Funding for Tribal communities to connect to the electrical grid was cut by the Trump admin.
Reporting by @nateperez.bsky.social and Ryan Kellman.

"The Hopi were approved for $25 million to install solar panels and batteries for around 600 homes through a program called Solar for All."

Trump's UN speech yesterday was the paragon of climate fascism. He wove denialism and xenophobia into a dense rug of bigotry. A few quotes out of order:

“This is a real retreat from the social compact that I think has been dominant in the U.S. for some time,” said Margaret Levi, a professor of political science at Stanford University.

“Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.”

“Photosynthesis, the process through which plants get energy, grinds to a halt between 40 and 45 degrees Celsius, or 104 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit, temperatures that are becoming more common in many of the world’s agricultural regions.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/c...

“we were wealthy from the water…”
—Mitch Smallsalmon, 1977

“I.E.A. estimated that if 2024’s extreme weather hadn’t happened — that is, if weather was exactly the same in 2024 as in 2023 — the global increase in carbon emissions for the year would have been cut in half.”

“half a year’s rainfall drenched the region in less than two days. Officials warned of more rain on Friday and shut schools on the U.S. side.”

By @johnyoon.bsky.social

“Lake Suwa has not fully frozen over … for 18 of the past 25 years. Kiyoshi Miyasaka, the chief priest of Yatsurugi Shrine, … says ice has failed to appear with regularity since the 1980s. He and other locals blame the disappearance of the ancient rhythms on global climate change.“

“For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it; great men have done great things here, and will again, and we can make America what America must become.”

They are trying to illegally fire 200,000 government employees without cause.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

“A border guard spits cud onto a barbed wire fence, wraps braided rope across posts, says movement is dead. The country is closed to the outside while a virus breaches skin and mucous membranes; a visitor crosses intracellular spaces left unguarded.”

@doctoryasmin.bsky.social

The story of Fort Mose, like most stories, is a weave of race, colonialism, and climate.

this was 1738, before
america was America
this was wood storks
surrounded by salt marsh
this was surrounded by
steady sea levels