FOIA records reveal EPA leaders frequent meetings with industry lobbyists
FOIA records reveal EPA leaders frequent meetings with industry lobbyists
Top regulatory officials met with agricultural and chemical industry representatives dozens of times in the first few months after President Donald Trump took office in January, government records show — meetings that were followed by a series of reg…Brian Bienkowski (The New Lede)
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Australian Government refuses to release climate security report
Exclusive: Government refuses to release climate security report
According to MPs who have seen a “terrifying” external threat assessment kept secret by the Albanese government for nearly three years, Australians have been given only half of the “wake-up call” needed on the threat of climate change.Karen Barlow (The Saturday Paper)
Not all in the same boat: Gaza flotilla leadership turns on itself over ‘woke’ agenda
Not all in the same boat: Gaza flotilla leadership turns on itself over ‘woke’ agenda
Internal conflicts have hit the board of directors of the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), a multinational convoy of several dozen vessels aiming to breach Israel’s…Carl Deconinck (Brussels Signal)
Here Comes the Sun Day | Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists are organizing a nationwide celebration of solar power on Sunday.
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Climate change made heat waves this summer in Canada much more likely: Scientists
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Climate change made heat waves this summer in Canada much more likely: Scientists
Environment and Climate Change Canada says a heat wave in northern B.C. was the longest this year, lasting from Aug. 23 to Sept. 9.Tiffany Crawford (Vancouver Sun)
Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium | Protesters condemned Harvard’s decision to host Occidental Petroleum’s CEO during the school’s Climate Action Week.
Climate Activists Disrupt Fossil Fuel Executive at Harvard University Symposium - Inside Climate News
Protesters condemned Harvard’s decision to host Occidental Petroleum’s CEO during the school’s Climate Action Week.Inside Climate News
BP is out. Here’s what’s next for the climate movement at Princeton
BP is out. Here’s what’s next for the climate movement at Princeton
Fossil fuel companies have abandoned their deceptive climate pledges, and the Trump administration is cracking down on climate research. As governments and corporations abandon climate action, Princeton must step up as a leader on the issue.The Princetonian
Further, Carbon Mitigation Initiative helped BP legitimize its core business of fossil fuel production. For example, one CMI leader gave recommendations to fossil fuel executives about developing carbon capture technologies — a strategy used by oil companies to delay the transition to renewables — that could “enable the full use of fossil fuels across the energy transition and beyond.” We published a report last year that further detailed the harms this relationship caused.BP’s departure indicates an abdication of environmental action across sectors. Amid global pullback from environmental pledges, the company appears to have reckoned that it does not need to worry about public opposition to inaction on climate change. In the run-up to its separation from the University, the company ditched its renewable energy pledges and doubled down on oil and gas projects, exemplifying a broader “green retreat” taking place across the private sector. The federal government under President Trump has also reversed course on climate action, tearing down renewable energy programs and dismantling climate research — including at Princeton.
The Unbearable Inefficiency of Fossil Fuels
The Unbearable Inefficiency of Fossil Fuels
The highly respected energy focused think tank Ember is out today with a slide deck and update on where we are in the energy transition.Despite the efforts of the petrostates and global oligarchy t…This is Not Cool
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If you exclude the billionaires and everyone else manages their footprint, we'd still go to hell in a hand basket because of just how much influence the billionaires club has on the climate.
Regulate the billionaires before telling the rest of us to doing sustainable activities.
‘A defining moment’: Trinidad and Tobago at a crossroads as oil runs out
Fossil fuels made the nation prosperous but as reserves dwindle, do they drill deeper, even as the Caribbean feels the heat of the climate crisis, or shift to a greener economy?
What ‘Chimney Sweep Testicle’ Can Teach Us About Fossil Fuels’ Staggering Health Consequences | Coal, oil and gas have been killing people for centuries. We’re still paying for it.
What ‘Chimney Sweep Testicle’ Can Teach Us About Fossil Fuels’ Staggering Health Consequences - DeSmog
Coal, oil and gas have been killing people for centuries. We’re still paying for it.Mitch Anderson (DeSmog)
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ending our addiction to fossil fuels will further benefit the climate and our health. Do we have the balls to do it?
Mass Walkout Leaves UN General Assembly Chamber Mostly 'Empty' for Netanyahu Speech
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Mass Walkout Leaves UN General Assembly Chamber Mostly 'Empty' for Netanyahu Speech
"I don't recall seeing such a large walkout for quite some time at UNGA," said one observer. "Israel has chosen to be a pariah and is increasingly treated as such by the international community."brad-reed (Common Dreams)
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Pro-Trump Climate Denial Group Meets With Far-Right European Politicians in Florida
Pro-Trump Climate Denial Group Meets With Far-Right European Politicians in Florida - DeSmog
Members of the European Parliament flew 5,000 miles to Florida this summer to meet with the head of a U.S. climate denial group, DeSmog can reveal.Phoebe Cooke (DeSmog)
‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks | Some 450 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency
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The UN aviation organisation has been captured by the industry, a report has concluded, leading to the urgent action required to tackle the sector’s high carbon emissions being blocked.
Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry
Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank saysDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions | Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon
Growing trees for shade has ‘enormous’ potential for cutting cocoa emissions - Carbon Brief
Growing tall trees to provide shade for cocoa plantations in west Africa could sequester millions of tonnes of carbon, according to a new study.Yanine Quiroz (Carbon Brief)
New York State's utility regulator endorses controversial pipeline project
The pipeline would run under New York Harbor and connect to natural gas infrastructure that’s already in place off the coast of Queens.
How Bill Gates is playing both sides of the climate crisis – video
Think Bill Gates is fixing the climate crisis? Not if you follow the money. While he funds green innovation and talks about cutting emissions, Gates also invests in dirty industries such as coal, oil and private jets. In this episode, Neelam Tailor exposes how one of the world’s most powerful climate voices is betting on both sides of the crisis – and making a lot of money in the process
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Both? Both sides? Both sides of the climate crisis? My dudes, nobody gets to go live on the Sun under its protection, not even with all the money. There's one side to the climate crisis, and we're all on it.
Oh, I see. He's making money pretending to invest in green technologies, and he's making money polluting the environment. That's the "both sides" they meant. Except those two industries are still both on the same side of the equation. It's like we're all on the Titanic, and Gates is spreading towels over deck chairs AND sitting at a table by the bar, like "Oh no! A guy with all the money is being greedy and dishonest. What should we do?"
Cops are hella incompetent. Any success they have is almost always because someone talked.
Source: absolutely any “true crime” show.
So, SHUT THE FUCK UP. This isn’t CSI. They’re lazy af and they will LIE TO YOU. So, SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Trump’s Climate Rollback Takes on a Key Scientific Finding
The federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases depends on a 2009 scientific determination. The Trump administration wants to repeal it.
I mean yeah, makes sense. Trump put a climate change denier and oil lobbyist in charge of the EPA (Lee Zeldin).
Just sharing this list of the most damaging people to the world by pushing climate change denial. Please share far and wide, and do with it what you will.
The dirty dozen: meet America’s top climate villains
Few are household names, yet these 12 enablers and profiteers have an unimaginable sway over the fate of humanityAmy Westervelt (The Guardian)
Charlie Kirk was a fossil fuel industry plant
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.Emily Atkin (HEATED)
Just hoping you are good faith here.
No they aren't. Charlie Kirk was a really important fascist platform creator, he wasn't a plant, he created the platform and then sold it. It is important to understand the enemy.
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds
After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared to similar hospitals, a study says.Gretchen Morgenson (NBC News)
Housing Department's Redlining Retreat Grants Mortgage Lenders a Reprieve
An internal memo tells staff to focus on discrimination against individuals, not neighborhoods, in a potential threat to redlining cases.
Racism and support for transferring money from your pocket into the pockets of billionaires are what Republicanism is about
The Comey Indictment Is an Embarrassment | The Justice Department should never have brought such a shoddy case.
The Comey Indictment Is an Embarrassment
The Justice Department should never have brought such a shoddy case.Quinta Jurecic (The Atlantic)
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Fox Legal Analyst Tells Maria Bartiromo ‘I Don’t Think There Is a Case’ Against Comey
Fox Legal Analyst Tells Maria Bartiromo ‘I Don’t Think There Is a Case’ Against Comey
Andrew McCarthy told anchor Maria Bartiromo on Friday that he does not think there is a solid case against former FBI Director James Comey in the recent indictment against him.Alex Griffing (Mediaite)
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Federal vs Local Control: What does Trumps Crackdown on D.C. Law Enforcement look like?
What do clashes like this tell us about the balance between public safety, local autonomy, and executive power in the U.S.?
"In August of 2025, President Trump invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, declaring a ‘public safety emergency’ in Washington, D.C after citing rampant crime. Under this order, he could place the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control for 30 days. Between August 11 and September 10, over 2,000 National Guard troops were deployed alongside local forces to patrol the streets. During this time, over 40% of the arrests made in D.C. were immigration-related."
Federal vs Local Control: What does Trumps Crackdown on D.C. Law Enforcement look like?
"In August of 2025, President Trump invoked Section 740 of the D.C. Home Rule Act, declaring a ‘public safety emergency’ in Washington, D.C after citing rampant crime. Under this order, he could place the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal control for 30 days. Between August 11 and September 10, over 2,000 National Guard troops were deployed alongside local forces to patrol the streets. During this time, over 40% of the arrests made in D.C. were immigration-related."
New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new t
New U.S. gov't rule says chipmakers have to make one chip in the US for each chip imported from another country to avoid 100% tariffs — Trump admin allegedly preps new 1:1 chip export rule under new tariff plan
But how chips of different complexities will be counted remains unknownAnton Shilov (Tom's Hardware)
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in reply to Pro • • •A reminder that lobbying was at one time illegal in the US:
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When Lobbying was Illegal - Priceonomics
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in reply to captainastronaut • • •It would have to be repealed by Congress. The main problem is enforcing it against a regime that regularly flouts the law, especially when there's not a lot of oversight to ensure they're fully in compliance when they do "comply."
They don't have to repeal it. They only need to pretend to participate.
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