I'm stuck at home with my air purifiers, waiting for the smoke to clear. Millions of Americans are doing the same thing. So I wrote an article for Forbes about how worsening air quality will change home buying preferences, looking at evidence from Beijing. www.forbes.com/sites/darylf...

Wildfire Smoke Will Change What Americans Want In A Home

As wildfire smoke forces millions to shelter, home buyer priorities are shifting. Air filtration now outranks pools and home theaters, a trend just getting started.

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Currently driving what I'm sure will be my last stick shift car. Even in 2010 we had to special order it. I admit this makes me sad even as I acknowledge the anachronism.

The death of the stick shift is almost here

Driving a manual vehicle is a lost art. Hopes of a revival have fallen flat. With the rise of EVs and autonomous vehicles, only a few die-hards hold on.

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“The notion that reporters should be treated worse than baristas, short order cooks, dry cleaners, or any other civilians given access to the Pentagon surely is a perverse reading of the First Amendment,” Friedman wrote.

Judge Blocks Pentagon Policy Requiring Journalists Be “Escorted” Around the Building

The restrictive policy on the press “surely is a perverse reading of the First Amendment,” Judge Paul Friedman said.

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A controversial climate intervention is being touted as a way to avoid catastrophic tipping points. Senior Scientist, @drkatemarvel.bsky.social, cuts through the debate to explore the science and what's at stake for humanity. https://bit.ly/4vaEfzs @marketplace.org @amyscott.bsky.social

How to Dim the Sun

A controversial climate intervention could help prevent catastrophic tipping points. It could also backfire.

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The world is no longer headed for the most catastrophic futures climate scenarios once warned about: but not because the science was wrong. It’s because people listened, and acted. Read on in this week's edition of Talking Climate.

Local climate stories give me hope | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe

Local climate stories give me hope by Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe on Patreon. Join Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe's community for exclusive content and updates.

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New episode out today! www.marketplace.org/episode/2026...

How to Dim the Sun

A controversial climate intervention could help prevent catastrophic tipping points. It could also backfire.

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Can anyone guess which country will dominate the global auto industry going forward?

For the average price of a car in the US, you could buy 5 new Chinese EVs

The Beijing Auto Show that opened to the public this week is a showcase for how hypercompetition in China has driven new car prices in the world's largest car market to ​a fraction of the level of the...

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Here's a goddamn win and thank you to many people for bringing it to my attention: 988 works. We have more people still with us because of it. I'm glad they're here and I'm glad you're here. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...

Youth Suicides Declined After Creation of National Hotline

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Our society has a massive blind spot when it comes to how dangerous these giant trucks and SUVs are to everyone outside of them.

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Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "I'm pretty confident coal will lead the world in global electricity production when I die"

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

My resignation letter

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

"Radical incrementalism." We've seen how that works.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 6mo ago

1. The President of the Heritage Foundation took to the influential PBD podcast today to announce his intent when it comes to transgender ADULT care: "You outlaw it." He stated that the foundation is working precisely on a plan to ban all trans adult care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Meanwhile in Baltimore… www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/th...

The Banner announces expansion to Prince George’s County

The Banner announced it will take its award-winning journalism into Prince George’s County this spring, continuing its ambition to serve readers across Maryland.

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Disappointing to see climate coverage among the many casualties of these layoffs. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team

Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

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Multiple countries sign landmark deal to build giant wind farms in the North Sea "that directly connect to various countries through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power." The US, meanwhile, is shutting down offshore wind.

UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’

Britain among 10 countries to build 100GW grid in North Sea linking countries through subsea cables

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As a big winter storm comes for the US, some may blame outages on renewable energy. This is a pattern. In Feb 2021 when an outage hit Texas critics blamed solar + wind. Investigations found the outage's cause was gas + coal plants forced offline because of freezing temperatures. (more here⬇️)

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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So excited to bring #SavingEttingStreet to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The 41st Santa Barbara International Film Festival Brings a Feast of Movie Magic to Town

SBIFF’s new five-screen McHurley Film Center will open on February 5.

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After two years of declines in the amount of greenhouse gases the U.S. pumped into the atmosphere, the nation’s planet-warming emissions rose an estimated 2.4 percent during 2025, according to an analysis published Tuesday.

U.S. carbon emissions were falling. Why did they go up in 2025?

The rise comes even before the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel policies fully take hold, the authors of a Rhodium Group analysis found.

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“Trump’s heat waves, Trump’s droughts, Trump’s floods, and Trump’s wildfires” — Prof. Justin Mankin I can add Trump’s catastrophic hurricanes to this list. 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

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WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to: * 8 people shot * 5 of which were U.S. citizens * 2 died * no victims drew a weapon The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings

A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

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The US is withdrawing from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty that has governed international climate diplomacy since 1992, per the AP: heatmap.news/sparks/us-wi... George H.W. Bush first signed the pact, and the Senate unanimously ratified. US has been a member since then.

The U.S. Will Exit UN’s Framework Climate Treaty, According to Reports

The move would mark a significant escalation in Trump’s hostility toward climate diplomacy.

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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was. You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

Deported and Imprisoned Archives

A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...

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I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.

They terminated the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline back in July.

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership. Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources. Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet. Unbelievable.

While ACA subsidies are getting all the attention, the House is also voting on a bill that would send doctors and nurses to prison for providing care supported by most major U.S. medical associations. www.axios.com/2025/12/17/h...

House sets votes on gender care penalties

The votes are a barometer of how far GOP lawmakers are willing to go to strip access to transition-related care

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When we said democracy was on the ballot we weren't lying.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo ago

Trump on ending the filibuster: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms and we will never lose a general election ... it would be impossible to lose an election."