“Everybody understands you can't make a living farming”: A fifth-generation farmer and Virginia county supervisor surprises neighbors by cutting a deal to sell the family farm to a data center developer. (Fauquier Times) @profgalloway.com

That’s a really bad bubble to burst x.com/kevrgordon/s...

There’s a cruel irony that not moving fast enough to counter climate change could make some renewable energy sources less viable. “The Citigroup analysts see ‘potential signs of climate change’ as among the causes of the decline in output.” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Any long-term focus that we have built up is being dismantled by the Trump administration. The US is becoming ill-prepared to face national security challenges, and this isn’t a capability that we can swiftly build back. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. — Cornel West

Not dystopian at all. How long before they arm the drones too? www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...

Proud to be represented by @ossoff.senate.gov and @warnock.senate.gov

Not sure many realize coal doesn’t combust completely, leaving a toxic ash behind. With the current administration weakening regulation around coal ash and pollution from coal plants in general, expect to hear more contamination stories. www.al.com/news/mobile/...

Washington’s tariffs on aluminum imports will not incentivize Alcoa to invest in the US — the metals producer’s largest market — even as the company pulls back from expansion in Canada, among its biggest production sites, the company’s chief executive said in an interview. @semafor.com

The canary in the data center (Ian Frisch, Dealbook)

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell h/t Robert Glazer

AI for geothermal startup @zanskargeothermal.bsky.social just located a historically large, untapped reservoir that it says will help put greenfield geo exploration and discovery back on the agenda

The Sunbed King stifles a yawn at Chequers while Keir twitches at the press | John Crace

Axios: Both men pushed back against Trump's false claims of voter fraud in Georgia during the 2020 election, and while [Geoff] Duncan has kept up his criticism of the president, Raffensperger has remained silent.

I can only imagine the recommendations coming out of the National Coal Council www.canarymedia.com/articles/enn...

"Asking us to build factories and invest then arresting and detaining. Is this what an ally does?" -- Protest sign at airport where South Korean workers, including engineers with work visas, were returned www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

Read this in @technologyreview.com The Checkup yesterday, but seeing it again this morning, feel like it’s a message we need to spread widely. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/11/1...

“Kirk’s actions & rhetoric do not justify what happened to him because they cannot be justified. But Kirk was not merely someone who showed up to college campuses & listened. It should not be controversial to plainly state some of the impact of his work.”

Political &other targeted violence in America can’t be ignored. Something feels different about this moment—abt the normalization of violence in our culture. The question is how to solve it. We often write about leadership in [Dealbook]; right now, we could use more of it. @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social

Columbia Law School: Last year, at least 459 counties/municipalities across 44 states severely restricted renewable energy through buffer requirements, fees and bans that limit what their neighbors can do with their land—a 16% increase YOY. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Brian Kemp’s attendance this year at the Aspen Festival indicated his larger political aspirations. His strongest platform *was* economic growth. While other factories pulled plans this year, Hyundai/LG persisted… until now. www.wrdw.com/2025/09/09/s...

“A republic that allows its leaders to kill without law, to wage war without strategy, and to deploy troops without limit is a republic in deep peril.” Retired Navy captain Jon Duffy via @hcrichardson.bsky.social heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

“You have people that don’t feel that they’ll directly benefit from these services unwilling to pay into it,” Corrigan Salerno, Transportation for America Americans are losing the thread here. Public transit – like transmission – isn’t about direct benefit. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Definitely not a golden age…

OK, @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social, this is perfect…

@nathanielbullard.com takes us back to school w/ a map of the 72 GW of gas gen under dev/constr. Those 146 plants include Georgia Power’s additions to Plant McIntosh & Plant Yates (first Mitsubishi M501JAC turbine delivered 8/15) but the utility has filed for 5 new CC units (~4000 MW) across GA.

Is it also a crime to burn that banner?

Where we’re headed…

So much for personal choice I guess

Wanna bet we see rising demand for AI device-free spaces (restaurants, bars)?

Heat index in Houston is 111. Air conditioning demand is high. Gas & coal plant outages are up sharply. But prices in Texas are the lowest in the country ($20/MWh). Why? Texas' nation leading solar resources are generating >30% of the power needed on peak. #txlege #txenergy

Maybe my favorite clean energy quote ever: “Wind farms: Loud, ugly, harmful to nature. Who says that? These giants are standing tall against fossil fuels, rising up out of the ocean like a middle finger to CO2.” youtu.be/TRzEzU7kwyQ

Asked about the ethics of Donald Trump Jr and other family members using the Trump presidency to enrich themselves, a DJT Jr. adviser said: "We don’t actually give a fuck.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Remember when people thought Scott Bessent would be a reasonable choice for Treasury? apnews.com/article/braz...

How big is the slow down in US clean energy manufacturing investments? We are tracking 34 projects, $31.3B in investment and 27,949 jobs that have slowed since Trump took office. Key points from our 6-month report below highlight some surprising trends in what is advancing v slowing. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

Aspen Aerogels, a maker of EV battery materials, in Feb killed plans for a factory in Statesboro, GA that would have created 250+ permanent jobs. The company called off a $670M DOE loan guarantee and declared its intention instead to expand ops in China. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

“We don’t take our public health advice from RFK and Dr. Oz,” said David Eby, the leader of British Columbia’s provincial government. TBH, America shouldn’t either. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

“It wasn’t just one thing: No one action. No one plan. No one org. No one leader... It had taken everything and everyone.” @margaretheffernan.bsky.social’s Uncharted raised the AIDS crisis as a model for action in uncertainty. It remains a valuable compass. heffernanm.substack.com/p/make-the-p...

Trump’s “try-first” culture is the same culture that demanded use of ivermectin to treat Covid if that’s any indication of where we’re headed. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

TIL that tariffs drive up domestic producer prices. Just kidding… everyone’s known that. Which begs the question, wtf are we doing? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/b...

The U.S. Post Office will celebrate its 250th anniversary this Saturday. Now that’s a celebratory parade I could get behind.

I cannot emphasize enough that this waste is stupid and cruel. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Thanks @alexhogan.bsky.social for taking the MAHA food crawl for us all. With these food choices, agree with “nutritionally hilarious”. By the way, what is your A+ rated ice cream? www.statnews.com/2025/07/23/m...

It’s not clear to me how data centers in Georgia benefit residents. Without rate protections and in light of tax incentives, residents seem to be the ones likely to shoulder the burden. And there’s still little discussion about the impact to the water supply. www.govtech.com/policy/georg...

Greatly appreciate @404media.co’s in-depth coverage but wow does it make me wonder why we’re burning down the world to power AI for *this*

“We were willing to go all the way in our options, but the president did not want to,” one of the sources with knowledge of the plan said. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

“Delaying release of Atlas 15 climate projections—or canceling the volume altogether—could leave communities unprepared for shifting flood risks & make it harder for engineers to ensure that bldgs, bridges & other projects can cope w/ future rainfall extremes.” www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

So, US proved reserves of natural gas declined 13% in 2023 but we’re doubling down on natural gas for electricity generation while increasing investment in LNG terminals? www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

The energy demand from data centers is massive but we don’t hear as much about the water draw. And DCs require potable water which can strain municipal resources. Makes you wonder what the real cost/benefit analysis looks like for the surrounding communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/t...

Now do the Trump Administration