Aarón Cantú
@aaroncantu.bsky.social
California climate accountability reporter @capitalandmain.bsky.social
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Aarón Cantú
@aaroncantu.bsky.social
· Oct 2
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
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“Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam.”
This whole story. Holy cow. thelocal.to/investigatin...
This whole story. Holy cow. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Freelance journalism in 2025 is an incredibly difficult place to build a career. But, it turns out, it’s a decent enough arena for a scam.”
This whole story. Holy cow. thelocal.to/investigatin...
This whole story. Holy cow. thelocal.to/investigatin...
Some journalism writing is infantilizing. Don’t use too many numbers, don’t be so negative. We write for adults not children.
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Some journalism writing is infantilizing. Don’t use too many numbers, don’t be so negative. We write for adults not children.
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As scientists draw clearer links between climate extremes like landslides, and sound the alarm over rising greenhouse gas emissions, the government under Trump is increasingly unable and often unwilling to help residents prepare for and survive such events.
capitalandmain.com/california-e...
capitalandmain.com/california-e...
California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers
Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump
capitalandmain.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
As scientists draw clearer links between climate extremes like landslides, and sound the alarm over rising greenhouse gas emissions, the government under Trump is increasingly unable and often unwilling to help residents prepare for and survive such events.
capitalandmain.com/california-e...
capitalandmain.com/california-e...
NEW: When LA communities scarred by fires received evacuation warnings amid heavy rain, it was a reminder of dangerous compound climate disasters.
But federal support to rebuild and prepare is collapsing because of politics. capitalandmain.com/california-e...
But federal support to rebuild and prepare is collapsing because of politics. capitalandmain.com/california-e...
California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers
Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump
capitalandmain.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
NEW: When LA communities scarred by fires received evacuation warnings amid heavy rain, it was a reminder of dangerous compound climate disasters.
But federal support to rebuild and prepare is collapsing because of politics. capitalandmain.com/california-e...
But federal support to rebuild and prepare is collapsing because of politics. capitalandmain.com/california-e...
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Anand Giridharadas' discussion of the Epstein emails as a record of the thought and conduct of white mail elites is the best writing on this subject I have seen in the last several weeks. Read it.
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Anand Giridharadas' discussion of the Epstein emails as a record of the thought and conduct of white mail elites is the best writing on this subject I have seen in the last several weeks. Read it.
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Very pleased with the layout of my investigation in today’s print edition
Read the story here
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Read the story here
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Very pleased with the layout of my investigation in today’s print edition
Read the story here
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Read the story here
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the United Nations climate talks about how to advance efforts to address global warming.
Major oil and gas producers blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
Major oil and gas producers blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord
Major oil and gas producers at the U.N. climate summit blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nearly 200 countries reached an agreement at the United Nations climate talks about how to advance efforts to address global warming.
Major oil and gas producers blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
Major oil and gas producers blocked a road map to curtail the use of fossil fuels, the main drivers of climate change.
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Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Intuitive explanation of greenhouse gas emissions in an environmental justice group's presentation from 2007
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Intuitive explanation of greenhouse gas emissions in an environmental justice group's presentation from 2007
Be sure to read this major investigation by Robert Lopez. capitalandmain.com/californias-...
California’s child farmworkers: Exhausted, underpaid and toiling in toxic fields
State officials are failing to protect the health and safety of thousands of young field laborers, an investigation has found.
capitalandmain.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Be sure to read this major investigation by Robert Lopez. capitalandmain.com/californias-...
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Congratulations to Capital & Main reporter Aaron Cantú for this well-deserved recognition of his work in environmental journalism. 👏🎉
Congratulations to our 2025 SEAL Environmental Journalism Awards winners! Each honoree brings accountability to power, empathy to data, and urgency to the conversation on environmental policy.
Read more about this year's winners:
sealawards.com/twelve-journ...
Read more about this year's winners:
sealawards.com/twelve-journ...
2025 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced
Environmental journalism award honors top 12 writers globally. Winning outlets include Mongabay, Grist, DeSmog and Heatmap News.
sealawards.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Congratulations to Capital & Main reporter Aaron Cantú for this well-deserved recognition of his work in environmental journalism. 👏🎉
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I love this bcuz as the years go on I realize how much of an annoying nerdy joke Nietzsche was.
Friedrich Nietzsche visita el set de un programa matutino.
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love this bcuz as the years go on I realize how much of an annoying nerdy joke Nietzsche was.
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Aramco signs preliminary US deals worth more than $30 billion reut.rs/3X5Pme8
Aramco signs preliminary US deals worth more than $30 billion
Oil giant Saudi Aramco said on Wednesday it had signed 17 preliminary deals with U.S. companies with a potential overall value of more than $30 billion, during a visit to Washington by the Saudi Crown Prince.
reut.rs
November 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Aramco signs preliminary US deals worth more than $30 billion reut.rs/3X5Pme8
Jfc "Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Jfc "Harvard in 2005 admitted Mr. Epstein as a visiting fellow in the psychology department" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Congratulations to our 2025 SEAL Environmental Journalism Awards winners! Each honoree brings accountability to power, empathy to data, and urgency to the conversation on environmental policy.
Read more about this year's winners:
sealawards.com/twelve-journ...
Read more about this year's winners:
sealawards.com/twelve-journ...
2025 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced
Environmental journalism award honors top 12 writers globally. Winning outlets include Mongabay, Grist, DeSmog and Heatmap News.
sealawards.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Congratulations to our 2025 SEAL Environmental Journalism Awards winners! Each honoree brings accountability to power, empathy to data, and urgency to the conversation on environmental policy.
Read more about this year's winners:
sealawards.com/twelve-journ...
Read more about this year's winners:
sealawards.com/twelve-journ...
Normal thing to do would have been to keep asking ask the question in solidarity bsky.app/profile/pale...
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Normal thing to do would have been to keep asking ask the question in solidarity bsky.app/profile/pale...
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When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
There’s an army of underemployed, downwardly mobile under 50s who are smart and motivated to build a new civic infrastructure. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Left Is About to Take Power. The Stakes Could Not Be Higher.
Zohran Mamdani's triumph has given socialists huge power in New York City. Now they must use it well—or see the ruling class crush them.
www.thenation.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There’s an army of underemployed, downwardly mobile under 50s who are smart and motivated to build a new civic infrastructure. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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"It should shock everyone’s conscience that we have masked armed men behaving like that with a U.S. citizen father and a toddler who were just going to run an errand at Home Depot on a random Tuesday.”
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
Video: Armed agents drive off with child after detaining her father
Federal immigration agents detained a man in Cypress Park whose toddler was strapped into the back seat of his vehicle. Two agents toting weapons climbed into his car and drove off, video showed.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
"It should shock everyone’s conscience that we have masked armed men behaving like that with a U.S. citizen father and a toddler who were just going to run an errand at Home Depot on a random Tuesday.”
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com
Story from @brittnymejia.bsky.social and Ruben Vives @latimes.com