This is a nice concise summary:
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Money laundering charges have been dismissed in Ohio’s #HB6 criminal case against former FirstEnergy execs Chuck Jones & Mike Dowling, but other charges remain. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
If you’re roughly my age, it’s wild to reflect on the optimism for the future Americans felt when Obama was elected — young Americans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate! — and contrast with what we face today. The falloff over the past 18 years is hard to process.
The bottom line is Trump sacrificed 8 American lives (& counting) and more than 1,000 Iranian lives (& counting) for nothing. He hurt the US & global economies, destabilized the Middle East, & will pull out with the same Iranian regime in power. There's no silver lining.
A senseless, criminal waste
Dee Arnold of Washington County for Safe Drinking water moderated a Marietta press conference asking the state of Ohio for a moratorium on new injection wells storing toxic, radioactive gas and oil wastewater brine. More than 789 M gallons of toxic, radioactive gas and oil wastewater brine has been injected in Deeprock Disposal Solutions' injection wells from 2017 until 2024. (Washington County for Safe Drinking Water Photo)
Susan Vessels, Marietta City Council President, said the event was the first time in Ohio-- and maybe the nation's history-- that so many water districts have gotten together to fight for their future. She said the community wants drinking water safety. (Washington County for Safe Drinking Water Photo)
Bev Reed, Appalachian organizer with Buckeye Environmental Network, explains how 19 injection wells in Washington County can leak and cause migration of toxic, radioactive wastewater brine into conventional oil wells or groundwater, contaminating drinking water for Washington County. (Washington County for Safe Drinking Water Photo)
ICYMI: Washington County residents, local government and advocacy groups worry about drinking water contamination and want a moratorium on gas and oil wastewater injection wells. Chase Campbell @wtap.com: bit.ly/47rfA00
@kmkowalski.bsky.social @signalohio.bsky.social @jcarrsmyth.bsky.social
Awful reading about concentration camp conditions. It’s currently closed to visitors due to a measles outbreak—WaPo has reported it may close completely but it hasn’t yet. Starvation, suicide, restricted healthcare, but also “detainees only see sunlight during brief outings once or twice a week”
Former FirstEnergy execs Chuck Jones & Mike Dowling are on trial for alleged bribery & other crimes linked to Ohio's #HB6 scandal & more. But efforts to prop up FE's revenues at Ohioans' expense didn't stop with them. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
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Social Security benefits play a vital role in reducing poverty in every state & lift more people above the poverty line than any other program.
Without Social Security, 23.5 million more adults and children would live in poverty, according to our updated analysis.
www.cbpp.org/research/soc...
Front cover of journal article
Public engagement and climate change: exploring the role of hairdressers as everyday influencers
⭐New paper!⭐ Two research projects exploring the influence that hairdressers—as widespread professionals in conversational spaces—have w/ clients about climate & sustainability.
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Let's be clear: Our ROTOR Act in the Senate could have prevented the horrific DCA crash that took 67 lives.
Today, the House must pass it too.
The families of Flight 5342 deserve nothing less.
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Mayor Mamdani shovels his constituents in Brooklyn out today
Experts: Trump's assault on emission regs will hurt US auto competition: "Globally, the push is in exactly the opposite direction, in the direction of electrifying vehicles” @HirokoTabuchi @nytimes www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...
Why are power prices rising so fast where you live? @grist.org has the answer.
I led the @demwomencaucus.bsky.social in demanding the release of pregnant and nursing moms in ICE detention centers. Pregnant women have been shackled, deprived of prenatal care, and even lost their babies. It’s inhumane.
Like these judges, I want answers.
In Maryland, we believe in dignity.
I’m fighting ICE’s plan to turn a Washington County warehouse into a 1,500-person detention center.
People are not packages.
I’m standing with Team Maryland to stop it and demand transparency. No cages in MD-06.
Did an interview for this and I really appreciate NPR for continuing to cover the surreal situation facing observers and commuters here in Minneapolis, even as the attention of the world moves on.
Kinda weird that the party that controls the House, the Senate, and the White House claims there's rampant voter fraud.
in the 1960s, two species of fish were documented in a university Cuyahoga River water quality survey.
as of today, we've collected more than 70 different species of fish since we started Cuyahoga River survey work in 1990.
New: A federal judge has vacated an administrative board's decision that endorsed the Trump administration's policy of placing thousands of people arrested during its immigration crackdown in mandatory detention without a chance to be released on bond. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
“I think part of what you are obligated to do if ICE agents come to your city is to make it as difficult as possible for them to be here. By denying them access to things like coffee shops ... you’re making it actively difficult for them to be in the city.”
New from Jules Roscoe.
2/ Back in 2004 I bet $100 I didn’t have that by 2020, ~75% of new U.S. energy generation would come from renewables. Posted that on LongBets.org. The Trump EIA in 2020 confirmed the prediction was correct. www.linkedin.com/posts/jigars...
Republicans nationally agree with enviro groups when it comes to carbon capture danger, leaks & earthquakes.
Randi Pokladnik lists GOP bills protecting landowners from unconstitutional CCS eminent domain. @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/4rO2QbG
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In 2023, fake, pro-fracking emails traced to an LLC front funded by gas & oil attempted to nix @saveohioparks.bsky.social's fight to stop fracking Ohio state parks and public lands. Ohio Newsroom: bit.ly/4aBgLLo
Media raised awareness, forcing Ohio AG action.
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His alleged mistress left her precious heated blanket on the other plane, so Corey Lewandowski demanded the pilot turn the plane around to go get it.
When he refused, Lewandowski -- who has zero authority to fire anyone at any time -- tried to fire the pilot IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLIGHT.
The administration’s cruelty and disregard for constitutional & human rights continues to be appalling.
“We’ve not gotten anything from the federal government,” Moriarty says. “To tell you how odd this situation is, we are getting our information from the media … we are not getting that from the federal government.”
Listen to the full podcast here: theintercept.com/2026/01/30/m...
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Everyone’s talking about AI datacenters needing more power.
But the real problem isn’t just how much power they use.
It’s how they use it.
Off-grid data centers won’t work, so most are looking at hybrid approaches.
Renewable energy could see dark days ahead if Ohio lawmakers push through an ALEC-backed bill with strained definitions for "affordable, reliable, and clean." @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Wow, quite a story behind the surprise shutdown of El Paso's airport.
All who had a hand in cruelly keeping this child’s dad away from her during her last days deserves to rot in hell for their cruelty to the whole family.
