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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 20h

Labor's EPBC reforms:
👎removed Minister's powers to revoke prev decisions (EPBC Reconsiderations bill)
👎NO climate trigger
👎NO fully independent EPA decision maker
👎bilateral agreements devolving Fed powers to states (bad idea)
👎allowing pay-to-destroy enviro offsets

Revamp IS worse than status quo

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Greens say Labor’s nature laws revamp ‘worse than status quo’ with climate impact of fossil fuel projects overlooked

Private briefings confirmed how Labor intends to deal with some contentious elements of rewritten Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act Labor has confirmed the climate impact of fossil fuel projects still won’t be considered before they are approved under a revamp of federal nature laws, with the Greens labelling the government’s plan “worse than the status-quo”. The Greens, opposition and select environment and business groups have been briefed on parts of the long-awaited re-write of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Epbc) Act ahead of its introduction to parliament in the upcoming sitting fortnight. Continue reading...

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GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 20h

Should climate change criminals be prosecuted for committing ecocide? @stopecocide.bsky.social

GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 20h

@geographers.bsky.social Should climate change criminals be prosecuted for committing ecocide? @stopecocide.bsky.social

GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 20h

@podsaveamerica.crooked.com Should climate change criminals be prosecuted for committing ecocide? @stopecocide.bsky.social

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

This is how the Colorado River flows through Imperial County.

Map showing an extensive network of canals

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re not familiar with the geography, the tension here is that the Salton Sea is sustained by runoff from the Imperial Irrigation District, largest user of Colorado River water. As they cut water use for conservation, transfers, or new industries, less water flows into the lake, exposing dust.

Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · 1d

Bad news for workers at the companies trying to develop geothermal and lithium on the Salton Sea:

A new study found that inhaling dust from the inland California lake changes lung microbiomes and harms immune response in ways that may be irreversible. The more the lake dries, the most toxic dust.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra says DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:

“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”

How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force

Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...

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GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 4d

Wise to developed the ecological awareness that Trump is a climate criminal committing ecocide. @stopecocide.bsky.social #NoKings

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

The party that claims it’s saving the great accomplishments of Western Civilization from destruction thinks there’s no difference between Joe Shmo rando with his own research and scientists with decades of experience.

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 1d

@speakerjohn.bsky.social
Why do you hate free speech and freedom?

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

Trump 1.0: Operation Warp Speed
Trump 2.0: Operation Wormhole

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 1d

I'm no public opinion understander, but seems like there's a need for greater push back on the Trump administration's bogus narratives for these lawless strikes.

First and foremost, despite the admin's falsehoods, these strikes are not about stopping the trafficking of fentanyl into the US.

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 1d

NEW Economist/YouGov Oct 17-20: Drug smuggling
% who approve | disapprove of the U.S. military making lethal strikes on boats suspected of containing drugs being smuggled from the Caribbean
U.S. adult citizens 48% | 38%
Democrats 23% | 62%
Republicans 87% | 6%
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A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "More Americans approve than disapprove of U.S. lethal strikes on suspected drug smuggling boats."

The chart's sub-headline is: "Do you approve or disapprove of the U.S. military conducting lethal strikes on boats suspected of containing drugs being smuggled from the Caribbean? (%)."

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GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 1d

In the former democratic nation under the leadership of the #Trump fascist #USPolitics

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GChamberain @gordonaz.bsky.social · 1d

Proposed to @CAA that they carry defibrillator. If you travel in the north it is wise to carry a first aid kit and winter survival.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Kinda wild that VSPs in the US decided -- as one, like a school of fish -- that climate is not a big deal any more and not worth talking about, even as, out there in reality, climate is getting worse faster than anyone anticipated.