"Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive." Solar power, when smartly built, can improve agriculture *and* provide clean, pollution-free, low-cost energy. www.anl.gov/article/inse...

that thar's good messagin'

Could not resist a detour on my way home to check this mess out. The bottom is completely coated in muck, a bunch of guys with vacuums (all powered with individual diesel generators) trying to clean it. By the time they get to the other end ….

Last week, lawmakers rushed HB 472, a really bad anti-voter bill and it's now up to Governor DeWine to stop it with a veto. Go to the link below to email him, or call him directly at (614) 644-4357, or (614) 466-3555. Tell the governor to veto HB 472: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Can you spare 60 seconds to save our national forests? The regime’s illegal plan to gut the Forest Service has already forced hundreds of expert researchers to resign. Click the link, and our tool sends a direct letter to Congress: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Thank you @markey.senate.gov and 15 Senators working on a transportation bill to: 🚗 Protect infrastructure grants from political interference 🚲 Make transportation safer 🚌 Address affordability crisis ✊🏽 Create good, union jobs 🌎 Protect climate & public health www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

I thought my cat was upstairs playing all afternoon but then I found this beauty! Rescued and safely on its way!

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Take out as it should be! In our own containers.

I've just heard from my dear brother @revyearwood.bsky.social that his esteemed mother, Dr. Myrtle Yearwood, died on May Day. She asked that instead of flowers people contribute to the Hip Hop Caucus Voter Education Fund, especially in light of last week's despicable Court ruling respectmyvote.com

@dogs.bsky.social five weeks in, Roscoe is quite settled in to being a city dog.

Millions of Americans are drinking nitrate-contaminated water so that we can feed the world's gas tanks corn ethanol. What a fucking deal. Side note, I'm quoted in an article with the great @anneschech.bsky.social and @profsecchi.bsky.social . . . I gotta say, it was a good day.

Do you know if you and your family are breathing #CleanAir? Check out the American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report! Lung.org/sota

Thankfully, most folks currently in a position of power are not pushing for this very dumb policy. Because evidence is not on your side here: taxfoundation.org/oped/gas-tax...

As @billmckibben.bsky.social says, we urgently need to stop burning things for energy. This includes burning fossil fuels of course, but also burning trees and crops, which *increases* emissions for decades. We need to electrify energy systems using solar and wind.

Republicans love to talk about “living within our means” when it comes to spending—except for the Pentagon, whose budget they want to increase by *40%*. Meanwhile, their cuts to the Forest Service are having a huge impact on research + wildfire management. The damage they’re doing is incalculable.

This is Roscoe. We’ve had hime for 2 weeks. He has decided he is a cat. It was precarious but he managed. #dogs #dogsofbluesky

“The map above shows the cost of charging an EV at home. The price is expressed in “eGallons,” which is the cost of charging an EV by an amount equivalent to one gallon of gasoline.” — @climateconnections.bsky.social

We are launching a big project today with MIT — The Electricity Price Hub! You can view monthly electricity prices per kwh and avg. bills for every major utility in the country going back to Jan 2020. electricity.heatmap.news

Roscoe has arrived! Formerly of North Carolina. He is now adjusting to being a city dog curtesy of Rural Dog Rescue!

🚨 @casten.house.gov and @levin.house.gov just introduced the Energy Bills Relief Act to address rising energy costs by deploying clean energy, putting affordability over profit, and modernizing the grid. This bill would get the U.S. on the right track and reverse Trump’s disastrous energy policies.

The bad news is that clock is ticking to tackle rising energy costs and the climate crisis. The good news is that the solution is here. Expanded access to low-cost, reliable energy is good for our planet and good for your wallet. I introduced the Energy Bills Relief Act to do just that.

Question: why not redeploy the National Guard loitering in metro stations in clumps or 4, 5, 6 or 7 or more to airports? Won’t solve the shutdown but at least they’d be useful??

We have the tools to power America with abundant, reliable, American-made clean energy. The missing link is a consumer-first energy policy. That's why SEEC's Clean Energy Deployment Task Force Co-Chairs @casten.house.gov & @levin.house.gov introduced the Energy Bills Relief Act today.

Your energy bills are too high. Trump promised to cut them in half. Under his watch, they rose as high as 13% last year. Today, I introduced the Energy Bills Relief Act with @casten.house.gov to actually deliver on that promise.

One week into home delivery of the @nytimes.com having ditched the @washingtonpost.com, my main complaint is the NYT has way more news to read. I did not appreciate how thin the post had gotten.

Give Americans Cancer Again- GACA

We're about 25 new members away from reaching our goal to be able to expand The 51st's newsroom! If you've been waiting for a sign to join, this is it!

Another Great Lakes Day in the books! Thank you to all of the advocates from across the region who came in to tell their stories and let their Members of Congress know about the importance of the Great Lakes and clean water. #GreatLakes #CleanWater

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

The gas meter is finally GONE! We are #AllElectric #heatpump! And of course love the Copper Charlie stove.

You can’t see most toxic pollution. But you live with it every day. Stronger safeguards mean cleaner air, safer water, and healthier communities. Weakening them shifts risk onto the public. Public health should come first. Thx @enviroprotnet.bsky.social #SaferNotSicker

This will bring you to tears. I hope Jackie Flavin’s words become action. How much is an NRA score worth?

Is there a magic button that can erase all references to the SOTU and ALL images of the Trumpster fire delivering it???? Also any clips? Can I cleanse my feed?

15,000 people singing to call on ICE to quit their jobs! Show your courage! Lay down your weapons! Leave this behind! Singing with Brandi Carlile was awesome, but what we're really about is taking it to the streets.

The Trump administration just repealed the Endangerment Finding. The scientific determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health. Repealing it would strike at the foundation of federal climate protections and pave the way for sweeping deregulation. https://act.elpc.org/4tE19iY

Breaking: Trump’s EPA just repealed updated Mercury & Air Toxics Standards, allowing coal plants to emit more mercury, heavy metals & soot. With so many coal plants in the Midwest, our communities will feel the impact. We will fight to defend clean air. https://act.elpc.org/4rTQ6QW

In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers

@apnews.com is pretty damn great

I need to know everything about job #6 right now

The US EPA is turning its back on science and the Clean Air Act! Hey @washingtonpost.com Editorial Board maybe you should talk to some experts (who aren’t paid by polluters) before you opine on the Clean Air Act.

A week after The Washington Post purges its environmental reporting, its ed board reaches an ignorant, humiliating new low in editorials: The Trump EPA is right not to uphold the Clean Air Act because it should ask Congress to pass a new Clean Air Act. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... 1/

Public service at its best

Did you all see Republican Chris Christie throw Lindsey Graham under the 🚌 on 📺?

Politicians are trying to suppress millions of voters with this "show-your-papers" bill. Urge your members of Congress to defend our democracy at aclu.org/stop_anti_voter_

I just became a p aid subscriber. If you can, please join me. Consider it lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness...in which democracy dies.

Just finishing up my @washingtonpost.com leaving me to wonder who is left…..

Families displaced by flooding in Cedar-Riverside need immediate support for housing, repairs, and basic needs. gofund.me/249253790

Happy #caturday. Keep warm!