When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause. That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation? It had an impact. Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️

Lots of people think Dems are forcing these dirty coal plants to “retire” with policies and regs. It’s simply not true! Coal plants are incredibly inefficient to run compared to gas and renewables. This New England plant didn’t “retire” — the company closed it because it was too expensive!

China and the US going in opposite directions now when it comes to energy. And it looks like China is poised to win… www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

American Energy Impotence

Via @jvl.bsky.social "the answer isn’t to stamp out neurodivergence or “cure” people of being who they are.4 It’s to widen our arms and be more inclusive so that they can find their place in the world a little more easily. www.thebulwark.com/p/autism-mah...

I try (/fail) to limit my regular work when I’m traveling for work but have to say it’s lovely day to start my NY Climate Week and I certainly don’t mind MCing a work call on state level renewable energy permitting policy from a beautiful patio.

Trump and his Republican co-conspirators fear ridicule more than anything else. They are OK with being called cruel, because they associate cruelty with power, but they know that their power stems from people taking them seriously. Ridicule is powerful. www.newspapers.com/search/resul...

“I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor.” @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s #CupOfJoe is dialed-in. Our future depends on rejecting the politics of hate and choosing a path that heals, unites, & rebuilds. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2kb9wzax

Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police. Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack

Following the Hyundai raid, LG Energy Solution suspended most business trips to the US and directed employees to return home immediately. It comes less than two months since South Korea committed $350B in US investments, including a $26B Hyundai steel mill in Louisiana.

U.S. policy decisions made by the Administration are degrading our economy and our national security.

Survey stakes are in the ground at the San Rafael Valley, where DHS is preparing to wall off the last best corridor in Arizona for jaguars, ocelots & other species. Not a soul in sight.

Here’s the link to my story about how anti-cable conspiracies ran rampant the two Jersey Shore towns, where my family all lives, after postcards riddled with cables-cause-cancer misinformation showed up in people’s mailbox. A political org was behind it. www.eenews.net/articles/fir...

C’mon people!!! Are we going to have to institute mandatory screenings of Old Yeller?!?

Wolf in sheep's clothing feels a little too on the nose for this particular example of co-opting causes and messages...

The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.

Really pleased to have been able to contribute to the comment on sea level rise and the impressive work from all of my colleagues who contributed to this book-length review in a short period of time. Thanks to @andrewdessler.com and @bobkopp.net for organizing this effort!

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

"But of the 25 total loan applications that have advanced to the fund’s due diligence review stage, seven have been pulled ... citing supply chain issues or [lack of profitability]. An eighth application was denied funding last fall due to accusations of fraud."

Texas "is on course to meet those electricity demands, but largely through advancements in solar technology and battery storage, which are significantly cheaper than natural gas power plants to install." Whoops! www.texastribune.org/2025/08/26/t...

This is why this statement today from a state commissioner in the NYT should be taken seriously — yes, the admin’s efforts to stop or materially delay these projects increases reliability risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...

Offshore wind has higher capacity value than gas CTs, according to PJM. So when the Trump admin claims offshore wind makes no contribution to resource adequacy/reliability, it's lying. #energysky #greensky www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...

Dr. Dani Mathisen deserved to get the care she needed without crossing state borders, and she deserved to safely grow her family in her home state. All Texans deserve this—but due to the state’s abortion bans, many, like Dani, are leaving because they are scared to be pregnant in Texas. #TXBanWeek

Great chart from the FT showing the French nuclear fleet is now routinely flexing down, to accommodate rising solar generation (People often talk about how some reactors CAN flex; but it's often assumed that they WON'T, due to economic incentives)

"Over the past 12 months, power prices have increased more than twice as fast as inflation." Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with everything you need to know about rising electricity costs, from how they're set to what's driving the price surge ⬇️

"Oil and gas get most of the attention, but clean energy has been the Texas economic boom’s secret ingredient. All but 6% of new electric capacity added to the state’s grid since 2020 has come from renewables or batteries." And energy use is up over 25% in that time! 1/2

The Lincoln Memorial. Think about that for a moment.

Great paper bringing together folks who know forest ecology and wildfire with the strongest critics of the current carbon offset regime. The answers proposed are not simple to implement given financial incentives but they are the only path forward to a sustainable market for nature based solutions.

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

This is the cover story of our August 2025 issue, which has this great cover, our first profile photo cover in several years.

Our aging electric grid is buckling under skyrocketing demand and extreme weather. This is a serious national security risk.

Canceling transmission lines will raise electricity prices and raise emissions. Canceling transmission lines enhances corporate monopoly power and profit. Canceling transmission lines is climate denial.

Most Americans really have no clue how far the US is being left behind.

The Moss Landing Battery Backlash Has Spread Nationwide New York City may very well be the epicenter of this particular fight. by @jael.bsky.social heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...? #NewYork #NYC #Batteries #Energy #Renewables #Climate

It's very heartening to see some progress on this. Of course new mothers that are struggling need more than just the right medicine to survive, but every little bit of good news helps.

Low-hanging fruit approach = “committed to providing a strategically located charging infrastructure...Using substations as charging locations makes logistical and financial sense as a way of expanding our network...” Potential to batteries co-located. www.current-news.co.uk/uks-national...

It’s absolutely impossible to think this is the result of good faith legal analysis, especially when they refuse to provide any reasons!

DOE's report on grid reliability is a dog's dinner of bad assumptions, and doesn't even make sense as a rationale to use Section 202 emergency powers, which are only supposed to be used for 90 days. www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

This is one of those examples where, if the flood hadn’t happened and a camp director was telling you about this story it would be a perfect example of red tape, bureaucracy, the hassle of regulation etc. And yet. apnews.com/article/texa...

oh this is interesting. i pretty firmly believe, just as a matter of observation and experience, that complaints about affirmative action are a psychological salve for people who aren’t confident of their ability to succeed

This is the sort of smoking gun connection between a decision and outcome that gets people fired in a normal government

They fired the people answering calls for help. Hundreds of them. During the crisis.

A full 20% (!) of US counties now severely restrict or ban clean energy production and associated storage infrastructure. That # has doubled in the last 3 years alone With punitive fed action targeting renewables, now more than ever we need local govts to step up heatmap.news/politics/law...

The abundance bros should be focused on this.

Another study backs my argument last night that Cruz and Cornyn are voting to raise electricity prices for Texans with their attack on clean energy.

Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind. I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why. Please share! This is really important!!! @heatmap.news

The latest version of the Senate's BBB is a death sentence for US energy leadership and a giant gift to China. It eliminates tax cuts for solar that have been around since 2005, adds a new tax on solar after 2027, and creates a new direct subsidy for coal.

Indeed. China is watching this and licking its lips. An absolute gift to them.