Climate, economic justice & human rights research, advocacy & policy visioning. Senior Fellow @cplusc.bsky.social studying US disaster insurance & global finance policy. Board co-Chair @lawgaction.bsky.social. Amo a 🇨🇴. Living on Ohlone land. she/ella/ela.
Conservative Democrats who advocate for deregulating nuclear power and funneling taxpayer money to nuclear companies might want to think through the politics of being complicit in likely funneling billions to Trumps and their allies. Possibly illegally. Possibly leading to nuclear incidents.
Sammy RothThe Trump family is poised to cash in on the nuclear renaissance that Trump is promoting: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/u...
Fossil gas exporters like Cheniere and Venture are putting upward pressure on consumer costs for the entire country. Their executives are also using Trump's war to mint dynastic wealth for themselves. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/c...
Fossil Fuel Executives Cash InInsiders at leading oil and gas companies have made millions from stocks since the Iran war began.www.nytimes.com
A great proposal by @moira.bsky.social Birss about how to deal with the climate-induced insurance crisis. The latest from @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social
Moira BirssClimate change-fueled disasters threaten the safety of our homes & insurance provides a financial safety net to help us recover. But current insurance systems are failing, leaving households high (& not dry). What can the federal government do? I've got a proposal: peri.umass.edu/publication/...
Here's a plan for housing as a human right: ☑️ National rent control ☑️ Universal rent and energy bill assistance ☑️ National disaster insurance ☑️ Social housing development Proud to put this forward with @aldasky.bsky.social @markpaulecon.bsky.social @moira.bsky.social @hjacobcarlson.bsky.social
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaGame Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.peri.umass.edu
Just a reminder that in 1973, Congress ended Nixon's illegal bombing of Cambodia by attaching a funding prohibition to appropriations legislation. Congress has the tools to end Trump's illegal boondoggle with Iran. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The Pentagon, sinking billions into Iran war, is quickly running short on cashWith some funds set to dry up within weeks, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to press lawmakers Tuesday to address the increasingly urgent shortfall.www.washingtonpost.com
New report by the Oakland Institute reveals that the rush for critical minerals is not about a green transition. More than 70% of mineral demand comes from industries outside the energy transition, like aerospace, military, Big Tech, and AI sectors. reddmonitor.substack.com/p/rush-globa...
RUSH: Global Scramble for Minerals Wages War on People and PlanetNew report from the Oakland Institute highlights how the military, AI, and corporate interests are driving the global rush for critical minerals.reddmonitor.substack.com
This important report puts forth a bold policy vision for a National Housing Resilience Agency which would oversee the social transformations around risk reduction and equitable protection that are necessary for everybody to flourish in a changing climate. Incredible work by @moira.bsky.social
National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable HousingThe Problem The climate crisis is fueling extreme weather and increasing disaster risk for households and housing providers across the country, representing collectives risks that no individual househ...peri.umass.edu
Big Tech is Big Trouble for climate. Check out my oped @desmog.com on the double whammy Big Tech is perpetrating: 1) a bonanza build-out of fossil gas to fuel AI data centers, 2) sale of AI to Big Oil to find more oil, faster. And these companies call themselves climate champs! #datacenters #AI
Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining SummerThe industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.www.desmog.com
Our second wave of bold, innovative policies has launched! Policies that address Medicare for All, climate change, affordable housing, North American trade, unemployment insurance, job protection, and a livable wage. Game Changers that build a better economy for all Americans. GameChangersPolicy.org
Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working AmericaThe second wave of Game Changers is here! From Medicare for All and raising wages to worker protections, healthier environments, climate resilience, and North American worker-centered trade, these proposals offer bold ideas for a more secure economy. 🌐: gamechangerspolicy.org
Wildfire smoke in NY. Flooding in Texas. Climate risk is turning insurance into a political fight. @leslieatlarge.bsky.social and I spoke with Jane Kim and Ben Allen, top contenders to regulate CA’s $15B home insurance market. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
California Rivals Have Starkly Different Plans to Remake Home InsuranceBen Allen and Jane Kim are running to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. Both promise change, but not along the same lines.www.bloomberg.com
In the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, the post-disaster housing landscape was reorganized through market mechanisms that privileged profit. The Great Los Angeles Fires, to put it another way, were a story of disaster capitalism.
Fire Sale - Dissent MagazineIn the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, housing could have been stabilized and tenants could have been protected. But the private market won.dissentmagazine.org
NEVER FORGET the debt we all owe to the Miccosukee Tribe, without whom it would still be open. And never forget that Indigenous sovereignty and all our safety and flourishing are forever intertwined.
“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the EvergladesThe controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and ...nativenewsonline.netTyler KingAfter a cost of more than $1 billion, the Everglades concentration camp has been removed from the airstrip where it once stood.
This is a common misunderstanding. Any immigrant who gets work authorization gets a Social Security number, regardless of legal status; not citizens only. Here’s what such a SS card looks like. ITINs are for people (mostly undocumented) who are NOT authorized to work but want to pay taxes anyway.
“Johan Sebastián was a 25 year old young man who worked tirelessly to provide for his family. He leaves behind his wife and their 3 year old daughter, who now face an uncertain future without him.”
Gabe Ortíz“With broken hearts, we are raising funds to help his family cover legal expenses, funeral costs, and the repatriation of his body to Colombia, where his parents are waiting to lay him to rest,” says the family of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, the Maine dad killed by ICE:
“Prebunking” has been found to be very effective in neutralizing disinformation
capitolhuntersJournalists: please, please get ready for this in ADVANCE. We know Trump's going to claim "new evidence shows the 2020 election was stolen". You've got 3 days to write a story that confronts that lie head-on before he says it - pre-write this like an obit. America is begging you: plan ahead. 1/
Re: speaking of the dead: it always the right time to speak truth, especially truth to power, and the truths about Lindsey Graham are ugly, and that's his doing, not ours.
Individual households can't face mounting disaster risks alone. In @liberalcurrents.com's The Reconstruction Papers, CCI's Moira Birss argues for a national disaster insurance program that shares risk fairly, keeping people safely and affordably housed rather than prioritizing insurer profits:
The Reconstruction PapersThe Reconstruction Papers is available for pre-order in the US Pre-Order Now! For nearly a century, the conservative movement's white whale was the government the New Deal and the Great Society had…www.liberalcurrents.com
If this El Niño hits 4.5 Celsius warming (or 8 degrees Fahrenheit) we could be looking at a mini extinction level event. And 99% of the people I know have zero idea it’s coming thanks to the horrendous U.S. news media.
Leon Simons"This repetitive pattern could nudge El Niño's peak intensity toward the higher-end scenarios." Ben Noll That's the higher-end of these already record high scenarios.. El Niño peaking at 4.5°C above the 1991-2020 average would be diabolical, to use the scientific term.
