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A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
2021 heat dome left Rhode Island-sized damage in Oregon’s, Washington’s western forests
A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
www.oregonlive.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A study from Oregon State University and the U.S. Forest Service found the four-day extreme heat event scorched more than 1,000 square miles of tree canopy.
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New analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut shows that 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 climate talks, proportionally a 12% increase from last year😖Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber almost every country delegation, with 1/25 registrants repping the fossil fuel industry 😦
RELEASE: Fossil fuel lobbyists flood COP30 climate talks in Brazil, with largest ever attendance share | Kick Big Polluters Out
kickbigpollutersout.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New analysis from #KickBigPollutersOut shows that 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to #COP30 climate talks, proportionally a 12% increase from last year😖Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber almost every country delegation, with 1/25 registrants repping the fossil fuel industry 😦
Interesting idea. According to the article, 1 in 6 flights the FAA handles is a private jet. I had no idea it was that many.
www.flightaware.com/squawks/link...
www.flightaware.com/squawks/link...
These millionaires have a suggestion for the FAA: Cancel all private jet flights during the shutdown
Private jets make up one in six flights handled by the FAA, and taxpayers already foot the bill for their 'jet setting,' says Patriotic Millionaires.
www.flightaware.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Interesting idea. According to the article, 1 in 6 flights the FAA handles is a private jet. I had no idea it was that many.
www.flightaware.com/squawks/link...
www.flightaware.com/squawks/link...
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Excellent video - watch!
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Former U.S. VP Al Gore Reveals Shocking Data on Global Warming and Extreme Climate Events | AC1N
YouTube video by DRM News
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Excellent video - watch!
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Al Gore speaks at COP30 in Brazil.
Randy Rainbow appears to be getting a bit more agitated than normal. 😉
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Randy Rainbow appears to be getting a bit more agitated than normal. 😉
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Border Patrol agents led by Greg Bovino have used force far more often relative to assaults they've faced than anywhere else in that agency, according to a new @pogo.org & Amer. Uni. Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of four ys of federal data
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
Greg Bovino’s Border Patrol Agents Use Disproportionate Force, Data…
Border Patrol agents in the El Centro Sector have reported using force on other people more than three times as many times as they have faced assaults – a ratio higher than anywhere else in the agency...
www.pogo.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Border Patrol agents led by Greg Bovino have used force far more often relative to assaults they've faced than anywhere else in that agency, according to a new @pogo.org & Amer. Uni. Investigative Reporting Workshop analysis of four ys of federal data
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
www.pogo.org/investigatio...
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Amtrak San Joaquins Becomes Gold Runner, Marking a New Era for California Passenger Rail | @amtrak.com - media.amtrak.com/2025/11/amtr...
Amtrak San Joaquins Becomes Gold Runner, Marking a New Era for California Passenger Rail - Amtrak Media
Stockton, Calif. – The San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority (SJJPA) is proud to introduce a new chapter in the history of California’s intercity passenger
media.amtrak.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Amtrak San Joaquins Becomes Gold Runner, Marking a New Era for California Passenger Rail | @amtrak.com - media.amtrak.com/2025/11/amtr...
I rode the new, electrified trains on a recent trip to SF. Marvelous!! Maybe a field trip by Metro managers is in order.
Caltrain popularity among riders at all time high: https://blog.bayareametro.gov/posts/caltrain-popularity-among-riders-all-time-high!
Caltrain popularity among riders at all time high
Caltrain released the results of its 2025 customer satisfaction survey last week, with the rail agency receiving a record high satisfaction rating of 4.41 out of 5, up from 4.02 in 2024.
blog.bayareametro.gov
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I rode the new, electrified trains on a recent trip to SF. Marvelous!! Maybe a field trip by Metro managers is in order.
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Democrats aren’t just winning at the statewide level. We’re evicting MAGA at the local level, too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Democrats aren’t just winning at the statewide level. We’re evicting MAGA at the local level, too.
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I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
Thoughts from a climate scientist on the Bill Gates climate memo
I wanted to offer my thoughts, as a climate scientist, on the widely discussed memo published by Bill Gates in late October 2025. While I actually do agree with some of the specific points made therein regarding the urgent global need to accelerate efforts to reduce global poverty and improve human
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I just recorded a short video--essentially an updated version of my social media threads--on the Bill Gates climate memo. Despite agreeing with some points therein, I still think its framing is fundamentally flawed and thus also its key conclusions.
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If National Guard troops are deployed to the Bay Area they would not be able to make immigration arrests. But they could offer “cover” for ICE agents who are doing so.
This has already taken place in other cities:
missionlocal.org/2025/10/how-...
This has already taken place in other cities:
missionlocal.org/2025/10/how-...
How could the National Guard support ICE in San Francisco?
National Guard troops deployed to the Bay Area could offer “cover” for federal agents making immigration arrests.
missionlocal.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If National Guard troops are deployed to the Bay Area they would not be able to make immigration arrests. But they could offer “cover” for ICE agents who are doing so.
This has already taken place in other cities:
missionlocal.org/2025/10/how-...
This has already taken place in other cities:
missionlocal.org/2025/10/how-...
@wyden.senate.gov Ashland turned out today with 100s of folks lining Main St and a parade of cats sounding their horns and showing is peace signs, thumbs up, and raised fists. We had folks tell us thanks for protesting as we walked home.
October 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
@wyden.senate.gov Ashland turned out today with 100s of folks lining Main St and a parade of cats sounding their horns and showing is peace signs, thumbs up, and raised fists. We had folks tell us thanks for protesting as we walked home.
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Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
It’s a virtual protest! My backup plan 🙃
It’s a virtual protest! My backup plan 🙃
NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
It’s a virtual protest! My backup plan 🙃
It’s a virtual protest! My backup plan 🙃
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Another reason for Metrolink to electrify: their renewable diesel fleet isn't actually reducing emissions. #ElectrifyMetrolink
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.
The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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October 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Another reason for Metrolink to electrify: their renewable diesel fleet isn't actually reducing emissions. #ElectrifyMetrolink
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NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to an aid program.
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The executive branch does not have the authority to get the United States into armed conflicts. And it cannot turn noncombatants into military targets just by saying they are so.
This is explicitly unconstitutional, illegal violence.
This is explicitly unconstitutional, illegal violence.
Trump says US is in 'armed conflict' with drug cartels after ordering strikes in the Caribbean
President Donald Trump has declared drug cartels to be unlawful combatants and says the United States is now in an “armed conflict."
apnews.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The executive branch does not have the authority to get the United States into armed conflicts. And it cannot turn noncombatants into military targets just by saying they are so.
This is explicitly unconstitutional, illegal violence.
This is explicitly unconstitutional, illegal violence.
Going as low as they can go.
“Not surprisingly, these scientists’ names and viewpoints were familiar from previous research by UCS and others, congressional testimony, and other public appearances.” Find out who authored the Trump administration’s sham climate report and uncover their ties to the #FossilFuel industry.
Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation
Industry-backed actors create the illusion of legitimate debate, exploit uncertainty, and delay action.
blog.ucs.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Going as low as they can go.
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Pete Hegseth will text secret war plans, but he prefers to do his body-shaming face-to-face
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pete Hegseth will text secret war plans, but he prefers to do his body-shaming face-to-face
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NEW: The Russian “Movement of the First” organization continues to play a key role in Russia’s efforts to indoctrinate Ukrainian youth by forcibly removing children from occupied territories of Ukraine to Russian re-education and militarization camps. 🧵 (1/6)
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
September 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
NEW: The Russian “Movement of the First” organization continues to play a key role in Russia’s efforts to indoctrinate Ukrainian youth by forcibly removing children from occupied territories of Ukraine to Russian re-education and militarization camps. 🧵 (1/6)
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
Read more: isw.pub/OccupationUp...
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EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
Staff from the EPA’s Office of Water were summoned to a town hall meeting this week and told to pause the publication of most research, pending a review.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
EPA tells some scientists to stop publishing studies, employees say
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File this one away for the inevitable, populist backlash to AI data-centers driving up Americans’ utility bills.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
File this one away for the inevitable, populist backlash to AI data-centers driving up Americans’ utility bills.
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
@mikezaccardi.bsky.social
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Today begins the process of removing interpretive assets across National Park Service sites that violate the president's EO. If you work for the NPS, please let me know what, if any, changes are taking place at your site. No names will be used. Thank you. #NationalParks 🗃️
cwmemory.com/contact-me/
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contact
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cwmemory.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today begins the process of removing interpretive assets across National Park Service sites that violate the president's EO. If you work for the NPS, please let me know what, if any, changes are taking place at your site. No names will be used. Thank you. #NationalParks 🗃️
cwmemory.com/contact-me/
cwmemory.com/contact-me/
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"At breathtaking speed, the Trump administration is
enacting policies that will be difficult to reverse and
could disrupt population health for years or decades
to come. Time is running out to intervene."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
enacting policies that will be difficult to reverse and
could disrupt population health for years or decades
to come. Time is running out to intervene."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
Evaluating how the Trump administration will affect health outcomes
Discussions about how a government's policies affect health often focus on health
ministries or agencies responsible for medical or public health services. This is
certainly true in the USA, where con...
www.thelancet.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"At breathtaking speed, the Trump administration is
enacting policies that will be difficult to reverse and
could disrupt population health for years or decades
to come. Time is running out to intervene."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
enacting policies that will be difficult to reverse and
could disrupt population health for years or decades
to come. Time is running out to intervene."
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.com
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Federal scientific integrity (SI) policies were created to protect fed scientists & their work from politicization, retaliation, & censorship. The Trump admin is replacing them w/ new policies to give the admin more leeway in politicizing science to reach conclusions convenient for its agenda🧵
Trump’s Executive Order Puts Science Under the Thumb of Politics
The latest order is a smoke screen created to push forward a political agenda disguised as science.
blog.ucs.org
August 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Federal scientific integrity (SI) policies were created to protect fed scientists & their work from politicization, retaliation, & censorship. The Trump admin is replacing them w/ new policies to give the admin more leeway in politicizing science to reach conclusions convenient for its agenda🧵