Notices by Kevin Leecaster (greenfire@mstdn.social)

Our orange wannabe dictator really, really wanted to go celebrate getting #Ukraine to surrender with his pal Putin in Moscow at the May military parade trying to look like a strongman.

Looks like he's given up on that dream of his.

TBH, nowadays this is pretty much the safe default consideration on social media. While I can promise you I'm not, why would I state otherwise if I am working for the Kremlin or other fossil fuel industry member?

I get it. You chose to not vote last fall and you're not happy with the results of that choice, but the answer is not to blame us Democrats who put forward a viable option to avoid it. She was less evil than him and if you didn't vote, turns out you voted for more evil then if you had voted for her.

As liability lawsuits against large oil and gas companies inch closer to trial and states start to adopt climate “Superfund” legislation, Republicans are rolling out new measures trying shield the industry from accountability.

The order comes after oil CEOs recently met with Trump and reportedly asked for his help in quashing their mounting climate liability risks.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-executive-order-big-oil-seeks-shield-itself-climate-liability

I don't want to unfairly disparage it and hopefully I'm wrong, but I sure get the vibe that Sam Altman's new 'clean, solar thermal, dispatchable energy company', ExoWatt, is nothing more than a meme stock. Any thoughts?
https://www.exowatt.com/

What the Teamsters' president fails to mention in his latest attack on Democrats is that he posted this from his private jet.

The World Economic Forum chose to put this man on stage because I assume they value his opinion.

Well, I want to point out that this man now complaining about what the Republicans are doing to our country donated over a hundred million dollars to help put Trump back into office.

I know that y'all desperately want to blame someone else for the situation we're in, but it is a fact that we make up the electorate and the electorate failed to protect our democratic republic.

It wasn't Democrats. It was us who dropped the ball by not supporting Democrats and we're doing it still!

Wow, this 48 hour long-duration energy storage facility is scheduled to come online this quarter. If this operates as hoped, this could be a major turning point in terms of how our electricity grids will be powered in the, hopefully near, future.
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2025/04/worlds-largest-hydrogen-lithium-energy-storage-system-to-come-online-in-california-this-quarter/

The inarguable truth is that Democratic policies do more to protect America's national security especially in relation to energy production.

There's no reason to ever assume that Trump is joking.

Hell, there's no documented evidence that he has ever laughed unless it was laughing at someone. He does not joke. He's not capable of that type of normal human behavior.

Drill baby, drill helped win the election for Republicans.

How's that going?

U.S. crude oil production fell by 305,000-barrels-per-day (bpd) to 13.15 million bpd in January.

The EIA also lowered its estimate of record U.S. oil production in December by about 40,000 bpd to 13.45 million bpd.

One outcome from E-loons Nazification of Twitter was to reduce how much attention corporations paid to what's being said about them on SM. I liked having them become more accountable and miss them not being on #BlueSky nor #Mastodon and not just for that, but cool interactions like this too.

Did you know that a solar module manufactured in the USA has a carbon footprint that is 14% lower than one made in China? Now you do.

Trump is now trying to get taxpayers to pay for his legal fees defending him over the injuries he caused on January 6th. Those lawsuits were authorized to be brought against him in this case:
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23694788-blassingame-v-trump/

Actually, now is a good time to sell your Tesla since there's no way in hell that their resale value is going to increase unless that company gets a new CEO.
https://www.moneydigest.com/1814773/people-selling-used-tesla-cars-protest-elon-musk/?zsource=msnsyndicated

The violent acts of vandalism related to #TeslaTakedown helped the jury justify to themselves making this horrible attack on our first amendment rights just as much did the violent acts of the self-described environmentalists used by the fossil fuel industry to achieve this tactical victory.
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/73572/jury-delivers-verdict-finding-greenpeace-entities-liable-for-more-than-660-million-in-energy-transfer-slapp-trial/

In light of what the Republican POTUS just said about impeaching judges who rule against his regime, Chief Justice Roberts has issued a rare statement:

"For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose."

Actual climate action happens at local level so obviously local elections are crucial if you want a stable climate.

@climateaf.bsky.social has supported more than 800 pro-climate candidate campaigns across the country.

In 2025, Climate Cabinet is supporting 50 top candidates in critical elections.
https://thepowerline.substack.com/p/the-climate-cabinet-a-q-and-a-with?r=26mxm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&triedRedirect=true

Once we manage to bankrupt Tesla there's going to be a lot of much cheaper used EVs available for lower income people to use to decarbonize their lives.

The price of a used Tesla is almost as low as the average price of all used cars listed on CarGurus—$29,552 for Tesla versus $27,014 for all brands. That means parking a new EV in your driveway is now extremely affordable so just swap out the Tesla badge for VW, Ford, etc.