Kaitlin
@kaitlin-b.bsky.social
Suctioning mucus is my love language. Personal writing at https://notaprimarycolor.blogspot.com/
Thinking about when I became obsessed with climate journalism, while crashing out over my kids' horrible asthmatic winter of '24, then found solace in @heatmap.news, @volts.wtf, @billmckibben.bsky.social, @emorwee.bsky.social and more. So maybe all this smoke could bring more people into the fray...
I am reposting this August 28, 2025 article which explains why there is this cyclosporiasis outbreak. CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program. www.cidrap.umn.edu/foodborne-di...
CDC cuts back foodborne illness surveillance program
cidrap.umn.edu
This is a great example of what's called "pluralistic ignorance" -- the phenomenon whereby most people share a particular view, but they *don't think other people share it*. In this case: most people are concerned about climate change but think others aren't.
Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same
That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll....
sherwood.news
Cherry Creek’s yellow school buses will double as electric power plants
Cherry Creek’s yellow school buses will double as electric power plants
Cherry Creek School District is part of a pilot to charge electric buses and send the power back onto the grid at peak demand times.
coloradosun.com
You'd never know from US media, captured as it is by deep RW narratives, but the US EPA is -- or at least was -- one of the wonders of the world. Sharp, credible independent science tied to serious regulatory & enforcement authority. China would *kill* for something like it. Trump is destroying it.
How the Trump Administration Ended Independent Science at the E.P.A.
nytimes.com
Just finished Doppelganger by @naomiaklein.bsky.social. Incredible read that resonated on so many levels.
Jeff Bezos has $222 billion. If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over. And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.
The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman1913.bsky.social piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/
December 2025 through February 2026 was the 2nd warmest winter on record for the Contiguous U.S. according to Prism climate data. The widespread record to near record warmth in the west easily outweighed the cool temps in the east. 🔥🔥🔥
Look where so many people falling for the excuse that “it was only locker room talk” has gotten us.
Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
politico.com
As far as I can tell, @billmckibben.bsky.social is the only writer with any real reach who is discussing the liberatory potential of distributed solar power. I'd like that subject to get a lot more air time.
Solar as Solidarity
It's not just for saving planets any more
billmckibben.substack.com
My last story of the year for @heatmap.news is… about my rock band @ekkoastral.bsky.social Our tour this fall profoundly changed my view of the energy transition and climate action I went long and personal about what I now think needs to change
I Toured America With My Band. It Changed How I Understand the Energy Transition.
Reflections on a rock ’n’ roll road trip.
heatmap.news
"Christmas Eve, 1968. As their command module floated above the lunar surface, the #Apollo8 astronauts beamed back images of the moon and Earth and took turns reading from the book of Genesis, closing with a wish for everyone “on the good Earth.” www.nasa.gov/missions/apo...
Apollo 8: Christmas at the Moon - NASA
Christmas Eve, 1968. As one of the most turbulent, tragic years in American history drew to a close, millions around the world were watching and listening as
nasa.gov
This is the fossil fuel industry spraypainting the lens on the security cameras while they carry off the heist www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
usatoday.com
I’m running for the U.S. Senate so the people who built Colorado can take back control of our healthcare, our homes, and our futures. Working people built Colorado, we deserve a government that finally works for us. Join our campaign: julieforcolorado.com
Getting my heat pump installed today, as fate has it ⚡ coloradosun.com/2025/12/02/c...
PUC finalizes plans to push natural gas out of Colorado home heating to hit 100% decarbonization
Colorado officials are making another major push toward electrification of home heating and deep cuts to carbon from natural gas, despite consumer cost concerns and the Trump administration’s attempt ...
coloradosun.com
This is the COP recap I needed to hear: open.spotify.com/episode/6jy3...
Inside COP: The Final Hours of COP30 - and the road ahead
open.spotify.com
The fossil fuel industry is behind most of the climate disinformation you see and hear today. Charlie Kirk was no exception.
Charlie Kirk's extremism was fossil fueled
Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.
heated.world
www.climatechangenews.com/2025/08/08/a... The Trump administration's relentless effort to ruin the lives of future generations, continued
Oil states against production cuts deadlock a plastic treaty
As negotiations for a plastic treaty near the midpoint, no agreement is in sight amid opposition to measures on production from oil states
climatechangenews.com
More horrible news for all Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
nytimes.com
It’s shocking to me that amidst all of the misrule, corruption and horror that surrounds us, a sizable plurality of America is still more comfortable with full-bore fascism than a light dollop of Scandinavian-style socialism
@annielowrey.bsky.social same!! but replace dragon duvet with various squishmallows www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
I Fought Plastic. Plastic Won.
My futile quest to avoid the material that my entire world is made out of
theatlantic.com
I really needed this article this evening heatmap.news/energy/obbba... @heatmap.news
Where Clean Energy Goes From Here
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is one signature away from becoming law and drastically changing the economics of renewables development in the U.S. That doesn’t mean decarbonization is over, experts t...
heatmap.news
![Dave Matthews Band bus incident
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Dave Matthews Band's tour bus stopping at the Kinzie Street Bridge to empty its blackwater tank
On August 8, 2004, a tour bus belonging to Dave Matthews Band dumped an estimated 800 pounds (360 kg) of human waste from the bus's blackwater tank through the Kinzie Street Bridge in Chicago onto
an open-top passenger sightseeing boat sailing in the Chicago River below. The incident became popularly known as the Dave Matthews Band incident! or Poopgate. 2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hf7ezrajxadu7v3tzcyij424/bafkreigwhbrn7bdigpucytnanfs3fcaq2ffcwjmpr3vymuambpecibmk2y)
