Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.

"While renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels in nearly all circumstances, fossil fuels are more profitable, because useful reserves are limited and can each be monopolised by a single corporation, while prices can suddenly take flight in times of war or chaos." -George Monbiot

George Monbiot@georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10h ago

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Congrats to Chris Gilmer-Hill on winning the primary for a seat in the Michigan state house! Chris is a lifelong Detroiter fighting for affordability and environmental justice for all Detroiters. @detroitdsa.bsky.social

BOOM. The AAUP is suing Texas A&M University System over their censorship policy that prohibits faculty from discussing topics & viewpoints related to race, sexual orientation, & gender. www.aclutx.org/app/uploads/... 1

The same people who have been telling us "we can't stop climate change, instead we must adapt" have been hammering our capacity to adapt, through their promotion of austerity. What they're really saying is "keep burning fossil fuels for the sake of our donors". www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"It’s not the main reason that climate action matters so much, but it’s a reminder that what we’re losing is not only the terms of our survival and our safety, but our freedom and pleasure" -Rebecca Solnit 💔

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · yesterday

My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:

This is a ridiculous ruling that suggests labeling commodities accurately is a violation of free speech 🙄 i hate this timeline

Grist@grist.org · 2d ago

Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.

WATCH: ProPublica & @drilledmedia.bsky.social found that oil and gas companies have been funding climate research at prestigious US universities for 30+ years. This research fostered a misperception that climate change could be solved without dramatically curtailing fossil fuels: propub.li/3TTgAGp

Anger Over Data Centers Is Fueling a New Political Movement Justin Pearson, a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of' the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's Al buildout.

Anger Over Data Centers Is Fueling a New Political Movement

Justin Pearson, a Tennessee lawmaker, has become one of the loudest voices amid a growing national backlash against the pollution and politics of America's AI buildout.

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The missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions. By Hayley Fowler and myself: theconversation.com/was-this-hea...

‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question

Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.

theconversation.com

My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.

I used to ignore prediction markets. Then I learned people were betting on wildfires - High Country News

My story on prediction market wildfire wagers exposed the gamification of natural disasters.

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🤖🫧💥 www.npr.org/2026/07/31/n...

Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky

Journalists, human rights advocates and open source analysts recoiled in horror at the initial decision: "The opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," said one.

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Google rolled back its new AI tool for Google Earth just hours after launch after users created fake satellite images that appeared to violate company policies, prompting the company to strengthen safeguards. #Google #AI www.independent.co.uk/tech/google-...

Google forced to roll back new AI tool just hours after launch

The tool drew alarm almost immediately, as experts warned about the risks of tampering with satellite imagery

independent.co.uk

In June 1966, scientist James Lovelock warned Shell in a confidential memo of “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of fuel is responsible.” Shell would later become "a founding member of the denialist Global Climate Coalition." 😑

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of ...

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I'm really going to need Bluesky to bring more video capacity so I can fully quit IG. I still go there for news/trends that are muffled here, tho I don’t post (& I have a dead FB account). Any other suggestions?

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 6d ago

I hope everybody caught this. Under Mark "masculine energy" Zuckerburg, Meta is no longer just implicitly going right wing -- it has become explicit. Allying with Newsmax is not subtle. This is a deeply awful company. If you work there, you should quit.

This is the new climate obstruction. It doesn’t loudly deny climate change. It simply ignores it, while convincing people that every solution is more corrupt, dangerous, and destructive than the fossil fuels it would replace.

The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. Her campaign is becoming a blueprint for the fossil fuel right.

heated.world

NEW – Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @calxcunningham.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/pDQGTR3

Pharmaceutical companies, like AbbVie and AstraZeneca, abuse the U.S. patent system to monopolize the drug market and prevent patients from accessing affordable drugs. We must develop more stringent standards that reward real innovation and crack down on corporate profiteering.

AOC: This is an inhaler pump. Can you guess what the great innovation was that made it worth preventing this from going generic? It’s this little plastic piece right here. That was a major part of the new patent they filed to extend exclusivity and prevent this life-saving drug from going generic.

Big scoop: The solar permitting freeze is so bad a renewables developer — Clearway — asked Trump if they can swap an unpermitted solar farm in Nevada for a data center and gas power plant instead. My latest for @heatmap.news

Scoop: Clearway Asks Trump to Swap Solar Farm for Data Center and Gas Plant

The large renewables developer changes tack “in response to federal energy objectives.”

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Little by little, it’s getting increasingly easier to hold oil and gas companies accountable for their lies and harms Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Big Oil’s Legal Defenses Just Took Two Big Hits

A fun thing about police procedurals and courtroom dramas is that you can watch all the pieces come together to solve a mystery or win a case in about the time it takes to finish a bag of popcorn. In ...

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Important new study out at Nature Climate Action showing that individual climate actions do not stop people from participating in collective climate action. Instead, they were associated with greater collective engagement and somewhat stronger policy support. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence - npj Climate Action

npj Climate Action - Personal climate actions do not crowd out collective action and policy support: longitudinal evidence

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A poem about collapse.

A massive iceberg dramatically capsized off Ilulissat in northern Greenland this weekend.

Climate denial in the 2020s:

Better Things Are Possible@internethippo.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions

NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him

Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

nytimes.com

We actually did the math: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Today I asked if any Congressmember on @energycommerce.bsky.social would want to live next to a data center. The silence in the hearing room reflected the realities of working people across the country. We must address the real, dangerous health impacts of data centers on our communities.

3- In the early 70s, fearful the public was turning away from natural gas because of pollution, the American Gas Association had an advertising firm that worked with oil and tobacco cos respond. AGA launched a widespread “Gas, Clean Energy for Today and Tomorrow” campaign, new docs show.