What JD meant: "we're doing so much criming every day that it makes Watergate look quaint". And he's not wrong.

Mail voting is under attack by the USPS. It is quick and easy to file comments opposing the proposed rule.

A coalition of 10 U.S. governors is urging Congress to reject federal legislation that would put Big Oil above law. 👏 “These proposals would trample on the rights of states and citizens and attempt to hand wealthy fossil fuel corporations a legal shield against accountability,” the governors wrote.

Excellent corrective to those pundits and political operatives counseling Democrats to abandon any mention of climate action and focus only on affordability. It turns out clean = cheap, and we are paying big bucks for our fossil fuel addiction. @billmckibben.bsky.social

Another climate impact that most wouldn't have seen coming: massive landslide related to glacial retreat causes an enormous tsunami in an Alaska fjord. This would have been catastrophic if cruise ships had been there.

Nuclear energy has always depended on massive federal subsidies and other supports. This is another effort to prop up and industry that has never been economically competitive

Finally something to unite European right-wingers with politicians on the left: contempt for Donald Trump.

Brought to you by Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell, Amoco, and your other friends in Big Oil. Stunning to realize that this is likely one of the coolest summers we will experience in the coming decades.

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

With federal agencies scrubbing climate information from their websites, it is great to see this new source of credible information on the science and trends. @climate.us www.climate.us

Excited to see this-- Washington State linking its climate program with California and Quebec. Will increase impact and efficiency while reducing costs of compliance. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

In other news, the Senate just passed the House-passed Iran powers resolution, meaning we've now got a bicameral, bipartisan rebuke of Trump and his war without end. 4 GOP senators voted with nearly all Dems to pass the nonbinding resolution: Susan Collins Rand Paul Bill Cassidy Lisa Murkowski

It now costs more to cause climate change than to prevent it

Encouraging signs of a blue wave reaching Florida and other Southern GOP bastions.

Buckle up -- the NW braces for a strong El Nino season following several years of low-snow pack and high temperatures. @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social

As energy affordability and availability becomes key issue, Ohio Rs enact policy to restrict availability of the cheapest source: renewables. @canarymedia.com

"The bottom line is that the affordability crisis and the corruption crisis are one and the same." These are now the top 2 issues for voters and Ds need to go on offense and demand that the super-rich pay their fair share

Extreme heat kills thousands. Media needs to stop reporting on climate-fueled heat waves with pictures of happy families at the beach. @davelevitan.bsky.social www.jezebel.com/deadly-heat-...

The Trump regime has killed at least 210 people by bombing boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since last September. Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it. This is a danger to us all.

Shameful. Huge immigration law firm folds following allegations that it defrauded hundreds of desperate clients. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Extreme posititions taken by Republicans on abortion can be a potent issue for Democrats in the mid-terms. @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @thebulwark.com

Here's something to sneeze at: pollen levels growing in Seattle and other NW cities due to climate change. @axios.com www.axios.com/local/seattl...

Some good news for a change! A judge ruled that Trump’s freeze on processing immigration applications for 39 countries is illegal and that processing must restart immediately. This ruling is a step in the right direction. Let’s keep up the fight.

This should be on the front page of every newspaper in America.       Trump’s DOJ just shut down a federal investigation into a coal company owned by Sen. Jim Justice, one of his closest allies, after it racked up tens of thousands of alleged violations for dumping dangerous chemicals…

Turns out Grok isn't only good for undressing minors, spewing Nazi propaganda, sucking up to Elon, and polluting Memphis neighborhoods. It also turns out to be great at killing school girls.

Today is "show your stripes day" here's how the climate has changed in my home city of Seattle. showyourstripes.info/s/northameri...

Renewables-plus-storage is so cheap that in large parts of the world it is cheaper to build a whole new clean power plant than just pay for the fuel and maintenance for a fully-depreciated gas generator. Renewables aren’t just threatening new-build gas — they are undermining existing plants.

Good to see this effort to combat the money AI companies and investors are pouring into politics to avoid any regulatory safeguards.

Gotta give Trump credit--when he says "it probably is unconditional surrender" he didn't specify who was surrendering

Catastrophic mistake to align Israel completely with Trump. ETTD.

Some rare and welcome good news on the science front. These ocean monitoring instruments are critical to deepen our understanding of climate and weather

Thrilled to be featured in the top spot among this important list of donor networks working to safeguard our democracy. Onward!

Haven't had time to dig into this pivotal Latino Worldviews study yet? Listen to lead researcher Gretchen Barton break it down with @jenancona.bsky.social in this week's Charting The Way Forward! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDTx...

Good news-- judge stops Trump Admin efforts to erase American history at national parks, monuments, and historic sites. @sierraclub.org

Both a fool and a knave. Trump's attacks on free and fair elections reflect both delusional thinking and a traitorous attempt to undermine democracy @rbreich.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

Trump said the war would only end with unconditional surrender. He didn't specify which side would fold.

Had a unique experience in Scotland this week -- watched the national team at 2 AM with the whole population from Britain's most remote village turning out to cheer on the victory. nen.press/its-coming-h...

Of course Trump's DOJ is siding with Elon on a fight over his unpermitted gas turbines are polluting a Memphis neighborhood

Trump's efforts to stop the growing dominance of renewable energy and prop up fossil fuels reminds me of King Canute's ordering the tides to stop-- it won't work. @paulwaldman.bsky.social

This morning scrolling Bluesky, there is nothing at all in my feed about Putin’s barbaric attack on the Ukraine’s holiest site, the UNESCO protected Lavra so I’m posting this here.

Republicans will be like "look, we can't afford [insert government program that actually helps people]. It's just basic accountability." And then Trump will spend $60 million in tax dollars to do this shit on the WH lawn.

The average Entergy Mississippi customer is now paying at least an extra $10.60 a month to finance 3 planned Amazon data centers.

Insane. All based on the continued myth surrounding Elon as some sort of real life Tony Stark despite his history of blunders and destructive behavior.

This confirms the analysis from polling done by @waytowinus.bsky.social and others -- the issues that are affecting the popularity of the Democratic Party don't stem from ideology -- they come from a perception that the Party is weak.

If these Iran-deal details are correct , they’ll make the JCPOA look like Hirohito’s surrender in 1945 Via the WSJ’s chief foreign-affairs correspondent

One of the true villains of our time leaves the scene. Lee Raymond, the former CEO of Exxon-Mobil probably did more to undercut climate science and policy than anyone, despite the company's own experts accurately predicting warming. @heatmap.news @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social 1/

Don’t rely on the polls Make every day count

Another climate impact that I hadn't even considered -- wonder how many other urban areas around the world will face similar concerns

New research from @waytowinus.bsky.social shows how Democrats can move past ‘Cultural Pandering’ and concentrate on the issues that motivate Latinos to vote. @torygavito.bsky.social @nytimes.com

Unprecedented corruption: Trump Admin relaxes sanctions on Indian billionaire after it invested in oil refinery startup company part owned by Trump jr. www.propublica.org/article/trum...