#Climate and #water scientist and communicator. Interested in many things, including #birds, mandolin, politics. You can also find my stuff (or message me) at www.gleick.com. Author of a mess of scientific papers, the 9 volumes of The World's Water (Island Press); Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water (Island Press); A 21st Century US Water Policy (Oxford); and my new book: "The Three Ages of Water." Email me at pgleick (at) gmail
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Last Notes npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick What newspapers are you still subscribing to? Me: The Guardian, the LA Times, High Country News, Berkeleyside, The Mercury News. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick JD Vance getting loudly booed while the US athletes get cheered is the Olympics I'm here for. 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 Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team. The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists. https://open.substack.com/pub/climatecoloredgoggles/p/washington-post-climate-bezos npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Jeff Bezo's destruction of the Washington Post brand is the worst brand destruction since.... Elon Musk destroyed both Twitter and Tesla, which was the worst brand destruction since Trump destroyed the USA. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars more in taxes than they receive in benefits says the [checks notes...] the arch-conservative Cato Institute. https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/009/932/497/741/923/original/192e1cb226862c73.jpg npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump's screw up with the Kennedy Center has even lost him the National Review... https://www.nationalreview.com/carnival-of-fools/we-all-know-why-trump-is-closing-the-kennedy-center-for-renovations/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Every #climate scientist knows the GOP have been lying about basic facts and science for literally decades. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick ICE: corrupt militarized governmental stormtroopers ICE: fossil-fuel-powered obsolete engine technology Ice: frozen water rapidly being lost to human-caused climate change. Ice: also crystal meth. A 2017 study found that "Donald Trump" was a popular street nickname for methamphetamine. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick There is zero future for the internal combustion engine but only the US auto industry, manipulated by Trump, is failing to acknowledge that. This will cripple US auto production for decades, ceding the EV market to China and others. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/01/ev-pullback-factories-jobs-south.html npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The media reports, over and over, how cold it is in the eastern US, but they're silent about how hot it is in the west. The lower-48 as a whole were almost a degree hotter than average in January. And there's terrible snowpack in the west, critical for water supply, as what little precipitation has been rain. #climatechange #climate https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/997/550/676/651/031/original/baa4eb1e4d45efc7.png 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. #nevent1q…we98 npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick LOL, the Trump administration had to release more Epstein files to distract us from the horrible reviews of "Melania" the Movie. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The Trump #climate report attempting to overturn the ruling that greenhouse gases are pollutants was grossly scientifically inaccurate. Turns out it was also illegal. #climatechange https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/energy-department-climate-ruling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.HgP8.YKirAEpO7SYZ&smid=url-share npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on #climate change to work in secret on a sweeping government report on global warming. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/climate/energy-department-climate-ruling.html?unlocked_article_code=1.IVA.HgP8.YKirAEpO7SYZ&smid=url-share npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick California's largest river, the Sacramento, is losing spring and summer runoff as climate change increases temperatures, changes snow to rain, and accelerates snowmelt in the winter months. #climatechange #water #climate https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/975/268/862/409/900/original/29a4f034ed805607.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick How many wars has Trump started now? https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-tells-iran-make-nuclear-deal-or-next-attack-will-be-far-worse-2026-01-28/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Whoa. Bruce Springsteen's new "The Streets of Minneapolis" "Their claim was defensive Just don't believe their lies. It's our blood and bones And these whistles and phones Against Miller and Noem's dirty lies." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w&t=3s npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Who could have guessed that the easiest way to get gun control was to have liberals get guns? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump and the GOP immigration policies are accelerating the transition of the United States to zero population growth, and ultimately to decreases in population size here. https://www.npr.org/2026/01/27/nx-s1-5689943/population-growth-census-immigration-crackdown npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick It's Miller. Miller has to go. Miller time. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick A new study provides more evidence that most of Earth's #water came with the original matter that formed the planet, not with later bombardment by meteorites and comets. https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/astromaterials/nasa-finds-lunar-regolith-limits-meteorites-as-source-of-earths-water/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick There are no penguins in Greenland you absolute moron. https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/947/353/720/176/581/original/87eb206337a2df00.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Dramatic rise in water-related violence recorded since 2022. “We can solve our water problems – I don’t argue that we will or that we will do it soon, but we can" Peter Gleick said. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/23/water-related-violence-increase-pacific-institute npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Mainstream media must have a special thesaurus with "weasel words" that they consult for headlines. "Challenging"?? "Challenging" must come up when the right word should be "eviscerating" or "destroying" or "corrupting." https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trump-is-challenging-americas-judicial-system-during-his-second-term npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. – Martin Luther King Jr. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Is there nothing the NY Times won't allow Trump to weasel out of? "Appears to"??? https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/934/387/402/750/652/original/4fb5d98df1e59608.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Here's a Hairy Woodpecker in my back yard today. Also had a Downy and Nuttall's. Woodpecker hat trick. #birds 🐦⬛🪶 https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/930/561/139/832/769/original/0d4779a7559c5f77.jpg npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Imagine knowing your political leader is mentally unstable, dangerous, and corrupt and refusing to admit it or do anything about it. Now meet all GOP representatives and senators. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick After an intense 1-hour workout at the gym today, our class instructor played Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" during the cool down and let me tell you, it was perfect. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I can't repeat this enough. #nevent1q…we98 npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick When some Trump stormtrooper asks "show me your papers." https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/906/009/001/106/257/original/d9f9f5a079425147.jpg npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Climate change has already made the United States poorer. And the costs are continuing to rise. #climatechange https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504376122 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 First they came for the immigrants, then they came for the LGBTQi, then they came for all POC, then they came for the ... "Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/upenn-trump-jews-list npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump to America https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/891/860/412/930/437/original/086838600098aa9b.jpg npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Gee, why do we even have courts anymore... "DOJ says Halligan is still a US attorney, despite a judge disqualifying her" https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/13/lindsey-halligan-us-attorney-doj-00726362 npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Climate, scarcity, mismanagement, corruption. The role of water in Iran's crisis. How Is Climate Change Impacting Water Cycle I Iran's Water Crisis Explai... https://youtube.com/watch?v=EkcIhnGhPik&si=PT1LJiCHW4XNnI3x 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. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share 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. I mean not funny. 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. #RFKJr #smoking https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/new-us-dietary-guidelines-include-alcohol-guidance/story?id=128994007 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. Clean, safe water is a deeply bipartisan issue. We'll see if enough GOP legislators find a spine. https://wapo.st/4qLixQA npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Stephen Miller's "Might makes right" unhindered by morality is the very essence of authoritarian fascism. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-greenland-venezuela.html npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick As the calendar year begins, a reminder of the rapid acceleration of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, driving increasingly severe #climate changes. Shown are the past 2000 years of CO2 concentrations. Stop burning fossil fuels. https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/844/793/210/766/888/original/cbc12638e2bb1115.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I've said this before and I'll say it again. It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in. 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. https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/833/527/610/455/071/original/968fe686edbf2da0.jpg 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. Even leaving out the massive economic costs of #climate changes caused by burning fossil fuels, #renewableenergy is cheaper now. 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. https://www.wired.com/story/people-who-drink-bottled-water-on-a-daily-basis-ingest-90000-more-microplastics-per-year npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick 2025 will go down in history as a consequential turning point. We just don't know yet in which direction. And no, I don't need your prediction. The fight continues. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn't like, while ignoring and censoring real environmental security threats. That's corrupt and dangerous. https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/trump-is-manipulating-national-security-to-stop-energy-projects-he-doesnt-like npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick @nprofile…nks4 @nprofile…mas0 Unless it's going in his pocket. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick My newest opinion piece just published. "Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like" https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/trump-is-manipulating-national-security-to-stop-energy-projects-he-doesnt-like npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Stop burning fossil fuels. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick The renamed Donald Trump National Forest https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/750/539/034/458/572/original/bd0df3119f14743b.png 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? Apparently the Trump/GOP/MAGA cult never learned the rule about taking off a band-aid. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This. Thank you @nprofile…qcad https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w6W5B-E npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Another war that Trump "ended" hasn't ended. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mpje3e2xmo npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I say with confidence if AI requires fusion plants to succeed, it will fail. There will be no viable commercial (or probably even experimental) working fusion plants for decades, if ever. By viable, I mean capable of producing practical energy, cost-effectively. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/12/18/trump-media-to-merge-with-nuclear-fusion-company-to-power-ai npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I still refuse to call it anything other than National Airport. I'll add this one to the list. https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-8b7159067174f3a0070b877c149ff0a7 npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick God, there's going to be a long list of things to reverse once these egotistical authoritarians are out of power. Trump's sycophants rename the Kennedy Center after Trump. https://apnews.com/article/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-8b7159067174f3a0070b877c149ff0a7 FCC edits website to remove "independent" from its description. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/brendan-carr-fcc-independent-senate-testimony-website npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This is not an exaggeration: There is not a single weather forecaster, TV meteorologist, airline pilot, computer scientist, or climate scientist in the WORLD whose work or life wasn't directly or indirectly improved or influenced by the science done at NCAR. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ 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. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ 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. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick This is an intellectual war crime. NCAR is one of the nation's, and the world's, pre-eminent research institutions. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ 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. https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/730/915/911/972/732/original/669682d0f2fc9df2.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Breaking news: Trump renames Christmas as Trumpmas. Says Christ was "woke" and not as much of a savior as himself. npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick As long correctly predicted by global #climate models... "New report finds the Arctic continues to warm faster than the planet as a whole" https://www.npr.org/2025/12/16/nx-s1-5639224/arctic-climate-change-noaa-report 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. https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/economy/us-jobs-report-final-november-october npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick #Affordability? "Energy bills in US have increased 13% since Trump took office." Why? Trump cancelled 25,000 MWe of new (cheaper renewable) power plants, while demand is surging due to data centers and other uses, causing prices to rise and consumers to pay more. https://abcnews.go.com/US/energy-bills-us-increased-13-trump-office-new/story npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick What's that saying? All hat, no cattle? https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/709/233/237/804/053/original/975749ea042b5e0c.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick There is no stopping the progress of #science. "In a First, Photos Show Moths Sipping a Moose’s Tears" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/photos-reveal-moths-sipping-tears-from-a-moose/ https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/708/125/719/880/555/original/e5fefcc5482bed73.png npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick "Hmm" Trump thinks to himself, "What else can I do to destroy the US tourism industry?" "Foreigners allowed to travel to the U.S. without a visa could soon face new social media screening" https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/foreigners-allowed-to-travel-to-the-u-s-without-a-visa-could-soon-face-new-social-media-screening https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/698/099/357/093/057/original/1c902395f4482e41.png 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. Commit crimes? Threaten judges. He does it here in the US too. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-prosecute-trump-2025-12-10/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Everything Trump does is a metaphor. He knows only how to destroy, not to build. Destroy the East Wing with no new design or blueprint. Destroy US healthcare without having a replacement. Destroy the US economy without having a fix. Destroy environmental regulations without any new protections. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/white-house-ballroom-construction-east-wing-site-photos npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Water fact. What's the single largest irrigated crop in the United States? .... .... .... Lawns. Substantial potential to reduce US #water use exists by improving watering practices for lawns, or replacing them with low-water-using gardens and alternatives. https://pacinst.org/publication/untapped-potential-municipal-and-industrial-water-efficiency-potential-in-the-united-states/ 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. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/data-center-water-pollution-amazon-oregon-1235466613 npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick I'm not sure this story is getting the attention it deserves. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/21/october-inflation-report-cancelled-fed-rate 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. https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-erases-references-to-human-caused-climate-change-from-websites/ 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. Record levels reported in 2024. https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/violence-over-water-resources-reaches-record-levels npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Yes, it's a cult of personality. Visitors to 116 national parks can no longer get in for free on MLK Day or Juneteenth, federal holidays celebrating Black history (June 19 marks the end of slavery). They will, however, now get in free on Trump’s birthday, which he just added to the list. https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/national-parks-change-prioritizes-trump-birthday-21219336.php 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. https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/12/water-conflicts-surge-globally-a-conversation-on-rising-threats/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Two groups are cheering Trump's efforts to weaken US automobile efficiency standards: The petroleum industry and The Chinese automobile industry. 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. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-12-02/trump-to-dial-back-fuel-economy-rules-in-nod-to-rising-car-prices 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. California's energy system is now coal free. https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-coal-dead 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. Then why isn't he charging the officer who DID order it? npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Damn it. Do it anyway because it's the right thing to do. https://www.axios.com/2025/12/01/jeffries-hegseth-impeach-venezuela-drug-boats 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. https://thebulletin.org/2025/11/a-climate-scientist-reflects-on-30-years-fighting-the-forces-of-unreason/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick "Climate breakdown can be seen in the data" Large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications #water #climate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/climate-crisis-depleting-europe-groundwater-reserves-analysis 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. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/ npub1f6p27fcenvph4dlg3p43tnfwq5dzvw8ayhzzlp078csjennq2vrskdygnk Peter Gleick Killing unarmed civilians is the same war crime for which Lieutenant Calley was convicted during the Vietnam war. Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/ 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 2024 saw a record number of violent incidents over water around the world, far surpassing the 355 in 2023, continuing a steeply rising trend. Violence has more than quadrupled in the last five years. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-11-26/la-enviro-violence-over-water 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 https://fediscience.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/597/390/141/851/046/original/598b6dfa0c04b346.jpg