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Could ocean water help fix Arizona’s drought troubles? This agreement puts it one step closer A desalination plant on the California coast could help Phoenix and Tucson deal with Colorado River cuts.

Excited about the possibility of desalination helping solve the Colorado River crisis? Forget it. The #water that might be available from San Diego's Carlsbad plant is miniscule and 10 times more expensive than conservation or other options.

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Yes. And we have to talk about this now, because talking about it is the first step to making it seem like a callous crime rather than a surprising emergency.

U.S. Loses 92,000 Jobs in Widespread and Unexpected Downturn The payrolls number was worse than expected and a sign that the job market continues to struggle in nearly every sector.

In the last third of a century, the US economy has generated +49.9m jobs under Democratic presidents and -800k under GOP Presidents. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

So let me get this straight ...

1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil

Holy crap. Whoa, if true.

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Rep. Mark Alford on spiking gas prices: "I think we all know that when you have a kinetic conflict like this -- whether you want to call it a war or not -- it is going to take a little bit of sacrifice on the part of Americans"

Scenes from a personalist regime: it is the presidential vibes that determine when the opponent has surrendered and when the war is over, not any pesky observable facts

✊⚖️ "I Am Somebody!" 🌟 🕊️
Rev. Jesse Jackson, 1972 Sesame Street

Use your words.

The red "wasted" visual in the White House video game graphic is just beyond vile. This involves real human beings. They know civilians are being killed. They're reveling in it.

Americans stuck in the Middle East recount finding their way home with little government help Stranded Americans across the Middle East say they’ve been left to navigate flight cancellations and confusing government guidance on their own.

Stranded Americans across the Middle East say they’ve been left to navigate flight cancellations and confusing government guidance on their own.

After uproar, Orange County stops spraying herbicide in two creeks After residents launched a social media campaign demanding Orange County stop spraying herbicide in creeks, officials said they will halt the practice in two waterways.

“This is democracy.” Responding to residents who waged a social media campaign against the spraying of herbicides in local creeks, Orange County officials announced they will halt the practice in waterways near Doheny State Beach.
www.latimes.com/environment/...

Here is a man with more simple moral integrity & courage that the vast bulk of Dem electeds & pundits.

“Trans children are perfect.”

Assumed this piece would discuss how Trump's Iran invasion was destroying demand for oil by highlighting its volatility. Instead it focuses on the flip side: "efficiency, electrification, solar, and batteries don’t create volatility—they quietly erase future demand with compounding certainty."

💥 Global economic fallout + supply chain disruption spread from Trump's Iran War
😎 Sun and wind prices remain stable
⚖️ Win for NYC is another loss for Donald Trump
🔋 US saw record battery boom last year, despite Trump admin's best efforts...
In today's @GreenNewsReport
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"Water consumption fears are false and overblown."

Turns out...

The Iran war is driving up energy prices. These companies are profiting. Fighting in the Middle East has meant higher bills for consumers and windfalls for oil and gas companies.

The Iran war is driving up energy prices. These companies are profiting.

The Bygone Era of Supreme Court Support for Voting Rights Sixty years after upholding the Voting Rights Act, the Court has dismantled most of it.

Tomorrow marks the 61st anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. It also marks the 60th anniversary of the Supreme Court first upholding the Voting Rights Act.

We have gotten so, so far away from a Court that cares about democracy.

New from me at @brennancenter.org:

while simultaneously using the Democrats inability to overcome immense problems Republicans created as evidence that Republicans should retake power and do the whole thing all over again with the enthusiastic help of the right wing press

these guys all intend to be retired by the time the check comes due, the costs (cultural and financial) will all be thrown in the lap of the Democratic party as per tradition

though I'm sure Politico points that out

The latest firefox update just gave me a switch to turn off all current and future AI and now I will use it forever.

Something Fishy This Way Comes If you’re missing the unity and hope we shared during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, do not despair. There’s still a tiny little bit of it left on the web, courtesy of the Dutch.  I recentl...

Great news!!!

Fish Doorbell is back and CC people will especially love it! 😷

Check it out and save a fish or two! 🐟 🐠

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Trump keeps trying to auction off this US property for oil drilling. No one is buying. | CNN A federal deadline came and went this week for oil companies to bid on around 1 million acres of drilling territory off Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

Good news! In a blow to Trump's 'drill, baby drill' agenda, zero companies bid for the chance to drill for oil and gas in Alaska's Cook Inlet.

This comes after we notified the Interior Department last month of our intent to sue over the planned unlawful lease sale on March 4.

You probably know by now that the war in the Middle East has caused a spike in the price of oil. But it's also set to hit food prices in the supermarket, as Elena Casas explains

topp Read in app 00 Opinion Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That's a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America's most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust. Today at 6:15 a.m. EST

Evangelicals are 23 percent of U.S. adults and one of the most loyal Republican voting blocs, with 81 percent backing Donald Trump in 2024. Yet despite six of the nine Supreme Court justices being appointed by Republican presidents, there are no evangelicals on the Supreme Court. This is just one of the many elite institutions in which evangelicals are absent or underrepresented. Evangelicals have excelled in politics, producing figures such as Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). They are also prominent in well-run and profitable businesses with relatively low cultural impact, such as food processing (Tyson Foods) and retail (Hobby Lobby). But they are all but absent from the leadership of prestigious universities, major foundations, Big Tech companies, leading financial firms and large media companies. One response to this situation might be: Who cares?

A free tip for the dunces manning the Washington Post opinion page these days, when the third paragraph of your draft “There Aren’t Enough Evangelical Leaders” essay is “Some might say, who cares?”, that’s a good sign you should scrap it and blog something else www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

NEW – Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, study says

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Mine collapse in eastern Congo leaves 200 dead, authorities say. But rebels dispute the number A mine collapse at Congo’s key Rubaya coltan site has killed a number of miners. Officials and rebels sharply dispute the extent of the death toll.

The looting of African resources by outsiders & its tragic consequences for African people is an old story. Gold, diamonds, ivory, rubber... And now coltan, so that we can have fancy phones. apnews.com/article/cong...

How Will the War in Iran Affect Your Utility Bills? - Inside Climate News Conflict in the Middle East could have major repercussions for U.S. electricity and natural gas prices. Some states, like Pennsylvania, are particularly vulnerable.

If the war in Iran drags on, we could see significant increases in utility bills here in the U.S. at a time when many Americans are already struggling to pay. insideclimatenews.org/news/0503202...