If people want to tie Trump / Republicans to the rising cost of energy, you can't get much more explicit than these federal must-run orders. 💡🔌

Literally pollution for the hell of it. Costs more, utilities and regulators don't want it, more people will die early deaths and get asthma.

Im old enough to remember when capitalism was a thing in America.

The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming? www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... #energysky

Canary Media is returning to the Bay Area! We invite you to watch the event live TONIGHT starting at 6:00 p.m. PT. Great conversations with Mark Toney of TURN, CEC Chair David Hochschild, and @drvolt.bsky.social and Kim-Mai Cutler of Initialized Capital... www.youtube.com/live/KYt7wXq... #energysky

Vicinity Energy is electrifying Boston and Cambridge's massive steam heat system. Here's the latest on its 'eSteam' plan, incl a giant heat pump that taps the chilly Charles River, and how district energy can beat building-by-building electrification: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky

The two Democrats who won seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission tonight have pledged to combat rising rates at utility Georgia Power - and to push it to explore cleaner, cheaper options to its current massive fossil gas power plant buildout plan: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Could offshore wind farms off the coast of California kill bats? Researchers had been studying this novel and fascinating question — until the Trump administration yanked their funding: www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... via @fieseler.bsky.social

Great story from @canaryprimary.bsky.social's Kari Lydersen about Puerto Rico residents' ongoing push, backed by a federal judge, to focus grid recovery funds on a more distributed (and resilient) architecture using cheap, reliable solar and batteries: www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis... #energysky

Can Gridcare's software help utilities and data centers find faster, cheaper paths to power? The startup's inaugural attempt found 80MW of flexibility-enabled capacity for 2026 at Portland General Electric's Hillsboro data center hub — a good start: www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat... #energysky

Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" is killing off homeowner heat pump tax credits. But it kept tax credits for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems—and companies are already gearing up to use them to keep clean heat growing: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea... #energysky

Anniversaries are mixed bags. But let's not overlook what we've built together even as we may be struggling mightily to keep the relationship intact... eciu.net/analysis/rep... #energysky

Yeah, this doesn't sound good at all...

Get your tickets to @CanaryMediaInc 's live event on Nov. 6 in Berkeley! Join energy and climate leaders for live music and energy transition strategizing, featuring CEC Chair David Hochschild, @drvolts, Kim-Mai Cutler of Initialized Capital, and more: www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv... #energysky

Georgia Power's rising utility rates and $15.7B gas-heavy power plant plan are on the ballot next week. Two Democratic challengers to the state's all-Republican Public Service Commission say that solar power, not fossil gas, is the key to lower costs: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... #energysky

Canary Live Bay Area is one week away—get your tickets now! I'll interview CEC Chair David Hochschild, @drvolt.bsky.social will do a live podcast with Kim-Mai Cutler of Initialized Capital, and Lunar Energy and Hydrostor will showcase clean grid tech: www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv... #energysky

The president had a MRI but won't say why. He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why. He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical. He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it. How is any of this ok?

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

"However, the approved plan contains no specifics about where the hydrogen will come from or how it will get to the site. “The green hydrogen that would supply the proposed project has not yet been identified,” the environmental report says." www.latimes.com/environment/...

It’s that time of year - Canary Live Bay Area! Come hang out with @volts.wtf @jeffstjohn.bsky.social & more www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv...

Time's running out - don't delay! Get your ticket to our Canary Live Bay Area event on Nov. 6 in Berkeley. We'll have live music and energy transition strategizing with energy and climate leaders, activists and entrepreneurs. It's a party with a purpose! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv... #energysky

a trans girl in vermont was kicked off her swimming team and committed suicide and at the very same time, the discourse in d.c. today is about whether the democratic party should’ve abandoned her sooner in order to win votes a day in an american life

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Great stuff @sammyroth.bsky.social ! "I’m suggesting that renewable energy companies — which have spent years working to transcend partisan politics — go on the offensive and pitch themselves as better than fossil fuels."

Save the whales www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Thanks to the Climate Center for inviting me to next week's California energy policy roundup with Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, Senator Henry Stern, Cristina Garcia of Conéctate Green and Faraz Rizvi of Asia Pacific Environmental Network. A lot to cover! tinyurl.com/GreenieCa #energysky

Edward and Shari Glazer Harold Hamm Benjamin Leon, Jr. The Lutnick Family The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation Stephen A. Schwarzman Konstantin Sokolov Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher Paolo Tiramani Cameron Winklevoss Tyler Winklevoss 3/3 Source: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Micron Technology Inc. Microsoft Corp. NextEra Energy Inc. Palantir Technologies Inc. Ripple Reynolds American Inc. T-Mobile US Inc. Tether Union Pacific Railroad J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul Adelson Family Foundation Stefan E. Brodie Betty Wold Johnson Foundation Charles and Marissa Cascarilla 2/3

This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com Altria Group Inc. Amazon Apple Inc. Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Caterpillar Inc. Coinbase Global Comcast Corp. Hard Rock International Google HP Inc. Lockheed Martin Corp. Meta Platforms Inc. 1/3

Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.

"Any strategy that takes on Trump must find a way to incorporate and exploit this truth: Trump and his key followers are criminal parasites on American society." www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-scum-m...

Rondo Energy has turned on what it calls the world's biggest thermal energy storage system at a California oil field. Yes, it's boosting oil recovery. But it's also turning solar-generated electricity into stored heat to decarbonize industry at scale: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky

Want a home battery that doesn't cost $10,000's to install, but can still serve as a smart home and grid resource? Pila Energy's briefcase-sized battery was designed for that middle ground — and the startup has just raised $4M to bring it to market: www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... #energysky

Data centers are desperate to get online faster — and they're ready to pay for it. Demand response aggregator @voltusinc wants to enlist utility customers in virtual power plants to crowdsource the grid capacity data centers need to make it happen: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

This is what the 25th Amendment is for.

Love this story by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social, about a Berkeley startups that's seemingly cracked the code for roasting coffee with electricity instead of fossil fuels: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Happy No Kings day everyone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2s...

We do this work together—and we celebrate that work! Join @CanaryMediaInc and California energy and climate leaders, investors, activists and entrepreneurs on Nov. 6 in Berkeley. Live music and energy transition strategizing. It's a party with a purpose! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv... #energysky

Want to stop roasting coffee with fossil fuel? Bellwether Coffee has built a modular, software-controllable, all-electric "roasting platform" that gives storefront cafes and coffee roasting pros alike a way to cut cost along with carbon emissions: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... #energysky

IEA lowers 2025-30 forecast for solar growth #energysky -- via pv magazine global: www.pv-magazine.com/...

Massachusetts offshore wind port uncertain after federal funding cuts #energysky -- via Canary Media:

The Trump administration has destroyed private-sector trust in the ability of the federal government to be a good-faith partner in increasing American prosperity. Shame. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

The U.S. clean hydrogen industry just received another dose of uncertainty: An Energy Department list that suggests cuts to more regional hydrogen hubs are coming. www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...

New from Dominion Energy: Virginia’s offshore wind project will start producing power by March, with construction on track for completion by the end of 2026.

Another hurdle for offshore wind: The contract for a specialized turbine-installation ship has been canceled, leaving New York’s Empire Wind in the lurch. Get the latest from @fieseler.bsky.social:

Federal funding rollbacks aren’t the only hurdle standing in the way of community solar — even states supportive of solar are adding to its challenges.

California’s efforts to wean itself off fossil fuels are paying off, with solar power generation reaching record highs and battery storage coming online to back it up.