safe-climate
@safe-climate
Dan Becker @ The Safe Climate Campaign @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social advocates strong environmental action, holds automakers and other polluters & govt accountable for cutting pollution to fight climate change. Washington, DC. safeclimatecampaign.org
Just now: Memorial protest for Nolberto Meza, a DoorDash deliverer murdered by Tr$mp’s armed troops in Washington DC. #FreeDC
Studies have shown that global warming is driving Southern Europe’s recent increase in sprawling, fast-moving fires that create their own weather and can be all but impossible to put out. They are bigger than all but 6 US wildfires in 2025. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
AI pollutes! Data centers will use 20% of US electricity by 2035, up from 5.9% today. BloombergNEF raised its estimate of data center electricity demand 83% to 194 gigawatts. For context, the U.S. industrial sector—essentially all factories for all industries—used 25.7% of electricity last year.
Our take: “Making kids sicker with asthma by poisoning the air is unpardonable. But that’s what Trump is crowing about on this 100F degree day in globally warming Washington as he issues get out of jail free cards for pollution cheaters!” @biologicaldiversity.org www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/u...
Putin-esque move: military jets buzz Washington! Is Tr$mp trying to scare us into submission? Or just prevent toddlers from napping and breathing with the ear splitting noise and pollution?
Look up from the bad news! Impatiens is just the right distraction.
Europeans are suffering from dangerous heat as temperatures shatter records. Burning of fossil fuels is raising temperatures across the globe, and Europe is warming faster than any other continent, priming it for more extreme hot spells. @zhonggg.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/c...
Tr$mp Justice Department invites cheating on pollution controls on Pickups. It has stopped criminal prosecutions of people who install “defeat devices,” which make diesel trucks spew more carcinogenic soot. @karenzraick.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/c...
The world is changing to clean cars: Only the US is stuck in reverse! For the first time, not a single gasoline-only car made it into China’s ten best-selling passenger vehicles in May 2026. All are now either a fully electric or a plug-in hybrid model. By Rajesh Regmi www.msn.com/en-us/autos/...
Pardon me for I have willfully polluted! Meet the Clean Air Act pardon crusaders. Tr$mp pardoned a mechanic who disabled pollution control monitors on hundreds of diesel trucks. Now others are lobbying for similar clemency. @alexguillen.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Most data centers support AI and come bundled with polluting technology from last century: diesel backup generators the size of semitrucks that have made sporadic smoke plumes a fact of life for many in Virginia. @evanhalper.bsky.social @KevinCrowe.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Will our right wing Supreme Court protect polluters? The Supreme Court will decide whether to end tens of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, the pharmaceutical and biotech giant, that claim the weedkiller Roundup caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma. @hirokotabuchi www.nytimes.com/2026/04/26/c...
Rembrandt showed it: Contemplating the destruction Tr$mp has wrought on people’s lives and the planet!
The fossil fuel industry has mounted a carefully orchestrated campaign to stop cases to get them to pay for their deceptive campaign and the potentially trillions of dollars in damages from disasters made worse by a climate warmed by their products. By Dave Jones www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/o...
Happy Earth Day! Let’s celebrate by fighting for action to protect our climate! Clean cars and renewable energy slash pollution. We need to restore the protections Tr$mp has destroyed for our kids and our future!
Too damned hot! The iconic emperor penguin and Antarctic fur sea have been officially declared endangered by the world’s leading conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their habitats caused by global @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
2 iconic polar species,the emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal, have been officially declared endangered by the world’s leading conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their habitats caused by global warming. @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Rainforests face Tr$mp ax! Tr$mp Biofuels Targets Threaten Carbon-Rich Rainforests.The US doesn’t have enough bio-based diesel to meet the administration’s new mandate, so blenders will have to import yet more foreign crop-based oils. @georginagustin.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/3103202...
Tr$mp promoted fossil fuels. His war is pushing the world away from them. As oil prices spike, governments are slashing fuel use and eyeing renewables — threatening to erode demand for fossil energy. @scottpwaldman.bsky.social @saraschonhardt.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Our take: “EPA's report shows how badly we need strong clean car standards.With Trump killing strong standards and eliminating penalties for cheating, automakers will be free to guzzle and pollute and consumers will be forced to pay for more gas at the pump.” biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...
Ha! JD Vance’s motorcade just passed the regular Thursday morning Honk If You Hate Trump protest. And all the limos and secret service vehicles were blaring their sirens. So you know what that means!