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World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions Flagship report calls for fundamental reset of global water agenda as irreversible damage pushes many basins beyond recovery

Periodic reminder that we are in a global #WaterBankruptcy and the #AI being shoved into our lives will hasten a very real #water crisis for us all. unu.edu/inweh/news/w...

New York Attorney General is Investigating Columbia for Allowing Predatory Doctor to See Patients Despite Warnings In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades. Survivors say they hope school offi...

NEW: In 2023, ProPublica revealed that Columbia University had ignored women who accused OB-GYN Robert Hadden of sexual assault, enabling the doctor's abuse for decades.

Survivors say they hope school officials will now be held accountable.

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo

Exclusive: It’s bots vs. reporters at the AP The tensions inside the wire service reveal a broader conflict playing out across the media over how AI should be applied within journalism.

It's bots vs. reporters at the AP

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Everything is about to cost even more, in addition to a war no one wanted and Congress never approved - all so one small man can make himself feel above everyone and everything while distracting from the crimes he’s committed against children. #ImpeachAndRemove #Iran

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries Exclusive: Schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds to protect biodiversity and oceans likely to be substantially reduced

BREAKING: UK to cut international finance on climate & nature

Seemingly under cover of the war on Iran, out comes some bad news

Reminder that govt were warned last year by UK’s spy chiefs that collapse of ecosystems could seriously impact national security

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How extreme weather is leaving thousands of homes uninsurable In this week’s newsletter: The climate crisis is making insurance unaffordable for many – and it should worry all of us, even if we think we’re safe from floods, wildfires and hurricanes

The climate crisis is making insurance unaffordable for many – and it should worry all of us, even if we think we’re safe from floods, wildfires and hurricanes 😡😡

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Renewable Energy Defies Trump’s Attacks, Reaching a New Record Wind, solar and other green sources generated more than a quarter of all US energy last year.

Renewables Hit Record Share of US Power Despite Trump Rollbacks

Wind, solar and other green sources generated 26% of US electricity in 2025, a record high, federal data shows. Falling costs mean renewables now outcompete fossil fuels in much of the market.

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Google, OpenAI employees call for unified front on military use Tech workers call for their companies to stand with Anthropic in opposition to domestic surveillance and autonomous warfare.

"More than 200 employees from Google and OpenAI have signed an open letter stating their solidarity with Anthropic in limiting the use of advanced AI for domestic surveillance or fully autonomous warfare."

The @washingtonpost.com now has a reliably antiscience editorial page.
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#ScienceUnderSiege

FBI Director Kash Patel ordered the ouster of least 10 employees involved in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, four people briefed on the matter told CNN. https://cnn.it/4r7IXMc

Floods of Trouble A series exploring how real estate and climate change collide in South Florida.

4 sides, if you count the ground. Miami sits atop the Biscayne Aquifer. Is where the drinking water comes from. The higher sea level rise - the smaller the fresh water layer in the aquifer.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

If only they could act like a separate and co-equal branch of government.

🚨The most important graph in the world has another year of data, and it doesn't look good!🚨

NASA CERES satellites measure how much sunlight Earth absorbs and how much heat is radiated back to space.

The difference is heat accumulation, which has more than tripled!

Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent

Making Americans poor again. Typical predator behavior, SCOTUS says no, so you do whatever unlawful shit anyway.

We literally divorced ourselves from England for less in #tarrifs.

25th amendment, anyone? Here he is fulfilling his promise to ‘destroy the country’.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b...

Pretty sure we’re unpopular at best & a threat to everyone at worst. Why would anyone want to invest in a country terrorizing citizens at home & threatening war abroad? Plus #tariffs, $ depreciation, etc.

Just another sign the #TrumpEconomy is all about bankrupting the #US.

Dozens of countries steer clear of safety commitment in global AI pledge The declaration signed at the AI summit in New Delhi recognizes “the importance of security,” but it doesn’t include any binding measures on how to keep the technology safe.

Some 88 countries and regions, including the U.S., the U.K. and the EU, today endorsed an India-led declaration on artificial intelligence with little commitment to keep the technology safe.

The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...

A win for the constitution, looks like even this Supreme Court still recognises it. #tarrifs #SCOTUS

He Was a Climate Activist. One Day, the F.B.I. Came Knocking.

I spoke with the NYTs about how climate activists are increasingly being targeted by the Trump Administration, why, and what is the likely outcome (which didn't make it into the piece). @xrglobal.bsky.social @xrnyc.bsky.social @climatedefiance.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/n...

👀 Invoking Orwell, a federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore panels and historical acknowledgments of the history of slavery that the National Park Service removed in Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Looks like AI is already stealing some white collar work that would otherwise go to an actual reporter and editor. #Jobs #AI

‘A massive burden on American eligible voters’: State election chiefs oppose GOP voter suppression bills “American voters will be the ones paying for this — by paying more in taxes, spending more time jumping through bureaucratic hoops, or losing access to the ballot box altogether.”

The Democratic chief election officials of six states are denouncing two new voter suppression bills making their way through Congress — underscoring how the legislation would place a huge burden on voters and election administrators just as midterm election season kicks off.

Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away. From elders struggling with high electric bills to lost economic development opportunities, Trump’s gutting of Solar for All is felt by residents of northern Plains reservations.

Native families were promised free solar. Trump took it away. #Climate

“A complete total assault on all our environmental progress.”

At the Munich Security Conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov did not hold back when speaking to #WeDontHaveTime about Donald Trump’s latest attack on science.

Share this interview if you agree.

The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries With its cobalt and lithium mines, Congo is powering a new energy revolution. It contains both the worst horrors of modern metal extraction—and the seeds of a more moral economics.

One way to reconcile climate goals with the terrible toll batteries are taking on communities is simple, writes Nicolas Niarchos: We should listen to the people who live in the places where we get our minerals. https://bit.ly/4bNxCwE

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.

SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com

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Avian influenza is a global threat to animals, people and food security.

The current outbreak is an unprecedented crisis, reaching more species and regions than ever before.

Learn how @fao.org is helping countries fight back in our interactive story: https://buff.ly/dcah18D

‘It’s happening here’: ICE turns quiet Minnesota suburbs into conflict zones

Activity of immigration agents has left no part of the state unscathed even as border czar says surge would be ending

Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.

Trump promised to lower costs on Day One.

Instead, he cost you $1,000 last year.