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Don Carr

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Author of THE MIDNIGHT RAMBLER and the upcoming THE REPUBLIC OF AWESOME. Environmental writer and Great Lakes flack. Iowa born, South Dakota raised, Minnesota to the end. www.doncarrauthor.com Views my own. Live Green or Die Hard.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · Nov 10

“I am quickly finding that an environmental thriller is a sub genre that resonates with me and connects to so many current events.” www.bestthrillerbooks.com/teresa-brock...

The Midnight Rambler By Don Carr — the best thriller books

I am quickly finding that an environmental thriller is a sub genre that resonates with me and connects to so many current events. Sophie Grant, our FMC, is one bad a$$ Environmental Protection Agency...

www.bestthrillerbooks.com

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Alex Formuzis @alexformuzis.bsky.social · 2h

Corn is the most nitrogen-fertilizer-intensive crop in the U.S. & accounts for more than 2/3 of all nitrogen fertilizer use nationwide. Nitrogen fertilizer is applied to crops & interactions in the soil turn it into #nitrousoxide, a greenhouse gas roughly 300X more powerful than CO2. #climatechange

Fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ drives major source of farm greenhouse gases, but conservation can help

Millions of acres in four major Corn Belt states are used to grow "continuous corn” on the same fields year after year, requiring significant use of

www.ewg.org

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 16h

AWESOME

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Rowsdower @rowsdower.com · Dec 3

Typical Monday night with the boys.

The characters Troy McGregor, Zap Rowsdower and Mike Pipper are seen in a dark room, illuminated by oil lamp, in the hit 1990 film The Final Sacrifice.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 2d

Flying my P51 into the sun

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 2d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.social · 4d

I can see how a Replacements biopic is a tempting idea but man you you gotta nail it or you're just begging a bunch of the most opinionated fifty-something guys on the planet to never give you a moment's peace lol

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 4d

Doin our best!

Great Lakes Region Unprepared for Increasing Water Use Demands - Alliance for the Great Lakes

CHICAGO, IL (August 20, 2025) – The Great Lakes region faces the prospect of water shortages, groundwater conflicts, and contaminated aquifers as demand sharply increases from large water users such [...

greatlakes.org

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 4d

Hmm. With solar energy, the big explosions take place 93 million miles away

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5d

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 4d

not a safety net, more of a trampoline.

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 4d

in terms of government welfare there is no competition.

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 4d

They don't like it?

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 5d

BFD

After 40 years and $84M in cleanup, Muskegon Lake comes off toxic list

Federal, state and local officials gathered to announce the formal delisting of Muskegon Lake from the Area of Concern program.

www.mlive.com

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 5d

Trump Campaign Advisors Receive Over $2 Million in Trade Bailout Payments

Fifteen members of an agribusiness council that advised Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign have received $2.2 million from the federal bailout program for farmers hurt by the president's trade ...

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 5d

$30-$50 billion? That's a lot of cheddar that could go to land retirements/easements in environmentally sensitive areas.

Will just set in on fire instead. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump making plans to send billions in cash bailouts to farmers with taxpayer money

The president has also said he wants to use direct tariff revenue for the payments, but that could trigger a major fight in Congress.

www.politico.com

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 5d

crooks, too

Farmers Convicted Of Fraud Still Got Trump Bailout Funds

The Trump agenda: tighter standards for food benefits, looser ones for farm programs.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 5d

So they're liars.

"the six mines where a mining company’s predictions could be compared to actual performance, water pollution was significantly worse than forecast"

Opinion | Supporters of Boundary Waters mining just refuse to give up

"The pillagers of our public lands are relentless," Becky Rom writes.

www.startribune.com

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Bob Mehr @bobmehr.bsky.social · 5d

A bit of news, regarding my Replacements bio, "Trouble Boys"

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 6d

Finn Wolfhard is adapting Bob Mehr's epic Replacements biography 'Trouble Boys' into a movie

Finn Wolfhard Adapting Replacements Book 'Trouble Boys' For New Movie

The Replacements lived out one of the most entertaining, heartbreaking stories in rock history, and author Bob Mehr told that story brilliantly in the 2016 biography Trouble Boys. Now Finn Wolfhard is...

www.stereogum.com

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 6d

JFC "bailout money that comes this winter is a geriatric retirement payment.”

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 6d

prolly woulda been cast

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 6d

Our most important of all American and also the apex predators of government welfare.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Brooke Rollins: "I'm worried about our farmers, but I know once we get through this period it is going to be an unprecedented time of prosperity for these most important of all Americans."

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 6d

Willie too

Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 6d

they still buying fries from RDO?

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 6d

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

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Don Carr @doncarr.bsky.social · 6d

So dumb my daughter was born in DC and rode the metro until we moved.

Joel Siegel @joelsiegel.bsky.social · 6d

Rep. Lisa McClain, on CNN, praising President Trump for deploying the National Guard to Washington:

"My daughter could actually ride the Metro for the first time since she has been in DC."

[Her daughter is 22]