Akshat Rathi

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Google is no longer claiming to be carbon neutral. The move has all sorts of implications for how companies go about making climate claims, buying carbon credits, and generally contributing to the climate fight. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutralwww.bloomberg.com The tech giant, which has seen its planet-warming emissions rise because of artificial intelligence, has stopped buying cheap offsets behind the neutrality claim. The company now aims to reach net-zer...

After the election, more than half of all members of parliament in the UK have never held the position before. First-time MPs: 334/650 Women MPs: 264/650 Ethnic minority MPs: 89/650 www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Where will they all sit? Commons welcomes 334 rookie MPs in most diverse parliamentwww.theguardian.com The new house has a record number of women and ethnic minority members, but finding seats could be hard during busy debates

Just spotted this SAIC delivery van. SAIC! Londoners may be driving a Kia EV and taking a Tesla Uber, but their public transport is a BYD electric bus and their deliveries are SAIC vans. Chinese EVs are already here!

Another major carbon offset market fraud. This time involving credits tied to clean cookstoves. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Carbon Offsets Developer Reports Ex-CEO to Feds Over Bad Creditswww.bloomberg.com C-Quest, a carbon offsets developer, said former CEO Kenneth Newcombe engaged in wrongdoing that resulted in millions of worthless credits.

The US's other big technology failure was less down to government and more down to one corporation. The result is the same: the US invents a technology but fails to reap the rewards. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFLj...

America’s Big Chipmaking Blunderwww.youtube.com ASML is behind what’s arguably the most important technology in the world right now: extreme ultraviolet lithography machines. Without these $200 million EUV...

"British Experience" is written on the side of a damaged vessel in Barbados, which was affected by unprecedented Category 5 hurricane Beryl. In a way, we are all living this British experience that began with the industrial age. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

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I'm looking forward to chatting with @akshatrathi.bsky.social about his book, Climate Capitalism, at Manny's in SF on Saturday, July 20. Please come join the conversation Bay Area energy & climate folks. www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-ca...

Climate Capitalism - Book Talk with Author Akshat Ratiniwww.eventbrite.com Join us for a lively discussion with author Akshat Ratini about how capitalism can help combat climate change!

Uh...what!? "A 306-megawatt wind farm off Shanghai has been officially approved to supply electricity at 27% below the coal power price benchmark." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China’s Offshore Wind Power Prices to Undercut Coal This Yearwww.bloomberg.com China will see the price of offshore wind power dip below that of coal-generated electricity for the first time this year, as the government approves a raft of the renewable energy projects.

A blast from the past. George W Bush in a hydrogen-powered electric bus in 2006 in California. georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/release...

Ford CEO: "As a lifelong petrol head, I was surprised as anyone when I fell in love with electric vehicles." www.linkedin.com/pulse/confes...

Confessions from a lifelong Petrol Head. I love electric vehicles and it has nothing to do with politics.www.linkedin.com The rumble of a V-8 feels like the soundtrack of my life. So as a lifelong petrol head, I was surprised as anyone when I fell in love with electric vehicles.

More than ever, we need humour www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhdU...

Drawing the Tory era: 14 years of austerity in cartoonswww.youtube.com Ben Jennings is an award-winning cartoonist and illustrator who has been capturing the essence of UK politics for longer than a decade.Subscribe to The Guard...

Am I happy living in the 21st century rather than the 20th century? OMG, yes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSG...

Macmillan Joins AA - QI - Series 9 - Episode 10 - BBC Twowww.youtube.com Subscribe and 🔔 to the BBC 👉 https://bit.ly/BBCYouTubeSubWatch the BBC first on iPlayer 👉 https://bbc.in/iPlayer-Home More about this programme: http://ww...

The thing that is most surprising to me on this chart is that the UK government had a recommended limit on takeout meals at 600 calories. www.theguardian.com/society/arti...

I don't know why people think doomism is dead. The longer it takes to cut emissions, the more people are likely to fall for that line of thinking. Just look at this new book... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘What if there just is no solution?’ How we are all in denial about the climate crisiswww.theguardian.com In his new book, Tad DeLay suggests there is no rosy roadmap to go forward – but there are things we can do

Local solutions to a global problem are already causing geopolitical tensions, such as tariffs on China. It's likely to get wilder with ideas such as marine cloud brightening being used to bring heat relief in the US, which causes a heat wave in Europe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study findswww.theguardian.com Scientists call for regulation to stop regional use of marine cloud brightening having negative impact elsewhere

Mecca: Hundreds die because of heat exhaustion as climate change causes temperatures to rise. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... Govt response: Health Ministry Urges Pilgrims to Use Umbrellas to Avoid Sunstroke www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2122871

Hundreds Die in Hajj Pilgrimage as Heat Soars in Saudi Arabiawww.bloomberg.com Hundreds of pilgrims died at the annual Hajj gathering in Saudi Arabia amid searing heat that the kingdom said was its biggest challenge this year.

"It's not easy being a green capitalist." Enjoyed chatting to Vox's Noel King for this episode of Today, Explained. www.vox.com/today-explai...

Today, Explained podcastwww.vox.com Today, Explained is Vox’s daily news explainer podcast. Hosts Sean Rameswaram and Noel King will guide you through the most important stories of the day. You can listen to it, and more Vox podca...

Is climate change a threat? Yes Can climate change be an opportunity? Yes Will things get worse as we heat up the planet? Yes Can things get better despite heating the planet? Yes Will leaders never take all the steps we must to act? Yes Can we make leaders do lot more? Yes

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Electric vs Gas xkcd.com/2948

I'm reliving the past six months of extreme weather for a Bloomberg Green story. The photos of destruction are stunning, and still this photo of a Ferrari suffering as a result Dubai floods stands out. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

I'm tired of Google Docs suggesting "gasses" every time I write "gases". Yes, the settings are for American English and yes, it's time to end American exceptionalism.

At the end of a longish conversation on WhatsApp, my dad writes "Okay." with that stop. He means nothing but ok. He's done it so many times. But it breaks the convention of every other WhatsApp chat ending. So I still have to ask myself every time: "I didn't anger him, right?"

"The pilgrims died as a result of exposure to extreme sun and heat, Jordan’s official news agency said, as hundreds of thousands poured into Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Muslim holy trip." www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/w...

14 Jordanians Die in Intense Heat During Hajj Pilgrimagewww.nytimes.com The pilgrims died as a result of exposure to extreme sun and heat, Jordan’s official news agency said, as hundreds of thousands poured into Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Muslim holy trip.

Heat exhaustion is coming for tourists with grim results apnews.com/article/gree...

Dutch tourist found dead on Greek island and 4 other foreign tourists are missing on 3 islandsapnews.com Local media are reporting that a missing Dutch tourist has been found dead on the eastern Greek island of Samos.

Study electricity for just a little bit and you'll see why this is a worthy use of a time machine. xkcd.com/567/

Catan: New Energies isn’t called something like Catan: Climate Catastrophe www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

In Catan: New Energies, the Goal Is Avoiding Climate Catastrophewww.bloomberg.com Growth isn’t always good in a new version of Catan, which asks players to balance development and fossil fuel production against climate disaster.

"Close your eyes and imagine a red apple. What do you see? Turns out there’s a whole spectrum of answers to that question." radiolab.org/podcast/apha...

Aphantasiaradiolab.org What does it mean to see – and not see – in your mind?

In which @eroston.bsky.social and I share our HATE for a question www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...

Zero: Climate Change Brings Weird Weather… Everywhere - Bloombergwww.bloomberg.com Understand every aspect of the global economy – and know how to make your next move.

Oh wow. Telstra was consistently one of the biggest buyers of cheap, junk offsets in our analyses. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

“If companies weren’t able to use carbon credits, a vast number of them would have to adopt less ambitious targets, which would be disastrous for our efforts to fight climate change" 🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐 www.theage.com.au/technology/t...

Telstra ditches carbon credits to push harder on direct emissionswww.theage.com.au The telco giant, one of Australia’s largest electricity users, has beefed up its 2030 emissions reduction targets and won’t use carbon offsets to get there.

Big Companies Claim ‘Carbon Neutrality’ Using Junk Carbon Offsetswww.bloomberg.com Bloomberg Green performed the broadest investigation yet of how companies rely on bogus offsets for their climate promises.

Has any book changed the course of your career? For Vitor Candido it was Climate Capitalism! 😍https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7206980564468301827/