Our take:Trump’s reduction of fuel efficiency standards will harm consumers, the climate and even automakers.The standards saved consumers $5 trillion on gas and prevented 14 billion tons of carbon from spewing into the atmosphere. @biologicaldiversity.org
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The big melt: Iron age skis emerge!

Swiss glaciers have shed 20% percent of their volume over the past 5 years. At the current pace of global warming, 97% of today’s glaciers across the Alps could be gone by century’s end. @zhonggg.bsky.social Giacomo d’Orlando www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/c...

Days are numbered for gas-powered cars. EVs!

Gasoline-powered models shrank to less than 50% of global new-vehicle sales in the January-June half as high oil prices triggered by war in the Middle East pushed more consumers toward electric vehicles. By Sota Tanaka asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...

EV sales surged across 12 major European markets, capturing a record share as higher fuel prices and affordable new models accelerated the shift away from gasoline and diesel vehicles. In Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden 1/2 of new sales were EVs. By Andrea Malan
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Clean up and save with EVs!
MIT study: EVs reduce greenhouse gas emissions compared with combustion cars. In most locations, EVs save between 40% and 60% of emissions as compared with combustion vehicles, but it can be as low as 0% and as high as 82%. By Andrei Nedelea insideevs.com/features/798...

"Three Moon Island"? "Chermoonbyl?" "Moonscale?"
Leading scientists caution that governments are moving too quickly after some notable disasters. Multiple Chinese, American and Russian rockets have exploded. Space junk regularly tumbles to Earth.
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Plastics' harm!
Global mismanagement of plastics is breaching planetary boundaries and the human right to a safe, clean, healthy, sustainable environment. Plastic pollution and its lifecycle emissions are damaging the lives and wellbeing of populations worldwide. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Senate permitting deal provides massive long-term structural advantages to the fossil fuel industry and dismantles environmental and species protections. The deal fails to meaningfully curb the accelerating build-out of data centers and AI or help renewables.
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Finally!

High gas prices are beginning to push Americans away from the humongous pickups and SUVs that generate the most profits for automakers toward more fuel-efficient hybrids, which have engines augmented by batteries and electric [email protected] www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/b...

Our take: The world's biggest petrol consumer, the US burns 20% of global consumption, notes Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org. "Transportation is the biggest consumer of that oil, making strong auto standards the most effective way to cut pollution and oil use." www.dw.com/en/weakened-...

Our take: "Trump’s creating a perfect storm to crush competitiveness of US car companies, drive up consumer costs, and kill the climate. There’s nothing he won’t sacrifice on the altar of fealty to Big Oil and auto polluters." @danad1012.bsky.social www.sierraclub.org/sierra/fuel-...

Trump gutted the biggest single step to saving gas, money at the pump and cutting auto pollution.
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Our take: Trump's clean car rollback, requested by automakers, is a Trojan SUV that will lead to the demise of the American auto makers because they don't have to compete against the best technology in the world." Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org
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Our take: Trump “ignores the feasibility of clean technology and the millions of fuel-efficient cars already on the road. Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump’s Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap short-term profits” @biologicaldiversity.org fortune.com/2026/09/28/t...

Our take: This standard was the biggest single step any nation has taken to save gas, money at the pump, and auto pollution.”
China is moving ahead quickly with more efficient and technologically advanced EVs. Detroit is stalled.
@tsspangler.bsky.social Jamie LaReau. www.freep.com/story/money/...

Our take: Trump is "costing consumers at the pump and at the doctor's office. Trump is tanking sensible mileage standards at the worst possible time for consumers, who're getting hit with sky-high prices at the pump. @biologicaldiversity.org @willagreer.bsky.social www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...

Our take: "Consumers will pay the price for these reckless rollbacks while Trump's Big Oil and Big Auto buddies reap the short-term profits," Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org
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