Phew. Now come to the table and negotiate a bipartisan agreement to end the shutdown.

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Great to see @washingtonpost.com cover cancer rates in the Corn Belt but nitrate pollution is mentioned as an aside while glyphosate is the "center of the controversy." This ignores reporting from @sentientmedia.org @investigatemidwest.bsky.social & others and research from... wapo.st/3Le1yXo

As we reported earlier this month, many food banks are already reeling from the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of 94 million pounds of deliveries that were already scheduled: projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Jeez this is pathological.

New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule. Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal. grist.org/energy/new-e... #Coal #Energy #Solar #Wind #Climate

A massive storm that brought a record storm surge to Alaska was poorly forecast, and “this is one of the clearest possible examples to date where missing upper air soundings due to NWS constraints may have led to a degraded forecast.”

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to fast-track solar and wind permits that must break ground by next year or likely miss out on a federal tax credit Congress is ending. With @opb.org

“We believe in the federalist system — that’s states’ rights. Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration,” said Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt. Finally a Republican speaks out. chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump...

Trump's war on renewables is devastating but states press on. And w/rising demand, "Solar and wind are still going to get built because you can't build anything else right now," Dennis Wamsted, energy analyst, @ieefainstitute.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/stat... @ceresorg.bsky.social

As the Trump administration retreats from renewables, states are doubling down. "States are recognizing … we need to step up and fill this void of leadership," said Jacob Weinberg of Solar Energy Industries Association. www.thenewlede.org/2025/10/stat...

Oh: - The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July. - China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period. By @akshatrathi.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Reporting from “war ravaged” “crime-ridden” Portland, Oregon.

April 2, 2018 "Video Reveals Power Of Sinclair, As Local News Anchors Recite Script In Unison" "How America's largest local TV owner turned its news anchors into soldiers in Trump's war on the media" BoycottSinclair #BoycottSinclair www.npr.org/sections/the...

Great news for New England ! Offshore wind is so important for the region’s climate goals and energy security. apnews.com/article/trum...

Thank you Michael Eisner

Plastics found inside vegetable tissues: www.earth.com/news/plastic...

I can’t say I’m surprised, but I am certainly appalled. This is a dark day for public health. I believe it is most appropriate to refer to this committee as RFKJ’s ACIP. He handpicked all these members to get the result that he wanted.

Look at the drastic cuts President Trump asked Congress to throw at the CDC. He wanted zeroing out of all funding for chronic diseases, birth defects/developmental disorders, and injury prevention, and occupational health and a 65% reduction for environmental health at CDC...

Taxpayers foot 63% of crop insurance payouts & climate change is driving up costs. Far less funding goes to conservation practices which could help lower those costs. @anneschech.bsky.social @ewg-official.bsky.social @nsac-sustainableag.bsky.social @civileats.com civileats.com/2025/09/10/a...

One day after the Supreme Court lifted the ban on racial profiling, federal agents swarmed a car in Van Nuys. Four masked agents with guns drawn yanked people out, slammed them to the ground, and pointed a weapon at a pregnant woman. There is no justification for this. None.

Experts say conservation measures are critical for building resilience to climate change as farmers grapple with flooding, drought, and other climate impacts. But as these risks continue to mount, conservation resources are harder to come by. Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

There’s been lots of discussion of the article, but I think the paper-copy visual is effective. Individual photos of each Dem Senator, each one captioned, “Senator [Name], what will you do?”

I wrote about journalists who look away. From Maxim Gorky's shameful behavior in 1929 at Solovki and the death of George Polk in Greece in 1948, I move on to our current national crisis, which grows a little more urgent every day, despite those who continue to act as if nothing is happening.

@MayorWu brings the fire to Boston’s Labor Day parade. “We won’t tolerate tyranny, we won’t let you silence us. We won’t let you sweep the Epstein files under your Qatari jet.”

Aluminum costs have tripled and orders are down 35-40% for this aluminum casting company. A “big, bad (economic) wave is coming,” says this executive. More CEOs need to speak up like this. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

What if Russia sends sharks with lasers on their heads and they grab onto the windmill at the bottom and then the centrifugal force hurls them onto our territory and then boom, there's laser sharks right on your street, President Trump is very concerned about that and every American should be too

Here’s better reporting about that which seems to be missing from most U.S. reporting

Finally, some good news: Denmark is banning 23 pesticides that break down into TFA, a toxic, persistent PFAS that contaminates groundwater and food. With a 6–15 month phase-out, this precautionary step protects health, pollinators, and soil. #PFAS #WaterSafety #IntegratedPestManagement

NEW: An anti-offshore wind group is targeting a Brown researcher who studies climate obstruction. It's not the first time they've done it, but there's a new twist: They're threatening to go to the Trump administration unless the university retracts the work

Good lord. It’s one long nightmarish episode of Veep.

“The further into the autumn we get without reaching an agreement with China on soybeans, the worse the impacts will be on U.S. soybean farmers,” Ragland wrote in the letter. “U.S. soybean farmers cannot survive a prolonged trade dispute with our largest customer … We need your help.”

Thanks @wired.com for picking up my @insideclimatenews.org story! www.wired.com/story/privat...

Mark Peterson’s black-and-white images of ICE agents evoke film noir and the urban-crime photography of the 1930s and ’40s. “If someone is doing everything right, and then they still get detained, it’s a crime scene,” he said.

Hey Chris Wright: The 1990s called. They want their fossil fuel industry-funded climate denial talking points back. #ScienceUnderSiege

The anti-science Trumpers may be planning to destroy two working satellites that provide vital measurements about carbon dioxide & climate (and data that forecasts crop yield, drought conditions, & more). They cost $750 million to make but only $15 million/yr to operate. www.npr.org/2025/08/04/n...

"On July 25, the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council approved an all-electric building standard, making New York the first state in the nation to prohibit gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings." www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social 🔌💡

Several startups are launching balloons, drones, buoys and other devices to provide critical data to the beleaguered National Weather Service, but they can’t fill all the gaps.

Companies with innovative tech for improving weather forecasting are providing their data to help the beleaguered NWS fill gaps, but they can’t fill all the gaps -- and too much reliance on private data has its costs. insideclimatenews.org/news/0108202... my 1st for @insideclimatenews.org

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

As Governor of North Dakota, Burgum co-authored mutiple annual reports on grid reliability that discussed battery storage and the role of wind--which supplies nearly 40% of the state's electricity-- and solar in the state. He knows better.

Breakthrough study: COVID-19 reactivates dormant breast cancer, triggering deadly metastasis. Cancer survivors who got COVID had 4.5× higher cancer-related deaths and 1.4× greater breast cancer. MASK UP!! Protect yourself from Covid, which is airborne

As Zeldin speaks, the heat index at the bottom of the screen is showing parts of the country hitting feels-like temperatures of 121 degrees. Extreme heat is a leading cause of death from climate change, a toll that will increase as CO2 levels rise.

Saw the news yesterday, and I still think it's crazy that none of the new USDA hubs are in California. Sure, let's have a hub in Utah, the state with the 37th largest ag sales, instead of California, with the number 1 largest ag sales. Clearly politically motivated. www.reuters.com/world/us/usd...

Since President Trump's first day in office, hundreds of environmental justice grants have been cancelled by the EPA. Among these are 21 projects designed to improve climate, farming, and food resilience in underserved communities across the United States.

It's as if EPA's new OASES office, the replacement for its science research arm, is named for the oasis it will create for industry. Jennifer Orme-Zavaleta and Dan Costa, former high level ORD officials, discuss what's likely to come next. @thenewlede.bsky.social www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/qa-a...

We joined over a dozen farmer, farmworker, and environmental groups to endorse the Pesticide Injury Accountability Act, intro'd in the U.S. Senate yesterday. If passed pesticide makers would be held accountable for health harms such as cancer and Parkinson’s disease. @thenewlede.bsky.social #agsky

Someone (@lewfoo) posted a long thread on the THREADS app about this. I’m posting the @npr.org story on which her thread was based here. PLEASE READ & SHARE. It’s so important. @cbsnews.com @nbcnews.com @abc7.bsky.social www.npr.org/sections/the...

Some rare hope! Thank you @billmckibben.bsky.social Wow, California is using 40% less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023 thanks to its increased battery storage capacity. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

A lesson on how to write a headline.