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GreenFire

@GreenFire@mstdn.social

Rule-of-law Democrat

Started using Mastodon Jan. 7th, 2022 after getting suspended from Twitter. Moved from climatejustice.social .

Ask me if you don't understand why I have any of my opinions, but don't just tell me that I am wrong without preparing to defend yours with facts.

toots may just be hot air.

Pronouns are he/him

He who dares not offend cannot be honest. ~ Thomas Paine

I do #ClimateCrisis #JustSayin #ClimateProgress, #ClimateSolutions etc.

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Obviously we are well aware that we need to stop emitting greenhouse gases, but we are also well aware that we have already polluted our thin, precious atmosphere too damn much too though.

That's why it's so damn important to start building the industry that can do this for our planet's sake. That's just the sad truth of the matter.

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Russia has discovered the world's largest oil reserves off the coast of Antarctica.

The reserves found are massive. 511 billion barrels. Venezuela, which is the country with the largest oil reserves in the world, has 303 billion barrels. Saudi Arabia has 298 billion, and Canada, 160 billion.

Hopefully, the world will unite to

GreenFire, to random
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Yeah, but let's not get cocky like in 2016 when too many thought that they knew who was going to win so didn't bother voting.
https://c.im/@cdarwin/112469070279973022

ai6yr, to ukteachers

So sad to see friend here in NC having to deal with this.

ABC: "Cutting UNC's DEI funding could have widespread effect on scholarship programs and more" https://abc11.com/post/dei-funding-chopping-block-unc-board-of-trustees-diversity/14826522/

GreenFire,
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@ai6yr
Clear example of how protesting can be either effective, ineffective, or outright detrimental to the cause imo.

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Morocco has spent the last two decades transforming into Africa's auto-manufacturing hub.

The country produced 535,825 vehicles in 2023, per data company CEIC.

The kingdom is now looking to make the transition to electric vehicles. I wish them great success making the transition, but it will be hard to compete with China without also taking environmental shortcuts and using slave labor like the Chinese do though I fear.

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Prepare and buckle up if you haven't already.

China has begun offloading billions in U.S. debt following the imposition of new tariffs by the Biden administration. This move has sent shockwaves through the global economy, raising concerns about the future stability of financial markets and the potential for rising interest rates.

To attract new investors, the U.S. may have to raise interest rates, which would have broad economic implications. It is a good time to buy treasury bonds.

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One of the deplorable Republicans trying out to become Trump's VP pick is joining sides with the campus protesters to denounce Joe Biden in a speech to the Israeli congress.

Our far-left has joined sides with our far-right trying to end democracy in the USA.

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Greece now has so much solar that they're starting to offer cheaper electricity between 11:00 and 16:00

Due to the high efficiency and large number of photovoltaic systems in Greece, it is becoming more and more common for these alternative energy sources to have to be temporarily taken off the network during the day in order to keep the electricity supply stable and to avoid power failures.

Greece has a further 16 gigawatts of renewable capacity currently under construction.

emptywheel, to random
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Jim Risch Demands that Avril Haines Formally Tell Us He Is Lying

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/05/17/jim-risch-demands-that-avril-haines-formally-tell-us-he-is-lying/

GreenFire,
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@emptywheel
The Senate Intelligence Committee had a hearing on election interference yesterday. Among the pieces of news is that the US intelligence community is sharing intelligence with European partners in advance of the EU Parliamentary vote next month to alert them to foreign interference efforts, something that was pretty clear to me but which journalists and European-based privacy activists had denied.

Of course though Marco Rubio used it as a chance to apply to be VPOTUS.

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The Harvard College Administrative Board will be preventing twelve seniors from graduating at commencement and at least one senior will be required to withdraw for three semesters. A Rhodes scholar also lost his opportunity to participate in that program.

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@TonyStark

Am I misunderstanding something? Since when are non-citizens allowed to vote in US elections? Is this theatrics?

H.R. 192: To prohibit individuals who are not citizens of the United States from voting in elections in the District of Columbia.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/118/hr192

GreenFire,
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@Snowshadow @TonyStark
Since Washington D.C. is a federal territory, Congress is allowed to make the laws for their citizens.

Noncitizens are not allowed to vote in federal elections, but some localities allow them to vote on local issues.

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Due to the regular attacks on refineries, gasoline prices in Russia have increased by 20% since the beginning of the year.

GreenFire, to random
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A rich California suburb is working to block a new grid-scale battery storage plant because they don't want to break up the quiet rural community’s aesthetic with a series of battery facilities.

NIMBYISM, otherwise known as selfishness, might be our species' downfall.

GottaLaff, to Arizona
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🙄 Former Donald Trump lawyer John pleaded not guilty in Phoenix on Friday on charges related to allegedly participating in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results in .

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/17/politics/john-eastman-arizona-not-guilty-plea?cid=ios_app

GreenFire,
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@dbc3 @GottaLaff
For their Georgia mugshots, they seemed to have coordinated and attempted to look tough, but Eastman can't pull that off.

His Arizona mugshot he looks more worried.

Here's his Fulton County mugshot, I can't tell what kind of expression this is, but tough is not what comes to my mind at all.

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I remember when pundits used to talk about John Roberts seriously caring about the legitimacy of SCOTUS. Yeah, right, you assholes.

GreenFire,
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@StillIRise1963
Chief Justice John Roberts wife is one of the highest paid legal headhunters in the world and I think that should draw a lot more scrutiny.

Jane Roberts was paid more than $10 million by a host of elite law firms, a whistleblower alleges.

At least one of those firms argued a case before Chief Justice Roberts after paying his wife hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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I'm anxiously awaiting learning what kind of sentence conservative movement scion Brent Bozell IV is going to receive for his involvement in https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/activists-son-convicted-storming-capitol-invading-senate-floor-rcna104222

GreenFire,
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Conservative movement scion Brent Bozell IV has been sentenced to 42 months of jail and something like $4,000 in restitution. Department of Justice asked for 11 years.

I'm not in a position to second guess all of these judges, but I worry that these "light" prison sentences for attempting an insurrection are setting us up for worse in our future.

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With Maggie Haberman's clear GOP ties coming out this week in Trump's trial it's easy to diss the NYTimes and they deserve it, but they also broke the Alito Stop the Steal story too don't forget.

We need journalism organizations with large staffs. I don't know what the answer is, but driving them out of business could prove to be worse than dealing with the bias that comes from them having Republican owners, idk?

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Republicans in Florida won't allow state agencies to use climate change as a policy priority.

Meanwhile, over the past 80 years, sea levels have risen approximately one foot, with eight inches of that increase occurring in the last 30 years, according to Brian McNoldy.

The next foot increase, however, is expected within 30 years. The next one 20 years later and the following one in just 10, according to projections by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/climate-change/article288522659.html

GreenFire, to random
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It's got to be a coordinated effort that keeps Joe Biden from being hailed as the climate hawk that he is on social and mainstream media.

For decades, environmentalists tried and failed to convince lawmakers to pass even the most marginal climate policies. It wasn’t until Biden took office that the logjam broke and the climate policies flowed.
https://www.distilled.earth/p/biden-keeps-passing-smart-climate

taylorlorenz, to random
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"Dr. King said that in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Sadly, medically vulnerable people are under no illusion that the Democrats are any kind of friend. But their silence is surely loud and clear." https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/biden-cdc-silent-as-north-carolina

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@TonyStark @Grant_M
Biden's covid policy like tariffs and Israel are so easy for the political technologists to use to split the anti-GOP coalition because they are politically fraught issues that someone with a narrow majority in Congress that includes people like Manchin and Sinema along with a hostile SCOTUS has to make some major compromises in order to make any progress.

GreenFire, to solar
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Without celebrating the climate progress that we've made we send a signal to young people that we've not been trying to address the problem and that's a problem.

Already, the rollout of clean generation, led by solar and wind, has helped to slow the growth in fossil fuels by almost two-thirds in the last 10 years. As a result, half the world’s economies are already at least five years past a peak in electricity generation from fossil fuels.


https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/05/turning-point-in-energy-history-as-solar-wind-start-pushing-fossil-fuels-off-the-grid/

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Will Biden's free solar power to farmers help to start shifting the Republican stronghold on rural voters?

Jerry Howle was skeptical about installing a $300,000 solar-panel system on his farm. Then he found out he could get it free of charge. His panels are being paid for entirely by Biden’s climate law and will virtually eliminate the farm’s $10,000 annual utility bill.

“It’s definitely gotten some old farmers raising their eyebrows and thinking about things a bit differently,” Howle said.

GreenFire,
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A billion-dollar solar farm approximately the size of 4,000 football fields is seeking approval for construction in the southeast of Wyoming.

Canadian energy multinational Enbridge is planning to construct 771-megawatt solar facility south of the state capital Cheyenne. The proposed 5,200 acre site would be the Cowboy State's largest solar facility, generating enough electricity to power roughly 73,000 homes. The project includes 266 MW of battery storage too!

GreenFire, to random
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Look, I totally get it. Israel, tariffs, student loans, or his age might make you angry at Joe Biden.

All I'm suggesting is that unless you think he's doing whatever makes you angry is because he's doing only because he's evil than it's worth the effort to assume that for some reason(s) you may not understand forced him to make an unpopular decision because attacking him only helps the political party that seems at this point to actually be supporting evil imo anyways.

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