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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 2h

Governor Whitmer’s Public Service Commission says electricity demand from data centers is “lumpy”. That’s bureaucratic speak for “I can’t protect you from unreasonable increases in your utility bills”. planetdetroit.org/2025/10/data... #michiganpublicservicecommission #governorwhitmer #dte

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

🚨BREAKING: A group of Staten Island voters filed a lawsuit in state court Monday arguing New York’s 2024 congressional map dilutes the voting power of Black and Latino residents in violation of state law.

My law firm represents the plaintiffs. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Voters Challenge New York Congressional Map, Claiming Racial Vote Dilution

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 16h

Michigan got denied too. We have folks still without electricity 9 months after an ice storm.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 20h

So Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout from our tax dollars but devastated small towns here at home — nothing.

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 19h

Ohio has decided it’s too hard to live up to their measly 25% renewable energy standards. They’re going to settle for 5%. Don’t be Ohio. www.wosu.org/2025-10-24/2...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 21h

@statesencherry thinks Michigan is the perfect place for carbon sequestration. Is he volunteering Flint to have that stuff pumped into their aquifers? Hasn’t Flint had enough trouble with water poisoning? www.thecentersquare.com/michigan/ #flint #flintwatercrisis

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon by @kevinsiers.bsky.social.

His pretties.

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody watches cable news anymore. It is third behind social media and local TV and soon to be behind news websites.

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 1d

Andor, season 3, taking cues from ICE

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 1d

Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon on Chicago: "[Greg Bovino] was filmed lobbing a tear gas canister into a crowd...deliberately trying to provoke a confrontation."

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 1d

Charity is a cold dark thing. If a rich man wants to help he should pay his taxes and shut up. This is where we are. A rich guy who didn’t do anything but inherit money is having a feel good moment because he gave a pittance to military families who still need food banks.

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 1d

So accumulated family wealth is solving our problems?

Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

Mystery solved. Trump backer Timothy Mellon has been identified as the donor who provided $130 million to cover U.S. troop pay during the government shutdown.

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think regulated monopoly utilities should be involved in our politics? In Virginia, Dominion Energy formed an astroturf group, funded them, recruited former employees to be “regular citizens” at public hearings and hired a lobbying firm to train them. insideclimatenews.org/news/2310202...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 2d

The same utility is raising prices in West Virginia and lowering prices in Virginia. West Virginia requires them to burn coal. Virginia has a renewables standard. 🤔🧐🤨 wvpublic.org/story/energy...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 3d

Do you think regulated monopoly utilities should be involved in our politics? In New Orleans, when the utility wanted to influence a public hearing about a new methane plant, they hired actors to testify. thelensnola.org/2018/05/04/a...

Actors were paid to support Entergy's power plant at New Orleans City Council meetings | The Lens

Dozens of people in orange shirts showed up at meetings to support Entergy's new power plant. But for many of them, it was just an acting gig. They were paid to show up and speak on the company's beha...

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 3d

Utility bills are expected to increase by an average of 13% this year. Most people blame profits for utilities. Only 5% blame increased use of solar and wind energy. dataforclimateprogress.substack.com/p/rising-ele...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 4d

Do you think regulated utilities should be involved in our politics? In Maine, 45% of voters use absentee ballots. Utilities are funding a campaign to make that harder. “Money is not speech” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg energyandpolicy.org/money-behind...

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Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 7d

In March, an EPA official told a Ford executive, “Although I am recused from Ford issues, you always have a friend here.” Then, Trump banned states from setting vehicle emissions standards.

In our latest FOIA request, we dive into which groups have the EPA's ear: sc.org/FOIA

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 4d

Whoa! Sierra Club is the Propublica of environmental groups.

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 4d

This is corruption, plain and simple

Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 7d

In March, an EPA official told a Ford executive, “Although I am recused from Ford issues, you always have a friend here.” Then, Trump banned states from setting vehicle emissions standards.

In our latest FOIA request, we dive into which groups have the EPA's ear: sc.org/FOIA

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 4d

We all worry about a leak from Line 5 destroying the Great Lakes. In a way, it already is leaking - not oil but plastic. Almost all the oil in Line 5 goes to Ontario to make plastics. 20 million pounds of plastics end up in the Great Lakes EVERY YEAR! #oilandwaterdontmix #shutdownline5

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 5d

Do you trust Holtec to safely operate the Palisades nuclear power plant?

www.wzzm13.com/article/news...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 5d

May our grandchildren forgive us.

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 5d

We love the Parks, but we can’t give in now.

Sierra Club @sierraclub.org · 5d

“The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections, and normalize their ultimate goal of privatizing public lands,” writes @jackieostfeld.bsky.social in @thehill.com .

thehill.com/opinion/ener...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to Bay Mills Indian Community and other Indigenous leaders for filing an amicus brief supporting @miattygen in the fight to keep the struggle over Line 5 in State court. I don’t trust the US Supreme Court to protect the Great Lakes. michiganadvance.com/2025/10/21/t... #oilandwaterdontmix

Ten Michigan Tribal Nations ask U.S. Supreme Court to send Line 5 pipeline case back to state court • Michigan Advance

Updated at 4:32 p.m. Ten Tribal Nations in Michigan have filed an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging them to reject an attempt by Canadian oil pipeline company Enbridge Energy to have a fed...

michiganadvance.com

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charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 6d

The misinformation and disinformation about climate change has changed its trick. Instead of denying climate change and global warming, the new strategy is to try to undercut the solutions of green energy by lying or obfuscating about efficiency or cost. science.feedback.org/insights-mon...

charlieverdant.bsky.social @charlieverdant.bsky.social · 6d

Even Pete Hogwash can meet those standards

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Now they will lower the standards. Watch.