Aarón Cantú
@aaroncantu.bsky.social
California climate accountability reporter @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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Aarón Cantú
@aaroncantu.bsky.social
· Oct 2
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
There’s an army of underemployed, downwardly mobile under 50s who are smart and motivated to build a new civic infrastructure. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Left Is About to Take Power. The Stakes Could Not Be Higher.
Zohran Mamdani's triumph has given socialists huge power in New York City. Now they must use it well—or see the ruling class crush them.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There’s an army of underemployed, downwardly mobile under 50s who are smart and motivated to build a new civic infrastructure. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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"It should shock everyone’s conscience that we have masked armed men behaving like that with a U.S. citizen father and a toddler who were just going to run an errand at Home Depot on a random Tuesday.”
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
Video: Armed agents drive off with child after detaining her father
Federal immigration agents detained a man in Cypress Park whose toddler was strapped into the back seat of his vehicle. Two agents toting weapons climbed into his car and drove off, video showed.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"It should shock everyone’s conscience that we have masked armed men behaving like that with a U.S. citizen father and a toddler who were just going to run an errand at Home Depot on a random Tuesday.”
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
An awesome thing about being a journalist, and not a politician or advocate, is you can say true things even when they’re unpopular. For example, climate change is real, perpetrated by specific actors, harms many people, and should be resolved as fast and thoroughly as possible.
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
An awesome thing about being a journalist, and not a politician or advocate, is you can say true things even when they’re unpopular. For example, climate change is real, perpetrated by specific actors, harms many people, and should be resolved as fast and thoroughly as possible.
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The Hodgson family runs a ranch in the San Juan Basin that spans several thousand acres. Everywhere you look on that land, there’s an oil or gas well.
Now the ranchers say their oil giant neighbor is impacting their livestock, land and livelihood.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
Now the ranchers say their oil giant neighbor is impacting their livestock, land and livelihood.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
The David vs. Goliath Story of a Ranching Family and an Oil Giant
They were cowboys amid the mesas in a corner of New Mexico. For years they coexisted with an oil company — until one day they couldn’t.
capitalandmain.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Hodgson family runs a ranch in the San Juan Basin that spans several thousand acres. Everywhere you look on that land, there’s an oil or gas well.
Now the ranchers say their oil giant neighbor is impacting their livestock, land and livelihood.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
Now the ranchers say their oil giant neighbor is impacting their livestock, land and livelihood.
capitalandmain.com/the-david-vs...
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Mamdani barely campaigned on climate, but the movement has rallied behind him.
Here’s my look at his agenda and what it might tell us about climate politics moving forward. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...
Here’s my look at his agenda and what it might tell us about climate politics moving forward. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...
What Zohran Mamdani’s Win Means for New York's Climate Politics
Whether intentionally or not, the mayor-elect’s approach reflects a view that is going mainstream in climate circles: To succeed, climate policies need to…
nysfocus.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Mamdani barely campaigned on climate, but the movement has rallied behind him.
Here’s my look at his agenda and what it might tell us about climate politics moving forward. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...
Here’s my look at his agenda and what it might tell us about climate politics moving forward. nysfocus.com/2025/11/05/z...
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I must however say as Black freelance writer I didn’t benefit from the brand as much as my white counterparts. When my column went viral, it was Teen Vogue that was praised for my ideas and my risk. When I got attacked by the right though, it was my face, my name, my life that were threatened.
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I must however say as Black freelance writer I didn’t benefit from the brand as much as my white counterparts. When my column went viral, it was Teen Vogue that was praised for my ideas and my risk. When I got attacked by the right though, it was my face, my name, my life that were threatened.
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The first-ever lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster can proceed in Washington State court, a judge ruled.
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
First-ever wrongful death case against Big Oil to proceed in state court | Center for Climate Integrity
Misti Leon is seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for fueling the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave that killed her mother.
climateintegrity.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The first-ever lawsuit seeking to hold Big Oil companies accountable for the death of a family member in a climate disaster can proceed in Washington State court, a judge ruled.
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
"This is an important step toward putting these companies on trial and securing accountability for the Leon family."
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It’s fitting that my last piece for my column in Teen Vogue was about preparing for Trump’s repression against the left. Even then the media was very hesitant to say he would go full authoritarian.
Look at us now.
Black Canary you will always be that bitch 🖤
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Look at us now.
Black Canary you will always be that bitch 🖤
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Trump Has Promised to Target ‘the Radical Left.’ What Could That Look Like?
Activists are preparing for the worst with Trump’s second term.
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s fitting that my last piece for my column in Teen Vogue was about preparing for Trump’s repression against the left. Even then the media was very hesitant to say he would go full authoritarian.
Look at us now.
Black Canary you will always be that bitch 🖤
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Look at us now.
Black Canary you will always be that bitch 🖤
www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
As an infant parent sometimes I wonder why I feel insane, then realize I've kept the lullaby on full blast on my laptop well after she went down for a nap
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As an infant parent sometimes I wonder why I feel insane, then realize I've kept the lullaby on full blast on my laptop well after she went down for a nap
Despite it all, letting SNAP expire is one of the most shocking policy choices of this administration www.latimes.com/california/s...
As SNAP benefits lapse, thousands show up to Southern California food banks
Los Angeles food banks scurry to fill the gap as Angelenos' SNAP benefits are interrupted by the federal government shutdown.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Despite it all, letting SNAP expire is one of the most shocking policy choices of this administration www.latimes.com/california/s...
17 years old: I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees
37 year old: ow, my knees
37 year old: ow, my knees
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
17 years old: I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees
37 year old: ow, my knees
37 year old: ow, my knees
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NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Black River — near total destruction.
Black River — near total destruction.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Black River — near total destruction.
Black River — near total destruction.
After suffering a heart attack due to fear of masked men abducting him, Juan self-deported after building a life in Pasadena: capitalandmain.com/ive-never-se...
‘I’ve Never Seen Anything Like it.’ Aggressive ICE Raids Led One Man to Ask: Should I Self-Deport?
Trump’s immigration crackdown is leading some longtime residents to flee the country. They leave behind fractured communities and grieving loved ones.
capitalandmain.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
After suffering a heart attack due to fear of masked men abducting him, Juan self-deported after building a life in Pasadena: capitalandmain.com/ive-never-se...
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Wajã Xipai: I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen? #Cop30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence and an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Wajã Xipai: I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen? #Cop30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“Oligarchy” doesn’t capture the situation where centibillionares
make pronouncements about “overall human welfare.” Maybe thearchy?
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
make pronouncements about “overall human welfare.” Maybe thearchy?
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
Bill Gates on his new climate message: There's enough innovation to avoid 'super bad' outcomes
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss details of his new essay ahead of the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, his views on climate change, whether the Paris Climat...
www.cnbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Oligarchy” doesn’t capture the situation where centibillionares
make pronouncements about “overall human welfare.” Maybe thearchy?
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
make pronouncements about “overall human welfare.” Maybe thearchy?
www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
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Trump has never been supportive of green technologies, but in his second term he has made a concerted effort to wreck climate policies. The world now has a carbon bully, as one expert put it.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Trump Pressures the World Into Burning More Oil and Gas
As COP30 nears, the US’s pressure to keep fossil fuels relevant may empower petrostates, potentially giving them more leverage at the UN talks.
www.bloomberg.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Trump has never been supportive of green technologies, but in his second term he has made a concerted effort to wreck climate policies. The world now has a carbon bully, as one expert put it.
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see
Like the US economy
Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters.
Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM