Peter Aldhous

ICYMI during the week

I remember touring the structure when there was still hope to restore the pier. That must have been before 2001. Then came arson attacks in 2003. And now a battle with the waves. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

NEW: This piece launches a ccij.io collaboration with @urbanjournalism.bsky.social on a project to quantify the toll from extreme heat, backed by @journalismfund.bsky.social and advised by @pmasselot.bsky.social of @lshtm.bsky.social veza.news/article/2026...

In a movie they would end up being mauled to death by their own creations and nobody would shed a tear for them

Springer Nature had already sold the soul of Scientific American before they sold the publication ... www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Lovely evening

Good piece from @lindageddes.bsky.social on her experience with "byline theft," probably facilitated by AI. Freelancing is hard enough without this ... www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]

Interesting

we spent months reporting in Altadena for @insideclimatenews.org and found outside parties have advanced development faster than owners of homes that burned in Eaton Fire Upwards of 300 new structures, from what families call “predatory” developers, have been approved; wt @ninardietz.bsky.social

A new analysis that looked at just one piece of reforms detailed in the tentative Senate deal & for just part of the US, the reforms could cut CO2 emissions by 71 million metric tons, or 9%, in 2035 compared to a non-reform scenario. Story @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Learn from @weatherwest.bsky.social how the incoming El Niño is literally off the charts and defying existing scientific categorization for strong events insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

Story after story right now about OpenAI models failing on safety, but it’s all been in the context of cybersecurity. What about ChatGPT fueling school shooters? We just published a major investigation exposing that further and the details are beyond disturbing www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

One of humanity's greatest heroes

The 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly opened with clashing worldviews: one arguing for shared climate policy, protecting forests and regulating AI. The other boasted climate denial, celebrated fossil fuel expansion and attacked global climate regulation.

Great to be back at @ucscscicomm.bsky.social with the new class, and many thanks @paulrogerssjm.bsky.social for an inspiring and informative guest spot talking about finding story ideas!

Recycling efforts could slash emissions at little cost. Read our full @insideclimatenews.org e analysis here insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202... with Rudy Lu and @peteraldhous.com, graphics by @paulhornographic.bsky.social.

Wolves are an easy target, but what's really harming ranchers' bottomline? @jakebolster.bsky.social & @peteraldhous.com take a look for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...

Exclusive: China’s electric grid releases vast quantities of the world’s most potent greenhouse gas. A low-cost recycling program could go a long way toward curbing that, an @insideclimatenews.org analysis reveals. My latest, w/ Rudy Lu and @peteraldhous.com insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...

Hear from both ranchers and conservationists about why Trump's executive order to begin delisting wolves may not offer ranches much financial relief from some of his other policies. Always a pleasure to team up with @peteraldhous.com. insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...

Here we go again ... lookout.co/fire-reignit...

NEW from @jakebolster.bsky.social and I for @insideclimatenews.org: Trump Targets Big Bad Wolves, but Ranchers Say Other Administration Actions Drive Their Woes insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...

Photo from just before the anvil hit? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...

European emissions: France’s wildfires sent 1.5 million metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere, the largest amount since tracking began in 2003, according to a new report from the EU’s @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social observation service buff.ly/MT8UUxd

No, we are not insideclimatenews.org/news/0209202...

Inside Climate News shared its findings—including that lawsuits against the worst polluters have "fallen off a cliff" during Trump 2.0—with the EPA, @peteraldhous.com reports. The agency asked for a deadline extension to comment, then ultimately stopped responding to emails.

Smart analysis from my colleague @peteraldhous.com, showing what's happened to EPA. Share this one with anyone who doesn't quite understand what's happening or the stakes. insideclimatenews.org/news/0109202...