A new @pewresearch.org study finds that infill housing near jobs, stores, and transit costs governments ~$21,000 less per home to serve, cuts long term infrastructure maintenance costs in half, and generates 13% more in annual property tax revenue per acre than sprawl.

Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments.

Portland police and special interests are pushing a deeply flawed measure to raid PCEF. Take action now! #Portland #PCEF #pdx #portlandoregon www.coalitioncommunitiescolor.org/ccc-news/202...

New from Heatmap: Americans Now Overwhelmingly Oppose New Data Centers Near Them.

The idea that only nuclear or gas can provide "firm power" -- the last line of defense against the relentless advance of clean energy -- is going the way of the dodo. There are no arguments left. The only reason to fight progress now is corruption & raw political power.

To be clear: the lower court said the map intentionally discriminates against black people in violation of the *constitution* (not just the VRA) and the MAGA Majority of SCOTUS is saying "that's ok now."

Portland, if the bold text on the petition says “Clean Energy” and “25%” get loud and tell the canvasser they’re stealing from PCEF. Don’t think twice, don’t doubt yourself, don’t let them gaslight you. “Clean Energy” + “25%” = cops stealing from PCEF. Get loud so others hear.

Hard to believe I’m even writing this. Meteorological summer hasn’t even begun, yet Paris, France has already logged more days above 32°C than its annual average.

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Significant - and counter to so much of the political and media discussion about gas in Australia. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

More research on mortality from heat alone: "We estimate that a single day of extreme heat causes approximately 3,400 excess deaths nationally; a five-day heatwave causes nearly 30,000." www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Every car in your city represents $8-12K/year being sucked out of your local economy instead of being spent on housing, goods & services. I wish more parking-obsessed retailers & elected officials understood this. #WindshieldBias #CarBlindness

The BART dragon dance started as a whimsical idea for a wall scroll painting a few years ago, and is now a real life prop that I bring to Bay Area transit-related rallies and celebrations. 🚃🚃🚃

On the eve of our submission window opening, we felt we should add an AI policy

I haven’t posted about this week’s gutting of our NYS climate law just bc it’s so wrenching to witness the destruction of the rule of law on a national level + the maiming of a life- and climate-saving law on a state level. But that’s not emotional maturity so here’s a thread re: what happened. 🧵

Just a reminder that immigrants inside Delaney Hall are on their ninth day of a hunger and labor strike in protest of inhumane conditions and this was Governor Sherrill’s response last night:

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Quaker studies people, please read and circulate this CFP for a special issue of @quakerrelthought.bsky.social on Joseph John Gurney, edited by Paul Harris: qtdg.org/2026/05/20/c...

insane to me that @patagonia.com is suing incredibly impactful drag queen and climate activist Pattie Gonia for “harming their brand” is Patagonia not a brand for the LGBTQ+ community or for climate activists? because you’ve spent a lot of time pretending to be both.

how did we go from “reduce your carbon footprint” to building data centers everywhere

Looking at a blue sky with planes flying by. Every 737 burns 3,000 litres (25 bathtubs) of kerosene per hour. That's as much fossil fuel as three gas-heated homes consume in a year. But with twice the climate damage, by the indirect warming effects of burning it in the stratosphere.

"Sorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits" @doctorvive.bsky.social and @michaelemann.bsky.social break down how Trump’s latest climate talking points distort the science and why the risks are still very real.

I'm teaching my sociology of climate change class in the fall. There's always quite a bit of interest from journalism & comms students. So I am going to put in the curriculum some examples of powerful reporting on the climate crisis. This is a running 🧵 of such articles. Feel free to add to it.

As in Gaza, now in Lebanon. www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...

On the long tail of this week's Discourse about RCP8.5, @michaelemann.bsky.social and I want to say: "as important as it is to acknowledge progress, it is equally important to counter the disinformation that says we no longer need to worry about the climate future."👇 thebulletin.org/2026/05/sorr...

Hey @tinakotek.bsky.social, you might want to take note that backing data centers are tanking your corporate friendly buddies. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...

Wind and solar generated MORE electricity than gas globally for the first time in April 2026 ☀️🌪️🚨 Together, they produced 22% of global electricity in April 2026 vs. 20% from gas, weakening the case for gas imports even amid the latest energy crisis ember-energy.org/lat...

‼️ Tell Governor Kotek to reject the Prosperity Council’s new proposals to cut taxes on the rich and corporations ‼️ THIS IS NOT A GOOD PROPOSAL. Sign the petition here: https://bit.ly/43mGaVI #orpol #orleg #forallfamiliesoregon #oregon #portland

Good data center news!

What if, on May 22 and onward, there was a MASS drop-off of viewers on CBS, a mass cancellation of Paramount+, and other consequences for Paramount Global/Skydance? Cancelling Colbert is even worse than what they did to Kimmel, but they cancelled Colbert slowly, which shouldn’t make any difference.

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The Portland Clean Energy Fund is a first-of-its-kind climate action fund that generates money through a retail tax on large corporations in the city. It's inspired other cities across the nation to shape similar funds.

One of the biggest problems with green technology is that big businesses can’t make endless money from it. Oil/gas is a consumable that they make money from pumping, transporting, refining etc. LOTS of money year over year The same is not true for wind/solar. That’s the biggest hurdle.

You're invited! 350PDX's Action Night! 14 (and counting) candidates for City Council Districts 3 and 4 will join us. Each candidate will share about their campaign & what they plan to accomplish as a Councilor. Attendees will have the opportunity to mingle and talk with candidates. #Portland #PDX

in fact a bigger deal in oregon politics is the “salem bubble” where talking about portland is considered illegitimate and you have to pretend the rest of the state subsidizes portland rather than the other way around

Tom Dundon, notoriously cheap Dallas billionaire/new Blazers owner/man seeking $600 million from Portland and Multnomah County taxpayers for Moda Center, just laid off roughly 20% of team's front office staff, including 18-year Blazers digital reporter Casey Holdahl. www.wweek.com/news/busines...

Meat and dairy industry communications have been explored in two very recent, interesting papers (figures from each below). TLDR: it's the same old story. 🧵

ICYMI: I joined City Cast's Claudia Meza and @wweek.com's Sophie Peel for a conversation about my Right to Know Who's Policing You ordinance. Listen to the full episode below and hear why Portland needs common-sense law enforcement identification standards.   #NoSecretPolice

I’d like to explain the mechanic of this amendment in more detail with a thread. It’s important bc it’s the only solution to the fire engine cut that provides a sustainable ongoing budget, rather than rely on one-time gimmicks or outright violations of charter. 🧵

It's so cringe that the police union is out here advocating for cutting the police accountability budget to give the police more money. MORE MONEY! They have a budget over $300M! Their budget is a third of the entire general fund! And 5 councilors think it's politically wise to support this!? 🤯

"It seems as if not only is the temperature perhaps more sensitive to the carbon, but the planet is more sensitive to rises in temperature, so the effects that we're seeing are really quite striking." Great pod on the coming likely Super El Niño, w/ @billmckibben.bsky.social & David Wallace Wells.

Even if future habitats remain suitable, many species may never reach them. A new study finds that under >4°C warming, ~78% of Earth’s land could lose the connectivity needed for wildlife migration by 2061–2080, increasing risks of isolation and biodiversity loss. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My latest @theguardian.com: "'Green card for the planet'? Fifa’s World Cup is on pace to be a climate catastrophe." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I’ve been warning that these deals don’t pencil out in terms of net economic benefits, but the boosters of the deal have dismissed that perhaps because I’m a politician now or perhaps because sports econ isn’t my field. Well, their hubris has now drawn the ire of the sports economists.

PCEF is already helping balance the budget!!! Roughly $740M already supports city bureaus & programs. So when City Hall asks for “just a little more” that money comes from future environmental justice investments Portlanders already voted for. 🏛️ Support Avalos 1 📧 Email Council 🗣️ Testify Monday

"Heat pumps just shift gas burning to the power station." Wrong. Even if 100% of electricity came from gas, a heat pump at SCOP 3.8 uses 51% less gas than a boiler. At a terrible SCOP 2.5, still 25% less. David MacKay made this point in 2008. The maths hasn't changed.

"The study’s calculations show that crossings over a tolled bridge could plunge by 50,000 vehicles—more than one-third of the 134,000 cars that officials say cross the I-5 bridge today."

Why are cruise ships

Let’s remember: (1) the fossil fuel industry is desperate to pollute for free; if they can’t pollute for free, their business model collapses. 🧵

None of us alive will experience climate better than what we have now. How much worse it gets is up to us.