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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy to be showcased next to Adam's fine work...

Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This interview is a follow-up to an earlier bit with NMPBS and Tannis Fox of @westernlaw.org on why environmental groups are so vehemently opposed, and why they say the technology isn’t ready for broad public use. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl3E...

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Environmentalists Oppose Reuse of Fracking Wastewater

YouTube video by New Mexico In Focus, a Production of NMPBS

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Did a long interview with the VP of the WATR Alliance about the group's push to allow treated oilfield wastewater to be used outside the oilfield. The issues are complicated, the conversation occasionally wonky, but tell me you don't learn something from this. Recorded with NMPBS – link below

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Latest story in the Navajo Nation-Tallgrass pipeline saga Read all about it in the first comment @capitalandmain.bsky.social dmainnews @tonizhoniani.bsky.social #reporting #fossilfuel #oilandgas

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into California, even though such sales are used to finance that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine. youtube.com/shorts/pIghM...

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California Is Importing More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil

YouTube video by Capital & Main

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Nicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

As is traditional, I celebrate Liberation Day by reposting my thread on the final days of Mussolini for newer followers who may not have seen it. Buon 25 aprile a tutti! "Fascism is not an opinion; it is a crime." Sandro Pertini

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I can't even imagine your editor budget...

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Well, you can't accuse him of being woke.

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

SPLC indicted on fraud charges b/c it used paid informants to figure out what right-wing hate groups were up to, sez that amounts to funding right-wing hate groups. Um, wut? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges by Alabama grand jury

Justice department’s inquiry focused on the civil rights organization’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, the CEO said

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

California is importing refined products from abroad just as the Iran war tightens global crude oil supplies. Fuel made from Russian oil is surging into the state, even though such sales are used to finance that nation’s ongoing war with Ukraine. capitalandmain.com/as-prices-cl...

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As Prices Climb, California Imports More Gasoline Made From Russian Oil

The state’s failure to reduce driving and to stockpile fuel led to dependence on sanctioned oil refined elsewhere.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 15/04/2026

Countdown Standard xkcd.com/3232/

Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.

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Don Schreiber/Methane Mad Man @vivarioarriba.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

“There’s an easy answer to this...If you really want to get this [orphan well] problem solved, you just require the operator to put up a full-cost bond.” Turns out plugging bonds in NM are a joke...and a crime. Outstanding reporting fm @jfern.bsky.social - again. sourcenm.com/2026/04/07/o...

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Oil companies accused of massive accounting fraud in New Mexico • Source New Mexico

A recently unsealed lawsuit in New Mexico district court claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Except for this: bsky.app/profile/dani...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/04/2026

Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, sniffed out more than 100 land mines during his five-year career as a mine-detector in Cambodia. To honor his bravery, a seven-foot statue of him was recently unveiled. Magawa died in 2022, but his legacy lives on.

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Hero rat who sniffed out over 100 land mines is honored with giant statue

“Magawa was one of the best rats we’ve ever had,” said Michael Raine, who works for Apopo, a nonprofit that trains animals to detect land mines.

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Tristan Baurick @tristanbaurick.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

LNG is touted as a climate-friendly fuel, but a new LNG terminal under construction in Louisiana is expected to emit more than 9.5 million tons of greenhouse gases annually. That's more than every existing and proposed LNG project in the US and more than any oil refinery in Louisiana.

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Massive Louisiana LNG project could pollute more than all existing and proposed terminals - Verite News New Orleans

Woodside’s $18 billion liquefied natural gas facility is expected to generate more greenhouse gases than any LNG terminal in the U.S.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Today, April 7, is Kwibuka32, the commemoration of the 32d anniversary of the first full day of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. Past US presidents marked the date with stock statements of “never again.” Today the president instead echoed the language & threats of the perpetrators.

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A #NM court case could change how states deal with oil & gas well transfers and the growing orphan well crisis Big co's often sell low-profit wells to smaller co's that squeeze what oil they can but don't don't have $$ for the inevitable cleanup Enter: state fraud law @capitalandmain.bsky.social

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Communities across Imperial Valley are now contemplating what dwindling water resources might mean for their region and for the rest of the country, which relies heavily on the region’s water-intensive farms for winter vegetables. capitalandmain.com/a-drying-col...

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A Drying Colorado River Threatens Imperial Valley’s Future

Declining flows and the warming climate imperil farms, green energy projects and the economy of one of California’s poorest counties.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

On a Tuesday evening in lower Manhattan, a group of New Yorkers sat, shoulder-to-shoulder on the lobby floor of a Hilton. Crowds swarmed the windows as activists shouted their demand: Hilton must end its contracts with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. capitalandmain.com/the-common-g...

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The Common Ground of the Climate and ‘ICE Out’ Movements

Sunrise Movement and environmental groups see fighting

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Here’s a cool story you should read:

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"We will not stand idly by as Americans are oppressed by foreign cheese..."

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The #NewMexico Legislature ended today after a month of lawmaking As per the last few years, things went well for the #oilandgas industry. A recurring bill to reduce #greenhousegas emissions met its demise, again Read all about it: capitalandmain.com/more-lost-ho... @capitalandmain.bsky.social

Photo of Albuquerque at duck with the text "More lost horizons: how New Mexico's climate plan flamed out again
A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions - by Capital & Main

The Clear Horizons & Emissions Codification Act died on the New Mexico Senate floor when seven Democratic senators joined all of the minority Republican caucus to kill it.
While several Democrats spoke in favor of the bill, also known as SB18, Not one person spoke against it, a hint that the vote was decided before the February 11 hearing began.

In a later interview, bill sponsor Mimi Stewart said Republicans didn't fight the climate bill that day because, "they didn't need to. They could jsut wait for the seven Democrats that voted with them."

The last three years were not jsut the hottest on record, they were even warmer than the historic warming trend would predict.
Some scientists are saying that if an El Niño sets up in the Pacific Ocean next year as expected, 2027 could be warmer still.

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce New Mexico’s greenhouse gas emissions. capitalandmain.com/more-lost-ho...

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More Lost ‘Horizons’: How New Mexico’s Climate Plan Flamed Out Again

A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”

Screenshot of Elon Musk post on Ex: “Elon Musk y
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For those unaware, Space has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.
The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars.
It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city.
That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.”

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Sweet link: capitalandmain.com/yes-the-ener...

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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Dozens of homes that were remediated after surviving L.A.’s 2025 fires have tested positive for hazardous levels of lead and asbestos. Residents are getting sick, and are worried about the long term impacts to their health. #LAfires #News

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

When faced with floods of misinformation and insults from the heights of government, exiled Burmese journalists tell their US counterparts to do as they do: Don't quit, "Do your job." Latest with @karenjcoates.bsky.social for @capitalandmain.bsky.social capitalandmain.com/in-a-time-of...

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In a Time of Extreme Peril, Burmese Journalists Tell Stories From the Shadows

American foreign policy complicates an already difficult situation for those reporting on the civil war in Myanmar.

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

#Journalism - adjacent job alert! @capitalandmain.bsky.social is looking for an audience and engagement person. Should be easy b/c our stories rock. capitalandmain.com/careers

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Careers and Freelance Opportunities

Investigating Money, Power and Society.

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Oh - and the exhaust from the larger of the two gas plants would blow over #Hobbs #NM just a few miles away. 5/5 capitalandmain.com/utility-asks...

Quote by Camilla Feibelman of Sierra Club from the story: "There's this fantasy that we'll be able to make oil and gas extraction something that's sustainable in the short or long term, and that's just not a fact."

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

The company also argues that about a third of the energy produced at one plant should be labeled a “zero #carbon resource” because of another loophole based on reducing #methane emissions somewhere along the line – in this case in the oil and gas fields... 4/5

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

... unless the PRC decides they don’t. Those two plants would provide 51% of the #energy in the package. The SPSC argues that they should be allowed to build the plants because doing so avoids reliability and affordability issues – a specific loophole in the law... 3/5

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

...for eight new power plants to provide power in West Texas and a swath of southeast New Mexico, in large part to electrify oil and gas operations there. Six of the eight are renewable energy facilities, and two are gas-fired plants that could run afoul of the Energy Transition Act... 2/5

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

New Mexico's 2019 Energy Transition Act requires utilities to sell 100% fossil-free electricity to customers by 2045. A couple months ago, the Southwest Public Service Company dropped a massive application before the NM Public Regulation Commission... 1/5 capitalandmain.com/utility-asks...

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Utility Asks New Mexico for ‘Zero Emission’ Status for Gas-Fired Power Plant

Plan puts costs of new solar farms on New Mexicans and extends lives of coal-fired plants. Critics call it “profound greenwashing.”

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Jerry Redfern @jfern.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

New story: TL;DR - #cattle ranching family blindsided by a change in their relationship with the massive company that pulls #oil and #gas from their lands. Spills, bad roads and spoiled hunts ensue. Also a lesson in the split estate. capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs... @capitalandmain.bsky.social

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The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant

They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.

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