Thanks to @crow.house.gov for the timely and courageous reminder of the military's responsibilities with respect to illegal orders. Here Allen Best makes an apt historical analogy to officers who refused to participate in the Sand Creek Massacre here in Colorado. bigpivots.com/consider-jas...

This Canary Media piece by John Farrell includes several suggestions for containing the increase in electricity prices. He addresses the fundamental conflict of interest for regulated utilities. His critique of investments in the grid needs some nuance, however. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Thanks to @slondagin.bsky.social, Megan Day, and Ashton Knepell of @senatorhick.govpeeps.us's office for meeting with @cclusa.org this morning. We appreciated hearing your insights on permitting reform and forest policy.

Thanks to Peter Trapp from @crow.house.gov 's office for meeting with volunteers from @cclusa.org this morning. Thanks for sharing your insights on energy infrastructure permitting reform and forest policy.

Timothy Snyder argues persuasively that the administration is setting us up for our own Reichstag Fire--in our case a terrorist attack--and that they will try to use it just as Hitler did, to increase repression and consolidate power. snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...

This paper puts the current situation with critical minerals into a rich historical context going back to the origins of colonialism. Intriguingly, it takes to perspective of countries in the global south that have mineral reserves. moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/08/03/r...

It is clear that the administration is withholding SNAP funding because they think it will score political points. Never mind that there is money available. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

Good news, if a bit wonky. An articulate podcast on the (surprisingly good) prospects for Congressional action to address regulatory and permitting barriers to building energy infrastructure, including--critically--electricity transmission. Also renewable energy. www.woodmac.com/podcasts/the...

We should be paying more attention to Steven Miller. Here Timothy Snyder gives 5 reasons, drawn from parallels to Stalin's career. snyder.substack.com/p/stalinism-...

Comey will not be the last victim of a corrupted Justice Department. Timothy Snyder describes how Trump is setting up to use DOJ against whichever of us he wants. snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter... Let's not look away from this.

The past week has illustrated the key role of satire as a canary in the coal mine when it comes to free speech. It plays a direct role in maintaining free speech, too. And when it's good, the comic relief can help keep us sane. This one's pretty good. www.borowitzreport.com/p/hugo-chave...

Yesterday's letter from the inimical Heather Cox Richardson does a masterful job of pointing out the deep optimism that can be found without losing sight of the horrifying and perilous times we find ourselves in. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

This bill is one of @cclusa.org's current priorities for advancing bipartisan action on climate change.

I'll pick this piece of political violence as today's Outrage of the Day. Expected to follow: crackdowns against the Left. apnews.com/live/utah-va...

This story is not getting the outrage that I think it deserves. Take a minute to consider the implications of the administration's tacit claim here that they have the right to summarily execute anyone they claim is smuggling drugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Scammers are using A.I. tools to hijack the online personas of prominent medical professionals to sell unproven health products or to swindle customers, according to the doctors, government officials and researchers who have tracked the problem.

JD Pritzger, Illinois Governor, has the right tone IMHO in his recent speech about the threat to send federal troops to Chicago. If you haven't heard or read it, I highly recommend it. CBS has text and video here: www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Further damage to the credibility of the Justice Department, as Barbara McQuade notes in the article. It may take a long time to repair. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/u...

A heartening piece of news from my alma mater today. Stand up! Fight back!

The National Academies are launching a fast-track effort to collect the latest evidence on whether greenhouse gases endanger human health and welfare. The EPA may rescind the endangerment finding regardless of the facts. The Academies will put the facts in the docket. tinyurl.com/yc2z9k9f

Check out the work of Amanda Ripley, who spoke at #CCL2025. We need more of her understanding of conflict and how to skillfully negotiate it.

Met with 2 of Colorado’s 3 new Republican House offices last week. Talking to both Ds & Rs about climate matter more than ever. Grateful to all CO members of Congress who met with us—and to the many @cclusa.org staff & volunteers who made Lobby Day a success!

I was proud and happy to lobby Congress with @cclusa.org ​ last week, reminding our reps that climate people care about constituents care about climate change, despite the hostile political "climate." And: there is potential bipartisan common ground on some climate policy.

I'll be there, to connect with as many of my CCL friends from around the country as I can before we head to the Hill to lobby Congress.

Trump says he wants to investigate Springsteen, Oprah, & Beyoncé for endorsing Kamala Harris and the straightforward interpretation is the correct one: he's using fear of investigation and legal entanglement to deter celebrities from speaking out against him. That's autocratic thuggery.

Republican budget plan: 1. It would cut $700 billion from Medicaid's budget; 2. An estimated 8 million+ people would lose health insurance coverage as a result; and 3. The savings are intended to help pay for tax cuts for billionaires and corporations that will cost $5 trillion. Tell a friend.

For the activists in my feed: research on what it will take to defeat our autocracy, aka nuance around the "3.5% rule." A good interview with the inventor of the rule. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...

Repealing the IRA's clean energy tax credits would be a bad move. "Strip the IRA, and we lose supply chains. We lose factories. For what? To make China stronger? To make our grid weaker? To raise bills?" Read the full piece from America's former Secretary of Energy: heatmap.news/ideas/energy...

One of my (May Day) birthday presents to myself, carrying a sign again in front of the NIST & NOAA labs here. "No Kings."

This demonstration at NIST and NOAA in Boulder was like the Minutemen: Word went out, "DOGE is coming," and a bunch of us turned out quickly, some from a ways away. I like that--one of my ancestors was a Minuteman in New Jersey.

Double-plus ungood www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...

Where I was today: "out in the cold rain and snow," as the song goes, to stand up and be counted. One of my favorite signs:

We need to keep the clean energy provisions in the IRA intact to fully realize the benefits and spur American investment in clean energy 🔌⚡ Reply and tag your Republican members of Congress (if they're on Bluesky). Let them know you want to keep the IRA's climate provisions strong!

"Shambolic" is a word that describes the administration's current efforts to reshape the country: roughly shambles+symbolic. I am reassured that the shambles is generating backlash, including from some unexpected quarters, e.g. farmers who sell lots of grain to USAID for food programs.

Trump and his allies are attempting a coup. People who describe it that way gain more of my respect. Two are Jessica Craven and Robert Hubbell are two. Would that there were more people with the courage to tell it like it is.

Outgoing Sec. of Energy Granholm's optimistic view of the prospects for continued decarbonization. Recommended. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Good short NYT podcast on learning to love beans, mentioning that we can change our taste in food if we put our minds to it. (Podcast here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... ) Then there's this: researchers devoted to addicting us to tasty junk "food." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/m...