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Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law “I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

Greta--always a hero, and always eager to get the focus where it belongs
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Each summer in Glynn County, GA, thousands of imperiled loggerheads struggle across the sand to the ocean for their first swim, but the lights of a nearby highway exit have turned their journey from difficult to deadly.

Tell Glynn County to turn off the lights, for turtles' sake ➡️ bit.ly/4nEFpjy

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 🧵:

Sun Day Library Toolkit Invitation and Overview Sun Day LinkTree Resources Book Lists for children and adults Climate Data Visualized Solar Power – The Time Is Now! The Sun Is Having a Moment –...

Check out this Sun Day Library Toolkit from @third-act-michigan.bsky.social!
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Build Clean Energy Now To: Mayors, City Councils, County Commissioners, and Local Executives: Implement policies that remove barriers to clean energy access for all residents and businesses. America stands at a cross...

Build Clean Energy Now!
Urge Mayors and local leaders to do everything they can to speed up the energy transition!
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Register for @thirdactorg.bsky.social's Simplify Solar: Training and Campaign Launch on Oct 16th with @billmckibben.bsky.social, Jeremy and Nancy!
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Government Shutdown Threatens Further Destruction of Environment and Science Agencies, Advocates Warn - Inside Climate News Although Congress has passed bipartisan funding bills that maintain science funding for specific agencies, the president and the director of the budget office have described plans for layoffs that cou...

A government shutdown will likely lead to further dismantling of federal environmental science, enforcement and conservation agencies, advocates warned this week.

The power of clean energy hit the news across the U.S. last weekend as 500 events kicked off to celebrate Sun Day 🗞☀️ Thank you to local organizers for sharing the story of Sun Day and showing the HUGE support for solar and wind that continues to grow despite the challenges we face.

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📅 Applications due October 10.

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Here Comes the Sun Day

Amazing coverage as Sun Day weekend starts!

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Love these ladies wearing homemade #solarpanels at Sun Day Portland today: #solarenergy #SunDay @thirdactorg.bsky.social

"Now, more than ever, his body of work should inspire and motivate us all."

Commentary: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

"Prices are increasing mainly because the spike in electricity demand—a significant portion of it from AI data centers and other superusers."

Sept. 29: No SSEP Comment Party Join advocates to learn how to speak out against the proposed Southeast Supply Enhancement Project pipeline in North Carolina. Williams Transco wants to build a 55-mile, methane gas pipeline through Virginia and North Carolina. Transco is seeking a water quality permit from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. Before the NCDEQ makes a decision,…

Join our comment party with partners on Monday, Sept. 9, at 6:30 p.m. to learn more about the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project and how you can write a strong and effective comment to tell @NCDEQ to reject SSEP's water quality permit. #NoSSEP Register ⬇️
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Fujiwhara?? When two hurricanes interact, they can sometimes pivot around one another. Next week there will likely be 2 tropical cyclones (perhaps 2 hurricanes) offshore. If they are strong enough, and are close enough, a #Fujiwhara may happen.

Left side illustration depicts a mountainous area with birds flying by a rising sun in the background and a group of people canoeing int he foreground. Right side illustration shows a data center with piles of wires at the bottom of the illustration. Text reads “The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South”. MediaJustice logo in bottom left corner and text reads “bit.ly/nodatacenters”.

#BigTech's latest extraction scheme is stealing our water and electricity.

That's why @mediajustice.bsky.social released, The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South, a NEW report exposing their plays and harms in the South, as well as how we can all fight back.

👉 bit.ly/nodatacenters

Across Madison, people are opening up homes and buildings for a Sun Day solar tour. And they've got some pretty amazing buildings there!

What a joy to celebrate “Sun Day” w/ @billmckibben.bsky.social @sandynurse.bsky.social
@solaronenyc.bsky.social @brooklynsolarworks.bsky.social & climate activists across the globe.

With clarity about the emergency we face, and hope for our capacity to rise to it.
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The Sun Shone Across America Rhetorically, anyway

Headed to bed, but here's a prelim report on today's gorgeous Sun Day
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YouTube video by Robert Reich The Secret Behind High Gas Prices

Big Oil spent nearly half a BILLION dollars in last year’s election cycle.

Now, they’re coming to collect — and they’re getting a big return on investment. Watch. youtu.be/aDQXiNlM5iM?...

Starting now in DC: funeral procession for the EPA with bagpipe, cello, dirges, a chorus of lamenters, roses, eulogies, and many marching tombstones.

Mine says RIP SCIENCE AND SCIENTISTS. 🧪

More images to follow.

Climate crisis = public health crisis

‘Sun day’: US climate activists to rally for clean energy amid Trump attacks Some 200 events are planned across the US this Sunday to celebrate growth of solar power and energy efficiency

sunday.earth September 21

What will your sign for @sundayofaction.bsky.social say?
Here's mine:

Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant,
one of its many superpowers!
Release the Epstein Files

As a member of @thirdactorg.bsky.social which works to safeguard our climate & democracy, it seems appropriate

@billmckibben.bsky.social

For #ORClimateAction and our #democracy, I saw author, founder of @350.org and co-founder @thirdactorg.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social speak about his new book “Here Comes the Sun” @powells.bsky.social this evening. #ActOnClimate #climate #ClimateAction #solar #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy

Nine members of Third Act Maine are sitting together on a long church bench listening raptly as one of them reads from Bill McKibben's new book "Here Comes the Sun". The group was taking turns reading from the book.

One of the best parts of Third Act Maine's Annual Meeting on Sept. 4 was when 9 of us took turns reading an excerpt from Bill McKibben's new book that is giving us all hope. Get your hands on a copy of "Here Comes the Sun" stat! #ClimateAction #inspiration @thirdactorg.bsky.social

📆 Save the date: Thursday, September 25, is our next All-In Call with clean energy pioneer @jigarshahdc.bsky.social

Sun Day is just the beginning. We’re keeping the momentum going ☀

RSVP here: thirdact.org/events/all-i...

Paying for Climate Chaos: U.S. Federal Subsidies for Fossil Fuel Production - Oil Change International Paying for Climate Chaos" reveals the staggering scope of federal government subsidies for fossil fuel production. While working families struggle with the rising cost of housing, groceries…

NEW REPORT: Each year, as working families struggle, the federal gov’t subsidizes the fossil fuel industry to the tune of $35 BILLION.

Ridiculous. We need to invest in our communities, not give handouts to the Big Oil Billionaires destroying our planet.

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Taking place Saturday! Sun Day in Person County!
#SunDay

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Five more days! Sharing the Power of the Sun in Belmont, NC!

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5 more days to go! Join us for Sun Day in Asheville!
#SunDay
#Solar
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