Colin Kinniburgh
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Uh… are all those helicopters over Brooklyn… for Maduro?
January 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Uh… are all those helicopters over Brooklyn… for Maduro?
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
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The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure
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It sounds like the Bay Area Air
Quality Managment District is on track to end the installation of new fossil fuel burning residential hot water and space heating systems in 2027 and 2029 respectively.
www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/a-new-...
Quality Managment District is on track to end the installation of new fossil fuel burning residential hot water and space heating systems in 2027 and 2029 respectively.
www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/a-new-...
Blog: Electric Water Heaters Will Soon Be The New Normal
Electric water heaters will soon be the standard replacement for Bay Area residences. But there will be some exceptions.
www.paloaltoonline.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It sounds like the Bay Area Air
Quality Managment District is on track to end the installation of new fossil fuel burning residential hot water and space heating systems in 2027 and 2029 respectively.
www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/a-new-...
Quality Managment District is on track to end the installation of new fossil fuel burning residential hot water and space heating systems in 2027 and 2029 respectively.
www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/a-new-...
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Eric Adams is going to use cryptocurrency to fight antisemitism. Eric Adams is going to use samurai swords to fight food waste. Eric Adams is going to use 100 rubber duckies to fight prostate cancer. I would believe literally any combo of words hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-s...
Eric Adams Says His Next Gig Is Fighting Antisemitism With Cryptocurrency
How? Don't ask.
hellgatenyc.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Eric Adams is going to use cryptocurrency to fight antisemitism. Eric Adams is going to use samurai swords to fight food waste. Eric Adams is going to use 100 rubber duckies to fight prostate cancer. I would believe literally any combo of words hellgatenyc.com/eric-adams-s...
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Very happy to see this funding boost for
Empower+, which I’ve been pushing hard for. The program helps low- and moderate-income households make energy efficiency improvements that permanently reduce energy bills, with benefits for the climate & public health.
Empower+, which I’ve been pushing hard for. The program helps low- and moderate-income households make energy efficiency improvements that permanently reduce energy bills, with benefits for the climate & public health.
December 30, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Very happy to see this funding boost for
Empower+, which I’ve been pushing hard for. The program helps low- and moderate-income households make energy efficiency improvements that permanently reduce energy bills, with benefits for the climate & public health.
Empower+, which I’ve been pushing hard for. The program helps low- and moderate-income households make energy efficiency improvements that permanently reduce energy bills, with benefits for the climate & public health.
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NEW: New York’s flagship energy efficiency program, Empower+, is back on track with a major boost from a regional cap and trade program.
The new funding reverses steep cuts that New York Focus first reported over the summer.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
The new funding reverses steep cuts that New York Focus first reported over the summer.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
New York Shores Up Funding for Key Energy Efficiency Program
The state plans to stabilize the Empower+ program with a record amount of money from the pollution pricing program RGGI.
nysfocus.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: New York’s flagship energy efficiency program, Empower+, is back on track with a major boost from a regional cap and trade program.
The new funding reverses steep cuts that New York Focus first reported over the summer.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
The new funding reverses steep cuts that New York Focus first reported over the summer.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/23/e...
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warren buffett on utilities from his berkshire hathaway 2023 annual letter
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
warren buffett on utilities from his berkshire hathaway 2023 annual letter
🎅 New York’s flagship energy efficiency program, Empower+, is back on track with a major boost from the regional cap and trade program RGGI.
A rare example of NY strengthening its climate commitments this year (alongside other states), and putting the revenue right to work
A rare example of NY strengthening its climate commitments this year (alongside other states), and putting the revenue right to work
New York Shores Up Funding for Key Energy Efficiency Program
The state plans to stabilize the Empower+ program with a record amount of money from the pollution pricing program RGGI.
nysfocus.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🎅 New York’s flagship energy efficiency program, Empower+, is back on track with a major boost from the regional cap and trade program RGGI.
A rare example of NY strengthening its climate commitments this year (alongside other states), and putting the revenue right to work
A rare example of NY strengthening its climate commitments this year (alongside other states), and putting the revenue right to work
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NEW: For the first time since she took office in 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul won’t be taking a stack of unsigned bills with her into the Christmas holiday.
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
Here's Every Bill That Kathy Hochul Vetoed in 2025
One hundred and forty laws that almost were.
nysfocus.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
NEW: For the first time since she took office in 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul won’t be taking a stack of unsigned bills with her into the Christmas holiday.
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
She's moved quickly by vetoing more bills than usual. We moved quickly to round them up for you:
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The state, represented by the office of Attorney General Letitia James, plans to ask judges to dismiss up to 500 prison sexual assault cases filed against it under the Adult Survivors Act, Hell Gate and New York Focus have learned.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/p...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/p...
A Judge Tossed a Prison Sex Abuse Lawsuit Over Typos
The state plans to ask a court to dismiss some 500 prison sexual assault lawsuits for not strictly abiding by filing requirements.
nysfocus.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The state, represented by the office of Attorney General Letitia James, plans to ask judges to dismiss up to 500 prison sexual assault cases filed against it under the Adult Survivors Act, Hell Gate and New York Focus have learned.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/p...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/22/p...
⚠️ The Trump admin has halted construction on five East Coast offshore wind farms, including Empire and Sunrise in NY and Vineyard in MA, which is already supplying power.
Looks like Trump’s most aggressive move yet to stop offshore wind. TBD whether it will hold up any better in court.
Looks like Trump’s most aggressive move yet to stop offshore wind. TBD whether it will hold up any better in court.
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
⚠️ The Trump admin has halted construction on five East Coast offshore wind farms, including Empire and Sunrise in NY and Vineyard in MA, which is already supplying power.
Looks like Trump’s most aggressive move yet to stop offshore wind. TBD whether it will hold up any better in court.
Looks like Trump’s most aggressive move yet to stop offshore wind. TBD whether it will hold up any better in court.
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NEW: New York adopted rules at the end of last year meant to protect smaller wetlands from development, nearly doubling the amount of state-protected land.
But bureaucratic hurdles have added months to the permitting process as solar developers race to qualify for federal subsidies.
But bureaucratic hurdles have added months to the permitting process as solar developers race to qualify for federal subsidies.
Wetland Rules Slow Solar Buildout Amid Rush for Tax Credits
Recent regulations have added months to New York’s already yearslong permitting process, colliding with new federal deadlines.
nysfocus.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NEW: New York adopted rules at the end of last year meant to protect smaller wetlands from development, nearly doubling the amount of state-protected land.
But bureaucratic hurdles have added months to the permitting process as solar developers race to qualify for federal subsidies.
But bureaucratic hurdles have added months to the permitting process as solar developers race to qualify for federal subsidies.
⚠️ It’s official! New York has repealed the “100-foot rule” subsidy for new gas hookups, joining five other states that have ended similar subsidies.
Statement from Hochul:
Statement from Hochul:
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
⚠️ It’s official! New York has repealed the “100-foot rule” subsidy for new gas hookups, joining five other states that have ended similar subsidies.
Statement from Hochul:
Statement from Hochul:
tired: “renewable energy”
wired: “Energy Abundance, Diversity, and Reliability”
wired: “Energy Abundance, Diversity, and Reliability”
![[Slide from a NYSERDA presentation outlining RGGI program investments]
*Investments Under Energy Abundance, Diversity, and Reliability Theme*
Large-Scale Generation Programs
Advanced Fuels Innovation Program
NY-Sun Program
Agrivoltaics Research Program
Grid Modernization Innovation Program
[right hand side shows a solar farm]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64drjustsrvsrcl2a2n2jnyf/bafkreiectwaepekoiblbi2gmv6sh7s2jshsvuvsihoeioazprgmc3uybaa@jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
tired: “renewable energy”
wired: “Energy Abundance, Diversity, and Reliability”
wired: “Energy Abundance, Diversity, and Reliability”
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Update: New York pension fund trustees on Wednesday tabled Comptroller Brad Lander’s proposal to rebid a contract with BlackRock, leaving the potential $42 billion move up to his successor. nysfocus.com/2025/12/15/b...
Will New York City Drop BlackRock Over Climate?
Outgoing Comptroller Brad Lander wants the city’s pension funds to reconsider $42 billion in investments with the firm, but it may fall to his successor…
nysfocus.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Update: New York pension fund trustees on Wednesday tabled Comptroller Brad Lander’s proposal to rebid a contract with BlackRock, leaving the potential $42 billion move up to his successor. nysfocus.com/2025/12/15/b...
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The U.S. wind industry, which Trump has tried persistently to derail, installed 36% more capacity this year than it did last year, and is expected to continue to rise through 2027.
Much of this capacity was ordered in the Biden years.
Much of this capacity was ordered in the Biden years.
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The U.S. wind industry, which Trump has tried persistently to derail, installed 36% more capacity this year than it did last year, and is expected to continue to rise through 2027.
Much of this capacity was ordered in the Biden years.
Much of this capacity was ordered in the Biden years.
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
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NEW: Hochul is poised to veto a bill that could save New York’s LLC Transparency Act — which she signed two years ago — from new rules by the Trump administration.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/17/l...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/17/l...
Hochul May Veto Bill to Protect LLC Transparency Act from Trump
The governor is poised to veto a bill to insulate a business transparency law from federal shifts, according to the bill’s sponsor.
nysfocus.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: Hochul is poised to veto a bill that could save New York’s LLC Transparency Act — which she signed two years ago — from new rules by the Trump administration.
nysfocus.com/2025/12/17/l...
nysfocus.com/2025/12/17/l...
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The most promising “bipartisan” permitting reform deal — the SPEED Act — seems to be falling apart after Mike Johnson added language capitulating to offshore wind opponents
American Clean Power has now pulled their support for the bill and moderate Dems seem like they’ll jump ship
American Clean Power has now pulled their support for the bill and moderate Dems seem like they’ll jump ship
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The most promising “bipartisan” permitting reform deal — the SPEED Act — seems to be falling apart after Mike Johnson added language capitulating to offshore wind opponents
American Clean Power has now pulled their support for the bill and moderate Dems seem like they’ll jump ship
American Clean Power has now pulled their support for the bill and moderate Dems seem like they’ll jump ship
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do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
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Another US airstrike in Somalia happened yesterday, near Kismayo. AFRICOM released no casualty figures or other information beyond saying it "targeted" al-Shabaab. This is by my count the 87th strike or series of strikes announced by AFRICOM this year, by far the most ever in a year in Somalia.
www.africom.mil
December 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Another US airstrike in Somalia happened yesterday, near Kismayo. AFRICOM released no casualty figures or other information beyond saying it "targeted" al-Shabaab. This is by my count the 87th strike or series of strikes announced by AFRICOM this year, by far the most ever in a year in Somalia.
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NEW: Outgoing NYC Comptroller Brad Lander wants the city pension funds to pull $42 billion from BlackRock over climate concerns.
This Wednesday is their last chance to take action before his term runs out. nysfocus.com/2025/12/15/b...
This Wednesday is their last chance to take action before his term runs out. nysfocus.com/2025/12/15/b...
Will New York City Drop BlackRock Over Climate?
Outgoing Comptroller Brad Lander wants the city’s pension funds to reconsider $42 billion in investments with the firm, but it may fall to his successor…
nysfocus.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
NEW: Outgoing NYC Comptroller Brad Lander wants the city pension funds to pull $42 billion from BlackRock over climate concerns.
This Wednesday is their last chance to take action before his term runs out. nysfocus.com/2025/12/15/b...
This Wednesday is their last chance to take action before his term runs out. nysfocus.com/2025/12/15/b...