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Here's how bad EPA's voodoo economics is in repealing the clean car standards: they assign a ZERO DOLLAR VALUE to increased smog & soot pollution, increased asthma, bronchitis, respiratory disease, hospitalizations, missed work & school days & STILL cost Americans $180 BILLION in overall costs. 1/
The harmful, costly, twisted consequences to Americans from the Trump EPA & Lee "Heir Pollutant" Zeldin repealing the clean car standards: $180 BILLION in net societal costs.
Their main RIA scenario finds a net cost to society of $180 billion!
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Here's how bad EPA's voodoo economics is in repealing the clean car standards: they assign a ZERO DOLLAR VALUE to increased smog & soot pollution, increased asthma, bronchitis, respiratory disease, hospitalizations, missed work & school days & STILL cost Americans $180 BILLION in overall costs. 1/
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"knowledge about how greenhouse gases affect hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, flooding & agriculture becomes more detailed every year. The government’s decision today is 'not based on science,' Howarth said. 'It’s a predetermined political decision.' "
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
‘We Will See Them in Court’: Environmental Lawyers Vow to Challenge Trump’s Repeal of Key Climate Finding - Inside Climate News
The Trump administration repealed the EPA’s 2009 determination that greenhouse gases are a pollutant, an important legal foundation for their regulation.
insideclimatenews.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
"knowledge about how greenhouse gases affect hurricanes, wildfires, heat waves, flooding & agriculture becomes more detailed every year. The government’s decision today is 'not based on science,' Howarth said. 'It’s a predetermined political decision.' "
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/1202202...
File this under N for no shit
Crucial point from @grist.org:
"API pioneered many of the arguments now wielded against the endangerment finding... Trump’s EPA used many of these same arguments in its proposed endangerment finding repeal, demonstrating how much his deregulatory agenda owes to the oil industry’s work."
"API pioneered many of the arguments now wielded against the endangerment finding... Trump’s EPA used many of these same arguments in its proposed endangerment finding repeal, demonstrating how much his deregulatory agenda owes to the oil industry’s work."
Trump just killed the EPA’s ability to fight climate change. It may backfire.
The EPA’s repeal of the “endangerment finding” could threaten automakers and oil companies — if it survives in court.
grist.org
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
File this under N for no shit
In #NMPol #NMLeg, the industry has mounted a years-long full-court press to change state rules to allow discharge of this waste, "treated," to rivers, streams, and groundwater.
The tech to treat this safely does not exist.
We have defeated these efforts thrice, and we will continue to fight.
The tech to treat this safely does not exist.
We have defeated these efforts thrice, and we will continue to fight.
🛢️ NEW 🛢️ The US fossil fuel industry produces a trillion gallons of toxic drilling wastewater a year — and gets rid of most of it by injecting it underground. What could go wrong? (A lot.) buff.ly/t96dPPI
February 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @redistrictingaction.org and tell your member of Congress to vote no: act.redistrictingaction.org/a/natl-saveact-cte
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Apparently, Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump toxic waste water on their neighbors without fear of any consequences.
February 12, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Apparently, Tesla moved from California to Texas so they can dump toxic waste water on their neighbors without fear of any consequences.
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Capitol switchboard
(202) 225-3121
Call your Senators.
(202) 225-3121
Call your Senators.
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Capitol switchboard
(202) 225-3121
Call your Senators.
(202) 225-3121
Call your Senators.
This represents a huge leap in the opposite direction of democracy. No democracy, no environmental protection. Voting is sacrosanct. The Senate must kill this bill.
BREAKING: The House passed a voter suppression bill called the SAVE Act.
The bill requires every voter to present an ID & a passport or original birth certificate to register to vote.
This will stop millions of Americans who don't have these documents on hand from voting.
The bill requires every voter to present an ID & a passport or original birth certificate to register to vote.
This will stop millions of Americans who don't have these documents on hand from voting.
February 11, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This represents a huge leap in the opposite direction of democracy. No democracy, no environmental protection. Voting is sacrosanct. The Senate must kill this bill.
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Wildfires. Drought. Flooding. Extreme Heat.
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
New Mexicans are already paying for climate disasters - through higher insurance rates, emergency response costs, and rising energy bills.
The #ClearHorizonsAct is about planning ahead so families don’t keep footing the bill.
#ActOnClimate #NMLeg
The #ClearHorizonsAct is about planning ahead so families don’t keep footing the bill.
#ActOnClimate #NMLeg
The Senate is now debating the Clear Horizons Act! Watch online: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmon...
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Wildfires. Drought. Flooding. Extreme Heat.
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
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The Senate is now debating the Clear Horizons Act! Watch online: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmon...
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
The Senate is now debating the Clear Horizons Act! Watch online: sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmon...
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
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Hotter summers & longer droughts are already stressing NM’s water - acequias, watersheds & drinking supplies. Our economy runs on our water.
Protecting our water means planning ahead.
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
Protecting our water means planning ahead.
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
Wildfires. Drought. Flooding. Extreme Heat.
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
New Mexicans are already paying for climate disasters - through higher insurance rates, emergency response costs, and rising energy bills.
The #ClearHorizonsAct is about planning ahead so families don’t keep footing the bill.
#ActOnClimate #NMLeg
The #ClearHorizonsAct is about planning ahead so families don’t keep footing the bill.
#ActOnClimate #NMLeg
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Hotter summers & longer droughts are already stressing NM’s water - acequias, watersheds & drinking supplies. Our economy runs on our water.
Protecting our water means planning ahead.
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
Protecting our water means planning ahead.
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
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Sen. Steinborn: "this is a leadership moment. This is about leading." #NMpol #NMleg #ClearHorizonsAct
February 11, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Sen. Steinborn: "this is a leadership moment. This is about leading." #NMpol #NMleg #ClearHorizonsAct
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“This vote is about choosing stability, responsibility and the shared greater good for the future of our state,” Co-sponsor Sen. Angel Charley says in her opening re: the Clear Horizons Act #NMLeg #ClearHorizonsAct
Hotter summers & longer droughts are already stressing NM’s water - acequias, watersheds & drinking supplies. Our economy runs on our water.
Protecting our water means planning ahead.
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
Protecting our water means planning ahead.
#ClearHorizonsAct #NMLeg
Wildfires. Drought. Flooding. Extreme Heat.
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
We can either keep paying for disaster recovery - or plan ahead to reduce the pollution making these crises worse.
That’s what the #ClearHorizonsAct does.
#NMLeg #ActOnClimate
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
“This vote is about choosing stability, responsibility and the shared greater good for the future of our state,” Co-sponsor Sen. Angel Charley says in her opening re: the Clear Horizons Act #NMLeg #ClearHorizonsAct
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I didn't think you could find a bigger buffoon at Interior than Ryan Zinke but this is impressive
Burgum: "CO2 was never a pollutant. When we breathe, we emit CO2. Plants need CO2 to survive and grow. They thrive with more CO2. So the whole endangerment thing opens up an opportunity for the revival of clean, beautiful, American coal."
February 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I didn't think you could find a bigger buffoon at Interior than Ryan Zinke but this is impressive
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The EPA's decision to quit regulating emissions might be symbolic, but what it symbolizes if scary: a government that puts antiquated ideology and corporate profits over the health and welfare of its people
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
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The Insurance Crisis Is About to Get Even Worse
The Trump administration will soon make it the official policy of the US government that greenhouse gases don’t endanger Americans’ well-being and therefore don’t need federal regulation. Insurance co...
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The EPA's decision to quit regulating emissions might be symbolic, but what it symbolizes if scary: a government that puts antiquated ideology and corporate profits over the health and welfare of its people
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Beneath the surface, @westernlaw.org is witnessing--and helping spark (if imperfectly)--a shift grounded in an ecology of kinship between people & place, redistribution of power via mission-driven agencies, & a rethinking of state capacity & decision-making logic. We call this Emergent Horizons.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Beneath the surface, @westernlaw.org is witnessing--and helping spark (if imperfectly)--a shift grounded in an ecology of kinship between people & place, redistribution of power via mission-driven agencies, & a rethinking of state capacity & decision-making logic. We call this Emergent Horizons.
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Minnesota is one step closer to putting ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute on trial for climate and consumer fraud. 🙌
"These defendants prioritized their profits over the people of Minnesota, and deception was their business model,” said @ag.state.mn.us last year.
"These defendants prioritized their profits over the people of Minnesota, and deception was their business model,” said @ag.state.mn.us last year.
Minnesota moves closer to putting Exxon, Koch, and American Petroleum Institute on trial | Center for Climate Integrity
A three judge panel rejected Big Oil’s latest arguments for escaping the state’s climate and consumer fraud lawsuit.
climateintegrity.org
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Minnesota is one step closer to putting ExxonMobil, Koch Industries, and the American Petroleum Institute on trial for climate and consumer fraud. 🙌
"These defendants prioritized their profits over the people of Minnesota, and deception was their business model,” said @ag.state.mn.us last year.
"These defendants prioritized their profits over the people of Minnesota, and deception was their business model,” said @ag.state.mn.us last year.
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People can’t afford home insurance, and Big Oil is to blame.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters
Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:58 PM
People can’t afford home insurance, and Big Oil is to blame.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
"States need every tool available to protect their residents, including the ability to make the big oil corporations most responsible for this mess pay their fair share of the rising costs," said CCI's @iylas.bsky.social.
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Our statement: Interior Secretary Must Testify to Congress About Whitewashed History at National Parks, Sale of Access to Trump www.citizen.org/news/interio...
Interior Secretary Must Testify to Congress About Whitewashed History at National Parks, Sale of Access to Trump - Public Citizen
As Trump works to undermine our nation’s story, he is working to find ways to use the nation’s 250th birthday to sell access and influence...
www.citizen.org
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Our statement: Interior Secretary Must Testify to Congress About Whitewashed History at National Parks, Sale of Access to Trump www.citizen.org/news/interio...
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Was ready to have gripes about this but as I watched every one I thought I'd have was addressed
- Talks about wind not just solar ✅
- Brings up fossil fuel + industry ✅
- Brings up politics (AND HOW) ✅
Worked 8 years in renewables advocacy: this vid is one of the best I've seen. 10/10 easily
- Talks about wind not just solar ✅
- Brings up fossil fuel + industry ✅
- Brings up politics (AND HOW) ✅
Worked 8 years in renewables advocacy: this vid is one of the best I've seen. 10/10 easily
February 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Was ready to have gripes about this but as I watched every one I thought I'd have was addressed
- Talks about wind not just solar ✅
- Brings up fossil fuel + industry ✅
- Brings up politics (AND HOW) ✅
Worked 8 years in renewables advocacy: this vid is one of the best I've seen. 10/10 easily
- Talks about wind not just solar ✅
- Brings up fossil fuel + industry ✅
- Brings up politics (AND HOW) ✅
Worked 8 years in renewables advocacy: this vid is one of the best I've seen. 10/10 easily
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New Mexicans from across the state came together to speak up for clean air, healthy communities, and climate solutions that work for everyone.
There's still time to get SB18 - Clear horizons Act over the finish line, sign our petition today: sc.org/horizons
There's still time to get SB18 - Clear horizons Act over the finish line, sign our petition today: sc.org/horizons
February 9, 2026 at 4:03 PM
New Mexicans from across the state came together to speak up for clean air, healthy communities, and climate solutions that work for everyone.
There's still time to get SB18 - Clear horizons Act over the finish line, sign our petition today: sc.org/horizons
There's still time to get SB18 - Clear horizons Act over the finish line, sign our petition today: sc.org/horizons
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Shout out to @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social for its great work relentlessly exposing the rotten core of Abundance.
The latest Abundance group is led by a former AI and tech lobbyist. As we've previously documented, the connections between tech and abundance run deep.
But you don't have to take our word for it—abundists have been explicit about using abundance to increase AI and data center proliferation.
But you don't have to take our word for it—abundists have been explicit about using abundance to increase AI and data center proliferation.
An Abundance of Techno-Optimism | Revolving Door Project
The latest pro-Abundance group’s alignment with AI and tech interests is nothing new: abundists have long promoted AI and data centers.
therevolvingdoorproject.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Shout out to @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social for its great work relentlessly exposing the rotten core of Abundance.
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Hear directly from Sen. Mimi Stewart, sponsor of the Clear Horizons Act, where she shares why SB18 is about smart planning, clean air, and a stable future for New Mexico’s communities and economy.
Sign our petition to get SB18 to the finish line: https://clearhorizonsnm.org/take-action/
Sign our petition to get SB18 to the finish line: https://clearhorizonsnm.org/take-action/
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Hear directly from Sen. Mimi Stewart, sponsor of the Clear Horizons Act, where she shares why SB18 is about smart planning, clean air, and a stable future for New Mexico’s communities and economy.
Sign our petition to get SB18 to the finish line: https://clearhorizonsnm.org/take-action/
Sign our petition to get SB18 to the finish line: https://clearhorizonsnm.org/take-action/