Don Carr
@doncarr.bsky.social
Author of THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLER and the upcoming THE REPUBLIC OF AWESOME. Environmental writer and Great Lakes flack. Iowa born, South Dakota raised, Minnesota to the end.
www.doncarrauthor.com
Views my own. Live Green or Die Hard.
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Views my own. Live Green or Die Hard.
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Don Carr
@doncarr.bsky.social
· Nov 10
The Midnight Rambler By Don Carr — the best thriller books
I am quickly finding that an environmental thriller is a sub genre that resonates with me and connects to so many current events. Sophie Grant, our FMC, is one bad a$$ Environmental Protection Agency...
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“I am quickly finding that an environmental thriller is a sub genre that resonates with me and connects to so many current events.” www.bestthrillerbooks.com/teresa-brock...
Good smoke on the big lake this am.
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Good smoke on the big lake this am.
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“journalists are a bit like firefighters—we run toward the smoke and sirens, not away.”
It's impossible to overstate how vital local news is to covering the jarring reality of these immigration sweeps; capturing video evidence & first hand accounts of the overreach & fact checking the DHS lies.
It's impossible to overstate how vital local news is to covering the jarring reality of these immigration sweeps; capturing video evidence & first hand accounts of the overreach & fact checking the DHS lies.
Immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina highlight the importance of local news. Read @sarahstonbely.bsky.social of @towcenter.bsky.social.
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Immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina highlight the importance of local news.
Immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina highlight the importance of local news.
www.cjr.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“journalists are a bit like firefighters—we run toward the smoke and sirens, not away.”
It's impossible to overstate how vital local news is to covering the jarring reality of these immigration sweeps; capturing video evidence & first hand accounts of the overreach & fact checking the DHS lies.
It's impossible to overstate how vital local news is to covering the jarring reality of these immigration sweeps; capturing video evidence & first hand accounts of the overreach & fact checking the DHS lies.
Corn has better government health insurance than Americans do.
USDA moves to bolster farm safety net, expand crop insurance access
USDA is seeking comment on a final rule aimed at boosting the safety net for farmers, broadening access to crucial risk protection programs and cutting red tape in the federal crop insurance program.
www.agri-pulse.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Corn has better government health insurance than Americans do.
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don't worry we're successfully recycling plastics into our neural tissue
A new report by @greenpeace.org finds that "plastic recycling is no more of a viable solution now than it was in the 1950s" despite "decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis."
Big Oil and the plastics industry must be held accountable for their lies.
Big Oil and the plastics industry must be held accountable for their lies.
Merchants of Myth: new report exposes plastic recycling as costly failure - Greenpeace - Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace USA reveals plastic recycling has largely failed after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis.
www.greenpeace.org
December 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
don't worry we're successfully recycling plastics into our neural tissue
So not shocked. CW on the North Shore. What a waste. Such a cool spot.
Lutsen Resort owner charged with arson, insurance fraud in fire case
Prosecutors are charging the owner of Lutsen Resort, Bryce James Campbell, with arson and insurance fraud.
www.wdio.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So not shocked. CW on the North Shore. What a waste. Such a cool spot.
Everyone says Pomp Room but real SF heads back Phil's.
Hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
Lalley: Back in the Sioux Falls groove
Phil's Pub returns as a live music venue with new owners and a fresh vibe.
www.siouxfallslive.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Everyone says Pomp Room but real SF heads back Phil's.
Hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
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The president fails to realize how deeply Somali Americans love this country.
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The president fails to realize how deeply Somali Americans love this country.
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
We are doctors, teachers, and elected leaders working to make our country better.
We will not let Trump intimidate or debilitate us. My op-ed:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
"Three people were handcuffed and removed from the building during the melee"
Meeting erupts in chaos over data center
Port Washington aldermen on Tuesday were listening to a lineup of speakers — most of them opposed to the proposed Vantage Data Centers Lighthouse Campus — when pandemonium broke out. Three people were...
www.ozaukeepress.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Three people were handcuffed and removed from the building during the melee"
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Lovely news
Microplastics in brains, bloodstreams: I-Team investigates contamination, efforts to measure risks
The ABC7 I-Team is tracking a new and major push to understand the level of microplastics in drinking water in Chicago and throughout the country.
abc7chicago.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Lovely news
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95% of MN Somalis are US citizens. 58% were born in the US. The only reason to target this community with immigration agents is for the sake of racial profiling and harassment - which the US supreme court says is legal now.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
95% of MN Somalis are US citizens. 58% were born in the US. The only reason to target this community with immigration agents is for the sake of racial profiling and harassment - which the US supreme court says is legal now.
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/13/n...
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Current* conditions near Duluth, MN:
December 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Current* conditions near Duluth, MN:
FYI this corresponds with my Spotify wrap age saying "deathbed."
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
FYI this corresponds with my Spotify wrap age saying "deathbed."
Nice. Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project looks killer.
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Nice. Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project looks killer.
Applies to all of US agriculture.
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight, by @jamesctobias.bsky.social and Mark Olalde w/ @highcountrynews.org
Powerful Friends: Sympathetic Officials and “Cultural Power” Help Ranchers Dodge Oversight
Elected officials are quick to support public lands ranchers who are accused of breaking rules. As a result, federal agencies pull punches when enforcing regulations.
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Applies to all of US agriculture.
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A blow to Summit's carbon pipeline.
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/n...
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/n...
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional • North Dakota Monitor
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional.
northdakotamonitor.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A blow to Summit's carbon pipeline.
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/n...
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/n...
People are pissed.
"Residents opposed to the Port Washington project have repeatedly raised concerns about the project's potential impact on the environment, energy prices, water use and purpose of advancing AI."
"Residents opposed to the Port Washington project have repeatedly raised concerns about the project's potential impact on the environment, energy prices, water use and purpose of advancing AI."
Anti-data center protesters arrested during Port Washington meeting
Multiple people were arrested at a City of Port Washington meeting Dec. 2 where protesters spoke out against the proposed $15 billion data center.
www.jsonline.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
People are pissed.
"Residents opposed to the Port Washington project have repeatedly raised concerns about the project's potential impact on the environment, energy prices, water use and purpose of advancing AI."
"Residents opposed to the Port Washington project have repeatedly raised concerns about the project's potential impact on the environment, energy prices, water use and purpose of advancing AI."
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On king corn & its possible reincarnation as an aviation fuel: it “could prompt another 114m acres to be converted to 🌽 […].
“The result,” said University of Iowa professor and natural resources economist Silvia Secchi, “would be essentially to enshrine this dysfunctional system that we created.”
“The result,” said University of Iowa professor and natural resources economist Silvia Secchi, “would be essentially to enshrine this dysfunctional system that we created.”
The environmental costs of corn: should the US change how it grows its dominant crop?
Amid concerns over greenhouse gas emissions, the Trump administration has abolished climate-friendly farming incentives
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On king corn & its possible reincarnation as an aviation fuel: it “could prompt another 114m acres to be converted to 🌽 […].
“The result,” said University of Iowa professor and natural resources economist Silvia Secchi, “would be essentially to enshrine this dysfunctional system that we created.”
“The result,” said University of Iowa professor and natural resources economist Silvia Secchi, “would be essentially to enshrine this dysfunctional system that we created.”
Excellent breakdown via @carol-thompson.bsky.social
Q&A: What to know about data centers
As our use of online tools expands wildly with the advent of artificial intelligence, so does the demand for data.
www.detroitnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Excellent breakdown via @carol-thompson.bsky.social
“Truth is, Iowans have seen the endless stream of reports on pollution incidents and watched the state’s largest city struggle to deal with high nitrate levels in its drinking water. Telling them all’s well is dishonest.
Voters hate that.”
Voters hate that.”
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
“Truth is, Iowans have seen the endless stream of reports on pollution incidents and watched the state’s largest city struggle to deal with high nitrate levels in its drinking water. Telling them all’s well is dishonest.
Voters hate that.”
Voters hate that.”
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Minnesota’s Somali community is needed and wanted. They enrich Minnesota and America. I am glad our Somali community is part of my community.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Minnesota’s Somali community is needed and wanted. They enrich Minnesota and America. I am glad our Somali community is part of my community.
Having worked at one of the big greens on this list this analysis rings true.
On the persistence of Silent Spring persuasion tactics in a Braiding Sweetgrass world.
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Is Environmentalism Out of Ideas?
The answer depends on where you look.
substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Having worked at one of the big greens on this list this analysis rings true.
Powerful piece from Trampled by Turtles' Dave Simonett on threats to the BWCA.
"They have lost their romance with nature, and I feel sorry for them."
"They have lost their romance with nature, and I feel sorry for them."
Call of the Wild
There will always be someone trying to convert your favorite wild space into profit.
substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Powerful piece from Trampled by Turtles' Dave Simonett on threats to the BWCA.
"They have lost their romance with nature, and I feel sorry for them."
"They have lost their romance with nature, and I feel sorry for them."
Bob doing his thing at Minnehaha Creek.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Bob doing his thing at Minnehaha Creek.