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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
Molly Wood
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Tech journalist turned climate tech journalist. Telling stories about solutions to the climate crisis on the Everybody in the Pool podcast. Climate tech investor. mollywood.co
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Thousands march for climate across France: 'I wish there were more of us, after the summer we've just had'
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Awesome
The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Capital gets what it wants.
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports - Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’ #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"A new peer-reviewed analysis, which tested 197 homes across Massachusetts and Rhode Island, found that 93% of homes served by gas had consistently elevated indoor methane levels compared to all-electric homes." Quit poisoning your family: go electric!
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Breaking news: SCOTUS intervenes in Alabama redistricting case & says GOP *is* allowed to change Alabama map. Despite a lower-court finding evidence of intentional discrimination. Yet another SCOTUS gift to the GOP; eliminates seat of a Black member of Congress www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
It's all awful but at least it's the eventual and inevitable end of that millimeter-deep climber.
First day on the job and you want respect? Go right up to the most recognizable and respected guy in the newsroom and have him yell at you until you cry. Then it's time to send him a weepy email telling him how disappointed you were that he did all that. Shouldn't have any trouble after that.
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I've seen this everywhere today and I'm GLAD. This is the truth, the energy, and some white people need to be delivering the same speeches.
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.
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My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 79 co-sponsors. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line!
Seriously blow this up. Scream it from the mountain tops. This is not policy, this is corruption.
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz has taken roughly $5 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry over the course of his career. Now he’s pushing a federal bill that would shield Big Oil companies from any laws or lawsuits seeking to hold them accountable for fueling the climate crisis. 🙄
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This bill's even more extreme than the gun industry protections... fwiw message your Rep. and Senator- Say NO to being abused by Big Oil: secure.ucs.org/a/2025-congr...
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You know who else enjoys this protection? The gun industry. There is no possible rationale for a bill like this other than money and it should be treated like the corrupt abomination that it is. heated.world/p/republican...
Yeesh. Among other takeaways: ... the NYT article notes, “not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.”
I can’t resist adding a few thoughts to the vigorous dialogue about the new NYT exposé on the SCOTUS decision www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u... that halted Obama’s Clean Power Plan. (long thread warning!) 1/
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"The Santa Marta conference comes amid unprecedented geopolitical tensions as illegal wars initiated by Israel, the US and Russia have led to surging emissions and energy and food costs, and pushed international justice and multilateralism to the brink of collapse" @ninalakhani.bsky.social
We. Are. Tired. Of. Elite. Impunity.
First, the NAACP challenged xAI's permit to build a giant, nat. gas-burning power plant in Southaven, MS. Then, they sued xAI alleging Clean Air Act violations. Now, Dem. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse is investigating the EPA over apparent inattention to xAI's pollution. Bkgd: www.cnbc.com/2026/04/14/e...
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can’t say what i want to happen to these people for legal reasons
NEW—I got an exclusive excerpt from a USAID whistleblower's new book that made me gasp multiple times. It details Trump's dismantling of the humanitarian aid agency & his team/DOGE's shocking ignorance to public health. 'Into the Wood Chipper' by Nicholas Enrich is out tomorrow. Read excerpt here:
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It is still blowing my mind honestly that the vice president of the United States of America went to Hungary to campaign for an authoritarian dictator who is despised by most of his country. But hellllllllll yeah. Ignore the vibes at your peril. www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...
There are so many bad things about this administration but I keep saying that this guy is singularly murderous. This technology could cure cancer and that is not an exaggeration. This is CHOOSING disease and then forcing it upon Americans. I will never forgive those who confirmed him. Ever.
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
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Legal eagles noticed, and there’s been SOME mainstream coverage. But overall the political class has underreacted to this month’s OLC opinion, ordered up by Trump or on his behalf, declaring the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional. Things are likely being stolen and/or destroyed *right now*.
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BREAKING: in March 2026, *every single one* of the 1,341 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 4,496 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
An update: in February 2026, *every single one* of the 1,507 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans: In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 3,155 white South Africans, three Afghans, and nobody else. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...
By the way, I just want to remind you that until we are shown otherwise, this is effectively the Republican agenda.
Trump: “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will … We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end”
This is a must read. In many cases, there's just no good reason for this infrastructure when electrification, demand-response, and actually even geothermal (as the article notes) can accomplish the same goals in a lot of places.
The main driver of gas-utility bills used to be the price of gas itself, but utility spending on gas infrastructure has more than tripled in the last decade—now making up the bulk of consumer costs.
Panama Bartholemy of BDC (which authored this report) and I talked about this some in his recent appearance on Everybody in the Pool! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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we'll see how it shakes out over the course of years, but as of right now, mamdani is definitely showing how the future of good progressive governance means "use government to do good things and then post about it" both parts are important!
Ever wonder how to get rid of a mattress? Or how to find resources for a neighbor in need? Call 311. 311 is contacted 100,000 times every day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. No call is too small. So on the anniversary of 311 (3/11), I decided to answer some of those calls myself.
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Clean Energy is Cheap Energy.
Talked about this on the podcast this week with Josh Garrett of Redwood Climate Communications. It's one thing to try to find climate messaging that works, especially now. It's another thing to fight nearly unlimited funding for climate misinformation. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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++IMPORTANT++ The man of the very centre of platforming and spreading climate denial in the UK (and far beyond) has made a very rare appearance setting out of stance on climate change. And it is WILD just how error-strewn his short letter in the Guardian is - as factchecked by Simon...
FACTCHECK: GB News / Spectator owner Paul Marshall got criticised by Christian leaders for his channel's attacks on climate action, so he made a rare public intervention But in his letter to the Guardian (pic) he makes 25 false, misleading or confused claims (!) Receipts etc in next post 1/2
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