Manuel Salgado
@manuelsalgado.bsky.social
Environmental and climate scientist and environmental justice advocate. Texas A&M/University of New Mexico. Chicano son of immigrants and migrant farmers. Federal research manager for WE ACT (@weact4ej.bsky.social). Opinions my own.
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On my way to NOLA for AGU this week and I want to share all of the ways you can interact with @weact4ej.bsky.social staff attending the meeting!
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Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.
Lime and Forest are on their "last warning" if they don't fix "persistent problems" with rider behaviour and dangerous parking.
Council demands “urgent action” from Lime and Forest hire bike operators to “fix persistent problems”
Islington Council has threatened that e-bike hire companies Lime and Forest are on their “last warning” and face losing permission to operate in the borough unless they deal with the dangerous parking...
road.cc
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imagine if cities demanded the same of car manufacturers.
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I should just add, for the record: Reiner was worth 1000 Kirks. He was a creative dynamo, a deeply decent human being, a force for philanthropy & pro-social values. Kirk was a small-minded, resentful, thumb-faced grifter who made the world worse by spreading his resentments.
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I should just add, for the record: Reiner was worth 1000 Kirks. He was a creative dynamo, a deeply decent human being, a force for philanthropy & pro-social values. Kirk was a small-minded, resentful, thumb-faced grifter who made the world worse by spreading his resentments.
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Some pundits claim replacing climate with affordability messages is the way for Dems to win. But climate is driving unaffordability (like with home insurance), voters trust Dems on climate, & solution exist that center people not CEOs. That’s a layup. @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2044...
newrepublic.com/article/2044...
Here’s the Climate Message That Can Help Democrats Win Big in 2026
Rising home insurance costs are making life unaffordable for both homeowners and renters. Robust climate policy and public disaster insurance could save many households’ finances.
newrepublic.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some pundits claim replacing climate with affordability messages is the way for Dems to win. But climate is driving unaffordability (like with home insurance), voters trust Dems on climate, & solution exist that center people not CEOs. That’s a layup. @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2044...
newrepublic.com/article/2044...
Happening in one hour! If you're at #agu25 and interested in community engagement come to this talk!
On Tuesday you can listen to WE ACT research coordinator Tali Natter talk about our successful use of storymaps as an advocacy tool and best practices for creating them in partnership with communities. 1130am in room 297 at the convention center! agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Collaborative Community-Driven Storymaps for Environmental Justice Advocacy
Storymaps are effective tools that integrate scientific research, geospatial da...
agu.confex.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Happening in one hour! If you're at #agu25 and interested in community engagement come to this talk!
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I want to emphasize this, and note that I have been saying it consistently for over 10 years now: *everything* about Trump is immediately visible. Everything. There's no there there, no depth, nothing hidden, no secrets. He's shallow as a puddle. It's all right there, immediate, obvious, glaring.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I want to emphasize this, and note that I have been saying it consistently for over 10 years now: *everything* about Trump is immediately visible. Everything. There's no there there, no depth, nothing hidden, no secrets. He's shallow as a puddle. It's all right there, immediate, obvious, glaring.
As sa life long Spurs fan and Trump hater I welcome y'all.
Look all I'm saying is that it's gonna make the WH so fucking mad if the Spurs win the championship because the star of the team is French and a significant portion of their fanbase is Latino. If you're looking for a team to root for strictly on the basis of schadenfreude you can do worse than SA
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
As sa life long Spurs fan and Trump hater I welcome y'all.
On my way to NOLA for AGU this week and I want to share all of the ways you can interact with @weact4ej.bsky.social staff attending the meeting!
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December 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
On my way to NOLA for AGU this week and I want to share all of the ways you can interact with @weact4ej.bsky.social staff attending the meeting!
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
Very little respect for the elected leaders who show no leadership while in Congress right now and Luke to throw rocks and hide their hands. Cowardly.
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Very little respect for the elected leaders who show no leadership while in Congress right now and Luke to throw rocks and hide their hands. Cowardly.
Just a reminder that this mfer was not born here and yet is singling out American citizens who are black and brown as a problem becuase they get to vote. White supremacy is THE reason we're where we are in this country and until we deal with it we'll never actually progress.
WATCH: Elon Musk is upset that Somalian Americans in Minnesota get to vote.
December 11, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Just a reminder that this mfer was not born here and yet is singling out American citizens who are black and brown as a problem becuase they get to vote. White supremacy is THE reason we're where we are in this country and until we deal with it we'll never actually progress.
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a leader can’t ignore public opinion, but a leader can’t also be subservient to it
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
a leader can’t ignore public opinion, but a leader can’t also be subservient to it
Sharing this again because its time sensitive and IMPORTANT! If you are going to the @agu.org meeting, come to our events! I can't stress enough how important I think it is for #agu scientists to be exposed to real environmental justice points of view.
@ucs.org and Louisiana community leaders invite you to join a powerful toxic tour exploring the realities of environmental injustice in the Gulf South.
Join this IN-PERSON event on Sunday, December 14, 1pm CT.
Join this IN-PERSON event on Sunday, December 14, 1pm CT.
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Amazing bravery here. Proud of the strength and resolve my people show.
On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Amazing bravery here. Proud of the strength and resolve my people show.
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"Permitting reform deregulation proponents ignore that #NEPA was designed to safeguard the health and wellbeing of communities in which these projects are sited." @weact4ej.bsky.social #Storymap
And the premise for needing #SPEEDAct #PermittingReform is essentially made up. Check out this cool story map from @weact4ej.bsky.social:
NEPA Does Not Delay
Deregulation is Not the Solution for Clean Energy
storymaps.arcgis.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Permitting reform deregulation proponents ignore that #NEPA was designed to safeguard the health and wellbeing of communities in which these projects are sited." @weact4ej.bsky.social #Storymap
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If you are taking part in the @agu.org annual meeting I highly encourage you to come to the events we are putting on during the conference!
@ucs.org and Louisiana community leaders invite you to join a powerful toxic tour exploring the realities of environmental injustice in the Gulf South.
Join this IN-PERSON event on Sunday, December 14, 1pm CT.
Join this IN-PERSON event on Sunday, December 14, 1pm CT.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If you are taking part in the @agu.org annual meeting I highly encourage you to come to the events we are putting on during the conference!
If you are taking part in the @agu.org annual meeting I highly encourage you to come to the events we are putting on during the conference!
@ucs.org and Louisiana community leaders invite you to join a powerful toxic tour exploring the realities of environmental injustice in the Gulf South.
Join this IN-PERSON event on Sunday, December 14, 1pm CT.
Join this IN-PERSON event on Sunday, December 14, 1pm CT.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If you are taking part in the @agu.org annual meeting I highly encourage you to come to the events we are putting on during the conference!
Rewatched Dunkirk this evening and there's a lot to take from a story of catastrophic loss averted even if at a great cost.
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Rewatched Dunkirk this evening and there's a lot to take from a story of catastrophic loss averted even if at a great cost.
These refs in the Ravens game are beyond awful
December 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
These refs in the Ravens game are beyond awful
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Fans of permitting reform say that it will work to renewable energy's advantage. But of course, that's not true if the administration is also *specifically intervening to stop solar development*.
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
Solar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’
A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.
heatmap.news
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Fans of permitting reform say that it will work to renewable energy's advantage. But of course, that's not true if the administration is also *specifically intervening to stop solar development*.
I haven't been checking the news as I try to catch up on work and I spend 10 minutes on here and see explicit racism, permitting reform, and Trump pardoning the idiot that Dems supported over Jessica Cisneros twice? Y'all can keep the internet and the news. No thank you.
a woman is sitting in a crowd of people with her mouth open and the words `` i hate it ! ''
ALT: a woman is sitting in a crowd of people with her mouth open and the words `` i hate it ! ''
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I haven't been checking the news as I try to catch up on work and I spend 10 minutes on here and see explicit racism, permitting reform, and Trump pardoning the idiot that Dems supported over Jessica Cisneros twice? Y'all can keep the internet and the news. No thank you.
This is in no way an attempt to dunk on Roberts but if the energy policy space would take viewpoints from the environmental justice space more seriously then there would not have been such a widespread misunderstanding of what the GOP was going to do and why they were serious about the threats.
In my world (energy policy), to a first approximation, *everyone* underestimated how bad Republicans would be this time around.
So my basic question is: has anyone updated their priors? Revised their analytical categories? Learned anything from this? Will do things differently next time? Anyone?
So my basic question is: has anyone updated their priors? Revised their analytical categories? Learned anything from this? Will do things differently next time? Anyone?
December 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
This is in no way an attempt to dunk on Roberts but if the energy policy space would take viewpoints from the environmental justice space more seriously then there would not have been such a widespread misunderstanding of what the GOP was going to do and why they were serious about the threats.
I know there's going to be explicit racism when I click the video and after dealing for a decade plus of this man's bullshit it still infuriates me. I just want to be done with this waste of space.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I know there's going to be explicit racism when I click the video and after dealing for a decade plus of this man's bullshit it still infuriates me. I just want to be done with this waste of space.
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People power created the EPA — now its mission is under threat as protections roll back and frontline communities pay the price.
Clean air and a livable planet are our rights. Spread the word, contact your reps, and join the push for a stronger EPA. #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
Clean air and a livable planet are our rights. Spread the word, contact your reps, and join the push for a stronger EPA. #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
People power created the EPA — now its mission is under threat as protections roll back and frontline communities pay the price.
Clean air and a livable planet are our rights. Spread the word, contact your reps, and join the push for a stronger EPA. #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
Clean air and a livable planet are our rights. Spread the word, contact your reps, and join the push for a stronger EPA. #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
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Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
Gut wrenching: “I had to take our baby from my crying wife’s arms,” Mr. Paul, 33, said, recalling the moment that agents said they were arresting his wife, Katie.
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Ms. Paul was sent to an immigration detention center with hundreds of other people swept up in the Trump administration’s crackdown.”
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Now that my wife's green card arrived in the mail today I finally feel safe to say how absolutely horrendous it was that we had to discuss what to do in this exact scenario when we went into USCIS for an interview.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
The plans + contingencies we had to come up with. Not the country I grew up in.
This is huge
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is huge