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Trump. My first takeaway is that donald trump is not the man sending off a lot of the tweets he fires off. Maybe the ones in the middle of the night, but not all the time. Ellen not all the time. Brad, who runs the data operations for the organization, for the trump company, i mean organization, campaign. He is doing some of the tweeting. Mr. Trump does some himself. But while he is on stage, if you have been wondering who mans the twitter buttons, it is brad. We introduce you to him in this sto...

Trump. My first takeaway is that donald trump is not the man sending off a lot of the tweets he fires off. Maybe the ones in the middle of the night, but not all the time. Ellen not all the time. Brad, who runs the data operations for the organization, for the trump company, i mean organization, campaign. He is doing some of the tweeting. Mr. Trump does some himself. But while he is on stage, if you have been wondering who mans the twitter buttons, it is brad. We introduce you to him in this sto...

This year climate change will be part of almost every major story from elections to natural disasters.

A new study indicates that forest projects in the state’s cap-and-trade system provide little additional benefit for the climate.

By Ben Elgin | Bloomberg Since the passage of its landmark climate regulations 17 years ago, California has been a leader in the fight against global warming.…

Clicking the “carbon neutral” box at checkout might make you feel good, but it’s better to focus on changes that more directly reduce greenhouse gasses.

When Curt Kinder bought a new electric Chevy Bolt three years ago, he wanted an excuse to drive it as often as possible. “It’s so smooth, quiet and agile,” he said. So the 55-year-old electrical engineer and business owner in Jacksonville, Florida, signed up to become one of the first electric vehicle owners to drive for Uber and Lyft. Like any curious engineer, Kinder kept a meticulous spreadsheet of income and expenses for all of his 6,000-plus ride-hailing trips. He quickly realized an...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of those potentially game-changing solutions. The TPP is a trade agreement designed to promote economic growth by enhancing trade and investment among twelve TPP partner countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including the United States…. It’s not often that large-scale opportunities arise to help protect our planet. And surprisingly enough, the TPP, if it is done right, can offer a valuable way forward. —Carter Roberts, President and CEO of World...

Nature Conservancy investigating its own sales of potentially meaningless carbon credits By Ben Elgin on 4/5/2021 Carbon offsets are a key tool for corporations to meet climate goals. SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg) --Following concerns that it is facilitating the sale of meaningless carbon credits to corporate clients, the Nature Conservancy says it’s conducting an internal review of its portfolio of carbon-offset projects. The nonprofit owns or has helped develo...

This is the Dec. 31, 2020, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. One of the best road trips I’ve ever taken was a sightseeing tour of the Colorado River, where it straddles the California-Arizona state line. I stood at the edge of Imperial Dam near the Mexican border, which diverts water to the farm fields of the Imperial Valley, then drove north to Cibola National Wildl...