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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'If emissions continue while we wait for complete evidence, the pollution does not wait with us. It may still be present decades later, when the science is much clearer.' Can we afford to let new forms of PFAS to build up, then find out later we shouldn't have? theconversation.com/high-levels-...
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High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Lancashire residents’ blood – what I’ve learned from studying exposed communities for over a decade
Residents near a Lancashire chemical plant have high Pfas levels in their blood. A decade of research shows what that can and can’t tell us.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"My concern all along is what have we done to the kids. We moved here, chose this property, + I feel guilty because I’ve exposed them to that, even though I know it’s not my fault.” So often, with PFAS pollution, the innocent feel guilt. Do the culpable? share.google/uPs7Qpqek3qn...
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‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026
Under the guise of helping renewable energy, a new legislative package, cynically titled the "Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026," would give the fossil fuel industry massive long-term structural advantages and lock in thousands of fossil fuel projects.
A manatee floating under calm, clear water, close to the camera and close to the sandy river bottom. Text over the image reads: BREAKING: Legislation was just introduced today in the U.S. Senate that would dismantle protections for hundreds of endangered species in order to speed approvals for corporate polluters.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING: Newsom signed a bunch of clean energy bills! Californians can now install balcony solar. Plus big wins for virtual power plants, reining in utility profits and converting farmland to solar. One loser: community solar. Really stings. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/newsom-cle...
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Breaking: Newsom green-lights balcony solar
The governor finished strong on clean energy — with one big exception.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@landdesk.bsky.social digs into the data on how much of the hay that’s grown in western states is being shipped overseas. The biggest hay exporter is California, followed by Arizona and Utah. www.landdesk.org/p/data-dump-...
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Data Dump: Western Hay and Alfalfa Exports
☘️ ANNALS OF ALFALFA 🍀
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Less than 12 hours now. No word on most of the big clean energy legislation. Newsom currently chatting with the Sacramento press corps.
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
23,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 joules. That’s the amount of heat the oceans absorbed in 2025. A number so huge it’s almost meaningless…until you realise it’s roughly 40× humanity’s annual energy use. The ocean is buying us time. We’re running out of it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
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Tom Fitton @tomfitton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
On Monday, Pensthorpe Natural Park announced that a pair of beaver babies, or kits, had been born in the wild in Norfolk for the first time in 500 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What does the future hold for Norfolk's first wild beavers?
Pensthorpe hopes to be allowed to home more wild beavers after two adults move in and have babies.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 30/09/2026
BREAKING: DHS just confirmed they have lifted their "pause" on construction in #BigBend National Park.
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 30/09/2026
CNN, citing the Environmental Justice Foundation’s “Poison Plastics” report, notes that 92.8% of chemicals in everyday plastics pose high health risks, are persistent and bio‑accumulative, and are linked to fossil fuel extraction. 😡😡😡🚨 www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/h...
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Food packaging. Toys. What to know about hazardous chemicals in everyday plastics | CNN
Plastics riddled with high-risk chemicals are in clothes, food, toys and common household items, a new investigation revealed.
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 30/09/2026
🚿 Fun fact nobody told us: a standard electric water heater can use more electricity in a year than an EV. Heat pump versions sip a fraction of that, and they're still only 2% of the market. Next time yours dies, ask about one 💡 open.substack.com/pub/davidrob...
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What’s up with heat-pump water heaters?
A conversation with Luke Winston-Almanzar of Reservoir.
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 30/09/2026
Global study ties climate change to a surge in skin disease. Reported climate-related shifts in skin disease prevalence across 42.6% of countries, conditions include heat rashes, inflammatory diseases, and vector-borne skin infections. www.miragenews.com/climate-chan...
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Climate Change Poses Major Threat to Skin Health Worldwide
Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, 30 September 2026) More than 40% of countries worldwide have reported climate-related changes in the prevalence and/or
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"The electrification of road freight is emerging as a structural force that could undermine long-term oil demand across the world." Yeah it is. gift link
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China Has an 18-Wheel Answer to Soaring Global Diesel Prices
Around a third of trucks sold in China this year will run on electricity, furthering Beijing’s goal of bolstering energy security.
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Brian McHugh @brianmchugh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Water company for Devon & Cornwall to pay *record fine* of £8m for hundreds of sewage spills Incl untreated sewage gushing through a harbour wall for 10 hours on a bank holiday weekend Pennon Group, owner of SW Water, returned £138mn to shareholders last year www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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South West Water fined £8m for hundreds of sewage spills in Cornwall and Devon
District judge orders record fine for region and says incidents of pollution cannot be tolerated
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Fidra @fidrango.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A new study finds long term exposure to rubber crumb reduces root growth, impairs photosynthesis & disrupts nitrogen fixation in plants🌱 Rubber crumb is made from ground up car tyres & is used on artificial sports pitches🛞 Fidra are calling for restriction on rubber crumb in the UK 🔽 tr.ee/SjLoBC
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If you can choose between using a little more electricity or a little more gas this winter, choose electricity." Gas prices are up 25% since the start of the year. Electricity is lower than it was in January, at 4%. Simone Rossi, CEO of EDF, speaks on the Today programme.
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'If emissions continue while we wait for complete evidence, the pollution does not wait with us. It may still be present decades later, when the science is much clearer.' Can we afford to let new forms of PFAS to build up, then find out later we shouldn't have? theconversation.com/high-levels-...
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High levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in Lancashire residents’ blood – what I’ve learned from studying exposed communities for over a decade
Residents near a Lancashire chemical plant have high Pfas levels in their blood. A decade of research shows what that can and can’t tell us.
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) @paneurope.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today, EU Member States endorsed the Irish Presidency’s compromise on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus. They support the Commission’s plan to roll back safeguards that protect human health and the environment from #pesticides. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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EU Member States back weakening of pesticide safety
Today, EU Member States endorsed the Irish Presidency’s compromise on the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus, supporting the Commission’s plan to roll back safeguards protecting human health and the environ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In terms of messaging, this is very positive, and a big shift from the nature-hatefest of the Starmer administration. Mind you, most tree-planting is unnecessary: I'd like to see much more emphasis on natural regeneration. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Half a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says government
Exclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather
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Peter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
China has an ambitious plan ​to channel more green electricity directly into the rapidly growing data centre industry. Authorities aim ⁠for renewables to supply four-fifths of the sector's total power consumption by 2030, a sharp rise from just 11% ​in 2023. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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China's push for green power use in AI projects faces hurdles, experts say
China's ​drive to ramp up renewable power for its fast-expanding AI data centre sector is running into ‌hurdles, as industry experts warn that forecasting peak demand remains difficult and grid operat...
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How's California doing on "30 by 30"? The state is on track to conserve 30% of its land by 2030 — but not 30% of its coastal waters: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @nohaggerty.bsky.social
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California on track to conserve 30% of its land, but is lagging on coastal waters
The state added more than 1 million acres this last year toward its goal of conserving 30% of it land by 2030. It made no progress toward conserving 30% of its coastal waters in the same time frame.
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 30/09/2026
The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/c...
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The Coal Industry Asked for a Rescue. Trump Obliged. (Gift Article)
In a previously unreported letter, a top lobbyist floated the idea of using emergency powers to keep aging coal plants open.
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Alan Ohnsman @aohnsman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW: Tesla’s big rig rollout has a charger problem The company has booked thousands of orders for its electric Semi. But without enough megawatt chargers, it may deliver only about 250 this year, despite surging diesel prices #Tesla #electricvehicles www.forbes.com/sites/alanoh...
forbes.com
Tesla’s Big Rig Rollout Has A Charger Problem
The company has booked thousands of orders for its electric Semi. But without enough megawatt chargers, it may deliver only about 250 this year.
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🌊 One year ago, UK Govt closed its consultation on whether to ban bottom trawling in some English marine protected areas We're STILL waiting for change ⏱️ 🪸 Act now to demand that marine protected areas properly PROTECT ocean life: bit.ly/4ce5x0G
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Missouri Department of Natural Resources is issuing a $5.5 million loan to the City of Sedalia to cover the initial costs of their project to update their Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. #infrastructure #wastewater #finance #Missouri www.kmmo.com/2026/09/29/5...
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$5.5m DNR LOAN TO COVER ENGINEERING COSTS FOR SEDALIA’S CENTRAL WASTEWATER PLANT IMPROVEMENTS
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is issuing a $5.5 million loan to the City of Sedalia to cover the initial costs of their project to update their Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. The l...
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Solar , #wind outpacing #nuclear globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025 Nuclear’s slow growth, lengthy construction timelines and limited small modular reactor deployment, contrast with rapid renewables, battery expansion. www.pv-magazine.com/2026/09/29/s...
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Solar surpasses nuclear power globally for first time - pv magazine Global
Solar and wind are increasingly outpacing nuclear power globally, with solar generation surpassing nuclear for the first time in 2025, according to WNISR 2026. The report highlights nuclear’s slow gro...
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Did you know rooftop #Solar provided 47% of Australia’s energy needs, utility scale solar provided 22%. Total renewable energy was 80% And this happened 2 days in a row now. How long now before we see periods of 100%? Or will coal’s inability to shut down stop it?
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 29/09/2026
As Phase 2 of LNG Canada reaches final investment decision, major partners are selling their stakes in the project. New @ieefainstitute.bsky.social research asks if the divestments could be evidence of a changing appetite for the project’s risks 🤔 ieefa.org/resources/ln...
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LNG Canada Phase 2: After FID key questions remain
Phase 2 must contend with greater uncertainty around construction costs, economic inflation, potential global oversupply, and a turbulent trade environment.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 29/09/2026
The LNG Canada facility broke global records for gas pollution, raising real questions about the claim that it is green or safe for residents to live near. thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-l... thenarwhal.ca/lng-canada-b...
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LNG Canada: the worst flaring in the world? | The Narwhal
LNG Canada in Kitimat, B.C., burned 350 million cubic metres of gas in 2025. That’s more than any other LNG export facility on record in 2024
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 29/09/2026
Just a few years after whales returned, we are now planning to send 700 tankers per year through the Kitimat Fjord system. Whales need quiet waters to navigate and find their food. Tankers are loud and big. When a hit-and-run happens, whales die. wwf.ca/stories/fin-...
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Giant fin whales return to B.C. rainforest fjord — there's just one problem - WWF.CA
The world’s second-largest whale has finally returned to British Columbia’s north coast. This time, there are shipping lanes.
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 29/09/2026
Expansion means expansion of Coastal GasLink pipeline, endangering Land Defenders by pushing it through Indigenous Territory. Free, Prior & Informed Consent has not been given along the route. Indigenous People and their Rights matter. thenarwhal.ca/topics/coast... www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Coastal GasLink pipeline (CGL): News and Updates | The Narwhal
What is the Coastal GasLink pipeline that cuts across several Indigenous territories, including Wet’suwet’en lands in British Columbia?
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026
This destruction is only the beginning. Seizing land, walling off communities, cutting wildlife off from their only water source, pumping billions of gallons of groundwater without permits, bulldozing archaeological sites, all done in violation of our nation’s most important protections.
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First segment of steel border wall goes up in Texas' Big Bend region
The first section of a 30-foot-high steel bollard wall has gone up in the Big Bend region, environmental activists said Wednesday. While construction is
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
IPEN Science Advisors participated in the 22nd meeting of the Stockholm Convention POPs Review Committee last week, where the expert body advanced two toxic flame retardants toward global elimination. 🔗 Read more about the meeting outcomes: ow.ly/c0Cm50ZSxxO
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
36 hours for Gavin Newsom to sign or veto bills, and he’s still take no action on important clean energy legislation: balcony solar, community solar, virtual power plants, home electrification, ag-to-solar. Good time to revisit my story from Sept 1: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/chaos-energy
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Chaos energy
Will California build solar on drought-stressed farmland? A late-summer nail-biter in Sacramento.
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Victor @wwbugs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#Mexico breaks ground on new #desalination plant in Rosarito: officials are touting as the largest desalination plant in Latin America, an $850 million project that aims to bolster the #water supply for the cities of Tijuana, Rosarito and Ensenada. enewspaper.sandiegouniontribune.com/infinity/art...
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Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito
Mexico breaks ground on new desalination plant in Rosarito
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fervo Energy has fired up its next-generation geothermal plant in Utah and is selling power to the California electric grid — a global first: www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo... via @mariagallucci.bsky.social
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In global first, a next-gen geothermal plant goes live at utility…
Fervo Energy is producing clean power at Cape Station in Utah. It’s a big milestone, but the industry must tackle high costs and other barriers in order…
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A @nytimes.com investigation traced Venezuelan gold arriving in the United States to miners who pay protection money to gangs. "We also found no sign that residents in Venezuela’s mining region are benefiting meaningfully from President Trump’s gold rush." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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What We Saw in One Venezuelan Gold Town
With U.S. support, traders arrived and cut deals. That investment has so far failed to improve the bleak conditions in the mining industry.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's one state where Trump is letting lots of solar projects move forward on public land: Nevada. The Republican governor says he asked Trump to make it happen, and Trump gave the order to Doug Burgum. www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Nevada Is Making Surprising Gains in Solar Energy
Solar projects on federal lands were left in limbo after the Trump spurned clean energy, but several proposals in Nevada are now moving ahead.
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 29/09/2026
LNG Canada has green-lit an expansion at its liquefaction and export facility in Kitimat, B.C. The plan is to double production at the LNG plant, bringing more gas, infrastructure and emissions to B.C.’s North Coast.
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LNG Canada’s massive expansion is a go. Here’s what it means
The proposed second phase would double LNG Canada’s export capacity, bringing more gas, infrastructure and emissions to B.C.’s North Coast
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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · 29/09/2026
🏡 A new Colorado neighborhood heats and cools every home with the ground underneath it. No furnace, no gas line, much smaller bills. This is what home energy could look like for all of us, and honestly? Pretty great. insideclimatenews.org/news/2609202...
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New Colorado Neighborhood Could Offer Glimpse into the Future of Home Energy Use - Inside Climate News
The partners behind a project in suburban Denver think they’ve found a way to accelerate the adoption of residential geothermal heating and cooling.
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: Another humpback whale was recently found entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast. Thankfully, rescuers were able to free the whale, which then swam free. This incident follows another entanglement of a humpback calf in the area in August. These entanglements are preventable.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wind and solar supplied 33% of EU electricity in the 12 months to August 2026, against 29% from fossil. In 2016 it was 13% and 43%.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The coal sector's decline has created strong empirical evidence about how energy transitions play out, but most decarb scholarship and policymaking ignore it. That has to change."
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"the broader energy transition literature rarely integrates observations about the more mature and, to date, highly predictive transition of the coal industry to prospective analysis of the coming transition of the larger....and more economically-integrated oil and natural gas systems"
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"My concern all along is what have we done to the kids. We moved here, chose this property, + I feel guilty because I’ve exposed them to that, even though I know it’s not my fault.” So often, with PFAS pollution, the innocent feel guilt. Do the culpable? share.google/uPs7Qpqek3qn...
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‘Are these chemicals in my blood?’ How one community learned the truth about Pfas pollution
People living next to a chemicals plant near Blackpool were tested for ‘forever chemicals’. Last week they received the alarming results
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mario Panteli talks to BBC North West about his feelings on learning he has high levels of PFOA in his blood. How many more families will be exposed to forever chemical pollution before the government brings in stronger regulations on PFAS?
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Watershed's @leanahosea.bsky.social went on BBC Newshour to talk about the PFAS pollution at Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire - who knew what & when about health risks from that pollution? share.google/igoHSm7ek2tv...
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IPEN: toxics-free @toxicsfree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lead exposure can have serious and lifelong impacts, especially for children. It can harm brain development and affect learning, health, and development. IPEN’s work continues to push for stronger protections and a future free from lead paint. 🔗 Learn more at ipen.org/lead-paint
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justtransitionw.bsky.social @justtransitionw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Either the houses remain unsold due to search results, or at the first flood - #ClassAction against #PersimmonHomes
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Houses can be built on floodplains despite failing safety test, says high court
Decision to allow 190 controversial new homes in north Somerset sparks campaign for change in the law
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