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The incomparable @ajeansu.bsky.social breaking down why data centers are the devastating love child of big tech and the fossil fuel industry and why COP30 must tackle the climate impacts of AI.

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AI is an elephant in the #COP30 room. While govts have touted AI as a climate solution, they have ignored its grave costs to our climate & planet. The global climate space must address how AI data centers are the new lifeline of the fossil fuel industry.

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"The influx of CCS lobbyists at COP30 shows how the AI industry is using the false promise of carbon capture as a lifeline for fossil fuels. AI is the love child of Big Tech and the fossil fuel industry."

@ajeansu.bsky.social for @biologicaldiversity.org

Happy 50th Birthday, Monkey Wrench Gang • The Revelator Half a century after the novel’s publication, the Glen Canyon Dam still stands, now home to the world’s largest mud puddle.

We've published two articles at @therevelator.org looking back at the 50th anniversary of Edward Abbey’s The Monkey Wrench Gang. First came an essay by the real-world inspiration for one of the novel's characters, Bonnie Abbzug: therevelator.org/happy-50th-b...

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Neil Gorsuch Is Worried Tariffs Could Create a ‘Climate Emergency’ But this might all be moot thanks to the “major questions doctrine.”

Trump’s lawyer got one thing right: if Trump can do his Tariffs, the next President can declare a Climate Emergency: heatmap.news/climate/supr...

“This report shows how the U.S. is about to set off an explosion of dirty data center emissions, entrenching more fossil fuels when we need their rapid phaseout.” nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Why one Ohio couple is suing their city over rooftop solar fees The city's utility says the charge is only fair to customers without solar, but the couple argues it’s an illegal penalty. The dispute echoes a nationwide…

A utility fee is making it twice as hard for this Ohio couple to pay for their rooftop solar-plus-storage system with power cost savings. So they’re suing their municipal utility, and it may be a preview of a statewide — and nationwide — fight to come.

AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How. It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.

"The danger of AI is not that it will achieve consciousness. The end is much less flashy: [it] will increasingly overtax the grid, leaving us to cook alive in sweltering darkness. The AI hype is part of a larger, false narrative justifying fossil fuel expansion." www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Ready to go! #nokings

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Out with the old, in with the new - we got rid of our stinky range and love our new Copper Induction - highly recommend!

SIGNED! 🥳🥳🥳💪💪💪

A massive victory for holding monopoly utilities accountable to their customers, and for lowering Californian utility bills.

Thank you to @governor.ca.gov, @asmmarcberman.bsky.social, @senmcnerney.bsky.social, @earthjustice.org, The Utility Reform Network for all your leadership!

Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up

“The Republican Party has long denied the severe risks that climate change presents. Under Mr. Trump, Republicans have gone even further. They have become the party that stands in the way of lower energy prices for American households.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Signing AB 1167 Would be a Win for Energy Affordability  - Legal Planet AB 1167, which seeks to protect ratepayers from subsidizing utility lobbying, still awaits Governor Newsom’s signature.

Gov. Newsom should sign AB 1167 to keep costs down for utility ratepayers by ensuring they are not forced to subsidize utilities’ political lobbying and PR, our @denisegrab.bsky.social writes at @legal-planet.org.

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💯. @governor.ca.gov - be the Governor that stood up to for-profit utilities and sign #AB1167 to make California the 7th state to protect customers from footing the bill for their lobbying and promotional campaigns!

A bill is sitting on @GavinNewsom’s desk that would lower Californians’ utility bills – all he has to do is sign it. But rumors are swirling that he plans to do the opposite - a move that could prove disastrous for California and for Newsom. A 🧵:

Garden bounty! Proving Capitol Hill can be productive in October (and abundant).

It’s back!

Join us next Friday at the Supreme Court! 5:30.

Legal Victory: FEMA Must Consider Rooftop Solar for Puerto Rico’s Ailing Grid Center for Biological Diversity: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— Conservation and community groups have won a legal challenge to federal plans to spend billions of dollars to rebuild Puerto Rico’s electric gri...

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Border wall slicing through Arizona wildlife corridor begins construction: ‘A show of force for nothing’ The 30ft-high wall between the US and Mexico will cut through one of the last unbroken grasslands in the west, leaving residents alarmed over the potential impact on wildlife and water use

Border wall slicing through Arizona wildlife corridor begins construction: ‘A show of force for nothing’

Tell Newsom to sign these commonsense bills into law Tell Newsom to sign these commonsense bills into law

TAKE ACTION and tell @governor.ca.gov to sign these commonsense bills into law
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We got ours last Monday! Love it.

Judge considers motion to dismiss Carrboro's lawsuit against Duke Energy The town of Carrboro filed suit against Duke Energy last December, alleging the utility giant engaged in a public deception campaign to dismiss concerns about climate change. Lawyers for Duke Energy a...

"A judge is considering Duke Energy's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by the town of Carrboro... claiming the utility giant engaged in a public deception campaign for decades to dismiss concerns around climate change" - @celllyg.bsky.social @wunc.org www.wunc.org/environment/...

This interview with my dear colleague Russ McSpadden is a phenomenal roundup of our work to stop Trump's absurd and irreversibly destructive push to wall off Arizona's San Rafael Valley.

And if you're not already following @peccarynotpig.bsky.social, you should!

Town of Carrboro Argues Case in Duke Energy, Climate Change Lawsuit's Initial Hearing - Chapelboro.com The Town of Carrboro presented its legal rationale for continuing a 2024 climate change-focused lawsuit against Duke Energy on Thursday.

The Town of Carrboro presented its legal rationale for continuing a 2024 lawsuit against Duke Energy.

It argues the utility company deceived the public on the subject of climate change, which has now begun to damage the town’s infrastructure.

Can an NC town sue Duke Energy like it’s a tobacco company in 1998? Carrboro is trying to do what no local government has done before.

The town of Carrboro and Duke Energy met in a downtown Raleigh courtroom this week to debate whether the town can sue over Duke's approach to climate change:

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