James Lovelock is one of the greatest climate scientists that ever lived. We're about find out how on point his statements from over 18 years ago were.

Worth checking out if you're in the market for a new or used car & looking at endless oil wars and paying $5/gallon!! IL has $14m for consumer EV rebates for residents that buy a new or used EV. $2000 if you quality (limits on high income & high cost EVs), and $4000 if you qualify as low-income.

Huge #warehouses, countless #diesel trucks & people living their lives don't mix well. The US government is making this worse: relaxing new truck tailpipe emission standards & allowing tampering in violation of the law. #Illinois needs to step into the breach. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/20/w...

Well... it WAS green for a couple hours.

Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

Look closely. The USA is the only rich country where the risk of dying in a crash rose from 2010-23. From a new paper in The Lancet exploring trends in global road deaths (open access): www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Air quality is tied to global warming. Canadian fires will likely get worse, b/c 'up nort' is hotter, drier, & more buggy = tinder, fires, smoke & health damage. And rolling back health safeguards that clean the air just make a bad situation so much worse. app.publicnewsservice.org/story/illino...?

At 8 AM the AQI was 160 , the dominant pollutant was PM2.5 and the air quality is unhealthy PM2.5 = 160 or 61.24 µg/m³ PM10 = 62 or 78.4 µg/m³ NO₂ = 9 or 10 ppb SO₂ = 0 or 0.26 ppb O₃ = 30 or 32.38 ppb CO = 6 or 0.5 ppb

There’s a break in the smoky skies!?? Time to get a 20 mile training ride on gravel in for my 3 day CowaLUNGa ride I’m doing in 2 weeks to raise $$$ for Respiratory Health Association! Support my insane journey - toss a few buck at my fundraising page! resphealth.donordrive.com/participants...

Tired of breathing #smoke? DYK @ComEd gives you $50 rebate when you buy an EnergyStar rated air purifier? (If low income you can get $75 back). You can do it online, mail in and some stores might do it directly when you buy. Definitely worth checking out! comedappliancerebates.com

AP: ICE agent who killed a man in Maine has a “troubling past” and lifelong mental health issues that “further challenges how thoroughly the Department of Homeland Security has vetted recruits as it went on a hiring spree to help carry out Trump’s immigration crackdown.” apnews.com/article/ice-...

We started at 4th worst today, move to 3rd, and now in 2nd place for worst air quality IN THE WORLD.

Getting the word out today on WGN9 about how to protect yourself from the dangerous levels of smoke in the air (and in your lungs!) wgntv.com/midday-news/...

Um we need to add some more categories. Air >100 on EPA's Airnow scale is unhealthy, and from 300 to 500 is "Hazardous". Northbrook Illinois just hit 727. PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE TODAY/TOMORROW. Follow tips to protect your health at resphealth.org/protecting-y...

You can also make a one-filter version ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.ohcow.on.ca/wp-content/u...

Sipping coffee & seeing Tom of Finland mentioned relative to a Pete Hegseth policy.... Wondering if he will soon decide U.S. military promotions solely on, um, 'length' ...of service? (No shorty generals?) thehill.com/homenews/hou...

Can't find an air filter? all sold out? you can make and effective and relatively cheap but effective one with a few parts, some of which you might already have! presenting the Corsi-Rosenthal box...

Chicago's neighborhood-based air quality monitoring network right now...

So if you are in need of an air filter and everything is sold out, you can make one by kludging a few things together for a “Corsi-Rosenthal” air filter.

A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits. (Published April)

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

Talking this afternoon with reporters about the health threats from both high ozone smog levels and the thick smoke rolling in later from massive forest fires in Canada. Double lung whammy. Be careful out there y'all. abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...

Expect high Chicagoland ozone smog levels today and wildfire smoke particles tomorrow. Pics show Midwest wildfire smoke situation now & midnight late tomorrow. Stay cool/hydrated, follow your medical professionals advice & use your HEPA air filter and/or N95/KN94 face masks to redude your exposure.

Air quality just hit the red zone - unhealthy for everyone, not just sensitive groups: children, elders, people w/lung disease, etc. Be careful, don't push it, hcarry meds, hydrate, etc. Tomorrow likely bad & could see Canadian smoke Thurs too. Stay informed, take prudent precautions.

[email protected] Just letting you know people looking at Open Air & not seeing the health warnings re high ozone smog levels USEPA airnow.gov site & TV weather people are highlighting, b/c OpenAir doesn't track ozone. So might want to redirect ppl to airnow?

The US House is considering a transportation bill that would cut transit funding massively. We estimate that it would cut transit funds by 23% compared to the current infrastructure law. Every state would lose millions of dollars in transit formula funding. Details: www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

Careful #BREATHING out there in #Chicagoland - high ozone #smog levels today, tomorrow already predicted to be #unhealthy, and this could stretch into rest of week. Take precautions, esp if you or family live with #lung condition.

Be careful out there today breathing in #Chicago area. EPA saying #AirQuality will likely reach levels Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups. This is due to ozone #smog driven by sunlight cooking pollution. Rises over the day, reaching highest levels later afternoon/evening.

I wonder if his dad is named Er.

About 23 miles in less than 2 hours, including lollygaging. Not bad! #CowaLNGa bound.

Arizona isn't alone. More than 4 million have lost food assistance since Republicans' Big, Beautiful Betrayal—all so their billionaire donors could get a tax cut. Children are going hungry so the richest could get richer. This is the reality they fought for.

Of course they did.

Someone just said the American public is now in the ‘find out’ phase. And yep, on almost any topic.

She was the same age as 35-year-old Riley O’Neil, who was also a cycling advocate, and a transportation planner. And who was also killed by a truck while riding his bike — this past month in Chicago

I'm sorry, but this is mind-boggling even for someone who looks at solar numbers all the time.

They are literally intent on killing people. Allowing trucks to emit MORE pollution?!?! Making trucks DIRTIER?!?! what the hell. thehill.com/policy/energ...

Just thought this was cool and posting a short clip - DYK that there is a company making giant electric battery powered locomotives on the edges of the Chicago region in MINOOKA? It's TRUE! www.kapwing.com/videos/6a4b1...

No encouraging zero-emission transportation of any kind. You must all pollute as much as possible. I expect they will make large pickup trucks mandatory for all drivers and outlaw sedans and hatchbacks as a ‘Chinese plot’ soon too.

Bad air along the lake shore in greater Chicagoland this afternoon/evening. Take precautions.

On Sat. I biked from home in Chicago to Lake County, IL -and back- about 46 miles. Why??? I'm training for a 3-day, 190 mile ride a month from now to raise funds for Respiratory Health Association & the good work they do, so please help me make my goal! resphealth.donordrive.com/participants...

Did you know that the main componenet ot the new Slate electric pickup truck, the BATTERY, will be made right here in Illinois?? Crazy, right? insideevs.com/news/799667/...

for funsies people should Google - how many socialist mayors has Milwaukee had? Fascinating stuff.

"China's electricity system is now roughly 1.7× larger than the US and EU combined." Combined.

Dang hallmark is really going for it these days

I have no idea how many miles I have ridden today so far but at least from my house in Chicago to Lake County! #CowaLUNGa #figureitoutlater

Meanwhile OUR government wants to pay people NOT build wind and solar generation sources that will provide CHEAPER and more reliable electricity and wants us to burn rocks and dinosaur farts to increase air pollution instead. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Zimbabwe moving faster with electric trucks than most of Europe (or the US for that matter)? 🇿🇼 ⚡️⚡️⚡️ you bet! #alwaysbecharging nitter.net/tmuchemwa/st...

When you combine stuff like this with the ongoing heat jamboree, anyone talking about abandoning net zero should be laughed out of town as not just unserious but deeply, deeply stupid.

I mean if it walks and talks like a Nazi….