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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 21h

The big melt: Iron age skis emerge! Swiss glaciers have shed 20% percent of their volume over the past 5 years. At the current pace of global warming, 97% of today’s glaciers across the Alps could be gone by century’s end. @zhonggg.bsky.social Giacomo d’Orlando www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/c...

nytimes.com

Melting Swiss Glaciers Release Archaeological Treasures

Archaeologists are scouring mountain passes as artifacts from a bygone world all but tumble out of Switzerland’s shrinking ice.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Days are numbered for gas-powered cars. EVs! Gasoline-powered models shrank to less than 50% of global new-vehicle sales in the January-June half as high oil prices triggered by war in the Middle East pushed more consumers toward electric vehicles. By Sota Tanaka asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...

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Gas vehicles fall under 50% of global new-auto sales for first time

Higher oil prices accelerate shift to EVs as consumers eye lower operating costs

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

EV sales surged across 12 major European markets, capturing a record share as higher fuel prices and affordable new models accelerated the shift away from gasoline and diesel vehicles. In Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden 1/2 of new sales were EVs. By Andrea Malan www.autonews.com/ev/ane-ev-sa...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Clean up and save with EVs! MIT study: EVs reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with combustion cars. In most locations, EVs save between 40% and 60% of emissions as compared with combustion vehicles, but it can be as low as 0% and as high as 82%. By Andrei Nedelea insideevs.com/features/798...

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Yes, EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars. Here's By How Much

A new MIT-led study finds EVs beat gas cars on emissions almost everywhere, but your ZIP code and driving habits decide how big the advantage is.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Three Moon Island"? "Chermoonbyl?" "Moonscale?" Leading scientists caution that governments are moving too quickly after some notable disasters. Multiple Chinese, American and Russian rockets have exploded. Space junk regularly tumbles to Earth. By Selam Gebrekidan www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/w...

nytimes.com

Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Plastics' harm! Global mismanagement of plastics is breaching planetary boundaries and the human right to a safe, clean, healthy, sustainable environment. Plastic pollution and its lifecycle emissions are damaging the lives and wellbeing of populations worldwide. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

thelancet.com

Global health burdens of plastics: a lifecycle assessment model from 2016 to 2040

Adverse health effects are associated with emissions throughout plastics lifecycles, particularly from production, though the non-disclosure of plastics chemical composition is severely limiting LCA c...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Senate permitting deal provides massive long-term structural advantages to the fossil fuel industry and dismantles environmental and species protections. The deal fails to meaningfully curb the accelerating build-out of data centers and AI or help renewables. biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

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Democrats Abandon Environmental Laws to Advance Pro-Fossil Fuel ‘Permitting Reform’

Center for Biological Diversity: Legislation Would Dismantle Protections for Hundreds of Endangered Species to Speed Approvals for Corporate Polluters

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally! High gas prices are beginning to push Americans away from the humongous pickups and SUVs that generate the most profits for automakers toward more fuel-efficient hybrids, which have engines augmented by batteries and electric motors.@jackewingnyt.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...

nytimes.com

Sales of Hulking Pickups and S.U.V.s Sag as Fuel Prices Soar

Sales of big pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles have dipped as more Americans buy hybrids and smaller cars.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our take: The world's biggest petrol consumer, the US burns 20% of global consumption, notes Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org. "Transportation is the biggest consumer of that oil, making strong auto standards the most effective way to cut pollution and oil use." www.dw.com/en/weakened-...

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The true cost of Trump's fuel economy rollbacks

Weakened US fuel-efficiency rules and promises of cheaper cars could yet see drivers pay higher running costs while increasing planet-heating emissions.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our take: "Trump’s creating a perfect storm to crush competitiveness of US car companies, drive up consumer costs, and kill the climate. There’s nothing he won’t sacrifice on the altar of fealty to Big Oil and auto polluters." @danad1012.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/fuel-...

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Fuel Costs Will Increase, and Carbon Emissions Too, After Trump’s CAFE Standards Rollback

The Trump administration’s new policy will make the high cost of living even more unaffordable

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump gutted the biggest single step to saving gas, money at the pump and cutting auto pollution. I enjoyed talking with @bradblog.com.web.brid.gy

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our take: Trump's clean car rollback, requested by automakers, is a Trojan SUV that will lead to the demise of the American auto makers because they don't have to compete against the best technology in the world." Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org www.hindustantimes.com/genesis/trum...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our take: Trump “ignores the feasibility of clean technology and the millions of fuel-efficient cars already on the road. Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap short-term profits” @biologicaldiversity.org fortune.com/2026/09/28/t...

fortune.com

With gas at $4.47 per gallon, Trump set to relax Biden-era emissions standards | Fortune

The administration says looser mileage rules will lower sticker prices while critics warn the savings could be erased by higher fuel costs

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our take: This standard was the biggest single step any nation has taken to save gas, money at the pump, and auto pollution.” China is moving ahead quickly with more efficient and technologically advanced EVs. Detroit is stalled. @tsspangler.bsky.social Jamie LaReau. www.freep.com/story/money/...

freep.com

Trump ratchets down Biden-era mpg fuel standards in new cars, trucks

The Trump administration took another step, a largely symbolic one, in getting rid of push to sell more electric vehicles.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our take: Trump is "costing consumers at the pump and at the doctor's office. Trump is tanking sensible mileage standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who're getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump. @biologicaldiversity.org @willagreer.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...

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The Trump administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars

The Trump administration says easing these standards will make cars more affordable. Critics say it's not so simple and could be costly for the environment.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our take: “Trump is tanking sensible mile per gallon standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who are getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump. Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks. Becker @biologicaldiversity.org By Anne D'Innocenzio abcnews.com/Business/wir...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Our take: Trump repeals won't help US car industry. “This is at a time when the rest of the world is moving to Chinese advanced technology EVs. So, this says, ‘okay, Detroit, you can fail to compete into oblivion.’” @biologicaldiversity.org @chemnick.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

politico.com

Trump slashes Biden-era fuel economy standards for cars

The new fuel economy standards are the latest assault on Biden-era EV policies.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Mourning Byron Sher, warm, committed California smog fighter, climate defender. He was a lawmaker who did "his homework, sought consensus and typically argued — and won — on the merits. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/s...

nytimes.com

Byron Sher, Early Environmental Warrior in California, Dies at 98

A congenial legislator with a professorial air, he won battles through charm, not pugilism, passing laws to protect drinking water, redwood forests and clean air.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

US drivers denied what the rest of world gets! Chinese auto companies race ahead on EV technology, achieving 5-minute ultrafast charging v. 20-40 minutes for US-built EVs. “China is way, way, way ahead in terms of multiple players engaged in the charging competition." abcnews.com/Technology/w...

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Chinese auto companies race ahead on EV technology, achieving 5-minute ultrafast charging

Major Chinese auto group Geely has unveiled new ultrafast EV charging technology that can recharge a battery from 10% to 70% in just 4.5 minutes

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

National Offense! As Trump tries to barrel through pushback on fronts from windmills to his Trumphal arch, he is increasingly using a justification he believes will allow him to do what he wants: national security. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @johnismay.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Departing UN chief’s grim warning about climate change.He called it the “defining issue of our time” and urged countries to embrace renewable energy, phase out the subsidies, ads and use of fossil fuels that are dangerously warming the planet. messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/rend...

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Climate: A dire warning from a departing U.N. chief

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A brutal summer: wildfires torching and clouding cities with toxic smoke; heat waves killing tens of thousands in Europe; glacial collapse in Nepal so huge it registered as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake, flattening thousands of homes and killing over 1,300 people. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table

Harrowing temperature increases remain unnervingly possible.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Show up! Just a few individuals turning up at hearings can tip the scales in favor of renewables. Five or 10 people can take a project from “political suicide” to something that could “sail through.” said @matttraldi.bsky.social @alisontakemura.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/gui...

canarymedia.com

How to stick up for renewable energy projects near you

Showing up at local government hearings to support a proposed wind, solar, or battery project could be the most effective climate action you ever take.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Industrial pollution has significantly warmed the Himalayas. Rising temperatures very likely contributed to devastating floods in Nepal and Tibet last month by destabilizing the ice and permafrost that underlay the mountain slopes. @zhonggg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/c...

nytimes.com

Warming Played ‘Very Strong’ Role in Himalayan Floods, Study Finds

Rising temperatures contributed to the disaster by destabilizing the permafrost and ice around the collapsed rock, scientists concluded.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The science is settled. Continued inaction reflects political and structural inertia rather than scientific uncertainty. Air pollution, chemical pollution, plastics and climate change may be contributing significantly to the rise in cardiovascular disease. www.ehn.org/heart-health...

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Leading cardiology societies call for stronger protections against environmental hazards

Four international cardiology societies — the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the European Society of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation — issued a joint statem...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Danger! Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech. He has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, pressured media organizations over their content, stripped funding from public television and radio. @jimrutenberg.bsky.social, Maggie Haberman www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...

nytimes.com

How Trump Is Wielding Power to Stifle Speech

President Trump has harnessed agencies across the government to curtail press freedoms, a sweeping campaign that free speech advocates say will have lasting effects.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

With thousands of people protesting Tr$mp’s attacks on the Kennedy Center!

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The big melt! Glaciers are melting across the Himalayas. Permafrost is thawing. A raft of disasters is menacing tens of millions of people: landslides, bursting lakes, swollen rivers so forceful they wash away entire communities. @sominisengupta.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/c...

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Scientists Warn of Flood Risks to 8 Himalayan Countries after Nepal Disaster

The catastrophe set off alarms in a region with thousands of glaciers spanning eight nations. Better monitoring and cooperation between the countries could save lives, experts say.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

11.3 trillion tons of glacial ice in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979. The ice sheets are melting away fast. We are melting the polar regions, sea level is rising worldwide and will exacerbate the vulnerability of coastal regions. @borenbears.bsky.social apnews.com/article/clim...

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Satellites show Earth lost more than 12 trillion tons of ice from Greenland, Antarctica in 47 years

A major report has found that 12.5 trillion tons of ice from Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

EVs: A good lesson for us all! Australian sales of electric vehicles overtook gas-powered cars for the first time in August, with experts saying that higher oil prices resulting from the U.S. war with Iran was one of the main reasons for the shift. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...

nytimes.com

How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia

Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tr&mp lavishes big gifts on fossil fuel polluters! EPA Erases Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants Electricity generation is the 2d largest source of CO2 and other planet-warming gases in the United States. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social @lisafriedman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...

nytimes.com

E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tr$mp's oil price effect! Trump’s war shifts clean energy into high gear everywhere but here, increasing global demand for EVs and renewables. Chinese EV maker BYD, saw August sales up more than 130% over the prior year. @deanbaker13.bsky.social themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...

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On the Money: Trump’s war shifts clean energy into high gear everywhere but here

The Iran war has increased global demand for electric vehicles and renewables

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From swords to plowshares to swords! During World War II, Volkswagen produced weapons and military equipment. Turning an ailing Volkswagen factory from “family vans to tanks” is fraught for a company still suffering from self-inflicted Dieselgate wounds. James Paton www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another gift to the fossil fuel industry! The US will allow power plant polluters to dump unlimited planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...

nytimes.com

E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

End of day (looks like it could be end of days!)

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Our take: Allowing sale of gasoline blended with 10% ethanol was "ludicrous. Summer smog limits are designed to protect kids’ health. So it’s a disastrous move from that perspective, but it doesn’t actually lower the cost at the pump.” @biologicaldiversity.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0809202...

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As Hostilities Flare and Oil Prices Spike, U.S. Consumers Pay at the Pump - Inside Climate News

Experts say President Trump’s rollback of climate policy is leaving consumers more vulnerable to price shocks and pollution.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A tornado hit the globally-warmed Washington DC, felling an ancient tree in DuPont Circle. Resilient Washingtonians mourn it with condolence notes. Meanwhile Tr$mp drops his turds around the city -- destroyed White House East Wing, despoiled Kennedy Center, Tr$mphal Arch. But we will survive!

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Too globally warm! August tied July 2023 as the planet’s hottest month on record, as human-caused warming pushes the Northern Hemisphere’s muggiest, most uncomfortable time of year into new realms of stickiness and discomfort. @zhonggg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/c...

nytimes.com

August Ties for Hottest Month on Record

Sweltering summer temperatures put last month on par with July 2023 for global warmth, scientists said. More records could be broken in the months ahead.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nuclear, coal, and gas-fired plants are very vulnerable to heat and drought because they require cooling water. Several EU nuclear plants cut output or shut due to heatwaves.But solar overperformed, closing the gap and providing 25% of power generation across the EU. www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

euronews.com

Swiss nuclear power plant fully back online after heatwaves

Reactor 1 was first brought online in 1969 and Reactor 2 in 1971, making it one of the oldest nuclear plants in the world. #EuropeNews

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In the decades since An Inconvenient Truth, Americans swapped out their lightbulbs. As they did, they helped to check US electricity growth and avoided the release of many hundreds of millions of tons of heat-trapping carbon pollution. @jasondovemark.bsky.social therevelator.org/al-gore-was-...

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Al Gore Was Right • The Revelator

How changing lightbulbs helped change the world.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fascists like Tr$mp policies! More coal, more Russian gas, fewer wind turbines: What the rising far right intends for Germany’s energy supply would demolish the country’s much-vaunted Energiewende, the transition from fossil to renewables. @joshgroeneveld.bsky.social www.politico.com/newsletters/...

politico.com

Germany's far right alternative energy reality

The right wing party praises Russian gas and vilifies renewables.

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

More problems with plastic bottles! New study in Analytica Chimica Acta, dected diverse endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in drinking water tests of multiple bottled water brands. 17 EDCs were found in the 37 bottled waters tested. www.ehn.org/plastic-bott...

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Water from plastic bottles — including expensive brands — contains more chemicals than water stored in glass

In a recent study published in Analytica Chimica Acta, researchers used new methods for detecting diverse endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in drinking water to test multiple bottled water brands ...

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The movement against data centers unites Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control our lives--Fury over water-guzzling, air-polluting behemoths and the tech oligarchs imposing them. @aaronregunberg.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

theguardian.com

The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires

The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives

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safe-climate @safe-climate.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our take:”The Trump administration is open for business to polluters of all stripes, so when the truck manufacturers requested the freedom to make whatever decisions they want on how polluting engines can be, Trump said, ‘Sure.’ @biologicaldiversity.org By Motavalli www.autoweek.com/news/a736103...

autoweek.com

Trump Moves to End Standalone Big-Rig Engine Fuel-Economy Rules

The administration says regulators exceeded their authority by setting efficiency standards for truck engines separately from the vehicles they power.

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