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Evan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 2d

Great news: The EPA is withdrawing its proposal to delay the implementation of hazardous air pollutant standards for coke ovens. Very good news for breathers in steel communities. It's nice to win! www.epa.gov/system/files...

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 2d

A number of automakers are failing to meet their own EV and climate targets - but Stellantis has taken the further step of publicly abandoning them.

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Another Global Automaker Gives Up On All-Electric Dream

Expect more Hemis as Stellantis bails on its EV targets.

carbuzz.com

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5d

Great article!

California is not actually off coal, though. It still has 8 coal-fired facilities left in the state: our cement plants. Don't forget about those!

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5d

My mistake. That makes more sense, as Chevron Richmond ("el primero") makes a ton of jet fuel, too.

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5d

Do you think the plant that makes 40% of California's Jet A would close under any circumstances?

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5d

This definitely feels like a problem that is set to get worse.

It's not restricted to refineries with declining financials, though. Here's the newest, fanciest integrated chemical plant in America catching on fire and releasing known carcinogens a couple months ago:
www.csb.gov/shell-polyme...

Shell Polymers Monaca Chemical Release | CSB

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5d

Is it just me or do refineries and chemical plants explode on the regular? This feels like something we should talk about more.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 8d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 8d

“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”

- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025

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Brian Hanlon @hanlon.bsky.social · 8d

Please call the Governor and ask him to sign SB 79!

(916) 445-2841

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Josh Linden @joshlinden.bsky.social · 9d

Vacant units come up a lot in discussions around the housing crisis

This is a good opportunity to go over what the data actually shows 🧵

Nick Jackelson @shidass.bsky.social · 9d

Yeah, that’s what I thought. Keep your dishonest framing to yourself.

Klein’s housing policy fails to address the fundamental cause of this housing crisis.

In the US, there are currently 15mil vacant homes. There are ~650,000 homeless.

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Evan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 12d

While much focus has been on the US/EU, and companies' weakening commitments to clean steel, there have been some exciting developments on the clean steel front that are worth highlighting. TL;DR: The transition to green steel is underway, yet it remains overlooked. A quick thread...

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Lead the Charge @leadthecharge.bsky.social · 13d

Automakers are watching closely as a new global coalition of organizations calls on Hyundai to clean up its dirty, dangerous supply chain.

➡️Join the movement: eko.org/hyundai-drive-change
🔗Learn more: drive-change.org

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 14d

This is mind-blowing! The epic battle of the sperm whale and the giant squid has finally been caught on camera.

Some combination of _Moby Dick_ and this just straight delightful paper have made this one of my many little manias since way back:
www.whoi.edu/science/PO/t...

We miss you, Bill.

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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · Sep 7

To put this loan amount in perspective:

California is spending $500 million to widen a 10-mile stretch of Highway 37 in the northern Bay Area (through a wetland, no less).

But $750 million to save the *entire* Bay Area’s transit systems is apparently infeasible.

Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve been informed by the Governor’s Department of Finance that it won’t agree before our legislative session ends (on Friday) to finalize a $750M bridge loan to Bay Area transit.

This loan was agreed to in our June budget. Without it, BART, Muni, et al will cut service.🧵

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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve been informed by the Governor’s Department of Finance that it won’t agree before our legislative session ends (on Friday) to finalize a $750M bridge loan to Bay Area transit.

This loan was agreed to in our June budget. Without it, BART, Muni, et al will cut service.🧵

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Severin Borenstein @severinborenstein.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yes!
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Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social · Sep 6

There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.

So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.

Free DC @freedcproject.bsky.social · Sep 6

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

It doesn't really work for chemicals, either.

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

PS: It occurs to me that not everyone has oil prices off the top of their heads. Crude prices are currently in the $60-70 per barrel range. "Normal" oil prices in my lifetime have been $50-100 per barrel. What the graph above is saying is that most oil producers on earth keep pumping at $15/bbl.

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

It kind of did, though. I know the Stone Age didn't end when we ran out of stones, but the Whale Oil Age ended when we ran out of whales.

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

What is RPP?

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

But it is really hard to get people who used to produce oil to stop thinking of themselves as oil producers. Just look at the 'coal voters' in Ohio counties where the last coal mine closed in the 1970s.

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

It is much easier to get high oil taxes in countries without oil. Just compare the fuel taxes in Europe to those in the U.S. and Canada.

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Rebecca Dell @rebeccawdell.bsky.social · Sep 7

Any plausible theory of climate action that rests on high oil prices needs to also have a plausible plan for establishing and maintaining some pretty astronomical taxes on oil or its derivatives.

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