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Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.

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BREAKING: A 5-4 Supreme Court ruled the Environmental Protection Agency CANNOT employ generic, water body-focused pollution discharge limits to Clean Water Act permit holders, and must use source-specific ones. (San Francisco v. EPA, 23-753) #SCOTUS www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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“Trump’s mass firings at NOAA are an act of sabotage aimed at one of our most important federal agencies,” said Miyoko Sakashita, the Center for Biological Diversity’s oceans director.

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The mass firing of both new hires and recently promoted senior staff within #NOAA, including mission-critical and life-saving roles at the National Weather Service (#NWS), is profoundly alarming. 1/11

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"Spectacularly short-sighted." @weatherwest.bsky.social says the mass firings at NOAA and @nws.noaa.gov "will deal a major self-inflicted wound to the public safety of Americans and the resiliency of the American economy to weather and climate-related disasters." www.latimes.com/california/s...

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So sad for all of the NOAA folks tonight, including a dear friend who was doing great work. 💔 And, as with a lot of things lately, I’m sad and scared for all of us. wtf. 🥺

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Fires, floods, & extreme heat are devastating our communities. CA is paying the price for climate disasters while Big Oil profits. It’s time for them to pay their fair share. Tell lawmakers to support #SB684 and #AB1243, Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

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🌟TONIGHT (Feb 26) at 6pm: #Oakland mayoral candidates forum, watchable via zoom thanks @oaklandside.bsky.social

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It's been 5 years since the CO2 pipeline disaster in Satartia, Miss. What is the state of CO2 pipeline safety regulation now, you might ask? www.exxonknews.org/p/safety-rul... by @danad1012.bsky.social @emdashsanders.bsky.social

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👉 BREAKING: "Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act" introduced to assess fees on the largest fossil fuel polluters in California to pay for the climate damage they’ve caused Introduced by Sen. Caroline Menjivar & Asm. Dawn Addis biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

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LOVE this 🔥 quote (below) from @revyearwood.bsky.social Context: As much as 60% of future fossil fuel development would not be economically viable without government handouts. New "End Polluter Handouts" campaign launched: www.endpolluterhandouts.org/our-why

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Biden touted CCS as a climate solution (it's not), and it's propped up by public tax $$$. What will Trump do, especially when CCS benefits the fossil fuel industry? www.theatlantic.com/science/arch... by @zoeschlanger.bsky.social

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If you are a federal employee working in anything related to climate, environment, or disasters, I'm @zoeschlanger.99 on Signal and would like to hear from you.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Permitting reform was never about clean/renewable energy. It was always about this.

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I can't help but look at all of the US Attorney resignations against the backdrop of last week's strong & surprising American Bar Association statement calling on lawyers to insist that the gov't follow the law. I wonder if that emboldened the US Attorneys.

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This is a good idea. A daily Democratic press conference with a consistent, skilled spokesperson who covers two things: 1. What DOGE and the Trump administration did to the American people today 2. What Democrats are doing in response

submitted 18 days ago • 97 comments

👇 Read this resignation letter from NY US Attorney Hagan Scotten over the Mayor Adams issue. It's extraordinary. "No system of ordered liberty can allow the Gov't to use the carrot of dismissing charges. . . to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives."

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Hagan Scotten’s letter is excellent and only one page long. Read it! Send it around!

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The Acting Solicitor General has notified Congress of DOJ's intent to ask #SCOTUS to overrule Humphrey's Executor—a major 1935 ruling upholding the independence of agencies like the FCC, FTC, NLRB, etc. fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc... Because less independence is what we need...

submitted 19 days ago • 379 comments

Kathleen Sgamma is an instrument of the oil & gas industry. Her (unsurprising) nomination serves Trump’s abandonment of science-based climate and conservation action. Public lands, clean air and water, wildlife, & communities will suffer as a result.

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If you’re in DC pls go and make a witty sign and yell real loud for me tomorrow‼️ For the love of @noaa 🩵 www.mobilize.us/ccanactionfu...

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Excellent reporting from @propublica.org on how banal a #coup can look. The barrage of wild EOs, memos, and press releases was one thing -- but this historic #constitutionalcrisis is another.

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Whoa. “We urge every attorney to join us and insist that our government, a government of the people, follow the law.” www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

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Awful tale that speaks to dangerous CO2 pipelines & why strong regulatory agencies (+ enforcement!) are important 👇 tl;dr: CO2 pipeline company brazenly obstructed safety inspections after disastrous pipeline leak; agency fined them $2 million pstrust.org/denbury-gulf... via @pstrust.bsky.social

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The Trump Admin took EJScreen down but the good folks at Public Environmental Data Partners reconstructed the tool and put it back up: 🌟 screening-tools.com/epa-ejscreen

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SCOOP: Cats that became infected with bird flu might have spread the virus to humans in the same household and vice versa, according to data that briefly appeared online in a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention but then abruptly vanished. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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This is it, we've had enough. Join me outside of the US EPA headquarters. I'll be speaking alongside @markey.senate.gov and @actonclimateus.bsky.social leaders to defend EPA programs and people. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...

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New: A glimpse inside the EPA, where the 20+ workers I spoke with are sad, terrified, resigned and, in not a few cases, really, really mad. www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

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"Who enforces judicial rulings against the president?" 👀 I've been wondering the same thing. With Nixon, his own party threatened to impeach him if he didn't comply. Hmm. www.npr.org/2025/02/06/n... by @amartinezla.bsky.social @npr.org

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Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06

submitted 27 days ago • 41 comments

🤔 www.politico.com/interactives...

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I've visited this lab and they are doing important and difficult work to stave off extinction. Another casualty of the nonsense funding cuts (though hopefully they survive somehow) www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

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If you work at a federal agency touched by DOGE, particularly the Education Department — or if you have other information about DOGE that you'd like to share with @nbcnews.com — I'd love to speak with you. I'm on Signal at: tylerkingkadenbc.20 We are good at protecting sources' identities.

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This quote is so 🔥 "Elon Musk is a Nazi nepo baby. A godless, lawless billionaire. No one elected Elon. This is America. This is not your trashy cyber truck that you can just dismantle, pick apart and sell the pieces of.” -- @pressley.house.gov

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Trump EPA appointees plan to demote career employees who oversee scientific research, enforcement of pollution laws, hazardous waste cleanup & the agency’s HR department and replace them with political appointees (read: Trump loyalists), Lisa Friedman reports www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/c...

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Hiring: come fight with us! ✊ ⚖️ Our Energy Justice team is fending back utility attacks on distributed renewable energy, holding utilities accountable for harming ratepayers, & stripping the social license of fossil utilities. biologicaldiversity.bamboohr.com/careers/112

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And now, coming for EPA: “The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 EPA employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws & other programs that they could be fired at any time.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

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"At 9:21 a.m. on Monday, E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c...

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Loud sirens now blaring from the Martinez Refinery #breaking @ktvufox2.bsky.social

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Flames shoot up from an exhaust pipe as the sky turns dark from an explosion reported at the Martinez Refinery in Martinez, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. #bayarea #refineryfire #martinez #martinezrefinery

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Heads up in Martinez, CA and nearby: Refinery fire triggers Level 2 notification, meaning hazardous materials release/potential release expected to have off-site impacts & possibly adverse health consequences." Children & the elderly advised to go inside. 😞 www.eastbaytimes.com/2025/02/01/m...

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