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Research Director for Greenpeace USA. Lapsed astrophysicist, previously UCS. Focused on climate, energy, environmental justice, science policy. Views are my own. I'm @quinn43 on the birdsite. Also on Mastodon @timdonaghy@fediscience.org. he/him

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Meet the coal plants that Trump and AI are restarting - Greenpeace Big Tech and the Trump administration are pulling coal plants out of retirement to get data centers online.

Meet the coal plants that are being brought back for this

www.greenpeace.org/usa/meet-the...

13.03.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We ❀️ our Chevy Bolt EUV. We got free installation on a home fast charger, but would recommend getting one even if not free. Totally worth it, and makes it simple to charge cheaply overnight.

13.03.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The more I think on recent work by @gruberte.bsky.social @jlappen1.bsky.social @shastingssimon.bsky.social @jmijin.bsky.social and friends, the more inevitable it seems that governments will need to take over/wind down certain fossil businesses to avoid catastrophic failures and inequities. This...

13.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6

"Living online becomes a vehicle of moral trivialization"

13.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better."

The Defense Secretary calling for a billionaire ally of the government to take over a media outlet & make it more pro-government. This is what authoritarianism looks like. But in other countries they try & hide it.

13.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 2280 πŸ” 711 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 25

Our planet is worth more than Big Oil profits.

13.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Using FOIA To Expose Trump's Biggest Coverup His administration is still concealing Epstein files that incriminate him.

Trump’s DOJ is still concealing Epstein documents pertaining to the accusation that he battered and sexually assaulted a teenager. But FBI files are FOIA-able, and in this case the EFTA should supersede FOIA privacy exceptions other than to protect the accuser’s identity. So I’m giving it a shot.

13.03.2026 13:16 πŸ‘ 220 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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I can't even find the words to express how repugnant and despicable this post is.

People who spew such Islamophobic bile don't belong in the United States Congress. The job of elected officials is to combat hate, not fan its flames. (1/2)

12.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 18943 πŸ” 3435 πŸ’¬ 1077 πŸ“Œ 338

We made a climate popcorn shark movie.

12.03.2026 20:20 πŸ‘ 267 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 7
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Greenpeace warns of β€˜disaster waiting to happen’ as 85 large oil tankers lie trapped in the Persian Gulf - Greenpeace International A single oil spill in the Gulf could damage this fragile marine habitat beyond repair with devastating consequences for people, animals, and plants in the region, adding to the terrible human toll thi...

Attacks on ships spark renewed concern of environmental disaster as 85 large oil tankers lie trapped in Persian Gulf

"A single oil spill could have devastating consequences for people and ecology in the region, adding to the terrible human toll this illegal war has already taken"

#US #Israel #Iran

12.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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El NiΓ±o is coming, and it is shaping up to be a big one.

Over at The Climate Brink I've put together a compilation of the latest forecasts by different modeling groups. They suggest that we might see an event comparable in strength to what we saw in 2016: www.theclimatebrink....

12.03.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 14
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If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

12.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 5589 πŸ” 1115 πŸ’¬ 202 πŸ“Œ 236
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First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

12.03.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 4347 πŸ” 2008 πŸ’¬ 35 πŸ“Œ 114

In less than 1 week, Trump wasted $11.3 BILLION of your taxpayer dollars on the Iran war.

Instead that money could have:

- Restored SNAP to 4 million Americans
- Established universal pre-K education
- Built 100,000 units of housing

Our priorities are warped.

12.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Imagine how different everything would be had the U.S. enthusiastically embraced renewable energy back when Carter put solar panels on the White House or when James Hansen first testified about climate change before Congress in 1988. For one thing, over 150
Iranian schoolgirls would still be alive.

11.03.2026 01:51 πŸ‘ 4193 πŸ” 619 πŸ’¬ 144 πŸ“Œ 27

War can have big environmental impacts, in addition to the human and economic impacts.

Here’s a tanker’s-worth of oil spilling into the water or burning into the atmosphere.

11.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

The conflict in Iran is hurting your walletβ€”and the planet. The "Peace President" has gone to war, and Big Oil is already cashing the checks.

The only real path to security and peace is a fast, just transition to clean energy. You can’t hold the wind or sun hostage.

11.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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our boy's on it

11.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 3469 πŸ” 330 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 61

5/ And on the Strait of Hormuz, they had NO PLAN. I can't go into more detail about how Iran gums up the Strait, but suffice it say, right now, they don't know how to get it safely back open.

Which is unforgiveable, because this part of the disaster was 100% foreseeable.

11.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 15047 πŸ” 3350 πŸ’¬ 527 πŸ“Œ 504
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E&E News: Air pollution spikes as Trump doubles down on coal power EPA data shows pollution bumps that are among the largest in decades, just as the agency rolls back rules cracking down on pollution from coal-fired power plants.

SO2 ⬆️ 18%
NOx ⬆️ 12%

"Air pollution from coal-fired power plants spiked in 2025. The emission increases were among the largest in at least a quarter-century."

Just an intensely stupid policy all around.

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

10.03.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Impotence of Drill, Baby, Drill America produces a lot of oil. It doesn’t matter.

"Donald Trump talked a lot of nonsense about energy during the 2024 campaign.

Self-sufficiency in oil has done nothing at all to insulate the U.S. economy from Middle East chaos." @pkrugman.bsky.social

paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-impote...

10.03.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The core revelation here is that Trump has lost the public *on the mass deportations themselves* and not just on ICE's brutal tactics. We have been arguing this for months but media has simply refused to acknowledge it. Now so obvious that it can't be avoided

10.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1090 πŸ” 408 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 9
A map of countries in the Middle East. There are coloured markers at locations where there have been incidents causing environmental harm between 28 Feb and 10 Mar 2026. The colour of the marker relates to the magnitude of environmental risk. The most high risk incidents are situated along the Gulf coast and near Tehran.

A map of countries in the Middle East. There are coloured markers at locations where there have been incidents causing environmental harm between 28 Feb and 10 Mar 2026. The colour of the marker relates to the magnitude of environmental risk. The most high risk incidents are situated along the Gulf coast and near Tehran.

We've just updated our overview of environmentally damaging incidents in the Israeli-US war against #Iran. We've identified more than 300 incidents and remotely assessed 232 for harm.

Read more about these incidents and trends here: ceobs.org/operation-ep... #IranWar #Iran 1/5

10.03.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Satellite imagery shows an oil spill off the south western coast of Sri Lanka on 5th March, and very close to beaches and protected areas on 7th March, likely caused by a U.S. torpedo destroying the Iranian navy vessel DENA.

10.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nvidia is posting record revenues, while the factories powering its growth keep burning fossil fuels. Our deep dive finds rising supplier emissions and a widening gap between Nvidia’s green image and reality.

Learn moreπŸ‘‰ www.greenpeace.org/eastasia/blo...

Watch the videoπŸ‘‰ youtu.be/1K4zclHgP_0

09.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

God I hope Trump doesn't read this.

10.03.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's so bad that we've reached a point where members of Congress casually discuss stripping citizenship from and deporting people because they don't like their views.

10.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 4460 πŸ” 1121 πŸ’¬ 301 πŸ“Œ 53

lol it's the world's most pedantic bot!

10.03.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is rad, thanks for doing this!

I assume it would be another order of magnitude in difficulty, but is it possible to display the full viewshed for a given point?

Someone once told me you could see Morro Rock (on the CA coast) from Moro Rock (in the Sierras). Always wondered if true...

10.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
All The Views

Me and my friend Ryan have algorithmically found the longest line of sight on Earth alltheviews.world

We made our own state of the art algorithm in Rust and SIMD. It took 100s of AMD Turin cores, 100s of GBs of RAM, a few TBs of disk and 2 days of constant runtime on multiple machines.

09.02.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0