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Jamie Valdez

@coolvibes27.bsky.social
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Environmentalist, water protector, justice warrior, science advocate, nature lover working to create a future worth living for our next seven generations.

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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Don't fall for the jobs mythology regarding data centers, Pueblo. We need real jobs, not false promises. #PuebloDeservesBetter
forbes.com
Tax Breaks For Data Centers Bring Few Jobs
Data centers are central to the digital infrastructure powering the modern economy—but they may not be the robust job creation engines some proponents would claim.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
The fear that it will happen to them stems from an implicit admission that they did it to others. #GreatReplacementTheory #Colonialism
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
making it a hugely skewed benefit for the rich, especially when contrasted with modest or absent relief for lower earners. #M4A #HealthcareNow #AbolishICE #AbolishBillionaires #OBBBA
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
so that the richest people in the country can enjoy some of the largest tax breaks in history which will more than double the dollar amount transferred to millionaires while also permanently extending lower top rates and boosting estate/gift tax exemptions...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Your healthcare and childcare costs are going up so that ICE can have the largest budget of any government agency in U.S. history, even larger than the Marines, and...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If we put even half as much thought & energy into protecting the health of our watersheds as we put into development that ends up polluting them, there might not be any need for a pipeline. The pipeline represents decades or more of failure or all-out refusal to do so. #SeventhGenerationPlanning
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
My op-ed published in today's Denver Post print edition Residents should not pay for Xcel's coal mistakes
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Being against the genocide in Gaza doesn't mean you're antisemitic. It means you're anti-genocide.
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Krystal Ball @krystalball.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Everyone should be prepared for the fact that whereas with Iraq, anti-war protesters were smeared as traitorous terror lovers, this time we will also be smeared as bigoted anti-semites.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Pueblo folks, please show your support for environmental justice for our community by following our new organization, Roots to Resilience. It's greatly appreciated!
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A study by the conservative Common Sense Institute pegs everything from lost coal jobs to higher utility bills on Colorado’s regulations, but correlation does not equal causation.
coloradosun.com
Report claiming environmental policies steal billions from Colorado’s economy based on bad math, advocates say
Common Sense Institute says greening up Colorado has enormous economic costs, but many dispute their methods and conclusions.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
"Hands Off" Rally in Pueblo 3/5/25
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/03/2025
This is what corruption looks like.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
At every level of government and society, we're losing because we keep ceding ground and ceding the narrative bit by incremental bit. Stop ceding ground and the narrative out of anticipatory obedience and fight for something better for once! Ffs! #PuebloDeservesBetter!
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
"It is only when you begin to compromise that trouble begins. So far as I am concerned, it does not matter what others may say or think or do, as long as I am sure that I am right with myself and the cause." --Eugene V. Debs
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Pueblo organizer Jamie Valdez says labeling hazardous expensive nuclear power as clean energy could jeopardize the renewable projects that have already proven their efficacy and are well on their way to powering Colorado’s energy needs. Reqd more below.
kgnu.org
CEA Day Of Action; No BVSD School Thursday – KGNU Community Radio
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
CNN reports that in a private meeting, Senator Michael Bennet erupted, accusing Democratic leadership of having "No strategy, no plan, and no message on this spending bill" (direct quote)
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/03/2025
Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card theonion.com/poll-fi...
Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
We can't solve the problem of a dirty, polluting, unreliable, climate change-contributing coal plant with the same errant "jobs & economy" logic that brought us the damn thing in the first place! If we don't do things differently, nothing will ever change. #Xcel #ComanchePlant #PuebloDeservesBetter
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Jeri Jensen @jerijean.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 05/03/2025
Trump has already been an unmitigated disaster as president. #JointSession #SOTU
Trump’s presidency has been a disaster so far
:x: 42,000+ lost jobs
:x: Billions in American clean energy funds frozen
:x: Highest electricity bills since the 1990s
:x: Critical agencies like NOAA and Forest Service gutted
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Thrilled to share that I just spoke at Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Federal Policy Briefing! Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined the session.🌟 Your presence made it special! - via #Whova event app
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I am speaking at Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Federal Policy Briefing. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app #NuclearFreePueblo #NuclearFreeColorado #EnvironmentalJustice #RootsToResilience
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(5/5) power implies for environmental justice and Indigenous communities, and the role of Big Tech in advancing an aggressive nuclear power expansion agenda. web.cvent.com/event/f462b3...
web.cvent.com
Agenda - 2025 EGA Federal Policy Briefing
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(4/5) better able to meet global environmental goals, including solar, wind, and battery storage. This panel will discuss how the tech industry is dominating the public dialogue on climate and energy, and whether nuclear power can significantly mitigate climate change, what expanding nuclear...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(3/5) cannot meet these needs in a timely, cost-effective, or safe manner. Instead, the money from taxpayers, ratepayers, and private investors needed for these projects will divert necessary resources away from conservation and power-generating technologies that are less expensive, cleaner, and...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(2/5) nuclear reactors to power energy-intensive data centers and Artificial Intelligence servers, along with massive electricity needs for “mining” cryptocurrency are putting climate goals, clean energy commitments, and communities at risk. Based on its track record, the nuclear power industry...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Thread (1/5) Honored to be presenting as a part of this distinguished panel of experts for the Environmental Grantmakers Association's 2025 Federal Policy Briefing. If you're going to be in the Washington D.C. area, come check us out! Description & link below: Big Tech’s recent promotion of...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(5/5) advancing an aggressive nuclear power expansion agenda. web.cvent.com/event/f462b3...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(4/5) This panel will discuss how the tech industry is dominating the public dialogue on climate and energy, and whether nuclear power can significantly mitigate climate change, what expanding nuclear power implies for environmental justice and Indigenous communities, and the role of Big Tech in...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(3/5) taxpayers, ratepayers, and private investors needed for these projects will divert necessary resources away from conservation and power-generating technologies that are less expensive, cleaner, and better able to meet global environmental goals, including solar, wind, and battery storage. ...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
(2/5) along with massive electricity needs for “mining” cryptocurrency are putting climate goals, clean energy commitments, and communities at risk. Based on its track record, the nuclear power industry cannot meet these needs in a timely, cost-effective, or safe manner. Instead, the money from...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
TVA is dealing with unplanned outages at all three of its nuclear plants. The necessary upgrades will cost TVA millions on top of the billions it's spending to build new natural gas plants. Six of the commercial nuclear reactors in the U.S. are putting no electricity on the grid, according to NRC.
knoxnews.com
Three TVA nuclear reactors are shut down at once, pushing utility to ramp up fossil fuels
Tennessee's electricity supplier is spending millions to buy more power from other companies while three nuclear reactors are shut down.
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 11/02/2025
"If our weather forecasting industry were to be entirely privatized, as Project 2025 envisions, it could leave entire areas of the country without proper forecasting and essentially in the dark." Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle NOAA are putting lives at risk. Full stop.
fastcompany.com
Trump wants to dismantle the agency that provides weather forecasts. It will make your life worse
The Trump administration and Elon Musk are reportedly taking aim at NOAA, the agency responsible for the National Weather Service and many other crucial functions.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Join Alysia Bellamy, M.A., M.Ed., for an important lecture on Anti-Blackness and Micro-aggressions! ✊🏽 Deepen your understanding of how to be anti-racist and help uplift and celebrate Black History Month with your community. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn and engage in a powerful conversation!
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
(4/4) Good #AirQuality is a vital part of a good quality of life. A healthy populace is prerequisite to a strong workforce.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
(3/4) when coming into town from the south on I-25. Fortunately, we generally have decent air quality - for now. We won't, though, if we don't protect it. Together, we can do just that. Stay tuned more info on ways you can get involved!...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
(2/4) they're always there as long as the plant is producing electricity (photo taken from my backyard). Puebloans experience increased rates of asthma, COPD, and cardiovascular disease when compared with state averages and we now have a visible brown cloud over the city that's very noticeable...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Thread (1/4): On these cold mornings, you can really see the #AirPollution coming from Black Hills Energy's fossil gas-powered Pueblo Airport Generating Station. The emissions from this plant, like a lot of toxic air pollutants, are generally invisible at warmer temperatures (above freezing), but...
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Krystal Ball @krystalball.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Crazy to see how many people get more upset over a DNC staffer doing a land acknowledgment then the world’s richest man taking our money, stealing our social security numbers, making himself King and trying to put chips in our heads.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We have no opposition party
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Crazy that the same people who insist we never politicize some issues (including those political by nature) seem to have no problem with Trump slinging insults at political rivals in a press conference that was supposed to be about a plane crash where 67 lives were lost not 12 hrs after it happened.
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National News Breakdown @mrbouverette.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
45 posted on T.S. about his tariffs that there will "Be some PAIN" for Americans but, "It will all be worth the PRICE THAT MUST BE PAID." Read that again. No one, except himself and his circle, voted for this, not even his cult following base. #TrumpTariffs #Tariff #MAGAPriceTag #AmericaPays
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The wells, most of which are on federal land, are not producing and have been passed from company to company, racking up environmental violations.
coloradosun.com
107 oil and gas wells owned by a company based in a Highlands Ranch home are about to land on Colorado’s orphan list
The wells, some on public land, are not producing and have been passed from company to company, racking up environmental violations
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
THIS is why Trump is going after birthright citizenship - because citizenship wasn't granted to Indigenous Americans until 1924 & he figures he can use this technicality to continue the American tradition of forced removal of Native peoples from their homelands.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
BREAKING: Trump Blames Diversity for Plane Crash After He Guts Airline Safety. You can't make this stuff up. He's either that dumb or he thinks we are.
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
“We’re just in a really good position to take our time & make better decisions for our community moving forward than we have in the past,” (Jamie) Valdez said. “Pueblo deserves better. We need to put a higher value on our health & our local environment, but also our labor.
denverpost.com
Push for nuclear energy in Colorado gains new support in legislature as technology advances
After years of attempts to open Colorado up to nuclear energy, a bill before the legislature this year is showing new promise for the effort as Democrats sign up as co-sponsors alongside the longti…
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Jamie Valdez @coolvibes27.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Big Tech wants to plug data centers right into power plants. Utilities say it’s not fair
apnews.com
Big Tech wants to plug data centers right into power plants. Utilities say it's not fair
Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals that would let them plug directly into power plants.
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