Samantha Smith 🌹
@samanthajcsmith.bsky.social
Strategic adviser for clean energy jobs at the AFL-CIO. Trade unionist, climate activist, views mostly my own.
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Folks are dying from winter storms and the power has been out for a week but the government can spend big money on detention camps. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
February 2, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Folks are dying from winter storms and the power has been out for a week but the government can spend big money on detention camps. bsky.app/profile/cost...
100%. If the NYT and WaPo can say it like it is, NRK can too.
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
100%. If the NYT and WaPo can say it like it is, NRK can too.
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18. Because natural gas is used for so much of US power generation, increasing gas exports = higher gas prices = higher electricity. One climate negative impact of that is that after years of decline, we now are seeing an uptick in domestic power generation from coal.
December 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
18. Because natural gas is used for so much of US power generation, increasing gas exports = higher gas prices = higher electricity. One climate negative impact of that is that after years of decline, we now are seeing an uptick in domestic power generation from coal.