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Your friendly local Bloomberg climate tech editor
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Katie Drummond
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For the @wired.com Big Interview this week, I interviewed California gubernatorial hopeful and billionaire Tom Steyer. It was a tough hang for many reasons, but particularly because he didn't know who he was talking to.
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This is the most Bay Area real estate thing I have ever read
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xAI has expanded unpermitted behind-the-meter gas capacity at its Colossus 2 site to roughly 1 gigawatt. Wild stuff from
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xAI Adds 19 New Gas Turbines Despite Ongoing Lawsuit
Emails show that Elon Musk’s company is expanding its use of portable gas-fired power at its Colossus 2 site as a fight over air quality continues.
https://www.wired.com/story/xai-adds-19-new-gas-turbines-despite-ongoing-lawsuit/
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part of me believes that if every American could have a gap year in which they experience functional mass transit, including high speed trains, it would transform the way we get around in this country inside a generation
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molly taft
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NEW: i took a look at a chevron power plant designed to power a data center that is asking for a school district tax break in texas — the plant's probable client is microsoft, which made a series of promises around tax breaks in january my dive into tax breaks for data center power:
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Chevron Wants a School District Tax Break for a Data Center Power Plant in Texas
The move could save the oil company hundreds of millions, even as Texas lawmakers start looking at reining in incentives for data centers.
https://www.wired.com/story/chevron-wants-school-district-tax-break-data-center-power-plant-texas/
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some (belated) personal news: wrapping up my first week
@wired.com
where I'm overseeing science coverage. I'm still working on climate but so excited to cover everything science at a time when so many fields are both under attack and churning out amazing discoveries
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California's ambitious climate goals are bumping against the reality that nobody — particularly people living in increasingly fireprone areas — wants utility-scale batteries in their backyard.
@toddwoody.bsky.social
dove into the growing wave of battery NIMBYs in the state and beyond
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California Is Ground Zero for the Growing Battery Backlash
Locals worried about fire risks and industrialization are fighting developers looking to build hundreds of energy storage installations.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-23/california-is-ground-zero-for-the-growing-battery-backlash?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3Njk2NTcwOCwiZXhwIjoxNzc3NTcwNTA4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURFhZR0tLSUpIOVEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.dnYgu5Tja_dVxIGeloBnEuZwOpqhqJ6CyofalgVpBug
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Amanda Kolson Hurley
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Hello, I wrote about Pete Hegseth’s anti-climate stance vs. the very real climate risks faced by the USM, which it is not ignoring, and how these things are in tension. Please check it out!
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News to me and the 8 billion people who live on land
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Zahra Hirji
about 2 months ago
The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, citing reasons of national security. Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump’s God Squad Exempts Gulf Drilling from Endangered Species Protections
The Endangered Species Committee, a little-used panel of US senior federal agency leaders, on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from sweeping endangered species protections, ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-31/trump-s-god-squad-exempts-gulf-oil-drilling-from-endangered-species-protections?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NDk4MDY0MCwiZXhwIjoxNzc1NTg1NDQwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQ1JPNUZUOTZPU1MwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFMkUzODg2QzgzREM0NTUxOEVFM0M2MDRGN0ZBRTlGMyJ9.yOfWAMZxz5RV3RS0NOdogobxXFd_ZOtLmENTAkuCPK0
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Todd Woody
about 2 months ago
New: Around the world people are turning to low-carbon EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps as the Iran war upends oil and gas markets. Bloomberg journalists, including yours truly, filed dispatches from San Francisco to Lagos for this story. Free link
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Iran War Is Pushing Consumers to Break Up With Fossil Fuels
EVs, solar panels, induction stoves and heat pumps, now cheaper than ever, are becoming more attractive as the conflict upends oil and gas markets.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-26/war-oil-price-shock-sparks-new-interest-in-green-tech-around-the-world?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3NDUzMzY5MywiZXhwIjoxNzc1MTM4NDkzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQ0hONDdLR0NURlkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyMjc1RTYyODc5NjY0NjIyOUExMkRCMjU1OEYzNjQ2QiJ9._XQIjpjIFKfiSg5BKIl_W_dqcGmWpZ7Dh1Ibf2K8JJI
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Akshat Rathi
about 2 months ago
My interview with
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
is now live. We touch on wealth tax, Iran, North Sea, community energy and so much more.
youtu.be/STXgaWdfWKs
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Zack Polanski’s Plan to Tax Billionaires, Make Energy Cheap
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
https://youtu.be/STXgaWdfWKs?si=w2kweCI2johUnPXp
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Robbie Andrew
2 months ago
What stands out perhaps most here is how much oil demand electric two- and three-wheelers have avoided. Most talk in developed countries is about passenger cars, but the transition to electric among these smaller vehicles in developing countries has been huge.
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EVs already avoid 2.3 million barrels of oil demand per day, an amount roughly on par with UAE production
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EVs Avoided the Use of 2.3 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day in 2025
With gas prices climbing due to the Iran War, interest in electrified transportation is on the rise.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-18/electric-vehicles-avoided-use-of-2-3-million-barrels-of-oil-daily-in-2025?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3MzgyOTIwNywiZXhwIjoxNzc0NDM0MDA3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUQzJJUFFLR0NUSEgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwQzg4NkY0NTI0NzY0RUE0OEY2QTk4RTk1NDc5RTI2NSJ9.8MBMTiCrVmNRXzTXAhqhk5Atz-VrJc01wtzUTfcVDf8
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molly taft
3 months ago
there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran
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Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers
The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.
https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-war-on-iran-could-screw-over-us-farmers/
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The Trump administration literally canceled $450 million in grid resilience grants to Puerto Rico last month but sure the halftime show was absolutely apolitical
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Zahra Hirji
3 months ago
Compared with the 1st year of previous admins, including Trump’s 1st term, the current admin has taken fewer polluters to court & settled fewer existing court cases, per a new review of federal court records by the nonprofit EIP. Story
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molly taft
4 months ago
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
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Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
https://www.wired.com/story/data-centers-are-driving-a-us-gas-boom/
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Data center energy and water use have gotten a lot of (rightful) attention. But there's another issue that's getting less attention than it should: The immense amount of carbon-intensive concrete needed to build them 🎁🔗
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The Data Center Surge Has a Hidden Source of Carbon Emissions
Tech companies are turning to green concrete to help reduce the massive environmental footprint of building out data centers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/the-us-data-center-buildout-has-a-hidden-source-of-carbon-emissions?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTQ5NjAyNywiZXhwIjoxNzcwMTAwODI3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOUdWVVdLSVAzSVAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.r85QzUhi0xEP2_ap0lNow8NHlODLfoej2OP0aYe-k6w
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Jennifer Granholm's advice for Democrats: Implement their agenda as aggressively as Trump and tie building renewables to lowering energy bills. Oh, and don't mention climate: “On Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs, climate does not rise as much as how much I'm paying for my electricity bill" 🎁🔗
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What Democrats Can Learn From the Trump Energy Playbook
Democrats shouldn’t be afraid to take more aggressive actions on clean energy, former Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-26/jennifer-granholm-democrats-should-use-trump-playbook-for-climate?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2OTQ2NDQ3NywiZXhwIjoxNzcwMDY5Mjc3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOUhOU1pLSVAzSTgwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.B3nbB6zjghQ1suoAIxRXoEaWqpC3DLHU48qVOzI7S9M
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Not the just White House. Also extremely unclear what penguins and MAHA have to do with each other
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Local news remains undefeated in creating new weather metrics
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The fossil fuel industry has a long history of mascots. One of my favs is Captain Coal, who is featured in coloring books and other materials the Lignite Council gives out for free to teachers
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Shot: The Trump administration is pushing the biggest US grid operator to hold an emergency wholesale electricity auction later this year to accelerate new power coming on the grid and bring down costs 🎁🔗
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Trump Pushes for Emergency Power Auction to Fuel AI Boom
The Trump administration and several states laid out a plan intended to compel technology companies to effectively fund the construction of new power plants as a way to tame surging consumer utility b...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-16/trump-pushes-for-emergency-power-auction-to-fuel-ai-boom?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2ODU4NzM0NiwiZXhwIjoxNzY5MTkyMTQ2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOFlLMFpUOU5KTFUwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.pR9TVKLwXaUuWQrXyZDfmpr9zVsklVnE1eUu0S0WOLo
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Coco Liu
4 months ago
The US rare earth industry saw record venture funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors. My latest for
@bloomberg.com
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#rareearths
#climatetech
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Trump’s Rare Earth Push Extends Lifeline to Green Tech
The industry saw record funding in 2025 as the US looks to build out a supply chain of elements crucial to the defense and energy sectors.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-15/trump-national-security-mandate-boosts-us-rare-earth-startups?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2ODQ5NDgwNCwiZXhwIjoxNzY5MDk5NjA0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOFdJSVdLSVAzSU4wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwQjVFMDM3MDAzMzc0Q0NCQUUxNzE4QkU3ODk5NDQ0MSJ9.XfsjZiMt3wAkjnSmQBVrVWOtBqWOyV9PTpKIN_0VGHE
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Eric Roston
4 months ago
Heat and greenhouse gas pollution rise in lock-step — until 2023, when the thermostat goes bonkers. 🎁🔗 The 2025 climate numbers are in.
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the world’s saddest man cave
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Jeff Goodell
4 months ago
Safe from a nuclear bomb, but unsafe from fossil fuels.
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The offshore wind farm Trump paused because of national security concerns can continue after a judge said "I'm not persuaded any emergency exists in this case" to stop work on a project that is 90% complete
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Orsted Wins Ruling to Resume US Wind Project Halted by Trump
A US judge ruled Orsted A/S can resume development of a wind farm project off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest stop-work order, a major win for the Danish energy g...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/orsted-wins-ruling-to-resume-us-wind-project-halted-by-trump?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2ODI1MjgzNSwiZXhwIjoxNzY4ODU3NjM1LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOEk0TVpLSzNOWUEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.-prQhp9yOYZ_WNUfLJ-EK22rH-sGG-ImwBw4b0awoBc
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Maxine Joselow
4 months ago
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by
@nytimes.com
. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1A._oBq.f7lv_siyuiie&smid=url-share
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Trump: "All you have to do is say to China, how many windmill areas do you have in China? So far they're not able to find any." China:
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Another, underreported problem with Venezuela's dirty oil? The industry's methane emissions are the worst in the world and 10 times higher than the global average due to busted (or in some cases nonexistent) infrastructure 🎁🔗
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Satellite Images Reveal Venezuela’s Massive Methane Problem
Data shows millions of tons of methane spewing from the nation’s decaying energy infrastructure, underscoring how much work is required to revive production.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-09/venezuela-s-massive-methane-problem-revealed-in-satellite-images?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2Nzk4MzM0NywiZXhwIjoxNzY4NTg4MTQ3LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOExGV0ZLSVAzSkowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.-6XF2uozFTFrTMfrERYHdDpF5Ko6QC3domfJ70j24y4
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Nothing says freedom in a foreign country like huge US flags, chain stores and endless parking spaces filled with SUVs
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“You had to look hard and almost knowingly to find any hint of plant protein source in that graphic." RFK Jr's new food pyramid is a secret carbon time bomb by overemphasizing meat 🎁🔗
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New US Dietary Guidelines Are Heavy on Meat and Carbon Emissions
The inverted food pyramid encourages Americans to eat meat and dairy products for higher protein intake.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-08/new-us-dietary-guidelines-are-heavy-on-meat-and-carbon-emissions?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NzkwNzY5MCwiZXhwIjoxNzY4NTEyNDkwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOEs4VjRLSVVQU0IwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCOTdGRUFDNjI5N0Y0ODdGODFCOTE5MTRCOUE0QTVENiJ9.-FsCVCtiSvOBrkM_KGaacQkyqCU5k6HeLf3l1umDrco
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Katharine Hayhoe
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset,
@climatecentral.org
hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up. Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes. More:
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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4 months ago
People are already in the streets after an ICE agent shot a woman in her vehicle in Minneapolis today. Here are some
@wired.com
tips for protecting yourself from your government.
www.wired.com/story/how-to...
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-surveillance-digital-privacy/
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Worldwide Annually
4 months ago
We're the only country on earth to not sign the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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The climate stuff is all really notable but also don't want it to get lost that these are some of the other institutions that were deemed "contrary to the interests of the United States"
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4 months ago
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated. Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
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DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/sticker-covering-trump-void-national-park-pass-21278091.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
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I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
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AI slop has come for the weather warnings (this is actually really bad for both conveying information and maintaining trust in the official US government forecast!)
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5 months ago
One thing I wrote about here is how technology has made buses *way* more convenient while techno-futurists were obsessed with flying taxis and self-driving cars.
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This type of demand to give fringe people equal weight is how climate denialists muddied the waters for so long. Absolutely toxic for public opinion
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The National Climate Assessment is the US gold standard report that takes years and hundreds of researchers to put together. The next version will be brought to you by a handful of people who downplay climate change and Grok
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molly taft
5 months ago
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
https://www.wired.com/story/opposed-to-data-centers-the-working-families-party-wants-you-to-run-for-office/
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Most important thing to know about the Trump Media-TAE fusion deal: "No company has been able to produce fusion energy at a commercial scale" 🎁🔗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Media Targets Nuclear Fusion Through Merger With TAE
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, is getting into nuclear fusion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/trump-media-to-combine-with-tae-to-build-nuclear-fusion-business?utm_source=website&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=copy
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