New: Like other surfers, I have a pile of old wetsuits in my garage as I don't want them to end up in a landfill but many recycling programs shut down during the pandemic. But in 2025, Patagonia’s wetsuits won’t just be recycled — they’ll be reincarnated. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Washington state's most ambitious climate policy, a carbon market locally known as 'cap and invest', launched last year & requires big polluters to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions.

It's also at risk of repeal in November. 🧵1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Happy to see The Atlantic pick up my story on shoring up marshes against sea-level rise.

New from me: Solar, EVs, heat pumps and batteries open up a whole new world of home energy possibilities - far beyond simply paying a company for a supply. I spoke to people around the world about their newfound energy nerdiness. No paywall! bloomberg.com/news/features/…

RIP Participant Media, which was a wonderful place to work with a great team and an office where it wasn't unusual to bump into Al Gore in the restroom. Plus: Those salads!

New: Attention New Yorkers! Your state is the first to be awarded funding for generous federal Inflation Reduction Act rebates for heat pumps, induction stoves and other climate-friendly devices designed to replace fossil fossil appliances. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Tesla co-founder JB Straubel has built an EV-battery colossus in the scrublands of Nevada. He spent the day giving me the first look at everything @redwoodmat has been building.

It starts with *30 acres* of old batteries headed headed for recycling 🧵

New: Florida’s coral restorers are preparing for another hot summer. This week’s declaration of the second mass coral bleaching event of the past 10 years highlights the need for an all-hands-on-deck response. Among the strategies: Sun shades for corals.
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Did cloud seeding cause rains and floods in Dubai? What IS cloud seeding? Is it dangerous?

All your questions answered on this explainer via Bloomberg Green . Read for FREE

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Explosive levels of methane have been detected near a Berkeley landfill-turned-park latimes.com/environment/st…

If the rising price of homeowners insurance were factored into the US Consumer Price Index—a key metric of inflation—it could have added 80 basis points, or ~0.8%, to last year’s CPI increase of 3.4%, according to a new Bloomberg Intelligence analysis.
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Look at climate change through the lens of some of the world's best photojournalists (aka World Press Photo finalists)

FREE read (and 👁️) via Bloomberg Green

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New: Few stations and $200 to fill up: Life on California’s ‘Hydrogen Highway.” The state committed more than $250 million toward building out a network of stations for hydrogen fuel cell cars. It’s not going great. Free link.
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Two dams are coming down on California’s Eel River. Will it threaten water supplies? sfchronicle.com/california/art…

Costa Rica🇨🇷 called for urgent measures to protect marine environment,including a Precautionary Pause to Seabed Mining.Also transparency in organs of Seabed Authority, neutrality & accountability.
Common Heritage of Humankind can't depend on the commercial interests of a few.

🐺 LONG READ: Wolves are making a comeback in Europe, but their growing presence everywhere from rural Germany to the Alps is making farmers and some politicians question the EU climate and conservation policies that made it possible

FREE via Bloomberg Green

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Attention documentary filmmakers! We want to see your view of our climate future.

Submit your short film to our Bloomberg Green Docs competition by April 26, 2024.

Grand prize: $25,000

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A Brazilian oceanographer and UN Environment Program official has emerged as a new candidate to lead the International Seabed Authority. If elected, she could represent a shift in how the UN-affiliated organization that regulates deep sea mining operates.
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