MTH
@megt.bsky.social
SFF author. PhD in mass comm, anthro/archaeo, folklore, environment. Freelance writer/editor. Grantmaking and public policy. Operator at defunct farm. Cheesehead 🧀 Badger alum. Reposts not necessarily an endorsement. web: https://oaklandhillsfarm.com
A new article from @mason4c.bsky.social "Fossil fuel communication strategies and public responses: a scoping review" of peer reviewed studies to reinforce recognition of 6 key strategies used that lead to public opinion on climate change issues 🌎 #SciComm iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
As the world’s data center capital, Virginia faces a surge in energy demand that could spike power costs and lead to more polluting fossil fuel plants. At the same time, the state is seeing its farmland disappear at one of the fastest rates in the United States.🌎 www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...
Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming
A new state law aims to spur agrivoltaics projects where crops or livestock thrive amid solar panels, as AI power demand booms and concerns about farmland…
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"The Public Service Company of New Mexico, or PNM, said it delivered 80% carbon-free electricity in 2025 after investing in solar energy, batteries, and wind...This remarkable transformation to a climate-friendly system has unfolded in just five years." 🌎 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/the-...
The state that's beating dirty electricity » Yale Climate Connections
Abundant sunshine and smart policy have made New Mexico’s grid far more climate-friendly.
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Now available for pre-order! The plot was decades in the making. Then the final piece came into play … Ryslad is an epic dark #fantasy of political intrigue, magic and manipulation. It's a story of lost Lore and broken Law, and in the end a tale of Love. 🪐📚 books2read.com/u/boKzqp
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Ryslad by M. Turville Heitz
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MTH@megt.bsky.social · 4d agosPooky (the s is silent) says, "could it be a new #fantasy novel by M. Turville Heitz?" Coming soon! 📚🪐 🐈⬛ #caturday More info on Ryslad: oaklandhillsfarm.com/novel/ryslad/
A BILLION YEARS OF MISSING TIME The Great Unconformity at East Bluff, Devil's Lake, Wisconsin: 1.63 Ga Baraboo Quartzite overlain by a boulder breccia at the base of the sandstones of the Cambrian Sauk Sea (600-505 Ma). ⚒️
Paved over, beginning in 1912 for public health after being turned into an open sewer, Bievre River being resurrected. “The revival of the Bièvre is a deeply eco-friendly project to cool the city and adapt it to climate change.” 🌎🧪🌿 reasonstobecheerful.world/bievre-river/
Unearthing Paris' Mythical Second River
The Bièvre was once completely buried in concrete. Now, stretches of the river are being revealed and revitalized.
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Paper proposes to use a combination of rock dust (to alter pH and mobilize PFAS for uptake), hemp (to take up the toxins) and biochar (to neutralize the toxins) to reduce PFAS contamination in soils by 95% over 10 years. 🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Integrated thermal and phytoremediation of agricultural soils impacted by PFAS | PNAS
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent synthetic compounds that have contaminated millions of hectares of agricultural land thro...
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Clearly the answer is burn more coal 🙄 🌎
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d agoHungary's PM Péter Magyar: “Due to the further drop in the Danube's water level, one of the last two generating units at the Paks Nuclear Power Plant will be shut down at 1:30 am… “…tomorrow it will be completely shut down for the first time in 44 years.” #climatecrisis
sPooky (the s is silent) says, "could it be a new #fantasy novel by M. Turville Heitz?" Coming soon! 📚🪐 🐈⬛ #caturday More info on Ryslad: oaklandhillsfarm.com/novel/ryslad/
Study: Every stage of the plastic lifecycle contributes to human health threats including global warming, air pollution, cancer, and disease, with primary plastic production and plastic burning causing the greatest harm. 🧪🌎 www.ehn.org/plastics-hum...
Every stage of plastic use — from production to disposal — harms human health
In a recent study published by The Lancet Planetary Health, researchers examined the health costs of pollutants released by plastics across their full lifecycle and emphasized the need for internation...
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Permits? We don't need no steenkin' permits. 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
Georgia’s First ‘Pop-Up’ Power Plant for Data Centers Faces Scrutiny - Inside Climate News
The project is under investigation for allegedly beginning construction before obtaining required air permits as regulators consider whether privately operated power plants can legally serve data cent...
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Due to recent advances in attribution science the case argues Shell’s contribution is more than 2.5% of historical global greenhouse gas emissions, alleging that Shell contributed to both the likelihood and severity of Typhoon Rai...and knew the risks. 🌎 www.desmog.com/2026/07/29/t...
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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COVER REVEAL! An epic dark #fantasy of political intrigue, #magic and manipulation, RYSLAD is a story of lost Lore & broken Law, & in the end a tale of Love. eBook preorders open for Oct 1 release. Print coming soon! NL subscribers have pre-sale opportunities (☝️website) 📚🪐 📚💙 books2read.com/u/boKzqp
NEW: DOJ has submitted unredacted Epstein Files for review in chambers by Judge Sullivan in the @katiephang.bsky.social case. DOJ contends it redacted victims' names, but check out their definition of "victim." 1/
Mandela Barnes dropsmout.of #Wisconsin governor's race. madison.com/news/state-r...
Mandela Barnes drops out of governor’s race
Former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, who was once considered the likely frontrunner in Wisconsin’s packed field of Democratic candidates vying for the state’s executive office, has dropped out of the
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Scientists have designated the Mediterranean as a climate change “hot spot,” with its waters expected to warm by 2 to 6 degrees Celsius (3.6 to 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100. Heat waves are likely to become more frequent and more extreme ... 🌎 apnews.com/article/medi...
The Mediterranean's warming waters are drawing hundreds of invasive species
Scientists say climate change is heating the Mediterranean Sea, inviting invasive fish species that harm native populations.
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Permafrost thaw also threatens to accelerate climate change, because permafrost releases carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere as it melts. 🌎 thenarwhal.ca/nain-permafr...
Permafrost thaw is transforming northern communities | The Narwhal
In the rapidly warming Arctic, permafrost thaw is transforming the landscape in unpredictable and challenging ways
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Last 2 days of the #Smashwords sale! Escape into a world that brings you in close, and characters who feel tangible. Let someone else's troubles help you escape the dog days of summer! Battle, intrigue, sorcery and heroes who stumble and grow. 📚🪐 #fantasy #readers www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
Smashwords – The Enchanter's Web
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MTH@megt.bsky.social · last mo.Trying to cool off? Snow-capped mountains and tree-fringed valleys flanking mountain rivers might do the trick. THE ENCHANTER'S WEB can transport you! Ebooks on sale via #Smashwords through the month of July for 50% off! Specters is just $1.49! 🪐📚 #SWSale2026 www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
A new report pushes back against the idea that talking about climate change could cause Democrats to lose votes. 🌎 grist.org/politics/cli...
'Climate hushing' has swept the Democratic Party. New polling suggests it's a mistake.
Climate change might not be voters' top priority, but new polling suggests that emphasizing it may actually boost support for candidates.
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Waste, fraud and abuse? "There is little evidence that the nonprofit has provided the civics education it claims. And Adams and his nonprofit have engaged in a pattern of questionable financial arrangements..." www.propublica.org/article/trum...?
This MAGA Influencer Runs a Charity to Teach Kids Civics. Much of the Money Goes to Him Instead.
Nick Adams’ Foundation for Liberty and American Greatness has brought in millions in donations and helped him land a State Department appointment, but records show there is almost no indication FLAG w...
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Could the oil industry face a climate-based wrongful death suit? The judge denied dismissal request. A priority The American Petroleum Institute set for 2026 was to “stop extreme climate liability policy” & challenges “attribution science,” which quantifies impacts. 🌎 grist.org/accountabili...
As climate lawsuits advance, the oil industry enters 'panic mode'
With a wrongful death suit among scores of cases creeping toward trial, oil executives might have to defend themselves to a jury soon.
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"More than 356 billion tons of coal resources lie beneath federally owned land in the contiguous United States, according to a government report, whose new and comprehensive findings could escalate mining in those areas, most of them in the West." 🌎 insideclimatenews.org/news/2407202...
Trump Administration Eyes Massive Coal Reserves Under Federal Lands - Inside Climate News
The Western U.S. is sitting on billions of tons of unmined coal, a new report from the Department of the Interior finds.
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A growing body of evidence links time in nature to better physical and mental health – and a major new effort is working to document exactly what that evidence shows. 🧪🌿🌱 yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/07/the-...
The government canceled this nature study. Scientists kept going anyway. » Yale Climate Connections
When the National Nature Assessment was shut down, the scientists who worked on it found another way. In this Q&A, one author explains what the research reveals about nature’s powerful, underused role...
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Highly processed to achieve, but extracted 9g of protein for 100g of dried flower, plus potential emulsifiers. 🧪🌱 www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/07/a-ne...
A new entrant in the plant-protein race: The marigold
With as much protein as quinoa, marigolds are a surprising untapped nutritional resource, research finds. What’s more their emulsifying and foaming properties make them a boon for the food industry.
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Another benefit of rain gardens. 🧪🌱 abc7news.com/post/rain-ga...
Rain gardens can help filter out toxic pollution in Bay Area cities, new study shows
A popular design innovation that's adding green space across Bay Area cities could also be providing a major health benefit. A new study found rain gardens may help clean up toxic pollution.
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"The results also revealed that these methane emissions increased by 9.9% from 2003 to 2022. This increase reflected both a growing number of small wetlands and climatic changes that spurred them to generate more emissions." 🌎 eos.org/articles/big...
Big Trouble from Little Wetlands - Eos
New research suggests that small wetlands, previously unaccounted for in the global methane budget, are responsible for about 25% of global methane emissions.
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Bubble magic and working o0n scaling. "One of these new processes for addressing [PFAS] employs hydrodynamic cavitation, while the other employs cold atmospheric plasma combined with gas dispersion." 🧪 thedebrief.org/forever-chem...
"Forever Chemical" Breakthrough Rapidly Degrades Synthetic Substances Linked to Cancer and Other Health Problems
The problem of PFAS, a group of potentially cancer-causing “forever chemicals,” may finally have a solution from German scientists.
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Urine samples from 1,450 women who gave birth between 2016 and 2019 showed that those with higher levels of glyphosate during mid-pregnancy were more likely to go into spontaneous labor before 37 weeks compared to those with lower levels. 🧪🌱 www.thenewlede.org/2026/07/glyp...
Large NYC study adds evidence linking glyphosate to preterm birth risk
A study led by NYU Langone Health showed that pregnant women with higher exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup, faced a significantly higher risk of going into sponta...
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