Incidents like Garden Grove will likely increase because the Trump Admin isn’t doing environmental enforcement environmentalintegrity.org/news/environ...

Environmental Enforcement Plummets | Environmental Integrity

Washington, DC – Environmental law enforcement fell sharply in the first year of the second Trump Administration, with the number of civil lawsuits filed against polluters, administrative penalties…

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Orange County Register@ocregister.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The company was cited for failing to keep emission records for volatile organic compounds and using equipment without required permits.

Beautiful, profound. I like the first comment: "They'll never feel this kind of joy, and they'll never destroy it either." Farewell, #Colbert.

"Jump Up / Hello Goodbye" Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Louis Cato & Stephen Colbert

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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🌟 Hooray! The City of Richmond became the first in CA to pass a resolution opposing any CO2 waste dumping projects & pipelines (from CCS) near its residents. www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2026/05/20/r...

Richmond City Council Votes to Pass Resolution Opposing Carbon Pipelines and Dumping Projects

First City Council in the State to Pass Resolution of this Kind

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At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.

In an unprecedented move, the Trump administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering exempting even more.

Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email.

In an unprecedented move, the administration has granted industrial facilities in 38 states and Puerto Rico a two-year reprieve from federal rules under the Clean Air Act. The president is considering...

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The total annual emissions from the gas-fired power stations *just to run Grok* will, once operational, be greater than the total global GHG footprint of all global streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ (208bn hours) 🧐 ketanjoshi.co/2026/03/02/m... greenly.earth/en-gb/leaf-m...

Thank you, Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)! 💫🎉 Thankfully this program is statutory, meaning it’s locked in unless Congress repeals. Let’s always protect PSLF to enable folks to work for nonprofits, civil service, etc. ps PSLF passed in 2007 with bipartisan support 👀

NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)

New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.

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Earth is the little crescent 🌏 🌒 🛰️ #Artemis

We're in the fight--for public lands, species, the health & safety of Californians, and more. 💪 w/ @biologicaldiversity.org @cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social via @courthousenews.bsky.social

From parks to oil fields: Plan to open California lands to drilling sparks backlash

Trump’s Bureau of Land Management wants to open federal public lands in the Golden State for new energy leases. There is fierce opposition.

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“Californians can breathe easier knowing that the state’s protections against oil and gas drilling are still in place. We’ll continue fighting to ensure these critical safeguards aren’t ripped away." -- me (see below)

Ctr4BioDiv: Climate & Energy Justice Programs@cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

💪 The Trump Admin's attempt to halt hard-fought protections against oil and gas pollution have been stopped NEW: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press... re: California law SB 1137

The BLM’s plans include parcels that the agency itself acknowledges have no or low #OilAndGas potential — which could lead to the development of exploratory “wildcat” wells in pristine and populated areas alike.

Could Oil Derricks Come To Mount Diablo?

BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.

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Not if we can stop it. w/ @cbd-climate-energy.bsky.social by @baynature.org baynature.org/2026/03/11/c...

Could Oil Derricks Come To Mount Diablo?

BLM wants to open up areas for drilling near beloved Bay Area parks and wild spaces. We break down how likely that is.

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YOU can fight the move to open 1 million+ acres of CA to fossil fuel drilling 💪 Public hearing on Central Coast/Bay Area, 1/29: empsi.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Public hearing on Bakersfield area, 2/3: empsi.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Trump admin says drilling by Bay Area parks will have ‘minimal’ environmental impacts - Local News Matters

The Trump administration’s plans to expand oil drilling across the state, including in parts of the Bay Area, are another step closer to moving forward

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🚨 #California could see *1 million+ acres* opened up to fossil fuels: "We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social

Biomass is held up as a "green" energy source on par with solar and wind. But it's polluting, expensive, and not helpful with wildfires. Our Climate Science Director explains in this new op-ed w/ @calmatters.org:

Opinion | Biomass is a money pit that won’t solve California’s energy or wildfire problems

Utilities customers help pay for biomass because electric utilities buy its products to produce electricity, paying four times more. Is it worth it?

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Chevron's Gorgon CCS project is a *massive* failure. And it used millions in public $$$ that could have been used on real climate solutions. "Gorgon captured just <3% of the total emissions from extracting, processing and burning gas from the Gorgon fields." The latest: ieefa.org/resources/go...

Gorgon shows CCS boasts are built on technical uncertainty

New data from Chevron on its Gorgon carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Western Australia shows the lowest amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) captured and stored for a year since the project, the ...

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#Abundance bros act like civil society is the enemy & enviro laws aren't relevant. Even the pope disagrees ;) "Everyone in society, through [NGOs] and advocacy groups, must put pressure on governments to develop and implement more rigorous regulations, procedures and controls."

E&E News: Pope Leo calls for environmental action worldwide

The first American pope urged people everywhere to become politically active on issues like climate change.

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Excellent piece by @emdashsanders.bsky.social for @levernews.com California set to unleash CO2 pipelines for CCS, thanks in part to fossil fuel lobbyists:

California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

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California is setting a path to lift its moratorium on CO2 pipelines with new safety regs. But the state won't set a distance requirement protecting communities, which oil lobbyists opposed. Advocates say it's a recipe for disaster. from me & @levernews.com www.exxonknews.org/p/california...

California opens the door for Big Oil’s CO2 pipeline plans

States will be responsible for keeping people safe as the oil industry pushes a massive buildout of carbon dioxide pipelines near communities.

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Yesterday we launched CACTI, a #SanFrancisco Bay Area coalition against carbon capture & storage (CCS). I spoke, along with others. It was a powerful event! Huge thanks @foodandwater.bsky.social for your key organizing role 💙 Learn more here: cacticoalition.org

From the lead author of this new study: “We have to avoid giving people false hope by suggesting that climate change can be fixed without cutting carbon emissions, which is the only real solution." 👈 insideclimatenews.org/news/0909202...

Geoengineering Won’t Save Us From Global Warming, New Study Says - Inside Climate News

New research by a team of top ice and climate scientists debunks some speculative technological climate fixes for preserving the polar ice caps.

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Ask anyone in the "Abundance Faction" why the Koch brothers are funding their movement, and they'll say it's good to have a big tent. But the Koch brothers are truly evil, not least for their decades-long (and successful) work to destroy US understanding of climate science. 1/2

A devastating review of "Abundance" (the book) in @nybooks.com. I mean, whew!

Happening Sept 9: Join SF #BayArea groups & residents at a press conference announcing their alliance to fight the Montezuma Carbon Hub -- a massive waste injection hub proposed near wetlands & communities. www.mobilize.us/fww/event/83...

CA Press Conference: Stop the Montezuma Carbon Hub! · Food & Water Watch

Join other Bay Area residents as we come together to protect our communities and health against the proposed Montezuma Carbon Hub Project. **A new coalition, Communities Against Carbon Transport & In...

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Long live Heyday Books www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/20/m...

‘A mighty redwood of a man has fallen.’ Remembering Malcolm Margolin, founder of Heyday books

Writer, editor and publisher Malcolm Margolin, who promoted Indigenous cultural renewal across California, died Wednesday. He was 84.

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📢 NEW: CCEJN reports — 31% of oil & gas sites near Kern County homes, schools & parks are leaking 37% of leaks are allowed by regulatory loopholes The “heavy oil” exemption shields 68% of CA’s oil & gas sites from leak monitoring & repair rules #ClimateJustice 👉🏽 ccejn.org/2025/08/12/p...

Take a listen: Latino USA digs into CCS in California, & the massive taxpayer subsidy that pays for it (and more oil production!) feat. @biologicaldiversity.org attorney Maggie Coulter & community advocates, incl. CCEJN www.latinousa.org/2025/08/03/c...

Trump Supports This Climate Solution: Is That A Bad Thing? - Latino USA

Carbon capture promises to fight climate change—but in California’s Central Valley, locals question who really benefits from this controversial technology.

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Cheers to @mjhankins.bsky.social on this AP video explaining the endangerment finding rollback! So appreciate clear communication of this super important issue to the public: apnews.com/video/trump-...

Trump EPA moves to repeal 'endangerment finding' used to regulate greenhouse gas emissions

The proposed rule would rescind a 2009 declaration that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare.

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