My track record of predicting the future is not great...but pretty sure I called this one in an enviro policy paper a decade ago! 🔮

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“CarbonCapture Inc has decided not to construct its first direct air capture project in Wyoming. The company announced it is ‘pausing’ the development of Project Bison and is looking to relocate to another state due to high competition for renewable energy from rapidly growing data centers.”

CarbonCapture Inc. Pauses Development Of Project Bison In Wyoming

CarbonCapture Inc will not build its first direct air capture project in Wyoming due to competition for renewable energy from data centers.

Finished up the first, hopefully annual, family viewing of Newsies. What are the other kid-friendly media about labor history? Open the gates and let me know!

hmm, this image could double as the cover of a YA mystery novel

Wagner Farm's interpretation materials were on point. Kinda funny to find it deep in the Chicago burbs.

It seems there is a sequel to Tiger King brewing...a Przewalski Princess? Nice example at the end of the benefits and challenges of endangered species genetics and how their fiscal value is wildly market dependent. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

‘Ferrari in a junkyard’: Mules sold at auction are rare, endangered horses

Two equine rescues, one in Utah and one in Colorado, took in mules earlier this year, saving them from possible slaughter. But they got something else entirely — Przewalski’s horses, scientists say.

Doug Emhoff was in my hometown today-pretty cool for a town of 24k! I didn't meet him because I was at a parade in my ancestral hometown, 20 rural miles away. No Dems in the parade, but there were teen boys with bats in a "border patrol" vehicle throwing re-used mardi-gras beads at kids.

First time spotted in the wild. Feeling optimistic about the future of restroom equity!

Can't look away from the news but need a change of pace? Check out Hillbilly-it's streaming on the 'zon. Hillbillymovie.com Met the fab filmmakers at Rural Women's Studies Association Conference-their film is *the* Hillbilly movie everyone should watch.

Opinion piece in Outside Magazine: "Fireworks Are Not Patriotic—They’re Harmful. Here’s Why... 15 minutes of ooh-ing and ah-ing isn’t worth the wildfire risk, pollution, and trauma to wildlife (and pets)" www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adve...#BringontheDrones

It’s Time to Ban Fireworks. Here’s Why I’m Right.

Fifteen minutes of ooh-ing and ah-ing isn’t worth the wildfire risk, pollution, and trauma to wildlife