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Tomorrow's space weather experience could be ~exciting~ if it causes high geomagnetic induced currents in the power grid. "When fast-moving particles and plasma slam into Earth’s magnetic field, they can temporarily disrupt the power grid." www.pbs.org/newshour/sci...

Autumn has arrived. 🍂 Listen to Robert Frost’s "Gathering Leaves" — a quiet meditation on raking, repetition, and the season’s small joys. 🍁 For more, hear Frost’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection, read by LibriVox volunteers. 🎧 archive.org/details/newh... #poetry

Wishing a happy Veterans Day to all who served.

Great portraits here of centenarian WWII vets by Maxine Wallace. wapo.st/4p277a7

as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market

23 of 50 states currently are seeing higher #gasprices than a year ago: AK, WA, CA, OR, AZ, NV, OH, ID, IN, IL, NJ, DE, MD, MI, WV, MN, UT, RI, CT, OK, WI, KY, MO

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Turns out she’s a highly motivated political activist in pursuit of a particular agenda, which should’ve been foreseeable since she was, y’know, taking a case to the Supreme Court.

Its instructive that Kim Davis was introduced through the press initially as someone who simply wanted to be allowed to honor her religious convictions reasonably.

Make sure you read this important and powerful essay from @joannarakoff.bsky.social in @cogwbur.bsky.social www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/...

A new 500 MW customer -- most likely, another data center -- is proposing to come to Fort Wayne, according to a new AEP submission. Its ~10 miles away from a 1,200 MW Google data center under construction.

I'm so excited to be kicking off the COPOut Podcast! Details are below. Tune in to hear conversations with @laurengifford.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @davidho.bsky.social @magnoliae.bsky.social @pammcelwee.bsky.social @lisaschipper.bsky.social and more! cece.american.edu/cece-launche...

“This was a referendum on Georgia Power and high electric bills,” said Daniel Tait, research and communications director at the nonprofit utility watchdog group @energyandpolicy.org san.com/cc/high-elec...

skyline cleanse:

the base of the democratic party is black women.

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spanfeller makes an oblique data center reference in her speech about making big energy users pay their fair share, to thunderous applause

👀 #ElectionNight #EnergySky

The situation is serious. Please pray for the families affected. I’m headed to Louisville now.

Here in Chicago, parents are walking their children to school with neon whistles around their neck. There are PJ-garbed sentries monitoring the sidewalks, so that little kids and parents can be safer.

there are many layers to this year's #GaPSC election, as we've reported in the @ajc.com For many Georgians, this race is about their power bills. My story with Drew Kann: www.ajc.com/business/202...

I think it's impossible to argue with the incredible cost-saving benefits of going directly to the source - the wind or sun. But it's also kind of hard to say we're doing an amazing job ensuring those benefits are flowing to those who most need it; fixing that is part of the broader project imo

Government shutdown approaches 35-day record www.semafor.com/article/11/0...

The report by University of Alabama’s Education Policy Center for the Southern Education Foundation found that ~ 60% of the drop in Black students’ college enrollment happened in the South (where most HBCUs are located).

Years of inconsistent funding for the #PellGrant and state budget cuts played a role in a nearly half-million drop in the number of #Blackstudents enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities over the past decade.

"By withholding soybean purchases and rare-earth exports, China extracted relief from U.S. tariffs and delayed export controls, without conceding much in return."

Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story ft.trib.al/H1FwgQB

“A lot of us knew that there was going to be a pendulum swing,” Payne said. “I think, for the journalists of color, we’re not shocked and we’re not surprised. We’re disappointed.”

"Scores of media outlets...that had committed themselves to greater diversity and indeed, active anti-racism, after George Floyd’s death and the national protests that followed, began to pull back after the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling against affirmative action in college admissions.”

“You have reporters who build trust with communities, who break stories, who dig into important stories, and I feel like sometimes this is just couched in ‘diversity.’” www.thewrap.com/nbc-news-div...

Open a dictionary to “autumnal” and you’ll see a photo of Chicago right there (probably)

Malaysia’s improved bilateral relationship with the US has strengthened the Southeast Asian country’s position in its negotiation on potential semiconductor tariffs, according to a minister

It's #VoteEarlyDay! Don't wait until the last minute to cast your ballot. Get in the game and access all the tools you need to vote early: voteearlyday.org/nba

Jeff Bezos is the 4th richest man in the world

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"If there were adults in the room and I could trust the federal government to impose the right standards, it wouldn't be such a great concern, but it just doesn't seem feasible."

man wouldn't it be nice to have a week -- even a day or two -- that's not like getting blasted in the face with a firehose

Great @bradplumer.bsky.social @harrystevens.bsky.social piece on China's nuclear ambition. I'm biased but I think a good satellite comparison is worth 1000 words. Incidentally, the score for aluminum smelters built since 1990 would be ~50-60 for China, 0 for the US. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

here's the web/non-pdf link (open access). easier to read on small screens & to translate: doi.org/10.1037/amp0...

there's a lot of misinfo out there about what works to counter misinfo (womp womp). this is a great resource and a must-read for public health: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...

With the holidays (and higher bills) on our doorstep, this new energy affordability analysis from @cplusc.bsky.social & @publicgrids.org is timely and good food for thought. h/t to @sevier.io + @rhymeswithocean.bsky.social 🔌💡

“Expanding clean energy is central to achieving energy security and reducing... reliance on fossil fuels.” That's not a quote from a climate activist. That's directly from the Dep. Energy Minister of the 3rd-largest Petrostate in the world. #greensky www.ft.com/content/1730...

The administration plans to lay off 2,050 Interior Department staff - a decision made before the government #shutdown. This calls into question the White House’s new claim that job cuts at Interior HQ, US Geological Survey, BLM, and the National Park Service are due to the ongoing shutdown. More ⬇️

Trump EPA says it's "ridiculous" to ask how many EPA workers have been sent home during the shutdown

🚨 Pleased to have helped with this GREAT law review article published in the UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, which addresses the uneconomic self-commitment of coal powerplants in the electric power markets with a focus on antitrust implications. escholarship.org/uc/item/6329...

For consumers, more offshore wind = lower household costs for energy. BP’s decision to pause U.S. offshore wind investments due to amid federal friction could mean higher bills and greater grid risk. (POLITICO: www.eenews.net/articles/bp-...) 🔌💡

JERA Nex BP halts development of 2.6 offshore wind project and exits the US #EnergySky