Since fossil fuel shill and "Breakthrough Institute" co-founder Ted Nordhaus has decided to rear his head again, some useful background: www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?ti... davidguenette.com/new-atlantis...

LNG industry seems to be starting to acknowledge reality. "Japan’s JERA and Commonwealth LNG have terminated a deal for the supply of liquefied gas to the Japanese firm...The deal was inked last June, for a period of 20 years"

This is such a disgusting comment from Ted Nordhaus from the Breakthrough Institute. None of these acidic little proto-Shellenberger guys could ever have a fraction of the fortitude it takes to make a decision like this. Shame on everyone still at this nasty little outfit. archive.ph/2bPJH

the mask's off

This is the "report by an environmentalist" they are referring to. bsky.app/profile/prof...

This reporting makes is seem like the company is blaming the science that shows the true impact of LNG on the climate as a reason they had to cancel this investment. More likely the real reason is economics but thanks to @profbobhowarth.bsky.social we also can argue the science.

Pleased to learn that my paper on the greenhouse gas footprint of LNG is one of the top 10 most cited papers in Energy Science & Engineering in 2024. The paper is available here: scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #TopCitedArticle

The war between Russia and Ukraine has destroyed many things, including vital research partnerships in the Arctic. WHOI senior scientist Don Anderson explains how research into harmful algal blooms has been disrupted in the 4-year conflict: go.whoi.edu/RussiaUkraine

There's nothing "responsible" about the way Israeli-US firm Stardust wants to sell their technology to block the sun, only rampant irresponsible profit-seeking. More on this later.

What the heck kind of stupid headline is this in The Atlantic. It buys into Stardusts promotional blurbs about the supposedly benign nature of their solar geoangineering proposals. www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Our videos documented many emissions from oil industry sites that had been "certified" to be very low emissions. But the videos show they aren't. One of the sites was an Exxon site. "Exxon did not reply to requests for comment." Read it all at @drilledmedia.bsky.social

"Glenfarne subsidiary Glenfarne Global Commodities LLC (GGC) said Wednesday it has reached an agreement to lift the other 1.5 Mt/y that EQT was supposed to purchase." A subsidiary of the company building the project has now agreed to buy its own product. Not a sign of a healthy industry.

Great addition to a recent blogpost from @nworbmot.bsky.social nworbmot.org/blog/solar-b... Most of humans can go 90% solar in 2030. It's mostly northern Europe that's the edge case that also needs loads of wind. And the last 10% fuel... we'll take care of that before too long.

If you have a furnace or boiler that burns propane, fuel oil, or kerosene, now is a great time to switch to an electric heat pump. You'll save a lot of 💰 on heating at today's fuel prices, which are up 30+% in the last month with no sign of dropping. Most heat pumps also provide air conditioning ❄️

The U.S. doesn’t produce enough vegetable oil to meet a new biofuels mandate, so suppliers will have to ramp up imports of vegetable oil, putting pressure on tropical forests overseas. via @insideclimatenews.org

Phrases like "tipping points" and "ocean conveyor belt" turn complex climate models into public understanding. Grounded in data, these vivid stories help explain both sudden and gradual risks—bridging labs and society. 🤓 @olarjournal.bsky.social spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

In just the 7 years since we passed the Climate Law, there have been 3 global oil and gas crises, skyrocketing prices for heating, electricity, and transportation. Rolling back CLCPA and doubling down on fossil fuel reliance is the opposite of an affordability strategy. gothamist.com/news/ny-ener...

Bondi fell into the Trump Trap, giving up her integrity to keep her job, and looks like she now will leave with neither.

To boot, 11% of world energy is used just to mine/transport/process/refine fossils+uranium web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j... WWS needs 0% such energy b/c wind comes right to turbine, etc So to think fuels that take 11% of energy will be cheaper at scale than fuels that take 0% is beyond delusion

This is particularly excellent because one of the arguments against congestion pricing was that it would offload a lot of emissions outside the zone, especially in the Bronx. While those fears did not materialize, helping reduce emissions in this borough further is a great use of funds.

yep

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-... So how are those E15 proposals working out?

So Israel has now killed very nearly as many Lebanese as Israelis were killed on October 7, including 100 children and there’s hardly a word of condemnation other than from Carney and Macron. Why no international outcry at the ethnic cleansing that’s taking place.

Times change- #nuclear has so very many disadvantages as we well know. In Europe, #wind and #solar generated more electricity than fossil fuel in 2025, providing 30% of pan-EU power, demonstrating just how rapidly a #renewables power system can move.

As Congress’ only Ph.D. physicist, I am particularly concerned about the nuclear considerations in Trump’s Iran war. (1/5)

Good news! “Russian oil output cuts are imminent because Ukraine's strikes on port infrastructure, pipelines and refineries have reduced export capability by 1 million barrels per day, or a ​fifth of total capacity, three industry sources said on Thursday.” www.reuters.com/business/ene...

annnnd here's the follow up / companion piece on Gas Outlook. We have more video and photos showing what methane looks like at the "certified" gas sites gasoutlook.com/long-read/ce...

One of the long-term effects of the war in Iran: The world may come out looking a lot more like China, at least on energy policy. Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with the take: heatmap.news/energy/iran-...

may this define her for the rest of her life. she was willing to stoop this low and still got fired. girl, bye.

11/ Conclusion 3: There is no “silver bullet” for maritime defossilisation. The review shows that full defossilisation requires a step-by-step synergy of i) green fuels & infra scale-up, ii) efficient propulsion systems, iii) strong policies and market mechanisms.

9/ Conclusion 1: Improving efficiency is the first step in maritime defossilisation. A broad spectrum of measures is available for initial emission reductions: i) technical and operational; ii) power-assistance measures; and iii) after-treatment systems.

In a functioning democracy, Donald Trump would be in prison right now.

US keeps lifting sanctions on Russia and its global allies.

The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind Rohingya refugee who was left on the freezing streets of Buffalo by Border Patrol officers, was ruled a homicide. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

Uh, NASA, while watching the video feed for the #Artemis launch, I think I just watched Canadian astronaut Hansen enter his pin number on his tablet... You might have him change his login... 😅

He's not wrong.

This is wild; NuScale, one of the "leading" developers of PowerPoint small modular reactors, paid $495m to a British-based shell company in return for financing and building NuScale SMRs. But Entra1 has never sold or built... anything. NuScale stock has since lost 70% of its value

And a lot is being used to power oil and gas extraction. It takes a lot of power to get all of that oil and gas out of the ground and move it around. The amount of new grid infrastructure in the very low population Permian is insane.

NY's @governor.ny.gov is trying to change the more scientifically robust greenhouse gas accounting to a version that distorts policy & investment decisions in favor of fossil gas. Incredibly short-sighted when CH4 is a key control for slowing atmospheric warming. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

For those trying to understand where things are at in New York’s climate law fight, here’s the latest from @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social on the other site:

WindWaterSolar still winning despite Trump 88.43% of all new US grid electricity capacity 2025 was WindWaterSolar Wind 5.76 GW (15.8%) Water 0.004 Solar 26.6 (72.7%) FERC projections to 2028: 85.5% WWS Wind 17.6% Water 2.59% Solar 65.3% Gas only 13.9% cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...

Today on Volts: the US grid is, on average, carrying about half the capacity it's capable of. A new industry coalition argues that, before building expensive new infrastructure to serve rising demand, we should more efficiently use the infrastructure we have. New tech makes it possible.

And, of course, it's a lie. Dozens of other countries have this same right.

Is anyone surprised? A voluntary certification scheme to limit gas leaks from US production sites isn't working BP & ExxonMobil are among producers wanting certification to comply with EU rules Yet gas-imaging cameras revealed “huge emissions” at many sites www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Batteries & solar make gas biggest loser! CAISO batteries charged heavily with solar (3/29). Battery discharges peaked at 44% of grid demand and provided more than 20% of grid demand for 4 hours. CA batteries grew from 1.3 GW to 17 GW since 2020! reneweconomy.com.au/grid-batteri... #energysky

I keep seeing interviews with Marco Rubio, but not a single reporter has asked how he feels about Trump‘s argument in the birthright citizen case. Rubio was born here and his parents were not citizens at the time. They were naturalized four years after he was born.

Buried deep in your monthly utility bill, there's a charge for the consulting and legal fees your utility racks up when it goes before state regulators and asks to raise your rates. My latest story on how a proposed law in Mass seeks to change that @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2026/04...

Metadata for the win, no joke. Before becoming a top official at the EPA, Aaron Szabo was a lobbyist for the oil and gas industry. Metadata shows he helped draft a trade group’s 2022 letter to the EPA objecting to controls on methane emissions.

Almost half of US data centers planned for 2026 are expected to be delayed or canceled. One big reason is the shortage of electrical equipment, such as transformers, switchgear and batteries. US doesn't have manufacturing capacity, forcing it to rely on imports. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...