I do think it is kind of funny that Elon Musk's pitch for his new political party is "I have spectacularly bad judgment!"

Trump came into office promising to cut Americans' energy bills in half. Instead, his big bill will INCREASE energy bills $400/year. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

Today, the President will sign the OBBBA into law, repealing and and modifying many clean energy tax credits. Last night we finished updating our analysis of OBBBA at the state-level to see what this bill means for Americans. The results are ugly. Full dataset here: zenodo.org/records/1580...

21 House Republicans signed a letter supporting clean energy in their districts. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is keeping them honest: "What are those 21 Republicans going to do when the time comes to vote for this Big Ugly Bill" that guts clean energy jobs? Tell your reps to #VoteNo TODAY.

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

🌡️ Extreme heat is deadly & is being made worse by climate change. States & territories across our coalition are working to protect their communities – from deploying heat preparedness strategies to supporting community resilience & more ⬇️ usclimatealliance.org/policy-priorities/resilience/

Senate Republicans continue to consider a reconciliation bill that will cut off booming clean energy investment in the U.S.—killing jobs and raising costs on families just as oil prices and electricity demand skyrocket. A thread of just some recent stories on what their bill means for Americans: 🧵

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

FACT SHEET: The “Baseload Fallacy”: Undercutting Wind, Solar, and Batteries While Supporting Nuclear and Geothermal Won’t Protect the Grid—Or Families’ Energy Bills, from @ClimatePower climatepower.us/news/fact-sh...

“Repealing [clean energy tax] credits could increase the average family’s energy bill by as much as $400 per year within a decade, according to several studies published this year.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

This week is ass.

Absolute garbage energy policy Fast-growing zero-emission tech industries supplied 95% of new US grid generation capacity last year Now despite booming energy demand, and new jobs in US manufacturing, the House GOP wants to burn it all down For what? Oil/gas campaign cash

Today I learned that Rep Jason Smith's voice is annoying af

New @rhg.com analysis of House GOP plan to kill energy tax credits shows it "will raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035, stifle energy technology innovation, increase pollution, and could put significant investment at risk." rhg.com/research/way...

Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵

The House Republican's budget bill is starting to drop. It extends trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy while effectively crippling US manufacturing & energy industries and raising energy costs. It's effectively full repeal of the IRA. Here's tax portion waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/u... 🔌💡

A colleague just called this week “Negative Christmas” and holy shit that’s accurate

Congress wants to take away money passed in the IRA— to make homes more energy efficient so folks can save money on their bills, to make clean manufacturing & vehicle facilities to grow good union jobs here, to build power transmission to cut emissions & costs— all to pay for tax cuts for rich folks

Nations with nukes are fighting now cool cool www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...

Only way to come back from this is to put a whole bunch of people in jail

Happy National Poetry Month folks lunchboxpoems.tumblr.com

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One of the coal plants just granted an exemption to various emissions regulations for two years also burns tires to run a crypto mining operation. So that’s fun.

The-dollar-as-unchallenged-global-reserve-currency has been an enormous advantage for the US, on a scale that very few people understand. It only happened because of the US' unique position in the aftermath of WWII; once it's gone, it's never coming back.

Almost a dozen hatcheries in Puget Sound are in limbo because a single NOAA employee was terminated by DOGE in February. That employee was Krista Finlay and her job at NOAA was to ensure hatcheries complied with the Endangered Species Act before the fish were released into Puget Sound. Read more:

"The federal government cannot unilaterally strip states’ independent constitutional authority. We are a nation of states — and laws — and we will not be deterred." Statement from @usclimate.bsky.social‬ co-chairs @governor.ny.gov & @govmlg.bsky.social

The oil and gas industry is sure getting its $$ worth from its donations to Trump's re-election www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

There are people who want to do something and people who want to be somebody. Be the former, not the latter.

Trump promised to reduce Americans' energy costs but his whole agenda is doing the opposite Guess who is getting richer tho subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

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Tomorrow, Trump will claim a US power sector "emergency" justifies forcing ratepayers to bail out uneconomic coal plants. But as I testified to Congress last month, there's no emergency - especially w/ modest flexibility from new data centers. 🔌💡 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

Fun fact Carrie Coon and I share a birthday

The fascists in the Republican Party have been there all along, they were just waiting for their dictator. They’re not being dragged or coerced, they absolutely love it.

War crimes: The Palestinian paramedics shot dead by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes.

One of the most impactful things that state and local officials can do to counter the Trump administration's unlawful attacks on federal clean energy programs is to invest in their own state and local green banks. Learn more about state and local green banks here www.usgreenbanks.org

pretty wild

They can’t bring back that father who was legally in the US seeking asylum because he’s a Salvadoran sent to an El Salvador prison. Sue ICE. Sue everyone.

Spring hits different

Beautiful shot of Seattle from tonight’s Mariners broadcast

Honored to be on @TIME 2025 Earth Awards list. It’s great to have so many advocates taking action for a clean energy future - and present. bit.ly/43Xgr7P

One friend no one realized was in the fantasy baseball group chat just revealed his presence. Mike Waltz strikes again.

Repealing the IRA would have energy costs go up “more than $6 billion higher for U.S. households in 2030 and more than $9 billion higher in 2035.” So much for “lower costs.”

Our governors have a message for America: We are still the masters of our own destiny.

Happy opening day ⚾️

History will view this man with such contempt -- a weak, sad apparatchik who ushered the country into authoritarianism, all while preening in the mirror, telling himself lies about his own role.

My two deciding factors on tough NCAA tourney picks: - W/L last 10 games (are you hot or cold?) - Record vs Top 25 (can you win big games?)

Since the passage of the IRA, states have benefited from millions in clean energy & manufacturing investment + thousands of new jobs. But Congressional Republicans are putting that all at risk. New article out from me and @shannonbb-8.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/cong...