“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938 zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context

Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. The arrest reportedly took place in front of children. 19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...

NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work. Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours. She was later released with NO CHARGE. A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”. You decide…

Wind turbine base install

This and the SWIP-N news are really bad news for Nevada. Nevada is well on its way from an energy desert to an energy powerhouse and crossroads for the entire West. These actions are throwing a wrench in this massive economic opportunity. It's energy surrender.

Well there's some good news. Housing and transit. Affordability and climate action. Two great tastes that go great together.

Governor Newsom signed SB 79!!!! Well done @scottwiener.bsky.social and thank you all for making calls!!!

They said it couldn't be done, but now it's happening. A trusted Western governance structure can support a whole range of energy market services, from markets to planning to BAs. Lower cost, more reliability. For the West, by the West. www.utilitydive.com/news/a-la-ca...

Tho it's the WaPo, this is a thought-provoking piece wapo.st/46RR7jk

Want to reduce electricity bills 20% by 2030? Release the data! We have over 37GW of batteries, water heaters, etc that can participate in demand flexibilty. But without data access they can't bid into the PJM/MISO capacity auction to bring down costs.

Wow this thread. Data access platforms yes!

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

This is cool

Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.

This is a very nice little triptych of charts. Put this in front of every goddamn policy maker, starting four weeks ago.

Franglish joke of the day: (When I ask how to spell soupçon): "A cédille under the C? You mean Atlantis?"

With the federal rollback of clean energy investment, if your plan to fight climate change doesn’t involve state governments, you don’t have a plan. You have vibes.

Colorado can lead the West toward a cleaner, more affordable energy future, or it can be left behind. @btturner.bsky.social‬ explains how joining a Western regional market will allow for stronger grid connections & smart market choices to achieve Colorado’s #CleanEnergy goals. buff.ly/BTzbmKg

I know there's a lot going on right now, but NYMEX natural gas futures for January are $5/MMBtu. This is going to mean price increases for electricity for Americans, and is the worst possible time to be slowing down wind and solar deployment by taking away tax credits. 🔌💡

In #Arizona, LG Energy Solution & Rivian have partnered to help grow & sustain the American battery supply chain by developing & supplying competitive battery cells right here in America, boosting EV job growth, supporting local economies, & bolstering U.S. manufacturing. buff.ly/lsH4cbd

This is a great article. I can think several other uses for the money that would provide real incremental emission reductions. Top of mind would be fuel shift credits to help EV and heat pump adoption paired w/ load management so they're using clean electricity. Also, go @barbarahaya.bsky.social!

Thank you, Representative Juan Ciscomani, for standing up for the smart energy tax credits that have brought projects like this battery manufacturing plant to Arizona. Please keep defending these tax credits to grow American jobs!

Read this.

And don't even get me started on Basic Econ. The exceptions overwhelm, even invalidate, the rule. People constantly citing to "Econ 101" as if it's a good thing. No, you're trying to drive a mock-up as a real vehicle, and amazed when the steering doesn't work.

EV sales in Q1 2025 vs Q1 2024, YTD percentage: Global: 4.1 million, +29% China: 2.4 million, +36% Europe: 0.9 million, +22% North America: 0.5 million, +16% Rest of World: 0.3 million, +27%

Little known fact: Congress ordered EPA to create the greenhouse gas reporting program in an appropriations bill that was signed by President Bush after Senator Feinstein inserted the instruction into a must-pass omnibus. EPA has no discretion to eliminate this program.

"Subsidized lung disease" indeed

Good news!

Quit X.

If you are a foreigner, you probably should not visit the U.S., but if you absolutely have to, you should “enter” at a pre-clearance site (like Ireland or Canada) so that you’re denied entry in a place where the U.S. government won’t detain you or confiscate your property.

Inter-con, USIP security contractor, had contract terminated by USIP but still had one physical key to building. DOGE went to contractor VP's house and said "you either let us in or we're gonna cancel all your other government business." Inter-con then turned on USIP, and used key to let DOGE in.

FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS: Federal court in NY dismisses challenge to NYC Local Law 154 prohibiting gas in new homes. Court declines to adopt "flawed" reasoning in 9th Circuit Berkeley case and finds NY law not preempted by EPCA. 🏠⚡✊

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My hot take on Colorado's electricity market choice: The drive toward SPP appears steered by an old and outdated conceptual map of Colorado's place in the Western grid. My advice: do some fresh analysis. blog-advancedenergyunited-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/blog.adv...

Those hippies at Shell think advanced energy like renewables and storage and EVs are an unstoppable economic eventuality that will their lunch because they're cheaper, faster, better.

Day 1, the chef literally said, "It's my way or the highway." Dramatically took off the apron, dropped it on the kitchen floor and walked out.

Are you looking for heartwarming stories _and_ cold hard facts on how advanced energy is powering jobs all across this great land of ours? Maybe for a propaganda-addled uncle, or a 19-year-old making decisions on vast federal programs? Of course you are. Well have I got the site for you:

I love this story. I've got my fingers crossed. It's happening!

If you use tools and data from NREL, I recommend you download them now.

It's cheap and plentiful power to feed growing demand. Only a fool would try to stop this train. Oh wait...

A better world is possible

California energy policy is going to be very different.

Crazy scary. Yes, houses in the WUI are the bigger problem. But with these winds, the fires can come out of the hills and whip thru suburbs and urban neighborhoods. See also 2020 Glass fire that burned thru NE Santa Rosa. What's to be done about that?

A reminder that Los Angeles had its hottest summer in history last year. Southern California has received just 2% of "normal" rainfall during the current "rainy" season. These fires are a direct result of a warming & drying atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels. We are in a climate emergency.

Things could still break for the positive, but it is seeming more likely that the losses from tonight's fires could push insurance markets over the brink in California - despite all the good work CDI and stakeholders have done over the past few years to stabilize the situation.

Discuss.

Lazards cost of firming is a bunch of horseshit. (Sorry to the OP, I just take every oppty to point this out). Unless you're a data center, no one needs or wants 24/7 power. A portfolio of resources that are cheap when they generate and match load well is much preferable, tyvm.

Nice encapsulation. (...see what I did there...anyone?)

Pretty cool way to manage 6000 MW of short-term response