Jamie Valdez
@coolvibes27.bsky.social
Environmentalist, water protector, justice warrior, science advocate, nature lover working to create a future worth living for our next seven generations.
Don't fall for the jobs mythology regarding data centers, Pueblo. We need real jobs, not false promises. #PuebloDeservesBetter
Tax Breaks For Data Centers Bring Few Jobs
Data centers are central to the digital infrastructure powering the modern economy—but they may not be the robust job creation engines some proponents would claim.
www.forbes.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Don't fall for the jobs mythology regarding data centers, Pueblo. We need real jobs, not false promises. #PuebloDeservesBetter
The fear that it will happen to them stems from an implicit admission that they did it to others. #GreatReplacementTheory #Colonialism
January 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
The fear that it will happen to them stems from an implicit admission that they did it to others. #GreatReplacementTheory #Colonialism
Your healthcare and childcare costs are going up so that ICE can have the largest budget of any government agency in U.S. history, even larger than the Marines, and...
January 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Your healthcare and childcare costs are going up so that ICE can have the largest budget of any government agency in U.S. history, even larger than the Marines, and...
If we put even half as much thought & energy into protecting the health of our watersheds as we put into development that ends up polluting them, there might not be any need for a pipeline. The pipeline represents decades or more of failure or all-out refusal to do so. #SeventhGenerationPlanning
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
If we put even half as much thought & energy into protecting the health of our watersheds as we put into development that ends up polluting them, there might not be any need for a pipeline. The pipeline represents decades or more of failure or all-out refusal to do so. #SeventhGenerationPlanning
My op-ed published in today's Denver Post print edition
Residents should not pay for Xcel's coal mistakes
Residents should not pay for Xcel's coal mistakes
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
My op-ed published in today's Denver Post print edition
Residents should not pay for Xcel's coal mistakes
Residents should not pay for Xcel's coal mistakes
Being against the genocide in Gaza doesn't mean you're antisemitic. It means you're anti-genocide.
July 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Being against the genocide in Gaza doesn't mean you're antisemitic. It means you're anti-genocide.
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Everyone should be prepared for the fact that whereas with Iraq, anti-war protesters were smeared as traitorous terror lovers, this time we will also be smeared as bigoted anti-semites.
June 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Everyone should be prepared for the fact that whereas with Iraq, anti-war protesters were smeared as traitorous terror lovers, this time we will also be smeared as bigoted anti-semites.
Pueblo folks, please show your support for environmental justice for our community by following our new organization, Roots to Resilience. It's greatly appreciated!
We just released a new short documentary that captures how Pueblo is at the center of CO's clean energy transition. Pueblo is a powerful example of how communities with deep fossil fuel histories can navigate the renewable energy transition. #VoteSolar #RootsToResilience #PuebloDeservesBetter
Pursuing a Clean Energy Future: A Story of Pueblo's Coal History
YouTube video by Vote Solar
youtu.be
May 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Pueblo folks, please show your support for environmental justice for our community by following our new organization, Roots to Resilience. It's greatly appreciated!
A study by the conservative Common Sense Institute pegs everything from lost coal jobs to higher utility bills on Colorado’s regulations, but correlation does not equal causation.
Report claiming environmental policies steal billions from Colorado’s economy based on bad math, advocates say
Common Sense Institute says greening up Colorado has enormous economic costs, but many dispute their methods and conclusions.
coloradosun.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
A study by the conservative Common Sense Institute pegs everything from lost coal jobs to higher utility bills on Colorado’s regulations, but correlation does not equal causation.
"Hands Off" Rally in Pueblo 3/5/25
April 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Hands Off" Rally in Pueblo 3/5/25
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This is what corruption looks like.
March 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is what corruption looks like.
At every level of government and society, we're losing because we keep ceding ground and ceding the narrative bit by incremental bit. Stop ceding ground and the narrative out of anticipatory obedience and fight for something better for once! Ffs! #PuebloDeservesBetter!
March 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
At every level of government and society, we're losing because we keep ceding ground and ceding the narrative bit by incremental bit. Stop ceding ground and the narrative out of anticipatory obedience and fight for something better for once! Ffs! #PuebloDeservesBetter!
"It is only when you begin to compromise that trouble begins. So far as I am concerned, it does not matter what others may say or think or do, as long as I am sure that I am right with myself and the cause."
--Eugene V. Debs
--Eugene V. Debs
March 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"It is only when you begin to compromise that trouble begins. So far as I am concerned, it does not matter what others may say or think or do, as long as I am sure that I am right with myself and the cause."
--Eugene V. Debs
--Eugene V. Debs
Pueblo organizer Jamie Valdez says labeling hazardous expensive nuclear power as clean energy could jeopardize the renewable projects that have already proven their efficacy and are well on their way to powering Colorado’s energy needs.
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CEA Day Of Action; No BVSD School Thursday – KGNU Community Radio
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March 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Pueblo organizer Jamie Valdez says labeling hazardous expensive nuclear power as clean energy could jeopardize the renewable projects that have already proven their efficacy and are well on their way to powering Colorado’s energy needs.
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CNN reports that in a private meeting, Senator Michael Bennet erupted, accusing Democratic leadership of having "No strategy, no plan, and no message on this spending bill" (direct quote)
March 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
CNN reports that in a private meeting, Senator Michael Bennet erupted, accusing Democratic leadership of having "No strategy, no plan, and no message on this spending bill" (direct quote)
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Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card
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March 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Poll Finds Most Americans Would Swap Democracy For $100 Best Buy Gift Card
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We can't solve the problem of a dirty, polluting, unreliable, climate change-contributing coal plant with the same errant "jobs & economy" logic that brought us the damn thing in the first place! If we don't do things differently, nothing will ever change. #Xcel #ComanchePlant #PuebloDeservesBetter
March 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
We can't solve the problem of a dirty, polluting, unreliable, climate change-contributing coal plant with the same errant "jobs & economy" logic that brought us the damn thing in the first place! If we don't do things differently, nothing will ever change. #Xcel #ComanchePlant #PuebloDeservesBetter
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Trump has already been an unmitigated disaster as president. #JointSession #SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Trump has already been an unmitigated disaster as president. #JointSession #SOTU
Thrilled to share that I just spoke at Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Federal Policy Briefing! Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined the session.🌟 Your presence made it special!
- via #Whova event app
- via #Whova event app
February 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thrilled to share that I just spoke at Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Federal Policy Briefing! Big thanks to the organizers and everyone who joined the session.🌟 Your presence made it special!
- via #Whova event app
- via #Whova event app
I am speaking at Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Federal Policy Briefing. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app
#NuclearFreePueblo #NuclearFreeColorado #EnvironmentalJustice #RootsToResilience
#NuclearFreePueblo #NuclearFreeColorado #EnvironmentalJustice #RootsToResilience
February 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I am speaking at Environmental Grantmakers Association 2025 Federal Policy Briefing. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app
#NuclearFreePueblo #NuclearFreeColorado #EnvironmentalJustice #RootsToResilience
#NuclearFreePueblo #NuclearFreeColorado #EnvironmentalJustice #RootsToResilience
Thread (1/5) Honored to be presenting as a part of this distinguished panel of experts for the Environmental Grantmakers Association's 2025 Federal Policy Briefing. If you're going to be in the Washington D.C. area, come check us out! Description & link below:
Big Tech’s recent promotion of...
Big Tech’s recent promotion of...
February 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thread (1/5) Honored to be presenting as a part of this distinguished panel of experts for the Environmental Grantmakers Association's 2025 Federal Policy Briefing. If you're going to be in the Washington D.C. area, come check us out! Description & link below:
Big Tech’s recent promotion of...
Big Tech’s recent promotion of...
TVA is dealing with unplanned outages at all three of its nuclear plants.
The necessary upgrades will cost TVA millions on top of the billions it's spending to build new natural gas plants.
Six of the commercial nuclear reactors in the U.S. are putting no electricity on the grid, according to NRC.
The necessary upgrades will cost TVA millions on top of the billions it's spending to build new natural gas plants.
Six of the commercial nuclear reactors in the U.S. are putting no electricity on the grid, according to NRC.
Three TVA nuclear reactors are shut down at once, pushing utility to ramp up fossil fuels
Tennessee's electricity supplier is spending millions to buy more power from other companies while three nuclear reactors are shut down.
www.knoxnews.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
TVA is dealing with unplanned outages at all three of its nuclear plants.
The necessary upgrades will cost TVA millions on top of the billions it's spending to build new natural gas plants.
Six of the commercial nuclear reactors in the U.S. are putting no electricity on the grid, according to NRC.
The necessary upgrades will cost TVA millions on top of the billions it's spending to build new natural gas plants.
Six of the commercial nuclear reactors in the U.S. are putting no electricity on the grid, according to NRC.
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As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
February 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it’s a mistake to view Trump’s Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power. Consider if it’s interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to “save” the country as they see fit
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"If our weather forecasting industry were to be entirely privatized, as Project 2025 envisions, it could leave entire areas of the country without proper forecasting and essentially in the dark."
Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle NOAA are putting lives at risk. Full stop.
Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle NOAA are putting lives at risk. Full stop.
Trump wants to dismantle the agency that provides weather forecasts. It will make your life worse
The Trump administration and Elon Musk are reportedly taking aim at NOAA, the agency responsible for the National Weather Service and many other crucial functions.
www.fastcompany.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"If our weather forecasting industry were to be entirely privatized, as Project 2025 envisions, it could leave entire areas of the country without proper forecasting and essentially in the dark."
Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle NOAA are putting lives at risk. Full stop.
Trump and Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle NOAA are putting lives at risk. Full stop.