ACTION ALERT UPDATE: #NMPol, please STAND DOWN on this Water Quality Control Commission meeting. The industry group "WATR Alliance" has withdrawn its motion to reconsider, and is filing a NEW petition that will be heard likely on 4/14. Repeat: No need to go to the 3/10 meeting.

BREAKING: 1.25% for #Wildlife in #ORLeg #ORPol has PASSED THE #OREGON LEGISLATURE through ENORMOUS EFFORT by AMAZING ADVOCATES! On to Gov. Kotek! Press release here:

Efforts to commodify O&G “produced water” (really, toxic production wastewater) are a good example of how the O&G industry attempts to entrench itself in society—esp. given fact that these efforts are sold as a solution to aridification (rather than to industry problem).

Welp: ZERO takers on the Trump administration's first lease sale for oil and gas development in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. Bidding closed today with no bids. The lease sale was supposed to spark new interest in oil and gas development in the region. It doesn't seem to be working.

Hey #NMPol: The Water Quality Control Commission is meeting on 3/10 to consider reviving the oil & gas industry's rulemaking petition to allow "treated" produced water (fracking waste) discharge. It would be one of the most permissive such rules nationwide. Details: www.env.nm.gov/events-calen...

The answer to titular hypotheticals is usually "no," which can be a fun little game to play, but there are exceptions to every rule. In this case, the answer is a resounding YES, RATEPAYERS SHOULD INDEED BE WORRIED.

NEWS RELEASE: There is no energy emergency. Trump used this false pretense to skip review and public input on expanding a crappy #coal mine. We're suing. @earthjustice.org @meic-official.bsky.social @biologicaldiversity.org @wildearthguardians.bsky.social #GreenSky

Here we see a black plume of steady emissions from a flare at an Energy Transfer plant in Carlsbad, NM. It represents a continuous release of methane and other VOCs, all of which create harmful air pollution in the surrounding area. Learn more: biggaspolluters.org/polluter-of-...

🚨NEW PODCAST ALERT🚨 This one's about #EnvironmentalJustice with the guy who wrote the book: UNM School of Law Professor, longtime EPA legal counsel, and WELC board member Cliff Villa. Learn why environmental justice is for everyone here (or on Apple or on Spotify if you must:

NEWS RELEASE: Conservation groups: #Idaho Stibnite gold mine permit violates Clean Water Act, would harm Salmon River, threatened bull trout Hat tip to our partners at the Idaho Conservation League, Idaho Rivers United, Advocates for the West, @earthworks.bsky.social, and Save the South Fork Salmon

Today, March 2, is the deadline to submit comments on the proposed air permit for #ProjectJupiter in Dona Ana County, #NewMexico. This data center project would generate + consume more energy than the entire PNM grid. Use this form to take action. act.sierraclub.org/actions/RioG...

Good essay from @justinpidot.bsky.social calling for a profound shift in federal public land management. Key point: the "multiple use" paradigm has fomented problematic "project-by-project" management that tends to entrench exploitation, not conservation, of public lands. It's time for change.

Why has climate action has fallen off the political agenda? Not because people don’t care! According to @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social Americans are as concerned now as they were in 2019. No. Decisionmakers are retreating because the right wing is going after them full bore & they are folding. 1/2

Heatmap found a 26 point (!!!!!!) drop in public support for data centre development and the right-wing think-tanker they interviewed put it down to "a fear of bigness" 🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠🫠

A unique aerial measurement campaign found that emission inventories compiled by energy companies to account for planet-warming methane leaking from equipment on Colorado oil and gas production sites undercount such pollutants by at least two times. From @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Explosive, exclusive article in Wall Street Journal, documenting some of 1st results of Trump rollbacks: U.S. Power-Plant Pollution Rose Sharply in 2025. Rising emissions coincide with Trump administration’s push for coal use & rollback of Biden-era climate regulations. www.wsj.com/us-news/clim...

Yglesias' consternation about AI data center opposition is a tacit recognition that the 'Abundance' ecosystem is dominated by Technofeudalists and worse.

In addition to rolling back all climate and environmental regulations in the US, the current administration is actively trying to force the rest of the world to do the same. Shipping regs, EU methane regs, etc, etc.

Steve Pearce is unfit to serve as director of the Bureau of Land Management. He is openly hostile to your #PublicLands, viewing them as trees to bulldoze, oil to extract, and real estate to sell to the ultra rich for pennies on the dollar. He will destroy our natural heritage for a pat on the back.

Why Steve Pearce Is Such A Concerning Nominee To Run BLM “Sell off Steve” refuses to say he won’t sell public land. Here’s how much he could cost us. Wes Siler #StevePearce #BLM #StevePearceBLM https://wessiler.substack.com/p/why-steve-pearce-is-such-a-concerning

A12.1: Former Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) is in the confirmation process for head of the Bureau of Land Management. There, he'll oversee 245M acres of public lands and push to private them (sell them). Check out the VetVoice Foundation 's website and take swift action: SellOffSteve.org #ParkChat

12M acrs of Idaho is BLM land. Nominated director “Sell-Off Steve” Pearce has long record of advocating to sell off YOUR public lands. Hiring the Fox to guard the henhouse Call senators today. Tell them to vote NO 👎 on “Sell-Off Steve.” Tell friends & neighbors! www.outdoorlife.com/opinion/stev...

President Trump and Sen. Mike Lee’s nominee to head the BLM, Steve Pearce, says we do not need our public lands. He wants to sell them off while he profits from his oil companies and farming operations. 📞 Call your Senator and tell them to say NO to “Selloff Steve” Pearce!

Meet Steve Pearce: The anti-public lands ideologue nominated to manage 245 million acres for the BLM. Steve Pearce thinks public lands should be exploited rather than preserved for future generations. ACT NOW! Tell your senators to vote NO on Pearce’s confirmation ➡️ https://loom.ly/grMxNN

I once saw Steve Pearce talk at a high school graduation, and it was the most batshit graduation speech I have ever seen. He is not a smart man and does not have good judgment.

When someone says repeatedly they support selling off our public lands, believe them the first time. Colorado’s message to Steve Pearce, Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management: Our public lands are NEVER for sale.

“So when Steve Pearce says, we do not even need most of this land, he's not just talking about acreage, he's talking about eliminating veterans' jobs,” says VVFND CEO Janessa Goldbeck. 1 in 5 BLM employees are veterans, working as wildland firefighters, conservation professionals, and guides.

Steve Pearce is unfit to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Americans deserve a real steward for our public lands and Pearce isn’t that. I’m a hell no on his nomination.

Steve Pearce, the White House’s second oil and gas-connected pick, is ”not so sure” he’s changed.

Trump’s pick to lead the BLM, Steve Pearce, is a direct threat to our public lands. We cannot trust him with 245 million acres of federal land. Protect our outdoors and tell Senators to vote NO on his confirmation. Sign the petition: selloffsteve.org

Trump has nominated former Rep. Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management, where Pearce would be in charge of 245 million acres of #PublicLands. Urge your Senators to VOTE NO on Steve Pearce for BLM Director by calling them at 202-224-3121 and by clicking this link ➡️ biodiv.us/pearce

An obvious, demonstrable lie.

We have so many interconnecting reasons to defeat fascism and here’s another one

The abundance clique has an AI problem. Beyond being funded by Silicon Valley, the ecosystem features an array of tech libertarians, a smattering of technofascism, and no answers for our anti-AI moment. Read @dylangyauchl.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com! newrepublic.com/article/2064...

Confirming Pearce would put many of our favorite campsites, streams, and hiking trails across the West directly in the crosshairs 🎯🎯 Save our #PublicLands! Urge your Senators to VOTE NO on Steve Pearce for BLM Director by calling them at 202-224-3121 and by clicking this link ➡️ biodiv.us/pearce

Can consumer generative AI products like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot solve climate change? #BigTech companies certainly want you to think so, but the evidence says otherwise. Take action and read our report here: https://stand.earth/resources/ai-climate-hoax-greenwashing/

Company that bent the knee to Trump: we shouldn’t punish companies that bent the knee to Trump

Not the point, of course, but I must add that I am, again, incandescently furious with all the "climate people" who insisted that permitting reform was good climate policy. How do we fight the monsters collectively when so many on "our side" can't even recognize them as such?

Holy shit. The fossil-fuel industry wanted "permitting reform" (ie, gutting the National Environmental Policy Act) so badly that the Trump regime went ahead and did it illegally. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

www.theguardian.com/environment/... “On climate, the hour for collective action has already arrived. The science is here. What we need now is courage – courage scaled to the enormity of the task – so we may gift the next generation not only carbon capture, but a planet worthy of their hopes,”

Reactionary YIMBYs deflect responsibility for government & market failures onto the shoulders of regular people. They treat hyper powerful forces like Big Tech as an inexorable force people & communities must accommodate. If you oppose that force, you're disparaged as a NIMBY. Fuck that.

Sharon takes Bill Spindle on a tour of the Texas Permian to show him the ongoing methane spill from the U.S. oil and gas industry.

Trump's pick to oversee our public lands, former Rep. Steve Pearce, has a lifetime 4% LCV score thanks to an extensive anti-public lands and anti-environmental record. He would be an abject disaster for our most treasured outdoor wonders. 📞 Call your senator and tell them to vote NO on Pearce.

Trump's EPA killed the need for all 194 U.S. power plants burning coal to have continuous emissions monitoring for toxic soot pollution. Why? Because EPA said that $2.9 million/year was too much for ALL 194 of these plants to spend—not each, but altogether—for better compliance & transparency. 1/

Northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets, Chinook salmon, and countless other species depend on strong habitat protections to survive. Redwoods are just one of the vital ecosystems at risk if the ESA is weakened. The public comment window is open—submit yours: savetr.org/RedwoodsESA

"The repeal of the Endangerment Finding is scientifically unfounded, almost certainly illegal, & unbelievably unwise. But it is only part of the Trump admin’s wide-ranging assault on regulations of all kinds & an even broader war on science, data, fact-based decision-making, & public understanding."

The answer is not "LeSS ReGulATion" -sorry Abundance bros-, but rather to oversee renewable energy development through a democratic process that is truly responsive, inclusive, and meaningful. Go read @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social if you're interested in learning about this!

Today, along with my @progressivereform.bsky.social colleagues, we released an update to our 2024 Communities Left Behind project, addressing the intersection of renewable development restrictions at the local level, energy burden, and socioeconomic indicators progressivereform.org/publications...