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“My job as a leader of the university is to speak up for the values that we claim to believe in, especially when they’re at odds with people with enormous power.” — Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth in @newyorker.com
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice
The Trump Administration wants to punish schools for student activism. Michael Roth, of Wesleyan, argues that colleges don’t have to roll over.
www.newyorker.com
April 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“My job as a leader of the university is to speak up for the values that we claim to believe in, especially when they’re at odds with people with enormous power.” — Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth in @newyorker.com
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
(proud to have him continually and publicly defending #HigherEd)
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Here's the breakdown of the $151.3 billion worth of US exports to China in 2022. With China imposing an additional 34% tariffs on all US goods, you can bet that US taxpayers will be subsidizing these industries, especially farmers, to the tune of billions of dollars.
www.uschina.org/wp-content/u...
www.uschina.org/wp-content/u...
April 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Here's the breakdown of the $151.3 billion worth of US exports to China in 2022. With China imposing an additional 34% tariffs on all US goods, you can bet that US taxpayers will be subsidizing these industries, especially farmers, to the tune of billions of dollars.
www.uschina.org/wp-content/u...
www.uschina.org/wp-content/u...
Perhaps we could have a law to prevent children whose parents earn more than a million dollars a year from participating in competitive sports because they have an unfair advantage?
April 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Perhaps we could have a law to prevent children whose parents earn more than a million dollars a year from participating in competitive sports because they have an unfair advantage?
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✅ DEI Update of the Day™
Boards of Directors and shareholders of four of the largest corporations in the U.S. have overwhelmingly rejected anti-DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) proposals in 2025. Shareholders from Costco, Apple, John Deere, and Disney have all rejected anti-DEI proposals.
Boards of Directors and shareholders of four of the largest corporations in the U.S. have overwhelmingly rejected anti-DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) proposals in 2025. Shareholders from Costco, Apple, John Deere, and Disney have all rejected anti-DEI proposals.
March 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Yee Haw 🤠
Everything really is bigger in Texas!
Everything really is bigger in Texas!
Texas Leads U.S. Renewable Energy Generation by a Country Mile - Inside Climate News
Solar power grew by a lot in 2024 and coal continued to fall, according to EIA.
insideclimatenews.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yee Haw 🤠
Everything really is bigger in Texas!
Everything really is bigger in Texas!
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Several years ago we prepared a comprehensive assessment of the risks of fracking for #water resources concluding it wasn't the amount of water needed but the massive threat to groundwater from contamination.
Texas is proving the point.
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/texas-flood-...
Texas is proving the point.
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/texas-flood-...
A Dirty Water War in the Texas Desert
History is likely to show that the idea of permanently polluting huge amounts of water and then trying to bury that water deep underground under high pressure likely was a really bad idea.
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Several years ago we prepared a comprehensive assessment of the risks of fracking for #water resources concluding it wasn't the amount of water needed but the massive threat to groundwater from contamination.
Texas is proving the point.
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/texas-flood-...
Texas is proving the point.
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/texas-flood-...
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Looks like a huge pollution event could be building here
Yes one more reason to leave fossil fuels in the ground
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Yes one more reason to leave fossil fuels in the ground
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Oil tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Sea
Lifeboats and firefighting teams are on the scene, after two ships collide off the coast of East Yorkshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Looks like a huge pollution event could be building here
Yes one more reason to leave fossil fuels in the ground
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Yes one more reason to leave fossil fuels in the ground
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
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Our work when I was Budget chair highlighted these problems. Insurance invests in and insures facilities whose pollution is driving up its claims. The right hand doesn’t seem to know what the left hand is doing, all as property insurance markets tremble.
capitalandmain.com/how-big-insu...
capitalandmain.com/how-big-insu...
How Big Insurance’s Investment in Fossil Fuels Came Back to Bite It
In a vicious cycle, the sector’s financing of oil and gas is having an impact on its bottom line.
capitalandmain.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Our work when I was Budget chair highlighted these problems. Insurance invests in and insures facilities whose pollution is driving up its claims. The right hand doesn’t seem to know what the left hand is doing, all as property insurance markets tremble.
capitalandmain.com/how-big-insu...
capitalandmain.com/how-big-insu...
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Like you, I am joining Blue Sky because this community believes that even in these dark days, the sky’s the limit. We’re not cowering to tyranny. Onward.
February 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Like you, I am joining Blue Sky because this community believes that even in these dark days, the sky’s the limit. We’re not cowering to tyranny. Onward.