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The US Department of Veterans Affairs has banned abortion for veterans, including in states that protect abortion. This was a Project 2025 recommendattion and it's now been fulfilled. So much for "leaving it to the states."

I really don't think any of these radical left activists give two shits about anyone or anything, other than feeling superior, hiding their narcissism behind a cause and venting hate. They're the left wing MAGA.

Not a day too soon! “When live, conscious animals are placed into boiling water, they endure several minutes of excruciating pain. This is torture and completely avoidable. Humane alternatives, like electrical stunning, are readily available.”

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

We are making so much progress in many areas of restoring rivers. Yes, there’s a lot left to do. Yes, there are massively degraded rivers all over the world. But, we’ve shown that massive progress is possible. Biodiversity is returning to modified systems because we understand the levers to pull.

Agreed. We need to do parallel processing with emerging tech like fusion, to get the benefits of spillovers and to accelerate the development timelines. This was our approach: bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/ostp/news-up...

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Do you have some kids that want to learn about climate change? Or perhaps you want to learn some more, but in a more accessible language? Then check out this Special Collection... kids.frontiersin.org/collections/... 1/

yet again, carbon pricing (in the form of the EU CBAM) is proving to be a poison pill -- this time in the COP30 negotiations. as I explain in Existential Politics, the politics of carbon pricing are generally terrible -- limited emissions reductions but a lot of pissed off people.

The key problem is well known (sorry, paywall): "The entire water crisis in the American West comes down to cows eating alfalfa in a landscape where neither belongs. The Colorado delta could be reborn with the water that today goes to produce a third of 1% of the nation’s cattle production".

The fossil record preserves bones, not biodiversity. But extinction happens at the scale of bacteria, fungi, mosses, microfauna, parasites, soil invertebrates. Entire kingdoms of life disappear without leaving a mark.

Hey Pennsylvania, there's a lot of bullshit going on around here

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We were married on this day in 1978... soulmates ever since. ❣️ #ForeverGrateful 🙏

Sure it's dated, and some things would be phrased differently today - fair points But this hate-fest on that song that generated like 100M? is so disgustingly absurd Even tho I am not into old music much, it's still a great X-mas song. Happy young Dutch DJs play it plenty on Dutch radio stations!

“The growing number of violent incidents involving freshwater resources underscores the urgent need for international attention,” said Dr. Peter Gleick #water www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/12/15/p...

Tausende Nazis und Hamas-Unterstützer haben das Concertgebouw in Amsterdam umzingelt in dem ein Chanukka Konzert stattfindet

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x.com/VividProwess... Many of you don’t know this, but Palestinians had a clothing shop named "Hitler 2" in Gaza, because, if it wasn’t obvious by now, the vast majority of Gazans follow the Nazi ideology, which is exterminating the Jewish people. Don’t let them fool you. [video]

I don’t necessarily expect China to achieve viable fusion before the US does (though it is possible given their massive government support). But I do expect them to build the resulting plants on time and on budget in a way we will struggle to.

The US has already largely ceded renewable energy manufacturing dominance to China, but now we also risk also falling behind on next generation clean energy: www.nytimes.com/2025...

In Minnesota, this grandmother, a U.S. citizen, was arrested, restrained, and disappeared for hours, not for interfering, not for resisting, but for asking a question. If they can arrest Sue Tincher for standing on a public sidewalk, they can arrest anyone.

Today on Volts: Aliya Haq has been in the US climate movement for 20yrs, most recently running Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy initiative. Now she's started a new group, the Clean Economy Project, geared toward supporting clean energy rather than fighting fossil fuels. We dig into the distinction.

Now there is evidence - the drone swarmes over European critical Infrastructure come from Russian vessels. Sink them all. www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...

Tesla U.S. sales dropped to a near three-year low in November to 39,800 vehicles, according to data from Cox Automotive. The development was highly anticipated after the expiration of the electric vehicle tax credit on September 30 pulled many EV sales forward on the calendar.

CBS News has now made 13 posts about Erika Kirk in the last 2 days, dominating their news page over all other stories.

Those tree hugging hippies in Hungary now lead the world in the share of electricity generated from solar with almost 25% of their electricity coming from solar in 2024. A remarkable leap from just 7% five years ago.

Good morning with good news: "Battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to $70/kWh in 2025, 45% lower than in 2024," reports BNEF. 45% down in 2025, after ~40% down in 2024! Wow! Cheap battery storage makes solar top global new generation tech! #energysky www.ess-news.com/2025/12/09/b...

And then ask for help the party you betrayed.... priceless...

America’s first Arab majority city of which 42% of votes went to Trump versus 36% for Kamala Harris is upset with Democrats for not doing more to stop Trump’s anti-immigrant actions. I keep wondering, what did they expect? Did they sleep through his entire first term?

Battery costs just keep on falling... www.businessgreen.com/news/4522968...

Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine. She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”

Dearborn, Michigan, warns that Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric is escalating. True. But 42% of Dearborn voters chose him anyway — to “send a message.” www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Host: More than 71,000 job cuts in November, bringing the year to date total to nearly 1.2 million in total. Job cuts in November have risen above 70,000 only twice since 2008

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DOE doled out $400 million each to Holtec and TVA today to advance deployment of "small" modular reactors through the Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program. 🔌💡

this is pretty exciting: 220 new affordable units in downtown san antonio for folks at 40%-80% AMI by converting an existing hotel

Great podcast explaining to Americans how “balcony solar” took off in Europe, with millions in Germany 🇩🇪 alone now harvesting solar power with these panels that you just take home and plug in, and they pay back their price within a few years.

Gulp - do you really know what’s for breakfast? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Most carbon capture solutions store CO2 temporarily or require expensive infrastructure. This one locks it away permanently in buildings we already construct. Thread🧵

The deadline to fill out the PNW Water Year 2025 survey was extended to Friday, December 12th! ☀️🌧️ If you experienced impacts from abnormally dry or wet conditions anytime from 10/1/2024 – 9/30/2025, we'd love to hear from you! 🔗 Take the survey: uwashington.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

"Shrinking snowpack and shifting rainfall patterns make it harder to predict how much water will flow in rivers and when. Rising temperatures make the problem worse by boosting demand and leaving less water in the rivers." #Iran 🇮🇷 #ClimateCrisis theconversation.com/irans-presid...

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Very proud to be Colombian right now! 🇨🇴 I hope all neighboring countries follow suit soon! news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

This is really interesting to me. Why is a species good and rare where it originates while bad and thriving somewhere else? If we ever do get a grip, how should we manage a world to bring back the peak ecologies that are now vanishing with the species that are now shuffled about?

"Iran’s Karkheh Dam hydroelectric power plant has stopped generating electricity because of a sharp drop in the reservoir’s water level, state media reported on Saturday" #Iran 🇮🇷 #ClimateEmergency

“Our study shows that global warming causes and accelerates Day Zero Drought conditions worldwide. Even if we meet the 1.5°C target, hundreds of millions of people will still face unprecedented water shortages"

Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.