The Trump administration is ignoring communities in U.S. Pacific territories and moving forward with its plan to sell off millions of acres for deep-sea mining. Watch the full video here: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-deep-sea-mining-scheme/
Jasia Smith
@jasia.bsky.social
⪩༏⪨ climate & energy policy researcher at the Center for American Progress full-time ⪩༏⪨ CEEJH environmental justice fellow part-time ⪩༏⪨ mediocre seamstress and bookworm some-times
Legal challenges and a national energy crisis haven’t deterred the Trump Administration from cutting more clean wind energy from the grid, and American taxpayers are quite literally paying the price. heatmap.news/energy/trump...
Trump Pays $765 Million to Kill 4 More Offshore Wind Leases
The deal with developer Invenergy includes a commitment to build geothermal generation in addition to natural gas.
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The Trump administration's cuts to federal agencies like FEMA and the National Weather Service have left communities defenseless against extreme weather disasters ⛈️
Offshore wind projects that were set to power over 1.3 million U.S. homes were traded for…zero added energy capacity, actually. 🤦🏽♀️ As Emily says in this article, “Americans’ side of the bargain appears to be worthless”. heatmap.news/energy/total...
New Documents Undermine Trump Administration’s Claims About Offshore Wind Deal
There was no new investment required from TotalEnergies, according to newly disclosed terms.
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The Trump admin is trying to waive the Endangered Species Act under the guise of national security. Stripping away environmental safeguards isn't protecting America—it's fast‑tracking the extinction of wildlife while oil production is already at record highs. https://ampr.gs/41eqsuZ
Some things need to be repeated and the level of corruption happening in this administration sure as hell is one of them. So, @jasia.bsky.social and I wrote about the horrendous offshore wind for LNG deal the Trump admin pulled off with TotalEnergies... www.americanprogress.org/article/trad...
Trading Offshore Wind for LNG: A Lose-Lose for Americans
The Interior Department’s unprecedented deal with TotalEnergies redirects nearly $1 billion in taxpayer dollars away from reliable domestic electricity production and into volatile fossil fuels destin...
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It's unpatriotic for the Trump administration to intentionally censor and rewrite Black history on National Park Service sites. Black history is American history.
During his campaign, Trump promised oil executives that he'd dismantle climate change policies in exchange for $1B in campaign financing. Now EPA is canceling lifesaving pollution limits and scrubbing mentions of human-caused climate change from its website: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The EPA is wiping mention of human-caused climate change from its website
Some pages have been tweaked to emphasize ‘natural forces’; others have been deleted entirely.
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If you need some talking points about why Extreme Heat is bad for America -- we got you www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat
Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, driving up utility bills, straining ecosystems, and deepening inequality.
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Trump signed that "One Big Beautiful Bill" over the weekend, and my colleagues @lucerowx.bsky.social and @jasia.bsky.social spell out the ugly consequences for your wallet, health, and safety.
What Trump's Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety
In addition to cutting health care and food assistance programs, the act’s energy and environmental provisions would raise energy costs, increase pollution affecting Americans’ health, and increase sa...
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