Jeff Young

America is slashing its climate research Hear no science, see no science, speak no science

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Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged,’ Fires Labor Official

Don't like climate change scenarios? Fire the climate scientists. Don't like jobs numbers? Fire the economists.

Authoritarians can't handle the truth, so they supress the truth tellers.
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A travesty.
CPB supported some of the best broadcast journalism in America.
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We're in the Orbanization of our media system now. It's happening.

CNN's Brian Stelter drew this assessment from Gábor Scheiring, "who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

Can confirm: hotter than Satan's sack here in Louisville.

a man wearing a t-shirt that says ' you gonna eat your tots ' ALT: a man wearing a t-shirt that says ' you gonna eat your tots '

Vocal tater tot personified.

States are key to controlling plastic waste, but study shows few have acted A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty on plastic waste.

4/ Mixed news from states, @oceanconservancy.org reports, with few taking adequate action on #plasticwaste. However, 14 phased out "Styrofoam," 12 banned 1-use plastic bags, and 7 adopted producer responsibility policies to make co's pay for collection and recycling.
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How a nudge from shareholders helped Amazon cut plastic waste A shareholder proposal years ago asked Amazon to reduce plastic in its shipping. This year the company reported a more than 25 percent reduction in plastic use.

3/ A bit of #plastic progress from Amazon: the company reports a sharp drop in plastic packaging used in shipping. Amazon says it avoided use of ~134m plastic bags by switching to paper.
This follows years of shareholder engagement by @asyousow.bsky.social
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Pot has a plastic waste problem: Here are some budding solutions Legal cannabis products produce thousands of tons of plastic waste a year. Industry leaders said regulations on packaging limit their sustainability options.

2/ Remember when weed came in a baggie? These days cannabis is likely to be double wrapped, in a childproof container or a single use vape pen, producing as much as 10k tons of plastic waste a year.
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Join Newsweek Thursday for a live event: Turning the Tide on Plastic Waste As negotiators prepare for talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution, our panel of experts will explain the latest efforts to rein in plastic waste.

Hi Blueskiers, I hope you can join me this afternoon for this live event on #plastic waste and the upcoming talks on a global plastics treaty.

Also, here's a short 🧵on recent action on plastic🗑️and ♻️:
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Most don't IMHO. They just die, eventually.

he's bitin the heads off the angels now

Also, still a month or so to claim the EV credits (I just bought a plug-in hybrid that qualifies.)
Here's the rest:

Pot has a plastic waste problem: Here are some budding solutions Legal cannabis products produce thousands of tons of plastic waste a year. Industry leaders said regulations on packaging limit their sustainability options.

State regulation on cannabis limits more sustainable packaging options, adding to the plastic waste.
Could a joint effort between policymakers and companies help?
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Even the WaPo TikTok guy is bailing out.

UN Leader says clean energy is a 'moment of opportunity' in climate crisis The UN secretary-general slammed fossil fuel policies favored by President Trump and called on Big Tech to power data centers solely with renewable energy.

He didn't use Trump's name, but the U.N. Sec-Gen's remarks today on #climate change were an unmistakable rebuke of Trump's fossil energy policies.
"Countries that cling to fossil fuels are not protecting their economies; they are sabotaging them," Guterres said.
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Extreme Weather Is Driving Global Food-Price Spikes, Report Says Staple foods—including potatoes, rice, onions, lettuce and fruit—are being hit by price shocks, according to a study led by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

Climate change is bad for farmers and anyone who likes to eat:

We used to tell a bawdier version of this joke that involved a different part of the anatomy.

I'm picturing a Jim Anchower Muppet.

His campaign staff upon reading "touching more people":

So we're deporting Mexican immigrants but making Mexican Coke now?

2025 has been a disaster of year for flooding so far. The year has the seen most US Flash Flood Warnings to date. 3050 as yesterday. In July it’s over 700 and counting.

How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect clean energy jobs $522 billion of announced clean energy investments yet to come online had been linked to tax credits the OBBBA is axing—and could now be at risk.

Clean energy tax credits triggered $billions of investments in red states. So why didn't more Republicans stand up for them?
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She got a taste of how the "merchants of doubt" work, though, thanks to the chemical industry attacks on her and Silent Spring.

Is this how Andy stays so calm?

In case you're wondering how the AI and Energy summit in Pittsburgh today is addressing #climate concerns, Energy Sec. Chris Wright called renewables the "energy crazy train" and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speculated that
“it's Russian PSYOPS running a lot of this climate extremism.”
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Perry’s Coal Economics Leaves Economists Puzzled - West Virginia Public Broadcasting Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured a modern and relatively clean coal-fired power plant in West Virginia in order to tout the benefits of coal in a

Listening to Rick Perry speak at an AI & Energy Summit and I'm reminded of the time one of my colleagues stumped him with a simple question about supply and demand.
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INSANE HEAT IN MIDDLE EAST

Crazy MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 38.3C Tuz IRAQ

Dozens of stations allover Middle East (Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Emirates) with Minimums >35C

Max. temperatures expected up to 52C. Nights up to 40C !
Historic heat wave,one of the worst ever seen anywhere worldwide
it 'll last weeks