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Tom Lindgren

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Attorney, professor, renewable energy advocate, nature lover

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Share This Article insideclimatenews.org/news/0810202... In Montgomery County, Indiana, utility-scale solar projects appear on an official list of undesirable land uses that also includes “adult-oriented businesses.”
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To Block Solar Energy Projects, One Community Lumped Them in With Junkyards and Adult Bookstores - Inside Climate News
A local fight in Indiana shows that even streamlined permitting can’t overcome deep community resistance to solar development.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/science/2026... The ancient quest to extend human lifespan has received a boost after scientists analysed the genetic code of the world’s oldest living land animal, a giant tortoise called Jonathan.
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Jonathan the giant tortoise, 194, offers up insight into secrets of longevity
DNA analysis of oldest living land animal reveal patterns on genes that appear to protect functioning of mitochondria
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... Comando may be tiny, but Mexico’s national guard is giving him ⁠a very big role.
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Paw patrol: Mexico debuts tiniest national guard recruit
Chihuahua Comando is being trained for search-and-rescue work, and helping bring a warm connection with the public
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
wapo.st/4hDFceJ The Defense Department on Tuesday announced plans to stop hiring civilians for tenured faculty positions at U.S. military service academies, a move that would make it easier to fire some professors in the future. (gift link)
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Hegseth bars military academies from hiring civilians as tenured professors
The move marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to exert more control over faculty at service academies.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... What made the sighting even more noteworthy is that two different olive ridley sea turtles were identified laying eggs on Orange county beaches in the last week, the first on Seal Beach and the second on Huntington Beach.
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In historic first, tropical turtles spotted nesting on California beaches
What caused the turtles to begin nesting farther north than usual is the ‘million dollar question’
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/gui... Let your voice be heard. It can make a difference.
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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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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Bears enjoy the pool too.
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Bear-y good neighbors: humans and animals are learning to live together in an expanding LA
People are increasingly crossing paths with the wild animals as homes ring the outskirts of forests, sparking a new era of coexistence
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... It sounds like a Disney movie: three wild dogs, all brothers, on an epic journey to find a home of their own after their family tells them to leave.
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‘Like a Disney movie’: Three wild dog brothers make Africa’s longest journey
As three siblings came of age and had to leave their pack, scientists tracked the dogs’ perilous 2,500-mile odyssey to find their own territory
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.sciencefocus.com/news/dog-rea... You probably already knew this but science has confirmed it. "[N]ew research suggests that your pup may be able to read your emotions from the expression on your face."
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'Remarkable': Dogs can read our facial expressions, adorable new study finds | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Man's best friend seems to have no trouble reading our emotions
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
wapo.st/4xm37VC Whitehead sees the movement as dangerously politicized. (Gift link)
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Why a lawyer who launched the Christian legal movement believes it’s gone astray
John Whitehead says the Christian legal movement is not what he envisioned when he launched the Rutherford Institute in 1982.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... This report is alarming but it also points out that conservation efforts can revive threatened species.
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One in nine migratory birds threatened with extinction, global report says
Findings on decline of species such as Arctic tern and turtle dove published alongside flyways pledge at Kenya summit
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... Picking a brownfield location may boost a project's chances for approval.
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Coal-to-solar project lands a rare clean-energy win in Ohio
The solar-plus-storage project faced no opposition despite growing pushback to clean energy in the state — likely because of its brownfield location.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.reuters.com/business/ene... The Vatican will ​build a roughly €100 million ($117 million) renewable energy plant that could power the Holy See within two ‌years via a system combining solar power and agriculture, sources involved in discussions on the project said.
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Let there be sunlight: Vatican plans solar and agriculture plant to cover its electricity needs
In agrivoltaic plants, solar panels are ​mounted several meters above the ground so crops can grow beneath them and take shade.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Children are breathing much better in London now.
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London’s low emission zone is working – so why are cities around the world so cautious about clean air?
Similar initiatives have been launched from Barcelona to Bogotá, but they have misinformation, political pressure and vested interests stacked against them
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
wapo.st/4zJoTVZ Will there still be a need for mathematicians? (Gift link)
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This may be the first academic profession to see its work taken over by AI
Top mathematicians gathered recently in San Francisco at the offices of OpenAI to discuss what would be left for humans to do when artificial intelligence becomes superhuman at math.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Your dog knows what you're feeling.
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Dogs can distinguish between fearful and angry or sad human faces, brain scans suggest
Researchers analysed activity in regions of brain when dogs were shown images of different facial expressions
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Back to school: Start dates can span two months www.axios.com/2026/08/08/s... Why do schools in the South start in early August? It makes no sense.
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Back to school: Start dates can span two months
School could start in July, August or September, depending where you live.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/win... "The U.S. Department of Defense has for months refused to conduct routine military evaluations of proposed onshore wind farms, creating a de facto moratorium on the clean energy source at a time of exploding electricity demand."
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The Pentagon's wind farm blockade is over — for now
A federal judge issued yet another blow to Trump’s war on wind, ruling that the Defense Department must resume its review of onshore wind permit…
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
www.npr.org/2026/08/05/n... This is so sad.
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Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick
Rates are now the highest they've been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 31/07/2026
With Ohio's Haitian refugees losing protected status Monday, Springfield's large population has begun being terminated from their jobs, a pastor who works with them said Tuesday. Now they face being returned to a country facing a humanitarian crisis ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/07/30/w...
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Ohio Haitians lose jobs, face terror — and impossible choices • Ohio Capital Journal
As thousands of Haitian immigrants lose protected status in Ohio, they face terrifying conditions back at home, pastor says.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Alternative cooling methods use less water but may be using hazardous chemicals instead.
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US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters
Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s use
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
www.npr.org/2026/07/26/n... Wildfire fire smoke and extreme heat are limiting outdoor activities this summer.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Orcas have been observed ramming into giant fish so hard that the prey explode, possibly as a form of gory entertainment.
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Orcas seen ramming prey so hard it explodes may be playing game
Scientists believe sunfish-smashing behaviour could be form of entertainment or to help younger whales feed
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/... Nearly two dozen red wolf pups were born in the wild this spring in eastern North Carolina, giving a remarkable boost to one of the most endangered species on the planet.
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Red wolves, once nearly wiped out, had a spring baby boom in North Carolina
The births are a boon to efforts to revive the species, which was once nearly hunted to extinction.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat... "The scheme could lower electricity bills for potentially millions of households statewide by hundreds to thousands of dollars annually. In return, the data centers would get priority in the interconnection queue."
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New Jersey law will let data centers pay for home energy upgrades
In a first, the state could speed up data centers’ grid connection if they bankroll energy-saving residential tech like heat pumps and batteries.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... "America’s offshore wind farms have already shown their ability to keep electricity flowing during brutal winter storms. Now, the clean energy resource has proved it can also bolster the grid during major heat waves." We should be building more.
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Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat
The region has added dozens of turbines off the East Coast since last summer. They and other clean energy sources cut the need for oil power amid recent…
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Are these subsidized projects just a scam?
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... In June, researchers from the University of Michigan gathered on the shoreline to deploy two devices that convert the kinetic energy of waves into electricity.
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Experimental bathtub: the remote lake island trying wave power to boost energy security
Researchers on Beaver Island, in Lake Michigan, are trying to find a more reliable form of power using local resources
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
www.npr.org/2026/07/09/n... The Iran war has accelerated the energy transition. "Countries across Asia and Africa are speeding up the adoption of solar, batteries and electric vehicles in a deliberate strategy to decrease their dependence on imported natural gas and oil."
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The Iran war has pushed some countries away from oil and toward clean energy
The new round of bombing in the Middle East has underscored the precarity of relying on fossil fuels. The war is speeding up the global transition to EVs, solar, and batteries, experts say.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... "Solar arrays cover a tiny share of Ohio’s farmland — but you wouldn’t know it based on how often renewable energy opponents call to block or limit utility-scale installations in agricultural areas." Urban sprawl is a much bigger threat.
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In Ohio, solar is no big threat to farmland
Fears over farmland loss have fueled arguments against renewables in Ohio — but golf courses and suburban sprawl take up far more acreage than solar does.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... "The geothermal system is a key reason why 555 Greenwich can operate without using fossil fuels, making it the city’s first commercial office building to hit that milestone."
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How an NYC high-rise is keeping cool with geothermal energy
New York City’s green building laws are pushing developers toward cleaner technologies — even as state policymakers backtrack on climate change targets.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... The sand cat is no bigger than a domestic cat and its sandy colour means it is almost impossible to spot in the terrain it inhabits, earning it the nickname “ghost of the desert”.
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‘No one believed it’: how a YouTube video accidentally proved Libya’s sand cat really does exist
Wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir had no idea what he had found until scientists started to get in touch
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Even Greenland is now facing a wildfire problem.
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Scientists alarmed after two wildfires hit Greenland within a week
Researchers say it is ‘quite wild’ to see fires at such high northern latitudes happen so early in the year
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Datacenters are driving unprecedented growth in the US clean energy industry, paradoxically boosting a sector that was sputtering before the artificial intelligence boom even as AI’s rollout creates immense environmental challenges.
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Datacenters driving US clean energy growth while still threatening climate
As datacenters’ connections to electric grids are held up, big tech is forced to throw money at producing its own power
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 19/06/2026
The future of Haitians living in Ohio with temporary protected status hangs in the balance of a United States Supreme Court decision that could come as soon as this week or next ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/18/h...
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Haitians in Ohio with temporary protected status prepare for upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision • Ohio Capital Journal
The future of Haitians living in Ohio with temporary protected status hangs in the balance of a United States Supreme Court decision that could come as soon as this week.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... This is welcome news. The Trump administration has reversed its decision to dismantle a deep-sea observation system following an outcry from lawmakers and ocean experts.
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Trump administration reverses decision to scrap ocean monitoring system
Move to dismantle $368m sea observatory initiative faced opposition from experts and lawmakers
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... The Dutch are on to something. Just walking around the neighborhood can do wonders for mental and physical health.
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Dutch children are unusually happy and healthy. Is it because of this walking ritual?
Once a year, Dutch kids, parents and teachers take part in a walking festival, heading out for four nights in a single week to explore their neighbourhoods, exercise and make friends. It’s a tradition...
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Even as Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the US and remains the leading source of new power. In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal, or 12.8%.
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Solar generates more energy in US than coal for first time
Solar supplied 12.8% of US electricity in May even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20... This is a great story: "one of the world’s best soccer clubs had dozens of unused socks piling up. Instead of collecting dust in a team closet, the socks are now getting a new life protecting rescued donkeys and horses, and helping them heal from injuries."
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Why rescue donkeys are wearing donated socks from a pro soccer team
Socks from Arsenal Football Club have a new life helping rescued donkeys and horses heal from injuries.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/... What a great idea. Kudos to the City of Brotherly Love.
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Over shared meals, Philadelphians write a recipe for citizenship
Residents talk about immigration, belonging and what it means to be a good neighbor ahead of America’s 250th — and as an antidote to some Trump policies.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
www.npr.org/2026/06/07/n... Untrained bumblebees consistently managed to roll a small Styrofoam ball into a position that allowed them to climb atop it to reach a rewarding stimulus overhead.
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Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants
New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Donald Trump is using wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to coal-fired power plants in the US, the latest move by the president to bolster what he called “clean, beautiful coal”, despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels.
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Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700m to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal
US president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... "A trio of mule deer have already scuttled across a not-quite-finished $20m wildlife bridge in Siskiyou county, marking a triumph for the California department of transportation (Caltrans)." The project will improve safety for wildlife and drivers.
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Mule deer already using incomplete $20m wildlife bridge in California
Within the last few days, a camera trap caught images of three mule deer using structure for the first time
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... "The Trump administration plans to dismantle a $368m deep-sea observation system that has for more than a decade provided crucial data on ocean systems and climate change."
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Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system
Ocean Observatories Initiative, $368m network that has provided crucial climate data, latest victim of Trump cuts
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... No, Frito-Lay is not refusing to buy potatoes grown on land with solar panels.
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In new attack on solar, lawmakers spread myths about potato farms
Misinformation about renewable energy fuels local pushback to proposed energy installations and could threaten farmers’ livelihoods.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... "Quietly, and with surprisingly little fanfare from the rest of the world, Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies." Bravo to the Aussies.
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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... This bill is misguided. Adding solar panels has helped keep farmland in production. If farmers are forced to sell their land to housing or data center developers, it will be permanently lost.
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Solar energy helps US farms stay afloat – but Republicans’ bill could change that
Installing solar panels to offset electricity costs helps farms during financial strain. But the House version of the farm bill would limit their use
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Looking for a way to cut your electric bill? Balcony solar might be the answer.
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Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs
More Americans are using small solar panels in their back yards or balconies as a clean way to cut their electric bills
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo... Kudos to Denver. It plans to heat and cool a cluster of large downtown buildings using a combination of water, the heat of the Earth — and sewage.
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Denver has a plan to heat and cool buildings with — wait for it —…
Denver’s largest source of emissions is its buildings, which tend to run on fossil fuels. The city is turning to a surprising solution to kick the habit.
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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20... After a delicate transplant procedure, the owl is back in his natural habitat, where he’s expected to eventually molt his grafted feathers and grow new ones.
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An owl trapped in concrete got a painstaking feather transplant — then flew off
A rescued baby owl, once encased in concrete from a construction mixer, underwent an exacting feather transplant to restore his ability to fly silently.
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