Bill Weir
@BillWeirCNN
@cnn storyteller covering the fate of life on 🌏 The Wonder List is now on @streamonmax and my new book LIFE AS WE KNOW IT (CAN BE) is out now.
A rare—and huge—conservation win in Georgia, where citizens, donors and the editorial board at the @ajc managed to protect a key ecosystem when the Governor wouldn’t. ajc.com/opinion/2025/0…
My latest is a deep dive into the handful of artists forcing significant change in their industry while trying to make the clean energy revolution irresistible for fans. Saturday at 8 ET on @CNN billboard.com/music/music-ne… via @billboard
"A Times analysis found that 69% of those arrested during that period had no criminal conviction and 58% had never been charged with a crime... Nearly 48% were Mexican, 16% were from Guatemala and 8% from El Salvador." latimes.com/california/sto…
If CO2 is just harmless plant food and NOT planet-cooking pollution, why shut down the world's best CO2 sensors? Shouldn't they be posting every chart from Mauna Loa and cheering the red line's rise? cnn.com/2025/07/01/cli…
I always learn so much reading @MikeGrunwald and he's even better live! Check out his new book, We Are Eating the Earth for some hard-but-important truth
Full house! It was so much fun, and @BillWeirCNN is so great.
“Saudi Arabia’s big businesses are embracing solar power as they seek to save on energy costs after the government eliminated electricity subsidies in the world’s largest oil exporter.” ft.com/content/f6dc63… via @ft
100 lies in 100 days* *"This is not a comprehensive list of the president’s false claims during this period (there were well over 100 in all) or a count of how many total times he was inaccurate (he uttered many of these 100 claims over and over again)." cnn.com/politics/fact-…
"Marisa said the agents tore apart every square inch of the house and what few belongings they had, seizing their phones, laptops and their life savings in cash as 'evidence.'...and said it could be days or months before they are returned" kfor.com/news/local/wer…
Thanks for all the great reader reviews, you lovable Earthlings. billweirclimate.com
Instead of preparing for another brutal hurricane season, folks at FEMA are being forced to take lie-detector tests as hundreds of veteran emergency managers are fired. cnn.com/2025/04/23/pol…
Everything is blowing up in Elon Musk’s face cnn.com/2025/04/03/bus…
“In what should be one of the most urgent meetings of the year — aimed at slowing a global crisis fast spiraling out of control — the talks have descended into a circus of boycotts, political tirades and fossil fuels celebrations…” cnn.com/2024/11/15/cli…
Purple Rain is closer in time to World War II than today. Enjoy your evening.
New reporting that RFK Jr. was driven out of major environmental NGO's because his anti-vax views repelled scientists and would've make it harder to use data to stop polluters in court.
R.F.K. Jr. didn’t retire from Riverkeeper, the environmental group he helped build—he was pushed out. @MichaelOreskes trib.al/k1h8jEZ