A team effort today on the winter storm's wide reaching impacts, climate change, FEMA cuts and the health hazards of extreme cold. Stay warm and check on your elderly and unhoused neighbors! insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...

"The growth of solar and batteries is now cutting into [California]’s fossil fuel power plant generation. Since 2023, natural gas generation has fallen by 10%," writes @michael-thomas.bsky.social www.distilled.earth/p/solar-and-... 🔌💡

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

"If Iowa isn’t building much wind power, it’s a bad sign for the industry as a whole. But local opposition in rural areas is just one of several obstacles for wind developers,” write @dangearino.bsky.social and @ajbeamer.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/2501202... 🔌💡

Characters from Lucy Maud Montgomery's ANNE OF GREEN GABLES

What's killing onshore wind power? I went to the state where I was born and raised to try to figure out why onshore wind development, once a point of pride, has slowed almost to a stop. With @ajbeamer.bsky.social in Shenandoah, Iowa: insideclimatenews.org/news/2501202... #energysky

Profiled in @dangearino.bsky.social's book COMIC SHOP. Hosted Dan's Mpls book event. Please do support him.

Remember the other day when I was saluting my friend Greg Ketter, owner of Minneapolis’ DreamHaven Books? This is him the following day. Greg will never say this, so I will — now is a great time to buy books from DreamHaven. Support Americans who stand up vs. 🧊. dreamhavenbooks.com

Good story from @jeremywallace.bsky.social on the tumult coming from China's glut of renewables and EV manufacturing which is roiling power and transport markets internally and internationally with some salutary effects for consumers. www.wired.com/story/china-...

For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."

What's killing onshore wind power? I went to the state where I was born and raised to try to figure out why onshore wind development, once a point of pride, has slowed almost to a stop. With @ajbeamer.bsky.social in Shenandoah, Iowa: insideclimatenews.org/news/2501202... #energysky

"The administration’s anti-renewable energy policies are adding to PJM’s woes, the grid operator indicated in a legal brief filed earlier this month." insideclimatenews.org/news/1601202...

I am a climate scientist and this is correct. As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open. Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Trump is lashing out at Prime Minister Carney and threatening a 100% tariff. I wrote this week about the China-Canada trade deal and why the U.S. auto industry should be very worried. This was an avoidable crisis, but here we are. insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...

At Quitting Carbon, I publish columns like this, as well as original reporting, Q&As, and roundups of highlights from what I've been reading. Paid subscriptions make it possible for me to bring you this independent energy journalism. Sign up here: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/the-trump-ad... 🔌💡

The China-Canada trade deal is bad for U.S. automakers, but the damage was already done by the Trump administration pushing away a longtime economic partner. My latest: insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...

A gas-powered Buick is moving from China to Kansas, but at the expense of the new $30,000 Chevy Bolt. insideevs.com/news/785214/...

ICYMI: Canada signed a trade agreement w China that includes low tariffs on EVs. “The danger for U.S. automakers is that they will fade from being global players and focus more on selling to buyers in this country, while the world moves toward electrification.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...

A global shift to low-carbon power poses substantial economic benefits to China, the world’s top manufacturer of batteries, solar panels and electric cars. insideclimatenews.org/news/2101202...

The China-Canada trade deal is bad for U.S. automakers, but the damage was already done by the Trump administration pushing away a longtime economic partner. My latest: insideclimatenews.org/news/2201202...

This video of Willie playing electric guitar with Jimmy Buffet on a song written and made famous by Bob Wills is one of the best videos in existence. youtu.be/ASy3iGXhq-c?...

I dont own 10-12 houses but I do own 10-12 copies of ROM 1 and I think that might be better.

Renewable energy is surging globally. Solar is the fastest-growing energy source on the planet. Why would we choose to be left out? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15012026/inside-clean-energy-solar-dominance/

Happy birthday to the MAGNIFICENT #TomBaker

In this week's Catalog Club: Lucinda Williams, I talk about 1992's SWEET OLD WORLD, an album about tragic guys, record company incompetence and setting the blueprint for a lot of today's best singer-songwriters. tinyurl.com/2r5e2t44

Sloppy Semantics

1/ New Kiel Institute study on 2025 tariffs. The headline finding won't shock anyone who studied 2018-19 tariffs: near-complete pass-through to US importers. Foreign exporters absorbed ~4% of burden; Americans paid ~96%. www.kielinstitut.de/publications...

Happy 80th, Dolly!!

"Now we both know that police boxes don't go careering around all over the place..." "Doctor Who: Robot" part 4 (1975). #DoctorWho

“In one hour, the Earth receives enough light from the sun to power the world for the whole year," said Sarah Kurtz, a researcher who has been working on solar power since the mid-1980s. insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202...

The “Reincarnation of a Lovebird” track radio mix on Tidal is buck wild tidal.com/mix/00146168...

If a Minnesotan says to you, "I don't plan to let you do that," run.

Setting side the fact that "energy dominance" as a stated priority is kind of ridiculous, any serious attempt to dominate the energy economy of the future involves leaning into the growth of solar. My latest: insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202... #energysky

Lovin’ this: “Solar power is moving toward dominance of the global energy system.” Inexplicably, however, Trump has decided the US should be submissive rather than dominant when it comes to top shelf energy. Great news for forward looking nations like China though. @dangearino.bsky.social

Want to make proclamations about energy dominance? Solar power would like to have a word. insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202...

“You Betcha” is Minnesotan for “Oh indeed.”

"For governments and businesses, success in the energy economy of the future will depend on maximizing the benefits of solar and adapting to a grid dominated by solar," writes @dangearino.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202... 🔌💡

“It is a mistake for the US to cut subsidies for solar. It is the technology of the future. Developments will progress especially in China, which will establish itself as the market leader. It is a shame US is turning its back on a high-tech development.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202...

A climate scientist's typical emails From 🇨🇦: Loved that CBC interview! Are you related to the Hayhoe I used to know? You mispronounced word X and I am TICKED From 🇺🇸: You’re wrong & I will correct you I solved everything, fund me Burn in hell Gross generalization, I know - but with some cause 😂

Want to make proclamations about energy dominance? Solar power would like to have a word. insideclimatenews.org/news/1501202...

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

For the first time ever, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has secured a settlement between her office and a major ag producer to cut its water use and pay homeowners whose wells it has caused to go dry. My latest story from the Willcox basin: insideclimatenews.org/news/1001202...

Remembering the late Jeffrey Catherine Jones, born on this date in 1944, who in a better timeline would still be with us. When I was a freshman at SUNY Buffalo in 1973, I crossed the border for the first time to attend a Toronto CosmicCon where I bought this remarkable piece from her — for $20.00.

Happy 97th birthday to Tintin! Created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi under the pen name Hergé, his first story appeared in Le Petit Vingtième on January 10, 1929.

Recap of 2025 climate news from @dangearino.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/2812202...

New from me: Seven experts told me what they expect in 2026 for U.S. energy markets and policy and also shared some their big questions. insideclimatenews.org/news/0801202...

Listening to this second song a lot lately: m.youtube.com/watch?v=LQf0...

@dangearino.bsky.social asks seven energy and climate experts - including @robbieorvis.bsky.social, Michael Webber, @spears.bsky.social, and Amory Lovins - to weigh in on what they expect in 2026: insideclimatenews.org/news/0801202... 🔌💡

What happens when you mix an energy affordability crisis, an AI spending bubble and an election? We’re about to find out.

🔌💡 @dangearino.bsky.social spoke with experts about #energy affordability, including our @robbieorvis.bsky.social. See what the experts have to say about the outlook for U.S. energy markets and policy for 2026 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/0801202... @insideclimatenews.org #greensky