Frank Carini
@frankcarini.bsky.social
Environmental reporter at and co-founder of ecoRI News. We share this world with many wonderful creatures. Their presence makes our lives possible and interesting.
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Think millions and millions of people will die before the global community realises that externalising the #environment, and exploiting it for short term benefits, from commercial laws and rules is a death sentence for people as well as animals. #auspol
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200% increase in krill catch in Antarctica
with profits jumping 270%
Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
with profits jumping 270%
Absolutely disgusting they are taking essential food from the whales and penguins and leaving them to starve
www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-...
Chinese fishing firm Kaichuang reports nearly 200 percent increase in krill catch, aligning with nationwide ambitions
Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International has largely expanded its krill catch in 2025, causing its profits to soar.
www.seafoodsource.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Think millions and millions of people will die before the global community realises that externalising the #environment, and exploiting it for short term benefits, from commercial laws and rules is a death sentence for people as well as animals. #auspol
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It's not Buddy the Elf, but it IS a Buddy Holiday Pack, which we'll be raffling off this Sunday, Dec. 7 at @ecorinews.bsky.social annual holiday Regift Sale at Flatbread Pizza in Providence. Join us for fun, festivity & stress-free holiday gift shopping, from 1 to 3:30.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It's not Buddy the Elf, but it IS a Buddy Holiday Pack, which we'll be raffling off this Sunday, Dec. 7 at @ecorinews.bsky.social annual holiday Regift Sale at Flatbread Pizza in Providence. Join us for fun, festivity & stress-free holiday gift shopping, from 1 to 3:30.
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This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
December 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is how my local paper in the swing state of Nevada covered it: Huge picture, AP story with nary a hint that this was weird or corrupt.
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
As low as Trump’s approval ratings are, they’d be much lower if he didn’t have the help of large swaths of the media
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If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
The Supreme Court Friday agreed to decide whether President Donald Trump can unilaterally limit the constitutional right to citizenship granted to virtually every person born in the United States. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Bid To Eliminate Birthright Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.
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SoCalGas is using *efficiency funding* collected from ratepayers to push LA wildfire survivors who lost their homes to build back with *gas* rather than all-electric.
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances - Inside Climate News
California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
insideclimatenews.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SoCalGas is using *efficiency funding* collected from ratepayers to push LA wildfire survivors who lost their homes to build back with *gas* rather than all-electric.
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
Truly bleak stuff. This should not be allowed. Where are our regulators at the CPUC?
insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...
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China developes new compressed air energy storage system that uses flooded roadways in abandoned coal mines to store compressed air and heat for night-time power generation.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/03/h...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/03/h...
How to use compressed air storage in flooded coal mines
Researchers in China developed a new compressed air energy storage system that uses flooded roadways in abandoned coal mines to store compressed air and heat for nighttime power generation. Simulation...
www.pv-magazine.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
China developes new compressed air energy storage system that uses flooded roadways in abandoned coal mines to store compressed air and heat for night-time power generation.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/03/h...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/12/03/h...
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What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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And there's history here of Meta intentionally amplifying conservative outlets, despite its own standards about "quality" news, to mollify the right www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...
Facebook manipulated the news you see to appease Republicans, insiders say
Sources tell us the platform tweaked its code to help right-wing publishers and throttle sites like Mother Jones
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
And there's history here of Meta intentionally amplifying conservative outlets, despite its own standards about "quality" news, to mollify the right www.motherjones.com/media/2020/1...
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“The highest levels were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread, then French baguette. It was found across a huge range of products, from spaghetti, to cheese scones and ginger bread.” 🥖
High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
Pesticide Action Network Europe study finds average concentrations 100 times higher than in tap water
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“The highest levels were found in Irish breakfast cereal, followed by Belgian wholemeal bread, then German wholemeal bread, then French baguette. It was found across a huge range of products, from spaghetti, to cheese scones and ginger bread.” 🥖
Exit of Pennsylvania, largest electricity producer in Northeast and major exporter of power, from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative weakens region’s collective ability to mitigate climate crisis and tackle rising energy costs in coordinated manner. ecori.org/northeast-pa...
Northeast Partnership to Reduce Climate Emissions Loses Dirtiest Member - ecoRI News
The initiative sets a cap on planet-warming emissions and requires power plants in the participating states to buy allowances to release carbon dioxide.
ecori.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Exit of Pennsylvania, largest electricity producer in Northeast and major exporter of power, from Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative weakens region’s collective ability to mitigate climate crisis and tackle rising energy costs in coordinated manner. ecori.org/northeast-pa...
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The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
When this criminal was jailed, the judge told David Gentile and America: ‘This is a warning to would-be fraudsters that seeking to get rich by taking advantage of investors gets you only a one-way ticket to jail.’ I guess not
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Trump administration believes that the rich and powerful should be pardoned for their crimes, even after judges and juries determined their guilt.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
But if you’re a non-white guy in a fishing boat, there’s no need for a trial or even an arrest. Murder from above, no questions asked.
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“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg" by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com:
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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Frank C from @ecorinews.bsky.social and I hiked in the ‘new’ Buck Hill forest in Burrillville and were gobsmacked by the rampant illegal off-roading we saw. Tons of trash and destruction of ecologically and culturally sensitive spots. Read about it: ecori.org/illegal-off-...
Illegal Off-Roading Tears Up Rhode Island’s Management Areas - ecoRI News
State law prohibits all-terrain vehicles from being used in Rhode Island management areas.
ecori.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Frank C from @ecorinews.bsky.social and I hiked in the ‘new’ Buck Hill forest in Burrillville and were gobsmacked by the rampant illegal off-roading we saw. Tons of trash and destruction of ecologically and culturally sensitive spots. Read about it: ecori.org/illegal-off-...
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On today, #GivingNewsDay, I'm joining with our board to match your gift to @ecorinews.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On today, #GivingNewsDay, I'm joining with our board to match your gift to @ecorinews.bsky.social.
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No place to hide from #PFAS pollution, not even the deep-sea
Scientists analysed 127 whales and dolphins & have sounded the alarm over these toxic #foreverchemicals
The full impact on wildlife remains unknown, but PFAS could disrupt immune and reproductive systems
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Scientists analysed 127 whales and dolphins & have sounded the alarm over these toxic #foreverchemicals
The full impact on wildlife remains unknown, but PFAS could disrupt immune and reproductive systems
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No place to hide from #PFAS pollution, not even the deep-sea
Scientists analysed 127 whales and dolphins & have sounded the alarm over these toxic #foreverchemicals
The full impact on wildlife remains unknown, but PFAS could disrupt immune and reproductive systems
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Scientists analysed 127 whales and dolphins & have sounded the alarm over these toxic #foreverchemicals
The full impact on wildlife remains unknown, but PFAS could disrupt immune and reproductive systems
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“It holds bountiful oil, gas, minerals & fish. And it promises to shorten global shipping routes”.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
Well hallelujah, collapsing Arctic ice sheet will allow full-scale looting of one of world’s last remaining pristine landscapes.
Capitalism (and media) looks increasingly like a global death cult.
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"Our me-first way of living treats most of us as consumers and political pawns. Society makes little to no investment in the future of our species, and burns through the natural world as if some fulfillment center will just deliver more to our front door."
Don’t Let Thankfulness Blind You to the Needless Pain and Suffering in This World - ecoRI News
We’ve been told for generations that this is the time of the year to be thankful. It’s an easy exercise if you stick your head in the sand.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"Our me-first way of living treats most of us as consumers and political pawns. Society makes little to no investment in the future of our species, and burns through the natural world as if some fulfillment center will just deliver more to our front door."
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This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This seems like the kind of declaration by a U.S. president that should be mentioned *somewhere* on the front page of CNN or the NY Times, but the fact that it isn't (as of right now) tells us so much both about how this president is covered and the credibility of the U.S. government.
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Most of us don't realize how many objects (payloads and debris) are in orbit around Earth.
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Most of us don't realize how many objects (payloads and debris) are in orbit around Earth.
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/protection/
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Antarctica’s melt affects everybody but won’t hit every coastline the same.
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊https://buff.ly/IqPoz1g
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊https://buff.ly/IqPoz1g
Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we mapped where Antarctica’s ice melt would have the biggest impact
Understanding what happens to Antarctica’s ice matters, because as it melts, sea levels rise, affecting lives and economies around the world.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Antarctica’s melt affects everybody but won’t hit every coastline the same.
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊https://buff.ly/IqPoz1g
New maps show where seas could rise the fastest, and why millions of coastal residents should pay attention now 🌊https://buff.ly/IqPoz1g
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The Trump administration’s war-memorial agency removed Dutch plaques honoring Black American servicemembers who fought and died as liberators in World War II, an act that coincided with Washington’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Trump administration’s war-memorial agency removed Dutch plaques honoring Black American servicemembers who fought and died as liberators in World War II, an act that coincided with Washington’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so deeply at odds with the vision and history of America. Take pretty much any ethnic or racial group that are part of the American mosaic America today - they have all faced the same accusation. The moment these accusations are turned into policy are some of the most shameful in US history