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Amazon agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle allegations that its data centers in Morrow County contributed to nitrate pollution in community groundwater.
www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2026/03/a...
"Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, in the entire chain of correspondence obtained by The Times, not a single justice … mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
You should read this in full, but in short, John Roberts and the other Koch plants on the Supreme Court blew up the Supreme Court to protect the fossil fuel industry from climate regulation.
going around tiktok rn
This just happened to the person a donor paid as a visiting prof of conservative thought on my campus in 2020: www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
First, the NAACP challenged xAI's permit to build a giant, nat. gas-burning power plant in Southaven, MS. Then, they sued xAI alleging Clean Air Act violations. Now, Dem. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is investigating the EPA over apparent inattention to xAI's pollution. Bkgd: www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/e...
John Eastman has been disbarred from practicing law in California by the state Supreme Court for his conduct while trying to help Trump overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
John Eastman, a lawyer who spearheaded efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in President Trump’s favor, has been formally disbarred in California
John Eastman disbarred in California over efforts to overturn 2020 election #TheHill
John Eastman appealed has been denied. He has disbarred for good & can never practice law again.
www.alternet.org/john-eastman...
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court permanently disbarred John Eastman — a key architect in President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election — delivering one of the most consequential professional penalties yet for an election denier. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court:
WOO! John Eastman has been OFFICIALLY DISBARRED.
Lol--can you imagine???
I look forward to the Benson Center's plan for how to hire people who will not be disbarred for their conduct as Visiting Scholar of Conservative Thought.
I also await explanation of how their hiring process does not discriminate on the basis of "political affiliation or political philosophy".
John Eastman just got disbarred 🎉www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/f...
Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.
a chart showing 3 msft gas data centres vs countries
a chart showing 3 msft gas data centres vs countries
New @stand.earth: Microsoft's 3 new gas data centres will
- Increase Microsoft's emissions 160%
- Have higher emissions than power sectors of each of Greece, Ireland, Sri Lanka, NZ etc...
- Have higher emissions than pwr sector of 15 lowest-emitting countries combined
stand.earth/press-releas...
NEWS: Huge first win for Mayor Mamdani’s tax-the-rich plans in NYC.
Mamdani just secured a deal with Gov. Hochul to create the state’s first-ever tax on $5 million+ second homes owned by ultrawealthy out-of-state residents.
4 million climate jobs in 2024. Growing 3x faster than the broader economy. Energy efficiency alone employs 2.4 million Americans. This isn’t a niche movement — it’s one of the biggest economic stories in the country. #GreenJobs #EcoEconomy
Shaggy & Scooby of scooby-doo hugging in fear
As a UMass grad (Scooby), I mourn the loss of Hampshire College (Shaggy). Not a good sign
I often run into folks who seem slightly confused about where our greenhouse gas emissions come from.
Many folks seem to think that greenhouse gases are basically "CO2 from burning fossil fuels" -- but that's only ~61% correct.
The other ~39% of our emissions stem from other gases and processes.
Good morning to Angelo Bonelli--grateful for your leadership 🇮🇹
🇮🇹 “Italy suspends defence cooperation with Israel… Meloni's right-wing government has been one of Israel's closest friends in Europe, but in recent weeks it has criticised its attacks on Lebanon, which have killed hundreds and injured thousands.”
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Yes yes yes a very good point.
I find climate change useful here in KY bc so many audiences here are tuned into climate through their involvement with ag, bourbon, and horses, and they relate to non-temp climatic changes.
Again, it's context! And not just "oh no conservatives won't like it!"
Italy's PM Giorgia Meloni should listen to Angelo Bonelli of the Green Party, and read the writing on the wall, especially after today's elections in Hungary. It doesn't bode well for allies of Trump and Netanyahu.
Yeah but "climate change" was a move in the US by GOP consultant Frank Luntz to shift away from "global warming" because it also was accurate but made people feel less alarmed 🤷🏽♀️ meanwhile, so many progressives mock the significance of language & communication 🤷🏽♀️
This is a brilliant analysis by Lisa Friedman, with eye-popping graphics by @harrystevens.bsky.social, on how the language of the EPA has changed under the climate-denying Lee Zeldin.
Everyone should read it carefully!
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
To give a concrete example: California paid for 70% of the UC budget and 90% of the CSU budget until the 1980s; now it’s down to roughly 10% and 40% rsp. Students pay most of the difference.
One has to get paid a lot of money, as an ed economist, to not know this
www.npr.org/2026/04/12/n...
