"Illinois had big plans to turn a bunch of old coal plant sites into solar and battery farms."
📢 Why Illinois has struggled to turn old coal sites into solar farms
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/illinois-coal-sites-to-solar-farms
🌍 A new type of levee is taking root in Northern California
Combining flood mitigation with wetland habitat restoration, "horizontal levees" could protect coastal cities and
https://grist.org/solutions/a-new-type-of-levee-is-taking-root-in-northern-california/
📰 They’re making record profits, but oil companies still won’t ‘drill, baby, drill’
The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring.
https://grist.org/energy/record-profits-oil-companies-wont-drill-baby-drill/
"For low-income families, staying cool can mean sacrificing food or other essentials."
🌍 Many Americans face an impossible choice during heat waves
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/many-americans-face-an-impossible-choice-during-heat-waves/
Worth reading.
🔗 3 ways to fix California's utility spending problem — if lawmakers act
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/utilities/3-ways-fix-california-utility-spending
"Patrons and digital privacy groups pushed back against the bars' use of Patronscan Guard+."
📢 SF gay bars end use of “dangerous & invasive” tech that collects facial scans & personal data
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/sf-gay-bars-end-use-of-dangerous-invasive-tech-that-collects-facial-scans-personal-data/
This needs to be front page news.
⚠️ Watching the Atlantic: Could tropical waves exiting Africa make it past the wind shear?
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/watching-the-atlantic-could-tropical-waves-exiting-africa-make-it-past-the-wind-shear/
📢 World’s oldest cheddar-maker slashes energy bills with novel heat pumps
In many ways the world's oldest cheddar-maker hews to tradition.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/worlds-oldest-cheddar-maker-heat-pumps
🔗 Breaking 8/10
https://www.advocate.com/newsletter/breaking-8-10 #LGBTQ #QueerRights
"This story originally appeared on The Advocate.The Trump administration is abandoning its effort to obtain sensitive"
💜 Trump Administration Abandons Legal Appeal for Trans Kids’ Medical Records
https://www.them.us/answers-and-advice/health/umpc-trans-supboena-case-over
Important context.
📰 Lauren Boebert calls LGBTQ+ people “groomers.” Her son was just arrested for child sex abuse.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/08/lauren-boebert-calls-lgbtq-people-groomers-her-son-was-just-arrested-for-child/
"A long-infamous record from the 1930s has bit the dust."
⚠️ The U.S. just had its hottest month in recorded history, surpassing Dust Bowl record
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/the-u-s-just-had-its-hottest-month-in-recorded-history-surpassing-dust-bowl-record/
The math doesn't lie.
🌍 Vigilando el Atlántico: ¿Podrán las ondas tropicales que salen de África superar la cizalladura del viento?
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/vigilando-el-atlantico-podran-las-ondas-tropicales-que-salen-de-africa-superar-la-cizalladura-del-viento/
💜 State fines Delaware bar after employee tells trans woman to use the men’s room, then bans her
A Delaware bar has been fined a second time for discriminating against a transgender woman.
https://www.advocate.com/news/delaware-bar-transgender-discrimination-fine
📰 Justice Smith Promises to “Take Good Care” of Harris in Heated Rivalry Season 2
https://www.them.us/justice-smith-heated-rivalry #LGBTQ #TransRights
📰 Remember when GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said, ‘Let’s stop attacking pedophiles’ during a Congress speech?
The anti-LGBTQ+ Republican didn’t bother to correct his misstatement.
⚠️ ‘The Earth itself was screaming out:’ Bay Mills Indian Community fights pipeline permitting while enveloped in wildfire smoke
A Canadian oil and gas company wants to continue operating its Michigan pipeline for 99 more years.
📢 A new plan to preserve Georgia’s marshes: Give them space to migrate
Environmental protections usually only cover existing ecosystems.
https://grist.org/solutions/a-new-plan-to-preserve-georgia-marshes-give-them-space-to-migrate/
🔗 In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds
Stew Miller, who launched his North Carolina rooftop solar company in the 2000s, says there’s “a lot of negativity” in
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/north-carolina-rooftop-solar
This is what solidarity looks like.
🪧 If AOC Doesn’t Run for President, Run a Union Worker