Nick Cunningham
@nickcunningham.bsky.social
Reporter for Gas Outlook, covering oil and gas industry. Previously at DeSmog.
Portland, Oregon
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Portland, Oregon
https://nickcunningham.blog/
https://gasoutlook.com/authors/nicholas-cunningham/
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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Neon-clad protesters stage '80s aerobics demonstration outside Portland ICE facility. They called it “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Neon-clad protesters stage '80s aerobics demonstration outside Portland ICE facility. They called it “Sweatin’ Out the Fascists.”
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/11/neon-clad-protesters-stage-80s-aerobics-demonstration-outside-portland-ice-facility.html
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FEDWATCH: “.. The chaos is escalating, with 3,800 flight cancellations since Thursday, and some states reporting a 40- to 60% increase in visits to food banks. Some of the disruption is evident in private sector weekly economic indicators .. and even the price of electricity.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
FEDWATCH: “.. The chaos is escalating, with 3,800 flight cancellations since Thursday, and some states reporting a 40- to 60% increase in visits to food banks. Some of the disruption is evident in private sector weekly economic indicators .. and even the price of electricity.”
"Cheniere Energy disclosed in a securities filing last month that, thanks to the most recent Treasury notice, it was entitled to a refund of $380m of previously paid alternative minimum tax"
Trump is carving up the tax code unilaterally to hand $ to corporations while cutting $ on food for people
Trump is carving up the tax code unilaterally to hand $ to corporations while cutting $ on food for people
NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Cheniere Energy disclosed in a securities filing last month that, thanks to the most recent Treasury notice, it was entitled to a refund of $380m of previously paid alternative minimum tax"
Trump is carving up the tax code unilaterally to hand $ to corporations while cutting $ on food for people
Trump is carving up the tax code unilaterally to hand $ to corporations while cutting $ on food for people
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any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
any policies that impede the uptake of solar impede resilience
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There’s a really strong possibility that the Trump administration’s efforts to weaponize the death of Charlie Kirk against their enemies was the height of their power.
They’ll be on their back foot with high unfavorable ratings now and people are going to start smelling blood in the water.
They’ll be on their back foot with high unfavorable ratings now and people are going to start smelling blood in the water.
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There’s a really strong possibility that the Trump administration’s efforts to weaponize the death of Charlie Kirk against their enemies was the height of their power.
They’ll be on their back foot with high unfavorable ratings now and people are going to start smelling blood in the water.
They’ll be on their back foot with high unfavorable ratings now and people are going to start smelling blood in the water.
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They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
They're going to the highest court in the land to avoid feeding children.
get a fucking grip man, my god
Border Patrol's Greg Bovino just posted a new Batman-themed propaganda video to social media
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
get a fucking grip man, my god
Rubio threatened a bunch of poor countries to vote against what would have been a landmark agreement on maritime emissions.
Gangster diplomacy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Gangster diplomacy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Rubio threatened a bunch of poor countries to vote against what would have been a landmark agreement on maritime emissions.
Gangster diplomacy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Gangster diplomacy
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
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⚠️ Breaking: Hochul administration approves 3x rejected, Trump-backed NESE pipeline, the first of its kind in New York in at least a decade.
Story: nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
Story: nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
New York Approves Trump-Backed Gas Pipeline
The Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline had been rejected by environmental regulators three times but was revived this spring after talks between Hochul…
nysfocus.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
⚠️ Breaking: Hochul administration approves 3x rejected, Trump-backed NESE pipeline, the first of its kind in New York in at least a decade.
Story: nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
Story: nysfocus.com/2025/11/07/n...
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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“A Toronto mom says her 12-year-old son asked Tesla’s AI chatbot, Grok, which soccer player is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. After some back and forth, she says the chatbot asked her son, 'Why don't you send me some nudes?'” www.cbc.ca/player/play/... (this is just appalling.)
She says Tesla’s chatbot asked her 12-year-old for nudes
A Toronto mom says her 12-year-old son asked Tesla’s AI chatbot, Grok, which soccer player is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. After some back and forth, she says the chatbot asked her son, ...
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“A Toronto mom says her 12-year-old son asked Tesla’s AI chatbot, Grok, which soccer player is better: Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi. After some back and forth, she says the chatbot asked her son, 'Why don't you send me some nudes?'” www.cbc.ca/player/play/... (this is just appalling.)
attention Portland
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
attention Portland
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Hold your wallets, everyone, OpenAI is talking about taxpayer backing so it can continue its data center building craze without having to show profitability. www.wsj.com/video/openai...
OpenAI Wants Federal Backstop for New Investments
Sarah Friar, the CFO of OpenAI, says the company wants a federal guarantee to make it easier to finance massive investments in AI chips for data centers. Friar spoke at WSJ’s Tech Live event in Califo...
www.wsj.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hold your wallets, everyone, OpenAI is talking about taxpayer backing so it can continue its data center building craze without having to show profitability. www.wsj.com/video/openai...
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Feds faced intense lobbying pressure before budget
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Reminder that US shale wells experience a precipitous decline in output almost immediately after their initial burst of production.
In 2024, the industry had to drill 15,000 new wells just to keep production steady, to offset declines from already existing wells
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
In 2024, the industry had to drill 15,000 new wells just to keep production steady, to offset declines from already existing wells
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Reminder that US shale wells experience a precipitous decline in output almost immediately after their initial burst of production.
In 2024, the industry had to drill 15,000 new wells just to keep production steady, to offset declines from already existing wells
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
In 2024, the industry had to drill 15,000 new wells just to keep production steady, to offset declines from already existing wells
www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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Plastic over-production and over-use remain very significant problems!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘could cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Plastic over-production and over-use remain very significant problems!!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Asking communities to accept or even subsidize projects that will raise their utility bills — then, eventually, threaten their jobs — is a surefire political winner.
"The Democratic sweep of gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey and public service commissioner races in Georgia offers an early glimpse of what could be a sleeper issue in the 2026 midterm elections: the politics of AI infrastructure."
The under-the-radar factor that helped Democrats win in Virginia, New Jersey, and Georgia | Fortune
As the AI land rush accelerates, local fights over water, power, and land may shape who wins and loses in American politics.
fortune.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Asking communities to accept or even subsidize projects that will raise their utility bills — then, eventually, threaten their jobs — is a surefire political winner.
total mystery why this guy didn't get reelected.
ADAMS: Now “I don't have to deal with you guys, man. I can fly private now, I can go on a cruise, I can hang out in St. Bart.”
(via @nypost.com)
(via @nypost.com)
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
total mystery why this guy didn't get reelected.
what a thread, what a success
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
what a thread, what a success
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quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...