NEW: Pacific tsunami visualized! Tuesday night's magnitude 8.8 earthquake produced a significant tsunami in Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, but those same waves traveled all the way across the Pacific!
This one goes out to all the supporters of keeping public lands PUBLIC! Humans and animals need nature and wilderness areas. Keep them all public for future generations and health of the planet 🌊🌊
Synthetic biology can promote a sustainable world, with biofuels, energy-efficient mineral mining, and other applications.
Stanford researchers are leveraging synthetic biology to address critical energy and environmental challenges. Their initiatives target multiple energy-related issues: developing cleaner mineral extraction methods for clean-energy technologies, reducing the environmental impact of meat production (a significant source of greenhouse gases), and creating sustainable alternatives to petroleum-dependent processes.
Key energy-focused projects include engineering proteins to extract critical minerals and rare earth elements without petroleum products like kerosene, which currently generate toxic waste despite being used for clean-energy applications. Researchers are also converting plastic waste into palm oil components using green hydrogen, offering a dual environmental benefit by reducing landfill waste while providing sustainable alternatives to forest-clearing palm cultivation.
Additionally, teams are developing nitrogen-fixing plants to reduce fertilizer dependency and reprogramming dandelions for large-scale rubber production, potentially eliminating the need for rainforest destruction.
Read the news article @StanfordMed:
https://t.co/mxaFh5coN3
#biofuels #enery #minerals
New report from @EnergyandPolicy reveals utilities are charging customers for lobbying, corporate branding, & even luxury perks for executives — all while turning off poor people's power. This is why we must pass the Ratepayer Protection Act in MN. #MNLeg https://t.co/w1KunljPOl
We are so proud to announce our first new candidate of the cycle: @DonavanMI13 in #MI13!
Donavan represents the future Democrats should be fighting for: working class people taking our power back from multimillionaires to deliver for everyday people.
Always with the people.
REPORT: Biden Officials Admit They Never Pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli Leaders Boast of Playing Washington
“God did the State of Israel a favor that Biden was the president during this period… We fought [in Gaza] for over a year and the administration never came to us and said, ‘ceasefire now.’ It never did. And that’s not to be taken for granted.”
—Former Israeli ambassador Michael Herzog:
A sweeping Israeli Channel 13 investigation has exposed the Biden administration’s complicity in Israel’s 19-month war on Gaza. Nine top Biden officials acknowledged avoiding real pressure on Israel—even as the death toll surpassed 30,000. Israeli leaders openly bragged they dragged out the war, playing for time until Donald Trump’s return.
Former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Ambassador Tom Nides, and others defended their unwavering support for Israel—even as they admitted enabling a campaign one U.S. aide described as “killing and destroying for the sake of killing and destroying.”
Here’s what the investigation revealed: 🧵⬇️