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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 24/09/2026
A report by US Senate leaders details "transactional corruption" between the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration. Dismantling pollution protections. Installing oil execs at the EPA. Over $190 BILLION in industry subsidies over the next decade. And that's just the tip of the iceberg🧵⬇️
Graphic showing a black-and-white government building beneath several industrial smokestacks releasing thick clouds of dark smoke. An American flag flies above the building. Large red and white text reads: “The Billion Dollar Deal: How the Fossil Fuel Industry Bought the Trump Administration, Cashed In, and Left Americans to Pay the Price.”
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A FOX News contributor who currently sells (grifts) unregulated products online including, “a 2-ounce liquid blend that includes turmeric and ginger root marketed under the name “Soothe”” for $24.99, and another supplement containing kava-kava root, which the FDA has linked to liver damage & failure
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy newrepublic.com/article/2151... via @newrepublic.com
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The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
Forget November 3. It’s January 3 when Donald Trump and his MAGA Republicans might bury our democracy once and for all. Here’s how.
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
the Environmental Pillage Agency www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
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E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants (Gift Article)
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The United Nations has voted to formally phase out the #Mercator #map of the globe in favour of one that more accurately displays the relative size of #Africa. 164 countries voted in favour of the resolution. Only the US voted no There were six abstentions.
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale
Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland
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Rep. Jared Huffman @rephuffman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Let’s follow the money. $323 million in National Park Service funding has been redirected to Trump’s pet projects in D.C. while parks across the country face staffing and funding shortages. macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...
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Trump Turns National Parks into Piggybank
Cutbacks and Setbacks Hammer America's National Parks in the Shadow of Trump's Vanity Projects
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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Kyle Edmonds, MD @kpedmonds.com · 25/08/2026
Join me in giving: imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.ewg.org/skindeep/
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EWG Skin Deep® Cosmetics Database
EWG’s Skin Deep® database gives you practical solutions to protect yourself and your family from everyday exposures to chemicals in personal care products.
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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The Trump Administration’s $1.7 Billion National Guard Deployments Fail To Reduce Urban Crime
New CAP analysis reveals the Trump administration’s costly National Guard deployments have failed to reduce violent crime despite its claims of success.
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High Country News @highcountrynews.org · 21/08/2026
Western cattleman are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.
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The BLM may stop notifying landowners about drilling under private land. Ranchers are alarmed - High Country News
Western cattleman are poised to lose almost all opportunity to comment on oil and gas development underneath their property.
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UC Agriculture & Natural Resources @ucanr.edu · 20/08/2026
What does a strong #ElNiño mean for California? 🌧️ UC ANR climate scientist Daniel Swain breaks down the potentially historic 2026–27 El Niño, what it could mean for California’s winter and why preparedness matters. @weatherwest.bsky.social Get the new fact sheet: ucanr.edu/blog/green-b...
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What is a strong El Niño and what does it mean for California? | Green Blog
Daniel Swain, climate scientist in the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources’ California Institute for Water Resources, has written an El Niño fact sheet.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Given rising interest in the rapidly strengthening El Niño event in the tropical Pacific Ocean, I've created a one-page fact sheet succinctly describing what El Niño is, this year's (remarkable) forecast, and potential impacts from California to global scales. [Thread]
JPEG version of a 1-page Factsheet: El Niño 2026-2027: A Potentially Historic Global Climate Event
By Daniel Swain, PhD | August 2026

There is a banner image depicting projected warming of the Pacific Ocean by early winter.

The content begins:
"What is El Niño?
El Niño is the warm phase of a natural cycle, known as El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), that occurs roughly every 2-7 years in the tropical Pacific Ocean. During El Niño events, the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warms to well above typical levels. El Niño directly affects local climate in the countries closest to the unusually warm ocean waters, but can also indirectly influence the climate of distant regions thousands of miles away. During the strongest events, El Niño can profoundly affect climate even on global scales, causing temporary planetary warming and disrupting large-scale precipitation patterns..."
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Jonathan Coop @coopecology.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our new paper assesses relationships between wildfire rate of spread, area burned, and severity in western + boreal North American conifer forests 2012-2023. Take home message in the title: faster--> bigger--> more severe. With @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social, @jessforplanet.bsky.social and more! 🔥🧪🌍
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Faster, bigger, more severe: Extreme wildfire spread sets the stage for forest ecosystem change in western and boreal North America
A relatively small number of rapidly spreading wildfire events burn disproportionately large areas. But beyond area burned, do fast fires produce distinct postfire ecological outcomes? Here, we measur...
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Even if you think you know all the damage that Elon Musk and DOGE did, when you read it in one place, it'll melt your brain. By @michaelmechanic.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Elon Musk’s DOGE promised savings, but it's cost us a fortune
A new report from the Government Accountability Office misses the point entirely.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
There have reportedly been multiple attempts by sailors to jump overboard the USS Abraham Lincoln as poor conditions and mental stress reach a breaking point. The crew is in its ninth month at sea, and has spent 250 days consecutively without making land, a record
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USS Abraham Lincoln sailors tried to jump overboard amid extended deployment – reports
Aircraft carrier’s crew in ninth month at sea and has spent record 250 days consecutively without making land
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
SNAP has an outstanding ROI: every dollar we invest in SNAP generates $1.54 in economic activity. With SNAP cuts, people can’t continue to support these local grocers, so local businesses suffer. Everyone loses.
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WidowsPique 🇨🇦 @widowspique.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I 💝 Hillary.
Local man suggests jailing his own boss.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I can’t believe it. All my childhood punishments have become my adult goals. • Eating vegetables • Staying home • Having a nap • Going to bed early
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Alexandra (Alex) Duggan @alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
More than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
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Wildfire in northwest Spokane destroys 640 structures
The Old Trails wildfire in northwest Spokane destroyed 640 structures Saturday, according to Cody Rohrbach, Spokane County Fire District 3 fire chief.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
On Tue, Aug 4 at 6pm PT, I'll be participating in a live virtual Town Hall event, hosted by CA State Senator Mike McGuire, on our rapidly-developing #ElNiño event and implications for California from 2026 into 2027. No RSVP required. See you there!
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Super El Nino Town Hall
Join Senator McGuire, along with climate scientists, meteorologists, and disaster preparedness experts, for a virtual Super El Niño Town Hall to learn how California is preparing for very strong or “super” El Niño weather patterns and events this fall.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“Brazil Blocks Visit by U.S. Delegation Seeking to Question Election System *** Brazilian authorities refused to grant visas to two senior U.S. officials out of concern they planned to sow doubt about the security of the country’s voting systems.” 7/25/26 … 1/
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Brazil Blocks Visit by U.S. Delegation Seeking to Question Election System (Gift Article)
Brazilian authorities refused to grant visas to two senior U.S. officials out of concern they planned to sow doubt about the security of the country’s voting systems.
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Well that’s a new wrinkle! 😳 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ships stuck in strait of Hormuz pose ‘super-spreader’ biodiversity threat, scientists warn
Biologists say cargo ships stranded in Gulf may carry highly potent invasive species around the world as trade resumes
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/07/2026
Whew, the editors of @science.org are getting real.
science.org
The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
archive.org/details/Army...
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Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 - Fascism! : Army Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
March 24, 1945. Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 Fascism! A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
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A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 23/07/2026
California becomes the second state to pass a ban on octopus farming and first state to prohibit farmed octopus sales
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California Governor Signs Octopus Farming Ban into Law
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We’re just straight up asking for it at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/t...
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OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Hacked Into Hugging Face, a Digital Library (Gift Article)
The incident, which targeted the computer systems of another company called Hugging Face, happened while OpenAI was testing the systems.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22/07/2026
How locals fighting against an ICE detention center in Pennsylvania’s coal country tapped into discontent with corporate exploitation, political neglect, and environmental destruction—and won.
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How the threat of an ICE detention center galvanized a Trump-country coal town
“We do deserve better than a plethora of data centers, detention centers, warehouses, biosolids processing plants, massive landfills.”
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
www.project2025.observer/en
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Project 2025 Tracker
A comprehensive, community-driven initiative to track the implementation of Project 2025's policy proposals
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
BBC engineers built robo-cameras disguised as dung heaps to film wildlife at distances no human crew could ever get close enough to reach.
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Rodrigo Ghedin @manualdousuario.net · 16/07/2026
Meta glasses ad vandalized in London manualdousuario.net/en/they-live-me…
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Meta glasses ad vandalized in London
Everything about this story is wonderful, from the activist group’s name to the surgical vandalism to the not-so-subtle nod to the classic ”They Live”, John Carpenter’s 1988 film…
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Canyonlands National Park that could be slated for open-pit coal or uranium mining if der trumple gets his way. Bless BlueSky friends for preventing that from happening.
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Kevin Tompkins @ktompkinsii.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Me: "It's time to start eating healthy." Lettuce: "I'm going to give you explosive diarrhea!" Chips and cookies in my pantry: "I would never do that to you."
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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
There's an OMB rule change that would require political oversight of scientific grants, and could pull any that don't "reflect presidential priorities" Another country has tried this before! It was the USSR and it was called Lysenkoism. By @thsaey.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/omb-...
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Here’s what happens when you put politicians in charge of science
Proposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the consequences of such actions.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
So… Cheyenne, WY won't take data center wastewater anymore after Meta/FB's "Fill and Flush" process (how they test data center cooling systems) was responsible for polluting their whole community's wastewater reclamation system with Cupriavidus gilardii bacteria: cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/02/c...
According to the statement, Goat Systems immediately stopped discharging wastewater from fill-and-flush operations at Meta's Cheyenne Data Center CHY 1-2 after being notified of the contamination.

BOPU also revoked the company's industrial discharge privileges for those operations effective March 24.

The incident has led to broader changes beyond Meta's project.

BOPU also is suspending acceptance of industrial wastewater from data center fill-and-flush and closed-loop system operations until further notice while officials evaluate how to prevent future incidents.BOPU previously confirmed the bacterium had entered the city's wastewater treatment process through an industrial user but declined to identify the company while the investigation remained underway.

The contaminant was traced to wastewater generated during data center fill-and-flush operations, a process used to clean and test cooling systems before a facility begins operation.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I just submitted my formal comment on the disastrous proposal to transform essentially all U.S. federal grantmaking--affecting every sector of American science, technology, education, & health--into an overtly partisan political process. Full text here: weatherwest.com/wp-c...
Screenshot of page 1 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 2 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 3 of my letter (see link in post for full text).Screenshot of page 4 of my letter (see link in post for full text).
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NPR @npr.org · 06/07/2026
President Trump has made substantial efforts to curb renewable energy development. The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado managed to bring a big solar project online anyway. n.pr/4y6lek6
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Despite stiff political headwinds, tribe in Colorado brings utility scale solar project online
President Trump has made substantial efforts to curb renewable energy development. The Ute Mountain Ute tribe in Colorado managed to bring a big solar project online anyway.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I wanted to share my thoughts on the proposed OMB rule change that would radically transform federal grant-making into an overtly partisan political process. It's highly alarming, and would be devastating for American science (among many other things).
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The new proposed OMB rules would be a disaster for American science, technology, and health
In this excerpt from a recent livestream, climate scientist Daniel Swain explains with the newly proposed rules from the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would be a disaster not only for American science, but also for everything from disaster response to public universities to can
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Oh my.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
That picture…
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 29/06/2026
Today’s Exhibit of the Day? It’s one of the largest amethyst geodes in the world! It's about 13 ft (4 m) tall and 9,000 lbs (4,082 kg). It was "born" when molten magma poured from the Earth’s crust some 135 million years ago. Photo: D. Finnin/© AMNH
A photo of the Museum’s large amethyst geode on display in the Halls of Gems & Minerals. Its crystals are a striking purple color.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I don't know how @nytimes.com and @washingtonpost.com could both write about today's SCOTUS Monsanto decision and not ever mention that the company secretly ghostwrote key papers EPA relied upon to conclude that Roundup/glyphosate is safe. Kinda feels like journalistic malpractice.
motherjones.com
The EPA relied on an influential glyphosate study even after learning Monsanto was a “ghost writer”
A newly revealed government memo identifies yet another compromised paper used to justify Roundup’s safety.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Internal memo orders staff not to reveal deaths in national parks. Despite a string of recent deaths at national parks, internal guidance prohibits park staff or other Interior Department employees from directly notifying the public about such incidents www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Internal memo orders staff not to reveal deaths in national parks
Guidance issued by the Interior Department instructs National Park Service staff not to confirm deaths, the severity of injuries or other details.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/06/2026
This discussion puts its finger squarely on one of the two thorniest issues of geoengineering - namely that, to succeed, it would require multidecadal stable and rational governance of the countries and entities involved. How's that going, these days?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/06/2026
U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy has proposed eliminating the U.S. Forest Service’s airworthiness inspections for aircraft that fight wildfires. The idea itself could benefit Sheehy personally.
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A U.S. Senator Pushed to Cut Firefighting Aircraft Inspections the Same Month His Former Company Failed One
Before entering politics, Tim Sheehy ran an aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace. In the Senate, he has sought to cut regulations and expand the government’s use of private aircraft on wildf...
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Scotto @lakestograpes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
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Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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