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Ben Elgin @benelgin.bsky.social · 4h

To put it plainly: The US successfully kills international effort that was one step towards leaving a hospitable planet for future generations.

A jarring read (and good reporting) from @akshatrathi.bsky.social and @daniellebochove.bsky.social

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US Opposition Freezes Global Carbon Levy on Ships

This week, climate diplomacy ran into a Trump-sized iceberg. Nations were set to decide on landmark regulations to make vessels start paying for their greenhouse gas emissions. On Friday, the Internat...

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Danny Cullenward @ghgpolicy.org · 8h

Important new carbon markets story from @benelgin.bsky.social in Bloomberg:

Verra acknowledges it issued too many carbon credits to a controversial forest offset project, but hasn't implemented a remedy — despite backing companies' use of these credits.

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Majority of Carbon Credits From Tarnished Project Deemed Bogus

After a two-year probe, findings by the world's largest offset certifier raise pressing questions for the struggling carbon markets.

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 23h

New: San Franciscans were aghast by Marc Benioff’s hard tight turn. His company, Salesforce, is seeking new contracts with ICE to help it triple its ranks under the Trump administration.

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Salesforce Tries to Help ICE Boost Its Immigration Force

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Ben Elgin @benelgin.bsky.social · 22h

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‘Godfather of Silicon Valley’ Quits Board Over Benioff’s Backing of Trump

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Axios @axios.com · 1d

Dozens of Democrats running for U.S. House seats across the country told Axios they either wouldn't vote for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries as party leader or declined to commit to doing so.

Scoop: Dozens of Democratic House candidates won't commit to backing Hakeem Jeffries

"If there's a contingency of 10 to 12 of them and they're sticking together, I think it's going to really shake things up."

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 3d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Dan Mihalopoulos @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social · 3d

This version is confirmed, by Hoffman Estates police, puncturing the official DHS statement.

At this point, there is a statement from DHS re 🧊 activities in the Chicago area that’s refuted in similar fashion on nearly a daily basis at a minimum over the past week

Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi @congressmanraja.bsky.social · 4d

Despite what some, including at DHS, are claiming, this video isn’t from a year ago in Chicago. It was Friday in Hoffman Estates, in my district, a street I’ve walked myself. It appears to show a child being violently detained by ICE. It’s real, and I’m demanding accountability.

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Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 7d

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

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Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Barton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social · 8d

Correct. This headline and others, similar, entirely miss the meaning of the event.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8d

The prosecutor put in office after the president who wants vengeance against his enemies told his AG that a WH lawyer was the person for the job — despite no prosecution experience — successfully sought an indictment against one of the named enemies, the second such indictment.

And you push this?

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 9d

Nestle stuck it out less than 2 years with the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, and never actually reported its dairy methane emissions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 9d

Two years ago, many of the world's biggest dairy and food companies formed a coalition to cut the methane emissions from their suppliers' herds.

Nestlé has quietly exited the effort, @benelgin.bsky.social reports [gift link]

Nestle Bows Out of Initiative to Reduce Dairy’s Climate Impact

The food giant has left the Dairy Methane Action Alliance, an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from herds of cattle.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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April Henry @aprilhenry.bsky.social · 12d

My neighborhood today.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12d

"Burning to the ground," I tell ya...

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 13d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Ben Elgin @benelgin.bsky.social · 14d

Meanwhile, four decades ago....

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404 Media @404media.co · 14d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18d

The ICE officer who was recorded shoving a woman outside an immigration court in NYC was suspended on Friday. And he was returned to duty already today, one business day later. www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-off...

ICE officer seen on video pushing woman to ground has returned to duty

An ICE officer who was initially relieved of his duties after being captured on video pushing a woman to the ground has been returned to duty, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told CBS News...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21d

NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.

What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.

By @tilleckert.com

I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.

I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.

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jkes805.bsky.social @jkes805.bsky.social · 25d

I don’t understand why the student who recorded the video gets to stay anonymous? If her conviction is that strong, put your name to it.

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 28d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
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