silence7

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24838392

Grain Belt Express, a transmission line that would cross 800 miles of the Midwest, is at the center of a number of disputes.

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The line, known as Grain Belt Express, is designed to transport electricity generated by wind farms in Kansas across four states, including Missouri, to more densely populated regions in Indiana and Illinois. It would be the largest privately funded transmission line in the country’s history, said Invenergy, its developer.

 

Grain Belt Express, a transmission line that would cross 800 miles of the Midwest, is at the center of a number of disputes.

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The line, known as Grain Belt Express, is designed to transport electricity generated by wind farms in Kansas across four states, including Missouri, to more densely populated regions in Indiana and Illinois. It would be the largest privately funded transmission line in the country’s history, said Invenergy, its developer.

 

Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.

 

Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.

 

Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

In general, the problem with that narrative is that Trump was openly promising to act in ways which were guaranteed (and in fact have) raise prices and take away healthcare from people, while transferring money from the pockets of the less wealthy into those of billionaires. The US also had a better economic recovery than most other developed nations.

While it is in fact important to run government in ways which help people, a lot of what was going on was using economic concerns as a socially acceptable excuse for racism.

 

FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.

The list of specific states is in the lawsuit

 

FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.

The list of specific states is in the lawsuit

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

You need watershed-level forecasts for flash floods, like a list of huc12s that will be impacted

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

No. But its important to make the improvement in cost and peoples lives that can come with well-done decarbonization tangible for people

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The point of the false accusations was to normalize malicious prosecution and create Republican support for doing it.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Her definition — making electricity cheap by taking advantage of the way wind and solar are now cheaper than fossil fuels, doesn't seem like "further left"

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

We're going to need to hold power first — and that likely means a meaningful restructuring of the US government.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

People being threatened while experiencing some sort of mental health crisis don't do that. Cops need to not just shout orders and threaten people, but actively deescalate to prevent unnecessary shootings.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

There is a long history of most police killings being situations where officers could have deescalated but chose to shoot, or being mistaken about the presence of a gun other than their own.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 37 points 2 days ago

The plan has always been to deport huge numbers of US citizens who aren't white enough for Vance & Miller

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

I care about the consequences of financing the fossil fuels industry. Having the banks stop would limit extraction and burning.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The non-release is creating a pool of people who no longer trust Trump. That helps

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 days ago

CAISO has real-time data, but electricity imported from out of state does not have real-time analysis.

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