Ann Mesnikoff

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Native American Rights Fund is organizing against #BAAJA: "BAAJA attempts to strip Tribes of the limited opportunities they currently have to engage as sovereign governments in project permitting, even going so far as to stripping cultural protection and Tribal participation in the NHPA."

The permitting deal would fundamentally reconfigure the energy and environmental protection landscape. With GHG costs/benefits predicated on speculative assumptions/bets such that modeling is virtually impossible. And yet the Senate wants to bulldoze this through in a lame duck session. It's 🤯.

this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept

TEXAS OHIO GEORGIA NORTH CAROLINA MICHIGAN IOWA ALASKA These are the states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day. If your state is on that list, we want to train you how to get into election protection formation.

Are you worried about the future of the Kennedy Center? Tonight, @kcunions.bsky.social, Hands Off the Arts, @tarahoot.bsky.social, and more supporters are gathering at the closed arts complex for a protest. More details in @ecwilliams.bsky.social's reporting:

Hands Around the Kennedy Center Friday, September 18, 2026 @ 6:30 PM EST The Kennedy Center, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC RSVP: protest.handsoffthearts.org

Mail voting rules stayed put, so now comes the wildly radical part: actually making a plan. Check registration, know the deadlines, request what you need, and vote. Democracy works considerably better when citizens participate in it. #GetReadyToVote

The race for AI data center growth shouldn’t mean weaker safeguards on pollution. Former EPA official Walter Mugdan explains why strong enforcement matters when families’ health is at risk. What’s being weakened? Read the full report at the link in the comments.

This is a reminder that data centers are not just an energy issue, or a water issue. Sound, heat and other impacts are very real and harmful.

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream voluntarily recalled their Outshine Fruit Bars on Sunday, officials said, out of concern that five flavors of the frozen treats may be contaminated with glass. No injuries linked to the recalled products have been reported.

I am intrigued by the replacement of the bench slats at Lincoln and Marion Parks on Capitol Hill with purple heartwood - i am told by the park service person this is the original look. But also curious about who made this decision and when, and at what cost v other needed repairs.

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It’s time to fight back. Join Moms in calling on our lawmakers to oppose this unwarranted and reckless attack on state authority, our air, and public health. #CleanCars #CleanTrucks

EPA has formally repealed all federal climate pollution protections for cars and trucks. Now Congress is trying to go after long-established state standards for greenhouse gas and smog-forming vehicle emissions. #momsky

An aging Michigan coal plant was supposed to close. Now, the decision to force it to stay open another 90 days is on August 16th. Communities will pay twice: through electricity costs and the health impacts of toxic pollution. Tell EPA: Put our health first. Petition link in comments.

The INaturalist app says Chanterelles- 100% confidence. Not trying them.

Trump's "DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force" is killing people in DC, especially Black and Brown residents. TONIGHT AT 6 PM: Show up to demand #JusticeForJulian and #EndTheDCoccupation with @harrietsdreams.bsky.social and Free DC. freedcproject.org/julian

The Trump DOT is holding back transit grants to support transit across the country! This undermines projects and jobs and raises costs. We need more transit and this DOT is just sitting on billions.

Anyone who questions opposition to data centers should listen to this story. The owner so blithely says they’ll buy homes, as if people’s attachment to their community and home is nothing.

There are 4 DAYS left to submit your public comment to tell the Trump Admin hands off Chaco Canyon! These sacred, ancestral landscapes must not be sold off to oil and gas leasing—but protected for generations to come.  To submit your public comment, visit: eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...

Thanks @murray.senate.gov for pushing back on Hegseth’s request for $800 million more for the unnecessary deployment of the Guard in DC. This is government waste! It is a vanity deployment and an abuse of the Guard and their commitment to serve.

I built a tool to help people write their comments easily. bsky.app/profile/drru...

Loved passing by this row of #ebikes parked outside a church on Capitol Hill.

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 6 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/O3v0m

Everyone has a stake in this! Comment against giving OMB and Vought the ability to meddle, cancel or control science and grants across the government.

Happy 4th from Capitol Hill!

The big DC parade was canceled today. It was great to see the Capitol Hill, Barracks Row neighborhood parade added in high school bands who had come all the to DC to march. NE, UT and MN schools upped the game!

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! There are only 10 days left to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/Bl59I

Great news! #electric school buses are quiet clean rides for kids and communities and can be so much more!

Our analysis found that the White House's proposed OMB regulations would threaten nearly 5,000 clinical trials. This includes more than 1,000 cancer treatment studies. Join the fight by taking action against the OMB grant funding proposal at the link in our bio! #standupforscience #vought #omb

"Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive." Solar power, when smartly built, can improve agriculture *and* provide clean, pollution-free, low-cost energy. www.anl.gov/article/inse...

that thar's good messagin'

Could not resist a detour on my way home to check this mess out. The bottom is completely coated in muck, a bunch of guys with vacuums (all powered with individual diesel generators) trying to clean it. By the time they get to the other end ….

Last week, lawmakers rushed HB 472, a really bad anti-voter bill and it's now up to Governor DeWine to stop it with a veto. Go to the link below to email him, or call him directly at (614) 644-4357, or (614) 466-3555. Tell the governor to veto HB 472: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Can you spare 60 seconds to save our national forests? The regime’s illegal plan to gut the Forest Service has already forced hundreds of expert researchers to resign. Click the link, and our tool sends a direct letter to Congress: 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Thank you @markey.senate.gov and 15 Senators working on a transportation bill to: 🚗 Protect infrastructure grants from political interference 🚲 Make transportation safer 🚌 Address affordability crisis ✊🏽 Create good, union jobs 🌎 Protect climate & public health www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Take out as it should be! In our own containers.

I've just heard from my dear brother @revyearwood.bsky.social that his esteemed mother, Dr. Myrtle Yearwood, died on May Day. She asked that instead of flowers people contribute to the Hip Hop Caucus Voter Education Fund, especially in light of last week's despicable Court ruling respectmyvote.com

@dogs.bsky.social five weeks in, Roscoe is quite settled in to being a city dog.

Millions of Americans are drinking nitrate-contaminated water so that we can feed the world's gas tanks corn ethanol. What a fucking deal. Side note, I'm quoted in an article with the great @anneschech.bsky.social and @profsecchi.bsky.social . . . I gotta say, it was a good day.

Do you know if you and your family are breathing #CleanAir? Check out the American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report! Lung.org/sota

Thankfully, most folks currently in a position of power are not pushing for this very dumb policy. Because evidence is not on your side here: taxfoundation.org/oped/gas-tax...

Republicans love to talk about “living within our means” when it comes to spending—except for the Pentagon, whose budget they want to increase by *40%*. Meanwhile, their cuts to the Forest Service are having a huge impact on research + wildfire management. The damage they’re doing is incalculable.