NEW: Weather models were performing worse ahead of a devastating storm in Alaska compared to a year ago. As one scientist @ecmwf.int put it, "the fact that all the models mis-captured this event tells us something." From me + @joewertz.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Why has Beijing decided to curb the export of its batteries? My latest with @lilipike.bsky.social @topealake.bsky.social for @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US investments in renewable energy projects plunged 36% in the first half of the year as developers responded to White House policy shifts targeting the sector. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Ever stopped at a fast EV charger to top up your battery or thinking about using one soon?

New Yorkers may soon see double-digit increases in their utility bills, as Con Edison seeks to raise electricity rates by more than 11% and gas charges by over 10%.

Neil Jacobs - the weather scientist who was in charge at NOAA during "Sharpiegate" - is poised to come back. “I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Fluence Energy Inc. said it can work with US Senate Republicans’ latest version of President Donald Trump’s fiscal package, which would preserve tax credits for the industry while gutting incentives for wind and solar power. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Blistering heat is straining power grids across the eastern half of the US, leading to a blackout in part of New York City’s borough of Queens as the local utility issued a warning to conserve electricity. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... via Bloomberg. @naurtorious.bsky.social

Over $15.5 billion in new factories and clean energy projects have been canceled or delayed since January, including $9 billion worth of investments in GOP districts, which would have created nearly 12,000 new jobs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

FEMA has lost staff + cut back on grants. Its current top boss lacks emergency management experience. As hurricane season opens, "it is a disaster waiting to happen," one expert told @bloomberg.com. Story w/ the excellent @zhirji.bsky.social (free link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Addition of high-speed EV chargers across the US fell by more than 21% in the first quarter compared to last year. The slowdown may just be beginning as Trump steps up attacks on EVs, and Republicans push to end subsidies. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If there was any lingering doubt about whether gas-fired generation plants are the hottest targets in the US power system, the recent flurry of deals likely extinguished it. My column here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Buffett runs a renewables heavyweight and has written that climate change is “highly likely” a “problem for the planet.” Yet Berkshire is a major investor in oil, gas and coal — a position poised to endure well after the 94-year-old retires. My analysis here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

To read our full story that details why this is happening, how communities are responding and what tech companies are doing to address their water footprint, here's a gift link to the story (lifts paywall for a week): www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

ICYMI - US set duties as high as 3,521% on #solar panel imports from Southeast Asia countries as part of an investigation into unfair trade practices. US solar manufacturers initiated the probe.

🌞 Some folks are opting to buy solar panels used on classified ad sites, like Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, eBay One guy decided to make a swamp cooler for Burning Man using a secondhand panel. Edited by @amandakhurley.bsky.social, gift link valid for 7 days: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A fire on a bucolic stretch of California coast has threatened the rapid growth of an industry considered key to greening the power grid — and keeping the lights on. My latest for Bloomberg → Blaze Triggers Alarm Over Rapid Growth of Big Batteries www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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