Again. This is the author. What are we doing here?

Lol

"The system has 120kms (75-miles) of underground pipes distributing chilled water to museums, offices, hospitals, schools...Instead of thousands of individual air-conditioning units, cooling is produced centrally and shared across the city like a utility." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’"

Incredible country.

These are precisely the sort of reforms that Abundance-pilled Democrats are working to legislatively entrench via "permit reform," a euphemism for negotiations with Trump Republicans to cede control of our future to energy & technology companies. It's just bipartisan looting.

Just now reading this article about the influence of BP on Princeton’s climate work. And then remembering how much Jesse Jenkins influenced the IRA discourse and how much Louisiana relied on Princeton research to guide its climate task force. :) www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

Ruling against TPS for Haitians, the Trump justices on the Supreme Court have set a new impossible standard for proving discrimination against non-whites: if there is any other reason *in addition* to the racism, the racism doesn’t count www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Imagine if hundreds of people died in an extreme hurricane or floods smashing through Europe Heatwaves have already killed that many people. They are an extraordinary silent killer in that they dont generate outrage or fear.

climate action saves lives

In his decision for SCOTUS published this morning, Justice Alito dismissed the idea that the Trump administration would halt all asylum seekers as a mere "hypothetical" not even worth considering.

helpful coverage from @elpais.com english.elpais.com/usa/2025-08-...

Our culture is not your costume.

In Louisiana, which has more ICE lockups than almost any state, a crisis of prolonged detention is accelerating. Data suggests that the number of immigrants in ICE custody for more than a year has spiked five-fold since 2024. Our story with The Lens Nola: boltsmag.org/louisia...

The New Statesman asked me to put down a few thoughts about Belfast. On the politics and media that have failed everyone, and how much, and how little, has really changed. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

NEW – Analysis: Solar overtakes gas power in Asia for first time ever | Ho Woo Nam @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/vycGh25

American lecturing Belfast on “it can’t happen here” in regards to fascist violence is such a hilarious way to start the day.

TOYS (1992)

another hit from we are liberating Iranian women guys www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/w...

"A group of literally hundreds of people has sprung into action, coordinating, donating, providing lifts for families to get somewhere safe for the night, bringing food to those who don’t want to leave the house, offering shelter, car seats, toys and arts supplies for children."

🚨new paper🚨 from me and @gruberte.bsky.social. As part of our work on why/how we should take public control of the Powder River Basin for a managed decline of fossil fuel use. In this paper, we calculate how much it would cost to take over and tl:dr- basically zero dollars. 1/

There is no penalty for getting something wrong in Washington. CBO estimated Arctic National Wildlife Refuge lease sales at $900 million over 10 years. The first of 4 lease sales was held last week. It netted $3.7 million. www.budget.senate.gov/ranking-memb...

I thought people were kidding, turns out Elon really did axe the screwworm containment program back in March 25. fucking imbecile www.agri-pulse.com/articles/226...

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

San Antonio and New York City are finally gonna put it all on the line and determine which city makes the best salsa

Great WaPo article on the **10,000** huge diesel generators at Virginia's data centers permitted to emit 13,000 tons of NOx. The article is based on data crunched here at Sierra Club (1/9) @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

China’s imports of crude oil will likely decline to their lowest levels since the pandemic. The shift reflects the impact of the Iran war, but it could also reveal wider changes that may not snap back after the conflict.

Immigrant detainees at Delaney Hall ICE prison in Newark, NJ have been forced to cook, clean, & repair the facility for as little as $1/day and sometimes for free. They are on a hunger & labor strike; protesters outside have been tear-gassed. Here's our report, including a quote from a detainee:

Bloomberg reports today "China-based companies in the clean energy sector have scrapped about $2.8 billion in planned US manufacturing projects over the past 12 months according to research by Rhodium Group" Chinese Companies Cancel Billions In US Investments cleantechnica.com/2026/05/13/c...

"Utilities issued 94.9 million final disconnect notices to residential electric customers in 2024, signaling just how many more households were teetering on the edge of losing service. Meanwhile, utility companies profited more than $52 billion in 2024, up almost $3.5 billion from 2023."

EV sales surged everywhere apart from the US, rising more than 20% globally in 2025 * EVs were half of Chinese sales and electric truck sales in China tripled * EV sales outside CN/Eu/US grew 80% (!) 10/10

We need a massive buildout of compost infrastructure so we can safely transition away from synthetic fertilizer. And we need it yesterday. www.ft.com/content/3634...

Amazing piece giving examples of how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is hitting South Asian nations that rely upon liquified petroleum gas and liquified natural gas 🧵 www.ft.com/content/d3fc...

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10

Its worse than you think. The coming global food crisis #TheyDidThis "This piece by Adam Hanieh is one of the best compact accounts I’ve read of the actual material implications of shutting off shipping through Hormuz. Well worth reading." Gift article link @FT giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

They're calling it the best democracy ever. www.ft.com/content/7529...

Today @cplusc.bsky.social launches a working class strategy for tackling the affordability & climate crises. The climate‑cost nexus is already costing billions every year, and it will get worse the longer we don’t act on climate; we also must address working peoples’ immediate economic problems

It was never about saving money www.govexec.com/workforce/20...

My big takeaway from reporting this story is that it's not JUST about the Forest Service. The closure of these stations threatens to upend a delicate system of mutually beneficial collaboration and resource sharing, and the impacts will ripple out far beyond the Forest Service itself.

Incredible sequel. Edge of my seat!

Going to start a new Electro-Yuan thread since its 1 catchy replacement to petrodollar choking at Hormuz 2 China's role in electrotech is about to surge. "China’s cross border payment system hit an all time high in volume yesterday..over 100% growth compared to the Feb data" x.com/joshualipsky...

Update: The US Auto industry has retreated from EVs. That strategy will relegate them to the domestic market only or to extinction. The world is shifting to EVs. Global sales of fully internal combustion engine vehicles peaked in 2017. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Paywalled link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

the person who wrote "self-serving homeless industrial complex" should have their housing taken away, permanently. i am not even kidding lol. if there is one homeless person on earth, it should be whoever wrote that phrase in this statement

Excited to see this piece out in The Guardian. An honor to work with @amywestervelt.bsky.social and Marcello Rossi on this www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Gotta love how Abundance folk at the Institute for Progress are spinning the Trump administration's deal with TotalEnergies (to buy out offshore wind leases & reinvest that money into fossil fuels) as not a problem for "permitting reform" debates. Truly impressive acrobatics!