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This election season we're saying NO to three ballot initiatives in #WashingtonState that will worsen economic inequality and roll back rights for minorities already being fed and dehumanizing attacks. Read more about our positions at our blog: frontandcentered.org/we-beat-bria... #VOTE #Elections

Washingtonians! We've got inside intel that hyperscalers have been having "urgent" meetings with Governor Ferguson. THIS IS NOT GOOD. He stood up to Trump as AG; make sure he knows we expect him to stand up for our communities now, and not roll over for Big Tech. Statewide moratorium now!

Extreme weather disasters in WA are growing in scale + frequency causing $$ billions in damage. Meanwhile #fossilfuel industry reaps another windfall. One common sense step we can take: #MakePollutersPay for costs of climate harms!💡 washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/10/15/w... @350seattle.bsky.social

The case connects three key elements: 🏭 Historical corporate emissions 🌡️ Climate attribution science 💰 The principle that those contributing to environmental harm should bear its costs: #MakePollutersPay.

Alki Point Healthy Street ITS HAPPENING !! 📣 @transportation.seattle.gov is here installing everything for the last block!!! 🍾 🥂

“In terms of magnitude, the [US emissions} increase...far exceeded that of all other countries and was driven by increased electricity demand." billmckibben.substack.com/p/elections-...

Beverly and Jeff Morris lived in peace and quiet on their beautiful farm before Meta broke ground on a data center complex next door. Now, they don't have clean drinking water and are dealing with constant noise pollution.

Your future is too important to leave in someone else's hands. Make sure you have a plan to vote. Voting is how we hold the people in power to account. This year, keep yourself safe, make your plan to vote and let your voice be heard. #WeDecide https://bit.ly/4f0QrOC

California’s coastal habitats just gained protections: The Mishopshno and Point Sal State Marine Conservation Areas have been approved. This marks a new era in ocean conservation, as these are the first Tribally led marine protected areas for the state.

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New study: Pollution from industries in Louisiana's Cancer Alley, include oil refining and petrochemical processing, increases risks of congenital heart defects for infants born in nearby communities. BAAJA, the federal permitting bill, would make it easier to build such polluting facilities.

"The confidential draft, obtained by POLITICO and not previously reported, marks a notable effort by the frontier AI lab to shape the rules governing its own technology." Right. And then we'll let Exxon write climate policy.

After National Climate Assessment researchers were dismissed under Trump, scientists launched a collection where synthesis research that underpins climate assessments could continue. The first paper was published this fall. For @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

So is housing servers more important than housing people?🤔 Staggering cost of #datacenters is crowding out other investments such as #housing. As new data center value grew by $48B since 2024, new houses + apartments dropped by $29B according to the data. washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/10/17/r...

Trump administration's cuts to next generation weather satellite program could set back forecasting by a decade, experts warn. Note the lack of the lightning mapper on the new GeoXO constellation... www.cnn.com/2026/10/19/w...

We’re thrilled to share the full recording of Just Community-Academic Partnerships In An Age of AI Data Centers from Our Collective Power — A Centering Justice Webinar Series. 🎥 Watch the full event recording: youtu.be/Aj6IGD81L6Y

At COP31, where zero waste is a major climate priority, representatives of the incineration industry are expected to participate in discussions about circular cities and climate finance. We are calling on the #COP31 Presidency and climate finance institutions to keep #IncineratorsOutOfCOP31! 1/2

Corporate profits are at record highs, but corporate tax revenue fell by about $70 billion this year. Why? Because last year's tax cuts let companies write off new investments immediately for the hundreds of billions in AI buildouts they were already planning. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/b...

. A handbook for building the capacity of local communities and rural women and empowering them for climate action Find out more: gggi.org/report/a-handbook-... #ClimateAction

After we published The Propagandist, I sent a link to a source who had been targeted by the propaganda, who last spring expressed all kinds of bad feelings about the movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. His reply blew my mind. A data center had changed his mind. drilled.media/newsletter/p...

For an excellent podcast revealing the impunity with which the multinational fossil fuel corporations operate coupled with the disproportionate punishment of climate protestors across the globe, check out @amywestervelt.bsky.social’s award-winning podcast @drilledmedia.bsky.social: drilled.media

A recent UW study by researchers in @uwatmossci.bsky.social found that past emissions from the top oil, gas, coal and cement producers will continue impacting the environment for decades. These emissions can make future climate disasters more likely due to global warming. https://bit.ly/4k4h9bk

BOG ALERT It’s official: Bogland is OUT IN THE US TODAY! I wrote a book about weird, wonderful, squelchy wetlands. There are mosses, mysteries, things preserved for thousands of years (people, butter). And now I get to share all this bog weirdness with you. Are you ready to get bogged down?

#SnakeRiver water quality is degraded by industrial and municipal #pollution, toxic waste dumps and pesticide and fertilizer runoff. Problems in #Idaho demand an effort similar to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. columbiainsight.org/3-biggest-th...

What if you see ICE at the polls? (Don't worry! Read on for the plan!) @indivisible.org roped me in to design and illustrate a new zine! Check it out in this 🧵 - and visit linktr.ee/wewillvote to sign up for the Election Protection Program and find all the resources you need!

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40% of *everything being shipped everywhere on Earth* is fossil fuels Just an absolute laughing-stock clown-show of an energy source. This is laughably absurd, why do we treat this like it's normal and good Fossil fuels are a satirical fuel www.irena.org/-/media/File...

The Trump administration is just trolling Sen. Whitehouse & Sen. Heinrich's choice to agree to the Senate permitting deal *BEFORE* getting assurances that the administration would cease its obstruction of renewables projects, in particular offshore wind projects off the coast of Rhode Island.

Replace your gas line, or get an incentive and go electric? A new law in California will offer residents the choice.

It's cool how sepa delays on the comp plan make it impossible to do any additional urban zoning changes while giving fuel for environment destructive urban growth boundary expansion.

On this #IndigenousPeoplesDay we honor the ones stepping into roles as caretakers of the land, defenders of the waters, air, and territories while carrying forward the knowledge of balance and responsibility. #DefendtheSacred

A moratorium on this BS till we figure out how to make it work for ALL our communities....is labor justice. is economic justice. is environmental justice. is climate justice. is...justice.

Must read for all interested in energy permitting reform

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📣#ClimateWeekNYC Recap Series Climate Desk Live: AI, Energy, and Our Fight for Democracy and a Healthy, Affordable Future 📌Featuring LaTricea Adams, Young, Gifted & Green

Spot on! Private utilities forcing working-class ratepayers to lock in decades of dirty gas infrastructure is pure corporate greed. We need democratically controlled public utilities that prioritize clean energy, meet climate mandates, and lower energy bills instead of lining shareholder pockets.

An excellent op-ed about how counties like Loudon could have done a better job - more proactive than reactive - in dealing with data centers. Requiring an EIS to cover cumulative impacts is sorely needed.

After I reached out to the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social the author added one sentence stating that WA doesn't force gas-->heat pump conversion. But the article still includes several sentences that strongly imply it does.

The WA state supreme court overturned I-2066 last month for being unconstitutional after @climatesolutions.org , @wcav.bsky.social , @frontandcentered.org @sierraclub.org and more challenged it.

I-2066 would have hamstrung the state's ability to build clean new homes and help people who actually want heat pumps (raises hand), as I covered for @sightline.org at the time. www.sightline.org/2024/09/24/e...

I-2066 was an anti-climate, pro-gas measure, part of the slate of 2024 "Let's Go WA" ballot measures. It eked out 51.7% of the vote, despite the @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social claiming it had "broad support."

The article strongly implies that WA will make homeowners swap out their furnaces now that the state supreme court overturned I-2066 ("If forced to convert to electricity, a heat pump swap is expensive...") That's never been true + is parroting BIAW and Let's Go WA's disinfo. campaign

No one's forcing Washingtonians to spend $$ to buy a heat pump (as much as I'd love my landlord to replace my gas furnace...). You wouldn't know that by reading @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social Sunday article about Initiative 2066. Correcting the record ⬇️.

@kenjennings.bsky.social in the NYT with an absolute heater for the wealthy few bankrolling initiative 645 to give themselves a tax cut at the expense of the rest of us. As @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social says, "bring back shame" and vote @no645.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...

Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the Department of Air Force vs Prutehi Guahan in a case that could have broader implications for how the U.S. military is regulated by local and state environmental authorities, especially for U.S. territories such as Guam.

“Some of you standing here today have been called extremists and communists for standing with us,” said Ben Mattice of the Walla Walla Anti-Data Center League. “You are not extremists for wanting transparency. You are not extremists for wanting clean drinking water.” @wa-air.bsky.social