COVID is in a lull, again. Experts say it’s still a time of ‘trade-offs’ (S.F. Chronicle)

Biden sent the wrong message on COVID. He can still fix it (L.A. Times)

COVID-19 Linked With Substantial Increase in Type 1 Diabetes in Children – As Much as 72% (SciTechDaily)

COVID-19 Associated With Increase in New Diagnoses of Type 1 Diabetes in Youth, by as Much as 72% (Neuroscience News)

New Discovery Can Kill COVID With ‘Hugs’—but There’s a Catch (Daily Beast)

Pfizer Seeks FDA Approval for Updated COVID Boosters for Children

Boston’s sea-level rise will require a ‘Big Dig level’ solution, city leaders say (Boston Globe) And Big Dig levels of corruption, presumably.

After destruction, Florida Air Force base rebuilds to face effects of climate change (NBC)

Vanuatu makes bold call for global treaty to phase out fossil fuels (The Guardian) And don’t forget to send money.

Head of World Bank under pressure after White House condemns his ‘climate denial’ comments (The Guardian)

Is fracking coming to a town near you? Here’s how you can fight them – and win (The Guardian)

Many of the most nutritious foods are also the most sustainable (Ars Technica) As they have been for the last 10,000 years.

Some cities are passing bans on natural gas appliances to help curb emissions, climate change (TrubLIVE) Time to leave.

Electric cars being charged at night making America’s power grids unstable, study warns  The solution, of course, is to use a hybrid and generate your own power. But, equally of course, that isn’t good enough for the Eco-Nazis.

Western governments should blame themselves for the energy crisis

In the End, Climate Change Is the Only Story That Matters (Esquire) I’ll bet you’re wondering how this came to be published in a magazine theoretically devoted to fashion and luxe living. (Wecome to the progessive totalitarianism. Be careful not to step in the virtue-signalling.)

Pelosi Booed at Climate-Change Music Fest in NYC’s Central Park  You can’t fool all of the people all of the time.

Green California Governor on Skyrocketing Prices: “We’re Just Getting Started”

Aussie Climate Minister Celebrates the Signing a Letter of Intent

Pfizer CEO tests positive for COVID for a second time (Reuters) It’s only fair.

Less than 2% of eligible people have gotten updated Covid booster shots, 3 weeks into the rollout (NBC) Maybe they’re tired of the PANIC.

Experts weigh in on whether the Covid pandemic is over (CNN)

Biden’s claim that Covid pandemic is over sparks debate among experts (The Guardian)

Moderna vs Pfizer: Is it OK to mix and match the updated COVID-19 booster shots? (L.A. Times)

Coast Guard discharging unvaxxed members, allegedly denying promotions despite religious exemption requests

There’s Trouble Bubbling Up in Newly Formed Alaskan Lakes, And Scientists Are Worried (ScienceAlert)

Shell, BP, Exxon: Seized emails reveal ‘deceptive’ climate tactics and greenwashing (Euronews)

US lawmakers investigate ‘deceptive’ PR tactics on behalf of oil and gas (Financial Times) The Financial Times is Britain’s equivalent of the Wall Street Journal … if the Wall Street Journal were run by the staff of Mother Jones.

California’s latest power grid problems are just the beginning (Politico)

California Turned to Natural Gas as September Heat Wave Strained Grid (Natural Gas Intelligence)

The world’s largest carbon removal project yet is headed for Wyoming (The Verge)

Climate activists protesting Manchin’s permitting bill arrested in D.C. (Washington Post) Catch-and-release is alive and well in D.C.

California first state to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces (The Hill) Time to leave.

California plans to phase out new gas heaters by 2030 (NPR)

Norway threatens to shut down wind farm after wind destroys turbines

Are heat pumps the key to accelerating the energy transition? (The Hill)

Why some places haven’t given up their mask mandates (Portland Press Herald)

Climate change is turning lakes a different color (The Hill)

“Relatively low cost” plan would cool the Earth’s poles by 2 °C (New Atlas)

Biden administration may try to oust World Bank head (Axios) Trump cooties!

World Bank President Apologizes, Won’t Resign Over Climate Change Comments

Illinois Dem. Congressman and Climate Hawk Sean Casten Flew 6,000 Miles, Stayed in Luxury European Hotel to Fight Global Warming

Jayaraj: India, China Emissions Make Mockery of Western Policies

UN: Climate Inaction Violates Human Rights

The Homemade Heat Pump Manifesto You can build a mainframe from the things you find at home.

If we may: A proposed script for Hannity to correct Trump’s falsehoods (Washington Post) I’d be more interested in a proposed script for the Washington Post to correct Biden’s falsehoods.

NY probe found potential crimes. Why isn’t Trump in cuffs? (Associated Press) A better question is, why isn’t Hunter Biden in cuffs?

Trump’s Tall Tales Have Finally Caught Up With Him (Politico) Walls are closing in etc. etc.

Blame the ‘Team Normal’ GOP for Trump’s Political Survival (Daily Beast)

Trump Continues to Escalate His Dangerous Incitement (Mother Jones) Duhn duhn DUHHHHN!

WashPost SPEWS Soros-Tied Twitter ‘Whistleblower’ Anti-Trump Hysteria  As they do.

Trump opens rally with crude insults about ‘raging maniac’ New York attorney general after she sues him (Independent)

Hillary Clinton Compares Trump To Hitler In Disturbing Interview (Huffington Post)

Trump’s attempts to delay Mar-a-Lago inquiry largely fail as legal woes mount (The Guardian) Walls are closing in etc. etc.

‘I’m not sure he’s going to escape jail’: could Trump’s legal woes prevent a 2024 run? (The Guardian) Walls are closing in etc. etc.

Trump keeps digging deeper. And the media keeps feigning shock. (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin loses her shit.

Two numbers that should worry Republicans about Trump 2024 (CNN)

Nobody Cares: Trump Approval Rating Remains Stable Despite Multiple Investigations

Trump faces growing legal peril as he seeks to raise profile ahead of 2024 (Washington Post) Well ,that’s what the witch-hunt is all about.

Geoffrey Berman reveals how Donald Trump abused his firing power (MSNBC)

Don Cheadle Jokes that Trump Has ‘Dumbmentia’  Trump ought to use his pocket change to have this guy whacked.

What Comes Next in Letitia James’ Case Against Trump (Slate)

Ugly new details about Ron DeSantis’s stunt point to a deeper scam (Washington Post) Greg Sargent is still bucking for Jennifer Rubins job as Chief Trump-Basher at the Post.

Limited climate change mitigation potential through forestation of the vast dryland regions (Science)

2022 Arctic Summer Sea Ice Tied for 10th-Lowest on Record (NASA)

Tonga volcano blast was unusual, could even warm the Earth (Associated Press)

Hunga Tonga eruption put over 50B kilograms of water into the stratosphere (Ars Technica)

The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much (Inside Climate News)

Sea level rise threatens New Bedford’s fishing port and could put South Coast towns under water, new report finds (Boston Globe)

UK environment laws under threat in ‘deregulatory free-for-all’ (The Guardian)

Shellenberger: Battery Deaths Put Nuclear Safety In Context “Lithium batteries kill many more people than nuclear plants. Why, then, aren’t we scared of them?”

An Oil Company Shows Wall Street How To Do ESG

America Is Successfully Pursuing ESG = Extreme Shortages Guaranteed

The Heat Is On: Bjorn Lomborg on the Summer’s Record Heat

WaPo Urges Colleges To Provide Counseling Over ‘Climate Anxiety’  Poor iddle snowflakes….

Michael Bloomberg to Spend $85 Million Fighting Petrochemical Plants

California is awash in renewable energy — except when it’s most needed (Washington Post) Amazing how that works….

Climate Protester Sets Himself On Fire Before Roger Federer’s Last Match

Simple mix of soap and solvent could help destroy ‘forever chemicals’ (Science) “A common ingredient in soap, mixed with water and an organic solvent, readily degrades per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as “forever chemicals” because they can stick around in the environment for decades, a new study shows.”

WHO warns ability to identify new Covid variants is diminishing as testing declines (CNBC)

COVID in California: BART to end mask mandate on Oct. 1 (S.F. Chronicle)

Federal judge strikes down Biden administration’s Head Start vaccine, mask mandate (The Hill)

U.S. watchdog estimates $45.6 billion in pandemic unemployment fraud (Washington Post)

Scientists were worried about a particular COVID variant this fall. They didn’t expect its offspring (Fortune)

WHO: ‘Blood on Your Hands’ If World Steps Back on Tackling COVID

California seeks to ban sales of diesel commercial trucks effort to fight pollution, climate change  Another step on the road to Turd World status.

Senate approves climate treaty limiting potent greenhouse gases (The Hill)

Republicans join Democrats to ratify UN climate treaty that could boost consumer prices

Duke Energy is one of the top leakers of a gas that is 25,000 times more polluting than carbon dioxide, EPA records show (NBC)

Duke Energy Is Leaking a Potent Climate-Warming Gas at More Than Five Times the Rate of Other Utilities (Inside Climate News)

Why Latino people are on the front lines of climate change (NPR) Because Narrative.

U.S. EPA to consider tougher emissions rules for heavy trucks (Reuters)

I Told You So: Aramco CEO Slams Unrealistic Energy Policies

Jim Beam Is Making Renewable Gas From Bourbon

Denmark First to Pay into the UN Climate Change Loss and Damage Fund

Permitting Reform Is A Decoy For Ramping Up Gas (The American Prospect)

Updated Climate Models Clouded by Scientific Biases, Researchers Find

Polar Bear No Closer to Extinction Than It Was 18 Years Ago as Arctic Sea Ice Resists ‘Tipping Point’

France Prepares To Nationalize Its Struggling Nuclear Industry

50 Reasons to Re-Think Climate Policy

In Denmark, Omicron reinfections reveal ineffective post-COVID-19 immunity (News-Medical.net)

Illinois Coronavirus Updates: State of Pandemic, New COVID Variants, Booster Timing (NBC)

Rep. Tenney Calls On Biden Not to Renew COVID Emergency in October

Watch: Rand Paul Promises To “Find The Paper Trail” For Lab Leak COVID Origin

Large Study Finds COVID Raises Risk for Long-Term Brain Injury

Authorizing the Killing Fields

Canada to Drop Vaccine Mandate at Border Sept. 30

PayPal shuts account of parents’ group that campaigned to keep schools open during pandemic (Telegraph)

Al Gore sees the world at ‘tipping point’ for climate action (Reuters) As he has done regularly for the last thirty years.

How an effort to reduce fossil fuel use led to another environmental problem: light pollution (L.A. Times)

Big business likes to trumpet ESG credentials. But a ‘greenwashing’ reckoning could be on the horizon (CNBC)

Most big coastal cities have areas sinking faster than sea level rise (New Scientist) But they’ll blame ‘sea level rise’ anyway because Narrative.

‘Polluters must pay’: UN chief calls for windfall tax on fossil fuel companies (The Guardian) Fine, let’s start with China … oh, wait….

Droughts, heat and fire: the future of wine in the climate crisis (The Guardian)

Biodiversity quickly rises up the ESG investing agenda (Financial Times) The Financial Times is Britain’s Wall Street Journal … if the Wall Street Journal were run by the staff of Mother Jones.

Fidelity International launches Sustainable Biodiversity fund (Investment Week) There’s gold in them thar fools!

Climate change could wipe $108 billion from U.S. property market, study finds (NBC)

UN Secretary General: Climate Catastrophe, War, Poverty, Pandemic, Give Money

Up Next: Green Starvation

Now’s your chance, AI, to do good. Protect endangered eagles from wind turbines

Natural Oceanic Cycles Behind Heavy East Australia Rains, New Study Finds

A Natural Gas Shortage Is Looming For The US

It’s Time for Cities to Ditch Delivery Trucks—for Cargo Bikes (Wired ‘Science’)

Climate change misinformation leads Facebook to experiment with informed democracy

Emissions-slashing hybrid trains to hit tracks in Europe

“Big Oil vs The World”: BBC Exposé Fails

If It’s Over, Why The Continued Emergency?

Trump to Face Sexual Battery Suit Under New ‘Survivors’ Law (Daily Beast) Which will go nowhere, as all of these witch-hunts do.

E. Jean Carroll says she will sue Trump under NY law for sexual assault and wants his deposition (CNN) What she wants is his bank account, but she’ll start with his deposition.

80s hits and nuclear secrets: security concerns plague Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (The Guardian) All Trump! All the time!

Mar-a-Lago: the lax security of Trump’s alternative ‘White House’ – visualized (The Guardian) All Trump! All the time!

Trump’s in a ‘Perfect Storm’ of Criminal Investigations: Former Prosecutor (Newsweek)

Aftermath of 2020 election left Fox News between Trump and the truth (Washington Post)

‘Unchecked’ book excerpt: Inside McConnell’s decision not to convict Trump (Washington Post)

Dozens of Trump’s phony electors, many under investigation, still hold powerful GOP jobs in key states (NBC)

GOP attorneys general back Trump in court fight over Mar-a-Lago documents (Washington Post)

How Fla Gov. DeSantis decision to send migrants to blue states could help a 2024 showdown with Trump (USA Today) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Amy Schumer’s Unfunny Show Making a Comeback, Comedienne Predicts ‘Trump’s Probably Going to be Back’

Trump Endorsed QAnon Because He’s Stuck (The Atlantic)

New York attorney general files civil fraud lawsuit against Trump, some of his children and his business (CNN)

Trump and His Spurious Business Face a Reckoning (Bloomberg) The witch-hunt continues.

Dershowitz on Letitia James and her Ahab-like pursuit of Trump

New Alzheimer’s diagnoses more common among seniors who have had Covid-19, study finds (CNN)

CDC moves 3 tropical island getaways to ‘moderate’ risk category for Covid-19 (CNN)

A newborn’s mysterious rash stumped ER doctors for days. It turned out to be monkeypox. (Insider)

Area health expert sounds off on potential end of COVID-19 pandemic (KSTP Minneapolis)

1 in 3 workers fear they’ll catch Covid by returning to the office—here’s how to keep yourself healthy (CNBC)

Biden Declares Pandemic ‘Over.’ So What About His COVID-19 Policies?

‘Out of control’ STD situation prompts call for changes (Associated Press)

Fauci: US Not Where It Needs to Be in COVID-19 Fight

DOJ Charges 47 With Stealing $250 Million From COVID Child Food Program  Whenever a government handout exists, people will rise up to steal it.

Rockefeller Foundation Bankrolls NPR ‘Climate Hysteria’ Agenda of ‘Total Control’

The country that is showing the world how to save water (CNN)

These tech companies are accelerating permanent carbon removal to save the planet (Fortune) Save the planet!

Why Electric Vehicles Won’t Break the Grid (‘Scientific’ American)

Minneapolis Is Latest U.S. City to Demand Emissions-Free Shipping (Gizmodo)

Phoenix Won’t Limit Water Use Because California Would Take Saved Gallons (Newsweek)

Movement to defund fossil fuels is coming for the private equity industry (CBS)

The Netherlands Sets 70 GW Offshore Wind Target for 2050, Plans Large-Scale Green Hydrogen Production and Energy Hubs (OffShoreWind.biz)

These climate actions make the biggest difference, book says (Washington Post) Book says! That proves it!

Loop Energy says its new hydrogen fuel cell is more efficient than diesel  You first.

Environmentalism is a Fundamentalist Religion  Joel Kotkin.

EU Votes to Keep Burning Forests Because of Climate Change

Virginia Child Climate Lawsuit Bites the Dust

The US Is Measuring Extreme Heat Wrong

Compost Burial Will Be New Option in California

Trump may wish he hadn’t pushed to block online content moderation (Washington Post)

Trump’s unhinged rage in Ohio shows the danger of a GOP Congress (Washington Post) Greg Sargent aspires to take Jennifer Rubin’s job.

Nazi analogies are dangerous. But they are increasingly relevant today. (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin needs to keep ahead of Greg Sargent in the Trump-bashing biz.

Trump discovers he’s not in Cannon-land anymore (Politico)

Trump Is Making Love to QAnon and We Should All Be Terrified  (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump Is More Deranged Than Ever (New Republic)

‘The Divider’ probes Trump’s White House years for lessons about our political future (NPR)

Trump has more legal problems of his own making (Washington Post) If Jennifer Rubin didn’t have Trump to bash, she would have nothing to write about.

DeSantis’s Migrant Move Marks ‘New Low in Politics,’ Says Communist Nation Engaged in Genocide Against Muslims  (Babylon Bee)

New Trump tome ‘The Divider’ offers most comprehensive chronicle of his term to date (NPR) It contains every lie and smear concocted by the Narrative media in one place for handy reference.

Trump’s favorability rating drops to new low: poll (The Hill) A poll by NBC pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Retired General Compares Trump’s Ohio Rally to Hitler’s 1936 Nazi Event (Newsweek)

This QAnon-flavored soundtrack to Trump, GOP’s fascist right turn should terrify you (Philadelphia Inquirer) Will Bunch is the PI’s Jennifer Rubin.

Trump Rally Plays Music Resembling QAnon Song, and Crowds React (N.Y. Times) Resembling! That proves it!

Trump Fumes: DeSantis Stole My Plan for Shipping Migrants (Rolling Stone)

The Story So Far: Where 6 Investigations Into Donald Trump Stand (N.Y. Times)

Trump Lawyer Settles Secretary’s ‘B*tch’ Discrimination Case (Daily Beast)

Congress Blows Its Shot to Stop Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge (Daily Beast)

Tom Barrack case: Jury selection to begin in trial of former Trump fundraiser (ABC) The witch-hunt pursues Trump cooties wherever they may lead.

Trump’s ‘Save America’ Scam (The Bulwark) The Never-Trumpers of the Kristol Krew officially join the Narrative media witch-hunt.

What Is This Eerie Salute People Are Doing at Trump Rallies Now? (Vice) “The signal was immediately compared to the “Sieg Heil” salute.” Of course it was.

Trump under fire for QAnon display at Ohio rally: ‘He has gone completely insane’ (The Independent) According to the Narrative.

Trump’s frightening rally in Ohio shows the media still doesn’t get it (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin is back to her day job.

Does the new bivalent COVID booster have different side effects? (The Hill)

Anti-Vaccine Geniuses Are Hiding Disinformation Posts With Carrot Emojis (Daily Beast)

Facebook’s anti-vax carrot emoji, explained (Mashable)

Fauci: COVID ‘Anti-Vaxxer Attitudes’ Could Harm Kids

The Blood Clots From Hell

China Health Chief Tells Public Not to Touch Foreigners After First Monkeypox Case

Biden Declares The COVID Pandemic “Is Over” Despite Continued Use In Policies & Programs  Yeah,  well, Bill Clinton declared that The Era of Big Government Is Over, and that was a lie, too. Democrats lie. It’s what they do.

No Jab, No Job: New York City Fires Hundreds More Teachers for Not Getting COVID Shot

8 Potential Bivalent Omicron Booster Side Effects to Anticipate, Experts Say

Can you combine Paxlovid with other COVID-19 drugs? FDA says no, for some (CBS News)

Scientists debate how lethal COVID is. Some say it’s now less risky than flu (NPR)

COVID in California: WHO strongly recommends against use of two treatments (S.F. Chronicle)

Long COVID: Self-targeted immune attacks may lurk behind it

NYC Education Dept. Fires 850 Unvaccinated Teachers, Aides  The witch-hunt continues.

Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims (The Guardian) Did they? Really?

House Oversight Committee publishes internal energy company documents, alleges emissions ‘deception’

What happened to the ozone hole? (Deseret News)

China lost its Yangtze River dolphin. Climate change is coming for other species next (CNN)

The dramatic effects of climate change from coast to coast (CBS News)

The US is on the cusp of a clean energy revolution — we can’t leave anyone behind (The Hill)

Horrifying: Commonly Used Agricultural Herbicide Can Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier (SciTechDaily)

Axios Climate Truths: New health crisis (Axios)

Rapid Green Energy Transition Will Likely Result in Trillions of Net Savings  According to the Narrative. In Real Life … not so much.

Manchester To Shut Down in 2027 If Carbon Targets Are to Be Met

Deep Sea Mining About to Start in Pacific Not ‘Sustainable at Any Level’ Step 1: Come up with a hundred deeply frightening scenarios; Step 2: Use political lawfare to shut down any progress on the basis that all of these frightening scenarios will actually occur, for which there is absolutely no evidence. The basic ‘climate change’ eco-Nazi playbook.

Litigious Climate Scientist on the Hook for Legal Fees

Climate change & doomsday: Irreversible tipping points may mean end of human civilization (WRAL)

The win for activists in two halted chemical plants — by the numbers (Washington Post)

The U.S. looks to rival Europe and Asia with massive floating offshore wind plan (CNBC)

Biden administration targets Oregon coast for wind power generation (NBC)

Energy & Environment — Newsom signs sweeping climate package (The Hill)

Gov. Newsom signs climate laws to dramatically cut California’s use of oil and gas (KCRA)

Why future sea levels matter to Suffolk’s Sizewell nuclear plant (The Guardian)

The West’s water crisis is worse than you think (The Hill)

Biden Climate Appointee Studied at CCP-Controlled University Linked to Chinese Military

Justice Department asks appeals court to revive its criminal probe into classified Mar-a-Lago documents (CNN)

Judge rules for Trump in Mar-a-Lago documents case (YouTube)

How important is the Trump investigation special master? (The Hill)

Why Donald Trump Won’t Release Mar-a-Lago Video of FBI Raid (Newsweek) Mind-reading and witch-hunting.

The Divider review: riveting narrative of Trump’s plot against America (The Guardian)

The Bad Part of Being a Lawyer in Trumpworld (Daily Beast)

It’s Time to Call MAGA a National Security Threat (Daily Beast)

The Mar-a-Lago judge’s latest opinion is as atrocious as legal experts say it is (L.A. Times)

PolitiFact: Why were recent COVID-19 boosters authorized before human trials completed? (Austin American-Statesman)

WHO ‘strongly advises against’ use of two COVID treatments (Reuters)

Three takeaways from the monkeypox hearing (Washington Post)

Pfizer starts late-stage trial of mRNA-based flu vaccine (Reuters)

Nearly 50 Members Of Congress Call On Pentagon To End Military Vaccine Mandate

Is The End Of COVID-19 In Sight?

Trump says he ‘can’t imagine’ being indicted, argues it wouldn’t deter running again (The Hill)

House passes bill seeking to protect federal civil service employees from Trump (The Hill) They must think he’s going to win again.

Trump Lied About Secret Service Concerns to Throw Off New York AG (Daily Beast)

Stop the Steal Fans Are Burying Election Workers in Record Requests (Daily Beast)

Why Is There Still No Strategy to Defeat Donald Trump? (N.Y. Times) David Brooks polishes his pet-pseudo-conservative credentials with an obvious question.

Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories (Associated Press) Do these guys even know what ‘QAnon’ means? Somehow I doubt it.

Hispanic Voters’ Support for Trump Could Mean Trouble for Dems

Liz Cheney’s Big Lie About Jan. 6, Trump

Donald Trump was asked what would happen to the country if he were indicted. His answer is something else. (CNN) Something else than the Narrative. Chris Cillizza was surprised.

Sunny FLIPS OUT Over Construction Workers Chanting ‘Trump 2024!’

‘Untrustworthy and ineffective’: Panel blasts governments’ covid response (Washington Post)

How Bill Gates and partners used their clout to control the global Covid response — with little oversight (Politico)

Nation warned to brace for a difficult flu season (The Hill)

Striving for 2023 launch, Pfizer touts topline PhIII win for another mass market vaccine (Endpoints News)

Worries over stigma are driving a push to rename monkeypox, but the process is slow (CNN)

It Was Politics That Drove ‘The Science’

States To Ban Gas-Powered Cars Despite Human And Environmental Cost Of Electric Vehicles

How a ‘Living Drug’ Could Treat Autoimmune Disease

Judge: City Can’t Fire NYPD Officer for Not Having COVID-19 Vaccine

Patagonia founder just donated the entire company, worth $3 billion, to fight climate change (CNBC) Fill in the blank: A fool and his money are _______.

Campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during Cop27 (The Guardian)

SEC chair spars with senators over climate rules (The Hill)

Reversing global warming by REFREEZING the poles by would be both feasible and ‘extraordinarily cheap’, study claims (Daily Mail)

Can Green Hydrogen Save the Planet? (Foreign Affairs)

Guardian: Why did Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral Receive More Coverage than the Climate Crisis?

The World Has Reached Peak Attenborough

Patagonia Founder’s ‘Donation’: Benevolent Planet-Saver Or Giant Tax-Dodge

Here are the side effects to expect from your omicron-specific Covid booster shot (CNBC) Are they worse than actually getting the disease? We report–you decide!

US officially added to WHO’s list of poliovirus outbreak countries (Ars Technica) So it’s officially time to PANIC!

Biden admin officials worried about potential polio spread (Politico)

Moderna open to supplying COVID vaccines to China, CEO says (Reuters)

Transmission of monkeypox virus atypical and unique in 2022 (News-Medical.net) Really?

Get your omicron-specific Covid booster by Halloween, says Dr. Jha: ‘You don’t want to be that person who gives it to your grandma’ (CNBC) Guess it’s time to PANIC!

Rand Paul Hits Fauci Over 2004 Clip on Vaccinations

CDC: US Now Has ‘Circulating Vaccine-Deprived Poliovirus’

US Navy Quietly Cancels Vaccine Requirement Order For SEALs

Anthony Fauci: From AIDS To COVID-19, A Pharma Love Story

‘Significant Proof’ Air Force Discriminated Against Troops Seeking Religious Exemptions To Vaccine Mandate: Court

Monkeypox Cases in the US Are Falling. No One Knows Why

US Warns Monkeypox Could Mutate to Resist Antiviral Drug  So I guess it’s time to PANIC!

Why Trump’s former aide says he’s ‘wholly unfit’ for office (CNN) Because that’s where the money is–Duh!

Kinzinger: ‘Donald Trump brought heaps of fear into the Republican Party’ (The Hill) Nope, he merely pointed it out.

Armed Man Arrested in Dairy Queen Wanted to ‘Restore’ Trump as ‘King’ (Newsweek)  And this is somehow Trump’s fault.

What Photos of Donald Trump on Golf Course Reveal (Newsweek) Dunh dunh DUNHHHHH….

Trump Is Now the Leader of the Unfree World (Newsweek) Hey, he’s not the one throwing people in jail.

‘You’re blowing this’: New book reveals Melania Trump criticized her husband’s handling of Covid (CNN) It’s in a book! That proves it!

Trump told Jordan’s king he would give him the West Bank, shocking Abdullah II, book says (Washington Post) It’s in a book! That proves it!

Is This The End Of Executive Privilege? Or Only For Trump?

Reality Winner, imprisoned for leaking classified report, calls case against Trump ‘incredibly ironic’ (NBC) How’d you like to have a name like ‘Reality Winner’?

A Sober Look at the ‘Cartoonishly Chaotic’ Trump White House (N.Y. Times)

Pro-Trump Pundit Accused of Pocketing $200K Meant for Ukraine Body Armor (Daily Beast)

‘Every day feels like something else is piling on’: Trump world bears down

Trump chief of staff used book on president’s mental health as guide (The Guardian)

N.Y. Attorney General May Sue Trump After Rejecting Settlement Offer (N.Y. Times)

Trump scoops from Peter Baker and Susan Glasser’s new book (Axios) In the Narrative media, ‘scoop’ means ‘made up story’. (The two authors are Narrative media ‘journalists’.)

Report: N.Y. Attorney General Refuses Trump Settlement Offer

Americans learn skills to survive the climate crisis – in a wilderness course (The Guardian)

A year-round satellite sea-ice thickness record from CryoSat-2 (Nature)

United in Science: We are heading in the wrong direction (WMO)

Increase in LED lighting ‘risks harming human and animal health’ (The Guardian) The Guardian never met a modern convenience it didn’t hate.

EU lawmakers support ban of goods linked to deforestation (Associated Press)

Google has one of Big Tech’s most aggressive sustainability plans. Here’s its 3-step playbook for helping the planet (Fortune)

China’s clean energy model staggers under drought: dying EV cars, blackouts (L.A. Times)

To confront rising sea levels, an NYC artist invites you to stand in the East River for 12 hours (Gothamist)

Anti-Green Blowback: T. Rowe Says “Increasing Difficult To Find Credible” ESG Bonds

COP27 Host Egypt Arresting Environmental Activists

“Green” Energy Will Bankrupt Us

Too Much Business Input: Aussie Government Stacks Climate Authority with Radical Activists

Washington DC’s Energy Colonialism

Rescued 66,000 Sheets of Real UK Rainfall Observations Refute Alarmist Claims of More Drought

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Mandela Barnes Rules Out ‘Even Encouraging New Pipeline Construction’

Greenpeace Intensifies Campaign Against Bitcoin Following Ethereum’s Merge

Trump faces a new threat: Scrutiny of ‘stop the steal’ money scam (Washington Post)

Justice Department criminal investigation now touches nearly all efforts to overturn 2020 election for Trump (CNN)

Has Merrick Garland screwed up the Mar-a-Lago case? (The Hill)

Telling Big Lies: more Senate probes of Trump

Trump Lied About Secret Service Concerns to Throw Off New York AG (Daily Beast)

Steven Hayward at Power Line.

The dominant narrative of the Democrat-Media-Complex is that Joe Biden is coming back—look, his approval rating has risen above 40 percent! The “generic ballot” for the House shows Dems back in the lead! Democratic Senate candidates are leading their weakling Republican challengers in several red states! (Although in fact several recent polls reflect rising GOP Senate candidate strength in key races, but never mind.) Independent voters are breaking back to Democrats! Happy days are here again.

Trump-Appointed Judge’s ‘Originalist’ Claim Is Absurd (Daily Beast)

Donald Trump Is Not Invited to Queen’s Funeral, and Joe Biden May Have to Take the Bus (Daily Beast)

FBI Concerned That If MAGA Doesn’t Conduct A Terrorist Attack Soon They’ll Have To Fake One (Babylon Bee)

No delay for Trump Organization criminal tax fraud trial (Reuters)

GOP Leader Says Homes Of Trump Supporters May Soon Be Raided By FBI

Woman Arrested for Threatening Judge Who Granted Trump Special Master Request

Senate to Investigate Charge That Trump Meddled in Prosecutor’s Office (N.Y. Times)

Inside a Republican Superlawyer’s Break With Donald Trump’s G.O.P. (N.Y. Times)

Trump’s PAC faces scrutiny amid intensifying legal probes (Associated Press)

Senate to Probe Former US Attorney’s Claims of Trump DOJ Interference

Liz Cheney says new revelations reveal true ‘danger’ of Donald Trump

Trump’s Not Even Pretending to Hide His Support for QAnon Any More (Vice)

Joe Who? Celebrities Mentioned Biden Zero Times During Emmy Awards, But Still Took Jabs at Trump

The big takeaway from Trump’s legal filings: He has no defense (Washington Post) Jennifer Rubin returns to her day job of bashing Donald Trump.

Trump faces a new threat: Scrutiny of ‘stop the steal’ money scam (Washington Post) Greg Sergent wants a cushy gig like Jennifer Rubin’s.

New York Times Censors Dick Morris Book on Trump

Harvard-Harris Poll: Trump Trouncing DeSantis, Leads Biden by 3

Durham Shocker: Steele Dossier Primary Source Was Paid FBI informant

Morning Joe Claims—Yet Again—That Walls ‘Closing In’ On Donald Trump  Slowest walls in the universe.

Should I get the Omicron booster now or wait a few weeks? (L.A. Times)

Mucosal Antibody Response to COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Depends on Prior Infection (Contagion Live)

What is the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among gout patients? (News-Medical.net)

Biden’s Ever-Shifting Position on COVID-19 ‘Emergency,’ Exploited Purely for Political Gain

New Zealand Scraps Nearly All COVID-19 Restrictions, Including Mask And Vaccination Mandates

Study: Antibody Levels Decline 15 Percent a Month After COVID Booster Shot

The Ruins of the Covid Regime

FDA Refuses To Provide Key COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Analyses

What You Need to Know About the Polio Emergency  It isn’t an emergency.

Megadrought in the American south-west: a climate disaster unseen in 1,200 years (The Guardian)

Nearly 9% of state’s taxable land at risk of being lost by 2050 due to rising seas (Greater Baton Rouge Business Report)

A new campus offering: Climate anxiety therapy (Washington Post)

All Earth’s Records Are Being Broken: ‘The Natural Cycle No Longer Applies’ (Newsweek)

‘Climate change is already happening’ A look back at a summer of extreme weather in Sussex (Sussex Live)

‘Clairvoyant’ 2012 climate report warned of extreme weather (Associated Press)

Activists raise red flag over Argentina’s green hydrogen project (Al Jezeera)

World Economic Forum Introduces Pumpkin Spice Crickets (Babylon Bee)

This strange fruit could feed the world during climate change

All quiet on the hurricane front

The Guardian Downgrades the 1.5C Global Warming Panic

The World’s First Hydrogen Trains Started Passenger Service in Germany

Europe’s Drought Might Force Acceptance of Gene-Edited Crops

About the Newly Approved Nuclear Microreactor

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We may take pleasure in the suffering that is roiling the waters at the New York Times. Workers at the Times are struggling with the conditions of their employment. I hadn’t heard about the issues before reading Keith Kelly’s New York Post story “Over 1,300 New York Times employees pledge not to return to office.” Kelly himself seems to enjoy the contradictions.

If every person in the world isolated for a month, would all transmissible diseases disappear? (The Guardian)

The U.S. shouldn’t live with covid. It should get beyond the virus. (Washington Post)

CDC warning parents, pediatricians about dangers of Enterovirus D68 (CBS)

Post-COVID Fatigue, Exercise Intolerance Signal ME/CFS (Medscape)

Pre-existing psychological distress increases risk of long-COVID (News-Medical.net)

Reasons for (cautious) optimism: the good news on the climate crisis (The Guardian)

Here’s the alarming amount of ice California’s longest glacier just lost in the heat wave (S.F. Chronicle)

The Ghosts of Antarctica Will Haunt the End of the World (CNET)

How climate change is tweaking the taste of wine (BBC) Climate change! Is there anything it can’t do?

Cities Need to Kick CO2 Emissions to the Curb (Newsweek) Easy to say….

Rocky path revealed between Swiss glaciers in extreme melt season (Reuters)

Tourism is sucking Utah dry. Now it faces a choice – growth or survival? (The Guardian)

The Green Dream to Rebuild a Sustainable Ukraine from the Rubble of War (Politico)

The Mennonites being accused of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon (The Guardian)

Comparing All The Upcoming Electric Semi-Truck Models

Europe’s Newest Nuclear Reactor Eases Finland’s Power Problems

New Reservoirs Could Help Battle Droughts, but at What Cost?

Bikes, Not Self Driving Cars, Are The Technological Gateway To Urban Progress What is it with proglodytes and bikes?

OUTED: Climate Industrial Complex: Emails Show ‘Urgent’ Media Role in ‘Climate Disinformation’ & Hill Hearings

Climate-Policy Is A Much Greater Threat Than Climate-Change

Cancer breakthrough is a ‘wake-up’ call on danger of air pollution (The Guardian)

Scientists Think They’ve Solved The ‘Enigma’ of How Air Pollution Causes Lung Cancer (Science Alert)

A carbon footprint life cycle assessment can cut down on greenwashing (Science News)

How to make recyclable plastics out of CO2 to slow climate change (Science News)

An Ocean of Plastic —  Fishing Gear

The Religious Moral Dilemma that Drives the “Moral Imperative to Stop Global Warming” into a Brick Wall

This Winter, Europe Plunges Into “The New Dark Ages”

WEF: Pakistan Climate Change Floods are the British Empire’s Fault?

Europe Is Facing Energy Disaster And It’s Going To Bleed Over Into The US

We need a fossil-free internet by 2030 (Branch Climate Action) Why?

Swiss Social Media Abuzz Over ‘Rat Out Your Neighbor’ Energy Use Posters

Air conditioning has a climate problem. New technology could help.

From a Corona Dictatorship to a Heating Dictatorship

Two Trump officials subpoenaed for fundraising to undermine elections (The Guardian)

DOJ Unlikely to Charge Trump Before Midterms as Unofficial Deadline Passes (Newsweek)

Biden seeks to motivate voters from all parties against ‘Maga Republicans destroying politics’ (The Guardian)

‘Astounding’: Trump documents reveal casual disregard for long-standing security protocols (USA Today)

Why CNN Is Booting All the Trump Critics Who Work There (Slate) According to the Narrative, of course.

COVID-19 Symptoms Have Changed Over Time. Here Are the Latest Signs of Infection to Look Out For (NBC)

Can preclinical COVID-19 models help unlock mystery of long-COVID? (News-Medical Net)

Randi Whine-garten’s latest lies about school closings

How Outschool won the pandemic

Packers QB Rodgers Tackles California Lawmakers, COVID Mandates

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On Friday the White House released “the Biden-Harris economic blueprint” a/k/a “the President’s Economic Blueprint” (press release here, 58-page document here). It’s a “blueprint” with “five pillars” that have done so much for us already and promise to do more and worse in the future.

Performing the work that our native media fact-check workers refuse to do, James Bovard assesses the veracity of claims made in the “blueprint.”

Do ‘Trump judges’ exist? We’re about to find out (Seattle Times)

U.S. reveals more classified records may be missing in Trump probe (Reuters)

Fox Host: Poll Showing Dislike for MAGA Is ‘Fake’ (Daily Beast)

Ex-Special Master Kenneth Feinberg Foresees Problem With Trump’s Case (Newsweek)

Trump’s DOJ pushed for legal action against John Kerry, says ex-US attorney (The Hill)

It’s Dumb and Dangerous for Liberals to Conflate All Conservatives With MAGA (Daily Beast) So let’s watch them do it anyway.

Trump and the Nuclear Documents  John C. Wright is, in addition to being an ace science fiction writer, a Real Lawyer.

Trump backed failed campaign coup against Kushner, Navarro book says (The Guardian) Does anybody (other than RINO Navarro) think that, if Trump wanted somebody gone, that person wouldn’t be gone? The question answers itself.

So Many Trump Scandals, So Little Time (The New Yorker) Not to mention so little proof.

DOJ Gives Trump Judge an Opening to Take Back Her Absurd Special Master Ruling (Vanity Fair) I guess writing about fashion gives you automatic expertise in the law.

The Biden administration’s lawfare against Trump alllies continues

A Paxlovid fall primer: Who should take the COVID antiviral and when? (Boston Globe)

All SARS-CoV-2 variants neutralized by a potent new antibody (News Medical)

New York declares state of emergency over polio to boost low vaccination rates (CNBC)

COVID in California: Marin County weighs shorter isolation period for schools (S.F. Chronicle)

Lawsuit seeks to block enforcement of vaccine mandate bans on tribal land in Montana

You Can Still Get Long COVID If You’re Vaccinated and Boosted (TIME) So what’s the point?

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The sound of Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson on Friday’s PBS NewsHour underlined how there is no debate and no democracy on PBS. They put on a RINO who says the GOP is simply awful, and the liberal on the panel says “Oh, I agree!” Republicans pay taxes to be painted as awful for opposing the murder of unborn babies.

Gerson was the chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush, a moderate Christian conservative. Bush nominated Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion overturning Roe vs. Wade. He also nominated Chief Justice John Roberts, who joined that majority. But now, Gerson rails against Republicans as unfit for governing.

World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds (The Guardian)  A study! That proves it!

Earth Is Teetering on The Edge of Five Disastrous Climate Tipping Points, Study Finds (Science Alert)

How many people can Earth handle? (BBC)

U.S. evaluating need for further SPR oil releases after October -Granholm (Reuters)

White House is not considering further releases of emergency oil at this time, official says (CNN)

The Middle East is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world (Washington Post)

‘This is the future’: rural Virginia pivots from coal to green jobs (The Guardian)

Physicists Struggle to Unite Around Future Plans (‘Scientific’ American)

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss ends national ban on fracking amid energy crisis

Greenland Is Still Melting, and It’s September (‘Scientific’ American)

Special Report: How U.S. ethanol plants are allowed to pollute more than oil refineries (Reuters)

Why Ethanol Plants Pollute More Than Oil Refineries (Newsmax)

Jason Momoa So Furious About Environment That He Shaved His Head (Futurism.com)

Actor Jason Momoa Chops Off His Trademark Long Hair In Protest Against Single-Use Plastic (The Weather Channel)

Farewell, octopus; hello, lionfish: Lebanon’s warming seas change fishing (Washington Post)

The clean hydrogen energy economy was a dream. The climate bill could make it a reality this decade (CNBC) Pushing the Narrative in the run-up to the mid-term elections.

Energy Transition A “Dangerous Delusion”: Report

California’s Power Grid Turmoil Spurs Diesel Demand For Generators

Rand Paul: “America Should Be Appalled” At Fauci Covering His Tracks

Greenpeace Co-Founder Patrick Moore Says Climate Change Based On False Narratives

“Really A Desperate Time”: Summer Drought Wreaks Havoc Across Northeast Farmland

“The Weaponization of Science: Politics, Vilification, and the Climate Debate” – Dr. Willie Soon

Exceeding 1.5°C global warming could trigger multiple climate tipping points

Wall Street Journal Exposes Gov. Newsom & California’s High-Cost Energy and Reliability Debacle

The Greens’ New Target Will Cause Global Hunger

A Much Larger Greenhouse Effect – But Temperatures Dominated by Cooling

Why Are Environmental Activists Trying to Stop Green Energy?

Scariest part of the NorCal heat wave could be yet to come (S.F. Gate)

The heat wave scorching California may be the worst in its history and now an approaching hurricane threatens to fan already raging wildfires (CNN)

Climate gains are ‘inconvenient truth’ — it’s not all bad news about the environment

Yes, climate-related weather deaths are decreasing worldwide (WQAD)

Yellen will vow to ‘rid’ US from ‘dependence on fossil fuels’ in Detroit speech (The Hill) The Dr. Fauci of finance.

US farmers face plague of pests as global heating raises soil temperatures (The Guardian)

Biden admin settles with eco groups to block massive oil drilling leases

Environmental activist warns of ‘dire’ electricity crisis in California: ‘Incompetence piled on ideology’

I’ve had a long battle with climate despair. Now I’m leaving the ‘denial machine’ to their demons (The Guardian) Poor baby.

Interfaith work is moving beyond dialogue and entering … the climate scene? (Deseret News)

California scrambles to avoid blackouts as it pursues a green energy future (Washington Post) Connecting the dots is apparently not in their skill set.

New UK PM Truss To Lift Fracking Ban, Climate Activists Crushed

Special Report: How U.S. ethanol plants are allowed to pollute more than oil refineries (Reuters)

Vancouver’s New Virtue Signaling Fire Engine–Useless, But At Least It Won’t Wake the Neighbours Up!

As Biden’s Climate Czar, John Kerry Has Flown More Than 180,000 Miles, Emitting 9.5 Million Pounds of Carbon

Are Hawaii’s beach showers in violation of the Clean Water Act?

Wind Turbines Are Destroying the Planet

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What was the most important thing for you to know early on Saturday evening? What was the key thing which had happened in the world? America’s failure, once more, to launch its new rocket perhaps? The ongoing humanitarian catastrophe caused by the floods in Pakistan maybe? The fact that we were inching ever closer to Larry the Cat finally getting a new house-mate? No, according to those in charge of the running order of the BBC early evening news, the one thing you absolutely had to know was that Serena Williams had retired.

Where to find the new omicron-specific Covid boosters, from Walgreens and CVS to local pharmacies and clinics (CNBC)

5 Omicron symptoms that are more common now than the ‘classic’ COVID signs (Mint)

‘Stealthy’ new Covid variant warning as docs say ‘it could reinfect you every month’ (Daily Star)

The CDC’s Booster Recommendations May Not Provide Optimal Protection (TIME) You still need to PANIC!

COVID “Much More Easily Explained” By Lab Leak: Harvard PhD & Rutgers Chem Professor

At Head Start, Masks Remain On, Despite C.D.C. Guidelines (N.Y. Times) It’s all part of the PANIC!

New York State Ending Mask Mandates on Transit

WH Implores Congress to Approve Fall Booster Funding for COVID-19  Those Big Pharma donations have to be paid for somehow….

10.5 million children lost a parent or caregiver because of covid, study says (Washington Post) A study! That proves it!

New York Governor Lifts Mask Mandate for NYC Subways (Bloomberg)

CDC Gave Facebook Misinformation About COVID-19 Vaccines, Emails Show

A Long-Shot Push to Bar Trump in 2024 as an ‘Insurrectionist’ (N.Y. Times)

Material on foreign nation’s nuclear capabilities seized at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago (Washington Post)

The Judge in the Trump Mar-a-Lago Investigation Is Recklessly Endangering the Rule of Law (Daily Beast)

Judge’s special-master order a test of Trump’s post-White House powers (Washington Post)

The special master ruling means Trump Mar-a-Lago investigation is suspended, for now

Trump-appointed judge provides further proof that Donald Trump is above the law (Arizona Republic)

Barr’s latest anti-Trump broadside raises political stakes of Mar-a-Lago search drama (CNN)

Politico Owner Mathias Dopfner’s Donald Trump Prayer Email Raises Eyebrows (Newsweek)

Russian State TV Host Says ‘All Our Hope’ Placed in ‘Beloved’ Donald Trump (Newsweek)

Trump FBI raid could have ‘some connection’ to murdered CIA assets, MSNBC’s Joy Reid speculates

MSNBC’s Joy Reid links Trump having classified docs to US spy deaths Making it up as they go along.

Hillary Fires Back at Trump Comparisons

Why Trump’s FBI investigation could now be delayed for months or even years (Vox)

GOP offers strained Trump defenses in Mar-a-Lago probe — for now (Politico)

The Trump search case judge doesn’t get the national security stakes (Washington Post) David Ignatius pushes the Narrative: Forget the law, Orange Man Bad!

All the former president’s lawyers (that we know of) (Politico)

Judges Trump chose shouldn’t be involved with his cases (anchor) Gee, nobody ever said that about Biden’s judges … or Obama’s judges … or Clinton’s judges ….

Trump Spokesman: WashPost Colludes With Biden Administration Over FBI Raid  That seems pretty obvious.

The Solution to the Trump Judge Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About (Slate)

Ex-Bush Speechwriter’s Screed Creed: Onward, Christian Soldiers—Against Trump

A ‘doomsday glacier’ the size of Florida is disintegrating faster than thought (Washington P0st)

As Elon Musk backs fossil fuels, one strategist sends a warning over EV sales (CNBC)

Elon Musk Backs Calls for Extraction of More Hydrocarbons (ThisDayLive)

Historic, unforgiving Western heat wave is peaking and crushing records (Washington Post)

California and the West broil in record-setting heat wave (NPR)

Glacier larger than Florida is rapidly losing ice. What could happen if it collapses? (CNN) What could happen if it exploded into space? If it ran for President?

Coalmine expansion approved for Hunter region would cause almost 1bn tonnes of emissions (The Guardian)

Dark matter and lithium water: 15 big issues poised to affect oceans and coastlines (The Guardian)

FERC Gaslights America

California heat wave: All-time heat record in Sacramento broken at 116 degrees (KCRA)

“Dangerous” heat wave breaks at least a dozen records in California as state prepares for hottest day yet (CBS)

Climate migrants flee Iraq’s parched rural south, but cities offer no refuge (Washington Post)

Environmental, Social, and Governance: What Is ESG and Why Is It Important? (Global Citizen)

The crucially important points ESG critics are missing (The Hill)

Biden Needs to Declare a Climate Emergency Despite the Deal (Newsweek)

The Oilfield That Made the Ocean Burn Last Year Is Now Spewing Methane (Gizmodo)

The Vital Role Of Nuclear Power In Reducing Emissions

California’s 2035 EV Mandate Being Debated In More Than Dozen States

The “Green Revolution” Is Impossible

Antwerp Mayor Blasts “Green Dogmatics”, Admits “Bankrupt” Belgium Is “The New Greece”

Electric Cars Are Not “Zero-Emission Vehicles”

California’s Grid Braces for Failure Just Days After Biden’s Energy Secretary Praises State’s Green Policies

California Government Recommends Purchasing A Giant Hamster Wheel To Charge Your Electric Car (Babylon Bee)