Bernadette Walker

Every year, a lottery determines who gets an H-1B visa to work in the US. The game, it turns out, is rigged. Outsourcing and staffing firms are exploiting loopholes, crowding out US employers and immigrants who play it fair. We have exclusive data to show it for the 1st time 🧵

New AI data centers are coming online so fast that the electricity demand is straining global power grids and threatening clean energy goals trib.al/6pouIQr

New from me for @BW @business & @economics: On Good Friday the Milwaukee factory that's churned out the locks that secure America's high school lockers for 85 yrs is closing. And that's emblematic of a swing-state soft spot in Biden's factory renaissance. bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

🧵The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the story of just how bad things are at the drought-stricken Panama Canal. Hundreds of vessels have been backed up at the critical shipping corridor, which handles $270 billion a year in global trade: trib.al/pjUCvtc

In 2011, Elon Musk scoffed at the idea of BYD competing with Tesla in a Bloomberg TV interview. Now, the Chinese carmaker is set to become the world's No. 1 EV maker trib.al/Bv0UIk9

Bloomberg Businessweek's investigation into how sick kids got contaminated cancer drugs. In Colombia four children died and more than a hundred fell ill. But the drug company keeps selling cancer medicine. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The US has no federal laws to fight deepfake porn. So when a group of young women saw their photos were manipulated online, they took matters into their own hands trib.al/rUdORNL

🧵 Nations will be urged at #COP28 to triple renewable energy capacity this decade. China — the world's top polluter — is on track, propelled by a strategy to use remote regions for green projects. Bloomberg visited these sites and interviewed officials: bloom.bg/47yxOL6

The new Cold War is a business opportunity, and Mexico looks better placed than almost any other country to seize it. Read The Big Take. Free to read here bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…

It's hot and getting hotter much faster than our attempts to cool things down. All is not lost though — not yet. We have the tools, but we're going to have to go a whole lot bigger and faster to beat the heat before it's too late. Gift link ⬇️ bloomberg.com/news/features/…

The hottest June on record has been followed by an early July boasting 10 of the hottest days. An El Niño intensifies in the Pacific Ocean, while Florida waters hit an unprecedented 90F (32.2C). 2023 is already on track to be the hottest yet. Free @climate bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

At 94, Mario Melani doesn't look like the face of a new fashion movement. But as he snips away buttons and zippers from discarded wool garments in a warehouse in Italy, he understands environmental implications many brands don't: “The alternative for all this would be the bin.”

Record flooding in Pakistan last year left a third of the country underwater. One year later, survivors are still struggling to rebuild their lives. @FaseehMangi reports trib.al/ttB6BcC

Thread 🧵1) With monsoon season fast approaching, #Pakistan has already seen heavy rains and strong winds resulting in dozens of fatalities. This year, though, the rain is falling on a country still reeling. bloomberg.com/news/features/… w @FaseehMangi

I regret to inform you that exposure to #WildfireSmoke increases your risk of catching #covid, and of experiencing worse impacts if you have it. My latest @climate with a free link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Check out this almost unbelievable time-lapse of wildfire smoke consuming the World Trade Center and the New York City skyline. Those vulnerable to poor air quality, including seniors and young children, should limit time outdoors if possible. More: AirNow.gov

As wildfire smoke blankets the US, here’s how to protect yourself bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Canadian land scorched so far is 13 times the average for past decade bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

And it's going to last for days: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New York was the most polluted major city in the world on Tuesday night, as smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed the city in haze, according to the IQAir website bloomberg.com/news/articles/…