“I believe data centers, the only place that they exist, is in hell.” — Calipatria Mayor Michael Luellen inewsource.org/2026/05/13/d... via @philipsalata.bsky.social

It’s official: San Diego County will vote on a half-cent sales tax this year. What to know. From Environment and Energy reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/05/04/s...

‘Enjoy your new sunset.’ A California campaign against offshore oil drilling targets Trump. From Environment and Energy reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/04/26/c...

California’s largest data center may be built in their backyard. Not if they can stop it. Read the second story of inewsource’s latest project “Data Divide” by investigative reporters @philipsalata.bsky.social and Greg Moran. inewsource.org/2026/04/08/c...

‘This data center will come.’ The fight over California’s largest AI development. Read the first story of inewsource’s latest project “Data Divide” by investigative reporters Greg Moran and @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/04/05/d...

California lawmakers advance data center bills to balance industry, environmental concerns. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/03/18/d...

San Diego County will fix a toxic hotspot in the Tijuana River, fund epidemiological study. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/01/29/t...

New legislation in California would limit electric rate increases tied to data centers, while also fast-tracking data center construction: inewsource.org/2026/01/15/d... via @philipsalata.bsky.social

Data centers a growing concern in California, from the State House to county supervisors. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2026/01/15/d...

National City Council rejects biofuels project in pollution burdened neighborhood. From environment reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/11/05/n...

Back in 2020 Kumeyaay avctisits fought against a similar action when the federal government was building more barrier walls through ancestral burrying grounds. It’s not just environmental laws they are dodging but ones protecting culture and history.

EPA to scrap greenhouse gas reporting for companies, including many in San Diego region. From Environment and Energy reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/09/12/e...

‘Nanobubbles’: Why the fed’s experimental plan to clean the Tijuana River is sounding alarms. From Environment and Energy Reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/09/09/t...

The EPA promised Tijuana River pollution fix in 100 days. Where things stand. From environment reporter @philipsalata.bsky.social. inewsource.org/2025/08/28/e...

Trump’s EPA is calling the latest deal with Mexico on the sewage crisis a “massive win,” yet the agreement actually reaffirms old deadlines and projects set under the Biden administration… inewsource.org/2025/08/04/t...

This one is pretty trippy… inewsource.org/2025/06/16/n...

NEW: UC San Diego scientists find ‘complicated soup’ of toxic chemicals in South Bay air, reporting from @philipsalata.bsky.social @inewsource.org inewsource.org/2025/05/28/u...

Residents gathered at Lower Otay Lake to watch firefighters take on the Border 2 fire.

Advocacy groups say lithium companies should do more to mitigate community and environmental impacts despite judge clearing path for lithium extraction. inewsource.org/2025/01/10/c...

Firefighters try to extinguish flames from the Eaton Fire engulfing an Altadena home. They kept saying they didn’t have enough water to do the job.

Scientific research has shown climate change is a significant contributor to the increasing size, intensity and damage of wildfires in the western U.S., and to longer fire seasons. @realsciline.bsky.social www.sciline.org/climate/clim...

Spent some time discussing some recent reporting on the Tijuana River sewage on @kpbssandiego.bsky.social , we need more discussion and more in-depth work! www.kpbs.org/podcasts/kpb...

The Trump admin threats to end birthright citizenship should be a wake up call that we are post law. The 14th amendment is unambiguous. Everyone born in the United States is a citizen. If they can strip citizenship from newborns, they can do it to anyone.

LADWP still owns the water under Paiute Shoshone reservations along with the majority of land and water in Owens Valley. Michael Prather, former Inyo County Water Commission Chair leads a tour at Patsiata, Owens Lake, with Tribal Relations Manager for Inyo FS, Wilfred Nabahe.

Not an opus, but an update. On the other hand, pretty strong to keep learning about how much are estuaries suffer when we don’t update our infrastructure to take into account worsening storm systems. inewsource.org/2024/11/14/o...

Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9.bsky.social) brilliant and exacting as usual: "Many of the same people behind technologies wreaking havoc today also brand themselves as humanity’s saviors...Just as in the past, the Eugenics 2.0 of the tech evangelists is swaddled in the language of betterment..."

Anyway the audience of news nerds hadn’t really been here in full force, but if that changes…

In October, I reported on how the election would determine whether ACA subsidies would expire at the end of 2025. Republicans’ victory makes subsidy extensions incredibly unlikely. Health insurance will likely get more expensive for tens of millions as a result. capitalandmain.com/election-may...