Commentary: An oil company joins with the Trump administration to bully California over offshore drilling Sable Offshore was bound by a court order not to restart its oil pipelines. It got Trump's help to circumvent the order.

An oil company joins with the Trump administration to bully California over offshore drilling

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Western Red Rattlesnake on the trail in Laguna Beach. What a beauty! 🐍

The ocean off California keeps breaking heat records The marine heat wave of 2026 is simmering the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California, and experts are warning that it could lead to a warm, humid and stormy summer.

We acknowledge that more than 90% of the heat from global warming has gone into the ocean but then act surprised when this happens.

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

Key words, “conceded defeat”

In a first, renewables beat natural gas on US grid last month It’s just one month, but it’s a sign of where the U.S. is headed as renewable energy — namely solar — surges onto the grid.

Even Trump’s bad policies can't stop renewables now.

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Found many dead Cormorants on Crystal Cove State Park beach in Southern CA today. Probably a dozen in a 2.5 mile stretch. Maybe marine heat wave or avian flu?? 🤷‍♂️ Anyone know why?

🇰🇭 Cambodia unveils statue for mine-sniffing hero rat

Cambodia unveils a statue of the landmine-hunting rat, Magawa, the only rat ever awarded the PDSA Gold Medal for animal bravery.

It’s an even better time to oppose plans to open the entire CA coast to offshore surfrider.advocacyai.com/action/prote...

Remember when Bill Clinton spoke to his AG for a few seconds privately, on the tarmac, and the US media, following the instructions of bad-faith wingnuts, made a huge multi-week scandal out of it?

BROOKLYN! There’s only a handful of tickets left to our climate comedy show.

If you want to come laugh and dance with us, now’s your chance.✨

🎟️ Grab your tickets before they’re gone!

@brooklynbotanic.bsky.social

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No big deal just a solar eclipse as seen from the moon streamed to us here on Earth by astronauts who are farther away from their home planet than any human has ever been

Just tried to buy LA28 Olympic tickets via the lottery. Surfing & Climbing unavailable 🤷‍♂️ Random Prelim waterpolo game $556 for 2 tickets. No thanks.

What's cheaper: Fueling your car with gas or electricity? » Yale Climate Connections Here’s the answer for every U.S. state.

Speaking of energy prices… “In all 50 states, the cost of home-charging an EV is considerably cheaper than fueling a car with gasoline” — @climateconnections.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/what...

Very proud of the @surfrider Kauai folks who've been collecting 1000s of these traps.

Source Identification of Multinational Abandoned, Lost, or Discarded Fishing Gear from the Eel and Hagfish Trap Fisheries throughout the North Pacific Ocean

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Oil spill deals economic blow to fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico A major oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico has spread more than 370 miles across the water and seeped into seven nature reserves.

Drilling inevitably leads to spilling. This is what we want to avoid in California but the Trump Admin is doing everything they can to open our coasts to offshore drilling.

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Yesterday at the @surfrider.org all staff retreat we saw a
🐢 sea turtle
🦭 a seal lion
🦈 a juvenile great while shark breach
🐬🐬dolphins, and
🐋 a whale
go by San Onofre State Beach.

An incredible display of ocean wildlife right off shore. Definitely worth protecting! #theoceanneedsmorefriends

Interior secretary joins Chevron CEO onstage to disparage land protection The interior secretary joined Chevron's CEO onstage to disparage land conservation.

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I cod do this all day.

I am hooked.

The WeWork of politics.

Trump Backs Calif. Offshore Oil Plan Amid Fuel Price Spike - TT President Trump is preparing to invoke Cold War-era powers to pave the way for renewed oil production off the Southern California coast, a long-shot bid to help ease the global crude crunch.

Trump Backs Calif. Offshore Oil Plan Amid Fuel Price Spike.

Sable would produce 0.3% of the total annual production of the US. I don't think that will lower gas prices.

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..or how climate impacts and reliance on fossil fuels are making things more expensive.

Oh, and the county I live in has 4 times the population of the entire state of North Dakota.

To me that cost is entirely worth it.

Over the last 4 decades California took a number of interventions to improve air quality, and it improved dramatically. Some of those things made gas for expensive. But my kids growing up in the same town never experienced that same awful feeling of not being able to take a full breath.

When I was a kid growing up in coastal Southern California, my brother and I would lie in bed with asthmatic coughs on smoggy summer days. And we lived in a town where the air quality was better than most places.

First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Builders vs. Behavioralists | Chad Nelsen | 15 comments Builders vs Behavioralists Two different world views, seemingly at odds. It explains a lot about how we see the world's problems. And more importantly how we respond to them. The reality is that ...

Builders vs Behavioralists

Two different world views, seemingly at odds.

It explains a lot about how we see the world's problems.

And more importantly how we respond to them.

The reality is that we need both.

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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

This story cannot keep flying under the radar.

A ProPublica investigation uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they are supposed to regulate.

That is not just a conflict of interest. It is corruption, plain and simple.