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From @mlavelle.bsky.social and me, with cool charts from @cooljerk.bsky.social:

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump - Inside Climate News As Democrats and climate activists seize on energy costs as a political issue, new data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. The figures were much higher in some states.

Wondering what's driving up electricity rates and how clean energy may be involved?

Marianne Lavelle and @dangearino.bsky.social break it down.

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Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High - Inside Climate News A new report from the American Lung Association notes a drastic decline in air quality and raises health alarms. Climate change and Trump administration actions, experts warn, will worsen the trend.

Nearly Half of Americans Are Breathing Unhealthy Air as Pollution Exposure Numbers Reach Decade High - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2304202...

More than half of LNG ship emissions come from methane that "slips" unburned through ship engines.
Illustration by @cooljerk.bsky.social

Thanks to @cooljerk.bsky.social for putting together this map.

Lakes Region Restoration Project Aims to Link Conservation Lands From Maine to New Hampshire - Inside Climate News Conservationists and a logging company will work together to protect Maine’s Magalloway River ecosystem, which offers a rich habitat for brook trout and wildlife.

Plus, check out my story on climate corridors and miles and miles of undeveloped wilderness in Western Maine -- come for the photos, stay for the trout and tales of 1800s logging practices

insideclimatenews.org/news/1304202...

A look at Enbridge Line 5 pipeline leaks across Michigan and Wisconsin, from April 2017.

(from the archives) Stumbled across this oldie-but-goodie, c. April 2017. Handy reference guide to Enbridge's Line 5 leaks across Michigan and Wisconsin. @insideclimatenews.org reporting by @shankman.bsky.social (now with The Boston Globe— hi, Sabrina!)

Bar charts and a pie chart looking at the demographics of thin-ice fatalities in Minnesota over the last 50 years or so.

The early 1980s was pretty treacherous for iced-over Minnesota lakes. Climate change, warmer winters and how that impacts ice fishing (and deaths due to thin ice). @insideclimatenews.org story by Kristoffer Tigue, here: insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202...

‘Virtually Any City on Earth Can Burn Now’ - Inside Climate News In the superheated 21st century, the old rules for wildfires no longer apply. John Vaillant, author of “Fire Weather,” explains.

“We’re going to have to let go of a lot of the 20th century. That’s what these events are telling us,” says @johnvaillant.bsky.social, the author of the book “Fire Weather,” of the wildfires in Los Angeles. insideclimatenews.org/news/1601202...

Misinformation Spreads Like Wildfire Online While LA Neighborhoods Burn - Inside Climate News Misleading claims and falsehoods about water and firefighting resources distracted from the unprecedented conditions that left Los Angeles primed for the most destructive fire in its history.

@insideclimatenews.org story by @wyattmyskow.bsky.social and @psskow.bsky.social here: insideclimatenews.org/news/1001202...

A strong Jet Stream keeps cold air up over the Arctic, while a weak and wobbly Jet Stream will allow Arctic air to push south while warm air from the Equator pushes north.

Explainer of a polar vortex, which has become an annual event over much of the U.S. of late. This graphic has been published a few times over the years, most recently for Kristoffer Tigue's @insideclimatenews.org story last week. insideclimatenews.org/news/1001202...

Southern California's Santa Ana winds (and Diablo winds, in Northern California) occur when a high pressure system over the Great Basin pushes heated air toward the Pacific Ocean. The wind rushing over mountains concentrates through canyons and create atypical gusts which can exacerbate fires and stymie firefighting efforts.

Explaining the Santa Ana winds, a contributor to the nightmarish conflagrations in and around Los Angeles this past week. Typical Santa Anas have gusts up to 50-60 mph; some gusts last week clocked in around 100 mph.

These Graphics Help Explain What Climate Change Looked Like in 2024 - Inside Climate News Telling the story of our lives—climate change—takes a lot of words. But sometimes, a graphic is what makes things click.  Whoever coined the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” was likely not ...

It me.
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Is nice. #mapporn

The INN descriptor for @insideclimatenews.org is a bit out of date— we're a virtual newsroom that covers the whole planet (though, yes, the mother ship is in NYC).

Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) awards are growing over recent years.

Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims against governments are trending upward.

How investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) claims work.

Graphics to accompany today's investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) story by @katiesurma.bsky.social and @nkus (on the old Twitter), found here: insideclimatenews.org/news/0812202...

A look at longwall mining and the potentially life-threatening problems associated with carving out coal from under your home/neighborood. Read the @insideclimatenews.org stories by colleagues @leehedgepeth and @jbruggers.
#coalmining #longwallmining #crimsonnoakgrovemine #methane #alabama

Make that "OLD" Dalton Highway.

Frozen debris lobe is moving to overtake the Dalton Highway in Alaska. Like "The Blob" (1958) it's gigantic and utterly unstoppable unless it can be frozen. As of two years ago it was less than 10 feet from engulfing the highway.

From the archives (Dec. 2021). Like "The Blob" (1958) it's gigantic and utterly unstoppable unless it can be frozen. As of two years ago it was less than 10 feet from engulfing the Dalton Highway in Alaska. #permafrost #daltonhighway #frozendebrislobe #thaw #alaska

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NEW, with @mckennapr.bsky.social: Is China Emitting a Climate Super Pollutant in Violation of an International Environmental Agreement?
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Updated stats as of Oct. 6, 2023

Updated stats (as of Oct. 6, 2023)

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Apple Goes a Step Too Far in Claiming a Carbon Neutral Product, a New Report Concludes - Inside Clim... Apple’s recent announcement of its first-ever “carbon neutral” product was questioned in a new report by a Chinese environmental research organization that gathers and tracks data on greenhouse ...

“Climate-wash?” Apple’s recent announcement that the Apple Watch is “carbon neutral” is questioned in a new report by a highly regarded Chinese environmental research organization. insideclimatenews.org/news/0310202...
My latest for Inside Climate News.

Carbon capture and storage, CO2 injection and enhanced oil recovery. Inside Climate News graphic by Paul Horn.

From the archives (Sept. 2020) #carboncapture #CO2storage

Time is running out for limiting carbon damage to the Earth (graphic and data is from 2014). Inside Climate News graphic by Paul Horn.

From the archives (Sept. 2014) I wonder how things are going now, nine years later. #carbon #runningoutoftime

Florida's manatee deaths are on the rise (as of Sept. 3, 2021). Inside Climate News graphic by Paul Horn.

From the archives (Sept. 2021) #manatees

A cluster of wetlands' fight for legal protection against development. Inside Climate News graphic by Paul Horn

From the archives (Sept. 2021) #rightsofnature #orangecountyflorida #lakehart #lakemaryjane

All the cool kids are doing it. You'll be so popular at school

A look at Exxon's involvement with climate change— a timeline. Inside Climate News graphic by Paul Horn

From the archives (Sept. 2015) #exxonknew #timeline

This was part of ICN's coverage of Exxon's involvement in climate change, and was a Pulitzer finalist for that year.