Hollin Kretzmann
hkretzmann.bsky.social
Hollin Kretzmann
@hkretzmann.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer (the good kind). Portage, Wisconsin Amtrak Station super-fan. Emotionally over-invested in Bucks basketball.
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The documents show there may be little scientific merit to claims that injection wells are a safe means of disposal.

“We really do not know what happens to the waste down there. We just hope," an EPA official admitted in 1971.

Read: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 12, 2026 at 8:01 PM
The local public safety committee suggests more chemical weaponry is what this moment calls for.

www.berkeleyside.org/2026/02/02/b...
Berkeley could loosen rules on pepper spray, tear gas and other police gear
A package of three proposals could loosen rules on BPD requesting K-9 and air support or using smoke, pepper spray or tear gas.
www.berkeleyside.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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lfg
BREAKING: Tenants across Minneapolis and Saint Paul have just launched a Twin Cities tenant union, citing the fact that their cities are under siege, and saying they need to band together to protect one another.

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The twin cities are under siege. Every tenant needs a union. We are launching a twin cities-wide tenant union. Organize your neighbors. Join the Union NOW.
linktr.ee
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu

Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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Happening now: Hundreds of students from Urban School of San Francisco walk out in protest of ICE.
January 30, 2026 at 9:14 PM
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Trump is pushing to open more than a million acres of California’s public lands to new drilling.

California’s leaders don’t control Trump’s agenda, but they can decide how boldly they respond.

Tell BLM: stop new oil leases now.

https://bit.ly/3ZDNfPS
January 28, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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If you need good news: highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whales are having lots of babies suddenly. 21 mother-calf pairs have been recorded so far, double last season! Endangered by fishing lines and ship strikes, less than 400 remain. But this is hopeful news

www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
A North Atlantic Right Whale Baby Boom Is On—but the Species Remains at Risk
Researchers have documented the births of nearly two dozen North Atlantic right whale calves this season. It’s an encouraging sign for a species whose population is estimated to be below 400.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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People in 2050 would give trillions of dollars just to have the climate that we enjoy today.
Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds
Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 PM
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we can spend a billion dollars on adding a new lane that won't fix congestion but we can't spend a million dollars on making it safe to walk outside, to improve public transportation, or to build bike lanes, all of which are cheaper than roads.
Project to add a lane, making a safer 5 Freeway between 405 and 55, gets underway
The $715 million project will be funded by Measure M, the half-cent sales tax collected in Orange County for transportation projects, and state and federal contributions.
www.ocregister.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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New Mexico filed a suit in late December alleging a yearslong pattern of fraud and self-dealing by three Texas oil executives.

The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.

With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
“A Fraudulent Scheme”: New Mexico Sues Texas Oil Companies for Walking Away From Their Leaking Wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Mai...
www.propublica.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Real opportunity for NBA players to show which side they're on. The Bucks had the right idea. www.npr.org/sections/liv...
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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January 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Imagine what @whstancil.bsky.social could do in one of these puppies.
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
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🚨 #California could see *1 million+ acres* opened up to fossil fuels:

"We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social
Trump Proposes Opening Over 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Drilling, Fracking
The Trump administration today released plans to open more than 1 million acres of public lands and mineral rights to oil and gas drilling and fracking in Southern California and the Central Valley, C...
biologicaldiversity.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
100%. Ask yourself if you'd want your future on the line with an attorney with 61 other cases with similar stakes. The fact that SF public defender is not giving in to the overwhelming pressure to settle is a credit to their commitment to their constitutional duties.
“Refusing to settle cases” means defending clients who have a good case rather than encouraging them to take a quick plea bargain, which saves department resources but is often not the best outcome for the client. The solution here is to hire more public defenders, not harass them.
@sfstandard.com
San Francisco court to public defenders: Do your job
Judge Harry Dorfman is threatening to hold the public defender’s office in contempt for refusing to take on new felony clients.
sfstandard.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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What you see in the Permian with your eyes vs what you see with an optical gas imaging camera.

That is a big cloud of methane.
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
As a Bucks fan there is something sweet about seeing another team get TJ-McConnelled to death.
TJ McConnell with 23 points, 8 assists, 4 steals including his patented steal on an in-bounds pass following the go-ahead bucket by Pascal Siakam with 10 seconds left.

And I thought he ran out of gas. SMH.
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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Hey, man
January 9, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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Razor wire is "spreading like a cancer" across the border lands, posing grave risks of entanglement and death to wildlife, including jaguars and ocelots, while doing little to stop migrants' crossings.

tucson.com/news/local/s...
Razor-wire use spreading 'like a cancer' in borderlands, advocates say
For Star subscribers: Concertina wire is already placed along the top of the border wall in urban areas, including around Nogales. But agents now are installing concertina wire on the
tucson.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
California! The bill will be $21.5 billion for the industry's onshore oil and gas wells in the state if they don't pay up.
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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A desperately needed paper on the power of fossil capital to repress civil liberties around the world.
We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Name and shame.
Once again I am calling on @postopinions.bsky.social to byline the editorials ascribed to the editorial board, because readers should be able to make fun of the specific person who wrote this dogshit and thought it was smart www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM