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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 7h

How climate attribution science could dent fossil fuel industry denial: "the climate accountability genie is out of the bottle, and the Supreme Court is unlikely to jam it back in." @jeffgoodell @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...

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Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared

However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Meanwhile: “Boulder’s case and others may ultimately be rendered moot by Congress. The House and the Senate are considering legislation that would immunize oil companies from such state law claims.” @jjouvenal @washingtonpost wapo.st/4zgmCjV

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Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change

After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s novel lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Backstop for the elections? "Foreigners hold nearly $20 trillion in U.S. stock and another $15.5 trillion in government and private debt. If they got cold feet about political stability, they would pull much of their money out of the United States... themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...

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On the Money: Rigging an election is bad for business

Without the rule of law, financial markets will collapse

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"this conversation brings together three candidates who used their scientific backgrounds to support evidence-based policymaking in the federal government, and have now stepped up to run for Congress."

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Globally, electric vehicle sales have surged this year following the oil supply disruption in the Middle East and the second oil price shock in four years."

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Climate is up first, for a change, in a major states rights vs federal authority battle.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Too many Trump mouthpieces to count.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fedex's electric trucks cut air pollution and saves money: "each of the electric Class 5 and 6 medium-duty box trucks delivered will reduce FedEx’ fuel costs by around $20,000 annually" electrek.co/2026/10/03/f... @ElectrekCo @Volvojo1

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FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel

In a record-setting commercial truck deal, international shipping giant FedEx has placed an order for 2,000 all-electric box trucks from...

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of the corruption coverup. So much more to learn in a new Congress.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join me on Oct 6 at 7pm for “Can Scientists Help Fix Congress?”, a panel moderated by me. This discussion features a live inside look at the researchers taking their expertise to Congress. Event is hosted online via Zoom. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A worthy climate event for those of you who will be in the UK.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

From the man who never met a data center he didn't like.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is the future if we keep burning fossil fuels, scientists say: “The Southern California fires got so large, so fast, that they outpaced the capabilities of the very people trained to fight them"

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump administration pettily blocking $1.2 million in congressionally approved funds to preserve Joshua trees in Joshua Tree National Park because because the money would be distributed by a group that Trump appointees don't like. www.latimes.com/california/s... via @alex-wigglesworth.bsky.social

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Effort to save California's iconic Joshua trees scrapped after Trump administration blocks funding

A slate of projects aimed at preserving the future of California's iconic Joshua tree in has been scrapped after the Trump administration blocked more than $25 million in funding for national parks th...

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A history of how oil & other corporations dominated our discourse: “A lot of the effort and money goes into shaping people’s general ideas of the economy and how it should work, or our relationship to the natural world…pieces of propaganda that on the face of it don’t have anything to do with oil.”

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shining a light on the Jesuits' dark history: “My ancestors in this exhibit were enslaved and sold by Jesuit priests...What We Inherit’ isn’t a Black story or a Catholic story – it’s the story of our American inheritance.” news.stthomas.edu/jesuit-slave... @UofStThomasMN

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Jesuit Slaveholding Exhibit Makes National Debut at St. Thomas - Newsroom | University of St. Thomas

A new immersive exhibition centering descendants of 314 Black men, women and children sold by the Jesuits in 1838 is making its national debut at the University of St. Thomas. “What We Inherit: Truth,...

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Uncovering the corporate network of lies and deception: "Brought To You By shows that this octopus-like entity doesn’t merely distort the truth — it undermines democracy by carefully curating popular perceptions of what’s politically possible." www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/q... @Matthew__Green @DeSmog

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Q&A: Amy Westervelt on the Corporate Poisoning of the Information Aquifer — and How to Undo the Harm

Amy Westervelt’s new book Brought To You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy is a must-read for anyone tracking the machinery of climate denial and delay. The...

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The fossil fuel industry targets climate researchers with a flurry of public record requests. “Absolutely, the scientists I’ve talked with all believe that intimidation is one of the main goals." politico.com/news/2026/09... @chelseaharvey @lesleyclark @corbinhiar @politico @MichaelEMann

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Inside the anti-climate campaign against researchers

A POLITICO investigation reveals more than 100 open records requests demanding documents from climate scientists nationwide.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Central Plains are getting slammed by flooding storms. Look for this to continue as a strong El Niño and warming temperatures provide fuel for more flooding.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How climate change makes clean water more expensive: "transitioning to renewable energy sources...would significantly cut water use by retiring more coal, fossil gas and nuclear power plants, which require massive amounts of water for cooling." themoneytrail.substack.com/p/the-era-of...

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The era of cheap water is over

Extreme weather events and aging infrastructure will make Americans’ water bills even more costly

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This looks good. Scientists can save us from political lies and deception by pursuing the truth and following the facts. We should be supporting their work, not the claptrap coming from self-interested politicians. How? Vote for politicians who believe in science. @michaelemann.bsky.social

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interviewing Donald Trump is a waste of time. His lies are already out there for the world to see.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This seems like a good read from a veery reputable source.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scientists report the oceans are on fire, hurting people and species around the world: "last year, the world’s oceans absorbed an additional 23 zettajoules worth of heat..equivalent to the energy of 12 Hiroshima bombs going off every second for a year." cnn.com/2026/09/30/c... @laurapaddison @CNN

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Scientists deliver ‘starkest warning yet’ of profound changes sweeping the planet’s oceans | CNN

The world’s oceans are warming at an alarming pace as humans burn fossil fuels, with far-reaching consequences, according to a report by more than 100 scientists.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Why Trump loves data centers. What about the people living near them?

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Thoughts we should have more often.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A fossil fuel-driven world: "A series of deadly heat waves from May to August overwhelmed Germany’s healthcare and emergency response systems and led to an estimated 16,000 heat-related deaths during the summer, the most heat mortalities ever recorded in the highly developed country."

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great reporting: how toxic lead is leaking out of the bones of an aging generation, posing new risks of dementia and Alzheimers: "That effectively turns your skeleton into a time bomb." @MJ_Coren @asteckelberg www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Column | Lead you absorbed as a child may cause dementia as you age

Americans born between 1951 and 1980 are invisibly scarred by lead exposure that embedded the toxic metal into their bones. It reemerges later in life.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Could the decline of once abundant menhaden be killing wild ospreys along the Atlantic? Scientists and fishermen worry more should be done to protect them: “We need action now, not five years from now." washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... @cablecowboy1 @washingtonpost

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Ospreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.

At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This: "Amazon is building more data centers than any company in the world. In the United States, the company now consumes more electricity than the federal government....Amazon plans to more than quadruple its data center capacity" @MichaelThomaswrites open.substack.com/pub/michaelt...

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Amazon is building 44 GW of data centers. Here's how it plans to power them.

For our latest report, we analyzed hundreds of documents and satellite images to produce the most comprehensive look at Amazon’s power strategy

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Great interview with a climate scientist: why the record El Niño gives us "a glimpse into the future of what our planet will look like if we continue to burn fossil fuels and warm up the planet." @BBCNews @MichaelEMann x.com/MichaelEMann...

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Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) on X

I discussed the "Godzilla" El Niño and how it's likely to combine with human-caused warming to supercharge extreme weather in the months ahead with @CaitrionaPerry of @BBCNews, live from #ClimateWeekN...

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The fossil fuel connection: “climate change from all climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions over the last 70 years has resulted in a 36% decline in annual average mountain snowpacks” yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/scie... @barbaragrady @CC_Yale

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Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the West’s worsening water shortages » Yale Climate Connections

A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the region.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Powered by fossil fuels, scientists warn the planet continues its relentless churn toward a dangerous future: “These are not separate emergencies; the planet is telling us, in every region at once, that it is out of balance" tinyurl.com/nj3m3pbp @olliemilman

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‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

“Why are we reading...if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom, courage and the possibility of meaningfulness, and press upon our minds the deepest mysteries, so we may feel again their majesty and power?” tinyurl.com/y38557nv

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Annie Dillard, Pulitzer-winning author of ‘Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,’ dies at 81

With the publication of her 1974 book, she was hailed as a 20th-century Thoreau, a visionary whose shimmering prose offered glimpses of the eternal.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

White House press corps fights back: “Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... @ScottNover @washingtonpost

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Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban

CNN, along with MS NOW and Politico, filed a lawsuit over the ban, which the president defended as “an assault on the FAKE NEWS.”

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Trump's order to change Chesapeake Bay cleanup policies face local backlash: “This executive order is just the latest of Trump’s assaults on Bay restoration, stripping away the accountability measures and federal coordination" @Jeremy_Cox @ChesBayJournal tinyurl.com/44y7ncvy

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Update: Trump order unravels Obama-era cleanup framework for Chesapeake Bay

Note: This is an update to the Bay Journal article that appeared on Sept. 17, 2026.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A @Guardian investigation questions the IPCC's conflict of interest policies: "At least a dozen IPCC lead authors are employed by or linked to Saudi Aramco, Saudi institutions and other oil and gas interests" www.theguardian.com/environment/... @dpcarrington

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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports

Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Interesting winter forecast: U.S. temps will be cooler than normal, but the rest of the world will be hotter: “The average Global surface temps will be around +2C beyond pre-industrial levels for the first time on record and and very likely higher than anything in 120,000 years…”

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My relatives buried in Arlington Cemetery are rolling over in their graves: Trump's arch will “house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas...” wapo.st/4hojaMW @ddiamond @Aoife__Walsh @washingtonpost

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Trump says planned 250-foot arch will be ‘military complex’ for drones, snipers

The president’s post about the 250-foot arch planned near Arlington National Cemetery comes as veterans groups, historic preservationists and others attempt to stop the project.

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Rocky Kistner @therockyfiles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Study finds a massive amount of microplastics flow into the world's oceans, mostly from developing countries: "really the only way we’re going to really reduce [it] is just by getting away from a codependent relationship with plastic.” wapo.st/4xXvWZz @washingtonpost

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Rivers are delivering a staggering amount of microplastics into the ocean, study finds

Nearly all of the pollution — 96 percent — comes from rivers in developing countries. High plastic use, mismanagement of plastic waste, strong rainfall and high solar radiation are major factors.

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