“The world looks different now than when we co-founded the climate pledge,” said Margaret Callahan, an Amazon spokeswoman. Yes Margaret. It is hotter and more on fire.

New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (Gift Article)

The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

nytimes.com

An excellent overview by @georginagustin.bsky.social of how a major private dairy, Riverview, is rapidly expanding in MN, SD, ND where state agencies seem unable or unwilling to protect water/account for GHG emissions. insideclimatenews.org/news/0708202...

A Minnesota Dairy Company’s Rapid Expansion Is Prompting Lawsuits Against Regulators - Inside Climate News

Riverview LLP’s operations are increasingly meeting with pushback amid concerns over its climate and water impacts.

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Still not good, but higher ed actually doing better in the trust downfall than many other areas, including US medical system (increasingly privatized and profit-driven), banks, religion, etc.

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 3w ago

“Compared to what?” is always the essential question when asking about critiques of higher education & universities, whether we’re discussing declining trust, freedom of speech, viewpoint diversity, or any of the other things.

‘If built as planned, data center developers’ gas burning plants could release as much pollution in a year as half of all the passenger vehicles in the US, particulates that can contribute to heart disease, asthma, lung cancer, strokes and other ailments.’ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...

Trump’s Vision for A.I. Dominance Comes With Major Air Pollution

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US running low on missiles, jobs, and sanity. There's only one way to vote in Nov - no more of this!

Outstanding commentary by talented @fionakatauskas.bsky.social. #death #war #famine #conquest #plague #ClimateChange #AI

Amazon is backing a 7.65 GW gas plant in West Texas. I sorted all 14,036 operating U.S. power plants by size to see where that lands. It doesn't land anywhere (nothing on the American grid is that big).

Michael Thomas@michael-thomas.bsky.social · 3d ago

This week I found permits and satellite photos suggesting Amazon is backing what could be the largest gas power plant ever built in the US. I just got off the phone with the company and confirmed they're behind it. Full story here: newsletter.cleanview.co/p/scoop-amaz...

I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.

#BirdOfTheDay I'm afraid that our main local heath has been burnt down over 100 hectares gone. That means no wildlife there for some time, birds like this Dartford warbler will not exist there anymore until it gets established again if it does.

We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 7d ago

BREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

Hummingbird Clearwings, a species of Hummingbird Moth, are fondly called "flying lobsters" due to their flared tail. The species Snowberry Clearwing, which looks very similar, also has this nickname.

Balcony solar. A solution coming to your city soon.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 6d ago

Not sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.

SHOUT OUT to Mike Luckovich: one of the all-time great political cartoonists. 🏆 With corporate media doing such a poor job in these most perilous of times, his work is more vital than ever! THANK YOU @mluckovich.bsky.social!!! 🙏

My favorite things in one story: wetlands, conservation success stories, and names that make you giggle like a middle-schooler ipmnewsroom.org/at-spunky-bo...

At Spunky Bottoms, an Illinois River wetland’s resilience is on display - IPM Newsroom

The Nature Conservancy acquired the roughly 1,300-acre Merwin Preserve at Spunky Bottoms in the late 1990's and allowed the site to return to being a floodplain wetland.

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I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

I know we're all supposed to keep quiet about climate change, even as Americans are fed up with high gas prices. But as Europe burns and the strongest El Niño in history awaits, we're learning that Mother Nature won't wait for political dysfunctions to be sorted out. prospect.org/2026/07/28/c...

The Strongest El Niño in History Is Coming. Get Ready. - The American Prospect

Donald Trump has no ideas, but America is ready for a U-turn on climate change.

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While the lake has experienced droughts in the past that have hit business, Durig said that their frequency has increased. “These droughts are occurring in rapid succession, something we’ve never seen before" 🤔 #YouDon'tSay?

Swiss drought dries up Lake Brenets

A severe drought has left Switzerland's Lake Brenets all but drained, stranding boats and impacting tourism amid record low water levels. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Congress appropriated billions of dollars for new transit projects. Why is the Trump administration spending none of it? Why are even transit projects in red states going unfounded? New reporting in @nytimes.com (gift link): www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

there's a new round of efforts by the GOP and Trump administration to cut Medicaid. a reminder of one of the least discussed effects of Medicaid: health-care coverage lowers crime and promotes safety. (and yet the GOP cuts Medicaid, but doesn't get labeled as endangering safety.)

“We Need to See the Bigger Picture”: How Cuts to Medicaid Hurt Public Safety - Bolts

When a state made cuts to Medicaid, depriving people of access to health insurance, the crime rate increased: That’s the finding of a new academic study, supported by the National... Read More

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Either full of sewage or off-limits. So happy that here in Japan there are so many rivers you can enjoy.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Almost 75% of England’s riverbanks ‘off limits’ to public, figures show

Only one country voted against a UN declaration to reduce crash deaths. Want to guess which one? Info: www.linkedin.com/posts/overwh...

The world and media especially needs to talk much more, not less, about climate change, nature loss, and pollution and their very costly, harmful consequences for people, workers, the economy, and society. A small cabal of rich, corrupt con men is leading us in exactly the wrong direction.

Alexander J. Stein@ajstein.bsky.social · 4w ago

Last month's record-breaking #heatwave killed thousands across Western Europe, making it one of the continent's deadliest #climate disasters. Preliminary data from the six hardest-hit countries point to at least 14,000 excess deaths during the period of extreme heat: www.politico.eu/article/june...

Solar generated record 25% of EU power in June with Germany, Spain and Poland leading the race With an output of 52 TWh of electricity, solar overtook coal, gas, nuclear, wind and hydropower in June 2026

Solar met 25% of EU power needs in June thanks to quick installations

Solar was ahead of coal, gas, nuclear, wind and hydropower.

euronews.com

It’s really important that the #Vancouver Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced. Safe bike-lanes mean business.

🌎Bears Ears National Monument made history as the first ever created at the direct request of a coalition of Indigenous tribes. The sacred and religious significance to the local tribes was a primary driving force behind its creation, and later its restoration.🌏 westernpriorities.org/2026/07/trum...

Trump plan to shrink Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante is illegal and defies public support - Center for Western Priorities

DENVER—Multiple news outlets in Utah report that President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Monday shrinking Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah. This woul...

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When kids are hungry, they can't learn. A democracy needs educated citizens to function well. See how these two issues are connected?

Josh Cowen@joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 4w ago

My latest news letter on SNAP cuts and the impact on school meals👇 open.substack.com/pub/joshcowe...

Climate change is costly. New analysis by StatCan shows that worsening disasters like wildfires and floods are pushing up insurance premiums and hitting Canadians in the wallet. 👇https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/extreme-weather-canada-expensive-9.7261826

Appreciate Roger @streetsblogsf.bsky.social covering our new study demonstrating the benefit of protected bike lanes on bike-share ridership! sf.streetsblog.org/2026/07/08/s...

Study: Only Protected Bike Lanes Cause a Real Increase in Cycling - Streetsblog San Francisco

"The best bang for your buck is protected bike lanes... That's how you grow ridership. That's how you diversify ridership."

sf.streetsblog.org

Meta is a staunchly anti-art, anti-artist company and has been showing you this for years with basically every product decision it has made with Instagram, and yet so many professional creative industries continue to rely on it. Spread the word on their latest attack on artists ⬇️

WIRED@wired.com · last mo.

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...