The critical thing to understand about this air conditioning debate is that fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for destroying the planet.

The NPS will launch 850,000 fireworks in the middle of the night. (Last year, they launched 7,000) That will dump perchlorates and heavy metals into the Potomac River and cause the amount of soot and smoke particles to skyrocket (pardon), at great danger to any creature that breathes.

Yes it’s climate change, stop asking

With heat waves shattering temperature records across the globe, leading to needless deaths, let me just say that history will not look fondly on those who put fossil fuel profits above saving the planet.

“…by the end of the decade we need to have decisively broken the political power of the fossil fuel industry, so we can get on with the energy transition, and with building a world that can survive the damage Big Oil has inflicted.” - @billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Folk, the a/c discourse is a trap. While we’re all arguing about whether Luddite-left Europeans deserve to suffer, no-one is talking about the elite fossil-fuel interests who have knowingly caused #ClimateChange and are still blocking us from halting global heating with their corruption and lies.

68% of Americans are concerned about climate change, but only half believe others around them share this concern. @ecoamerica.bsky.social findings show a perception problem, not a concern problem. #VisibleAction can help make the majority seen, shared, and powerful. ecoamerica.org/american-cli...

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U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. The military industrial complex is cheering today.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

The president is overruling science to eliminate measures that protect us from pollution and environmental damage, mainly to benefit multinational corporations that have thrown money at his campaign, ballroom, and family. It's simple corruption, and it will cost American lives and livelihoods.

Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four. I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation. 🧵

A new, 27-mile section of border wall could deplete springs that sustain animals in one of the last open wildlife corridors between Arizona and Mexico. Read more: buff.ly/G80YpcK

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.

Outdoor workers. Older adults. People with chronic illness. These Americans face the highest risks from extreme heat, and many aren’t getting the help they need. See the data from @apha.org and @ecoamerica.bsky.social: ecoamerica.org/american-cli...

NEW POLL: As temperatures skyrocket, so does public concern. @ecoamerica.bsky.social's latest poll finds that 86% of Americans say heat waves and extreme heat have made them more concerned about climate change. For more, read here: ecoamerica.org/american-cli...

If the Senate's budget is enacted, millions will lose health insurance, millions will fall into poverty, and the national debt will increase by $3.3T. All of this to provide a major tax cut mainly to the rich and big corporations. There is no justification for this.

We’re at a critical moment for our climate. Every dollar spent on fossil fuels is a dollar too much. And yet 2/3 banks covered in the #BankingOnClimateChaos report INCREASED their fossil fuel spending. Fossil fuel financing climbed by $163 BILLION from 2023 to 2024. 📈💸 bankingonclimatechaos.org

NEW: The anti-clean energy provisions in Trump's budget bill “could result in nearly 300,000 current and future American jobs to be lost, including 86,000 in solar manufacturing,” according to the Solar Energy Industries Association Household energy costs could also rise as much as 7% by 2035

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In the 1980s, the US experienced one billion-plus dollar extreme weather disaster on average every 4 months. Today? There’s one every 2 weeks, and 9 in 10 Americans say they’ve felt the impacts. Clearly, this is the record to cut—if you don’t want to show how climate change is hitting home.

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Next in Trump's crosshairs: The non-profit status of climate groups. Expect to hear some bullshit about "energy," "security," or "politics" but you know what this really is: Trump's fossil fuel bosses are losing marketshare to clean energy because their product is inferior... and also killing us.

Under the Trump budget plan just passed by Congress, a staggering 70% of House Republicans would personally financially benefit from extending major tax loopholes. More money for them, paid for by cuts to YOUR benefits.

An underrated factor in how we got ourselves into this mess is that Americans are increasingly relying on computers and the internet instead of their own critical thinking faculties (AI is making this even worse), and as a result are uninformed and easy to manipulate.

Make a plan to join us for the 2025 National Faith + Climate Forum on March 27th! We are so excited to announce Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE (Founder of The Jane Goodall Institute + UN Messenger of Peace) is among our amazing line up of speakers buff.ly/jwn0c0b

Just making sure you saw this. @fetterman.senate.gov

Thank you @billmckibben.bsky.social for explaining so eloquently why @noaa.gov is being dismantled and what we're losing! Any fool can break things open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on. Now.

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Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the US and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the US and if we don't wake up we may not have a US"

Oil and gas CEOs gave millions of dollars to Trump's campaign. Now, they are getting a hefty kickback in return. In just two days, the 15 richest oil and gas billionaires have already gotten $3 BILLION dollars richer. This is what oligarchy looks like.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said: “I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” Today and always, let us follow his moral compass, keep working to build an equal and just society for all, and even in the hardest of times, continue finding those stars.

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Got a Cuisinart Cordless kettle for Christmas but it has a cord. Why name it cordless if it needs a cord to work? 🤨

It needed to be said (and I'm hardly the first person to say any of this!!!) www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Books are transportation away from whatever the heck this is.

“I think some of us went pretty quickly from hearing it’s going to increase jobs and home values and fix the economy … to learning it was going to be an environmental disaster."

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Forget the numbers. The key things to understand about global temps are: 1. Homo sapiens (us) have never seen temps this high. 2. It's getting hotter, faster. 3. We're on track for collapse and mass extinction. 4. We could stop it, but Big Oil & govs are still making it hotter instead.