Climate displaced among millions of people the trump admin is attacking, per @olliemilman.bsky.social
“I was invited to come here and be part of this country and now all of a sudden you try to make me go back after establishing a life here?” - doctor from Sudan
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Musk buying twitter, Bezos buying WaPo, Ellison buying CBS—all are less profitable now. But they’re political investments that increase the value of the new owners’ portfolios
Wealth concentration makes this possible, and that’s one mechanism by which inequality destroys democracy
A problem with authoritarianism and media conglomeration is that the owners of these media companies don't care if they are profitable so they use them rather to send signals to the authoritarian who wields control over their profit-making businesses.
The planned gas-fired capacity **JUST FOR DATA CENTRE ON-SITE USE** in the US is the same as *all* planned gas capacity in India, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Korea and China *combined*.
While the US is shutting the doors to most refugees, those already in the country fear for their future in a rapidly heating world
www.theguardian.com
Extreme heat kills more people in the US every year than all other severe weather events combined, and the US is facing another deadly summer.
Meanwhile, Trump has eliminated scores of crucial heat prevention programs.
His agenda isn’t just cruel. It’s deadly.
It is so Seattle to have a local beach named by an indigenous tribe... followed by a beach named after a tech corporation
Nathaniel Hoffman
Jake Grumbach
Ryan Enos
A problem with authoritarianism and media conglomeration is that the owners of these media companies don't care if they are profitable so they use them rather to send signals to the authoritarian who wields control over their profit-making businesses.
The ultimate boss of failing upward.
"Our summers haven’t simply gotten worse. They have been made worse by specific companies that knew that what they were doing would ruin summer and went ahead and did it anyway. We shouldn’t let them get away with it." @aaronregunberg.bsky.social @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2113...
"what was once a path into the middle class, homeownership, now becomes a path into bankruptcy court, a path beaten by fleeing insurers and incoming extreme weather." www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/10/c...
Ketan Joshi
Sharp rise in hospital visits will in turn drive up annual healthcare costs for heat-related conditions to over $1bn
🚨Fossil fuel-backed groups are trying to influence judges who could preside over climate lawsuits against Big Oil.
As a fracking executive, Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke to private audiences of judges at least 3 times at events whose sponsors have funding ties to Exxon, Koch, and Leonard Leo.
CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved, according to a report.
We have some really cool jobs open right now at EPI, if I may say so. An early-career fellowship, a data engineer position, and a CA-focused research manager.
My colleagues are amazing. We have fun and we make a difference.
energyandpolicy.org/jobs/
Climate change is making it increasingly hard to have fun in the sun—and the leading fossil fuel corporations have long known this was going to happen.
newrepublic.com
The climate catastrophe not only kills people with fires and floods, it also bankrupts them by annihilating their homes – many uninsured. Why no
CBS News boss Bari Weiss is likely to gain editorial oversight of CNN if and when Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery is approved, according to a report.
