Susan Conard
@sgconard.bsky.social
Ecology, fire effects, fire science, climate change. Retired USFS R&D, EiC Intl J Wildland Fire 2008-2024. Green energy, politics, public policy.
A report on US methane emissions NOT written by Trump Admin. estimates methane continues to be an increasingly major factor in atmospheric forcing.
Methane pollution from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire economies of all but seven nations on earth.
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
(This is with methane's climate impacts conservatively evaluated over a 100-year time frame. Evaluated over shorter time frames, methane's impacts are worse.)
Accounting for methane from natural gas infrastructure in United States greenhouse gas emission estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that United States net greenhouse gas emissions have declined over the last two decades and are no…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 PM
A report on US methane emissions NOT written by Trump Admin. estimates methane continues to be an increasingly major factor in atmospheric forcing.
Judge Hands Trump a Fifth Loss in His Effort to Halt Offshore Wind Projects
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
February 1, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Liam made people look. Now don’t look away.
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive.
#FreeTheChildren
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Some context re “per capita” usage here… The arrest rate for CBP Officers was 0.5% of officers (higher now). The avg is 0.1% in other law enforcement and 0.36% (non-property crimes) of the total US population. Undocumented have *lower* avg crime rates than citizens (both included in 0.36%).
February 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Some context re “per capita” usage here… The arrest rate for CBP Officers was 0.5% of officers (higher now). The avg is 0.1% in other law enforcement and 0.36% (non-property crimes) of the total US population. Undocumented have *lower* avg crime rates than citizens (both included in 0.36%).
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Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/
February 2, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Arctic in Disarry!! It’s been the story of the winter so far. Warm-Blocky Arctic displacing cold airmasses southward. It’s how a rapidly warming Arctic - at a rate 4X the global average - and record low Arctic sea ice - helps enhance the patterns that lead to mid-latitude cold air outbreaks… 1/
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NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP. www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Next time someone asks you about energy and land use, maybe remind them that the ~35 million acres that currently grow corn for ethanol in the US could produce ~15 PWh per year of electricity from solar photovoltaics. That's ~3.5 times more than *total annual generation from all US power plants*.
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
February 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Here's the time it takes to get utility scale electricity production up and running.
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Here's the time it takes to get utility scale electricity production up and running.
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
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A 30-pt swing in South Carolina in November makes me a Senator and retires Lindsey Graham. 🇺🇸
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 PM
A 30-pt swing in South Carolina in November makes me a Senator and retires Lindsey Graham. 🇺🇸
This is not exactly news. We've known about the perfidy of FF companies hiding their model results for about 50 yrs. They could have LED the transition to green energy. Instead they STILL only give lip service to it. Even as they realize the FF industries are on their way out. Bears repeating, tho!
Warm air masses in the atmosphere rise upward, causing cooler air from neighboring areas, sometimes from the arctic, to rush in. This is how atmospheric heat powers storms. In other words, global warming causes colder, more intense winter storms. www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxo...
Exxon's Own Models Predicted Global Warming--It Ignored Them
Scientists working for the oil giant Exxon in the 1970s and 1980s estimated temperature increases with remarkable accuracy. Those findings could now be used as evidence in climate litigation
www.scientificamerican.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This is not exactly news. We've known about the perfidy of FF companies hiding their model results for about 50 yrs. They could have LED the transition to green energy. Instead they STILL only give lip service to it. Even as they realize the FF industries are on their way out. Bears repeating, tho!
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Can we just impeach the president, vice-president, and the necessary civil officers in one go? It'd be nice to clean house.
February 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Can we just impeach the president, vice-president, and the necessary civil officers in one go? It'd be nice to clean house.
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
January 30, 2026 at 8:31 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders is introducing an amendment to cut ICE’s $75 billion funding increase, and to use those funds to restore the federal cuts to health care.
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A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
January 30, 2026 at 2:43 AM
MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: "Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!”
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it
(H/T longtimehistory)
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On Lawfare Daily, @rparloff.bsky.social sat down with @kyledcheney.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the thousands of habeas corpus cases challenging a Trump administration policy requiring mandatory detention for most detained aliens. youtu.be/zxPSZiClvRo
January 30, 2026 at 3:12 PM
On Lawfare Daily, @rparloff.bsky.social sat down with @kyledcheney.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the thousands of habeas corpus cases challenging a Trump administration policy requiring mandatory detention for most detained aliens. youtu.be/zxPSZiClvRo
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This isn't about immigration policy; it's about the militarization of our public spaces. ICE turning our blocks into patrol zones makes everyone feel like a suspect, not a citizen. #ICEoffOurStreets
January 30, 2026 at 2:03 AM
This isn't about immigration policy; it's about the militarization of our public spaces. ICE turning our blocks into patrol zones makes everyone feel like a suspect, not a citizen. #ICEoffOurStreets
At least a few Rs are starting to have spines-maybe.
Good News: Fetterman joins all US Senate Dems and several Republicans — including Sens. Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Rick Scott, Ted Budd, Ron Johnson, Ashley Moody and Tommy Tuberville to block funding package amid ICE debate. The vote was 45-55 to block the package. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/01...
Senate blocks package that would fund DHS
Ahead of a government shutdown deadline, Democrats, including John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and several Republicans, voted 45-55 to block the package.
www.spotlightpa.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
At least a few Rs are starting to have spines-maybe.
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Stephen Miller is trying to rig the election.
His plan escalated from militarized agents terrorizing our streets to Patel targeting voter rolls in Fulton County.
I introduced an amendment to stop the federal government from seizing election records or voting machines. Senate Dems must add it now.
His plan escalated from militarized agents terrorizing our streets to Patel targeting voter rolls in Fulton County.
I introduced an amendment to stop the federal government from seizing election records or voting machines. Senate Dems must add it now.
January 30, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Stephen Miller is trying to rig the election.
His plan escalated from militarized agents terrorizing our streets to Patel targeting voter rolls in Fulton County.
I introduced an amendment to stop the federal government from seizing election records or voting machines. Senate Dems must add it now.
His plan escalated from militarized agents terrorizing our streets to Patel targeting voter rolls in Fulton County.
I introduced an amendment to stop the federal government from seizing election records or voting machines. Senate Dems must add it now.
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Our elementary school booster club has stricter bylaws around budget appropriations.
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Our elementary school booster club has stricter bylaws around budget appropriations.
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I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
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My hot take: Separating DHS funding from the broader package is a win for Senate Democrats. It means the next two weeks of appropriations debate will focus solely on ICE—Republicans can’t hold the rest of the government hostage to boost funding for these agents.
These next two weeks matter.
These next two weeks matter.
January 30, 2026 at 1:16 AM
My hot take: Separating DHS funding from the broader package is a win for Senate Democrats. It means the next two weeks of appropriations debate will focus solely on ICE—Republicans can’t hold the rest of the government hostage to boost funding for these agents.
These next two weeks matter.
These next two weeks matter.