“Why are we kneecapping industries that create jobs, expand our energy supply and help address the climate crisis?” Rep. Chellie Pingree asked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/20/r...
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
I don't know the solution, but it's pretty clear that the supreme court is corrupt and broken beyond redemption.
Heat pump orders up 2x in a month. Solar panel inquiries up 250%. EV leases up 85%.
The Iran crisis has made energy security feel personal.
I understand why: I have solar panels, a heat pump & EV on a flexible tariff. When gas prices spike, my bills barely move.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Where's the Six triple eight when you need them? Oh right....DEI
New episode of A Matter of Degrees! @kkwilkinson.bsky.social talks all about her new book - Climate Wayfinding. This book is a guide for finding your way from ache to action, no matter where you are in your climate journey.
Listen now: bit.ly/climate-wayf...
Fun fact: 90% of the world's population lives within 40 degrees of the equator & never experiences a "dunkelflaute" or anything similar.
We don't eat all the potatoes we grow in the county. We sell them to the nation and region to support our local economy. We should do the same with some of our abundant wind, solar generation. We're rich in potential for clean energy that our neighbors need and want. That's a win -win.
Still on pace: one death roughly every six days in ICE custody.
Reminder: gov't thugs are plucking innocent migrants -- often legal ones! -- off the street, kidnapping them, putting them in concentration camps, & allowing many of them to die.
On our watch, in our names, with our money.
In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.
Ever wonder how Susan Collins has held onto her seat for so long? Two reasons: the incumbency advantage and the “Collins Media Industrial Complex.” Here’s how the Maine media has helped manufacture Susan Collins’ moderate image. open.substack.com/pub/andyobri...
The wrong question is dominating the energy crisis debate.
Every interview starts the same: where do we find replacement fossil fuels and what happens to prices?
In this BBC interview I push back.
This is the moment to talk about escaping fossil fuel dependence - not the daily market noise.
Absolutely true. We should be building state and federal energy policy around this truth. It's not ideological, it's just logical. It's just math.
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
Waze Smart bulb is like $10-12 and doesn't need a hub or anything. You can control it from a phone or smart speaker. Pretty low barrier to entry as far as 'smart home' stuff goes.
Flexible interconnection is absolutely the new baseline. We have to build smarter to keep the grid affordable for all.
Update: now they want rooftop solar. Amazing.
"The sun is there, why should I be dependent on a company that gouges people?"
"With the LNG drought pushing up electricity prices and photovoltaics providing a cheaper, easier alternative, a boom in rooftop solar is far more likely than a return to coal. Don’t look under the ground for the solution to the LNG crisis. The answer is in the skies."
agreed!
If you have a furnace or boiler that burns propane, fuel oil, or kerosene, now is a great time to switch to an electric heat pump. You'll save a lot of 💰 on heating at today's fuel prices, which are up 30+% in the last month with no sign of dropping. Most heat pumps also provide air conditioning ❄️
Hegseth fired generals who insisted that military leaders who had demonstrated long records of exemplary service deserved promotion.
For all the bitching about "DEI," what these failsons and Fox News castoffs all really hate is an actual meritocracy, where people are rewarded for their hard work
go directly to jail, do not pass go, do not collect two hundred million dollars
PSA for all those driving gas powered vehicles
it's incredible that as long as you do the right amount of bigotry you can just rob the country blind and enough people will not care, even though those same people will be filled with incandescent rage if someone uses food stamps to buy a 12 pack of diet coke
$1.5 billion. Five minutes before Trump's post. On a Monday morning with no scheduled news.
Somebody knew.
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[PA system screech]
"This is an announcement to all staff here at the White House. Trump is about to make a public stock market boosting Tweet. Get your purchases in now. Make America Great Again! That is all."
“People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” Another word for that, he said, is “treason#.””
They’re playing war games with our tax money and getting richer while we pay more for essentials like food and gas.
#NoKings #March28
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Hold on a second. Nick Adams is actually a 'right wing influencer'? I was 100% certain he was a comedian doing a bit. I am genuinely in disbelief at this new turn of events. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...
The $580 million short oil bet was the smaller of the two insider trades. The larger one, placed at the exact same time (6:49-6:50am), was between $1.4-$1.9 billion to go long S&P 500 e-Mini futures.
Over $2 billion in Trump traitor trades, all wildly profitable 15 minutes later after Trump's post.
Seriously one of the most hopeful things you’ll read today.
