Reposted by BeeveemeYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live. 3021621051
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 2hAn interesting paper with a significant number of cites I guess I need to read. 000
Reposted by BeeveemeAnthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The low fog over San Francisco tonight is INCREDIBLE #CAwx 🌁 621829
Reposted by BeeveemeProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026A potentially wild El Niño ahead. Niño 3.4 is forecast around +3.7°C for Oct–Nov–Dec, peaking in December. For context: the previous record was +2.6°C in 2015–16. Time to focus-up… wmo.int/news/media-c... 02615
Reposted by BeeveemeRachel Rothschild @profrrothschild.bsky.social · 05/10/2026After listening to oral arguments in Suncor v. Boulder just now, I hope someone will give Justice Kavanaugh my @yalelawjournal.bsky.social Essay on the case. It provides a detailed history of Ouellette & the other precedents invoked in Suncor. These cases do not say what Justice Kavanaugh asserted. 36028
Reposted by BeeveemeKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 04/10/2026Think tanks will soon start releasing non-peer-reviewed modeling of how the permitting bill might affect pollution, if they haven't already. Most will secretly have lots of ideology-driven thumbs on scales. One big way to tip the scales is by ignoring pollution associated with oil and gas exports. 210931
Reposted by BeeveemeDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My thoughts on the permitting reform bill being discussed everywhere. TL;DR: "this deal provides clear evidence that the US system is not designed to represent the people’s interests and not prepared to protect us from the dangers of our warming world." danarfisher.com/2026/10/03/w... 37031
Reposted by BeeveemeBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026I'm talking about *fiscal* debt: the solar we didn't build, the carbon we emitted instead; the rail we didn't build, the wildly inefficient aviation we substituted; the walkable, livable, transit-oriented cities we didn't build, the car-choked disasters we built instead. 1559
Reposted by BeeveemeBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/10/2026Here's a funny thing about the right to vote: it wasn't won by voting. 5444167
Reposted by BeeveemeSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026BREAKING: Newsom signed a bunch of clean energy bills! Californians can now install balcony solar. Plus big wins for virtual power plants, reining in utility profits and converting farmland to solar. One loser: community solar. Really stings. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/newsom-cle...climatecoloredgoggles.comBreaking: Newsom green-lights balcony solarThe governor finished strong on clean energy — with one big exception. 613040
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I fully expected CA YIMBY to deafeningly, mindlessly endorse. 001
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reading. This is awful. www.energy.senate.gov/wp-content/u...energy.senate.gov 000
Reposted by BeeveemeErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Excellent, sensible, and welcome thoughts from @rephuffman.bsky.social, ranking member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, on the Senate permitting deal. 22613
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I really have a lot of respect for CA Yimby for this. cayimby.org/blog/proposi...cayimby.orgCalifornia YIMBY's Analysis of Proposition 45We're neutral on Prop 45. Here's why. 120
Reposted by BeeveemeDanny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 01/10/2026Can anyone explain to me why a national permitting deal is best negotiated now, mere weeks from an election that is likely to reshape federal power? Let’s stipulate that a deal of some kind is necessary and good; my question is what about the situation makes now more desirable than, say, Q1 2027? 208917
Reposted by BeeveemeRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In food systems, 5—US food waste fell slightly by 2% in 2024 but has been pretty flat for a decade 6—US meat consumption remains >200 pounds/person/year and is actively encouraged by new dietary guidelines 7—USG raised biofuel mandates to record highs 8—USG canceled climate smart ag funding 12210
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think maybe he’s rehearsing lines for a play about a teen D&D game in 1979. 000
Reposted by BeeveemeDanny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 17/09/2026The inimitable @mikegrunwald.bsky.social has an exceptionally well written oped on the disastrous proposal from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to give companies carbon credit for cutting down trees.nytimes.comOpinion | The Latest Corporate Climate Ruse (Gift Article)Making deforestation look climate-friendly will encourage a lot more deforestation. 311774
Reposted by BeeveemeturtlyBOOrtly @turtlyburtly.bsky.social · 24/09/2026my favorite part of this interview is actually when dumbass #1 asked dumbass #2 about climate change and the response was, uh, really something (screenshots in thread) 1157
Reposted by BeeveemeMichael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just went in to get my fries and Diet Coke at In-N-Out Burger while my car charges across the street. The most (southern) California thing about that place is that there is always a 30 car line in the drive thru and zero line at the counter. People are so weird. We need to study this. 2561896143
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Super informative. There are aspects of this that are technical, but some of it is just plain Orwellian. Logging is better for the climate than recycled paper, and, nice trick, leasing a forest eliminates your emissions, not to mention beef has no emissions if it involves deforestation. Wow. 010
Reposted by BeeveemeJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 23/09/2026Appreciate the direct link Chris’s post makes between the Supreme Court repeatedly making shit up to suit its agenda, and hack Trump appointees on the lower courts who decide that they are perfectly within their rights to do the same thing 5368104
Reposted by BeeveemeErik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Senator @heinrich.senate.gov is making a grave mistake negotiating w/Trump & MAGA on “permitting reform.” If a deal is cut, it’ll bulldoze a path for AI data centers & fossil fuels, harming beloved landscapes such as Greater Chaco. And Heinrich will be responsible. I do not say this lightly.abqjournal.comOpinion: Heinrich urged to protect New Mexico landsAn environmental advocate warns permitting reform could favor data centers and fossil fuels over public lands. 32513
Reposted by BeeveemeDave @flowstateneworleans.com · 20/09/2026The biggest threats from corporate LLMs are the same threats we’re already organizing against: monopolistic hyper capitalism and environmental destruction. I fully buy @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s criti-hype framing of the rest of it. 0688
Reposted by Beeveeme👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 17/09/2026I saw this post and was like, "oh crazy, Emily is doing the thing from that awesome article I read like a decade ago" and then I kept reading and was like "OMG SHE LITERALLY IS!" and I am so happy about it. Great move @emorwee.bsky.social 193
Reposted by BeeveemeAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 18/09/202615/ The *scale* of the US investment in datacenters is staggering. Other countries are having similar conversations about the effect of AI on economic development, electricity and land etc but hard to compete with US financial sector & technological dominance of AI firms @katemac.bsky.social 54826
Reposted by BeeveemeKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 18/09/2026I agree with Al Gore on a whole lot of things but he's profoundly wrong on almost everything he says in this piece, and is adopting fossil-fuel industry style talking points that he's previously criticised A short thread on why............. www.ft.com/content/ba94... 1722368
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026OK, but a counterfactual that “may be” more complicated than that. 100
Reposted by BeeveemeRichard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Btw while I have your attention on diet and climate, “eat local” also isn’t a real climate strategy either. To reduce climate impact: 1. Minimize your food waste 2. Eat more plants and less animal-based foods (esp beef and lamb) 3. Everything else matters a lot less (so eat what you like)ourworldindata.orgYou want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local“Eat local” is a common recommendation to reduce your diet's carbon footprint. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it comes from? 24616
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is so imaginative in its reactionariness. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...nytimes.comTrump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (Gift Article)An internal memo reinterprets the law so that only the intentional killing of animals, not collateral harm, is illegal. 000
Reposted by BeeveemeMoms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 16/09/2026Right after the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the EPA just abandoned limits on power plant pollution. Why 1.6 million moms are saying enough is enough. www.momscleanairforce.org/power-pla…momscleanairforce.orgEPA’s Zeldin Guts Rules to Cut Power Plant Pollution: Moms Tell Congress He’s Got to GoAnother win for polluters. Another loss for our children’s health and future. Moms are fighting back. 01710
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Not fair about Perkins Coie’s presumed pro bono work, but you can say that biglaw is never going to be anticorporate. I’m fully for full staffing of resource agencies, if that is what permitting reform means. “Some kind” of permit reform. 010
Reposted by BeeveemeSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I wish well-meaning ~political people~ with big microphones would stop using their platforms to tell Democrats to keep steering away from aggressive climate policy — which they're largely already doing! — and instead, once in a while, remind everyone just how bad the climate crisis is getting. 1173
Reposted by BeeveemeBrad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 13/09/2026"I've not heard a single person say to me that they think our top priority should be impeachment of Donald Trump." - @raskin.house.gov I *love* Jamie Raskin but this is just not true and he needs to find a better line. @flareusa.bsky.socialcnn.comDemocrats eye a new tool to hold Trump accountable if they win the House | CNN PoliticsWith two months until the midterm elections, Democrats are laying the groundwork to launch far-reaching investigations into the Trump administration and preparing for high-stakes court battles if they... 4192
Reposted by BeeveemeStacie Rosenzweig @ethicking.com · 11/09/2026So much public interest law depends on a high-earning spouse 0244
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I finally got to listen to this and it was really worth it. 011
Reposted by BeeveemeDanny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 09/09/2026This is a great story from @katearonoff.bsky.social on the new UNEP emissions gap report and a recent ERL paper from @arvindpawan1.bsky.social and @hdaigle.bsky.socialnewrepublic.comCarbon Capture Won’t Save Us Anytime SoonA new U.N. climate report says that massive amounts of carbon capture and storage can keep a long-shot climate goal within reach. But nobody should be counting on it. 22717
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Voters Have Spoken. Why Aren’t Democrats Listening? (Gift Article)Less than two years after a catastrophic election, the Democratic brand remains unpopular, and the party is still in the grip of a divisive identity crisis. 020
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Agreed, but I kind of wonder why this is even news. Not every meritless lawsuit gets covered by the press. 060
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026We started off with level 1 at home with a PHEV but installed level 2 when we went EV and also added solar. The level 2 box itself is not expensive at all but if you need panel work or a new utility pull it is. 010
Reposted by BeeveemeBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026First Paris, then London. Who’s next? 32923215
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Californians for Affordable Packaging is the stupidest astroturf roots name I have heard. 020
Reposted by Beeveemeisaac @sevier.io · 03/09/2026This is what public power looks like. In grad school I was taught about the German energy transition strategy "energiewende" - hailed for its goals. What school neglected to cover was the dual strategy of "rekommunalisierung" or municipalization that ended private ownership of energy assets. 15020
Reposted by BeeveemeDr Grace S Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Staff report about Transit usage and performance at World Cup events in LA/Inglewood. Transit ridership to games was lowest when the US was playing. US fans took Uber/Lyft, clogging up stadium area roads. Shuttle buses stuck in gridlock. So buses were slowest while serving the fewest riders. 😔 1152
Reposted by BeeveemeBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Latest example of "You Can Just Do Stuff" governing taken to the extreme. The judge can't physically enforce his or her own ruling, the White House controls law enforcement and Congress won't impeach. 201142514
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Moved from a talk and song at a bat mitzvah today (familiar to many): Solo le pido a Dios Que la guerra no me sea indiferente Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente Es un monstruo grande y pisa fuerte Toda la pobre inocencia de la gente 000
Beeveeme @beeveeme.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Critique this counterfactual version of abundance? The people eliminated the super majority requirement for bonds, and minority deals were not needed. As a result High Speed Rail was built following I5 at less than half the cost. 000