one big beautiful bill? no, lots of big legal bills! heatmap.news/politics/feo...

Always be reading about utility reform!!!

With wildfires and people mad about what they pay for electricity (as well as data-center-driven demand growth) are utilites "Abel" to make a fair return on necessary investments anymore? heatmap.news/energy/utili...

Great PJM coverage here: bsky.app/profile/zeit...

interconnection queue reform in PJM was supposed to be a boon to solar. instead the new queue is largely gas. what happened? heatmap.news/energy/pjm-q...

Some great reporting here

$4/gallon gas just isn't the same as it used to be (thanks, in part to our now dead fuel efficiency standards) heatmap.news/energy/high-...

rabbi landau in the times www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/s...

SULFURIC ACID heatmap.news/energy/sulfu...

we have a look inside what a startup hard tech company is like, and it involves spending a lot of money heatmap.news/energy/fervo...

Today on Volts: There sure is a lot going on! Instead of a nerdy deep dive, today I go broad, talking current events with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social of @heatmap.news: the Iran War, its effects on Trump's energy policy, the lessons of the IRA, the Dem pivot to "affordability," and lots more.

How China won the Iran War heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

in my youth i had more patience for analysis of fandoms and what not, and while there are better and worse analyses (this one is better) i think we can mostly say these people are deranged and keep it moving

how china won the iran war heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

@emilypont.bsky.social digs into the machination around the trump administration total deal to trade offshore wind for natural gas development for a cool billion dollars heatmap.news/energy/total...

I spoke with Nicholas Mulder, the leading historian of blockades, about 19th century pacific blockades, the U.S.'s history as a blockade evader, and why the Cuba-Venezuela model may not work with Iran heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

They’ve revolutionized celebrity jeopardy by having smart people do it

China is the big winner of the Iran ceasefire, @zeitlin.bsky.social writes. Read all about the other winners — and a few losers, too — in his story below: heatmap.news/energy/hormu...

We'll see what happens in two weeks and beyond but i think so far it's fair to say the big winners are: CHINA NUCLEAR COAL SHALE and the big losers are LNG GULF OIL PRODUCERS THE WEST COAST AND HAWAII heatmap.news/energy/hormu...

hawaii uniquely among US states relies on oil for electricity. now electricity rates are going up 20% to 30%. heatmap.news/energy/hawai...

I’m not saying you’re going to try to implement China’s energy policy, I’m saying that you’re going to implement an energy policy and it’s going to be Chinese heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

We hear so much about electricity prices, but what do people actually pay on their BILLS???? Heatmap and MIT have teamed up to answer the question! heatmap.news/energy/elect...

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the influence of james burnham by way of marc andreessen is very important here

Totally agree. The three big drivers of Chinese energy policy are (1) local air pollution, (2) energy security, and (3) desire to be at technological frontier. The issue is that you can make a lot of progress on (1) and maintain (3) while still using coal with modern emissions controls for (2).

Today is the day to buy THE ELUSIVE BODY by @acsifferlin. Years of reporting with doctors, patients, and researchers about why America gets it wrong in explaining why we're sick.

The oil market bought a month reprieve thanks to strategic reserves, sanctioned oil, and the actual time it takes for tankers to reach their destinations. Now the shortages (and high prices) may really begin. heatmap.news/energy/hormu...

across asia, coal is coming back, but will it disrupt the overall trajectory of the black rock? heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

The Trump administration's "now more than ever" response to the biggest energy crisis in 50 years heatmap.news/energy/now-m...

reading up on uk electricity markets...yikes!

Join Heatmap Deputy Editor @goodjillian.bsky.social and Correspondent @zeitlin.bsky.social this Thursday for a briefing on what the war in Iran means for the global energy system. Subscribe now to attend: heatmap.news/st/Landing_S...

MOST IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY The Elusive Body has been "BRIEFLY NOTED" by THE NEW YORKER Pre order this instant!!! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... www.amazon.com/Elusive-Body...

The global energy system will never be the same (or at least won't be for a very long time), almost regardless of when the Iran conflict ends. heatmap.news/energy/energ...

NEW SHIFT KEY I’m joined by the great @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social to discuss what China’s new five-year plan tells us about its energy and economic ambitions, what *really* shapes its climate & energy strategy, and how it’s responding to the Iran war. heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

"6, 7" are the numbers you're likely going to be seeing on gas station signs throughout California. How did we get here? ft @weakinstrument.bsky.social and @severinborenstein.bsky.social heatmap.news/energy/calif...

About 9% of the world's aluminum production is in the Persian Gulf. Smelters are shutting down. Aluminum is one of they key materials — and cost drivers — of solar. heatmap.news/energy/strai...

New piece for The Nation on the ubiquity of "performative" and "virtue signalling" as terms of derision. "Citizenship ... is inherently performative and that abandoning the performance of democratic life means courting democratic collapse." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

“This is the first oil and gas crisis-slash-pricing scare in which clean alternatives to oil and gas are fully price-competitive.” heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

Why you can't solve a Persian Gulf problem in the Gulf of Mexico heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

today is the third birthday of @heatmap_news. a digital news outlet making it to three is no small feat and it's all due to you, our dear readers. It's never been a better time to subscribe! heatmap.news/st/Landing_S...

high, unstable oil prices, still not great for the U.S. even as we produce and sell more of the stuff than ever heatmap.news/energy/oil-p...

How a Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station researcher became a first responder to Americans convinced they're infested with bugs www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

What do you do when your oil and lng isn't as secure as you thought? in the short run, you probably burn more coal, but there are countries that were heavily reliant on imported fossil fuels that have embraced solar and electrification heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

Oil prices are up, so clean energy stocks must be celebrating, right? Wrong. Here’s @zeitlin.bsky.social with 3 reasons why: heatmap.news/energy/why-i...

The US-Iran war has revealed the fragility of the global fossil-fuel complex. Oil and LNG prices are up, and Americans are already paying more at the pump. Yet clean energy firms have mostly lost ground since the bombing began, @zeitlin.bsky.social writes. Here’s why: heatmap.news/energy/why-i...

Excited to announce a new report, by the Center for Building in North America and @cmiflin.bsky.social's Center for Zero Waste Design – on the high cost of waste handling in New York City! Article in Vital City below on it, full report here: centerforzerowastedesign.org/all/advocacy...

Good luck rebalancing and reorienting away from the U.S. because you're worried about Trump when the world's number two LNG exporter is heatmap.news/energy/iran-...