xAI Colossus Data Center Memphis Tennessee 05/13/2025 YouTube video by Oilfield Witness

"However, instead of facing consequences for its public health violations, the Shelby County Health Department awarded xAI a five-year permit to operate 15 turbines."

Permission to pollute.

Musk leaves Memphis high and dry xAI is draining millions of gallons from the Memphis drinking water supply. Musk's promised fix has been delayed indefinitely.

"Last year, xAI was operating 35 gas-burning turbines without a permit to power its Colossus 1 site, which is located in Boxtown, a historic Black neighborhood in Memphis that already faces extremely high rates of cancer and respiratory illness from decades of industrial pollution."

Q&A: How the UK government aims to ‘break link between gas and electricity prices’ - Carbon Brief The UK government announced a series of measures to “double down on clean power” in response to the energy crisis sparked by the Iran war.

Q&A: How the UK government aims to ‘break link between gas and electricity prices’ #Climate

France announces ban on gas boilers in new buildings starting in 2027 French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu also announced on Friday a doubling of support for electrification by 2030, from €5.5 billion to €10 billion annually.

VERY BIG NEWS out of France a week ago:
"French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced on Friday, April 10, a ban on installing gas heating systems "by year's end" in new buildings, including multi-unit housing, to curb France's dependence on fossil fuels."
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

They Are Killing Our People This past week, the Mikisew Cree First Nation of Alberta released a report on the massive cancer rates in their community.

They Are Killing Our People.

Important read here from @charlieangus104.bsky.social, on the long-term health costs to Indigenous people from oil sands production.
open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Wow! It's like attacking the Death Star . . .

When you take the double decker bus through the Massey Tunnel
#transit #vancouver

👏 Now avenge the Gawker!

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

The energy transition is often told as a story of new entrants displacing incumbents.

But it also depends on incumbents making the shift themselves.

Visited the @vaillantuk.bsky.social factory in Belper today — founded 1874, now making heat pumps. 150 years of heritage, transforming from within.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets and matched them to some of the president's most significant market-moving statements
#GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Palantir posts mini-manifesto denouncing inclusivity and ‘regressive’ cultures | TechCrunch Palantir's ideological bent has come under more scrutiny as it's worked with ICE and positioned itself as a defender of "the West."

Any candidate that takes money from Palantir should not receive your vote.

Co-founder Joe Lonsdale is pouring millions into a PAC to buy off Democrats, especially in California.

techcrunch.com/2026/04/19/p...

Canada urgently needs a civilian defence strategy — before the next crisis forces one A century after Vimy Ridge, Canada faces a new question: what role should ordinary citizens play in defending the country today?

Canada urgently needs a civilian defence strategy — before the next crisis forces one
theconversation.com/canada-urgen...

Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America - Nature By examining the hourly diurnal cycle of 23,557 fires in North America during 2017–2020, 1,095 overnight burning events were identified, mostly associated with extreme fires and driven by long-te...

Proud of my graduate student, Kaiwei Luo, because today his first research chapter of his PhD was published in Nature. Drought triggers and sustains overnight fires in North America. nature.com/articles/s41...

Ukraine Has Written Off the United States Zelensky has stopped pretending that Trump might be an ally.

Latest in @theatlantic.com The Ukrainians are now longer pretending that Donald Trump's USA is their friend. Their honesty is important as they seem to understand how much Trump is helping Putin and how important it is that Europe stick together. Gift Link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

LNG Canada exceeds estimated 2024 global record for burned gas | The Narwhal LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned more gas in 2025 than any other liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on record in 2024

Oh Canada...what's happening?

LNG Canada, the country’s first large-scale LNG export facility, might have flared more gas than any other plant on earth last year.

flared 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025

thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...

Satellite images reveal scale of Israeli demolitions as Lebanese villages destroyed BBC Verify analysis found more than 1,400 buildings had been destroyed since 2 March.

Using a study of satellite imagery, BBC demonstrates that Israel is now repeating its Gaza plan for the systematic demolition of all inhabitable dwellings in southern Lebanon. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Main Topic: How Many People Does Heat Actually Kill? via
@andrewdessler.com
On The Extreme Temperature Diary TUE 4/14/2026
At: guyonclimate.com
+ #climate #weather +rec temp reports @michaelemann.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @drpauldorfman.bsky.social @climatecentral.org @zacklabe.com

A measure of excess deaths from climate change: "For Texas, this comes out to roughly 900 additional deaths per year due to climate change that occurred since the 1950s, equal to 1.7% of summertime deaths." by @andrewdessler.com www.realclearscience.com/2026/04/14/h...

The American experiment has been infected by oligarchs How our supposedly progressive tax system guarantees extreme wealth concentration.

How our tax system guarantees extreme wealth concentration

World’s oldest gorilla, known for her dignified manner, turns 69 Legend has it that Fatou was brought from Africa to France in the late 1950s by a sailor who then traded her to settle a bar bill.

www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Hungary’s New Leader Calls for Investigation Into Alleged State Funding of CPAC Peter Magyar, Hungary’s prime minister-elect, alleged that the Hungarian government had been funding CPAC events in Budapest with taxpayer money and called for a formal investigation.

Peter Magyar, Hungary’s prime minister-elect, alleged that the Hungarian government had been funding CPAC events in Budapest with taxpayer money and called for a formal investigation.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/hungarys-n...

La urea de Ormuz o la necesidad de una transición agroecológica de nuestros sistemas agroalimentarios - Climática, el medio especializado en clima y biodiversidad Al igual que ha ocurrido con el energético, el sector agroalimentario español precisa de una transición hacia modelos más sostenibles, saludables, ligados al territorio y a los conocimientos tradicionales.

"Una vez más, la respuesta inmediata, acuciada por la urgencia, es de índole paliativo: inyectar recursos públicos para paliar los costes del cierre de Ormuz en nuestros bolsillos. "

✍️ Alberto Sanz Cobeña y Eduardo Aguilera Fernández

Surprised myself with this story. Went into the desert expecting to write about a terrible solar project that would harm bighorn sheep...and ended up writing why California should maybe approve it anyway.

In the Anthropocene, there are no easy choices: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/soda-mount...

They now need to bring back the brilliant Rob Rogers as their editorial cartoonist. It would send quite a signal. bsky.app/profile/bgru...

Hey, Canada . . .
#boycott

As Iran war wore on, Israel downed fewer missiles, cluster bombs wreaked havoc According to a Haaretz Investigation, at the Start of the Iran War Only 5 Percent of Missiles Hit Israel. By War's Last Days, the Number Spiked to 27 Percent. Four Out of Five Were Cluster Missiles

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

CPJ calls on Kuwait to release US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin - Committee to Protect Journalists Washington, D.C., April 13, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Kuwaiti authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. Shihab-Eld...

My friend & former colleague Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been detained for 6 weeks in Kuwait over social media posts. The Committee to Protect Journalists is rightly calling for his release.

Journalism is not a crime. Free Ahmed!
cpj.org/2026/04/cpj-...

Amazon, which saved $4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill, has cut 30,000 jobs since last October.

Verizon, which saved $2B, plans to cut 15,000 jobs this year.

Meta, which saved $3B, plans to lay off 20% or more of its workforce.

Trickle-down economics is a cruel joke.

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