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Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? Nazi Lies in Vance's America

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
snyder.substack.com/p/ethnic-cle...

Ethanol's outsized place in the U.S. energy system

About 90 million acres of US farmland grow corn. 35-40% of the corn goes to ethanol production.

frontiergroup.org/resources/et...

She watched a wetland die before she was old enough to understand why.

Ahead of tomorrow’s #WorldWetlandsDay, see how Julie Mulonga is bringing new life to Africa’s wetlands and the people who depend on them.

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If we can’t live without water, why are we poisoning our rivers?

If we can’t live without forests, why are we cutting them down?

If we can’t live without soil, why are we stripping it of life?

We depend on nature, not the other way around. It's time we stop pushing our best ally to the brink.

Opinion | What MAGA Sees in the Minnesota Mirror

"The right’s echo chamber is so powerful and so hermetically sealed that even serious conservatives can fall for the administration’s disinformation."

#ParoxysmOfAnger
#MAGAMadness
#MeltTheICE

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy

"A neoroyalist world is not good for the United States, and it is not good for humanity. Its primary goal is extraction for the few rather than safety or prosperity for the many."

#Neoroyalism
#VoteThemOut
##DumpTrumpAgain

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...

On the Media The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.

“ Someday we will tell our children about this month of January 2026 in world politics, and they will not be able to fathom what we chose to do as a country to ourselves.”

Garrett Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social on how Trump is damaging US global standing.
on-the-media.visitlink.me/IitPv8

"We can either invest into nature’s destruction or power its recovery – there is no middle ground...”

#DefundDestruction
#NatureIsNotForSale
#TaxNatureNegativeActions

In Europe, Wind and Solar Overtake Fossil Fuels Last year, for the first time, wind and solar supplied more power than fossil fuels to the E.U., according to a new analysis.

In a first, Europe generated more power from wind and solar than from fossil fuels last year.

'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.

"... experienced "lilliputian hallucinations" – the psychiatric term for the perception of tiny human, animal or fantasy figures."

#ISeeSmallPeople
#LilliputianWorlds
#MysteriesOfScience

www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Data Center Power Play Unmitigated data center growth puts the public at risk of higher utility bills and public health costs.

NEW: A UCS report published today shows that powering data centers with clean energy could avoid trillions in climate and health costs. Here's what you need to know 🧵⬇️

Opinion | Trump’s Norway Letter Proves This Isn’t Sustainable

"He sees himself less as president of the United States and more as president of his United States."

#GreatDivider
#TwoAmericas
##DumpTrumpAgainNow

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

Video: Inside Trump’s Deportation Machine Data obtained by The New York Times illustrates the differences between President Trump’s and President Biden’s approaches to deportations. Our data reporter Albert Sun describes what we found.

www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...

#GeographyOfDeportation
#MappingMovingPeople

How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change

“It was a bunch of empty promises from a bunch of Wall Street types who abandoned their pledges when it was no longer convenient...”

#Climate$hame
#CleanEnergyNow
#ThinkGloballyInvestLocally

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...

Data center ‘gold rush’ pits local officials’ hunt for new revenue against residents’ concerns Twiggs County commissioners recently approved a massive data center project, sparking a legal battle and deepening distrust between citizens and their elected officials in the rural middle Georgia com...

#GoldRushGoneBad
#CryptoCriminals
#FarmsNotFools

Quebec’s Lake Rouge vanished – but was it a freak natural event or caused by human actions? Experts and community trying to untangle mystery of outburst that saw water travel almost 10km overland into a bigger lake

How does a lake drain empty overnight?
Welcome to the #Anthropocene.

IPCC AR6 reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient at CO2 mitigation than new #nuclear.
And given tragectory data, renewables much more efficient after 2030.

Our Changing Planet, as Seen From Space A plankton bloom in the Baltic Sea in July. Scientists say manure and fertilizer runoff from European farms is fueling blooms.  NASA

Humans are altering the planet on an unthinkable scale. Satellite images from NASA show the growing imprint on planet Earth.

Trump Sinks to New Low by Announcing US Withdrawal from 66 International Organizations, Including UNFCCC and IPCC President Trump announced today that he is removing the United States from the UNFCCC and IPCC, as well as 64 other entities or U.N. organizations. Statements by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

“President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the bedrock global treaty to tackle climate change is a new low and yet another a sign that this authoritarian, anti-science administration is determined to sacrifice people’s well-being and destabilize global cooperation."

Read UCS Statement:

Historical cumulative fossil CO2 emissions since 1850

The US has announced it is withdrawing from among others the:

IPCC
IREA
International Solar Alliance
UNFCCC

It describes these as “contrary to the interests of the United States.”

I guess the greatest polluter on earth wants to ensure it maintains its status as such.

www.whitehouse.gov/p...

Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say

"... if the Constitution says that the big guy should win, well, then the big guy’s going to win, because my obligation is to the Constitution."

#SCOTUSRigged4Wealthy
#TheMeekShaltSuffer
#PoisonedPlanet

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

Opinion | Why Does Trump Get Away With It?

"Republican majorities in the House and Senate have abandoned all semblance of institutional and constitutional integrity, passively allowing Trump to wrest away their powers over taxing and spending, turning Congress into a collection of sycophants."
#DumpTrumpAgain

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...

Market concentration → Less competition → Higher prices for consumers → Corporate profits at 70-year high → Record stock buybacks → Higher shareholder value → More power for corporations and the rich.

How do we fight back? Break up monopolies and rebuild union power.

Sea Ice Hits New Low in Hottest Year on Record for the Arctic The Arctic endured a year of record heat and shrunken sea ice as the world’s northern latitudes continue a rapid shift to becoming rainier and less ice-bound due to the climate crisis, scientists have reported.

The Arctic just had its hottest year on record, while measures of sea ice hit a new low. via The Guardian

Instead of going through the time and tedium of subpoenas, hearings, and due process, Congress should just do as the Pentagon does: acting on a vague hunch without any evidence, declare that Pam Bondi is a "narco-terrorist" and bust some doors down.

Opinion | The Strange Death of Make America Great Again

"MAGA’s internal culture has always rewarded theatrical confrontation over achievement. Boorishness commands attention, and boors mistake attention for leverage. Pseudo-martyrdom becomes an end in itself. Loyalty tests proliferate."

#OmnidirectionalIncoherence

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...

Illinois Passed New Clean Energy Legislation—What to Look for in 2026 Illinois clean energy advocates are justifiably still giddy over the state legislature’s passage of the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA, or surge-ah as we call it). The wide-ranging legislation contains several energy policy updates to help Illinois achieve its clean electricity goal

"We see Illinois as an inspiration for other states, taking action to address rising electricity costs and signaling that it will not allow the Trump administration to dictate a dirty energy future for its people." Learn more in James Gignac's blog:

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Asks to Keep Justice Dept. From Steering Case to Favored Judge

“We are no longer in a normal time. We are now in a time when the [DOJ] has surrendered ... its independence and the president is directly commanding his [AG] and her leadership team to use their prosecutorial authorities against his perceived political adversaries.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...

Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause

"The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and the court has given us the worst of all worlds: an ultrapowerful presidency without an actual president at the helm."

#NoKings
#DumpTrumpAgain
#TermLimitsForSCOTUS

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...