Donald Trump said out loud that he would rather dump a billion dollars a day on a war with Iran than pay for child care here at home. So much for America first.

Glad to see this settlement. Bushart called out this administration’s callous dismissal of the deaths of children killed in school shootings. The government then arrested and jailed him for 37 days, violating his First Amendment rights.

An English factory owned by Kleenex maker Kimberly-Clark is set to run on so-called green hydrogen later this decade after the plant’s developers approved investment in the £55 million ($73.6 million) project.

The Trump administration is about to allow swine and poultry processing plants to vastly speed up their lines. That will make the companies more money while leading to far more worker injuries and food illness outbreaks. newrepublic.com/article/2102...

Why Trump's approval won't go much below mid 30s as long as the Murdoch disinformation machine is allowed to act with impunity: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

There's a major civil rights protest taking place in Selma, Alabama, right now in response to the SCOTUS decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act and the ongoing attack on Black Americans’ political power (video: defiancedispatch/IG)

Exit poll suggests ballot wording may have caused voters to vote against intention in Richland County solar ban referendum. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4ur1nKl Takeaway: Local organizing and trusted community voices crucial on energy, land use issues. @energyandpolicy.org

SCOOP: Los Angeles just fired its chief heat officer ahead of the hot summer months. Also LA's climate office is down to one staffer. Total silence from Mayor Karen Bass, who's up for reelection and already had a mediocre climate record. My story: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/karen-bass...

Trump is in the Epstein Files.

24% of trips on China's highways during the May 1 holiday were in EVs, while the share of EVs in all vehicles is 15%, highlighting how EVs are making a bigger dent in oil consumption than their share in the fleet. EV charging volumes along the highways were up 56% year on year.

Spain’s growing reliance on renewable energy has helped keep power prices stable even as the war in the Middle East drives up costs, said the country’s minister for environmental transition

These homeowners counted on an energy efficiency program to fix their aging homes and lower their utility bills. The Trump administration canceled it, calling it DEI.

Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are rapidly warming the planet. But where do they come from? 💨 Insights from #ClimateWatch explain which sectors emit the most GHGs: bit.ly/4d9MF2B

The administration’s violations of freedom of the press are escalating.

In other words, despite all the happy talk and propaganda there is no end in sight to this so Republicans have to pile on more debt in addition to increasing the national debt with the cost of the war, more military spending, a fortune for ICE, and a ballroom.

Confusion over ballot wording could have flipped the referendum vote in Ohio’s Richland County on its renewable energy ban, suggests early analysis of exit polling results. @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/lan...

Iowa, South Dakota, and New Mexico lead the U.S. with how much power they get from wind and solar. Surprised? Here’s why they’re dominating: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/wind/which-states-most-wind-solar-power

The administration seems intent on sending the country back more than 150 years.

Conservatives: “Mail-in ballots can’t be trusted because the USPS is too unreliable and corrupt.” Also conservatives: “Yeah mailing handguns sounds fine actually.”

Residents in Ohio’s Richland County failed to overturn a ban on renewables. But it was a near miss in a county that has otherwise voted heavily for Republicans. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/lan...

Important reporting from the great @kmkowalski.bsky.social

Residents in Ohio’s Richland County failed to overturn a ban on renewables. But it was a near miss in a county that has otherwise voted heavily for Republicans. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/lan...

How dare the people caring for our veterans also care for each other.

Six transgender Idahoans last week sued to attempt to prevent from going into effect a new state law that criminalizes transgender people using bathrooms that align with their gender identity, including in private businesses. ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/trans...

ICYMI: Gas & oil dark money financed Richland County anti-solar movement, says watchdog study. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/3OENOHt @saveohioparks.bsky.social: Industry wants to preserve opportunities to keep fracking natural gas to run data centers. @ccbecker271.bsky.social

🧪 NEW RESEARCH: Shoving fracking waste into the ground destabilized a geological fault, triggered a rupture cascade, and caused three earthquakes in Alberta, Canada in 2022-23. Also the Alberta Energy Regulator, which blamed natural causes, lied about it. 1/2 thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

SCOTUS's order declining to review Larry Householder & Matt Borges' #HB6 convictions leaves the way open for DOJ to move ahead in its criminal case against former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones & Mike Dowling. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

SCOTUS's order declining to review Larry Householder & Matt Borges' #HB6 convictions leaves the way open for DOJ to move ahead in its criminal case against former FirstEnergy executives Chuck Jones & Mike Dowling. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Magistrate urging dismissal of @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social lawsuit against old, lax rules ignores resident AND area water districts' worries about migrating toxic, radioactive waste brine. @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4cKqjEP @ccbecker271.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social

What the fuck are we doing here

Just 10 days remain for voters in Richland County, Ohio, to say yes or no to commissioners' ban on large-scale solar & wind for most of the county. Filings show some funders for the yes campaign have ties to fossil fuel promoters. @CanaryMediaInc www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Currently asylum-seekers must wait six months after filing an asylum request before they can work legally, but the Trump administration is seeking to extend that to one year. The new rule is open for comment until Friday.

Ohio's Richland County voters are deciding whether to reject a wind and solar ban. Organizations linked to pro-gas interests have given money to keep it in place. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social @cleantechfacts.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Ohio agencies treat local opposition to oil & gas industry projects very differently from solar & wind, as a case of 2 permits for injection wells shows. A magistrate calls for dismissal, despite fears of water pollution. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

For too long, bureaucracy kept 7 child care centers across our city empty — spaces that should have been alive with laughter instead collected dust. We've run through that red tape. This fall, all 7 will open their doors, bringing an additional 240 free 3-K seats & real relief to working families.

If something really happened, the headline should just say it happened. If a headline instead says that a documented liar claimed something happened, I believe he said it, but can’t trust that his assertion is true. So why should I take my time to click through to the story?

Vivek Ramaswamy LLC is invested with autonomous drone weapon maker Anduril. @nckevns.bsky.social @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4sMIPCm He won't discuss it with a reporter, yet he's running for governor. What's this billionaire hiding? @ccbecker271.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Today I turn 89. I’ve seen this country at its best and its worst, and I know how much community matters. For my birthday, I’m asking you to stand with PFLAG and support the work that’s helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me. give.pflag.org/page/95493/d...

The deadlocked jury in last month's #HB6 trial of former FirstEnergy execs Chuck Jones & Michael Dowling means both sides get a do-over in the fall. Here's how lessons learned could affect what happens then. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Commissioners in Ohio's Richland County blocked large-scale solar & wind projects over 5 MW in most of its townships. Its citizens now have a rare chance to reject that ban. Voting ends May 5. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social @ohiocitizen.org www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

In a first, renewables beat natural gas last month as solar surges into the grid. @danmccarthy.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/3QeX19D Gas is on the way out. Will it be in time to save Ohio state parks, our health and water-- and the planet? @kmkowalski.bsky.social @amyactonoh.bsky.social

Yesterday, the crew of the ISS called the crew of #Artemis2 and had a short conversation in between their busy schedules of research and documentation (I promise, to a scientist, that's more fun than it sounds!) This was the first ship-to-ship communications ever to take place in space. #NASA

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

I'm not a hospital expert , but I don't think remote staffing is proper for the ICU. "ICU remote staffing has become more common in recent years as hospitals look for ways to reduce costs ..." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Form 13909 is the complaint form, where applicable.

Great speech, dude.

Summit County jurors were unable to reach a verdict on whether former FirstEnergy executives committed bribery in what’s been called the largest public corruption scheme in Ohio history. Ohio Atty Gen Dave Yost said the state will retry the case ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/31/f...

The death of a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar who was found on a Buffalo street in February — five days after Border Patrol agents left him at a doughnut shop — has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3NZGHsz