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Thanks for sharing!
Our version on @grist.org includes an interactive that allows you to examine trends in your state, as well! grist.org/energy/power...
Happens to the best of us
I get these, too… I suspect the problem is rampant
One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
Terrible day for many amazing, hard-working, intelligent journalists at the Washington Post. I'm still here and trying to figure out how to best support my colleagues who have lost their jobs.
If you feel able to share or contribute, please do:
www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
No, I do not want to be a “creator journalist” or “influencer” or run a newsletter by myself
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
Alexa, increase darkness by one-third
Incredible contrast between this and Keir Starmer running a delivery driver over
I remember my first ceasefire
Despite her fear, the lady in the pink coat refused to stop recording, bearing witness to Alex Pretti’s “assassination in full view in the middle of the street. We all have to brave, we all have to take risks, and we’re all going to be given moments to make that decision”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
Most of this year's ICE budget comes from last year's reconciliation bill. House Democratic leaders discouraged its members from offering amendments eliminating that funding. Didn't want the party to come across as anti-ICE.
www.stephensemler.com/p/ice-budget...
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
Voted for ICE funding
All this while global clean energy investment ran 50% higher than fossil fuels last year (and renewables hit 40% of worldwide generation). Coal power fell in China + India for the first time in two generations. America cedes climate leadership; everyone else moves on
grist.org/politics/the... (9/9)
Trump's tariffs hit commodity farmers hard. China stopped buying U.S. soybeans entirely from May to October, turning instead to Brazil and Argentina and driving Amazon deforestation. @fridagarza.bsky.social shows export volumes all plummeted relative to 2024. (8/n)
About $1.25 billion in tribal climate and clean energy programs were terminated or frozen: a significant inequity, given tribal households face 6.5x more outages than the national average and 28% higher energy burdens. @miacelselk.bsky.social details what's at stake for Indigenous communities. (7/n)
The administration targeted 88 million acres for potential development: land previously set aside for conservation. BLM held 22 lease sales and approved 6,027 oil/gas permits, the highest since 2010. @juanpab.bsky.social illustrates which landscapes are now at risk. (6/n)
Environmental enforcement dropped sharply. DOJ civil cases against polluters fell from ~40 in the first 9 months of previous administrations to just 11 last year. Consent decrees dropped from ~50 to 24. @naveenasadasivam.bsky.social documents the retreat amid 11,500+ agency layoffs. (5/n)
FEMA's hazard mitigation spending collapsed under new approval requirements: Quarterly disbursements fell from ~$500M under Biden to below zero as the agency clawed back funds. Jake Bittle tracked how climate resilience projects stalled even as extreme weather intensified. (4/n)
Yet despite attempts to slow renewables, solar generation jumped 27% last year and met nearly 2/3 of new U.S. electricity demand. California added 70% more storage capacity than the year before. @mrmattsimon.bsky.social's data shows market forces outweighing political headwinds in many states. (3/n)
While Trump rolled back EV incentives and fuel standards, Chinese firm BYD overtook Tesla globally (2.26M vs 1.64M vehicles sold). U.S. EV market share briefly hit 10% as buyers rushed to claim expiring credits, then fell back to single digits. (2/n)
🌎🔥📊 On the climate front, one year into Trump's second term, the data tell a story of rapid retrenchment.
@grist.org assembled 7 charts tracking the consequences of climate rollbacks: from energy markets to disaster resilience to environmental enforcement.
grist.org/politics/the... 🧵 (1/n)
common dynamic with import quotas!
and other Volvo EVs. "quality upgrading" in trade econ
Somewhat on the nose that 2026 U.S. politics can be boiled down to whether you are pro-Good or anti-Good
When the charges are definitely about renovating a building