#SundayScenes #ScenicSunday #SundayMood #IceStorm #flora #originalcontent #photography #macrophotography #canon #EOS7D #EF100 📷📱 Hibiscus husks after a day of freezing rain. Williamson County, TN USA.

As TX heads into what may be the biggest ice storm of the year, let’s get one thing straight before the disinfo starts. Solar and wind energy operate reliably in far colder places. The real issue is simple: large parts of the grid are not appropriately winterized. When storms come, they fail.

Never a dull moment (derogatory)

Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has passed away aged 93.

Noncompliance with orders to pollute at great cost for no reason is the right move here. Glad to see at least one utility doing the right thing. I hope others follow with similar challenges to forced pointless greenhouse gas dumping. www.kuow.org/stories/wash...

Read our @boltsmag.org story on the fourth of these, a big one that risks not getting enough attention. boltsmag.org/virginia-con...

The Virginia legislature today passed four constitutional amendments, all by day 3 of 2026 session: —protect abortion rights —repeal the same-sex marriage ban —allow mid-decade redistricting —greatly expand voting rights restoration. These will all go to 2026 referendums.

Take your journalism skills to the next level and deepen your understanding of environmental issues by applying for the Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism. Five journalists will audit courses and work on a significant project. Learn more: idabwellssociety.org/job/center-f...

Signal boost! #climatesky #greensky

For #Twitter expats — welcome! 🦋

Still, representatives of PJM won’t be in attendance when the plan is laid out Friday. “We don’t have a lot to say on this,” PJM spokesman Jeffrey Shields said by email. “We were not invited to the event they are apparently having tomorrow and we will not be there.”

"President Donald Trump and the governors of several US Northeastern states agreed to push for an emergency wholesale electricity auction that would compel technology companies to effectively fund new power plants." #EnergySky www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Insights from @amyaharder.bsky.social on where we're heading right now with power supply for US data centers, based on BloombergNEF forecasts. Big fossil gas power increase on the PJM grid (midAtlantic & midwest), locking in decades of climate-disrupting infrastructure, unless action is taken.

One reason Judge Carl Nichols granted the injunction? The government forfeited its defense against several of Empire Wind’s claims by not addressing them until yesterday’s hearing on the injunction bid.

Story 👇 www.wbur.org/news/2026/01...

#BREAKING: Vineyard Wind, a large and nearly complete offshore wind project off the Massachusetts coast is suing the Trump administration for pausing construction last month. @wbur.org

New York’s Empire Wind project is back on, says US judge www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

On Lawfare Daily, @sranderson.bsky.social spoke to Ashley Deeks and @keichensehr.bsky.social about their recent article entitled, "Federalism and the New National Security," the new ways that states are engaging in national security policy, the costs and benefits of such practices, and more.

Nice little independent central bank you got right there. Would be a shame if something happened to it.

The “arbitrary and capricious“ administration: “Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the Interior Department’s suspension order was ‘arbitrary and capricious’ in violation of federal law.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

NEW: A federal judge today struck down a stop work order Trump issued before Christmas on a big New England offshore wind project under construction It’s a huge ruling and suggests other stop work orders against offshore wind farms in progress may very soon fail too

"the Trump administration...said the E.P.A. would no longer take health effects into account in the cost-benefit analyses necessary for clean-air regulations...Instead, the agency would estimate only the costs to businesses of complying with the rules." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

We're hiring for our David McHam Fellowship for Investigative Reporting! This one-to-two-year full-time fellowship allows experienced journalists to pursue investigative projects and enterprise stories. More details here: www.texasobserver.org/jobs/ Apply by Feb 6!

If there's an energy or climate star who you think should be on our 35 Innovators Under 35 list this year, please shoot me a DM. Please do not just @reply with their name or handle here (awkward).

The only synagogue in Mississippi’s capital - and the largest in the state - is in ruins after a suspected arson. A Torah that survived the Holocaust also survived Saturday’s attack.

#FactCheck China has 3x the U.S. total operating wind power and holds ~45% of global wind power capacity. The only “suckers” are those who believe these anti-wind falsehoods. youtu.be/LpdPuJoBmts?...

as a bills fan, I'm really impressed by how both the bears and packers fans are handling this so calmly.

Every! Week!

Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.

FirstEnergy to pay $275 million to Ohio customers over HB 6 corruption scandal www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...

BREAKING: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will cease operations after nearly a century. The paper will cease operations entirely — both its digital and physical versions — on May 3.

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As news breaks in Minneapolis, we’re uplifting this story by our friends @unraveledpress.com during the Chicago surge. Agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father in Sept —and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by witness videos. unraveledpress.com/what-happene...

We're deeply saddened by the news of environmental journalist Tatiana Schlossberg's death. A vital voice in our field, including as a reporter covering climate change and the environment, she was also a valued member of the SEJ community. www.sej.org/sej-mourns-l...

The US Supreme Court scheduled Friday as an opinion day, indicating that date will be the first chance for a ruling on President Donald Trump’s global tariffs. (via Bloomberg Opinion)

AEP Ohio has taken aim at Ohio's net metering rules. Both the OPSB staff and environmental advocates see no reason to cut compensation for rooftop solar owners who supply excess power to the grid. @canarymedia.com @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

From American Institute of Physics policy newsletter (reminding myself to subscribe)

NEW: House Speaker Mike Johnson – after two years of deflecting questions on the matter – is now arguing that the legally-required January 6 plaque must be re-considered (more)

Inspiring. Next inspiring steps demand orders of magnitude more from all of us: largely mindset and business models ‘more’ vs tech only more. “The grid storage industry set a wild goal for 2025 — and then crushed it” www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene...

SCOOP: The US is awarding $2.7 billion to domestic to nuclear fuel makers as part of an effort to restart domestic production. #energysky www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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only would need 8 republicans who care about the institution to play ball but lol lmao

a lot of problems wouldn't exist if we had a congress with even an ounce of self interest

“International attention is being sought because visibility can sometimes alter outcomes.”

My sense is that China is using this oldie but goodie @rockymountviews.bsky.social playbook to destroy global oil demand. With subsidized EV technology, China can help 50+ emerging markets destroy 3-4 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.

it may be tempting to draw straight lines between the invasion of Iraq and what happened this weekend — but the world of oil is vastly different now than it was then, and there's a real question of how much producers will actually want to spend to get the oil that is now theoretically open to them

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks says we won't have "troops on the ground" in Venezuela as a Fox News chyron says: "TRUMP: 'WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND.'"

Equinor (Norway's state-owned fossil fuel company) has filed a temporary injunction against the stop-work order on its offshore wind farm in the US (empire wind) www.equinor.com/no/nyheter/2...

I published an op-ed in Newsday highlighting how successful South Fork Wind Farm's first year of operation in New York has been. 💡 🔌 ⚡ We need more of these proven resources — with no associated ongoing fuel costs — on the grid ASAP. www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...

whatever 2026 holds i don't think anything next year will be funnier than Chicago Pope. 2025 was overall a huge stinker but Chicago Pope was an all time great B-plot