Cathy Cowan Becker
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I just want to use whatever time I've got left on Earth to help save this beautiful planet from those who want to do it harm.
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Nepal's EV surge came in part from India applying oil restrictions to them in 2015.
Electrification and geopolitics.
Most people live in oil importing nations. It's going to have an effect.
Electrification and geopolitics.
Most people live in oil importing nations. It's going to have an effect.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nepal's EV surge came in part from India applying oil restrictions to them in 2015.
Electrification and geopolitics.
Most people live in oil importing nations. It's going to have an effect.
Electrification and geopolitics.
Most people live in oil importing nations. It's going to have an effect.
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Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of "waters of the United States" would eliminate crucial safeguards for "countless" bodies of water.
Story by @insideclimatenews.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/trum...
Story by @insideclimatenews.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/trum...
Trump administration moves to weaken federal protections for waterways and wetlands | Great Lakes Now
Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of "waters of the United States" would eliminate crucial safeguards for "countless" bodies of water.
www.greatlakesnow.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of "waters of the United States" would eliminate crucial safeguards for "countless" bodies of water.
Story by @insideclimatenews.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/trum...
Story by @insideclimatenews.org:
www.greatlakesnow.org/2025/11/trum...
You may have been hearing about an AI and data center bubble and impending crash. This explains what is happening and why.
GPU=Graphics Processing Unit
LLM=Large Language Model
Both are used in AI, extremely power hungry, and extremely expensive.
GPU=Graphics Processing Unit
LLM=Large Language Model
Both are used in AI, extremely power hungry, and extremely expensive.
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The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA
This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
You may have been hearing about an AI and data center bubble and impending crash. This explains what is happening and why.
GPU=Graphics Processing Unit
LLM=Large Language Model
Both are used in AI, extremely power hungry, and extremely expensive.
GPU=Graphics Processing Unit
LLM=Large Language Model
Both are used in AI, extremely power hungry, and extremely expensive.
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These maps of major metropolitan areas show striking differences in tax bases in areas close to one another www.taxbasefragmentation.net/home :
—Compare the north vs south shore of Nassau County
—Coastal vs inland Miami
—Inglewood vs El Segundo
—East Palo Alto vs everything around it
—Compare the north vs south shore of Nassau County
—Coastal vs inland Miami
—Inglewood vs El Segundo
—East Palo Alto vs everything around it
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
These maps of major metropolitan areas show striking differences in tax bases in areas close to one another www.taxbasefragmentation.net/home :
—Compare the north vs south shore of Nassau County
—Coastal vs inland Miami
—Inglewood vs El Segundo
—East Palo Alto vs everything around it
—Compare the north vs south shore of Nassau County
—Coastal vs inland Miami
—Inglewood vs El Segundo
—East Palo Alto vs everything around it
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
If you want to know what happened at #COP30 in Brazil -- the jockeying back and forth during negotiations, arbitrary leadership decisions, and poor accommodations that literally caught fire twice -- find it all here.
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED: CARBON BRIEF’S #COP30 SUMMARY 🚨
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting…
–Global mutirão
–Adaptation finance
–Fossil-fuel roadmap
–China
+Much more
Very proud of team CB for getting this out so fast
www.carbonbrief.org/...
November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
If you want to know what happened at #COP30 in Brazil -- the jockeying back and forth during negotiations, arbitrary leadership decisions, and poor accommodations that literally caught fire twice -- find it all here.
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Drought is climate change's greatest threat. An attribution study by www.worldweatherattribution.org found this year's Iran drought was a 1-in-10-year event; this would have been a 1-in-50 to 1-in-100-year event without human-caused climate change. President of Iran says they will move the capital.
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Drought is climate change's greatest threat. An attribution study by www.worldweatherattribution.org found this year's Iran drought was a 1-in-10-year event; this would have been a 1-in-50 to 1-in-100-year event without human-caused climate change. President of Iran says they will move the capital.
So much for solar and wind being "unreliable," as SB294 would label them.
As of 5pm today, batteries were the largest single source of power for the Californian grid www.caiso.com/todays-outlo...
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So much for solar and wind being "unreliable," as SB294 would label them.
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COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
That's not a ceasefire.
Death toll since start of Gaza ceasefire rises to 339 - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/death-toll-start-gaza-ceasefire-rises-339
Death toll since start of Gaza ceasefire rises to 339
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<p>The latest killings bring the death toll since 10 October to 339. Meanwhile, 871 people were wounded during the truce period. </p>
<p>In total, at least 69,756 Palestinians have been killed since the start of Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, an additional 170,946 others left injured. </p>
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November 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
That's not a ceasefire.
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🚨 At #COP30’s closing plenary, Colombia refused to approve the decision on the mitigation work programme unless fossil fuel language was included.
Several climate-vulnerable states demanded more ambition & public finance for climate adaptation.
🔔This is a wake-up call🔔
A🧵
Several climate-vulnerable states demanded more ambition & public finance for climate adaptation.
🔔This is a wake-up call🔔
A🧵
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🚨 At #COP30’s closing plenary, Colombia refused to approve the decision on the mitigation work programme unless fossil fuel language was included.
Several climate-vulnerable states demanded more ambition & public finance for climate adaptation.
🔔This is a wake-up call🔔
A🧵
Several climate-vulnerable states demanded more ambition & public finance for climate adaptation.
🔔This is a wake-up call🔔
A🧵
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Ohio's regulators move too fast in approving oil and gas injection wells, says fracking expert Ted Auch. Peter Krouse @cleveland.com: bit.ly/4oWXOsl
@healthylakes.org @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @maxfilby.dispatch.com @ccbecker271.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social
@healthylakes.org @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @maxfilby.dispatch.com @ccbecker271.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social
How did Ohio become the primary dumping ground for fracking waste?
The Buckeye Environmental Network sued the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for approvied fracking waste disposal wells using outdated rules.
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Ohio's regulators move too fast in approving oil and gas injection wells, says fracking expert Ted Auch. Peter Krouse @cleveland.com: bit.ly/4oWXOsl
@healthylakes.org @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @maxfilby.dispatch.com @ccbecker271.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social
@healthylakes.org @twrader.bsky.social @kentksmith.bsky.social @maxfilby.dispatch.com @ccbecker271.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social
It was DeWine who signed the law REQUIRING fracking of Ohio's state parks ... so yeah.
🧵A Threads post in response to a George Will op ed praising Mike DeWine - the post includes a screenshot to a comment on the Will piece which is spot on in labeling DeWine as a radical right winger clothed in temperamental calmness
The comment is a luminous piece of prose, suitable for framing.
The comment is a luminous piece of prose, suitable for framing.
November 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It was DeWine who signed the law REQUIRING fracking of Ohio's state parks ... so yeah.
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"This is fine."
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"This is fine."
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Why the F*ck are cop 30 trying to negotiate, with who? The f*cking climate, do they think they can make a deal with nature to not raise global temperatures?
Have they never watched Star Trek? To quote the great philoopher Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott you canae change the laws of physics Captain
Have they never watched Star Trek? To quote the great philoopher Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott you canae change the laws of physics Captain
November 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Why the F*ck are cop 30 trying to negotiate, with who? The f*cking climate, do they think they can make a deal with nature to not raise global temperatures?
Have they never watched Star Trek? To quote the great philoopher Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott you canae change the laws of physics Captain
Have they never watched Star Trek? To quote the great philoopher Lt. Commander Montgomery Scott you canae change the laws of physics Captain
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Does fracking cause high radon levels in nearby homes?
So telling that Ohio gas and oil refused to comment for story #5 in this @maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com series on radon and lung cancer: bit.ly/48crfQ8
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
So telling that Ohio gas and oil refused to comment for story #5 in this @maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com series on radon and lung cancer: bit.ly/48crfQ8
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
Does fracking cause higher radon levels in nearby homes? What the research shows
A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an unanswered question.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Does fracking cause high radon levels in nearby homes?
So telling that Ohio gas and oil refused to comment for story #5 in this @maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com series on radon and lung cancer: bit.ly/48crfQ8
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
So telling that Ohio gas and oil refused to comment for story #5 in this @maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com series on radon and lung cancer: bit.ly/48crfQ8
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social
Hey Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Department of Health, and Governor Mike DeWine: Where is the study of health effects of fracking in Ohio?? Just because you refuse to study it does not mean it doesn't exist.
@saveohioparks.bsky.social
@saveohioparks.bsky.social
🧪 NEW STUDY:
14% of Americans (46.6 million people) live within one mile of at least one piece of fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain.
This proximity is known to cause health harms.
🧵
www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
14% of Americans (46.6 million people) live within one mile of at least one piece of fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain.
This proximity is known to cause health harms.
🧵
www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
Nearly 47 Million Americans Are at High Risk of Potential Health Hazards from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure | Institute for Global Sustainability
www.bu.edu
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hey Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Department of Health, and Governor Mike DeWine: Where is the study of health effects of fracking in Ohio?? Just because you refuse to study it does not mean it doesn't exist.
@saveohioparks.bsky.social
@saveohioparks.bsky.social
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Yeah, as I note in the column, a new study this week finds 47 million Americans live near FF infrastructure, which causes everything from low birth weights to cancer. The API won't advertise that
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🧪 NEW STUDY:
14% of Americans (46.6 million people) live within one mile of at least one piece of fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain.
This proximity is known to cause health harms.
🧵
www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
14% of Americans (46.6 million people) live within one mile of at least one piece of fossil fuel infrastructure across all stages of the supply chain.
This proximity is known to cause health harms.
🧵
www.bu.edu/igs/2025/11/...
Nearly 47 Million Americans Are at High Risk of Potential Health Hazards from Fossil Fuel Infrastructure | Institute for Global Sustainability
www.bu.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, as I note in the column, a new study this week finds 47 million Americans live near FF infrastructure, which causes everything from low birth weights to cancer. The API won't advertise that
bsky.app/profile/sste...
bsky.app/profile/sste...
Radon comes from radium ... fracking brings up a lot of radium. So it's not a stretch to think there would be more radon near fracking sites. Yet the Ohio Department of Health has never done a study on the health effects of fracking. Why??
Does fracking increase radon-- the second-highest cause of lung cancer in Ohio?
@maxfilby.dispatch.com @danaeking.bsky.social in @dispatch.com radon series: bit.ly/4oRVDXd
If we don't know, why do we frack?
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social
@maxfilby.dispatch.com @danaeking.bsky.social in @dispatch.com radon series: bit.ly/4oRVDXd
If we don't know, why do we frack?
@ccbecker271.bsky.social @ssteingraber1.bsky.social @drpeggy70.bsky.social
Does fracking cause higher radon levels in nearby homes? What the research shows
A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an unanswered question.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Radon comes from radium ... fracking brings up a lot of radium. So it's not a stretch to think there would be more radon near fracking sites. Yet the Ohio Department of Health has never done a study on the health effects of fracking. Why??
I will never spend my time on a show called "Landman." Too many of my friends have been force pooled into fracking or had polluting fossil fuel infrastructure put in next to their land without any consultation or consent.
Big Oil loves Landman's anti-clean-energy message so much that it's hijacked it to spread its own propaganda
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Big Oil Hijacked ‘Landman’ for Its Propaganda
I wasn’t planning on writing about the hit TV show Landman, about a Texas oil man, mainly because I haven’t actually, how do you say, watched it. That seems like kind of a prerequisite. But Landman ke...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I will never spend my time on a show called "Landman." Too many of my friends have been force pooled into fracking or had polluting fossil fuel infrastructure put in next to their land without any consultation or consent.
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A helpful thread on nuclear power, why it didn’t work the first time around, and why the tech-bro billionaire class really wants it to anyway.
People like to argue that nuclear energy mostly died in the US because of fear mongering after Three Mile Island and Chernobyl but it's really cost. And that's exacerbated by the fact that in the US nuclear is mostly a fully for profit enterprise. In most places with lots of nuclear it's state owned
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A helpful thread on nuclear power, why it didn’t work the first time around, and why the tech-bro billionaire class really wants it to anyway.
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Republicans are back with their outrageous giveaway to Big Tech. We can’t let that happen. I’ll fight this tooth and nail.
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Republicans are back with their outrageous giveaway to Big Tech. We can’t let that happen. I’ll fight this tooth and nail.
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Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Europe's electricity system is changing rapidly and often in places that don't make the headlines.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
Look at Estonia - not that long ago and fossil fuels dominated around 90% of electricity generation.
Today solar and wind eat more and more into the share of fossil fuel-generated electricity.
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I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
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Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who does this benefit other than the major airline CEOs?