Noah Voz (Ver Beek)

The US government is aiming to get rid of a quarter million people involved in science research and education by 2026.

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant The government said Judge Paula Xinis, who ordered that the administration return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, had engaged in “district-court diplomacy.”

Breaking News: The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to block a judge’s order to return a wrongly deported Salvadoran immigrant to the U.S.

18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was just demolished by Musk’s team. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 million.

A thread about 18F:

Video obtained by CNN shows the rear landing gear of the jet buckling and the right wing shearing away in a fireball after the plane landed hard on the runway.

I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

The brain worm’s plans of global domination are well under way

Removal of Technology-Neutral Clean Energy Tax Credits Could Cost Upwards of $336 Billion In Investment, Increase Electricity Bills 10% For Consumers | Aurora Energy Research Tech-neutral tax credit removal could reduce clean energy deployment 237 GW by 2040, enough power for 35.7 million homes, resulting in 97,000 net fewer energy jobs, new analysis from Aurora Energy Res...

New research from Aurora finds that getting rid of the tax credits in the IRA would cost us $336B and nearly 100,00 jobs, while increasing electric bills by 10% or more. The impact on people’s wallets from these policies just keeps mounting.

auroraer.com/media/reform...

THREAD: New UK govt contract with Drax biomass power plant

* 4-yr contract 2027-2031
* £113/MWh (2012 prices – £155 in today's money)
* Output cap of 6TWh (<2% of UK supplies, cf recent yrs 12-15TWh)
* CfD cost ~£500m/yr
* 100% of fuel must be "sustainable", up from 70%
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Headline "US democracy has died"

The neoliberal dream of fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch was always the destruction of US democracy and the elimination of government (except for its repressive organs police, courts, prisons, military ofc), and now he has won.
What now? A 🧵.
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Peter Goldsmith • 1st Professor, University of Illinois at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 3h • G Today is a dark day when once there were so many winners. SIL, the Soybean Innovation Lab, will shutter its doors as of 4/15/25 as all USAID funding has ceased. Today I had to let go of a staff of 30. These individuals are not only unique experts in the field of tropical soybean, but also close colleagues and friends who are now unexpectedly out of work. The land grant system now loses 19 crown jewel Innovation Labs, across 17 states, that delivered high and measurable impact on very little investment. U.S. soybean farmers lose one of their best tools to expand their markets and U.S. standards globally. Local economies in emerging markets lose soybean as an incomparable engine growing wealth, prosperity, and economic development. International security is a loser, as local populations now fall back into poverty, unrest, and migration, due to greater food insecurity. U.S. influence loses as Innovation Labs operate on the ground in direct collaboration with hundreds of local businesses, organizations, and governments building strong and lasting friendships. Today we all lose. It is a shame. Innovation Labs like SIL are an investment for good on so many levels. You and 53 others 17 comments

The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.

Trump and Musk are really proving that what’s legal is what you can get away with. Even if funding cuts and layoffs are reversed, the damage to the institution will be done.

Totally! I’ll add you!

The Inflation Reduction Act has been an economic engine across America. In just 2.5 years it has:

-Created >400,000 jobs
-Attracted >$422 billion in investments

Clean energy is a bipartisan success story, building a stronger nation.
climatepower.us/news/new-rep...

as LA is burning, a swath of the country is recovering from an ice storm, Alabama is preparing for up to 6” of snow and I’m praying for the TX power grid, a reminder:

we don’t need climate action just for future generations, we need it now.

the climate crisis is here, all around us

Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing editorial slant.

Breaking News: Rupert Murdoch failed in his bid to alter a family trust to consolidate his empire under his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News’s right-wing slant.

BOEM issues final federal permit for US Wind’s 2-GW Maryland offshore wind project The wind farm will be a first for the state of Maryland and will help shore up the offshore wind supply chain, according to the Oceantic Network.

Final permit approved for Maryland offshore wind...
www.utilitydive.com/news/boem-us... #energysky #wind #renewableenergy

There are still climate people who believe Musk is secretly whispering pro-climate messages into the ears of Republicans and changing them from the inside

Amazon workers on strike from Black Friday to Cyber Monday (WFXR) – Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.

Amazons workers across 20 countries, including the United States, are striking against what the organizing labor union calls anti-worker and anti-democratic practices.

I have been incredibly frustrated with the sane-washing of Trump in the lead-up to and aftermath of the election. Acting as is this is just another election and Trump is just another president does an disservice to all of us and leave us unprepared for what’s coming.

Again. This time around, Trump will be normalized in places and in ways you never could have imagined.

Recognize what is happening and also that a lot of liberals have moved to the Right, that they were never your allies or friends, and, like it or not, you’re in and have been in a class war.

Ok, this nightmare has gone on long enough. Can I wake up now?

"copilot" in the menu of my Excel

When Microsoft talks about how it's murdering its climate goals w/ generative AI, it's rationalised on the grounds that demand for AI is huge.

At the same time: they are desperately force-injecting it into every single corner of every single software tool whether it makes sense or not.

EIA's new Sankey diagram.

Behold, EIA developed a new Sankey diagram to represent the U.S. energy system! 🔌💡 www.eia.gov/totalenergy/...

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The US Senate approved three new commissioners for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, giving the key regulator a full quorum of five members and ensuring Democrats hold a 3-2 majority through at least June 2026.
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Heartland Institute is building a a network of thermometers to prove that the US isn’t warming…smacks of people accidentally proving the earth is round when trying to prove their flat earth theories!

Increasing use of renewable energy in US yields billions of dollars of benefits New study published in Cell Reports Sustainability finds emission reductions provided $249bn of climate and health benefits

Wind & solar, which grew 55% from 2019 to 2023 to supply 14% of US electricity, produced $259B in climate & clean air benefits, finds LBNL researchers. That's $143/MWh for wind & $100/MWh for solar or $36/MWh & $17/MWh if considering air pollution only.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

New rules will slash air, water and climate pollution from U.S. power plants The Environmental Protection Agency announced a set of rules aimed at reducing harmful pollution from gas- and coal-fired power plants nationwide.

Breaking news: The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized an ambitious set of rules aimed at slashing air pollution, water pollution and planet-warming emissions spewing from the nation’s power plants.

Because of the Inflation Reduction Act, other policies, & innovation, US installed solar & wind power capacity in 2030 is now projected to be double what it would have been before the start of the Biden Administration. Double! That’s good. Let’s do even more now. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo...

When you can’t watch the eclipse IRL, the next best thing is to watch it through LMPs in ERCOT

The last two coal-fired power plants in New England are set to close by 2025 & 2028 ending the use of a fossil fuel that supplied electricity to the region for more than 50 years. The sites will be converted to solar farms & battery banks for offshore wind www.nytimes.com/2024/03/28/c...
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