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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The race is on for energy independence. Balcony solar is an easy step. C’mon Michigan! Get in the game. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 01/10/2026
AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, experts warn
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AI to emit six times more CO₂ in 2030 than in 2025, experts warn
Greenhouse gas emissions from the AI sector could reach worrying levels by the end of the decade, according to a study published Wednesday by the French advocacy group Green IT. This is in addition to the damage caused to aquatic environments and fine particle pollution.
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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Major u-turn from Justice Alito as Supreme Court reveals he will no longer participate in the big climate change case being argued next week. Previously, the court told NBC News there was no reason for him to step aside despite his earlier recusal in same case.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just took a Lyft ride to the airport. Our driver used to work six 8 hour days. With the increase in gas prices he is now working six 12 hour days. His first 3 hours of each day go to pay for gas. So much for the Trump gilded age. This economy is squeezing the little guy.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
By 5x, Michigan voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports a moratorium on data centers. Do you know whether the candidates asking for your vote this November support a moratorium? (Environmental Voter Project, September 2026).
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Michigan voters are 4x more likely to vote for a candidate who makes clean energy a priority. (Environmental Voter Project, September 2026) Be a #climatevoter !
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Extreme Weather Survivors @weathersurvivors.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Amy is one of the founding members of the EWS community, joining us after she lost her husband, Evan, to heat stroke in 2022. We’re so grateful to have Amy in the EWS family – thank you @nytimes.com @dgelles.bsky.social for sharing Amy’s story ♥️
Amy Dishion stands on a porch wearing a floral dress and sandals, with a neutral expression. The background features a gray house exterior and some patio furniture. Text on the image includes "By David Gelles," and "Photographs by Philip Cheung, Sept. 11, 2026.Amy Dishion in a red shirt, holding a coffee cup, stands beside Evan Dishion in a light blue shirt with her arm around him. They are outdoors on a sunny day, with gravel underfoot and a wooden fence behind them. A rustic wooden building is in the background surrounded by trees. The embedded text describes the emotional aftermath of a personal loss.In the image, Amy Dishion stands smiling, wearing a white top and a black skirt. Behind her, there's a wooden wall with an emblem of the State of Oregon. A framed picture and some papers are visible on a desk to the side. A text block in the foreground discusses a trip to Washington involving lobbying efforts and mentions Amy meeting Alan and Cindy Bickford from Pine Island, Florida, on the trip.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Coal is so yesterday. Solar and storage employs 3x as many people as coal. Solar jobs are 🆙. Coal jobs are ⬇️. Solar is growing because it is cheap and fast to install not because it’s subsidized by the government. That’s gas that you’re thinking about. blog.ucs.org/john-rogers/...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Solar doesn’t cause black lung disease. Trump says we need more coal because we have an energy emergency. Yet his Labor Department allows mine operators to endlessly deny and appeal benefits for the record number of miners with pneumoconiosis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Global warming causes more wildfires (1). Wildfires cause permanent injury to your immune system and your DNA (2). (1) www.jstor.org/stable/resre.... (2) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....
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Environmental Voter Project @environmentalvoter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If politicians think voters don't want them to talk about climate change, those politicians are wrong. Very, very wrong. Poll: 🔗 www.environmentalvoter.org/updates/2026...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Data center stocks are overpriced. The P/E of the DJIA is higher than anytime in hist. There are signs that investors are starting to pull back because they are skeptical of the real value behind the exuberance for AI and data centers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 23/09/2026
If we want a government that is by the people, for the people, and a real representation of the people, we’ve got to show up. Go Vote. #NolanWells
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More data centers = more PFAS in our water and in our blood. PFAS is fundamental to microchip production and to the not-really-environmentally-friendly closed loop cooling systems. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Through the end of August 2026, the House was in session for roughly 383 hours total. That’s an average of about 48 hours per month. Their average monthly floor time is well below the 80-hour monthly threshold the same Congress imposed on Medicaid recipients.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The EPA let Bayer write the regs for herbicides. So much for MAHA. Please vote your conscience. Please vote for accountability. Please vote for environmental health. Please vote. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Imagine the continental USA covered in 5 feet of ice. 🧊 Imagine all of that melting 🫠. That’s the amount of arctic and Antarctic ice we have lost in the last 45 years because of global warming. apnews.com/article/clim...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Your State and Federal governments have thrown $2 billion at Holtec to revive the zombie Palisades nuclear plant on Lake Michigan. But real investors know better. Holtec’s IPO has been shelved after investors looked at their books. Quit throwing your money away! www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Ohio’s government told its citizens they would spend $300 million on tax breaks for data centers. They’ve actually spent $2.2 BILLION! @gretchenwhitmer.bsky.social and her MEDC are refusing to tell Michigan citizens how much they’re spending on tax breaks and who’s getting them. We deserve better!
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m sure getting rid of the immigrants and beefing up our concept of masculinity will solve this problem. 🤨🧐🤔😉 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Corporations are not people. Their money is not speech. They should not be able to buy politicians. End Citizens United.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Re: the societal costs of data centers - NVIDIA, the richest company in the world, produces 10 to 20 MILLION metric tons of greenhouse gases in the production of their chips for data centers. That puts them on scale with the entire country of the Netherlands. www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Trump EPA wants to eliminate all restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from gas and coal burning power plants. They already account for 25% of our GHG emissions and are predicted to increase by 30% by 2030 because of AI data centers. Say goodbye to your grandchildren. 😢
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
More trouble with yellow jackets or ground wasps this year? You can blame climate change. We had a mild winter which made it easier for the queens to survive and a warmer March which allowed the workers to get started earlier on building their nests. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I’m Michigan, our candidates for governor keep saying they will protect us from data centers. We need a governor with details not platitudes. Look at what Massachusetts’s give has done. #michiganclimateactionnetwork #sierraclubmi #michiganlcv #joslynbenson #johnjames
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that the Trump administration overstepped in forcing Michigan’s dirty, old and expensive Campbell coal plant to stay open. Thanks to Sierra Club and all the interveners who helped get justice. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Line 5 is the Titanic of the Great Lakes. Gretchen Whitmer just sent Enbridge Inc. a strongly worded letter telling them to shut it down. It’s a good first step but I need to see action. #sierraclubmi #michiganclimateactionnetwork #baymillsindiancommunity #oilandwaterdontmix
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Solar arrays are good neighbors. New research shows no impact on home values when a solar array moves in. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/09/08/b...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Texas is planning 12 hyperscale data centers that will have 200 GW of gas burning power. Because the developers want to be first to market, they’re using cheaper older dirtier turbines. If it all comes on line they will add GHG emissions equal to Belgium. insideclimatenews.org/news/2508202...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Holtec has started to load fuel into the 55 year old Palisades nuclear plant on Lake Michigan. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says it’s OK for them to fail to meet requirements for worker radiation exposure and worker fatigue. What could possibly go wrong?! 🤷🤦🏼‍♂️ www.nrc.gov/docs/ML26245...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I heard Trump was running the game clock at the UofM-WMU game yesterday. 😉 Anyway, imagine you’re there and suddenly the entire field is covered in 10 feet of freezing liquid petroleum. That’s the volume of Enbrige’s latest leak. They want to tunnel the Great Lakes. #oilandwaterdontmix
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Gas comes from fracking which has waste disposal issues like nuclear and coal. A conservative estimate of 0.2% loss with pipeline transportation means gas is as dirty as coal. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... and “Oil executives just accidentally exposed the industry’s greatest weakness” Heated
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Methane is the leading cause of new global warming. It heats your air 20x more than CO2. DTE Energy wants to build 2 huge methane power plants for data centers. Tell Michigan Public Service Commission and Gretchen Whitmer NO! ENOUGH! planetdetroit.org/2026/08/dte-...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Global warming + agricultural runoff = algae blooms. Algae blooms -> Cyanobacteria, which is toxic. Now we know Cyanobacteria gets into the air. “What happens in the water doesn’t stay in the water!” cen.acs.org/biological-c... #globalwarming
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Meet Jeff Pori. Good looking guy. Nice teeth. He wants to buy part of your National Park - Yosemite - so he can build a resort for rich people. www.notus.org/agencies/tru... #publiclands #sierraclub #taxtherich
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Trump Administration is eliminating pollution restrictions for 200 petrochemical corporations including 2 in Midland MI: Corteva (which tests products on beagles and had products outlawed in Europe) and Trineso. Emissions from these plants cause cancer. e360.yale.edu/features/hon...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump says we don’t need Canada. Canada says they might cut off energy to the US. So, we’re in agreement then, let’s shut down Line 5!! thehill.com/policy/inter... #oilandwaterdontmix #line5 #enbridge #cleanwateraction #sierraclubmi #tariffs
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Enbridge is a bad dog! They spends millions telling you how clean and green they are. They sponsor your local public radio station. Then they drive a truck over a pipeline, release gas and force people from their homes. wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/enbri... #oilandwaterdontmix #michiganpublic
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In 1856, physicist and suffragist Eunice Newton Foote proved that CO2 makes air warm up faster and cool down slower when exposed to sun light. 170 years later the amount of CO2 in our air has increased by over 50%. We’re not learning from Eunice’s lesson. #globalwarming #climateaction
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, the Trump administration’s EPA found a simple way to stop hearing from the public just eliminate the requirement to ask them. The EPA is scrapping public notice and comment requirements for air pollution permits on new data centers and the power plants needed to run them.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The feds want to significantly reduce radiation protections. We can’t let them do that! 👿 Sign the Sierra Club’s action item here by Monday, August 31 at midnight act.sierraclub.org/actions/Nati... #sierraclub #sierraclubaustin #sierraclubmi
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A tunnel for Line 5 will never be built because Enbridge does not want to build it. The current pipeline is a cash cow for them. They make $500,000 per day on a fully depreciated asset. #oilandwaterdontmix #baymillsindiancommunity #sierraclubmi Jeffrey Insko, The Current, August 21 for more facts.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#climatechange causes our weather to be unpredictable and severe. 2 of 5 of us say it has hurt their community and 3 of 5 expect more bad news next year. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Michigan is a top 10 state for adding new power to the grid. It’s all solar from homeowners and private developers. It is NOT Trump’s coal NOR Whitmer’s nuclear NOR DTE & Consumers’ gas. Strengthen your strengths Michigan!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked The Pentagon Papers exposing the lies told to the public about the disastrous Viet Nam war, forever becoming a hero in history. Now... someone PLEASE leak #TheEPSTEINFiles & end the biggest coverup scandal of all-time! 🙏
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
John James wants to be Michigan’s governor. He says he will repeal our clean energy promise. 75% of Michiganders support that promise. They know utilities and old infrastructure are the reason our bills keep going up. planetdetroit.org/2026/08/mich...
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Trump DOE is forcing the JH Campbell coal plant to remain in operation beyond schedule. Given historic averages this means it will kill about 35 people and cause about 500 asthma attacks in the next 3 months. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37995235/ www.gem.wiki/Campbell_Gen.... #cleanair
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Jay Waters @jaywaters.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The President of the United States is a liar.
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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Data centers have fleets of dirty diesel generators. For most, the annual impact it’s like having 1000 semi trucks running full throttle for 24 hours. The Trump EPA wants to exempt them from the Clean Air Act saying they are “minor” polluters. Tell the EPA what you think at sc.org/NoDataCenter....
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My name is not raising your gas prices. My name is not the reason we’re in an illegal war. My name is not the reason you can’t afford your healthcare. My name is not the reason that you can’t afford your rent or your insurance.
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