Frank Carini
@frankcarini.bsky.social
Environmental reporter at and co-founder of ecoRI News. We share this world with many wonderful creatures. Their presence makes our lives possible and interesting.
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The United States uses about twice as much energy per person as Switzerland or the UK. The US also has worse public health and life expectancy. Few countries use more energy per person than the US. Most of them are, like the US, petrostates.
February 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The United States uses about twice as much energy per person as Switzerland or the UK. The US also has worse public health and life expectancy. Few countries use more energy per person than the US. Most of them are, like the US, petrostates.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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A totally legal org that supports non violent protest being portrayed as some nefarious criminal conspiracy.
Insanity.
But that’s billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post’s game. Getting working people to hate activists so billionaires can keep ripping them off.
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
Insanity.
But that’s billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post’s game. Getting working people to hate activists so billionaires can keep ripping them off.
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
Exclusive | Celeb nonprofit tied to Adam McKay, Gettys and Kennedys supporting group connected to anti-ICE activists in Minnesota
Climate Emergency Fund, a Hollywood nonprofit, is helping fund extremist groups across country.
nypost.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM
A totally legal org that supports non violent protest being portrayed as some nefarious criminal conspiracy.
Insanity.
But that’s billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post’s game. Getting working people to hate activists so billionaires can keep ripping them off.
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
Insanity.
But that’s billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s NY Post’s game. Getting working people to hate activists so billionaires can keep ripping them off.
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
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Beneath our feet, mycorrhizal fungi trade nutrients for carbon with plant roots — forming one of Earth’s largest carbon networks.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
Mapping underground fungal networks: Interview with SPUN’s Toby Kiers
All around her, scientists had their eyes set on studying flora and fauna that lived aboveground. But Toby Kiers’s interest always lay in the oft-overlooked biodiversity that existed beneath it. It…
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February 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Beneath our feet, mycorrhizal fungi trade nutrients for carbon with plant roots — forming one of Earth’s largest carbon networks.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
Now SPUN is using remote sensing and imaging robots to map this hidden underground system.
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“The most effective way to undermine a democracy today is to purchase it”
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February 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“The most effective way to undermine a democracy today is to purchase it”
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Trump's greatest achievement?
#ExcessDeaths
#ExcessDeaths
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Trump's greatest achievement?
#ExcessDeaths
#ExcessDeaths
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If I enjoyed yesterday’s piece in the Current, I absolutely reveled in today’s reading from @ecorinews.bsky.social - Frank Carini eviscerates the gov’s proposed budget and idiot rollbacks to renewables & energy efficiency. Read here: ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
February 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If I enjoyed yesterday’s piece in the Current, I absolutely reveled in today’s reading from @ecorinews.bsky.social - Frank Carini eviscerates the gov’s proposed budget and idiot rollbacks to renewables & energy efficiency. Read here: ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
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New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
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February 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>>
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...
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"It’s as if the governor works for the fossil fuel industry and the climate crisis is a hoax."
@ecorinews.bsky.social columnist Frank Carini hammers Gov. McKee for putting Act on Climate Act on chopping block ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
@ecorinews.bsky.social columnist Frank Carini hammers Gov. McKee for putting Act on Climate Act on chopping block ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
Gov. McKee Sells Magic Means to Lower Utility Costs - ecoRI News
The governor's shortsighted move of trashing renewable energy programs and shredding climate policy in the name of energy affordability is about one thing: getting reelected.
ecori.org
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"It’s as if the governor works for the fossil fuel industry and the climate crisis is a hoax."
@ecorinews.bsky.social columnist Frank Carini hammers Gov. McKee for putting Act on Climate Act on chopping block ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
@ecorinews.bsky.social columnist Frank Carini hammers Gov. McKee for putting Act on Climate Act on chopping block ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
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Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Sanders: The American people do not want this country to be an authoritarian society or an oligarchy. We have our differences, that’s what democracy is about—we argue it out. We don’t throw people who disagree in jail. We don’t intimidate the media. We don’t send ICE agents to shoot people.
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This this a thousand times this.
The foundation of almost every problem we have is a wealth inequality problem (which also ties into this country’s particular history of racism and white supremacy).
The foundation of almost every problem we have is a wealth inequality problem (which also ties into this country’s particular history of racism and white supremacy).
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
This this a thousand times this.
The foundation of almost every problem we have is a wealth inequality problem (which also ties into this country’s particular history of racism and white supremacy).
The foundation of almost every problem we have is a wealth inequality problem (which also ties into this country’s particular history of racism and white supremacy).
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and it's all propped up by a shitty establishment press:
The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology
"CEO said a thing!" journalism is now utterly pervasive, and includes parroting billionaire and CEO claims with a total disregard for whether or not anything being said is actually true.
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February 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
and it's all propped up by a shitty establishment press:
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Will @sethmagaziner.bsky.social or @amo.house.gov do this for the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls?
And, if not, why?
And, if not, why?
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Will @sethmagaziner.bsky.social or @amo.house.gov do this for the Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls?
And, if not, why?
And, if not, why?
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On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
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Higher electricity costs for consumers is on purpose — paying back Trump’s big donors with your money. They hope you won’t see their game.
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Higher electricity costs for consumers is on purpose — paying back Trump’s big donors with your money. They hope you won’t see their game.
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Trump can’t pardon election felon Tina Peters for state crimes, so he’s squeezing Colorado instead—moving Space Command, canceling $100 mn in grants, and vetoing a clean-water pipeline. This type of presidential coercion threatens federalism and rewards election misconduct, this CATO paper argues.
The Presidency as Protection Racket
‘Nice little state you got there. I sure wouldn’t want anything to happen to it.’
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February 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Trump can’t pardon election felon Tina Peters for state crimes, so he’s squeezing Colorado instead—moving Space Command, canceling $100 mn in grants, and vetoing a clean-water pipeline. This type of presidential coercion threatens federalism and rewards election misconduct, this CATO paper argues.
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Did you see this today?
Anti #ICE protesters carried a MASSIVE U.S.
Constitution through the streets of Minneapolis.
Not a flag.
Not a slogan.
The Constitution.
Thousands marched, demanding accountability and asking whether federal enforcement is aligning with the rights written on those pages.
Anti #ICE protesters carried a MASSIVE U.S.
Constitution through the streets of Minneapolis.
Not a flag.
Not a slogan.
The Constitution.
Thousands marched, demanding accountability and asking whether federal enforcement is aligning with the rights written on those pages.
February 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Did you see this today?
Anti #ICE protesters carried a MASSIVE U.S.
Constitution through the streets of Minneapolis.
Not a flag.
Not a slogan.
The Constitution.
Thousands marched, demanding accountability and asking whether federal enforcement is aligning with the rights written on those pages.
Anti #ICE protesters carried a MASSIVE U.S.
Constitution through the streets of Minneapolis.
Not a flag.
Not a slogan.
The Constitution.
Thousands marched, demanding accountability and asking whether federal enforcement is aligning with the rights written on those pages.
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
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close the camps
abolish and prosecute ice
abolish and prosecute ice
Some children in Dilley were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide, parents told ProPublica.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
They said kids lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food, had trouble sleeping, and were constantly sick.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
close the camps
abolish and prosecute ice
abolish and prosecute ice
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30 countries use mail voting
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
30 countries use mail voting
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“How can you go from science which was very, very strong in 2009 and is only stronger now in 2026 to saying science isn't strong enough to support it. You cannot. That's not a scientific judgment. That's a political judgment.” My statement in Time.
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The History of the Endangerment Finding
The Trump Administration has repealed the landmark scientific finding that provides a legal basis for tackling climate change.
time.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
“How can you go from science which was very, very strong in 2009 and is only stronger now in 2026 to saying science isn't strong enough to support it. You cannot. That's not a scientific judgment. That's a political judgment.” My statement in Time.
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time.com/7377810/trum...
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
Gov. Dan McKee understands energy like he does bridges. His budget proposal includes sweeping rollbacks of renewable energy and climate policies implemented to help R.I. tame two-headed monster: climate crisis and escalating utility costs. ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...
Gov. McKee Sells Magic Means to Lower Utility Costs - ecoRI News
The governor's shortsighted move of trashing renewable energy programs and shredding climate policy in the name of energy affordability is about one thing: getting reelected.
ecori.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Gov. Dan McKee understands energy like he does bridges. His budget proposal includes sweeping rollbacks of renewable energy and climate policies implemented to help R.I. tame two-headed monster: climate crisis and escalating utility costs. ecori.org/gov-mckee-se...