Amy Scott

notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

"Radical incrementalism." We've seen how that works.

The Banner announces expansion to Prince George’s County The Banner announced it will take its award-winning journalism into Prince George’s County this spring, continuing its ambition to serve readers across Maryland.

Meanwhile in Baltimore…

www.thebanner.com/banner-pr/th...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

Disappointing to see climate coverage among the many casualties of these layoffs.

www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

UK joins European offshore windfarm plan to create world’s largest ‘clean energy reservoir’ Britain among 10 countries to build 100GW grid in North Sea linking countries through subsea cables

Multiple countries sign landmark deal to build giant wind farms in the North Sea "that directly connect to various countries through high-voltage subsea cables, under plans that are expected to provide 100 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind power."

The US, meanwhile, is shutting down offshore wind.

After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

As a big winter storm comes for the US, some may blame outages on renewable energy.

This is a pattern.

In Feb 2021 when an outage hit Texas critics blamed solar + wind.

Investigations found the outage's cause was gas + coal plants forced offline because of freezing temperatures.

(more here⬇️)

The 41st Santa Barbara International Film Festival Brings a Feast of Movie Magic to Town SBIFF’s new five-screen McHurley Film Center will open on February 5.

So excited to bring #SavingEttingStreet to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

U.S. carbon emissions were falling. Why did they go up in 2025? The rise comes even before the Trump administration’s pro-fossil fuel policies fully take hold, the authors of a Rhodium Group analysis found.

After two years of declines in the amount of greenhouse gases the U.S. pumped into the atmosphere, the nation’s planet-warming emissions rose an estimated 2.4 percent during 2025, according to an analysis published Tuesday.

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

“Trump’s heat waves, Trump’s droughts, Trump’s floods, and Trump’s wildfires” — Prof. Justin Mankin

I can add Trump’s catastrophic hurricanes to this list.

🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.

WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:

* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon

The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire

www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...

The U.S. Will Exit UN’s Framework Climate Treaty, According to Reports The move would mark a significant escalation in Trump’s hostility toward climate diplomacy.

The US is withdrawing from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the treaty that has governed international climate diplomacy since 1992, per the AP: heatmap.news/sparks/us-wi...

George H.W. Bush first signed the pact, and the Senate unanimously ratified. US has been a member since then.

Deported and Imprisoned Archives A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...

CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.

You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...

1964 photo of screaming Beatles fans

2025 promo of a CBS News town hall on feminism

I found it. The Bari Weiss/CBS News town hall promo for feminism does indeed use a 1964 photo of Beatles fans.

They terminated the national LGBTQ+ youth suicide hotline back in July.

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.

House sets votes on gender care penalties The votes are a barometer of how far GOP lawmakers are willing to go to strip access to transition-related care

While ACA subsidies are getting all the attention, the House is also voting on a bill that would send doctors and nurses to prison for providing care supported by most major U.S. medical associations.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/h...

When we said democracy was on the ballot we weren't lying.

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure

"They said the shipping fee would have hurt the American economy."

You know what else hurts the American economy?

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...

Well said.

Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov

Add Cincinnati to the rapidly expanding list of cities where homeless students sleep in parking lots because their families can't afford a place to live.

www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Thanks, Michael. I really want to get you and Loren on a stage together.

The Land Problem We need to make more food with less land. Could factory farms be the key?

In this episode, I go meat shopping with @mikegrunwald.bsky.social, sample cattle feed, and confront some hard questions about what's really "best" for the planet. Maybe my favorite one yet!
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...

Psst: Stop burning stuff on Earth for energy. Let the burning fireball in the sky be your energy source.

SAVING ETTING STREET - DOC NYC WORLD PREMIERE Shelly, a brash, no-nonsense carpenter, is on a mission to empower Black women to reclaim their futures, one home at a time. Through her

Excited to announce that SAVING ETTING STREET, the documentary film I co-directed with Dena Fisher, will have its world premiere at #DOCNYC. In-person and virtual screenings next month!
www.docnyc.net/film/saving-...

A screenshot of a post by the Jane Goodall Institute on LinkedIn stating that they learned that Dr. Goodall passed away due to natural causes in California while on her speaking to her current speaking tour there.

The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.

"I'm all about free speech, but..."

Lots of that going around these days.

Climate change is accelerating, scientists find in ‘grim’ report » Yale Climate Connections They warn that humanity is just three years from overshooting the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, with seas rising faster than ever. But the report also contains a little bit of good news.

🔥 The world’s top climate scientists have found that global warming is accelerating. Oceans are rising faster than ever, and the 1.5°C target is slipping away, but there’s still a narrow path forward. #ClimateAction