This is more money than all annual Department of Energy geothermal power, solar power, and wind power research and development spending, combined.

Read some energy discourse on Twitter and my takeaway is that a primary reason people don’t prioritize climate is because the discourse is now dominated by a bunch of lame wonks (real & wannabe) who do little but suppress interest in climate action.

Murdering thousands of children: an unwise use of political capital for Democrats? We discuss at this year's Welcomefest.

However much you hate centrists, it's not enough.

The Strait of Hormuz, which Iran owns thanks to Trump, is 270 times as long as the reflecting pool.

these bastards think they own us

really cannot be emphasized enough that every democratic policy goal must run through breaking the power of this corrupt court

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Sen. Ruben Gallego observing that "God, it's a lot of white people here" while speaking at the 2026 centrist WelcomeFest in DC underway today. Lol.

crazy that under the precedent set by callais, a lily-white congressional delegation formed by "partisan" gerrymandering in a plurality black state passes constitutional muster, while any majority-minority district is constitutionally suspect

Faced with a choice between two profitable economic transitions, the US chose to go all-in on the one that undercuts humanity, destroys jobs, and worsens our dependence on fossil fuel instead of the one that contributes to a greener, more sustainable world.

Welcome to the world the western U.S. has been living through for years: wildfire season.

“I’m Kid Rock.” “I’m Naomi Wolf.” “I’m Kanye West.” “I’m Matt Taibbi.” “I’m Catturd. Those stories, plus Rob Schneider, tonight on 60 Minutes.”

Social license matters. The tech industry's rush to site data centers without addressing community concerns about costs, pollution, public health, and other issues has generated a massive backlash that cuts across partisan lines. @heatmap.news @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social

Really makes me think whether the “Abundance” push, though facially centered on housing and green energy infrastructure, was really all about laying the groundwork for AI data centers. But even if not by design, it is the reality. And the public isn’t buying it.

was reading The Road again and sent a message to the writer group about how cmc gives no fucks and leaves it all out there in a way that everyone should aspire to but mixed up my chats and turns out everyone in the fantasy football group text also agrees that christian mccaffrey is that guy

Treating all claims that AI is/will be a climate savior as abject nonsense until I see a radical shift in these trends.

DANIEL YERGIN: ’Even a swift reopening doesn’t mean a swift return to “normal.” According to S&P Global’s analysis, it would take up to six months to return to 80% of precrisis supply.‘ www.wsj.com/opinion/ener...

Glimmers of hope—and a testament to the power, foresight, and promise of the Endangered Species Act. Gratitude to all the federal, Tribal (here, the Yurok), and state folks who collaborated to ensure the condor still roams the America’s skies free and wild.

This is what "Abundance" was always meant to justify.

She's a partisan hack who has never tried a case as lead counsel, whether civil or criminal.

As Trump, Congress, and the Supreme Court ravage bedrock environmental laws, I must ask: Is this Abundance? If not, why is Congress—on a bipartisan basis—contemplating "permit reform" to further weaken bedrock environmental laws? Such a profound mistake.

Tony's thread raises a critical insight: Proponents of "build, baby, build" have embraced an "all of above" & "tech neutral" ethos that bends the government's knee to markets, does not resolve what we should or should not build, & thus confines policy design to (ironically) procedural fetishism.

Bedrock environmental laws are eroding as a result of politicians & economic interests fixating on material interests to the exclusion of nature, creating a clear & present danger to our shared future. Our country urgently needs to craft new, strengthened environmental laws.

We do not have voting rights in this country anymore. We just don’t. We did for a while because Congress codified them pursuant to a constitutional amendment enacted by the people in a great repudiation of the original sin of slavery. But the Supreme Court has nullified that law and that amendment.

This heinous ruling confirms a worst-case-scenario reading of Callais as an all-purpose shield for racist lawmakers who want to gerrymander Black communities into electoral oblivion. And it’s outrageously partisan—a totally unprincipled gift to the GOP. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

RESULT: Deb Haaland will be Democrats' nominee for governor in New Mexico. Haaland, the former Interior Secretary, easily defeated Sam Bregman, a tough-on-crime DA, the AP just called. (The GOP nominee remains unclear.)

The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.

Starving gray whales are washing up on the Pacific coast in alarming numbers. “With the continued warming of the oceans, and the ensuing changes in food availability, animals such as gray whales… are dying.” @susrust.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/...

TRUTH!

“One acre of secure habitat” is all that’s needed for an ESA listed Rocky Mountain Grizzly bear? A bit of a reduction from the scientific agreed upon 2,500 acres But such is U.S. Flop & Wildlife Service “Science” USFWS comes up w/desired conclusion, then makes up numbers/data to support it

NEWS RELEASE: We're suing USFS/USFWS over redefining grizzly bear secure habitat patches down from 2,500 acres to ONE ACRE. Case filed just now. Details below:

Abundance discovers that people like everything bagels. The difference with, e.g., Green New Deal folks is that they like their bagels sprinkled with Tech Bro garbage and fossil fuels rather than equity, justice, & other measures that create a social foundation for people.

Man, I feel this. Similar dynamics in the advocacy world. Especially as tech money floods philanthropy.

“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

“Bob McNally, president of Rapidan Energy Group, said the US is seeing a wave of investor interest in North American hydrocarbons. That’s because the previous consensus that oil and gas consumption has peaked has shifted to expectations of demand growth after 2030, McNally said.”

“Based on current conditions, U.S. airlines will probably pay some $25 billion more for jet fuel in 2026 than they expected to. That’s more than what the industry earned in 2024 and 2025 combined.”

As more rain has fallen, people have looked for something to blame. Many have landed on umbrellas. (this is a really good article.)

Hormuz open next week is the new infrastructure week

market: homes for computers > homes for people

Futures go red: * IRAN'S TASNIM NEWS AGENCY SAYS IRAN'S NEGOTIATING TEAM IS STOPPING MESSAGE EXCHANGES WITH U.S. THROUGH MEDIATORS OVER ATTACKS ON LEBANON @reuters.com

There is no deal FYI. The Strait will remain closed. This is terrible news but it’s the price of incompetence.

Ossoff: He’s trying to put his face on the money. He's building a monument to himself . But see, Atlanta, he's doing these things now because no one will honor him when he’s gone… because he's a failed president and a national disgrace.

BIANCO: “.. Feb 27 is the day before the war began. The black line is the S&P 500; it is up 10+% since Feb 27. The blue line is the S&P WITHOUT the AI stocks. .. It is still DOWN 0.66%. Maybe soaring gas prices are having an impact on the market after all?”

Jesus Christ

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

I feel like it’s the people saying that we need fossil fuels to live well who have the least faith in human ingenuity, actually.

Would absolutely love it if the clean electrification sector gets some swagger & moxy rather than get dragged along in the wake of the fossil fuel energy industry & it’s transparent play for “all of the above” & “tech neutral” policy (which is purposefully designed to favor fossil fuel incumbents).

Just completed a congressional oversight visit with members of the New Jersey delegation. Delaney Hall should be shut down. This is not America.