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Independent green news, politics, analysis & snark on the radio and online w/ Brad Friedman & Desi Doyen. Desi posts here, Brad posts @TheBradBlog

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Due to Trumpian changes in federal policy: "Households will pay an additional $920 billion for energy between 2026-2040 – about $6,500 cumulatively per household across that period and $640 per household in 2035." Much more in this @energyinnovation.org analysis:
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Economic, Consumer Cost, Pollution Impacts of Federal Energy Policy Changes In 48 U.S. States
Federal energy policy changes will harm all 48 contiguous U.S. states through higher energy bills, lost jobs, and worse air pollution.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13h
Trump's must-run orders have prevented several fossil fuel power plants from closing, costing ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars, even though those plants are barely running, because their power is not economic. A pure example of large public cost for narrow private benefit.
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POLITICO Pro: Trump rescued these fossil fuel power plants. Americans are paying for it.
The must-run orders have kept alive aging generators that are costly to run — and produce plenty of pollution.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 3h
Makes it real clear what they mean by "liberty."
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h
Ellison's first Skydance town hall has just wrapped. "Lies. All lies," one CBS News source reacted to Ellison's pledge to respect the news networks' editorial independence, referencing Ellison's previous broken promise to CBS News when he bought Paramount.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h
Sure, Alito could get stuck with no ability to retire and get a like-minded replacement. That said, this certainly could be seen as public comments made to give Senate Republicans a talking point in their effort to keep the Senate in Republican control. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Justice Samuel Alito said he plans to remain on the Supreme Court even if Democrats capture the Senate in next month's midterms, dismissing speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure Donald Trump can get a successor confirmed.
"I intend to stick around through this term," Alito, 76, said in an interview last week as the court prepared to open a term that will run through next June. "I made that decision many months ago." (
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 03/10/2026
NYC is opening 160 car-free (but treat-filled) streets and plazas to enjoy fun and safe fall festivities this spooky season. Find one near you at nyc.gov/trickorstreets.
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 10h
Look, this is bad. Yes. But the Trump admin sent six (6) people to Maricopa and Pima. Where, by my count, there are 404 polling places, spread across 18,000 square miles (each county is ~9k sq mi). What they want is the FEAR to discourage the voting they can't actually prevent.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 5h
This. This is important. They’re hoping fear will hold us back because they don’t have the numbers. But it will make us stronger. It will bring people out.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 11h
He said this at the time, as did many, and it remains a bald-faced lie. Not a matter of opinion. It's just completely untrue as an objective factual matter. Civil marriage laws don't work like that and never have. Just like the legality of divorce and remarriage doesn't affect the Catholic Church.
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Alito calls same-sex marriage a 'decisive' turn 'against religious liberty' in new book
A new book by Justice Samuel Alito presents his view of the Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the country with a focus on religious freedom.
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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 3h
Good news in solar #innovation New type of solar panels “can generate 25 percent more energy than most such devices available today. If they are successful, the advance will allow the world to meet the rapidly rising demand for electricity with less land and roof area”
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 4h
"Researchers have been working to perfect tandem panels for many years, but now several companies, including Tandem PV, First Solar and Hanwha Qcells, say they are preparing to sell such panels commercially soon," reports Ivan Penn: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/b... 🔌💡
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US Solar Panel Makers Try to Catch China With a Big Leap in Technology (Gift Article)
Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.
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josh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 12h
you may have noticed that animation has never been more in-demand & in the zeitgeist and yet, seemingly, never have media conglomerates been less willing to produce it. you may also notice these guys get multimillion dollar severance packages after they gut a studio. there is probably no connection
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 4h
The wreckage of the DOJ civil rights division www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h
(Politico) - ABC programs are already tempering their election coverage ahead of the midterms to avoid angering President Donald Trump, a lawyer for the broadcast company told a federal judge on Tuesday .. @politico.com $DIS www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social · 4h
Good, Bad and Ugly News, Four Weeks from Midterm Election Day: Today's #BradCast Ds outpacing Rs despite spending disadvantage; GOP scrambling to shore up deep 'red' states, districts; Admin blocking international election observers, overseas voters... FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19504
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Good, Bad and Ugly News, Four Weeks from Midterm Election Day
Dems outpacing Repubs despite spending disadvantage; GOP scrambling to shore up candidates in deep 'red' states, districts; Admin blocking international election observers, overseas voters...
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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 4h
⚖️US Supreme Court hears Big Oil’s bid to block climate damage liability lawsuits 🌡️September 2026 was the hottest September on record in US 🧊Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss 📉Global sales of gas-powered cars drop below 50%... Our new @GreenNewsReport LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19497
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‘Green News Report’ – October 6, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court hears Big Oil's bid to block climate damage liability lawsuits; September 2026 was the hottest September ever recorded in the US; PLUS: Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 10h
To be quite honest, this is a seriously concerning outlook. While it remains true that El Niño, even a very strong one, "tilts the odds" rather than guaranteeing outcomes, the current forecast suggests one heck of an odds tilt toward wet conditions--perhaps problematically so.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 10h
ECMWF is also indicating potential for *extremely* high ocean temp anomalies (>= +10F) along immediate CA coast. That would profoundly affect CA winter temps & amount of moisture available to landfalling storms. It will also have huge implications for coastal ecosystems.
Model-relative sea surface temperature anomalies for November 2026–January 2027. The supplied grid is displayed without added smoothing or coastal filling. Beige marks land and gray marks missing ocean values. The main colour scale spans -2 to +10°F, with white at zero. Hot pink marks anomalies above +10°F. This map does not establish an operational ENSO category.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 10h
Just did some number crunching using latest (Oct 1) ECMWF seasonal data, and I must say that I've never seen such high predictive confidence in a very wet California winter. This is a truly extraordinary forecast amid a record-strength El Niño event. [Thread: please read to end.]
Model-relative sea surface temperature anomalies for November 2026–January 2027. The supplied grid is displayed without added smoothing or coastal filling. Beige marks land and gray marks missing ocean values. The main colour scale spans -2 to +10°F, with white at zero. Hot pink marks anomalies above +10°F. This map does not establish an operational ENSO category.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6h
GA Dem Rev. Sen. Raphael Warnock accuses Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth of "twisting the scriptures yet again," referring to his invocation of "here I am; send me" in speeches. Warnock notes the passage is from Isaiah, a section of the Bible he just wrote a book about. www.youtube.com/shorts/befxy...
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Pete Hegseth is twisting scripture again.
YouTube video by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 6h
Survivors of climate-fueled wildfires urged the Supreme Court to let Boulder’s Big Oil lawsuit go forward. “It is profoundly unfair that oil companies keep the profits while me and my neighbors are left with the losses … After everything my community has been through, we deserve our day in court.”
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Supreme Court justices question Big Oil’s bid to escape climate deception lawsuits | Center for Climate Integrity
“The people of Boulder should have their day in court to present the evidence of Exxon and Suncor’s deception,” CCI says
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 7h
*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Trump shouts out Russ Vought and then says, ominously, "we have some big surprises coming up in a few weeks, right Russ? He's gonna be one of the important people in the history of our country."
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Alice Miranda Ollstein @alicemiranda.bsky.social · 7h
The first #MESen debate is kicking off now. Collins opens by touting all the money she brought to the state as a top appropriator in the Senate. Jackson opens by slamming Collins for confirming Kavanaugh. "Would you trust her to pick the next Supreme Court Justice?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7UM...
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Sen. Collins, Troy Jackson face off in CBS13/FOX23 U.S. Senate debate
YouTube video by CBS 13 News
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h
Nothing to worry about all good
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Christopher Callahan @ccallahan45.bsky.social · 19h
"Attribution science...helps us see a storm or a heat wave or a flood not as an act of a god or the whim of Mother Nature, but as a disaster that has been knowingly shaped or intensified by particular human actions." great piece by @jeffgoodell.bsky.social today www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared
However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.
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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 11h
⚖️US Supreme Court hears Big Oil’s bid to block climate damage liability lawsuits 🌡️September 2026 was the hottest September on record in US 🧊Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ice loss 📉Global sales of gas-powered cars drop below 50%... Our new @GreenNewsReport LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19497
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‘Green News Report’ – October 6, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court hears Big Oil's bid to block climate damage liability lawsuits; September 2026 was the hottest September ever recorded in the US; PLUS: Swiss glaciers suffer another year of record ...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ed Martin says that Tina Peters met with Trump in the Oval Office today to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the upcoming midterms elections.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
SCOOP: Valar Atomics is planning a massive nuclear powered data center on public lands in Utah. The 9,600 acre site would include 456 reactors, along with fuel fabrication and waste storage facilities. www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
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A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah
Valar Atomics wants to place over 450 reactors on more than 9,500 acres in Utah to power a huge data center project.
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Geoff Brumfiel @gbrumfiel.bsky.social · 20h
The IceCube neutrino detector has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics. The Trump administration has proposed slashing its budget in half in 2027.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 17h
Republicans in North Dakota and South Dakota have been frustrated by citizen-led initiatives they’ve disagreed with. In both states, they’ve placed measures on the November ballot to raise the threshold for constitutional amendments.
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"Disrespectful for Voters": The Dakotas Weigh Raising the Bar for Direct Democracy - Bolts
Frustrated that voters are bypassing the legislatures they control, the GOP is pushing two ballot measures this fall in North Dakota and South Dakota to require a supermajority to amend the state constitutions.
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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 16h
I'm just gonna bookmark this for future reference when Dem pundits complain about how the party has trouble communicating its message to voters. The reason you keep running into trouble with your branding isn't campus radicals. The reason is that your opponents purchased all the media outlets.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 16h
"[W]hen a majority of the justices on our highest court show themselves to be consistently indifferent to the growing chasm between law and justice, it is not 'public rhetoric' that causes Americans to distrust the Court. It is the Court that surrenders its own legitimacy in the eyes of the public."
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16h
Perceptions of press freedom in the U.S. hit a record low, and are now below the average among developed nations. news.gallup.com/poll/715025/...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 23h
“This is one of the most immediate, concrete, tangible, real, and affordable things that we can do to start to get control of our high energy costs, but also save our planet."
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California just made it legal to turn balconies into tiny power plants
It's the largest state to greenlight plug-in solar panels that help reduce home energy bills.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 23h
Recommended reading: "Renewables are just being added on top of fossil fuels." Wrong comparison. Demand grew 75% since 2005 regardless. Without wind and solar, power sector CO2 in 2025 would have been 28% higher. Excellent analysis by @zekehausfather.com www.theclimatebrink.com/p/what-if-th...
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What if the world hadn't built wind and solar?
Clean energy does not simply “add to” global energy use; it displaces fossil sources that would otherwise get built.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 23h
AMOC news is building: A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale. www.politico.eu/article/clim...
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A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 06/10/2026
Vice President JD Vance said an Alaska natural gas project with South Korea will move forward even as Seoul said its participation remains conditional on the venture being economically viable — prompting a threat of trade retaliation from President Donald Trump.
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Vance Says Alaska Project Will Proceed After Trump Warns Korea
Vice President JD Vance said an Alaska natural gas project with South Korea will move forward even as Seoul said its participation remains conditional on the venture being economically viable — prompting a threat of trade retaliation from President Donald Trump.
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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
So this explains the bizarre attack on Zelenskyy by the South Korean president He probably knew this was coming out and wanted to get ahead of this investigation showing that SK is assisting the Russian terrorist genocidal regime
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Fuel from South Korea being shipped to Russia as Ukraine war grinds on
Exclusive: Guardian analysis finds more than 150,000 tonnes of fuel was shipped to Russian ports in July and August, some using sanctioned tankers
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
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Brad Friedman / The BRAD BLOG @thebradblog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why Has GA’s Election Board Suddenly Asked DOJ, DHS to Interfere in Their Midterm Elections?: Today's #BradCast Guest: @marilynrmarks.bsky.social of Coalition @forgoodgovernance.bsky.social FULL STORY, LISTEN: bradblog.com?p=19492
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Why Has GA’s Election Board Suddenly Asked DOJ, DHS to Interfere in Their Midterm Elections?
Guest: Marilyn Marks of Coalition for Good Governance...
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 05/10/2026
One of my rich followers (looool) should endow Volts with a few million bucks so David can do and say whatever the fuck he wants without fear of losing listeners, subscribers, or (god forbid it comes to this) advertisers. You know you want to hear it. You know energy media sellouts need to hear it.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have no idea what will happen. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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A Supreme Court Battle Over Climate Change Begins (Gift Article)
The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.
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Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/10/2026
Chris Wright lies: "Diesel has mostly been affected by the Russia-Ukraine war" (Note that he also blames [checks notes] Gavin Newsom)
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Desi Doyen/Green News Report @greennewsreport.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Rick Scott doesn't want his kids or grandkids 'to be killed by a nuclear weapon' but he is 1000% on board with letting climate change destroy their lives and livelihoods. Absolutely incoherent
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 05/10/2026
Exactly this. And in fact, many models *have* been created this way, and decades of prior machine learning systems *were* created this way, consensually. These things are choices! People are STILL working this way! It’s not just that a better world is possible — it already EXISTS. We can nurture it.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 05/10/2026
🔥 NEW 🔥 They looked like messages from Bay Area residents worried about the cost of new climate rules on heat pumps. But dozens were sent by a company that uses AI. Now we’ve found Chevron gave $150,000 to the group behind the campaign. Read Desmog's latest buff.ly/ad2K6dw
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Chevron Gave $150K to Bay Area Group Accused of Using AI to Fight Heat Pump Rule
The group claimed victory after regulators recommended delaying landmark rules that would eventually phase out gas water heaters in 2.8 million homes.
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Gawain @niawag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Democrats if they win should vote a $5k refundable child tax credit immediately and let trump veto it.
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 05/10/2026
Not sure people realize how much gas-fired electricity generation US developers are planning to bring online. PJM's updated interconnection queue, for example, is 71% gas by capacity and 73% gas by likely energy generation. And this is *electricity*; the other 82% of final energy is ~all fossil.
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What energy infrastructure are people trying to build? – Kevin J. Kircher
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