"The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking back federal aid: the projects aren’t designed for cars." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Maybe Trump saw the billboards and was confused! #WarRavagedPortland

EIA: Distributed solar is the fastest-growing power source in Brazil: "Distributed solar generation capacity grew from less than 1 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 40 GW in 2025 through June, accounting for 43% of all electricity capacity additions over that period." www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡

Sammy is right. Here's my recent take on the topic: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-has-de... 🔌💡

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How long does it take to build transmission projects in the US? It looks like the SOO Green HVDC Link might *finally* have secured the last approval it needs to begin construction: www.utilitydive.com/news/soo-gre... via @ethanhowl.bsky.social 🔌💡 (1/2)

"In its rush to stop a wind project, the Trump administration exposed the first cracks in its anti-wind policy agenda — a loss that may embolden companies targeted by the crackdown on renewable energy development to fight back," reports @jael.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/revol... 🔌💡

New York joins Colorado and California in fast-tracking renewables projects so they can quality for expiring federal tax credits: www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsro... 🔌💡

Thank you, Lori-Ann!

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Are US Administration worries about #offshorewind valid? South Fork Wind now has a year’s operating experience, Orsted has released a report on it, and @justingerdes.bsky.social has a quick-read summary—a factual, data-based alternative to today’s government propaganda.

Electricity prices are rising just about everywhere. I looked at how much rates have changed this year and in the last five years at the state level, based on federal data. Missouri is feeling the most painful sting so far in 2025. insideclimatenews.org/news/2509202...

Sammy is right. Here's my recent take on the topic: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-has-de... 🔌💡

My latest column at Quitting Carbon: Ørsted's South Fork Wind, the U.S.’ first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is demonstrating the folly of the Trump’s administration’s misguided war on offshore wind: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims... 🔌💡

"The truth is the Trump administration’s war on offshore wind is not just misguided; it is being waged despite evidence proving that the technology is already providing benefits to ratepayers and to the grid in the Northeast." www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims... by me at Quitting Carbon 🔌💡

The Trump administration "is a Watergate every day," argues @vermontgmg.bsky.social: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/rid-me-of-...

"It saves us money, and will continue to save us money,” Steve Fate, president of the West Union District Energy geothermal network in downtown West Union, Iowa, told @mckennapr.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202... 🔌💡

@calenergy.bsky.social: There are now 201,180 fully public and shared electric vehicle charging ports in California - 68% more EV charger ports than the number of gasoline nozzles statewide: www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-09... 🔌💡

"The goal, it seems, is to cripple the agency with both direct and indirect blows. The result, if the administration succeeds, will be a diminished Forest Service that would be unrecognizable to Gifford Pinchot." - @landdesk.bsky.social on the Forest Service under Trump: www.hcn.org/articles/tru...

"The thousands of DOE employees who exited the federal service amid the so-called Department of Government Efficiency’s sweep of the agency has resulted in the largest staffing drop-off in the agency’s history," reports @maeveallsup.bsky.social: www.latitudemedia.com/news/report-... 🔌💡

New York's South Fork Wind, America's first large offshore wind project, is generating electricity as at the same rate as New York's natural gas generators. How's that for reliable power? (via @justingerdes.bsky.social) www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims...

My latest column at Quitting Carbon: Ørsted's South Fork Wind, the U.S.’ first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is demonstrating the folly of the Trump’s administration’s misguided war on offshore wind: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims... 🔌💡

@airresources.bsky.social: "Zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) made up nearly 23% of new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales in California in 2024 — more than double the state’s target and the highest total of ZEV sales ever reported." ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/nearly-...

@carb-chair.bsky.social on the US EPA’s "illegal" effort to overturn the endangerment finding: "EPA’s proposal is a stunningly sloppy and amateurish effort to sow doubt where there is no doubt. And EPA cannot simply repeal its own standards based on a political whim." ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/carb-su...

ICYMI: My biweekly recap of important updates on the energy transition you might have missed. This version also includes an extended research roundup: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/what-im-read... via Quitting Carbon 🔌💡

EIA: At the end of 2024, CAISO reported 11.7GW of battery capacity, 43% of which was primarily used for arbitrage. ERCOT reported 8.1 GW of battery capacity, half of which was primarily used for arbitrage: www.eia.gov/todayinenerg... 🔌💡

A federal district court issues preliminary injunction allowing Revolution Wind impacted construction to resume: " ... allowing Revolution Wind, LLC to restart impacted activities while the underlying lawsuit challenging the stop-work order progresses." orsted.com/en/media/new... via Ørsted 🔌💡

Post from @energyinnovation.org's @silviomarcacci.bsky.social "highlights 30 clean tech 'moonshots' along with 60 'innovation imperatives' identified by the Climate Tech Atlas in energy-intensive sectors that could unlock a net zero future." thepowerline.substack.com/p/30-clean-t... 🔌💡

"We proved that yes, it is possible to manage a power system with almost 100 percent renewables,” Ramón Méndez Galain, Uruguay’s energy secretary from 2008 to 2015, told @allysonchiu.bsky.social: wapo.st/4gzNqUa 🔌💡

"Solar power is longer the 'Whole Foods of energy — nice but pricey,' @billmckibben.bsky.social said. Instead, it’s become the 'Costco of power — cheap, available in bulk, and on the shelf ready to go,' he said." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/c... by @sachimulkey.bsky.social 🔌💡

Weekend reading: My biweekly recap of important updates on the energy transition you might have missed. This version also includes an extended research roundup: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/what-im-read... 🔌💡

"In the first six months of this year, the world built 64% more new solar energy capacity than it did in the first half of 2024, according to think tank @ember-energy.org." www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @danmccarthy.bsky.social 🔌💡

How about this *amazing* Clayton Kershaw stat, @sammyroth.bsky.social? "Over 1,000 pitchers in MLB history have made at least 150 career starts. Kershaw is the only one who was more likely to deliver a scoreless start (101) than he was to suffer a loss (96 as of now)." (via Yahoo's Kendall Baker)

My latest at Quitting Carbon: Oil majors and the EV supply chain, managed decline of gas grids, research roundup, and more highlights from what I've been reading: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/what-im-read... 🔌💡

Helped judge the coveted CCN awards again this year. Always a fascinating and inspiring experience! Congrats to everyone who shared their best works of journalism! Extra congrats to the winners. But really, we're all winners when thousands of journalists take such pride in their public service.

@creacleanair.bsky.social: "India’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its power sector fell by 1% year-on-year in the first half of 2025 and by 0.2% over the past 12 months, only the second drop in almost half a century." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-ind... via @carbonbrief.org 🔌💡

"On Thursday, EV Realty, a San Francisco-based charging site developer, broke ground on what will be one of California’s biggest fully grid-powered, fast-charging depots for electric trucks so far." www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social 🔌💡

"For the period from June 1 through Aug. 31, solar met 15.2% of all demand in the ERCOT system, more than coal’s 12.5% market share. It also covered 26.9% of peak-hour demand." ieefa.org/resources/su... via @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social 🔌💡

Connecticut and Rhode Island are seeking a preliminary injunction to overturn the stop-work order for the Revolution Wind project: ctmirror.org/2025/09/17/r... via @ctmirrorpaz.bsky.social 🔌💡

"This paper demonstrates that even cold subsurface conditions—like those in Alaska, where 50% to 90% of the ground has permafrost—can be used for heating," says NREL's Hyunjun Oh: www.nrel.gov/news/detail/... 🔌💡

"California’s Legislature has approved a slate of policies aimed at curbing high and rising electricity costs, involving everything from short-term relief for high summertime utility bills to public financing of transmission grids." www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social 🔌💡

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the Legislature reached a deal to extend California's cap-and-trade system through 2045. Here are details on the spending plan for the roughly $4 billion the program generates annually: www.politico.com/newsletters/... by Alex Nieves and @cvonka.bsky.social 🔌💡

Registrations of EVs in Germany reached an all-time high in H1 2025. "Almost 249,000 new EVs were registered, a 35% increase compared to the first half of 2024, and exceeding the previous record from 2023 by 13%." www.cleanenergywire.org/news/germany... via @carokyllmann.bsky.social

"Young climate activists suing President Trump have a big ask for a federal judge in Montana this week: Immediately block three of the president’s executive orders aimed at 'unleashing' American energy," writes @karenzraick.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/c...

NEW: IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C (but this time, it only says so quietly) 🧵quick thread www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/6

"The US energy secretary says the quiet part out loud: the tributary $750 billion in energy purchases the EU has promised in its Trump deal is meant to lock Europe into 'long-term' energy dependence," writes @davekeating.substack.com: davekeating.substack.com/p/after-esca... 🔌💡

"China’s EV sales are on pace to reach a full 50% of market share in 2025. ... Big picture: the lack of support for further oil demand growth in China is the key factor in oil’s dim outlook globally," writes @gregor.us: www.coldeye.earth/p/autumn-cha... 🔒 🔌💡

"Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph will be retiring from state service effective September 30, 2025 and named Senior Advisor to the Governor for Climate Lauren Sanchez to serve as the next CARB Chair." www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/15/g...

ICYMI: Are the same dynamics that turned wind repowering into a mature business beginning to appear in the solar industry? I recently spoke with two experts at NREL who are investigating the potential of the U.S. solar repowering market: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/how-solar-re... 🔌💡

Ukraine’s biggest private energy firm, DTEK, partnering with Fluence, just launched the largest battery energy storage system in Eastern Europe: kyivindependent.com/ukraines-ene... via @kyivindependent.com 🔌💡