Amanda Kolson Hurley

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Climate editor at Bloomberg, author and modern architecture booster
I’m not not linking from the birdsite to my accounts elsewhere. Every day I care less about potentially being banned
FDA looking at the application for Elon to put microchips in people's brains and then at his Twitter account and then back at the application
Sanctimonious fortune cookie, smh
Hello! I’m an #architecturalhistorian interested particularly in modern and contemporary religious architecture and in #historicpreservation. I’m a #phd student at UC Santa Barbara. I also translate from German to English and write about buildings and cities. In a previous life I worked as a #landscape designer.
Wondering what #climate and #architecture folks think of SOM’s proposal for a “carbon absorbing” building that uses direct air capture? I am skeptical about the immediately buildable claim, at the least… https://www.som.com/news/at-cop27-som-presents-urban-sequoia-now-a-carbon-absorbing-building-design-that-can-be-constructed-today/
At COP27, SOM Presents "Urban Sequoia NOW," a Carbon-Absorbing Building Design That Can be Constructed Today – SOM

SOM
It's always a challenge to explain how the COPs (annual UN #climate talks) are simultaneously anticlimactic events where very little usually happens of lasting significance and also the single most critical, consequential organizing and motivating element of palpable global progress. #COP27
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-10/climate-projections-again-point-to-dangerous-2-7c-rise-by-2100
Climate Projections Again Point to Dangerous 2.7C Rise by 2100

Researchers at Climate Action Tracker warn that the global rush for gas poses new risks to long-term progress on emissions targets. 

Bloomberg
Good news for #climate and #environment Mastodonians: The Bloomberg Green paywall is down during #COP27. Follow our coverage of the summit and click around our archive to your heart’s content at https://www.bloomberg.com/green
Bloomberg Green - Bloomberg

Climate news and data-driven insights from Bloomberg's global newsroom covering the latest in science, environmental impacts, zero-emission tech and green finance — with a focus on solutions.

Bloomberg.com
Hi, my #introduction: I’m a US journalist covering #climatechange and the environment for Bloomberg News after many years focusing on #architecture and #urbanplanning. Hoping to find people who share those interests here, whether they’re part of the #TwitterMigration or not! 💚