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Removing US as World Cup host would be eminently sad – and entirely justified | Alexander Abnos A country where safety is under threat from federal violence on the streets is not fit to stage soccer’s showpiece event

"A country where safety is under threat from federal violence on the streets is not fit to stage soccer’s showpiece event," writes @anabnos.com.

Chicago Rally for Democracy It’s been one year since Trump took office. Take your lunchtime to show up for democracy. Join us for a peaceful, family-friendly rally to resist authoritarianism and make your voice heard. We won't...

Join me at Chicago Rally for Democracy action.womensmarch.com/events/chica...

How AI data centers were invented #shorts YouTube video by Charlie Berens

😬 youtube.com/shorts/ILAh2...

Data Centers Are Already Increasing Your Energy Bills. We Have the Receipts. Electric bills are going up around the country and some of those increases are due to an outdated practice that requires consumers to pay billions for tech giants’ grid connections. Our new analysis t...

Data Centers Are Already Increasing Your Energy Bills. We Have the Receipts. blog.ucs.org/mike-jacobs/...

New England Closes the Door on Coal. Cheaper Renewables Can Take Its Place. But it wasn’t age, per se, that led to the plant’s demise. It was economics.

New England Closes the Door on Coal. Cheaper Renewables Can Take Its Place. blog.ucs.org/john-rogers/...

Electrifying (pun intended) panel about data centers including @sierraclub.org @votesolar.bsky.social and Michigan EJ Coalition discussing how the data center hype is driving price increases for residential customers, new fossil fuel investments and water pollution. 👎🏼

Incredible panel on the illegal operation of Line 5 at the @miclimateaction.bsky.social summit.

Excellent panel on utility accountability with Soulardarity, Sugar Law Center, @urbancorecollectiv.bsky.social and Michigan EJ Coalition at the @miclimateaction.bsky.social summit, emphasizing alternatives to the investor-owned utility model & how we can have community OWNED and controlled solar.

Wonderful opening by Dr Kyle Whyte this morning at the @miclimateaction.bsky.social summit, emphasizing indigenous expertise and knowledge and the need for relational organizing.

👋 Meet Dr. Kyle Whyte, Keynote Speaker at our 2025 Summit! Dr. Whyte is the Director of the Tishman Center and a SEAS professor at UofM. He has decades of expertise in environmental justice and indigenous collaboration. Learn more and secure your ticket or sponsorship: miclimateaction.org/summit

UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harms

“The fossil fuel playbook has undermined the protection of all human rights that are negatively impacted by climate change for over six decades” -- report of Elise Morgera, UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change www.theguardian.com/environment/...

You Need Science. Science Needs You. Supporters of science across America are uniting with one voice to send this very simple message to our elected officials: You need science. Science needs you. #ScienceMatters

The last 100 days have been an unprecedented assault American science. Our scientists. Our institutions. And the people around the world who rely on it. We must stand united and speak up. Our collective future depends on it. #ScienceMatters savesciencenow.org

Great webinar on Monday featuring Labor Network for Sustainability and @ctulocal1.bsky.social

Ben Stein explains tariffs

There is no bottom with this administration. No act too low.

A Guide to the Birdsong of Migration An album of music inspired by the song of migratory birds of the Americas.

I'm so excited about ShikaShika's latest project, mixing amazing music and threatened birdsong with human stories: A Guide to the Birdsong of Migration.

You too can support it on Kickstarter:
bit.ly/birdsongmigr...

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dies at 82 Mr. Dean, who inspired songs including “Jolene” and “From Here to the Moon and Back,” was known to shy away from the spotlight as his wife rose to fame.

:*( Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dies at 82 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/u...

Which Coal Units Are Retiring, and Which Plants Will Continue Operating Once the dominant source of energy in the United States, today, 401 coal units supply roughly 16 percent of the nation’s grid.

Utilities have extended the retirement dates of nearly 1/3 of coal plants, even though it’s more expensive to run almost every coal plant than to build renewables. Guess who's paying for this? (if you guessed ratepayers, you'd be correct). www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Guest column: The truth about solar energy, land management needs to be told In the past week Michigan witnessed a pretty good example of how a well oiled (pun intended) disinformation machine manufactures synthetic outrage over an invented story.

Yesterday's guest column by Peter Sinclair is really worth a read: "In the past week Michigan witnessed a pretty good example of how a well oiled (pun intended) disinformation machine manufactures synthetic outrage over an invented story." www.themorningsun.com/2025/02/05/g...

🚨 The Trump administration is attempting to seize power beyond what the Constitution allows—giving Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire, unchecked influence.

As a federal scientist, expert, or civil servant, you have rights. Don’t let them bully you.

These resources can help: act.ucsusa.org/4hqSJoz

This is so dangerous.

Greening Our Growing Ever wonder if agriculture and green energy can work together? The answer is yes, and Jess talks with UCS experts Dr. Angel Fernandez-Bou and Vivian Yang about farming and the future of energy in the ...

And here is the English-language podcast discussing agriculture and green energy with my colleagues Ángel and Vivian! www.ucsusa.org/resources/gr...

Great conversation with my colleague Ángel (en Español) about the potential of agrovoltaics.

France has added a 1.6 GW reactor to its grid after 17 yrs building. It will be taken off line shortly for repairs as discussed in the thread. In that time, the US added 191.8 GW of solar. After accounting for capacity factor (~25%) that's still 30x the capacity added. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

Reach out to me if you have any questions about your project, or want some guidance for your application! Looking forward to working with you!

#scipol #sciencepolicy #science #scienceadvocacy #scienceforpublicgood #environmentaljustice

Hope Amidst the Heat: Massachusetts' New Legislation to Combat Climate Crisis and Protect Communities It may feel like we are facing a grim reality. Regardless of people’s beliefs, the facts show us the increasing toll from an unaddressed climate crisis. Globally, this year is going strong as the warm...

Massachusetts´ state legislators passed a new clean energy bill. The new law will codify the state’s commitment to a clean energy grid, advance equity and protect ratepayers. This is a huge reason for hope and celebration! blog.ucsusa.org/paula-garcia...