Betsy Wilkening
@betsywilkening.bsky.social
Climate activist, learner, engineer, educator, environmentalist, volunteer, knitter, wife and mom.
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#MomSky
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How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
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"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
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November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Quit advertising for ICE and supporting MAGA! I have had my subscription for a long time and enjoyed Spotify. The music brings me joy, but I can't be joyous when your corporation is supporting kidnapping human beings without due process!"
#cancelspotify @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
#cancelspotify @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"Quit advertising for ICE and supporting MAGA! I have had my subscription for a long time and enjoyed Spotify. The music brings me joy, but I can't be joyous when your corporation is supporting kidnapping human beings without due process!"
#cancelspotify @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
#cancelspotify @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
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What he said: 💯 🎯
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What he said: 💯 🎯
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Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
NOW! #grijalva #swearherin #taxationwithoutrepresentation @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social @gallego.senate.gov @captmarkkelly.bsky.social
SEAT GRIJALVA human banner!
SEAT GRIJALVA human banner
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October 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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An update from the analysts at WoodMac: yes, as of 2025, solar PV remains the cheapest source of power in the world.
And -- bonus! -- it is still getting cheaper with every passing day.
And -- bonus! -- it is still getting cheaper with every passing day.
Solar PV retains most competitive LCOE globally in 2025 – Wood Mackenzie
Solar PV technology has maintained its leading position as the most cost-competitive power generation source in 2025, according to WoodMac.
www.pv-tech.org
October 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
An update from the analysts at WoodMac: yes, as of 2025, solar PV remains the cheapest source of power in the world.
And -- bonus! -- it is still getting cheaper with every passing day.
And -- bonus! -- it is still getting cheaper with every passing day.
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ARCUS was important. It jumpstarted careers in science. It amplified voices that have too long been left out of research. It did all that and more for very little money, and now it's gone, arguably when we need it most.
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
The End of an Era for Arctic Research
The loss of the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States leaves an uncertain future for science in the Far North
www.sierraclub.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
ARCUS was important. It jumpstarted careers in science. It amplified voices that have too long been left out of research. It did all that and more for very little money, and now it's gone, arguably when we need it most.
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
My latest for Sierra:
#science #arctic
www.sierraclub.org/sierra/end-e...
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I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.
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As Trump + the GOP shut down the gov't to avoid funding healthcare for working families, a reminder of what they ARE willing to fund:
💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies
💸$625M in new giveaways to coal
Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O
💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies
💸$625M in new giveaways to coal
Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O
Oil Change Response to Anticipated Government Shutdown - Oil Change International
Ahead of a U.S. government shutdown, Collin Rees said: “Trump and Republicans are showing they work for billionaires and fossil fuel CEOs, not working people.”
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As Trump + the GOP shut down the gov't to avoid funding healthcare for working families, a reminder of what they ARE willing to fund:
💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies
💸$625M in new giveaways to coal
Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O
💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies
💸$625M in new giveaways to coal
Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O
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Not in Tucson? You can still join our #sundayofaction and listen to our speakers. Learn more: bit.ly/SunTucWeb @thirdactorg.bsky.social
@sundayofaction.bsky.social @solarunitedneighbors.org
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
@sierraclub.org
#cleanenergy
#fossilfree
@sundayofaction.bsky.social @solarunitedneighbors.org
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
@sierraclub.org
#cleanenergy
#fossilfree
September 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Not in Tucson? You can still join our #sundayofaction and listen to our speakers. Learn more: bit.ly/SunTucWeb @thirdactorg.bsky.social
@sundayofaction.bsky.social @solarunitedneighbors.org
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
@sierraclub.org
#cleanenergy
#fossilfree
@sundayofaction.bsky.social @solarunitedneighbors.org
@actonclimateus.bsky.social
@sierraclub.org
#cleanenergy
#fossilfree
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Now, here is something that the BBC should be reporting on. Well done to everyone involved in rebutting this nonsense report (including @andrewdessler.com , IIRC).
Wow. The US Energy Department has withdrawn its scam climate report and disbanded its „Climate Working Group“ in order to dodge a law suit against the scam.
They must have realized that this scam report by a few „climate skeptics“ is indefensible nonsense.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
They must have realized that this scam report by a few „climate skeptics“ is indefensible nonsense.
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...
POLITICO Pro: DOE says it dissolved research group that wrote its controversial climate report
The department said the end of the Climate Working Group means environmental groups' complaint over alleged Federal Advisory Committee Act violations is no longer valid.
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Now, here is something that the BBC should be reporting on. Well done to everyone involved in rebutting this nonsense report (including @andrewdessler.com , IIRC).
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@matthewjdowd.bsky.social said nothing wrong. Go read his quote. On point. Pathetic move by MSNBC leadership.
September 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
@matthewjdowd.bsky.social said nothing wrong. Go read his quote. On point. Pathetic move by MSNBC leadership.
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EXACTLY
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
September 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
EXACTLY
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
If everyone loves fossil fuels and doesn't care about their kids, then why all the propaganda?
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I know this sounds crazy, but shouldn’t the Secretary of Energy know something about energy?
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I know this sounds crazy, but shouldn’t the Secretary of Energy know something about energy?
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August 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Welcome to our page! We are glad you are here.
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
climate.us
Stay tuned for more exciting news to come.
In the meantime, check out our bio and follow us here and on our other social channels:
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This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say
Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
h/t @joshuajfriedman.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Hey friends, Defend Public Health has a new campaign if you’d like to join in. Write your elected reps about ensuring that COVID19 vaccines are available this Fall!
Write members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?
It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an...
actionnetwork.org
August 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hey friends, Defend Public Health has a new campaign if you’d like to join in. Write your elected reps about ensuring that COVID19 vaccines are available this Fall!
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The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
August 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The numbers are in. The new maps republicans just passed in Texas reduce Hispanic Texans to one-third of a white person and Black Texans to one-fifth of a white person.
Come out to #SunDay on Sept 21!
Join us for #SunDay in Tucson Sept. 21 3-5 PM! Celebrate the Power of the Sun. Virtual option to hear speakers. bit.ly/sundaytucson #solarenergy #climatechange #renewableenergy @thirdactorg.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Come out to #SunDay on Sept 21!
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Join us for #SunDay in Tucson Sept. 21 3-5 PM! Celebrate the Power of the Sun. Virtual option to hear speakers. bit.ly/sundaytucson #solarenergy #climatechange #renewableenergy @thirdactorg.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Join us for #SunDay in Tucson Sept. 21 3-5 PM! Celebrate the Power of the Sun. Virtual option to hear speakers. bit.ly/sundaytucson #solarenergy #climatechange #renewableenergy @thirdactorg.bsky.social @uarizona.bsky.social
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The Palmer, in use since 1992, “hosted two helicopters and up to 45 researchers, and made daring visits to the Thwaites “doomsday” Glacier in West Antarctica. The ship provided a home base for autonomous vehicles mapping the currents below the ice and helicopter access to its perilous ice shelf.”
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
scim.ag
July 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
The Palmer, in use since 1992, “hosted two helicopters and up to 45 researchers, and made daring visits to the Thwaites “doomsday” Glacier in West Antarctica. The ship provided a home base for autonomous vehicles mapping the currents below the ice and helicopter access to its perilous ice shelf.”
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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on and on.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
Rolling back environmental protections means: higher healthcare costs, dirtier air, increased energy bills, & richer oil companies. #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalProtection
July 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rolling back environmental protections means: higher healthcare costs, dirtier air, increased energy bills, & richer oil companies. #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalProtection