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NRDC @nrdc.org · 5h

The data is clear: Families in states with more wind and solar energy pay less for their electricity.

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

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NRDC Action Fund @nrdcactionfund.org · 5h

Wind and solar energy save families money, but President Trump’s lies and attacks about renewables will force communities to keep depending on dirty, expensive fossil fuels.

The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices

The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...

www.politico.com

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 9h

Trump Trifecta: higher food prices for ordinary Americans, loss of exports for farmers, and lower pay for farm workers.
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Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices

U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 10h

The $50k Tom Homan bagged is 3 times the amount (wrongly) at issue in the Letitia James case.

The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The Tom Homan Affair Has More Red Flags Than a May Day Parade

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 10h

Trump-Putin jointly campaigning for the Henry Kissinger-Le Doc Tho pairing.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14h

Trump cites a murderous war criminal to attack the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision. Truly absurd and disturbing. And narcissism of a pathological degree.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 13h

The US wants the world to buy its fossil fuels. China wants to sell the world its clean-energy technologies.

There is one clear winner — for now

China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 21h

Stay awake, Dave!

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 23h

Anne Frank vibe.

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Even today in RIF notices, the Trump EPA claimed to affirm its “core mission of protecting human health and the environment.”

Tell me how abortion-hunting through sewer spying is part of EPA’s “core mission.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Ducks Unlimited.

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

As soon as the Prize award is published in the Federal Register. 🙃

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

Tells a lot about demand for coal.

BLM rejects Navajo Transitional Energy Company’s $186 million bid for 1,262-acre Montana lease that Interior estimated had 167.5 million tons of recoverable coal....only bid BLM received ... around $0.001 per ton of coal.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

We're spending $20B to bail out Argentina, but they cut USAID down to the bone, causing deaths around the world. The entire budget of USAID, the whole agency, was $21B last year. Shameful.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

The Trump administration confirmed that the U.S. bailed out Argentina.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had directly bought Argentine pesos in global currency markets in a bid to relieve pressure on the nation’s embattled President Javier Milei, a supporter of President Trump.

The U.S. just bailed out Argentina, Treasury Secretary confirms

The US Treasury has finalized a $20 billion financial rescue of Argentina, including a currency swap arrangement with the country's central bank.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d

Here's the TOTAL budgets of some other agencies that are being cut so the Admin can send $20B your tax dollars to their ideological friends:

- EPA (clean air and water): $9.1B

- NOAA (weather forecasts, warn if hurricane coming): $6.8B

- DOE EERE (energy efficiency & renewable energy): $3.4B

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 1d

This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

Republicans “have become the party that stands in the way of lower energy prices for American households.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Republican Party is why your electric bill is going up

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's drastic, tragic cuts to climate science budgets remain mostly only *proposed.* Congressional appropriators are pushing back, rejecting many proposed cuts. How this comes out in a CR or final approps bills is a story still to be told.
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Climate: Lost science

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Among the things we’re ignoring because of Trump chaos.

Dr. Jeff Masters @drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 3d

Drought is climate change's biggest threat: If this winter is as dry as last winter, and no major reductions in use occur, Lake Powell by 2027 would have no storage left and “would have to be operated as a ‘run of river' facility” in which only the inflow from the river could be released downstream.

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately - Inside Climate News

A new report finds that Lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, could store just 9 percent of their combined capacity by the end of next summer.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Make Soybeans As Great Again As They Were This Time Last Year.
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America’s Soybean Farmers Are Panicking Over the Loss of Chinese Buyers

China hasn’t booked any U.S. soybean purchases in months. Farmers warn of a “bloodbath.”

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Getting his Portland and Gaza photos mixed up.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3d

President Donald Trump said both Israel and Hamas had agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza

Trump Says Israel, Hamas Agreed to Hostage Release in Peace Plan

President Donald Trump said both Israel and Hamas had agreed to terms for the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militant group in Gaza, a major breakthrough in the US-brokered negotiations to end their two-year war.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Missouri

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

Vidalia onion

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Also, accused of voting in PA while living in MD.

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Intelligence failure, in both senses of the word.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 3d

The person with the single greatest access to real and true information in the history of humanity believes in his soul that Portland is burning to the ground because the tv told him so

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Concepts of a shutdown.

David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Compare what’s happening in Portland to January 6. *That* was War-Ravaged Washington. And Trump pardoned them all.

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Before Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

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David Doniger @daviddoniger.bsky.social · 3d

Clear evidence of #WarRavagedPortland.

ProPublica @propublica.org · 3d

NEW: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to expedite solar and wind permits before federal green energy tax credits expire next year.

The order prioritizes high-priority projects to begin by July 2026.

With @opb.org

Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...

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