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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Carney continues to repeat this incorrect and misleading line that projects weren’t being built under the previous government to justify the sweeping environmental deregulation agenda he is pursuing. But as I reported a year ago, hundreds of billions of dollars worth of projects were happening.
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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 06/09/2026
Unlike so many others, the @financialtimes.com nails the "OMG, 1.5℃ is gone" message: "Temperature overshoot requires urgent action" Yep. And every 0.01℃ matters. Reminds me of my NYT oped with @costasamaras.com: "The widely recited '12-year deadline' is wrong — and right." gwagner.com/12years
UN report: temperature overshoot requires urgent action to keep warming in line with Paris accordWith children, days might last forever, but years fly by. Something similar applies to climate policy. The current days of delay and debates can seem to drag on forever, but the next presidential election is right around the corner, and so is 2030. Concrete, realistic deadlines focus the mind and jump-start action. And jump-start we must.
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Will @willparker.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Seems like we should be preparing our coastal infrastructure for this in BC, too. Could get pretty bad if it coincides with a storm surge. #bcpoli #vanpoli
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 11/06/2026
☀️ Firm solar plus batteries already beat LNG on price in three quarters of Asian markets planning new gas capacity. By 2030, they will outcompete LNG across the entire region. 2/4
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 05/08/2026
Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid? Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
🔥🔥🔥Newspaper frontpages🔥🔥🔥
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thomson Reuters is a Canadian company, controlled by the Thomson family. I presume this is what Mark Carney meant when he said, "Canada Strong will help make America great again."
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
🇩🇰 Denmark (Industry) - June 26 - BEV Trajectory 54.2% BEV 0.5% PHEV 45.3% ICE Trailing 12 months are: 48.6% BEV 1.6% PHEV 49.8% ICE Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
🇸🇬 Singapore - May 26 - BEV Trajectory 65.4% BEV 2.7% PHEV 31.9% ICE (of which 27.5%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 52.8% BEV 2.2% PHEV 44.9% ICE (of which 34.6%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🇮🇪 Ireland - June 26 - BEV Trajectory 51.0% BEV 13.3% PHEV 35.7% ICE (of which 17.7%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 23.5% BEV 15.1% PHEV 61.5% ICE (of which 25.9%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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LeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🇺🇾 Uruguay - June 26 - BEV Trajectory 48.8% BEV 6.5% PHEV 44.7% ICE (of which 5.9%p were HEV) Trailing 12 months are: 38.3% BEV 3.2% PHEV 58.5% ICE (of which 8.8%p were HEV) Graphs are available in the Gallery: leraffl.github.io/LeRaffl-Gall...
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Rob Carlson @robcarlson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
By @davidfickling.bsky.social "If you combine the value of public investment and public subsidies, about 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that had climbed to 68% and spiked as high as 78% in 2022." Good chart. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A chart from Bloomberg showing that the private sector has been driving the energy transition, not the state.

And "If you combine the value of public investment and public subsidies, about 59% of all money spent on the fossil fuel system came from taxpayers in 2015. By 2025, that had climbed to 68% and spiked as high as 78% in 2022."

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-05/who-s-really-keeping-fossil-fuels-alive-taxpayers
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months
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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
In 2018, the IEA’s main scenario reckoned gas generation in Asia would grow by a third by 2025, and still be almost twice as big as solar in 2040. In fact, it has barely grown at all since 2018, and solar overtook last year.
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Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders @movementyvr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
📣LIT Pass Update 📣 We’re so close, y’all! Let’s keep the pressure on. It’s time for the province to expand the BC Bus Program to include all low-income people. Transit affordability isn’t something we can shove under the rug again. win.newmode.net/movementyvr-...
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Dave Osmond @davidosmond.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
A milestone achieved on Australia's main electricity grid, the NEM. Energy discharged from utility batteries over the last 12 months now exceeds generation from peaking (OCGT) gas turbines. Those who thought batteries would only provide ancillary services now looking foolish.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/05/2026
"Third Way" liberal politics involves *saying* things that working people love, but *doing* things that sociopathic plutocrats love. It works ...right up until voters notice that you're not *doing* the things. That realisation breeds cynicism and fury and paves the way for fascist strongmen. 2/
A turn-of-the-century Main Street, USA. Over the horizon looms a giant Canadian flag, made out of circuitry. In the foreground is a pixelboard sign reading 'U.S. BORDER CLOSED.' In the foreground looms a giant lumberjack, about to swing his axe into the sign.
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Matthias Deutsch @matthiasdeutsch.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
"Countries are already starting to get to grips with this reality. [...] China’s state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec has already cancelled a planned expansion of an LNG import terminal. Vietnam’s Vingroup has cancelled 4.8GW of LNG-fuelled power generation."
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John Lansing @pipedreaming.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If solar panels or heat pumps blew up entire apartment buildings as often as natural gas systems do, they would be banned tomorrow.
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BREAKING: At least 11 people unaccounted for after explosion at apartment building in Dallas
YouTube video by NBC News
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions . That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed. A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 16/05/2026
Brazil’s solar generation surpassed fossil fuels in 2025, catching up with wind which outpaced fossil power three years earlier ☀️🇧🇷 🧵 1/2
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De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca · 02/05/2026
Yesterday we unveiled De Facto, a co-op of journalists shining a light on power Within hours a community of supporters stepped up to back our dream In just a day, we passed $2K for hard-hitting journalism, 96% of it in dependable recurring donations. Thank you so much! www.defactomedia.ca/welcome
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 01/05/2026
I read a very compelling argument that when this weasel chewed through a cable and unexpectedly shut down the Large Hadron Collider’s 17-mile particle accelerator in April 2016, that’s when our reality went haywire. I have yet to hear a more persuasive explanation. Not even really joking.
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karen ward @kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
the B.C. Coroners Service posted two reports on April 24 and I guess nobody noticed? I did just now. it should've been A HUGE SCANDAL #bcpoli Deaths of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in British Columbia (2016-2024) www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...
deaths of individuals experiencing homelessness by death year, 2016-2024

2016- 183
2017- 166
2018- 169
2019- 140
2020- 157
2021- 303
2022- 381
2023- 495
2024- 507
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Jeremy Appel 🍉 @readtheorchard.org · 01/05/2026
NEW: My full dispatch for @nationalobserver.com from a very hectic day in Alberta politics www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/30/n...
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Secret voter list sparks court crackdown and RCMP investigation into Alberta separatist app
Elections Alberta has obtained a temporary injunction against a separatist organization and political party for an app that allegedly built a database of voters drawn from the province’s list of elect...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 30/04/2026
Excellent news: gas use on Australia's biggest power grid hit a 25 year low in Q1 2026, largely thanks to batteries shifting solar from the middle of the day to the crucial evening peak. Real world emissions cuts. Actual good news. You are allowed to enjoy it. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...
a chart showing falling gas power generation
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Added that because I get so tired of people treating the muddle in the middle like the holy grail mecca promised land answer to everything that we should crawl toward, forever softening our words and sacrificing our principles, to go join the great blandness.
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Robyn @robynmchan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
In 2021 the Vancouver City Planning Commission (led by @mssinenomine.bsky.social and @ayasinvan.bsky.social) wrote a memo outlining how the City should respond to heat events. Very few actions were actually taken, and now the rest are being cut. People will die. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Vancouver city council approves motion to plan for future heat waves after criticism | CBC News
Vancouver city council has passed a motion to plan for future heat waves after B.C. saw a spike in sudden deaths during last month’s unprecedented heat dome.
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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I really think people don’t appreciate how much gas-fired generation is at risk from pure economics in the next few years. Probably a third to a half of the world’s LNG trade is feeding power stations which are already, or on the brink of, being permanently undercut by solar+batteries.
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Joan Baxter @joanbaxter.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The Nova Scotia govt under Premier Tim Houston, and its creation, the Independent [sic] Energy Systems Operator (IESO), seem to have drunk enormous amounts of fossil fuel industry Kool-aid. Or they’re just yesterday’s boys with no clue about the climate crisis: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/p...
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‘We’re terrified': Pictou County residents and councillors have concerns about two fossil fuel-burning plants they see as a ‘done deal’ - Halifax Examiner
"(In Pictou County) we have too much experience with industrial exploits that have gone wrong, and we've paid the price, environmentally, socially, for a long time. Do we want to jump into another one...
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GenderQueeries 🇨🇦 @genderqueeries.ca · 24/04/2026
No MLA Armstrong Thursday bill today, but she dropped a "blood and soil" and more in the Legislature, to appropriately fiery responses. Hansard text www.leg.bc.ca/hansard-cont... Hansard video youtube.com/watch?v=Bfd2...
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Hansard Content - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Hansard content from the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
OK yes, plug-in solar, but when do we get our basement Strontium-90 TEGs?
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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Muskism by @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com is now out. My endorsement: “A wholly original and insightful analysis that deserves to be read by the billions of people impacted by Musk’s pathological quest for power and wealth.”
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Ian Bushfield @bushfield.ca · 09/04/2026
One would assume but I didn't realize Tara Armstrong's expose-the-advocacy-groups bill was so explicitly targeting everyone she doesn't like. www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentar...
The text of the definition of "advocacy organization" within bill M240 singles out 2SLBGTQIA+, Indigenous, environmental, druge use, homelessness and poverty groups.
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GenderQueeries 🇨🇦 @genderqueeries.ca · 10/04/2026
This is Bill M-240 - the full text of the bill wasn't available until early this week as a result of the long weekend. Note that this bill is also designed to effectively push organizations off social media by requiring a 82 characters of text and a hyperlink on "any" social media page.
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Bill - Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Bill before the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 10/04/2026
Hey, has anyone visited TRAC Immigration and looked up asylum denial rates in US immigration courts? October 2000-January 2025: 56% of cases denied February-November 2025: 75% denied December 2025: 84% January 2026: 91% February 2026: 95% tracreports.org/phptools/imm...
Jan-15	45.4%
Feb-15	52.4%
Mar-15	51.0%
Apr-15	49.8%
May-15	48.0%
Jun-15	47.6%
Jul-15	49.5%
Aug-15	54.8%
Sep-15	53.1%
Oct-15	52.1%
Nov-15	52.8%
Dec-15	53.3%
Jan-16	57.2%
Feb-16	58.3%
Mar-16	56.7%
Apr-16	54.2%
May-16	55.3%
Jun-16	51.9%
Jul-16	56.9%
Aug-16	56.6%
Sep-16	50.3%
Oct-16	56.2%
Nov-16	55.6%
Dec-16	55.1%
Jan-17	56.3%
Feb-17	59.4%
Mar-17	60.3%
Apr-17	59.4%
May-17	59.9%
Jun-17	61.7%
Jul-17	65.9%
Aug-17	64.2%
Sep-17	63.0%
Oct-17	63.5%
Nov-17	62.3%
Dec-17	63.7%
Jan-18	62.0%
Feb-18	64.5%
Mar-18	64.5%
Apr-18	61.8%
May-18	64.6%
Jun-18	66.9%
Jul-18	68.6%
Aug-18	67.6%
Sep-18	68.0%
Oct-18	68.5%
Nov-18	66.5%
Dec-18	67.7%
Jan-19	74.1%
Feb-19	68.1%
Mar-19	69.8%
Apr-19	68.4%
May-19	65.1%
Jun-19	66.0%
Jul-19	65.7%
Aug-19	68.3%
Sep-19	68.5%
Oct-19	69.5%
Nov-19	67.7%
Dec-19	67.0%
Jan-20	69.5%
Feb-20	70.7%
Mar-20	69.3%
Apr-20	61.0%
May-20	63.7%
Jun-20	66.3%
Jul-20	59.7%
Aug-20	55.7%
Sep-20	63.6%
Oct-20	63.0%
Nov-20	64.9%
Dec-20	65.4%
Jan-21	62.9%
Feb-21	56.7%
Mar-21	56.4%
Apr-21	58.7%
May-21	61.4%
Jun-21	55.3%
Jul-21	43.7%
Aug-21	45.8%
Sep-21	47.2%
Oct-21	49.3%
Nov-21	44.4%
Dec-21	44.4%
Jan-22	46.7%
Feb-22	51.7%
Mar-22	49.7%
Apr-22	43.8%
May-22	41.2%
Jun-22	45.8%
Jul-22	52.7%
Aug-22	55.5%
Sep-22	54.0%
Oct-22	52.7%
Nov-22	50.6%
Dec-22	46.8%
Jan-23	47.1%
Feb-23	49.8%
Mar-23	47.8%
Apr-23	49.7%
May-23	45.8%
Jun-23	45.6%
Jul-23	45.2%
Aug-23	43.4%
Sep-23	42.9%
Oct-23	44.2%
Nov-23	45.5%
Dec-23	46.5%
Jan-24	47.9%
Feb-24	46.4%
Mar-24	47.5%
Apr-24	49.3%
May-24	50.8%
Jun-24	50.8%
Jul-24	52.1%
Aug-24	56.6%
Sep-24	59.2%
Oct-24	59.1%
Nov-24	62.0%
Dec-24	60.3%
Jan-25	64.1%
Feb-25	71.2%
Mar-25	73.0%
Apr-25	75.1%
May-25	75.4%
Jun-25	72.0%
Jul-25	73.9%
Aug-25	74.8%
Sep-25	78.3%
Oct-25	78.8%
Nov-25	78.2%
Dec-25	84.4%
Jan-26	90.5%
Feb-26	94.7%
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theo @tboyblues.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
at the 2016 conservative convention, marilyn gladu gave a speech dressed as the grim reaper. normal stuff.
Marilyn Gladu speaking at the 2016 Conservative Convention dressed as the Grim Reaper.
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 03/04/2026
@roamingnorway.com: “Breaking! There are more EVs than diesel cars on the road in Norway. Last summer EVs passed gas cars. Hybrids were passed a very long time ago. Pure battery EVs are the most common drivetrain on Norwegian roads as the first country in the world.” #alwaysbecharging
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 02/04/2026
If I didn't make these myself I wouldn't believe them.
Chart 1: US Imports: Computers, Computer Accessories, and Semiconductors ($ bn) since 1994

Chart 2: US Trade Deficit ex Petroleum and US Trade Deficit ex AI category imports from Chart 1.
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Michael Wara @michaelwara.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We are in uncharted territory. Both with respect to water and fire.
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Will @willparker.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
someday when someone asks me what life was like back in the 2020s right before the Great Collapse, I'll show them this
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Rory Johnston @roryjohnston.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
My latest contribution to @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social is a primer on why the Iran War and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has the potential to spiral further into by far the biggest energy shock in history. And markets are sleepwalking into it. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...
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Are We Approaching an Unprecedented Energy Crisis?
Attempts to reroute or offset Iranian-throttled oil continue to fall short.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Pakistan's solar revolution: from 0% to 25% in a decade. 2021: 4% 2022: 7% 2023: 10% 2024: 14% 2025: 25% Solar is now Pakistan's #1 electricity source. Not driven by policy — driven by consumers.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 18/03/2026
NEW | Electric vehicles avoided oil demand equivalent to 70% of #Iran’s exports in 2025 🚗⚡ Oil remains the Achilles’ heel of the global economy. But Ember’s latest analysis shows EVs are the most powerful tool to reduce that vulnerability. 🔗ember-energy.org/lat... 🧵1/4
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GenderQueeries 🇨🇦 @genderqueeries.ca · 17/03/2026
This is a good breakdown of C-22 (the police powers introduced as part of the now dead Bill C-2 in 2025) It's bad. Cell providers will be required to keep 1 year of location data for all Canadians, secret ministerial orders, backdoors that enable hackers and more. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZFb...
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Lawful Access is back: All about Bill C-22 (Spoiler alert: Part 2 is very troubling.)
YouTube video by PrivacyLawyer - David Fraser
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 16/03/2026
It was revealed last week that Trump got a $10 billion bribe for helping steal TikTok and give it to his right wing billionaire friends under the pretense of national security and it barely enjoyed a two hour news cycle
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Exclusive | Trump Administration Set to Receive $10 Billion Fee for Brokering TikTok Deal
Investors in the social-media platform’s U.S. business agreed to give the government several multibillion-dollar payments, sources said.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 11/03/2026
straight up misinformation from Politico Power Switch today: "The Clean Air Act was never designed to regulate planet-warming pollution." the definition of air pollution in the 1970 Clean Air Act deliberately mentions weather and climate, in part because carbon dioxide was known to be dangerous.
All language referring to effects on welfare includes, but is not limited to, effects on soils, water, crops, vegetation, manmade materials, animals, wildlife, weather, visibility, and climate, damage to and deterioration of property, and hazards to transportation, as well as effects on economic values and on personal comfort and well-being.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 05/03/2026
Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"
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Carney says he supports US invading Iran, Cuba, and possibly Canada "with some regret"
"It's a good thing that Trump is the most peaceful president in history who ends all wars, right?"
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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
@robertferry.bsky.social, yes. China is in track for renewables to provide more electricity generation than fossil fuels by the early 2030's or sooner. Here's China's generation data from EMBER comparing fossil with renewables in percent. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
The percentage of fossil fuel generated electricity in China is decreasing while the percentage of renewable generation is increasing. They should meet in the early 2030's or sooner.
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