Gladwyn d’SouzaJul 22, 2023

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2023/04/10/criminalizing-right-to-protest-deflects-attention-from-the-real-issue/70099339007/

#silencingdissent: Why are there more and more efforts to block #protests by #criminalizing, #terrorizing and #surveilling #demonstrators? Why are #policymakers attempting to label those who seek #rights afforded by the U.S. Constitution as #domesticterrorists?  

#heatison #keepitintheground #WaterIsLife2022

Tennessee's attack of first amendment right to protest turns attention away from real issues | Opinion

Responding to protests with criminal prosecution has an explicit purpose: to scare community members into silence, even in the face of grave injustice.

The Commercial Appeal
Gladwyn d’SouzaJul 22, 2023

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/21/climate-crisis-cost-of-living-energy-water-california

Barreca and his colleagues have found that for each August day when the temperature was 95F or higher, the chance that a low-income family would fall behind on bills and have their power disconnected increased by 1.2%.
#heatison #climatecrisis #transactiveenergyrate #microgrids #RenewablesAreDeflationary

‘We can’t escape’: climate crisis is driving up cost of living in the US west

Extreme weather, fueled by global heating, is affecting energy, water, insurance premiums and food and housing costs

The Guardian
MuschelSchubserNov 14, 2022
Start heating period today. Don’t like my room tempered below 20 C. #heatison