America has a killer-car problem. Its roads are nearly twice as dangerous as the rich-world average. It doesn’t have to be that way econ.st/4eaTYGq

The EU is set to oppose the creation of a new global fund to tackle nature loss at the a UN biodiversity summit in Colombia next month, according to a draft document seen by POLITICO subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0…

Honestly did not see this kicker coming: "Cheney said she did not speak at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, in part because she had traveled to London to see Taylor Swift." politico.com/news/2024/09/0…

This feels important: “The California-based startup pointed to competition from other energy-hungry customers such as data center operators and cryptocurrency miners, which have been embraced in Wyoming.” More data center demand for electricity makes decarbonization harder.

THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT: The EU now generates more electricity from wind and solar than from fossil fuels. Graph from Nat Bullard data Ember

The FBI and EPA Inspector General in May subpoenaed Mandy Gunasekara, who served as chief of staff in the Trump-era EPA, "related to an ongoing criminal investigation," she reveals in her new book. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

FBI report released yesterday: Americans lost $5.6 billion last year in cryptocurrency scams, up 42% from 2022. Crypto accounts for 10% of fraud complaints, but 50% of total losses apnews.com/article/crypto…

Reminder: The Mayor of DC does not control the DC National Guard. The Department of Defense does.

Like it or not: Germany’s energy system is fully operational, with more than 50% renewables. And we are shutting down – not building – coal & nuclear plants. Coal will be off the grid by 2038 at the latest. PS: We also don’t eat cats and dogs. #Debate2024

New nightmare just dropped apnews.com/article/nigeri…

Looks a bit shady

Photo taken 9/10/24 The Bridge Fire in the Angeles National Forest exploded to ~47k acres with 0% containment. The fire was quite visible last night from behind the Los Angeles skyline photographed the Baldwin Hills area. A sad reality of fire season in LA.

After years of lobbying against EU electric vehicle proposals Volkswagen now complaining EU hasn't done enough to create necessary EV infrastructure - almost beyond parody bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If Democrats win unified control of Washington in November, progressive lawmakers will look to enact a climate Superfund bill that would "charge major fossil fuel companies for their ongoing exacerbation of the climate crisis." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

BREAKING: Hundreds of Amazon drivers at the trillion-dollar company’s DBK4 facility in Queens, N.Y., have joined the Teamsters and are demanding that Amazon recognize their union and negotiate a Teamsters contract. The hundreds of drivers at Amazon’s facility in Queens have been

Wow—Andy Jassy announces that Amazon employees are expected to be in the office five days a week starting January 2nd, 2025

A 500-year rain event is ongoing just southeast of Wilmington, N.C. That's where between 14 and 16 inches of rain has fallen in the past 12 hours. A total of 15.3 inches in 12 hours should occur, on average, once per 500 years – meaning it has 0.2% chance of happening any year.

This was a seven-block stretch of 14th St NW earlier today that had four vehicles parked in the bike lane, including what appeared to be a DDOT DC van.