A reality TV star is trying to build a data center in Utah so dizzyingly big that it could produce enough heat to raise nighttime temperatures by 28 degrees in a high-desert valley: grist.org/business/uta...

Is there a proposed data center in your area? Let's be honest, the answer is, unfortunately, probably yes. Check out this webinar to learn about pressure points for stopping them.

I have an extremely specific complaint about data centers and why they shouldn't be built: they're taking resources away from renewable integration projects directly and more generally undoing the progress we'd been making as an industry decarbonizing

Big Tech needs to hear these boos loud and clear. People are tired of being sold the utter BS claims that AI can solve the climate crisis (it can't). Especially when you consider that data centers powering this tech is actively polluting peoples air with methane gas and diesel...

La contratación por parte del gobierno puertorriqueño de nueva capacidad de generación sin modelo los impactos en las tarifas eléctricas socava la eficacia de una planificación energética sólida y pone a los abonados en riesgo de tarifas más altas. Más:

“Exceso” de generación con gas natural en Puerto Rico retrasa metas de 100% energía renovable para 2050, según informe de IEEFA

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Overbuilding fossil fuel generation threatens Puerto Rico's affordability and climate goals ieefa.org/resources/ov...

Puerto Rico corre el riesgo de sobredimensionar el sistema de generación eléctrica centralizada. No es probable que la isla logre su meta de 100% de energía renovable al 2050 si depende en biodiésel y hidrógeno verde como combustibles futuros: ieefa.org/resources/el...

I love taking library books on vacation it's like bet you never thought you'd make it to the Balkans did you lil book from the Albuquerque Public Library. It's a big world and you should see it too.

I wrote about Dianna Russini, the constant pressure female reporters face to prove they aren't sleeping with sources (plus the pressure we do get from sources to get involved with them), and why all of this is so uncomfortable to talk about. Gift link:

The April 2 edition of The Latino Newsletter is by Cris Seda Chabrier, and edited by @vaquero2xl.bsky.social Airbnbs Are Eating Up This Puerto Rico Island Municipality Short-term rentals have increased prices and taken over residences in Culebra, analysis shows

"That's why Bad Bunny's show was so beautiful. For him to represent Hispanics on the biggest stage in America at a time when all the racists are trying to push us down, for him to deliver the message that love is stronger than hate, it filled me with pride. He gave courage to the entire community."

Last Sunday, Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio AKA Bad Bunny put his motherland Puerto Rico center stage during his Super Bowl halftime show – highlighting the island’s historic struggles with power blackouts and colonization, both old and new.

Opinion: The world has too much LNG—so why is Canada fast-tracking more? www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Beyond Puerto Rico, however, blackouts often take center stage in public conversations across Latin America. Relentless power instability continues to hinder Cubans’ daily life, with the latest blackout occurring on January 26, 2026 – affecting 60% of the country.

@ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social just launched a North American LNG Export Tracker: ieefa.org/north-americ... 🔌💡

Petro-imperialism.

A long time in the making but I'm very proud that the @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social #LNG tracker is out! It shows the relationships between US exports and how that impacts Canada, Mexico, and beyond and how it impacts prices: ieefa.org/north-americ...

@microsoft.com’s new plan to convince communities to welcome data centers includes groundbreaking new ideas like *checks notes* paying its taxes and electric bills. 🥴 🧵

California shut down its last coal plant last week and nobody even noticed, it made so little little difference. Meanwhile solar is up 17% and gas is down 17% from 2024. I have a few highlights... www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-...

“Colonialism has always been about the exploitation of lands and extraction of their resources,” the report states. “Indigenous dispossession is required for colonial wealth generation expansion, though the strategies may change through time.”

"Tomorrow it will be too late to do what we had to do a long time ago." COP30 www.theguardian.com/environment/...?

The paradox is cruel. Puerto Rico—denied sovereignty and voting rights in Congress, constrained by an unelected fiscal control board, and still rebuilding from Maria—has no power over the defense or foreign policy decisions that shape its fate. Yet it bears the consequences: time.com/7332725/puer...

The #aurora was visible from #Albuquerque last night!

"The top-line overarching takeaway is this is indicative of what's happening in the entire petrochemical market. The market itself just isn't there to support these facilities." app.publicnewsservice.org/story/report...

By now it's no secret that the #electricgrid in #PuertoRico is an unreliable mess. That's why many Puerto Ricans are taking matters into their own hands, adopting rooftop solar at a rapid pace. On average, 4,700 systems are installed each month: ssir.org/articles/ent...

Excellent reporting from @nickcunningham.bsky.social on the complexities of expanding #LNG in #Mexico.

If the Pathways Alliance believed in carbon capture as a waste management solution for their operations & were intent on moving projects forward, they would be willing to invest their own funds. They're not. They’re just using the promise of capturing emissions one day to weaken climate policy

Decentralizing the electrical grid is key to improving the resilience of #PuertoRico’s electrical system, especially in the face of more frequent and severe hurricanes. Since Maria there’s been huge investment by homeowners & businesses towards #renewableenergy with battery backup for resiliency.

"We are a broken country if we believe that we need to terrorize our neighbors to enforce the rule of law. Do not believe it." sourcenm.com/2025/02/06/i...

....or what if we just think it sucks? Not everything is a culture war, man. Sometimes a hideous picture of a human with six fingers is just a hideous picture of a human with six fingers.

“They’ll keep those units open to keep their options open, but it doesn’t mean they’re going to be used very much,” said Seth Feaster, a data analyst at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. “They’re just not competitive.” #coal

Haas claimed a Formula One milestone with Laura Mueller appointed as the sport’s first female race engineer, working with experienced French driver Esteban Ocon reut.rs/4hprJp6

Amazing that @julito77.bsky.social wrote what I've been thinking for almost 2 weeks now since the release of "DEBÍ TiRAR MÁS FOToS". This album is such a gift to Puerto Rico, it doesn't just slap - it also highlights the beauty of our history and the ongoing struggle of colonization.

JUST IN: Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch said.

That Pathways Alliance project designed to capture carbon from Canada's oilsands production and pipe and contain it in underground storage is NOT a money maker, a new study has found. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/09/n...

Still thinking about my magical trip to Tromso, Norway where we were lucky enough to see a gorgeous #northernlights show on New Years Eve. What a planet, right?

Bad Bunny Talks Coming Back Home on His ‘Most Puerto Rican’ Album Yet www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/a...

Governments have committed to transition off of fossil fuels via the UN climate negotiations. That's impossible to do if fossil fuel companies continue to expand production instead of being held firmly in check. Clear alternatives are well within reach, only requiring financial & policy commitment.

American power producers over the past two years have accumulated massive amounts of #coal that are now sitting idle at their facilities — creating financial and storage headaches for utilities and coal miners alike.

More #solar coming to #PuertoRico!

Opponents of ESG investing frequently argue that the rate of return isn’t as robust as it is with conventional options. In recent years these funds have surged — outperforming conventional-fund returns every year since 2019, except in 2022, IEEFA reported:

Excellent reporting from @dharna.bsky.social about the Shell #petrochemical plant in Pennsylvania. When it comes to petrochemical facilities, oil and gas companies overpromise and underdeliver on jobs and economic benefits, while physically hurting communities: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

"Almost 10% of households in #PuertoRico now have rooftop #solar, accounting for more than twice the amount of solar capacity than the solar farms on the island. About 80% of them have battery storage, compared to about 13% on the mainland US."