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/
https://www.desmog.com/user/nick-cunningham/
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“Just try to get me out of here and do all you can, please. It’s an absolute torture, psychological and physical torture,”
Irish man held by ICE in El Paso for the last 5 months pleads for help.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Irish man held by ICE in El Paso for the last 5 months pleads for help.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Irish man held in ICE detention says he fears for his life and asks Ireland for help
Seamus Culleton describes conditions as ‘torture’ as he pleads with taoiseach to raise his case with Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
“Just try to get me out of here and do all you can, please. It’s an absolute torture, psychological and physical torture,”
Irish man held by ICE in El Paso for the last 5 months pleads for help.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Irish man held by ICE in El Paso for the last 5 months pleads for help.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Japan has quietly become a major source of climate obstruction over the past decade. Here @roycerk2.bsky.social looks at a new @influencemap.bsky.social report that shows how effective Japanese LNG execs lobbying of Australian politicians has been drilled.media/news/japan-a...
New Documents Reveal Japan LNG Industry’s Influence on Australian Politics
A new report from Influence Map shows employees from Japanese companies involved in major Australian gas projects have been regularly meeting with Australian ministers, directly shaping policy.
drilled.media
February 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Japan has quietly become a major source of climate obstruction over the past decade. Here @roycerk2.bsky.social looks at a new @influencemap.bsky.social report that shows how effective Japanese LNG execs lobbying of Australian politicians has been drilled.media/news/japan-a...
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With the federal government poised to (illegally) kill off the EPA's climate authority, what has been an open secret is now the only game in town:
If you want to make progress on climate, you need to focus on the States.
This is our dna at @climatecabinet.org. Here's the playbook:
If you want to make progress on climate, you need to focus on the States.
This is our dna at @climatecabinet.org. Here's the playbook:
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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"Others say that this action is destructive. ... What is destructive is the insidious belief that the world outside your front door is to be treated with suspicion; that every passerby is a potential threat; that every neighbor is a potential enemy"
good @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social today
good @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social today
Remove Your Ring Camera With a Claw Hammer
Home and life improvement.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"Others say that this action is destructive. ... What is destructive is the insidious belief that the world outside your front door is to be treated with suspicion; that every passerby is a potential threat; that every neighbor is a potential enemy"
good @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social today
good @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social today
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have always appreciated @ryanjhaas.bsky.social's journalism; this is a pretty devastating read about opb www.thewesternedge.media/p/i-had-a-dr...
I Had a Dream Journalism Job. Here's Why I Quit.
The rot that hollowed out trust in corporate media finally reached OPB. I had to go.
www.thewesternedge.media
February 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
have always appreciated @ryanjhaas.bsky.social's journalism; this is a pretty devastating read about opb www.thewesternedge.media/p/i-had-a-dr...
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🔴 NEW - MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social
MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
BRUSSELS – Groups aligned with Donald Trump’s administration rallied against “online censorship” and “extreme environmentalism” as they took to the stage at an event held in the heart of the European ...
www.desmog.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
🔴 NEW - MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social
The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social
Argentina LNG suffers setbacks, raising red flags
The small floating Argentina LNG project is moving forward. But progress has stalled on a much larger gas export terminal at a time when the window of opportunity is closing.
gasoutlook.com/analysis/arg...
The small floating Argentina LNG project is moving forward. But progress has stalled on a much larger gas export terminal at a time when the window of opportunity is closing.
gasoutlook.com/analysis/arg...
Argentina LNG suffers setbacks, raising red flags - Gas Outlook
The small floating Argentina LNG project is moving forward, but progress has stalled on a much larger gas export terminal.
gasoutlook.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Argentina LNG suffers setbacks, raising red flags
The small floating Argentina LNG project is moving forward. But progress has stalled on a much larger gas export terminal at a time when the window of opportunity is closing.
gasoutlook.com/analysis/arg...
The small floating Argentina LNG project is moving forward. But progress has stalled on a much larger gas export terminal at a time when the window of opportunity is closing.
gasoutlook.com/analysis/arg...
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I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
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🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
EU plan to share data with US border force sparks surveillance fears
Washington is demanding access to sensitive data as ICE heightens fears in Europe.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM
🚨🚨Given current situation and with the sharply deteriorating situation in #trumpland, I think it is unwise, imprudent and just a very bad idea for the EU to go ahead with plans to grant #US border authorities unprecedented access to Europeans’ data. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
www.politico.eu/article/eu-m...
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Washington Post reporter laid off while freezing in a war zone by one of the world’s richest people.
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Washington Post reporter laid off while freezing in a war zone by one of the world’s richest people.
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This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.
Really interesting piece from @davekeating.substack.com on Mark Rutte's attempts to keep Europe as a US dependency
This section jumped out:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This section jumped out:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Really interesting piece from @davekeating.substack.com on Mark Rutte's attempts to keep Europe as a US dependency
This section jumped out:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This section jumped out:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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We are at a crossroads. The Police Union can choose to stand with Portlanders, to stand against fascism, or they can continue to obstruct policies that would reign the feds in because they see a kinship with corrupt law enforcement and not with the good people of our city.
There is a choice here.
There is a choice here.
The current Portland City Councilors who are endorsed by the police union are:
Smith (D1), Ryan (D2), Novick (D3), Zimmerman (D4), Clark (D4)
Listing them because the Portland Police Association is making it a fight to have a masking ban (for law enforcement) and a tear gas ban.
Smith (D1), Ryan (D2), Novick (D3), Zimmerman (D4), Clark (D4)
Listing them because the Portland Police Association is making it a fight to have a masking ban (for law enforcement) and a tear gas ban.
Please list the swing vote councillors specifically so people know who to contact. With everything going on in the country right now, it's hard to keep up with who is doing what, especially now that there are so many of you.
February 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
We are at a crossroads. The Police Union can choose to stand with Portlanders, to stand against fascism, or they can continue to obstruct policies that would reign the feds in because they see a kinship with corrupt law enforcement and not with the good people of our city.
There is a choice here.
There is a choice here.
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“Every single day that a kid is in a place like this, they deteriorate,” Hidalgo said. “I’ve seen [them] withdraw. They lose weight; they just get physically worse.”
Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term
With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 30, 2026 at 9:08 PM
“Every single day that a kid is in a place like this, they deteriorate,” Hidalgo said. “I’ve seen [them] withdraw. They lose weight; they just get physically worse.”
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Mayor Wilson has now indicated he will expedite the rule making process for the Detention Facility Impact Fee. I am grateful for that.
We also need District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to outline how he plans to hold ICE agents accountable for the unlawful use of tear gas against a group of families.
We also need District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to outline how he plans to hold ICE agents accountable for the unlawful use of tear gas against a group of families.
I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Mayor Wilson has now indicated he will expedite the rule making process for the Detention Facility Impact Fee. I am grateful for that.
We also need District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to outline how he plans to hold ICE agents accountable for the unlawful use of tear gas against a group of families.
We also need District Attorney Nathan Vasquez to outline how he plans to hold ICE agents accountable for the unlawful use of tear gas against a group of families.
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Pissed-off immigration attorney details ICE abuses and lawlessness.
February 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Pissed-off immigration attorney details ICE abuses and lawlessness.
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Update on the government taking down the temperature
February 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Update on the government taking down the temperature
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> dozens of unions show up with their families after hearing rousing militant labor speeches.
> the regime gasses their children
> the regime gasses their children
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
> dozens of unions show up with their families after hearing rousing militant labor speeches.
> the regime gasses their children
> the regime gasses their children
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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This looks more like a violent attack on unarmed civilians than anything resembling “riot control”
I was there. They were indiscriminately firing multiple canisters into a huge peaceful crowd. Fucking cowards
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This looks more like a violent attack on unarmed civilians than anything resembling “riot control”
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This was the kind of treatment the union activists got today from Oregon’s largest unions alongside coalitions like @jwjpdx.bsky.social. They fired projectiles and injured many demonstrators and broke out neighbors windows. Gas for a half dozen miles in each direction. #iceout
February 1, 2026 at 3:15 AM
This was the kind of treatment the union activists got today from Oregon’s largest unions alongside coalitions like @jwjpdx.bsky.social. They fired projectiles and injured many demonstrators and broke out neighbors windows. Gas for a half dozen miles in each direction. #iceout
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Like many have said, the gassing outside ICE today was really bad, and it impacted a huge group of people. I heard multiple people say they felt like they were going to throw up as they tried to leave the area. (I experienced similar effects.) It followed a peaceful protest led by labor groups.
February 1, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Like many have said, the gassing outside ICE today was really bad, and it impacted a huge group of people. I heard multiple people say they felt like they were going to throw up as they tried to leave the area. (I experienced similar effects.) It followed a peaceful protest led by labor groups.
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I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.