Richmond DSA Eco-Socialist Working Group

252 mph wind gust just observed inside Hurricane Mellisa in the southeast eye wall. Exceptionally (record) warm ocean water sitting underneath this storm, supplying it with unlimited fuel. Ocean water made hot by greenhouse gas-induced climate change. Oil & gas companies need to be held accountable

Hurricane Melissa is now the 9th strongest hurricane on record in the Atlantic Ocean with wind gusts approaching 215 mph. Glaciers continue melting at an ever-accelerating rate. Yet this regime persists in dismantling renewable energy infrastructure and incentives. Vote Republicans out on November 4

Jamaica is responsible for less than 0.03% of global CO₂ emissions but faces almost unimaginable loss and damage in coming days at the hands of wealthy nations.

It's heartbreaking and utterly damning.

CSX train derails, sending 53 coal cars, 2 locomotives off tracks into wetlands in New Kent CSX officials said Sunday that two locomotives and 53 cars carrying coal derailed into the wetlands around 3:10 p.m. between Roxbury and South Mountcastle roads.

CSX coal train derails in New Kent, spilling tons of coal into nearby wetlands www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

Great turnout tonight at Climate Changemakers Hour of Action at Väsen Brewing! We submitted comments to Virginia DEQ opposing Dominion’s costly and deadly proposed gas-fired power plant! #RVA

The next working group meeting is scheduled for November 5th at 6pm; location to be determined

The Richmond DSA Eco-Socialism Working Group BlueSky is back up and running after a brief hiatus to survey the info-sec landscape after the regime’s blatantly fascist executive order declaring all leftist groups “domestic terrorists.” The group continues to be active & growing in membership

Democratic Socialists of America Richmond: Southerners for solidarity. The Richmond DSA is an all-volunteer organization of advocates, activists and community members with the goal of building working class power in the city of Richmond, Virginia. We seek to promote a tr...

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Given the recent executive order that broadly sweeps leftist organizations into a category of "terrorists" we are considering at least temporarily pausing this account until we have a better idea of how the regime plans to carry out the E.O. and what response may come from the courts....

Three Virginia Democrats have renounced their relationships with Clean Virginia and decided to accept Dominion’s dirty money: Aaron Rouse @aaronrouse.bsky.social, Delegate David Reid (Louden), and Delegate Kelly Convirs-Fowler (Virginia Beach). Let’s make sure they get primaried! #Virginia

Highly encourage folks interested in weighing in on changes to state environmental regulations to keep apprised of public comment periods and meetings posted to the Virginia Regulatory Town Hall website; lot to look at here and consider townhall.virginia.gov/L/Forums.cfm

Shameful that Chesterfield and Henrico County leaders continue rubber-stamping developments with no thought to green space or whether existing infrastructure can handle the additional traffic. County citizens should demand better from their supervisors!

Tell me either you have no understanding of climate damages without saying so, or that you’ve lost all empathy for those who cannot adapt within their incomes.

Hi @vademocrats.bsky.social care to comment on the fact that Youngkin is forcing people to travel to other states to get their COVID booster shots? Might help boost votes for @abigailspanberger.com just saying.

Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

For chemist Kris Hansen, 3M was a family affair; her father was a creator of the company’s N95 face masks.

Yet, after she found 3M’s forever chemicals in human blood, the company repeatedly doubted her work and stopped her research on the chemicals.

(Published May 2024)
By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Field Notes: Fighting Reckless Data Center Growth in Virginia. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Virginia is the epicenter of data centers. Nowhere else in the world has more of these massive facilities—which means we’ve seen firsthand what the worst-case scenario looks like. Despite Big Tech’s o...

@sierraclub.org will be hosting a data center strategy workshop this Thursday at 6:30pm (on Zoom) if you want to learn more about the problems posed by data centers and how to fight back sierraclub.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Per VPAP, screenshot of top donors to Jason Miyares in July-August 2025: RAGA, Dominion Energy, Tiger Lily Capital, etc.

Dominion Energy donating heavily Jason Miyares over Jay Jones - who they clearly hate (note that Dominion gave heavily to Jones' Dem primary opponent, Shannon Taylor, as well; also note that Jones has been heavily funded by Dominion archrival Clean VA). bluevirginia.us/2025/09/virg...

La próxima reunión del grupo de trabajo de Eco-Socialismo se celebrará el próximo miércoles a las 6 p. m. en la biblioteca de la sucursal de North Park en Henrico (cerca de Parham y Chamberlayne).

The next Eco-Socialism working group meeting is coming up next Wednesday, 6pm at the North Park branch library in Henrico (near Parham and Chamberlayne). Come on out and help us plan our campaign to bring air quality monitors to public schools!

Army’s Fort Belvoir permit sparks clash over PFAS pollution Environmental groups and lawmakers are pushing back on Virginia’s proposed Fort Belvoir permit, warning that the lack of PFAS limits threatens the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay and public health.

Environmental groups and lawmakers are pushing back on Virginia’s proposed Fort Belvoir permit, warning that the lack of PFAS limits threatens the Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay and public health.

Mob of invasive spotted lanternflies appear on DC area’s weather radar - WTOP News Thursday’s weather radar featured what experts believe to be a mass of spotted lanternflies, an invasive species, moving around the D.C. area.

Mob of spotted lanternflies appear on D.C. area’s weather radar wtop.com/local/2025/0...

Reminder that the Virginia Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Services dropped quarantine measures at the behest of the logging industry!

Grid-Scale Battery Stabilizes Scottish Power Supply Grid-scale batteries in Scotland are stabilizing power supply with advanced grid-forming inverters.

One claim Dominion’s supporters kept making at the public comment hearing was that the fossil fuel peaker plant was necessary to respond quickly to sudden changes in grid demand. Well, a battery facility in Scotland would suggest otherwise spectrum.ieee.org/grid-scale-b...

New data centers are being proposed for Henrico (one near Wyndham), Chesterfield, and Caroline counties. This next legislative session, @vademocrats.bsky.social MUST NOT fail to pass stringent data center reform that protects our water, air, and natural resources!

This is all just being said out loud now on the air on Fox “News”, instead of away from the cameras like before. That’s what’s changed. They’re testing the response and normalizing the idea at the same time.

Tell Virginia regulators: no Chesterfield gas plant! Placeholder

972 comments have been sent to DEQ and the State Corporation Commission asking both agencies to reject Dominion’s dirty gas plant! Have you made your voice heard? actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Keep this man out of the White House at all costs.

It’s not “honest disagreement” to dehumanize the trans community. That’s just being a homophobic asshole. And saying that some lives lost is worth preserving gun rights is beyond the pale.

Mayo Island now protected by James River Park System You will never see any big buildings on the 14.5-acre plot, and you can expect more green space moving forward.

Mayo Island now protected by James River Park System #12OnYourSide

Due to the strong turnout, DEQ has extended the deadline for public comment until October 23rd, with a second public hearing scheduled for October 8th, same time (4:30) at the SpringHill Suites in Chester

There were some REALLY wild assertions made by the Dominion folks, including one gentleman who tried to use “well, plants need carbon dioxide” as justification for more pollution (WTF?). They also kept regurgitating the claim that renewables aren’t reliable (w/ no evidence of course)