbon markets, with the United Nations’ long-delayed country-to-country trading system coming into force and airlines preparing to enter a mandatory p...
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Antony Sguazzin @antonysguazzin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The high-profile collapse of a World Bank-backed clean-cooking company has delivered another blow to confidence in the carbon-credit market @lauramillan.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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How a Company Collapse Is Denting Trust in Carbon Markets – Again
This year was supposed to be a turning point for carbon markets, with the United Nations’ long-delayed country-to-country trading system coming into force and airlines preparing to enter a mandatory p...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 01/04/2026
The US economy is increasingly tied to data centers and the AI boom. But there’s one problem. Read today’s Green Daily to know more
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The US Data Center Boom Is Hitting a Transformer Crunch
More than half the US data centers planned for this year are expected to be delayed.
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, citing reasons of national security. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s God Squad Exempts Gulf Drilling from Endangered Species Protections
The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, ...
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Environmental and Energy Study Institute @eesionline.org · 20/03/2026
Join us TODAY at noon for a Rapid Readout about the consequences of the repeal of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. @zhirji.bsky.social, reporter at @bloomberg.com, will outline projected ripple effects on the U.S. economy, as well as identify possible paths forward. 👀 Watch at www.eesi.org/livecast!
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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This starts at noon today! bsky.app/profile/eesi...
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
How does war impact greenhouse gas emissions and planetary warming? Check our latest story on @bloomberg.com featuring exclusive data on gas flaring in the Middle East since the conflict started. Story w @akshatrathi.bsky.social & A. Clark. FREE link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Middle East War Spurs Emissions From Oil and Gas Sites, Satellites Show
Experts have detected increased flaring at some facilities, highlighting the increase in greenhouse gases from the conflict.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
EV NEWS: Growing global adoption of electric vehicles helped avoid the consumption of 2.3 million barrels of oil per day last year, according to BloombergNEF. Always fun to work with @akshatrathi.bsky.social ! read our latest Bloomberg Green story for FREE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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EVs Avoided the Use of 2.3 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day in 2025
With gas prices climbing due to the Iran War, interest in electrified transportation is on the rise.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New: Two years ago I took a ride on an electric powerboat made by LA's Arc Boat Company. The startup just raised $50m to expand into commercial and defense vessels in a sign that electrification of the carbon-intensive marine industry is accelerating. Free Link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Electric Speed Boat Maker Expands to Defense With New Funding
Arc received backing from a16z, Lowercarbon Capital and other venture firms in its latest fundraising round.
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Fervo Energy might be the one clean tech startup having a good time in Donald Trump's America. The company's commercial geothermal pilot came online in 2023, just as ChatGPT became a household name and the AI race took off in earnest. And geothermal tax credits have remained intact.
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Geothermal Escapes Trump’s Renewable Crackdown, Boosts Fervo’s IPO Bid
Fervo Energy is also benefiting from AI’s ravenous electricity needs as it aims to go public later this year.
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weathersullivan.bsky.social @weathersullivan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Record heat will bake Los Angeles and the Southwest melting precious snow and setting the stage for a fire summer. CA measures its snow on April 1 to set supplies for the coming year. We will see what is left. #climate #water #california www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Record March Heat to Scorch Los Angeles, US Southwest
An unusually early heat wave is set to grip Los Angeles and much of the Southwest, putting California’s already fragile snowpack, and therefore its water supplies, at risk.
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Climate models are good at projecting things that haven't happened yet. AI is only good at things that have happened. So what's the use? A lot! 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Global daily temperatures plotted on a wheel showing increasing red for hot boreal months and decreasing blue for cold ones. It looks like a special edition multicolor vinyl LP.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
NEW: Fossil fuel pollution and other toxic chemicals from the war in Iran will spread across the region and last for decades just as smoke from burning oil wells went as far as the Himalayas following the Gulf War 35 years ago FREE read on @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Toxic Pollution From Iran War Will Spread and Last for Decades
Exploding fuel infrastructure and missiles have released contaminants that put the health of millions of people at risk.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
NEW: War is pushing Iran deeper into a water crisis, compounding the effects of climate change and decades of mismanagement My latest on the intersection of war and climate with @eroston.bsky.social via @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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War Is Pushing Iran’s Water Supply to the Brink of Collapse
Climate-fueled drought and mismanagement have left the country with a severe water shortage, and war only adds to the strain.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
New: The number of days where extreme heat makes it too dangerously hot to walk the dog, sweep the porch and engage in other ordinary pursuits has doubled since 1950. Older people experience a month a year when heat prevents them from routine activities. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Extreme Heat Is Making Life Increasingly Unlivable
The number of hours where it’s too hot for everyday activities has doubled since 1950, a new study found.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
It's confirmed: Planetary warming has significantly accelerated over the past 10 years. This is the first statistically significant evidence of an acceleration of global warming that many had been warning about. Story via @bloomberg.com FREE link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Earth Is Warming Faster Than Previously Estimated, New Study Shows
Researchers found the first statistically significant evidence that global warming is accelerating.
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Birding Catalunya @birdingcatalunya.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
“Poble d’ocells” és un d’aquells llibres diferents, agradables de gaudir poc a poc, sense pressa, un dia ennuvolat com avui. Tot seguit us en faig cinc cèntims. Enllaç a l’editorial: lamusca.cat/producte/pob...
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
NEW: Here's what the crisis in the Middle East and turmoil in energy markets mean for renewable energy and the clean transition Story w @akshatrathi.bsky.social @sharonchenhm.bsky.social via @bloomberg.com FREE read: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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As Iran Crisis Upends Oil and Gas, Clean Energy Gets Complicated
Higher fossil fuel prices could make green alternatives more attractive, but harder to deploy.
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Todd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New: Cracks are showing in California’s 50-year-old moratorium on new nuclear power plants as artificial intelligence spikes electricity demand and the state struggles to meet its climate goals. With @willwwade.bsky.social. Free link. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Why California is Reconsidering Nuclear Energy After 50-Year Ban
The state is one of several looking into allowing new nuclear reactors to meet climate goals as AI power demand surges.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Inquilinos que no pueden pagar el alquiler, pequeños propietarios que no llegan a final de mes, fondos buitre al acecho, un gobierno desbordado y un sistema roto. Este es el lado oscuro de la vivienda en España. Reportaje para @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
NEW: Spain's housing market is broken. On one side are thousands of people are squatting, unable to pay rent or mortgage. On the other, stranded owners face an overwhelmed legal system, or companies who say can evict tenants for a few thousand euros FREE link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Spain’s Housing Chaos Pits Squatters Against Stranded Owners
Tens of thousands of occupied homes are for sale as Spain’s housing market reaches a boiling point.
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Laura Millan @lauramillan.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages FREE read via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Climate Change Made Deadly Valencia Floods More Intense
Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages ($34 bi...
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