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Tribal nations scramble to save clean energy projects as federal support vanishes As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed renewable energy plans.

Tribal nations scramble to save clean energy projects as federal support vanishes.

As federal programs are frozen or eliminated, Indigenous communities are seeking new ways to fund and finish urgently needed renewable energy plans.

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#Solar #Energy #Indigenous #Tribes

James Talarico Is on the Run WIRED spoke with the Texas state representative, who is hiding out in Illinois along with his colleagues in an attempt to stop Republicans from enacting an unprecedented redistricting plan.

WIRED spoke with the Texas state representative, who is hiding out in Illinois along with his colleagues in an attempt to stop Republicans from enacting an unprecedented redistricting plan. www.wired.com/story/james-...

New and IMPT: Inside the chaotic, lucrative world of disaster recovery.

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#Disaster #Climate #Economics #Contractors #Exploitation #Policy #Politics #Floods #Hurricanes #Wildfires

Text on a maroon background reads: "41% Women who experience being stalked are more likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, raising their cardiovascular disease risk by 41 percent."

The findings spotlight a truth prevalent across American medicine: Violence against women needs to be taken seriously, screened for and studied. www.instagram.com/p/DNQ8z5KS5xW/

Who’s questioning women’s right to vote? A post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth showed his support of a fringe evangelical Christianity that is gaining more traction in the Republican Party.

“In my ideal society, we would vote as households,” a pastor tells CNN. “And I would ordinarily be the one that would cast the vote, but I would cast the vote having discussed it with my household.”

Trump's environmental policies are reshaping everyday life. Here's how. The president’s rollbacks and funding cuts are affecting your food, water, and air — even if you don’t realize it.

In a new guide, @grist.org examines the impact Trump's environmental rollbacks and funding cuts are having on the things we all do every day. Flipping on your lights. Turning on your faucet. Paying bills. Checking the weather forecast. Feeding yourself and your families. grist.org/politics/tru...

Today, @grist.org is launching a new series, The Disaster Economy, looking at the chaotic, often lucrative world of disaster recovery. grist.org/series/the-d...

Read, share, and importantly, let us know what you're seeing on the ground in your communities that you want us to report on.

This is very useful for folk in #Hawaii / #Maui . Please circulate this if you live in and around Maui, or if you are connected to folk effected by the fires.

Youth need more than theory to tackle the climate crisis, they need tools to explore solutions.

🎮 Landscape Game 2 lets players act as policymakers, conservationists & land managers, balancing growth with ecosystem health.

🔗: https://bit.ly/3x3send

#YouthDay #TreesPeoplePlanet

Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure A Native Hawaiian mother’s fight to keep her family in Lāhainā despite soaring costs, mortgage limbo, and land-hungry investors eager to own a piece of Hawaiʻi.

Two years after a wildfire took everything, Maui homeowners are facing a new threat: Foreclosure.

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#Hawaii #Climate #Foreclosure #Homes #Housing #Maui

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.

As California burns, new research shows smoke is wildfire’s silent killer.

The official death count from the Palisades and Eaton fires was 30 — the real number may be 15 times higher.

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#CA #California #Wildfire #Fires #Smoke #Climate #LA #LosAngeles

YouTube video by Vattenfall Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom

Another thing I did not have on my 2025 bingo card:

Samuel L. Jackson stars in an unapologetically anti-fossil fuel commercial for seaweed snacks grown on offshore wind farms

Cannot wait to talk with @shereereneethomas.bsky.social!

Check out more stories, poems, & books at Sheree's website!
www.shereereneethomas.com

‘They deserve this transparency’: Rep. Ayanna Pressley calls for hearing with Epstein survivors In a letter shared exclusively with The 19th, Democrats are pushing for a House Oversight Committee Hearing to prioritize survivor voices as a critical step towards holistic justice.

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Energy projects across the country are in limbo after Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.

Energy projects across the country are in limbo after Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’

Community groups, businesses, and consumers say projects face an uncertain future after Republicans slashed renewable energy tax credits.

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#Energy #Climate #CleanTech #Politics #Policy

A graphic with the above quote on it and an image of a woman with a skeleton bird on her shoulder in the lower corner.

Kind words from @kaychronister.bsky.social

In Haunted Ecologies, Corey Farrenkopf combs the cold shores, misty forests, and damp basements of realities not quite our own…A dreamy, lush collection that drips, slithers, and crawls from the page.

— Kay Chronister, author of The Bog Wife

Meet the man behind the vibes at Banneker Pool Banneker Pool is the place to see and be seen in the summer, and he’s a big part of the reason why.

@51st.news profiles a local icon

Marcus I will never forget the way you sang Pink Pony Club for everyone on the pool mic a few weeks ago

Here's your daily dose of climate fiction! We know what we’re trying to move our world away from, but what exactly are we moving it toward?

Find out by reading, "This View From Here."
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This is one of those pieces that if shared widely could really help folk in the #farming #food, and #agriculture sector.

Who Walks With You Imagine 2200 climate fiction: Ysolt awakes after a freak storm to find herself at the bottom of a ravine in the broken remains of the nomadic home that was supposed to protect her.

Read this climate fiction story by @premeemohamed.com !

Who Walks With You.

Ysolt awakes after a freak storm to find herself at the bottom of a ravine in the broken remains of the nomadic home that was supposed to protect her.

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#Clifi #Solarpunk #SciFi #Fiction

cover for Issue 55 of Uncanny Magazine, November/December 2023, The Lotus Flower Gift by Paul Lewin featuring a Black femme-presenting person silhouetted on the right facing left wearing a fur-lined headpiece with feathers and beads dangling with all manner of colors: deep reds, warm oranges, and cool turquoise. She has orange lines and dots drawn on her face. Her hand, palm-up, hold two very small individuals, one another Black femme wearing a head wrap and clothes in muted oranges, reds, and browns. Her clothes also have white lacy trimmings, and she holds a deep red, pink, and brown umbrella over her head. Next to her, a bald Black child in a deep green mask holes a pink lotus flower floating in a clear orb. Butterflies and birds fly around them.

Paul Lewin

The next stretch goal in the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is an ORIGINAL COVER by Paul Lewin! Paul has done some phenomenal covers for Uncanny in the past, and we can't wait to see what he can do in Year 12! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...

This Indian rapper is spitting bars about climate justice, caste, and Indigenous rights In her latest single, Mahi G spotlights the outdoor workers vulnerable to extreme heat

This Indian rapper is spitting bars about climate justice, caste, and Indigenous rights.

In her latest single, Mahi G spotlights the outdoor workers vulnerable to extreme heat.

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#HipHop #Rap #Music #Climate #Art #India #Indian #Culture

Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."

Troubling scenes from an Arctic in full-tilt crisis.

The heat that hit Svalbard in February was so intense that scientists could dig into the ground with spoons, "like it was soft ice cream."

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#Norway #Arctic #Climate #heat #IceCream #Global

YouTube video by Vattenfall Uncensored version with Samuel L. Jackson - A taste of fossil freedom

Samuel L. Jackson in this wind ad by Vattenfall is perfection!

And he of course drops a few MF's in the ad. I've now seen this so many times, and it's only been out for 24 hours.

Well done climate comms!

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#Wind #Energy #Seaweed #Climate #Advertisement #Communications

IMPT: Please Share This!!

This is one of those pieces that if shared widely could really help folk in the #farming #food, and #agriculture sector.

rekt by Alex Gonzalez: Review by Archita Mittra rekt, Alex Gonzalez (Erewhon 978-1-64566-159-7, $28.00, 368pp, hc) March 2025. Alex Gonzalez’s debut novel rekt unfolds as a riveting thriller, in hot pursuit of online horrors that spill over to o…

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10 states fund prisons using stolen Indigenous lands State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.

💫New Thread💫

1🧵: Prisons in 10 states are partially funded by land stolen from 57 Indigenous nations. This land, once home to thriving communities, now generates millions for incarceration.

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#Tribe #Tribal #Indigenous #Justice

Birmingham deserves a better story.

Join us for the first public screening of As Goes The South — a powerful new doc reframing Birmingham's past, present, and future.

Free screening
A.H. Parker High School Auditorium: bit.ly/3UelNpf

Let’s tell a new story for the South.

#Birmingham #AL #Alabama

Climate storytelling tip I swear by:

Start with the genre you love—then weave in climate themes with intention.

Don’t lead with “climate fiction.” Lead with story.

#ClimateFiction #Writers #Write #Solarpunk #Literature

A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a 'grueling hell on earth.' The inside story of how the celebrated startup AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.

A celebrated startup promised Kentuckians green jobs. It gave them a ‘grueling hell on earth.’

The inside story of how AppHarvest's indoor farming scheme imploded — and took its blue-collar workforce down with it.

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#Kentucky #Kentuckians #KY #Climate #Work #Jobs #Farms