Larchlover
@larchlover.bsky.social
Partial to clean air, water, energy; wildlands; justice; twinflower, murrelets; Jordi Savall, Ichiro, @Zey.bsky.social, Pete Seeger, Mary Anne Hitt, @AstroKatie.com; Alpine Lakes, Haida Gwaii. He/him. Ancient.
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16 years requiring a big vision and then years of dedicated work by public sector staff, private companies, advocates, and of course a lot of great community members.
Congratulations to @billcorcoran.bsky.social @evangillespie.bsky.social and many more on the Beyond Coal Campaign who made the end of coal in California a reality this week.
Check out the story from @sammyroth.bsky.social
Check out the story from @sammyroth.bsky.social
Ding dong, coal is dead
At least in California.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
16 years requiring a big vision and then years of dedicated work by public sector staff, private companies, advocates, and of course a lot of great community members.
One of the best postseasons ever! So much great baseball. Winter begins this evening, 15 weeks until pitchers and catchers report, meaning Spring.
A (very small but non-zero) part of me wants this game to go at least three more hours so folks have to explain how something that happened at 2:05 came ten minutes after something that happened at 2:55.
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
One of the best postseasons ever! So much great baseball. Winter begins this evening, 15 weeks until pitchers and catchers report, meaning Spring.
Lovin' the great John Prine on Bluesky!
"Blow up your TV
Throw away your paper
Go to the country
Build you a home
Plant a little garden
Eat a lot of peaches
Try an' find Jesus on your own"
Throw away your paper
Go to the country
Build you a home
Plant a little garden
Eat a lot of peaches
Try an' find Jesus on your own"
Tilly Norwood raises the question of who will be the first to win an Oscar for best AI in a leading role
October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Lovin' the great John Prine on Bluesky!
Totally appreciating the work of Bill Corcoran, Evan, and the LA team over a decade and a half of advocacy!
16 years after @billcorcoran.bsky.social kicked up a storm about Los Angeles' dependence on out-of-state coal and came up with a plan, we're a month out from the city and state going coal-free. Very gratifying. Great update from the one and only @sammyroth.bsky.social.
Commentary: California is finally quitting coal. Here's what comes next
To replace a 40-year-old Utah coal plant, Los Angeles is investing in green hydrogen.
www.latimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Totally appreciating the work of Bill Corcoran, Evan, and the LA team over a decade and a half of advocacy!
And by the way, Yasmin Williams is a beyond amazing guitarist.
September 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
And by the way, Yasmin Williams is a beyond amazing guitarist.
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This administration is made up of the pettiest people you can imagine.
Setting aside tickets for a Kennedy Center performance to a MAGA group to heckle an artist who criticized the admin is such weak, pathetic shit.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
Setting aside tickets for a Kennedy Center performance to a MAGA group to heckle an artist who criticized the admin is such weak, pathetic shit.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams’s Kennedy Center Performance - Washingtonian
Staffers say center president Ric Grenell's office set aside passes for the group, which booed and heckled the musician.
www.washingtonian.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This administration is made up of the pettiest people you can imagine.
Setting aside tickets for a Kennedy Center performance to a MAGA group to heckle an artist who criticized the admin is such weak, pathetic shit.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
Setting aside tickets for a Kennedy Center performance to a MAGA group to heckle an artist who criticized the admin is such weak, pathetic shit.
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
To no one's surprise, both Jay and Leah are right on!
June 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM
To no one's surprise, both Jay and Leah are right on!
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Leah is exactly right. Every time Trump rips up some environmental protection, he finds
another way to force dirty, expensive energy down our throats, this time keeping obsolete coal plants open nobody wants.
another way to force dirty, expensive energy down our throats, this time keeping obsolete coal plants open nobody wants.
Just another way Trump is jacking up energy bills for everyday Americans: he's keeping expensive, dirty coal plants open that no one wants or needs. Not even the utilities who own the plants!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/c...
Coal and Gas Plants Were Closing. Then Trump Ordered Them to Keep Running.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Leah is exactly right. Every time Trump rips up some environmental protection, he finds
another way to force dirty, expensive energy down our throats, this time keeping obsolete coal plants open nobody wants.
another way to force dirty, expensive energy down our throats, this time keeping obsolete coal plants open nobody wants.
This post from Dave Roberts refers to a podcast of his about some new technology for managing building energy use. I'm not familiar with the particular technology, but his comment about how to make distributed energy really work is right on.
www.volts.wtf/p/the-cooles...
www.volts.wtf/p/the-cooles...
May 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This post from Dave Roberts refers to a podcast of his about some new technology for managing building energy use. I'm not familiar with the particular technology, but his comment about how to make distributed energy really work is right on.
www.volts.wtf/p/the-cooles...
www.volts.wtf/p/the-cooles...
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While Senate GOP votes to end Clean Air Act hazardous pollutants safeguards.
EPA has never released a list of all the grants it is terminating but in a legal filing it has named the programs being cut. A @peteraldhous.com @insideclimatenews.org analysis shows 99% of the planned cuts are aid to poor and minority communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/0105202...
EPA Funding Cuts Target Disadvantaged Communities, Analysis Shows - Inside Climate News
In its bid to resist a court order to unfreeze grants, the Trump administration reveals a laser focus on eliminating environmental justice aid.
insideclimatenews.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
While Senate GOP votes to end Clean Air Act hazardous pollutants safeguards.
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Because they felt that air pollution isn't killing enough Americans, the Senate voted to overturn an EPA rule that limits toxic air pollutants emitted by industrial facilities, marking the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.
Senate overturns EPA rule on seven highly toxic air pollutants
If also passed by the House as expected, the action will be the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.
wapo.st
May 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Because they felt that air pollution isn't killing enough Americans, the Senate voted to overturn an EPA rule that limits toxic air pollutants emitted by industrial facilities, marking the first time Congress has weakened protections under the Clean Air Act.
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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And so it finally happened. Zero carbon electricity exceeded coal and natural gas for the first time. This is what a fossil fuel phaseout looks like. #keepgoing
April 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And so it finally happened. Zero carbon electricity exceeded coal and natural gas for the first time. This is what a fossil fuel phaseout looks like. #keepgoing
This graph is a beautiful thing!
April 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This graph is a beautiful thing!
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"You have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections as a Democrat, trans political ads work, the public is reacting to trans people poorly"
Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:
Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:
April 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"You have to throw trans people under the bus to win elections as a Democrat, trans political ads work, the public is reacting to trans people poorly"
Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:
Meanwhile in Wisconsin after tens of millions in anti-trans ads against WI-SC candidate who did not flinch:
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I’m quoted here on Trump’s efforts to revive coal: “They tried to do this in the first Trump term and it did not work, and now the economics of coal are even worse,” said Mary Anne Hitt…“I don’t think they’ll succeed in this term.” 1/ subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Behind EPA rule rollbacks, Trump plans for a coal comeback
The administration is clawing back regulations and mulling executive authorities to prop up the nation's coal-fired power fleet and mining sector.
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March 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I’m quoted here on Trump’s efforts to revive coal: “They tried to do this in the first Trump term and it did not work, and now the economics of coal are even worse,” said Mary Anne Hitt…“I don’t think they’ll succeed in this term.” 1/ subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
I often debate whether Trump is just trolling the world because he likes the sound of his own voice or is actually deeply delusional. Things like this make me lean toward the "delusional" theory.
Stand with Canada. Trump's insane efforts to turn our neighbor and longtime ally into the "51st State" continue to escalate, threatening more havoc for our entertwined economies. This is a naked abuse of power.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I often debate whether Trump is just trolling the world because he likes the sound of his own voice or is actually deeply delusional. Things like this make me lean toward the "delusional" theory.
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Mayor Taylor was Vice Chair of U.S. Climate
Mayors and led Houston's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan: greenhoustontx.gov/climateactio...
Mayors and led Houston's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan: greenhoustontx.gov/climateactio...
March 6, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Mayor Taylor was Vice Chair of U.S. Climate
Mayors and led Houston's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan: greenhoustontx.gov/climateactio...
Mayors and led Houston's groundbreaking Climate Action Plan: greenhoustontx.gov/climateactio...
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You know how Trump confused asylum for immigrants with asylums as mental institutions? I am beginning to think that he believes his oath to “Faithfully execute the laws of the United States” requires him to kill the laws.
March 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
You know how Trump confused asylum for immigrants with asylums as mental institutions? I am beginning to think that he believes his oath to “Faithfully execute the laws of the United States” requires him to kill the laws.
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A Canadian friend shared this with me. It will make you smile, which is something these days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
We Will Survive
YouTube video by Jesse McFaul
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A Canadian friend shared this with me. It will make you smile, which is something these days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pei...
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3m
I didn't want them to get too close together lest I risk an annihilation event which would destroy my bookcase and much of my neighborhood. I suppose @astrokatie.com would assign that a low probability but I'm cautious.
3m
I didn't want them to get too close together lest I risk an annihilation event which would destroy my bookcase and much of my neighborhood. I suppose @astrokatie.com would assign that a low probability but I'm cautious.
November 16, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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3m
I didn't want them to get too close together lest I risk an annihilation event which would destroy my bookcase and much of my neighborhood. I suppose @astrokatie.com would assign that a low probability but I'm cautious.
3m
I didn't want them to get too close together lest I risk an annihilation event which would destroy my bookcase and much of my neighborhood. I suppose @astrokatie.com would assign that a low probability but I'm cautious.
Super discussion of the potential for industrial decarbonization in the US and globally! Thanks to David Roberts @volts.wtf and his guests.
April 6, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Super discussion of the potential for industrial decarbonization in the US and globally! Thanks to David Roberts @volts.wtf and his guests.
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Today on Volts: you probably heard that Biden just devoted over $6 billion to industrial decarbonization projects. But what projects? And what is their significance? I talk it over with Rebecca Dell of ClimateWorks & Evan Gillespie of Industrious Labs. This is a fun one!
Biden sets out to supercharge industrial decarbonization
On Monday, the Biden administration announced over $6 billion in grants to industrial decarbonization projects in sectors ranging from steel to concrete to chemicals to, uh, macaroni. I talk about the...
www.volts.wtf
March 27, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Today on Volts: you probably heard that Biden just devoted over $6 billion to industrial decarbonization projects. But what projects? And what is their significance? I talk it over with Rebecca Dell of ClimateWorks & Evan Gillespie of Industrious Labs. This is a fun one!
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"Any statement can be condemned for not including all other statements, aka O.P.’s concern about saving the whales is only a sign of his/her/their indifference about some other issue or cetacean or mammal or cause." -Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit: How to Comment on Social Media
1) Do not read the whole original post or what it links to, which will dilute the purity of your response and reduce your chances of rebuking the poster for not mentioning anything they might’…
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February 6, 2024 at 3:22 PM
"Any statement can be condemned for not including all other statements, aka O.P.’s concern about saving the whales is only a sign of his/her/their indifference about some other issue or cetacean or mammal or cause." -Rebecca Solnit
A privilege today to be with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Inslee, and others. I am grateful that our country gave a person of humble origins like me a chance to participate in our civic life. I'm also mindful that we still need to widen that opportunity for so many others! She was great!
January 25, 2024 at 10:56 PM
A privilege today to be with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Inslee, and others. I am grateful that our country gave a person of humble origins like me a chance to participate in our civic life. I'm also mindful that we still need to widen that opportunity for so many others! She was great!