Laura Paddison

New reports paint picture of an ‘extremely dangerous’ future with warming expected to blow past key limit | CNN Melting ice sheets. Massive flooding. Dead coral reefs. Humanity is careening toward an untenable future as global temperatures rise, scientists warn

A sobering take on what a slew of new reports say about how the world will look under 2-3°C+ of warming. W/ @laurapaddison.bsky.social & insights from @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, @kimcobb.bsky.social, @weatherwest.bsky.social & others. www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/c... (For CNN subscribers.)

A big trial in a small North Dakota courtroom is testing the First Amendment in the era of Trump | CNN The environmental groups is being sued over anti-pipeline protests nearly a decade ago. What’s decided here could have wide ranging impacts on protest in the US.

Energy Transfer Partners--a significant Trump-backer and the company behind the infamous Dakota Access oil Pipeline--is suing @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social in North Dakota in a significant test of First Amendment Rights under the Trump regime.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/c...

China made a bet decades ago because it couldn’t compete with the US on cars. That bet is paying off big | CNN By any measure, China’s EV growth has been extraordinary — more than half of new cars sold last year were electric. The global implications could be staggering.

New from @laurapaddison.bsky.social & me: a look at China's “irreversible transformation" on EVs and possibly reaching peak oil. As the world’s biggest oil importer, what happens here has ripple effects across the global oil market. www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/c...

Trump wants to buy Greenland again. Here’s why he’s so interested in the world’s largest island | CNN US President-elect Donald Trump says owning the Arctic island is vital for national security, but experts say he may also be eyeing other aspects of Greenland such as its trove of natural resources

Trump has revived the idea of the US buying Greenland. Here's why this vast Arctic island is so appealing to him www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/c...