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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 6h

Not a lawyer, but "SEC. 209. ENEPA TECHNOLOGIES" (pages 74-94) appears to require creation of AI tools for a) company use to generate environmental docs and b) agency use to review environmental docs. AI-generated forms reviewed by AI tools in understaffed/underfunded agencies! What could go wrong.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 5h

Maybe Whiskey Pete could spend some time making sure we have IT "warriors" when he's done testing everyone's testosterone levels?

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 5h

💀! The replies here are solid gold.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 6h

I promise you Fetterman's dream scenario is that the Dems end up with 51 senators so he can flip over the GOP. No one should be counting on this man to caucus with the Dems if it matters at all in the 120th.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 6h

Projection like this is always just a way for people like Vance to tell on themselves. it also begs to question if he has met the man he works under? This goes beyond throwing rocks from a glass house.

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Oil Change International @oilchange.org · 8h

‼️ Today, the Senate unveiled a permitting reform bill that would make it easier for fossil fuel + tech companies to steamroll community opposition to their polluting, climate-wrecking projects. This bill would benefit Big Tech and Big Oil, not working families.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 9h

We're about to hear a load of B.S. about bipartisanship, affordability, and energy. All in service of AI tech, energy, & finance. Not people. We will hear little to nothing about the harms this bill will cause to the West's public lands, waters and wildlife, and communities. Presser at 12:30 ET.

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Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal

YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like the release/press conference is back on again so I guess we're able to all trust the Trump admin now, right?

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Confused White Cat Asks Why

ALT: Confused White Cat Asks Why

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 10h

Honestly content like this is why this is one of the few substacks I pay for.

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I have the receipts

ALT: I have the receipts

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 10h

It's absolutely shameful that our EPA is not working to protect our health but rather the profits of oil and gas companies who have already taken so much from our communities. You can join us in demanding the EPA do their job here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/cl...

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Every Story Starts With a Breath - We Dare to Breathe!

YouTube video by WE ACT for Environmental Justice

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 12h

The content we all need in these times

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 12h

Latest on permitting reform discussions. The reply is the important part here. I do not understand how you can ever get to the point where you've resolved this with this administration. How do you plan to draw up legislation that will reign in an administration that has shown it ignores the law?

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah this is once again a permitting reform account for the foreseeable future because although it is obvious to the vast majority of Americans that the admin are bad faith actors with no intention of allowing clean energy to succeed, a group of people and Senate Dems seem impervious to this info.

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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A huge problem for Democratic governance is lack of trust in the federal government. So Democrats should *definitely* help pass a bill that guts democratic participation in major infrastructure built in people’s backyards.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And to those who often set the pace of energy transition discourse, like @volts.wtf, if you don't want data center opposition to overspill its borders, a good place to start is opposing a permitting deal that is going to piss off a heck of a lot of people by bulldozing over what they care about.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And for the love of all that is holy, call your U.S. Senator and Representative to oppose this noxious permitting deal: (202) 224-3121 And if you're a reporter on the ground in the West, please cover the implications of the Senate permitting deal to the lands and communities of the West.

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Opinion: Heinrich urged to protect New Mexico lands

An environmental advocate warns permitting reform could favor data centers and fossil fuels over public lands.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you live in the West, as I do in a rural area, you know people love their home. And by home, that means not just the four walls that keep you warm & safe. It means the rivers we run & fish. The forests we hike & hunt. And the wild, free public lands that invoke our own human freedom.

Image of a young man in New Mexico's Valle Vidal, framed by tall, golden aspen with a green-gold meadow in the background rising to low mountains.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Critically, opposition to political efforts to erode bedrock environmental laws cuts across ideological & geographic lines in the West. In fact, Republicans are increasingly in tune with environmental protection! Catch the fucking wave, Democrats!!!

https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/stateoftherockies/conservationinthewest/2026.html

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

There's an enormous amount of data that people in the Western U.S. do not want politicians to erode environmental protections for the sake of energy production. And yet this is precisely what will happen with the permitting deal negotiated by @whitehouse.senate.gov & @heinrich.senate.gov.

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Folks weakening the Endangered Species Act to lock in a permitting reform deal (looking at you, @whitehouse.senate.gov & @heinrich.senate.gov) do so at their peril. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Paper Abstract: ABSTRACT
Conservation professionals expect increased attempts to weaken the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) during the second Trump
administration. As such, it is important to understand Americans’ level of support for the ESA. Prior research indicates that
support for the ESA remained consistently strong across four studies conducted over a two-decade period, 1996–2015. The research
presented here extends those observations to six studies conducted over a three-decade period, 1996–2025. We find that support
of the ESA over that period has remained consistently high, at about 84%, and opposition has remained consistently low, at about
12%. We also report on other trends and patterns in support for the ESA, highlighting high and growing support for the ESA among
politically conservative people and the absence of any rural–urban divide in support for the ESA

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Live look at Senate Dems working on permitting reform

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mike Rogers is a corporate sellout who moves back to Michigan every few years to run for office to take another swing at the revolving door of corporate politics.

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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.

However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.

You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and

public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

But have you considered Hasan Piker?

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WNBA @wnba.com · 28/09/2026

A moment she’ll never forget 🥹 Olivia Miles gets the surprise of a lifetime finding out she’s the 2026 WNBA Kia Rookie of the Year! #KiaROY | #WNBASeason30

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

BY FAR the most fun I had watching the WNBA this year has been watching MIles. Hopefully they're able to last a bit longer in the playoffs!

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AI is an unprofitable and unsustainable industry that is only kept afloat by zealots who believe so strongly that they are setting piles of money on fire to keep it afloat and a federal government who will accommodate shortcuts. We as a country learned absolutely nothing in 2008.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 26/09/2026

Microsoft's data center subcontractor in New Jersey illegally runs a bunch of gas "backup" generators on site, figuring they won't get caught or will just eat the wrist-slap fines if they do. Regulatory enforcement is so bad that a third party had to take drone images to get the state to act.

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New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators

State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian

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Erik Schlenker-Goodrich @riogranderift.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Renewable energy is unstoppable because it’s cheaper!” Folks, hate to break it to you, but the *cost* of electricity is not decisive, especially AI data centers. And that’s a major problem given the hundreds of billions of dollars being shoveled into AI’s “speed to power” push.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Senator Markey remains the guide for all other members of that body. Be more like him!

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

ITS RELEGATION AND TITLE STRIPING TIME

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ah yes, the anger over climate policy being expanded from white male technocrats to - *checks notes* - the people whom it actually effects. I've seen this man rail online in wild ways, but wanting a smaller tent so you can simply dictate to those who's interests you don't' care about is WILD.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

At Climate & Energy conference @volts.wtf criticizes the climate movement for becoming an "everything movement," citing the inclusion of "environmental justice" and "labor." If those of us online could ask questions, I'd ask David to expand on how EJ and labor are "other" to the climate crisis?

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CODEPINK @codepink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NOW: Hundreds in New York have blocked the streets outside Netanyahu's speech to the U.N. This war criminal should be in the Hague, not the General Assembly.

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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

What I hear most from those who live where large energy projects take place, including fossil fuel, petrochemical, & now data centers, is their fear that "permitting reform" is designed to cut them out of the democratic process, to speed past public input which for them is too often life or death.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh my god, I loved Zohran before but his interview this morning at the Tishman climate week event has him centering EJ when asked about the climate crisis. It is the absolute right take!! This man just GETS it. Question is about 6 1/2 minutes in from the start of this livestream.

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WATCH LIVE: Mayor Mamdani Discusses AI, Energy and NYC’s Affordable Future at Climate Desk

YouTube video by NBC New York

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Great short video on the potential TX dummymander. I was born in the RGV and its a very different world even from places like San Antonio. Democrats have never done enough for voters there, so they have always been searching for a home. Dems HAVE TO build lasting bridges with these communities.

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What is 'dummymandering' and did Republicans just do it in Texas?

YouTube video by Reuters

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 24/09/2026

I guess if you care about the climate benefits of China's clean energy exports, then you can't really dismiss the risks of fossil-fuelled data centres as a meaningless nothingburger :)

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is after China porch-pirated the military’s f-35 parts delivery

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 24/09/2026

Yes. I think the consensus among US elite pundits and senior politicians that the way to protect liberal democracy is *not* to punish elite figures who violate its rules is wrong. A norm starting at least with the Watergate pardon. The opposite is true. You need to enforce the law and Constitution.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

BREAKING on MS NOW: MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López has been denied entry to the White House despite the court order restoring press access.

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Manuel Salgado @manuelsalgado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s hard to know what dead horse I’m supposed to beat this time since there is no transparency currently on what the permitting reform deal actually is but I figure I might as well reup our NEPA Does Not Delay work because community engagement remains absolutely necessary.