Stephen Casimiro

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

"The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is 'not due to a few bad apples,' a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve." VOTE THE PLANET.

​I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.

Flood the Zone with Truth and Facts...

That's the definition of delusional.

The Supreme Court Will Do Four Things This Term That Tell You Everything You Need to Know In the week before the October 2025 Supreme Court term opens, the impulse among court watchers will again be to do what we always do.

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So...for every day the government is shut down, do we get to reduce our income tax payment by 1/365? Asking for everyone in America.

Man, woman, or chimpanzee, every creature on the planet should have had a little crush on Jane Goodall. Insightful, pioneering, intellectually rigorous, funny—this human made the most of their time on earth, and then some. Heartbroken to hear the news she passed today, but grateful for her gifts.

US national parks will remain open if the government shuts down at midnight, as expected, according to an internal NPS memo. The move comes despite warnings that parks, which will be staffed with the minimum of employees if at all, are likely to be damaged, looted, and vandalized.

Are We Thinking About the Shutdown All Wrong? The question isn’t who voters will blame but whether voters will endure a shutdown for the sake of democracy

Are We Thinking About the Shutdown All Wrong?
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Double? Mine are going up 300%.

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh was slammed to the ground by ICE agents on camera. If that’s public behavior, what happens in the dark?

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.

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How much business do you think @nytwirecutter.bsky.social drives to Amazon? And how much do you think they scrape off in affiliate kickbacks? And how much does that affect their coverage? #complicit

So you can scrape your affiliate kickback.

Wow, you really told him.

Can You Choose an A.I. Model That Harms the Planet Less?

Answer: no. Solution: don't use AI.

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