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Justin Elliott @justinelliott.bsky.social · 5h

Here is our full story that Vance is dismissing, with primary source documents showing Trump cabinet members with multiple primary-residence mortgages

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 4h

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"Experts say Bukele’s latest intervention comes at a time of unprecedented threats to judicial independence and individual judges in the US..."

Maga figures back Bukele’s call for Trump to crack down on US judges

Experts say El Salvador president’s intervention comes as Trump is employing tactics used by autocrats abroad

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 1d

Most environmental harms can be mitigated with careful planning.

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 2d

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"The Trump administration has killed a huge proposed solar power project in Nevada that would have been one of the largest in the world, indicating that the White House plans to attack not only wind power but all renewable energy."

Trump officials cancel major solar project in latest hit to renewable energy

Esmeralda 7 in Nevada would have produced enough energy to power 2m homes

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 2d

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"The slow-motion pitter-patter of tiny giant tortoise feet has been worryingly rare in recent years, but that looks set to change thanks to the first successful hatching of the species with artificial incubation."

Baby giant tortoises thrive in Seychelles after first successful artificial incubation

Exclusive: Trial that has produced 13 hatchlings could help other threatened species avoid extinction

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 3d

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"[H]eat is the leading weather-related cause of illness and death in the US – a toll made worse each year by human-driven global heating." The true toll is unlikely undercounted.

Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full truth

Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 3d

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A new report refutes the argument that wind and solar power were to blame for Spain's outage in the spring. "The idea that solar and wind are inherently risky and unreliable is a common talking point for critics of renewable energy."

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 4d

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Here's a cool idea: Ice batteries cut electricity usage and lower the strain on the grid. With rising temperatures and the growing demand for electricity in the U.S., ice thermal energy storage offers a sustainable option for cooling buildings.

Buildings are turning to 'ice batteries' for sustainable air conditioning

Buildings in the U.S. are turning to ice batteries for air conditioning — a technology that freezes water into ice at night when electricity is cheap and lets it thaw during the day to cool indoor spa...

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 5d

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This is a milestone: "The world’s wind and solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research."

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 7d

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The Wayne national forest draws a quarter million visitors every year. But now, with the Trump administration targeting 100m acres of forest across the country for logging, this critical wilderness area – Ohio’s sole national forest – could be wiped out.

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging

Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 7d

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"Rather than simply boost a fossil fuel industry that donated handsomely to his election campaign, Trump has set about obliterating clean energy projects..." Meanwhile, other countries are forging ahead with the transition to clean energy.

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 8d

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Leo called for citizens to pressure their governments into action on climate issues. “Citizens need to take an active role in political decision-making at national, regional and local levels,” Leo said.

In First Address on Climate Change, Pope Leo Signals Continuity With Francis—and Opposition to Trump - Inside Climate News

The pontiff called on people all over the world to demand action on climate from their governments. Right-wing pundits in the U.S. immediately denounced his message as “woke.”

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 8d

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For the first time scientists say they have shown unambiguously that the numbers of “societally disastrous” wildfires – the ones that hit economies hard and take lives – have increased around the world as global heating bites.

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costing more. Experts warn they’re becoming unstoppable

Of 200 fires in the past 44 years, half of the fires that cost US$1bn or more were in the last decade

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 8d

I had thought it was unlawful to use living people's images on money.

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 9d

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There is good news about renewables from a global perspective: investment was up 10% from the first half of 2024.

Chart: Global investment in renewables hits record even as US falters

Over the first six months of this year, a total of $386 billion flowed to renewable-energy projects — 10% more than one year prior.

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 9d

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"The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has fired a top scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just three weeks after she had filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration relating to its hostility towards vaccines..."

RFK Jr fires top NIH scientist weeks after she files whistleblower complaint

Jeanne Marrazzo’s complaint reportedly involved the Trump administration’s hostility toward vaccines

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 9d

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"Titled What’s So Funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding (after the Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello song), the 25ft-tall multi-part mural by New York artist Adam Cvijanovic celebrates the church and city’s tradition of welcoming immigrants."

‘We’re all in this together’: New York cathedral pays tribute to immigrants with new mural

At St Patrick’s Cathedral, the largest permanent artwork commisioned in its 146-year history is a plea for acceptance and community at a difficult time

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10d

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"Canada’s government has refused a request by the beleaguered Marineland theme park to export its remaining 30 beluga whales to China due to concerns that the whales will face further mistreatment." Good for Canada.

‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China

Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the whales have endured

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10d

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Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at people who “ridicule those who speak of global warming” as he embraced Pope Francis’s environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments on the subject to date.

‘Listen to the cry of the Earth’: Pope Leo takes aim at climate change sceptics

Pontiff laments that some ‘ridicule those who speak of global warming’, days after Trump’s claims of ‘con job’

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10d

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A bakery in Ohio has been chosen to pursue its own slice of worldwide fame by representing the US at the “Bread Olympics”, a prestigious international baking contest. Congrats to On the Rise.

Cleveland bakery to represent US in ‘Bread Olympics’ in France

For the first time since 2017 the US will be represented in the event, by Brian Evans of On the Rise Artisanal Breads

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 10d

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According to PEN America, "Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country."

PEN America warns of rise in books 'systematically removed from school libraries'

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. A Clockwork Orange tops their list.

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 11d

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"The US Department of Energy has told employees in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) to avoid using the words “climate change” in what seems to be the latest incident in a crackdown on discussing the climate crisis in the US government."

US energy department cracks down on workers’ use of climate crisis language

Efficiency employees reportedly told to avoid ‘climate change’ and similar terms in their work in latest clampdown

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 12d

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"The White House will open 13.1m acres (5.3m hectares) of public land to coal mining while providing $625m for coal-fired power plants, the Trump administration has announced."
Sorry, this is not the answer to our energy needs.

Trump administration spending $625m to revive dying coal industry

White House allocating 13.1m acres of public land to coal mining, which has been on rapid decline over past 30 years

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 15d

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This is amazing : "A Polish adventure skier has made history by becoming the first person to climb up and ski down Mount Everest without the use of additional oxygen."

Polish climber makes history skiing down Everest without bottled oxygen

Poland’s PM hails Andrzej Bargiel’s completion of the challenge after two previous failed attempts

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Tom Lindgren @tlindgren.bsky.social · 16d

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"A rare orange lobster was released back into the wild this week after being spotted by an enthusiast at a local grocery store."

Rare orange lobster found in New York supermarket returned to sea

‘One-in-30m’ find spared from menu and released into Long Island Sound after being spotted in upstate grocery store

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