Hollin Kretzmann
@hkretzmann.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer (the good kind). Portage, Wisconsin Amtrak Station super-fan. Emotionally over-invested in Bucks basketball.
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People in 2050 would give trillions of dollars just to have the climate that we enjoy today.
Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds
Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 PM
People in 2050 would give trillions of dollars just to have the climate that we enjoy today.
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While we can celebrate some data points, this is the defining context for global climate heating.
The climate will not stabilize to a certain temperature unless we stop burning fossil fuels and deal with land use in a sustainable manner.
The climate will not stabilize to a certain temperature unless we stop burning fossil fuels and deal with land use in a sustainable manner.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has regular reports (monthly, quarterly) which provide short-term projections of coal, oil, & gas.
As of January 2026, it looks like fossil CO2 emissions in 2026 will be relatively flat: the drop in coal (-1%) offset by growth in gas (2%) & oil (0.8%).
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As of January 2026, it looks like fossil CO2 emissions in 2026 will be relatively flat: the drop in coal (-1%) offset by growth in gas (2%) & oil (0.8%).
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January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
While we can celebrate some data points, this is the defining context for global climate heating.
The climate will not stabilize to a certain temperature unless we stop burning fossil fuels and deal with land use in a sustainable manner.
The climate will not stabilize to a certain temperature unless we stop burning fossil fuels and deal with land use in a sustainable manner.
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we can spend a billion dollars on adding a new lane that won't fix congestion but we can't spend a million dollars on making it safe to walk outside, to improve public transportation, or to build bike lanes, all of which are cheaper than roads.
Project to add a lane, making a safer 5 Freeway between 405 and 55, gets underway
The $715 million project will be funded by Measure M, the half-cent sales tax collected in Orange County for transportation projects, and state and federal contributions.
www.ocregister.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:44 PM
we can spend a billion dollars on adding a new lane that won't fix congestion but we can't spend a million dollars on making it safe to walk outside, to improve public transportation, or to build bike lanes, all of which are cheaper than roads.
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New Mexico filed a suit in late December alleging a yearslong pattern of fraud and self-dealing by three Texas oil executives.
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
“A Fraudulent Scheme”: New Mexico Sues Texas Oil Companies for Walking Away From Their Leaking Wells
New Mexico’s lawsuit accuses three Texas oil executives of pocketing revenue from oil and gas wells and offloading cleanup costs to the public. An investigation in 2024 by ProPublica and Capital & Mai...
www.propublica.org
January 25, 2026 at 12:00 AM
New Mexico filed a suit in late December alleging a yearslong pattern of fraud and self-dealing by three Texas oil executives.
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
The state faces millions of dollars in costs to clean up wells that drillers orphan through bankruptcies.
With @capitalandmain.bsky.social
Real opportunity for NBA players to show which side they're on. The Bucks had the right idea. www.npr.org/sections/liv...
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Real opportunity for NBA players to show which side they're on. The Bucks had the right idea. www.npr.org/sections/liv...
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Imagine what @whstancil.bsky.social could do in one of these puppies.
Honda is updating the Fit hatchback for China, and it appears to be adding a racing variant.
New Honda Fit Race Car Looks Ready to Compete Right Out of the Packaging
Honda is updating the Fit hatchback for China, and it appears to be adding a racing variant.
bit.ly
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Imagine what @whstancil.bsky.social could do in one of these puppies.
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🚨 #California could see *1 million+ acres* opened up to fossil fuels:
"We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social
"We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social
Trump Proposes Opening Over 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands to Drilling, Fracking
The Trump administration today released plans to open more than 1 million acres of public lands and mineral rights to oil and gas drilling and fracking in Southern California and the Central Valley, C...
biologicaldiversity.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:17 PM
🚨 #California could see *1 million+ acres* opened up to fossil fuels:
"We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social
"We won’t let this administration get away with destroying our public lands. We’ll fight this effort to worsen climate change & expose CA’s people & wildlife to toxic pollution from drilling & fracking.”- @vbogg.bsky.social
100%. Ask yourself if you'd want your future on the line with an attorney with 61 other cases with similar stakes. The fact that SF public defender is not giving in to the overwhelming pressure to settle is a credit to their commitment to their constitutional duties.
“Refusing to settle cases” means defending clients who have a good case rather than encouraging them to take a quick plea bargain, which saves department resources but is often not the best outcome for the client. The solution here is to hire more public defenders, not harass them.
@sfstandard.com
@sfstandard.com
San Francisco court to public defenders: Do your job
Judge Harry Dorfman is threatening to hold the public defender’s office in contempt for refusing to take on new felony clients.
sfstandard.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
100%. Ask yourself if you'd want your future on the line with an attorney with 61 other cases with similar stakes. The fact that SF public defender is not giving in to the overwhelming pressure to settle is a credit to their commitment to their constitutional duties.
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What you see in the Permian with your eyes vs what you see with an optical gas imaging camera.
That is a big cloud of methane.
That is a big cloud of methane.
January 12, 2026 at 2:57 PM
What you see in the Permian with your eyes vs what you see with an optical gas imaging camera.
That is a big cloud of methane.
That is a big cloud of methane.
As a Bucks fan there is something sweet about seeing another team get TJ-McConnelled to death.
TJ McConnell with 23 points, 8 assists, 4 steals including his patented steal on an in-bounds pass following the go-ahead bucket by Pascal Siakam with 10 seconds left.
And I thought he ran out of gas. SMH.
And I thought he ran out of gas. SMH.
January 9, 2026 at 6:16 AM
As a Bucks fan there is something sweet about seeing another team get TJ-McConnelled to death.
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Razor wire is "spreading like a cancer" across the border lands, posing grave risks of entanglement and death to wildlife, including jaguars and ocelots, while doing little to stop migrants' crossings.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com/news/local/s...
Razor-wire use spreading 'like a cancer' in borderlands, advocates say
For Star subscribers: Concertina wire is already placed along the top of the border wall in urban areas, including around Nogales. But agents now are installing concertina wire on the
tucson.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Razor wire is "spreading like a cancer" across the border lands, posing grave risks of entanglement and death to wildlife, including jaguars and ocelots, while doing little to stop migrants' crossings.
tucson.com/news/local/s...
tucson.com/news/local/s...
California! The bill will be $21.5 billion for the industry's onshore oil and gas wells in the state if they don't pay up.
Another case of the public having to eat the costs for a private fossil fuel company's failures
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Bankrupt oil company leaves Alberta county with $9.3M unpaid tax bill | CBC News
Big Lakes County in northwestern Alberta says it has formally approved the write off of more than $9 million in unpaid property taxes owed by the now bankrupt Razor Energy Corp.
www.cbc.ca
December 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
California! The bill will be $21.5 billion for the industry's onshore oil and gas wells in the state if they don't pay up.
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do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
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A desperately needed paper on the power of fossil capital to repress civil liberties around the world.
We (@crossdale.bsky.social, Christina Pantazis, @roxana-pessoa.bsky.social, Tiê Franco Brotto and I) present the first academic peer-reviewed article, studying the criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest as a global phenomenon. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A desperately needed paper on the power of fossil capital to repress civil liberties around the world.
Name and shame.
Once again I am calling on @postopinions.bsky.social to byline the editorials ascribed to the editorial board, because readers should be able to make fun of the specific person who wrote this dogshit and thought it was smart www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Name and shame.
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Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
Why are famous chefs fighting PFAS bans?
The answer, in retrospect, is obvious—and it’s part of a larger campaign to stop bans on Teflon cookware nationwide.
heated.world
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Celebrity chefs told Californians that PFAS-coated pans were “safe,” and successfully lobbied Gavin Newsom to veto a bill phasing them out
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
They didn’t mention they all sell PFAS-coated pans.
New joint investigation with @mirandagreen.bsky.social and @atmosmag.bsky.social is out:
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Japan 🇯🇵 has qualified for the playoffs.
The Japanese men team defeats China and clinches the final playoff spot.
So it’s China vs USA for an Olympic spot. Loser plays Japan for the final Olympic spot.
The Japanese men team defeats China and clinches the final playoff spot.
So it’s China vs USA for an Olympic spot. Loser plays Japan for the final Olympic spot.
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Japan 🇯🇵 has qualified for the playoffs.
The Japanese men team defeats China and clinches the final playoff spot.
So it’s China vs USA for an Olympic spot. Loser plays Japan for the final Olympic spot.
The Japanese men team defeats China and clinches the final playoff spot.
So it’s China vs USA for an Olympic spot. Loser plays Japan for the final Olympic spot.
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
OMG that is a crazy travel schedule. Rest up, Shirleen!
Meet Shirleen, a 900-pound #leatherback turtle and an epic traveler.
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
Thanks to satellite tracking by the Loggerhead Marinelife Center, we now know more about where she goes.
Leatherbacks are endangered – they need our help but, meanwhile, #GoShirleen!
Learn more ➡️ marinelife.mapotic.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
OMG that is a crazy travel schedule. Rest up, Shirleen!
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Hell yeah! Bus-to-bart just got significantly cheaper. Combined with the increased bridge tolls and we may get people back on public transit.
I hope every transit agency doesn't shut up about this for months
out there every day putting signs in front of drivers telling them transit just got cheaper so why not take the bus and enjoy not being stuck in traffic
this is one of the largest non-capital project changes to transit in decades
out there every day putting signs in front of drivers telling them transit just got cheaper so why not take the bus and enjoy not being stuck in traffic
this is one of the largest non-capital project changes to transit in decades
Starting next week, riding this bus and most other buses to BART will be FREE!
Clipper 2 rolls out on December 10, including free and low cost transfers between all transit agencies.
Riders will automatically receive discounts up to $2.85 when transferring within a two hour window.
Clipper 2 rolls out on December 10, including free and low cost transfers between all transit agencies.
Riders will automatically receive discounts up to $2.85 when transferring within a two hour window.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hell yeah! Bus-to-bart just got significantly cheaper. Combined with the increased bridge tolls and we may get people back on public transit.
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"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"According to data from Media Radar, The New York Times took in more than $20 million in advertising revenue from fossil fuel companies from Oct 2020 to Oct 2023, twice what any other outlet earned from the industry" - @amywestervelt.bsky.social, Matthew Green & @joeygrostern.bsky.social
#NYT
#NYT