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Glen Besa @glenbesa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Follow the Money."-Deep Throat

Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I wrote VA Directors (Division of Public Utility Regulation) David Essah & (Utility Accounting and Finance, State Corporation Commission) Kim Pate to hold public in-person hearings around the Commonwealth on the proposed NextEra/Dom merger case PUR-2026-00112. I've tried 'telephonic testimony'😶.

actionnetwork.org

Tell the SCC: Meet Virginians Where They Live on the NextEra Deal

Right now, the only way to weigh in on the NextEra-Dominion merger is to submit your phone number to the State Corporation Commission, sign up for one of three windows in November, and wait for a call...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Published Tuesday; living it Sunday: aqi is so bad thanks to a local fire I have to close all the windows in a high-desert house with no air conditioning. "...the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.

theguardian.com

We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

At our local Middle School to talk to Republican neighbors about the hyperscaler proposed for our district. This spot is a polling place in a very blue area for a Republican 3-way primary, my expectations are low. But I am ready!

Signage: 'I remember Virginia before data centers', Stop Tyson's Data Center. Tyson's Data Center proposal is too close to our homes, bad for our community.

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 04/08/2026

100 years of July sea surface temperature anomalies... you'll see important patterns of regional climate variability as the animation evolves, but ultimately, the story behind the long-term trend toward record warmth is driven by human-caused climate change. Data from @noaa.gov ERSSTv6. 🌊

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Sarah T. Fischell @sfischell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

The keynote speaker for the Citizens’ Climate Lobby @cclusa.org conference this year is Jigar Shah. I am psyched. You can hear him on the livestream on Monday. Register here: citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-chan... 1/

citizensclimatelobby.org

CCL's Summer Conference & Lobby Day

The Path to Clean Energy Runs Through D.C. Join us July 26-28.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Happy to get updated on the state of knowledge on the air-sea gas exchange contribution of injected bubbles! I was unable to stay in the field (or lab) after '99, but it was the topic of my PhD thesis (A Gas Tension Method for Air-Water Gas Exchange Studies, 1993). Lots of bubble size count labor!

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Today is heat-mapping day in Fairfax County. Put this weather station on our car & off we went at 6am, 2pm, and again 6pm on a route through a neighborhood in a region experiencing one of the hottest days of the last 10 years. Not everyone will feel it the same & we're happy to help get that data!

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

While land inhabitants are feeling the heat, scientists would also like you to be aware of the ocean heat extremes being documented now, with impacts to follow. It is 🚨.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

RGGI rewards clean and efficient energy generation. Dominion Energy would rather obscure that fact and carry on with their profitable and familiar build out and running of fossil-gas plants. Transparency on fuel costs, including on bills, and risk-sharing with customers are solutions proposed.

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Shreyas Sudhakar @shreyassudhakar.com · 18/06/2026

Great to see @motherjones.com pick up the heat pump group buy chatter! I always love it when the conversation breaks out of the electrification community into more mainstream channels. Thanks for the feature!

motherjones.com

Want a deal on a heat pump? Team up with your neighbors.

If you're not in a rush, it'll save you some dough now—and throughout the gadget's lifetime.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Love what the Australian soccer team says about modern Australia. Seriously, watch this video, and you'll be cheering for them too.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Insane self-blinding of the US. They are throwing away their investment in the ocean observation system and the benefits it provides. The only explanation I can think of: they don’t want the people to know what their fossil emissions are doing to our oceans. easternherald.com/2026/06/13/u...

easternherald.com

The US Is Pulling Up a $386 Million Climate Ocean Sensor Network

NSF dismantling Ocean Observatories Initiative as very strong El Niño forms. Edson, Robbins, McLean: an irreparable blind spot in U.S. climate observation.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

One thing that’s striking about all of this Is that they keep denying offshore wind permits, which are a critical solution to climate change, because they falsely claim it’s bad for whales But then they keep doing things that actually will kill whales

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I got to experience this today. We burn trash in Northern Virginia, 1M tons a year at this Lorton facility. Trash does not just 'go away' - it comes here and leaves as reclaimed metal scrap, ash, and stack exhaust.

Overhead crane with a maw of trash, mostly plastic.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

SIGN OF THE DAY…

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

NASA's Blue Marble picture of Earth, from 1972

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#NK3 #MemorialBridge Thanks to @thirdactorg.bsky.social DMV for organizing a terrific event VA to DC. 'Join Us' was a perfect message to lead with in banner and song in protest.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Strange Coffee in the mail is a good thing☕, so is supporting a small solar-powered business in rural Virginia that seeks out small co-op growers.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Evidence-based Outrage at Stand Up For Science, Take Be ack Science Rally, National Mall, DC.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The real progress here is the tidy ball of yarn. Until this morning it was a rat's nest. Lesson relearned the hard way - turn the hank of yarn into a 🧶 first.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy. But right now, they’re under attack. Several Republican-controlled states have redrawn their congressional maps to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterm elections.

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Tim Squirrell @tmsqrll.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This piece by Rebecca Solnit is one of the most deeply moving explorations of what tech takes from us, how it transforms us, how it demands we become more like it and less human, that I've read www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

theguardian.com

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit

The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Vigil in our town. For all those killed by ICE.

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Shannon Heffernan @shannonheffernan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A drawing by a 5-year-old girl detained at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas with her mother Hayam El-Gamal. “I am 5 years old” is written at the top of the page. Lower down, next to stick figures, are the words “let us go.” Courtesy of Eric Lee, Lee & Godshall-Bennett, LLP

a childlike drawing of stick figures behind bars

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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

The terrorists are the ones without masks. They’re the ones yelling “No!” or “Stop!” or “Shame!” or blowing whistles. Sometimes they brandish cameras at federal agents. These are just some of their diabolical tactics.

theatlantic.com

Patriot! Here’s How to Identify a Domestic Terrorist

A Trump-administration guide to the Minnesota protests

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Virginia: Statewide YES vote in April. AND action in our state legislature NOW. Read newsletters from your reps in Richmond and plan to attend town halls.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Pam Bondi just sent a letter to Minnesota officials saying ICE will leave if the state turns over its voter database to Trump. Guess what? This has never been about safety or immigration. It’s a pretext for Trump to take over elections in swing states.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

EV charging at the cell-phone waiting lot at the airport - such an obviously good place to provide a plug in.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Florida Power and Light - providing clean EV charging cheaper than the competition. Fast too - delivering at 230kW.

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

EV road trips getting easier. (This is our 7th VA- FL drive.) Credit to Hilton for building a dozen chargers at this new hotel right on I-95 in NC. Charging while we sleep is the best!

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Virginia House District 11 Special election January 13th due to our current Rep., David Bulova, taking a position with the Spanberger Administration. Here are the Dem plans in detail: www.cityfairfaxdems.com/hd11

cityfairfaxdems.com

HD-11 Unassembled Caucus | Fairfax Democrats

Vote Tuesday, December 16th • Democratic Firehouse Primary for House of Delegates District 11

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

First Thanksgiving with a heat pump hot water heater? Switch to high demand mode before this happens 😬🤓.

Screenshot of hot water heater status, showing hot water 'empty', mode 'high demand' and status 'compressor and element running'

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

A few trees still reaching peak fall display - this view from Virginia side of Potomac with Washington Monument in the background.

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Ricki Coughlan @rickicoughlan.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

This is the #Izembek. Trump has just signed off on destroying this magnificent wilderness for yet more fossil fuel extraction which scientists warn us must stop. We have the capacity to create such a different world. All we have to do is decide we want it. #nature #climate youtu.be/RkBbA7iJN8g?...

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YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Meredith Haines, immigrant @meredithhaines.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Berkeley Springs, WV, No Kings rally was 600 ppl around 3pm at the Morgan County courthouse & nearby streets. Favorite sign👇

YES America the beautiful
NO America the ugly
Illustrated with multicultural images for the former, and masked ICE agents for the latter

Streetscape with protesters holding signs.

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