Reposted by Paull YoungDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 28/02/2025The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming. 1/11 402029868
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 17/02/2025media.tenor.coma cartoon character is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and a ceiling fan above himALT: a cartoon character is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and a ceiling fan above him 030
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 15/02/2025media.tenor.comhomer simpson is standing in a crowd of sailors and says it 's pronounced nuc-u-larALT: homer simpson is standing in a crowd of sailors and says it 's pronounced nuc-u-lar 040
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 04/02/2025This 14 min podcast from @ezraklein a great listen. “Trump is trying to govern like a King because he is too weak to govern like a President.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comDon't Believe HimPodcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 02/02/2025 · 14m 010
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Agriculture is estimated to be over 10% of US CO2e emissions 010
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 24/01/2025This, from UCLA, is one of the better (& more reassuring) things I’ve read about #LAfires & current air quality www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/ash-...ioes.ucla.eduAsh below, blue sky above: Is the air safe?Deciding whether the air is safe in Southern California can feel like a dangerous riddle in the week since the Palisades, Eaton, and Hurst fires began. 000
Reposted by Paull YoungLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Who should pick up the tab for the billions of dollars in damages from these deadly fires in LA? The fossil fuel industry who lied about climate change for decades, that's who. Brilliant must read from @cadavejones.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Oil and Gas Companies Should Pay for the Los Angeles FiresIt’s time to require these companies to compensate communities, homeowners, businesses and even insurers for the losses. 32842228
Reposted by Paull YoungAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I assume most people know this, but seems important to point out basic truths at this moment in time. There is no energy emergency in the U.S. The U.S. is the world's top producer of oil and gas at the moment, and the top exporter of gas, and U.S. oil and gas producers are making record profits. 352465725
Reposted by Paull YoungGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Heartless. Cruel. 1038179595392
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 19/01/2025I search ‘TikTok’ in the US Apple App store right now & get: Instagram Snapchat Facebook YouTube Meta are poised to be big winners from the TikTok ban. 000
Reposted by Paull YoungRobinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Such a hard one. When I talked to Alistair Hayden, a Cornell scientist who studies air pollution and wildfires, he said the one place he turns for real-time data is the wildfire AirNow map: fire.airnow.gov It combines EPA data with calibrated data from the cheaper, more abundant PurpleAir sensors.heatmap.newsWhat the L.A. Fires Are Doing to the City’s AirThe Santa Ana winds are carrying some of the smoke out to sea. 46121
Reposted by Paull YoungMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11/01/20252024 daily temperatures compared to past years. A frightening graphic from the BBC. #ClimateEmergency 15944431672
Reposted by Paull YoungAmanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025It's official: 2024 was the hottest year on record, and the first with an average temp 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, the limit set by the Paris Agreement. The 1.5C goal isn't dead -- it won't be until/unless this happens over many years. But it's sure not looking good. via @eroston.bsky.socialbloomberg.comRecord Heat Pushed 2024 Above Global Warming Threshold of 1.5CScientists in the EU and UK find that last year was the hottest year on record, breaching the climate change limit sought by the Paris Agreement. 22116
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 09/01/2025I watched Australia burned after one of the driest years in our history. Now I watch LA burn again after record setting dry. Climate change changes rain patterns & drier land burns more. 030
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Unbelievable oil companies are allowed to get away with this, especially while getting huge $ in govt subsidies 011
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 28/12/2024“China can move infrastructure projects — from power plants & transmission lines to data centers — from blueprint to reality in a small fraction of the time. As of Dec 23, China had built 34 ultra-high-voltage transmission lines — totaling tens of thousands of miles —, while the US had none.” 020
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Any folks from Hilton on here? You might want to do some market research to see if ‘free bottled water’ is seen as a benefit or a turn off…. 000
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 10/12/2024If we get gas out of our homes: “Fine airborne particulate matter and other air pollutants could decrease by 300,000 tons, the equivalent of taking 40 million cars off the road.” 074
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Just wild that more cargo ships in the world are hauling fossil fuels than anything else 001
Reposted by Paull YoungWe're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024We're just innocent men 9975922921
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 27/11/2024I knew plastics had a huge oil footprint, but the scale is way larger than I knew until I saw this great @carbonbrief.org data! 44713
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 24/11/2024One of the coolest climate OSS projects, love the visualization. How green is your grid rn? ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 072
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Approaching energy policy: - Oil & Gas regulations: ✂️ - Utility & oil profits: 📈 - Carbon emissions & more pollution in the air: 📈 - Savings for regular people: “I’ve looked for the magic wand to lower prices, I can’t find it…” 021
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 22/11/2024This graph an important one from @nytimes.com showing just how much work we have in front of us to get close to hitting the Paris Agreement target of 1.5V C warming by 2050… 021
Paull Young @paullyoung.bsky.social · 15/11/2024This is sad but hopeful, but one of the best things I’ve read post-US election. If like me you’ve abandoned Twitter & have been avoiding the news, this is worth it: fixthenews.com/end-of-inevi...fixthenews.comThe End of InevitabilityTime to grow up and get real 0127
