Chico Harlan

Huge ongoing power outage in Spain and Portugal with no explanation yet given. It’s halted trains, stopped the Madrid Open tennis match, forced hospitals on to back-up generators, and brought transactions to a stand-still (because machines can’t process credit card payments). https://t.co/y4Ubll7zW1

I wrote so many stories about abuse in the Catholic Church during the pontificate of Francis. And this is something of an epilogue: The next pope will inherit a crisis that is changing — but decidedly not over. https://t.co/qnSzKwQsO5

In ways that proved prescient, Pope Francis was quick to grasp the risks posed by climate change. But his tenure showed humanity’s limits in confronting the peril. My piece on the legacy of the “climate pope.” https://t.co/520JlYqiGP

RT @griffwitte: A story you'll need to read to believe: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on the Houthis in a S…

Who gets to decide whether African countries can exploit their natural resources? Activists and oil proponents are in a showdown over a pipeline in Uganda, with both sides claiming the moral high ground. https://t.co/bOHWFpArTz

RT @eilperin: NEW: This single pipeline captures the current state of whether the world will shift away from oil, and what it means for bot…

The sides depicted here have been fighting for years. They both think they have the moral high ground. This story moves back and forth across the battle lines — and gives a sense of why the future of oil is so emotionally contested. https://t.co/p13NHK5trj

Here’s a tip from a professional journalist who tried for years (and failed comprehensively) to develop sources within the pope’s medical team: If you see gossip about Francis’s health, it’s probably coming from somebody not directly involved in his care.

Raymond Arroyo @RaymondArroyo

I am now hearing similar reports from the Gemelli clinic. Pray for Francis.

"The old saying is that the pope's never sick until he's dead. That's changed." —> good story here on the Vatican’s surprisingly forthcoming health updates on Francis.

Joshua McElwee @joshjmcelwee

For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. But as Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia at Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14, the Vatican has been trying something new. For @Reuters: https://t.co/MenCXHEsq5

RT @eilperin: It's official: you just lived through the hottest year on record - again -- as 2024 blew past every other year. The globe was…

I used to love this annual list, but it feels kind of tired, no? I think for the age of overtourism they should have 52 Places NOT to Go and have dystopian dispatches of heat, crowds, bad meals and expensive hotels. https://t.co/4kAqTcrlNq

RT @samstein: This may be one of the most profound pieces of TV/cable journalism i've seen in ages. https://t.co/G2wKjLWC9R

Perhaps it was inevitable that this is how global climate finance talks would end: at a miserable windowless venue that had run out of food, with sleep-deprived delegates agreeing to a deal they didn’t want, just before they left to catch planes. https://t.co/tYrVkdm69c

COP29 — now 30 hours past the deadline — is trying its best to defeat the human spirit. So I will just say that the music played before metro stops in Baku is fabulous, and the 4-second melody at Ganjlik station makes me feel happy every day. https://t.co/cu3tI2x8Qj

RT @AlecMacGillis: For years, Zambia has been able to power itself with virtually zero carbon emissions, thanks to hydropower from the Zamb…

Think about this perverse climate change cycle. Drought ➡️ hydropower shortfalls ➡️ nationwide blackouts ➡️ a boom in charcoal demand for cooking ➡️ more deforestation. This is all happening right now in Zambia. https://t.co/F5lzdeBlx7

Good post here from the @guardian. If you want an event with global participation, including from the poorest countries in the world (which have so much at stake), a $5.50 snickers bar is overtly unfair. https://t.co/ltjaMcD8CA