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Dominic Bendinelli

@dbendinelli7.bsky.social
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Climate Advocate. Clean Energy - Transit - Electric Vehicles - Climate Science - Space Exploration

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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 23/09/2026
Metrolink released a study finding hydrogen trains would reduce capacity and travel times at a large cost - but are still considering a pilot anyway. Take action and tell Metrolink to study electrification, not pilot hydrogen THIS Friday! #Electrify Metrolink actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Metrolink say no to hydrogen pilots and commit to electrification
Metrolink is hearing the results of a study on the feasibility of running hydrogen multiple unit (ZEMU) trains on the San Bernardino and Antelope Valley Line trains. The results of the study are now i...
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Hunter Owens @hunterowens.net · 21/09/2026
Here’s some math, but I suspect 6months of 8$ / gal with a gov backstop on financing could do it especially for prime routes bsky.app/profile/hunt...
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
When a clean energy is announced, it faces public comment, environmental reviews and other hurdles before it can actually deliver power. Sometimes those hurdles are enough to cancel a project. We must deploy more clean energy and you can be part of the solution! www.canarymedia.com/articles/gui...
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How to stick up for renewable energy projects near you
Showing up at local government hearings to support a proposed wind, solar, or battery project could be the most effective climate action you ever take.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Scientists: The world must nose dive CO2, methane and other greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid global societal destruction. Engineers: Yes, we have the technology. We can do that. Politicians: Nah. Let's burn more oil and gas. Keep things popular whilst we fight the next general election.
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NPR @npr.org · 20/09/2026
State officials say the new SpaceX site will be a $100 billion investment and launch thousands of rockets. Lawmakers helped ease regulations and negotiations were covered under nondisclosure agreements. n.pr/3SRyE3O
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Thousands of planned launches, terms of deal, worry some near Louisiana SpaceX site
State officials say the new SpaceX site will be a $100 billion investment and launch thousands of rockets. Lawmakers helped ease regulations and negotiations were covered under nondisclosure agreements.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 15/09/2026
With record diesel prices, there's never been a better time to electrify our rail network!
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Anthropic, Google, Open AI, the Chinese government and even SpaceX are all on board with the slowdown. The only holdup seems to be POTUS.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 14/09/2026
China’s top intelligence official has delivered one of Beijing’s most detailed warnings yet about AI, saying rapid advances in the technology could threaten political stability and critical infrastructure.
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China Spy Chief Warns of AI Risks as US Tech Leaders Urge Brakes
China’s top intelligence official delivered one of Beijing’s most detailed warnings yet about AI, saying rapid advances in the technology could threaten political stability and critical infrastructure.
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Chinese EV exports are skyrocketing and now their factories are popping up around the globe. The global auto market share is changing quickly.
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
Anthropic says it has blocked multiple accounts that used the company’s artificial intelligence models in ways that could support the development of biological weapons.
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Anthropic says it blocked possible attempts to use AI to develop bioweapons | CNN
Anthropic says it has blocked multiple accounts that used the company’s artificial intelligence models in ways that could support the development of biological weapons.
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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Upgrading to an EV is one of the biggest changes we can personally make to remove our demand from this farce and the immense environmental damage it's causing.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10/09/2026
This directly will raise your future electricity bill. Like directly raises it.
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Take 1 minute and send Gov. Newsom a message encouraging his to sign AB 2313 into law. AB 2313 will give a massive boost to home electrification! earthjustice.org/action/elect...
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Electrify California homes
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Streetsblog L.A. @streetsblogla.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Metrolink fares increase (on average 14%) starts on October 5 la.streetsblog.org/2026/09/08/m...
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Metrolink Fare Increase to Take Effect October 5 - Streetsblog Los Angeles
Riders will pay approximately 14 percent more for Metrolink regional rail service
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/c...
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California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste (Gift Article)
A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 04/09/2026
You often hear that if only CAHSR had let the French take over, it would be built by now. They're on the team now, but what did SNCF actually say back in 2010? We did a deep dive into the French HSR operator's original proposal to set the record straight. 🧵 calelectricrail.org/the-true-sto...
Selected Co-development team
from June 1 CAHSR CEO report. Teams include SNCF Voyageurs, Jacobs, CDPQ Infra, Systra...
Team capabilities: Global infrastructure investment, high-speed rail development, rail systems integration, passenger rail operations, ridership and revenue strategy, commercial management, public-private partnership strategy
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Nick Andert @nickandert.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
well this state rail plan video won't quite be my longest, but it should just edge out the vermont line video as my third-longest.
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 25/08/2026
For the first time, a peer-reviewed study has "drawn a straight line from single corporate emitters like Exxon or Chevron ... to specific heatwaves and areas of extreme rainfall." The new methodological framework could make it much easier to hold Big Oil accountable for its climate lies.
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It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
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The Costs of War Project @costsofwar.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
How much does war contribute to the climate crisis? Nobody knows, because there is no comprehensive accounting, writes Costs of War co-founder Neta Crawford in @thebulletin.org. thebulletin.org/2026/08/miss...
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Mission impossible? Quantifying military emissions
Military and wartime emissions are difficult to track—but too important to ignore.
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The LA Local @thelalocalorg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
LA Mayor Bass has skipped more than half of LAHSA board meetings
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Karen Bass missed more than half of LAHSA board meetings
Bass is the first mayor to appoint herself to the commission overseeing LA County’s homelessness agency. She could lose her seat because of her attendance record.
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 25/08/2026
This post erroneously blames LAHSA for delaying LinkUS - it was actually HACLA, a different housing authority run by the city of LA, so we have deleted to avoid sharing misinformation. Regardless, Mayor Bass needs to prioritize delivering LinkUS and work to resolve this conflict.
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"Conflicts between LAHSA and Metro over a tiny slice of land are set to delay LinkUS for 1 year. LinkUS will transform Metrolink and get LA ready for high-speed rail, but it's over-budget and way behind schedule. Shouldn't Mayor Bass, who sits on both boards, be doing something about this?"
Quote post of a post by The LA Local that says "LA Mayor Bass has skipped more than half of LAHSA board meetings"
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Quitting Carbon Media @quittingcarbon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Governments around the world, including fossil fuel exporters, are adding offshore wind to their grids. Donald Trump wants to kill the industry in the U.S. despite the toll on workers, the grid, and the economy: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/the-world-is... 🔌💡
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The world is embracing offshore wind power. Trump wants to smother the industry in the U.S. – no matter the costs.
Governments around the world, including fossil fuel exporters, are adding offshore wind to their grids. Donald Trump wants to kill the industry in the U.S. despite the toll on workers, the grid, and t...
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Alaa Al Khourdajie @dralaaclimate.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New publication in Environmental Research Letters: overshooting 1.5°C then cooling back down does not undo the damage. We map where, for whom, and through what mechanisms temporary overshoot becomes permanent loss. Paper (OA): iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1/12
"Three stacked panels sharing a time axis. Top: global temperature rises past 1.5°C, peaks, then declines (the overshoot pathway), with a flat permanent-exceedance line at the peak for comparison. Middle: biophysical responses to the same trajectory diverge; some track temperature down, some recover with a lag, one keeps intensifying. Bottom: socioeconomic impacts of the same biophysical change diverge by adaptive capacity; high-capacity systems recover, while one crosses a dashed adaptive-capacity threshold and never recovers: the permanent overshoot legacy.
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Carter Rubin @carterrubin.com · 17/08/2026
New from NRDC and Atlas Public Policy: EV buyers are 50% less likely to default on their auto loans compared to people with similar credit & income who buy cars with average fuel efficiency. People buying gas guzzlers are 16% more likely to default. atlaspolicy.com/fact-sheet-a...
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Fact Sheet: A Link Between Fuel Economy and Auto Loan Repayment Risk
New research finds that borrowers financing fuel-efficient vehicles, particularly EVs, are less likely to fall behind on loan payments. Drawing on an analysis of 379,000 auto loans, the study reveals ...
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Gasoline and Diesel powered cars peaked in 2017. There has been a rapid expansion of electric vehicles and we will not be going back.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026
“Amid a summer of overcrowding and traffic concerns, the park’s website says the cameras are license-plate readers designed to reduce wait times.”
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A Watchdog Group Says Yosemite Is Using Flock Cameras
DeFlock claims that Yosemite National Park has installed the controversial surveillance technology. The NPS says the cameras are part of a system to monitor congestion and parking.
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John Hudson @johnphudson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Rubio just imposed sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane, a woman who is currently wanted in Russia because she issued an arrest warrant for Putin for war crimes 1/2
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Zamafir @zamafir.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Life's better with an EV. You can get a brand new one that's globally competitive for $30k, or pre owned for $20k! Less than the new (~$50k) and pre owned (~$25k) averages. 10/10 recommend if you're car shopping!
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Californians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 14/08/2026
Redlands and San Bernardino were once connected to LA as part of the world's largest electric rail system. It's disrespectful to the historic character *not* to electrify. We have the technology, let's get it done. #ElectrifyMetrolink
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Your gas car works fine. Consider an EV anyway. #energysky -- via Canary Media:
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Your gas car works fine. Consider an EV anyway.
Swapping your gas car for an electric vehicle is a climate win in almost all cases, says a new study, which even “tipped the scales” against EVs.
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A short documentary on some Phoenix firefighters working to adapt life saving care to our climate crisis! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/o...
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Opinion | Extreme Heat Is the New Normal (Gift Article)
Firefighters in Phoenix race to save lives in a city that’s only getting hotter.
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The first half of 2026 saw the addition of significant clean power! We need federal permitting reform to building out electrical infrastructure, even if energy-agnostic clean energy will win out!
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🗳️Voting is the highest impact climate action an individual can take. Control of the House and Senate is the focal point in 2026. BUT local races in Nebraska could lead directly to the closure of a coal plant. 🏭 3 Omaha Public Power District board seats are on the ballot in Nov & YOU can help!
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God @thegodshow.com · 12/08/2026
The Odyssey made a billion dollars telling the story of a soldier who went to war and desperately wanted to come home. Meanwhile, actual US sailors have been at sea for 200+ days, and some are throwing themselves overboard. BRING. THEM. HOME.
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Thou Shalt Bring the USS Lincoln Home
Multiple sailors have tried to jump overboard.
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@scottwiener.bsky.social can we have this please?
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a pretty good deal for Public Storage, as their only business is renting space and they have now found a way to rent the rooftops. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Solar on storage units? Here’s how Illinois is making it happen.
Illinois community solar incentives spurred plans to put 60 arrays on top of Public Storage facilities in the state. So far, 10 are online.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Blistering editorial @nature.com editorial on Trump admin's so-called "golden age" science. www.nature.com/articles/d41... See our previous @theguardian.com op-ed on the topic below.
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What’s missing from the White House plan for the future of US science
To realize ‘a new golden age for science’, the United States needs open borders and must properly fund studies in the social sciences, public health and the humanities — not just research in technolog...
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Trump's rollback of air pollution rules is really bad news for communities who live near the gas plants being built to power data centers. It's especially bad news for Texans, where state regulators are fast-tracking approvals at an "alarming" pace.
Location of 39 proposed gas plants in Texas - more than half of the nationwide total.
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Some things I've learned about legislative advocacy, and I think my record speaks for itself. 1. Start by asking for everything you want. Stop preemptively negotiating against yourself. The process of passing the bill will whittle it down. Why started with a whittled down product?
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We're not going to stop climate change unless we phase out fossil fuels.
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Oil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
The "strong" three-month results come amid "one of the most disrupted periods in the global energy market".
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Electric Vehicle Growth Plows Ahead in Q2
Increasing options and a global energy crisis have propelled the EV transition to new heights in 2026 and it is not slowing down!
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Electric Vehicle Growth Plows Ahead in Q2
Increasing options and a global energy crisis have propelled the EV transition to new heights in 2026 and it is not slowing down!
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Electric Vehicle Growth Plows Ahead in Q2
Increasing options and a global energy crisis have propelled the EV transition to new heights in 2026 and it is not slowing down!
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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Genuinely don't think we're hearing nearly enough about the effective youth/GenZ protest movements in middle and lower-middle income countries in the past couple of years foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/30/c...
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How Gen Z ‘Cockroaches’ Beat Modi at His Own Game
India’s prime minister is famous for his savvy use of social media. Now he’s getting a wake-up call.
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Dr Earhart Sampson PhD 🌎 🇨🇦 🇺🇲 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 🇺🇦 @earhart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming - The Economic Times share.google/GDGqQBgisqhG...
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Massachusetts farm installs 832 solar panels above berry fields, and the berries grown underneath turned out sweeter and juicier and could change the future of American farming
A Massachusetts farm is integrating solar panels above berry fields. This agrivoltaics project generates electricity while shading the crops. The elevated panels create a cooler microclimate, retain...
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Dominic Bendinelli @dbendinelli7.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🗳️Voting is the highest impact climate action an individual can take. Control of the House and Senate is the focal point in 2026. BUT local races in Nebraska could lead directly to the closure of a coal plant. 🏭 3 Omaha Public Power District board seats are on the ballot in Nov & YOU can help! (1/2)
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