Democrats should get louder in championing clean energy’s affordability and resilience from global shocks, according to some of the party’s leading voices on the climate.
From our friends at @theguardian.com:
Republicans know they are about to lose the House and are trying to give Big Oil its holy grail: legal immunity from any futures actions that would hold the industry responsible for the climate crisis it knowingly caused and is making worse every day.
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Greenpeace install wind turbines at Trump's Scottish golf course
"every time he starts an illegal war, bills go through the roof, his fossil fuel backers make billions.... renewables Trump hates are the best insurance policy against the chaos he’s unleashed"
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2603466...
Can we finally agree that burning wood for energy is a terrible idea and won't be carbon neutral, let alone carbon negative, in our lifetimes? BECCS using wood certainly shouldn't qualify as CO₂ removal (CDR).
"In retrospect, basing the entire global food system on fossil fuels may have been a poor idea." -- @benehrenreich.bsky.social
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If you’re looking for an example of technofascism this is it: Palantir’s manifesto.
See also my article on technofascism link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Spoke to the SEIU union leaders heading up the push for a billionaire tax in California. They say it is a pretty clear choice: A small tax on 200 of the richest people on earth, or millions of Californians losing access to health care.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/in-califor...
Will any of these tariff refunds be passed on to the consumers? In any case, what a waste of time, money, and energy the tariffs have been. www.npr.org/2026/04/19/n...
URGENT ask for folks in NY 🧵:
Gov. Hochul is once again holding the state budget hostage until she gets what she wants. And what she wants is to weaken our climate laws so she wont be breaking the law by failing to implement the Climate Leadership and Communities Protection Act.
What you can do:
Has Trump smashed the already weak business case for BC #LNG, and accelerated the global transition to solar and wind? @georgemonbiot.bsky.social thinks oil and gas will pay price for backing weird fascists. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #bcpoli
“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”
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If you're at #BostonClimateWeek next week, please join us for this panel on Solar Geoengineering! @solargeoeng.bsky.social
And on the basis of this -- a pure policy disagreement about which he was demonstrably, wildly wrong -- Roberts dreamed up "major questions doctrine" & thereby rendered US law one big game of Calvinball.
You just can't exaggerate how low, how scummy, how dumb, how fraudulent it all was.
The Protect Water & Nature Ballot Initiative is headed to the Massachusetts ballot this fall. The ballot question, if passed, would dedicate over $100 million from the portion of existing state sales taxes being collected on sporting goods to protect green spaces. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/18/o...
One of the things I love most about Zohran’s rise to power is that it shows so clearly how we could have a better democracy—one that actually serves us instead of just the rich—if the left decides collectively to take electoralism and government seriously. It’s ours for the taking if we want it.
The House voted today to pass two attacks on the Clean Air Act.
Six Democrats voted for both of them: Costa, Cuellar, Davis, Golden, Gray, and Perez.
And Vicente Gonzalez joined for one of the two.
All other Democrats voted no.
All Republicans but Brian Fitzpatrick voted yes.
"The Senate vote is a big blow to conservation groups and others who argue the watershed of the Boundary Waters — a fragile and unique ecosystem and one of the most popular wilderness areas in the country — is the absolute wrong place for this kind of mining" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Extreme weather is driving up the cost of food, electricity, and home insurance. Tech barons & fossil fuel execs are exploiting communities.
@cplusc.bsky.social’s new strategic framework & agenda charts a path forward to rebalance power for the working class and address the climate crisis at scale.
My latest for @sciam.bsky.social is all about the real biology, ecology, and climate science that is used to create the world of Pokémon, and how scientists use it to teach science in the real world.
This is just about the most fun I’ve ever had interviewing anyone, and I hope you enjoy! 🧪🌎
This village uses its solar income on free communal lunches, buses and other communal efforts.“If you divide money as individual income, people feel disconnected. People who didn’t know each other for years now get to know each other within days”
I love everything about this.
That version was approved by BLM, but LADWP cancelled the power purchase agreement after public outcry.
We wrote a bit about second version in our CBA report this fall. They have to have a CBA in place to make this approval viable as required by AB 205. bsky.app/profile/dust...
Spot on. One crucial aspect has to do with who absorbs the costs of climate damages 360info.org/burned-out-h...
Interesting! @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social, I'd love to know what you think of this dilemma!
Another relevant is the lack of political/ideological literacy, broadly construed, in India and in the large parts of the US population (save those who are rallying activey). bsky.app/profile/wend...
Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6B data center, ousted all four incumbent council members running for reelection
Here's a helpful video from Anthony Sistilli
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Visual from a YouTube entitled, "why everyone is mad at Mozilla" showing the host Anthony Sistilli looking frustrated, with a logo of Mozilla melting away in a fireball shape....
@mozilla.org is trying its best to push its loyal users away by burdening every click with an AI pop-up.
Right.
The "depth" of democracy in India is debatable, though. If anything, it must have been much shallower for someone to hollow it out within a decade!
Thanks, Omair. I was wondering about how the imperative of working within the EU shaped this vote. Perhaps the anti-communist backlash worked in Orban's favor?