“It is shameful to sign away public trust while residents are left to ask basic questions about our energy, wells, water, wildlife, and our health." Richmond County officials secretly crafted the deal w Amazon then sprang it on an area burdened by pollution insideclimatenews.org/news/0408202...

Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina - Inside Climate News

Residents say they were left out of the decision-making process for a project that includes hundreds of polluting diesel generators.

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👀 All climate eyes on Syracuse, NY today as a federal judge considers a fossil fuel industry challenge to our state’s landmark Climate Superfund Act, which makes climate destroyers pay for the adaptations, work-arounds, and mitigating upgrades we’re gonna need. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/07...

Judge in Syracuse hears challenge to landmark NY law to charge fossil fuel companies for climate change

The law is designed to raise $75 billion to pay for infrastructure upgrades related to climate change.

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“It is shameful to sign away public trust while residents are left to ask basic questions about our energy, wells, water, wildlife and our health.” ~Sean Ingram insideclimatenews.org/news/0408202...

Inside the Secretive Deal for a $10 Billion Data Center in Rural North Carolina - Inside Climate News

Residents say they were left out of the decision-making process for a project that includes hundreds of polluting diesel generators.

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Smoke will cover half the US today from the devastating Pacific NW fires. Here’s where we stand: 2.4 Million Acres burned in Washington, Oregon, & Idaho - 16X the size of #Chicago. 700 structures lost. Countless lives changed forever. One unsustainably warming planet. 🌍 #smoke #fire #spokane

Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 2d ago

The wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/

Climate change never ignites a fire. That’s almost always humans or lightning. But it’s clear when we examine the data that climate heating sets the table for fires that burn faster and larger. Since the 1980s temperatures during fire season in the Pacific NW have warmed around 4°F… 1/

There is still time to register for this virtual showing and discussion after the movie! @polluterspay.bsky.social

Join us Aug 26 & 27 in Chapel Hill for VS. GOLIATH: Stories from the Frontlines. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/vs-go...

VS. GOLIATH: Stories from the Frontlines

Two Nights of Film, Environmental Justice & Community Action August 26–27, 2026 Varsity Theatre | Chapel Hill, NC Doors Open: 6:00 PM WHAT IS VS. GOLIATH? Executive produced by Don Cheadle and ...

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We’re not even at the peak of El Niño yet, but the wildfires across Europe and the floods in South Asia are already devastating. Will we ever see real and urgent climate action from our world leaders?

The wildfires in the Pacific NW are incredibly sad and devastating. We have to face the fact that a warming climate is unsustainable. As you can see, fires in the Pacific NW are getting much larger in recent decades. The largest fires (100K acres+) have increased by 10-15X since the 1980s. 1/

Chevron just announced its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell clocked its second-highest quarterly profits. ExxonMobil doubled its earnings. Combined, the three companies raked in, on average, some $404 million in profits every day for the last three months.

Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices

Chevron reported its highest quarterly earnings ever. Shell had its second-biggest quarter, and ExxonMobil doubled its earnings compared with the same time last year.

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Big Tech wants to get ahead of growing opposition to data centers with legislation that would fast-track infrastructure for this exploitative industry. We can't let that happen! Tell your Reps to oppose these bills: https://fwwat.ch/4oMj2de

A record-challenging heat dome is about to bake the West with the summer’s hottest temperatures so far www.cnn.com/2026/07/30/w...

A record-challenging heat dome is about to bake the West with the summer’s hottest temperatures so far | CNN

An unusually strong heat dome will scorch much of the western United States this weekend, bringing the hottest temperatures so far this year to tens of millions from California to Canada.

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HISTORIC DAY EUROPEAN CLIMATIC HISTORY REWRITTEN Hundreds and Hundreds of records pulverized allover Europe in Spain,France,Switzerland,Austria,Liechtenstein,Germany,Denmark,Poland,Czechia,etc... 30 July 2026 marks the history of European climatic history. Wait for MANY UPDATES

Remarkable amount of fire on the ground, and smoke in the air, this evening. In this satellite snapshot, numerous large fires (red thermal detections) and smoke plumes stretch from Great Basin northward into British Columbia; fire weather conditions will worsen this weekend.

well “policy” is not the law. Ironically an aspect of my forthcoming story is about the lack of transparency in the data center industry

This just happened: I was standing on a public thoroughfare (airport road in Hamlet) photographing the @amazon data center when the site manager approached me and said I could not take photos, citing “policy” 1/2

“It's the simple fact that we knew that there are already pollutants in the water, in the air. And knowing that Richmond County and its infrastructure couldn't stand for another big pollutant industry to come in, regardless of whether it was Amazon or whatever industry.” www.wfae.org/energy-envir...

State regulators to hold public hearing for Amazon's large Richmond County data center

A huge new Amazon data center development and the diesel-burning generators to power it are the subject of a hearing Thursday afternoon in Rockingham.

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None of this is inevitable. Trump’s policy choices, made to benefit Big Tech and fossil fuel industry donors, drive the energy affordability crisis. Better choices can get us out of it.

📣 Our new report finds that the Trump admin’s energy + AI “dominance” policies + hostility to renewables will make it even harder for working families to afford their energy bills. Thanks to Trump, the wholesale price of fossil gas could DOUBLE over the next decade, outpacing inflation every year.

July 30, Public Hearing on Amazon Data Center in Richmond County 6 pm, Rockingham, NC Amazon and Duke Energy want over 600+ diesel generators for a data center. Tell them NO! actionnetwork.org/events/publi...

"Ohio has permitted more than 240 injection wells for the disposal of oil and gas waste. By comparison, there are 19 such injection wells in Pennsylvania, and a few dozen in West Virginia, both of which border Ohio.”

Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈@ssteingraber1.bsky.social · last wk.

Radioactive fracking wastewater doesn’t stay put when injected into geological strata under pressure. Ohio imports it. This is an unfixable problem. Gift: In Ohio, Toxic Wastewater Is Bubbling Up Out of the Ground www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...

Folks it’s busy! A very amplified weather pattern brings the planet’s biggest heat dome to the US West, while forcing very stormy weather to Florida and the #Gulf Coast, #smoke carried 2500 miles from Oregon to #Florida, not to mention unprecedented fires in #Europe!

Michigan utility interests are contributing big to a campaign to block a ballot initiative that would *checks notes* limit utility political spending... https://bit.ly/4c7HFvG

Michigan utility interests pump $100K into fight against political spending ban

Consumers Energy’s parent company and a dark money group tied to DTE Energy each gave $50,000 to the opposition campaign, new disclosures show.

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"Big Oil is in panic mode." They're afraid of accountability because they know just how much damage they've caused.

Big Oil Is Getting Sued for Heat Deaths. It's Fighting Back With an Army of Immunity Laws.

As lawsuits near trial, oil companies race to win immunity in statehouses and Congress.

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El Niño is a major threat to our safety but elected leaders aren't preparing. Join scientists, meteorologists, and concerned citizens who are telling elected leaders to protect us: elninowarning.com?source=blues...

El Niño Warning Letter | Public officials: Stop ignoring, start preparing.

This El Niño is a public safety emergency. Join the open letter from scientists, meteorologists, and concerned citizens.

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Did you know that the diesel backup generators often used by hyperscale data centers emit harmful air pollutants at levels 200-600 TIMES higher than fracked gas plants? 😳 Factory farm air pollution already harms rural communities – we can’t let Big Tech make the problem worse!

Data centers have been building diesel generators and natural gas power plants without proper permits by registering as "minor" air polluters under the Clean Air Act, requiring less scrutiny than if they had applied for "major source" permits. insideclimatenews.org/news/2207202...

Environmental Groups Contest Texas Data Centers’ Air Pollution - Inside Climate News

Three environmental groups sent two San Antonio data centers a notice of intent to sue for failing to secure permits as major air polluters.

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4th member of fire fighting crew caught in June wildfire in Colorado dies of injuries. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n... via @usatoday.com

4th member of crew caught in June wildfire in Colorado dies of injuries

Nathan Matthews, 43, is the fourth firefighter to die from a crew caught in a deadly burnover during the Knowles fire in Colorado on June 27.

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🔥 These Pacific NW fires are explosive! The active wildfires in Oregon and Washington have already burned ~1.2 million acres, an area nearly 4X the size of New York City! And there’s nothing standing in their way with no rain expected, and a big heat dome growing over the SW into next weekend.

"Barriers to voting are even more intimidating when you’re voting for the first time. For these reasons and more, many young people only make the effort to vote if they feel candidates will strongly advocate for the issues they care about." Emma Buretta

350 Triangle @350triangle.bsky.social · 2w ago

"I had voted early by mail, as had many of my classmates—or so I thought. What I came to realize throughout the day was that many of my classmates had yet to vote—and had no plan to." www.commondreams.org/opinion/don-...