rhammer
@rhammersley.bsky.social
energy/land-use/enviro attorney, ecologist, activist & political junkie, angler/hunter, cyclist/triathlete, music lover, futbol (Arsenal) & Michigan sports fan; live in Traverse City. (he/him)
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"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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e.g., What renewable/clean technologies qualify for a tax credit? What counts as innovative under the loan program? Who is eligible for a home energy retrofit tax credit? Do oil and gas companies need to reduce methane leakage on public lands? Is environmental justice a priority?
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
e.g., What renewable/clean technologies qualify for a tax credit? What counts as innovative under the loan program? Who is eligible for a home energy retrofit tax credit? Do oil and gas companies need to reduce methane leakage on public lands? Is environmental justice a priority?
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Note how all the fossil fuel requirements in Inflation Reduction Act were written into statute, like it literally says six lease sales in the Cook Inlet over 10 years.. and most of the renewable energy and climate implementation in the IRA relied on rule-making and agency discretion.
These lease sales are required under the Big Beautiful Bill. The last Cook Inlet sale in 2022 was mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act; that one was overturned under the national environmental policy act. Now we’ll see what happens with a weaker NEPA. www.marinelog.com/offshore/boe...
BOEM moves ahead on Gulf of America and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales
Helping Maritime Professionals Make Informed Decisions
www.marinelog.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Note how all the fossil fuel requirements in Inflation Reduction Act were written into statute, like it literally says six lease sales in the Cook Inlet over 10 years.. and most of the renewable energy and climate implementation in the IRA relied on rule-making and agency discretion.
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The IRA locked in fossil fuel leasing by statute in with very detailed specificity, but left the clean energy provisions mostly at the mercy of agency interpretation and regulation… even the tax credits and loans only work if Treasury/Energy decides it qualifies.
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The IRA locked in fossil fuel leasing by statute in with very detailed specificity, but left the clean energy provisions mostly at the mercy of agency interpretation and regulation… even the tax credits and loans only work if Treasury/Energy decides it qualifies.
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Youth turnout, 2021 to 2025 (and 2025 as pct of 2021):
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Youth turnout, 2021 to 2025 (and 2025 as pct of 2021):
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
NJ Gov 20% to 29% (+145%)
VA Gov 27% to 34% (+126%)
NYC Mayor 11.1% to 41.3% (+372%)
Sources: CIRCLE circle.tufts.edu/latest-resea... and DDHQ
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"Serving All Who Served: State Leadership for Transgender Veterans" starts in 1 hour! Join us to learn more about state-level innovation and actionable steps toward ensuring that every veteran is recognized and supported in full. https://ampr.gs/4hK8Can
Serving All Who Served: State Leadership for Transgender Veterans
Join CAP and Out in National Security for a virtual event launching the Transgender Veterans Toolkit for governors and state legislatures.
ampr.gs
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"Serving All Who Served: State Leadership for Transgender Veterans" starts in 1 hour! Join us to learn more about state-level innovation and actionable steps toward ensuring that every veteran is recognized and supported in full. https://ampr.gs/4hK8Can
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News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
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Here's a fun little amuse bouche for you.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Here's a fun little amuse bouche for you.
probably just biding their time for another, more preferable legal vehicle to arrive, but i'll take the win, even if temporary...
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
probably just biding their time for another, more preferable legal vehicle to arrive, but i'll take the win, even if temporary...
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it's sort of interesting to me that the current debate on the New Right over on the other site is essentially how to co-opt the more radical wing of the movement without the bad optics
i don't think this is good, tbh
i don't think this is good, tbh
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
it's sort of interesting to me that the current debate on the New Right over on the other site is essentially how to co-opt the more radical wing of the movement without the bad optics
i don't think this is good, tbh
i don't think this is good, tbh
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*endless screaming*
FDA on one hand: estradiol is incredibly dangerous! transfeminine people should not be allowed to have it!
vs FDA on other hand:
vs FDA on other hand:
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
*endless screaming*
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Trying to do back of the envelope math on who might be the Republicans who vote on extending subsidies. Democrats need 13 votes.
Likely yes:
Collins
Murkowski
Tillis
Rounds
Maybe:
Capito
Cassidy
Hawley
Likely yes:
Collins
Murkowski
Tillis
Rounds
Maybe:
Capito
Cassidy
Hawley
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trying to do back of the envelope math on who might be the Republicans who vote on extending subsidies. Democrats need 13 votes.
Likely yes:
Collins
Murkowski
Tillis
Rounds
Maybe:
Capito
Cassidy
Hawley
Likely yes:
Collins
Murkowski
Tillis
Rounds
Maybe:
Capito
Cassidy
Hawley
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Don’t forget how incompetent MAGA actually is. These dingdongs have made countless idiotic errors & lawless choices that are stupendously unpopular. Their attempt to redistrict themselves into permanent power seems destined to backfire too.
Stay strong friends. We’re going to win
Stay strong friends. We’re going to win
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice
‘Conversion therapy’ groups soaring £2M spend since ban on “abusive” practice promised
Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Exclusive - Spending by so-called 'conversion therapy' groups has increased by 165% since the government first promised to ban the ‘cruel and abusive’ practice
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It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
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meanwhile its biz as usual for the vast majority of my colleagues in the bar. neutrality is complicity
It is very weird seeing my friends and family slowly start to realize we're not overreacting.
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
meanwhile its biz as usual for the vast majority of my colleagues in the bar. neutrality is complicity
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The latest update on conditions inside Broadview's ICE facility, where a magistrate judge is planning a visit this week.
The Trump administration says it's "compliant" with an order to provide phone services so detainees may communicate with counsel.
Plaintiffs "continue to have concerns."
The Trump administration says it's "compliant" with an order to provide phone services so detainees may communicate with counsel.
Plaintiffs "continue to have concerns."
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The latest update on conditions inside Broadview's ICE facility, where a magistrate judge is planning a visit this week.
The Trump administration says it's "compliant" with an order to provide phone services so detainees may communicate with counsel.
Plaintiffs "continue to have concerns."
The Trump administration says it's "compliant" with an order to provide phone services so detainees may communicate with counsel.
Plaintiffs "continue to have concerns."
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except for rooftop solar, which Newsom has been a foe of and which will come back to bite CA on the ass especially with data center expansion.
California is here for the long haul.
While the Trump Administration makes this country unrecognizable, California remains a stable, reliable partner in the fight for a clean energy future.
While the Trump Administration makes this country unrecognizable, California remains a stable, reliable partner in the fight for a clean energy future.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
except for rooftop solar, which Newsom has been a foe of and which will come back to bite CA on the ass especially with data center expansion.
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I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
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"but I am le tired" ass caucus
weirdly honest messaging from the breakaway mod/institutionalist leaders who blew up the party strategy
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
they're explicitly giving up. "It wasn't working so we quit" that's the message
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"but I am le tired" ass caucus
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iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last
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The DNC Chair stands with House Dems to block this deal.
As always, it's feckless leadership and cowardice in the Senate that fucks everything up.
As always, it's feckless leadership and cowardice in the Senate that fucks everything up.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The DNC Chair stands with House Dems to block this deal.
As always, it's feckless leadership and cowardice in the Senate that fucks everything up.
As always, it's feckless leadership and cowardice in the Senate that fucks everything up.
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And if you think that transgender people - or any other oppressed minority group - are an acceptable minority to sacrifice for the sake of power, then you should not have that power. Ever.
The problem isn't "purity tests". The problem is politicians who do not give a shit about us. We deserve more.
The problem isn't "purity tests". The problem is politicians who do not give a shit about us. We deserve more.
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
And if you think that transgender people - or any other oppressed minority group - are an acceptable minority to sacrifice for the sake of power, then you should not have that power. Ever.
The problem isn't "purity tests". The problem is politicians who do not give a shit about us. We deserve more.
The problem isn't "purity tests". The problem is politicians who do not give a shit about us. We deserve more.