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Last Notes npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Clear your mind for moment and understand this. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Scary article and scary quote: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Impeach him now. No excuses. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump has ruined Easter pretty much like he ruins everything. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick If you're unfamiliar with international law, Trump just threatened to commit different #warcrimes: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Just a note that Noem and Bondi weren't fired for their evil actions. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The people who still deny #climatechange (that it's happening, caused by humans, and bad) must now be considered to be in the same category of people who believe the Earth is flat: completely impervious to science, fact, and reality. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Do you all remember that the International Criminal Court has already issued arrest warrants for war crimes for Netanyahu and Gallant? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Interesting to think that Donald Trump may have, completely inadvertently and at a horrific cost, finally woken up the world to how urgent it is we get off our dangerous addiction to fossil fuels. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Geneva Convention 1977 Protocols: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Here, in a nutshell, is why using AI for military purposes is worse than dangerous: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The leaders of Israel and the United States are war criminals. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick So Skynet is real and the movie War Games was a documentary? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick You are here. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump banner at the Justice Department. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick What newspapers are you still subscribing to? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Donald Trump reminds us every day that he's a miserable, corrupt, fascist, ignorant strongman. I guess today he wanted to remind us that he's also a racist. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I'm repeating this. The whole fascist, corrupt, MAGA enterprise would grind to a halt if literally half a dozen Republicans in the House and Senate would find a backbone. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Is there nothing the NY Times won't allow Trump to weasel out of? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Here's a Hairy Woodpecker in my back yard today. Also had a Downy and Nuttall's. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Imagine knowing your political leader is mentally unstable, dangerous, and corrupt and refusing to admit it or do anything about it. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Senator Susan Collins killed the amendment to protect the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) -- perhaps the world's premier research center for work on #weather, #climate, models, and remote sensing. Remember that. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Governor Walz needs to call out the Minnesota National Guard to protect its citizens against Federal stormtroopers. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump to America npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Gee, why do we even have courts anymore... npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick In the long list of egregious things that Trump's EPA has done, this ranks as one of the most evil and corrupt. They're proposing to ignore the benefits of environmental regulations and only evaluate the costs. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Funny how if you make a VRBO reservation they take your money in a matter of seconds, but if you cancel one it takes 5-7 days to get a refund. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The only thing that's going to prevent ICE from becoming a federally sanctioned death squad is prosecuting agents who murder. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Is 2026 never going to end? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Honestly, how long will it be before this insane FDA/RFK Jr. cabal tells us that moderate smoking is ok because it makes people feel good? Because that's exactly what they're now saying about alcohol. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Not a surprise to me that #water /might/ be the first issue to drive a split in what has been blind GOP legislative allegiance to the Trump cult. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Stephen Miller's "Might makes right" unhindered by morality is the very essence of authoritarian fascism. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I've said this before and I'll say it again. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Using this logic, any country could invade Israel, capture Netanyahu, and bring him to the Hague to face his indictments by the International Criminal Court. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Let me be explicit. Here at the end of 2025, if you hear anyone say replacing fossil fuels with renewables is going to be expensive, they're either misinformed, uninformed, or lying to you. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I wrote a book about the problems with bottled #water ("Bottled and Sold") several years ago. Here's just another reason to avoid it. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick 2025 will go down in history as a consequential turning point. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn't like, while ignoring and censoring real environmental security threats. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick @nprofile…nks4 @nprofile…mas0 npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick My newest opinion piece just published. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Stop burning fossil fuels. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The renamed Donald Trump National Forest npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick So the (heavily edited, redacted, censored) files will be released over the "next few weeks", instead of today as required by law? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Another war that Trump "ended" hasn't ended. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I say with confidence if AI requires fusion plants to succeed, it will fail. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I still refuse to call it anything other than National Airport. I'll add this one to the list. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick God, there's going to be a long list of things to reverse once these egotistical authoritarians are out of power. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This is not an exaggeration: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Throughout human history, only a few assaults on science and knowledge are infamous: the burning of the Library of Alexandria, the arrest and attacks on Galileo, Soviet Lysenkoism, Nazi book burning. To this list, the world will now add the wholesale destruction of US scientific excellence by Trump. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick If nothing's done to stop Trump and the GOP, in three more years there'll be nothing left of this country. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This is an intellectual war crime. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick While we're only part way through the wet season, California is suffering from a serious snow #drought, with only a fifth of average snow for this time of year, especially in northern California. The snowpack is critical for next year's #water supply. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Breaking news: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick As long correctly predicted by global #climate models... npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Even with his sycophants manipulating the numbers, Trump's economy is showing high unemployment, high inflation, and serious affordability problems, even before Trump and the GOP massively raise health insurance premiums for tens of millions of Americans. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick #Affordability? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick What's that saying? All hat, no cattle? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick There is no stopping the progress of #science. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick "Hmm" Trump thinks to himself, "What else can I do to destroy the US tourism industry?" npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The threats by Trump against the International Criminal Court in The Hague are a clear indication that he KNOWS he and members of his administration are violating international law, committing war crimes, and vulnerable to prosecution. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Everything Trump does is a metaphor. He knows only how to destroy, not to build. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Water fact. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This is a remarkable feat of complex, in-depth reporting on an issue involving #water pollution, local corruption, corporate power and influence over community well-being, and the role of agriculture and industry in contaminating groundwater. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I'm not sure this story is getting the attention it deserves. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Just your daily reminder that Trump and the GOP censoring climate science and erasing government websites that say, correctly, that humans are causing #climate change doesn't change reality. And human-caused #climatechange is a reality. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick My piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on the rapid and widespread increase in violence over #water resources in the past several years. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Yes, it's a cult of personality. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick A short summary and interview with me discussing the growing trend of water-related violence worldwide, based on the new data just released by the Pacific Institute. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Two groups are cheering Trump's efforts to weaken US automobile efficiency standards: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick If someone wanted to destroy the US automobile industry and tremendously strengthen the Chinese automobile industry, they wouldn't be doing anything differently than what Trump is doing now. China is now producing smarter, cheaper, cleaner cars than the US. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick If Trump wants to change the blistering narrative from his administration's war criming, he should release the Epstein files. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The last coal plant delivering electricity to California has closed. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick If Hegseth is so vociferously denying he ordered the second strike on the survivors of the boat he ordered destroyed, it's because he knows it was a war crime. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Damn it. Do it anyway because it's the right thing to do. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick A wonderful and extremely personal review of the state of climate science 30 years on by one of the world's leading #climate scientists. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick "Climate breakdown can be seen in the data" npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick It seems we're about to find out which US senior military officers are willing to sacrifice their commands to uphold their oaths to refuse illegal orders. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This is explicitly a war crime under international laws of war. Hegseth and officers ordering these attacks should be charged and tried. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Killing unarmed civilians is the same war crime for which Lieutenant Calley was convicted during the Vietnam war. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick He's clearly deranged, and it's a scandal that that's not on the front page of every newspaper in the country. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Violent conflict over #water hit a record last year npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Just to be clear, this administration is now aggressively attacking, threatening, and investigating people who say the military and members of the administration must follow the law. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick In a legal, moral, or ethical cage match between Senator Mark Kelly and Donald Trump, I'm gonna have to go with Senator Kelly. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Humboldt old growth redwoods npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Fossil fuels are fine unless you use them for anything. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick In a world of MAGA decay, dishonesty, and deceit, just doing the right thing is an act of resistance. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Found this little cutie in the folds of a garden umbrella. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick More detailed science showing that so much of the damage from future #climate changes come from #water. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick When Trump says only the Democrats are in the Epstein files, remember two things. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The US defense and intelligence community has long acknowledged that #climatechange is a threat to national security. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The current #water crisis in Iran is the most severe on the planet at the moment, threatening not just the people but the legitimacy of the government. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Shorter and more accurate headlines would be: npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Dramatic increase in conflicts over #water in 2024 compared to previous years. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The efforts of MAGA/GOP to completely destroy American science plows on. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Got to get to paragraph 6 before they mention the big drop in Texas vaccination rates. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Breaking. New Pacific Institute analysis finds surge in water-related violence worldwide. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I can't tell you how thrilled I am that someone as wonderful as Joyce Carol Oates has gotten under Elon Musk's skin. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump/GOP have so much power now they don't even care about the optics. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Two more days
