Some good news - offshore wind in VA about to take off.

USA WINS IN OT!!!

New puzzle on MyCrossword (www.mycrossword.co.uk). Many thanks for input & advice from @crypticblah.bsky.social & @tpgrammar.bsky.social - as always, grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, @wyrd.systems, @archelina.bsky.social & @mossdef.bsky.social. Enjoy!

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

Ugh. Truly moronic.

Today marks the 5th time in a row that courts up & down the East Coast have rejected the Administration's unprincipled orders to halt offshore wind projects. The White House calls OSW the "scam of the century"; the real scam is wasting taxpayer dollars with these attacks on vitally needed projects.

"This is what it looks like when ideology drives energy policy. Keeping money-losing plants online skews the market, making it harder for companies to invest in the infrastructure of the future." writes the @washingtonpost.com editorial board: wapo.st/4kkqSsj 🔌💡

Yesterday this lovely magazine arrived in such an official-looking envelope I briefly suspected I was being recruited into a secret society. Which isn’t far off: setting & solving cryptics often feels like belonging to a very happy secret society. Many thanks to @unchcrosswords.com & @wyrd.systems!

Today we won. A U.S. District Court ruled that the administration violated federal law when it secretly convened a group of climate contrarians to produce a thoroughly debunked report to overturn the Endangerment Finding. The science still matters. We won't stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...

Great reporting on what is driving huge inflation in electricity costs in NY State: Increasing cost of natural gas due to LNG exports from the US! NY needs to accelerate renewables & batteries, as required by our climate law. www.rochesterfirst.com/new-york-sta... @doreenharris.bsky.social

A good green jobs story: newbedfordlight.org/vineyard-win...

Four for four.

@juffowup.bsky.social thx for all the feedback today

It's #CrypticSunday! Join us at 12 noon to help solve crosswords by LeoNessie @joeleisen.bsky.social and Pixie @baindex.org 🎉 twitch.tv/crypticsunday

New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). Tons of 1d for input & advice from @mossdef.bsky.social (esp. on 1d) & @crypticblah.bsky.social. As always, grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, @tpgrammar.bsky.social, @wyrd.systems. 14a for them & the rest of this community!

“The court recognized that Trump Department of Energy vindictively canceled projects for clean affordable energy that just happened to be in states disfavored by the Trump admin, in violation of the bedrock Constitutional guarantee that all people in all states have equal protection under the law."

OK so if you bought a copy of Issue 2 it will be in the post by end of day tomorrow. UK copies should start arriving by the end of the week. Orders are still open on the website - buy now while stocks last! unchcrosswords.com #CrypticCrosswords

I'm quoted in this story.

Offshore wind projects are 3 for 3 this week in challenging unlawful stop work orders - this time it's the Virginia CVOW project. If we want to serve increasing demand from data centers, it's all hands on deck - including OSW. Good result here.

Great story by @mariagallucci.bsky.social on how Trump forcing all Department of Interior reviews of clean energy projects to get personal approval from DOI Secretary Doug Burgum has stifled 22GW of development in the midst of an energy crisis: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky

LinkedIn newsletter highlights our 4th and final issue of OGEL in 2025. This Special Issue edited by Professor @catherinebanet.bsky.social @uio.no and Professor @joeleisen.bsky.social @richmondlaw.bsky.social looks at 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝘄 -- www.linkedin.com/pulse/ogel-4...

With an appearance by the Administrative Procedure Act! Arbitrary and capricious indeed.

"Neil Chatterjee, a Republican who served as the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during Trump’s first term, wrote ... 'I find this to be incredibly reckless ... Now more than ever we need it all.'" www.eenews.net/articles/tru...

US coal generation has collapsed from about 50% of electricity in 2005 to just 14% today. It’s one of the fastest energy transitions in modern history. Operating a coal plant now costs more than building new wind and solar in every state. buff.ly/lhSKS7D #ShareGoodNewsToo

This holiday season, I’m deeply grateful to have taken up setting cryptic crosswords, found the wonderful My Crossword community, & benefited from guidance & insights of @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, @crypticblah.bsky.social, @mossdef.bsky.social & others. Happy holidays to all!

1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated 2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements 3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program 4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states

States' rights? States are in charge of deciding what power plants we have on the grid - until the GOP in Congress decides they're not. All to prop up the losing hand of coal.

No one is pining for the return of 12 MPG death traps. Get a grip!

Joel Eisen, of @richmondlaw.bsky.social, called the proposed rule a “particularly interesting and new assertion of jurisdiction by the commission.” @joeleisen.bsky.social www.eenews.net/articles/lit...

New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk) with a little something extra. Grateful to @guineverecryptic.bsky.social @crypticblah.bsky.social @mossdef.bsky.social for testing & input! Learning so much from detailed & helpful conversation.

All Dems have to say is "I support whatever energy is cheapest" which is what voters care about and also...happens to be solar+storage pretty much everywhere Like let's not buy the false narrative that energy is a culture war issue when we can simply win on the economics, folks!!

I’ve assigned my Admin Law students to write about the tariffs case. This answer would deserve a F.

This wonderful 1st edition crossword magazine arrived yesterday from across the pond! Many thanks to @unchcrosswords.com (& @wyrd.systems , @liari.bsky.social , @guineverecryptic.bsky.social , @henriwords.com , @cranberryfez.bsky.social , @archelina.bsky.social . . .)

DOE's "emergency" orders are causing all kinds of new problems for FERC. For an administration that says they want "energy dominance" and less regulation, the approach has been far from thoughtful: www.utilitydive.com/news/kentuck...

Streaming crosswords in a couple of hours, join us at 12 noon GMT to help solve new cryptics by Skirwingle @skirwingle.bsky.social and LeoNessie @joeleisen.bsky.social! #CrypticSunday twitch.tv/crypticsunday

I'll be there! See you soon, @archelina.bsky.social and @wyrd.systems

New puzzle on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk); clues like Some people purr at first sign of pampering with a serving of Ben & Jerry's (3,5) Grateful to @liari.bsky.social for testing & answering (many!) questions & to @willsnow8.bsky.social for advice, solving my last puzzle on his Twitch stream

The final exam questions in Admin Law just keep writing themselves

This is what it's come to. DOE illegally cancels projects and GOP Senators say it's OK because they can go hat in hand to beg to keep the ones in their states going. Not how Congress works, folks.

My alma mater steps up bravely and unequivocally. So proud!

Racing to the finish line.

Thanks so much to @willsnow8.bsky.social for solving my crossword puzzle at www.twitch.tv/contocrosswo...!

While our federal government is dunking on renewables, they just became the world's largest source of electricity.

New crossword puzzle now up on My Crossword (mycrossword.co.uk). I’m so grateful to @liari.bsky.social, @guineverecryptic.bsky.social, and others for thoughtful critiques and encouragement. Your support is helping me grow and sharpen my skills! So thanks a ton.

Electric vehicles - and other sources of demand flexibility - are an underrated element of the strategy to meet increased demand from data centers. Nice story about (finally!) progress toward vehicle-to-grid functionality.

Naked and brazen politicking, indeed.

NEW article - Energy Data Justice - with my outstanding co-author @lawprofpayne.bsky.social - proposing a new framework for governance and access of energy data. Download at papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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