Another update from @emilypont.bsky.social on the Trump administration/TotalEnergies offshore wind deal: "The terms of the deal have been made public, and Americans’ side of the bargain appears to be worthless." heatmap.news/energy/total... 🔌💡
Here is a brief explainer youtu.be/lWMi1VKwBqY?...
Thanks for posting about it!
OK … I think I want one. www.jackery.com/pages/earth-...
Yes, please fight for clean energy in your county/locality! Because you'd better believe the people who are angry about it are showing up!
Greenlight America is focused on this work
www.greenlightamerica.org
Wow.
Turkey vultures?
I often run into folks who seem slightly confused about where our greenhouse gas emissions come from.
Many folks seem to think that greenhouse gases are basically "CO2 from burning fossil fuels" -- but that's only ~61% correct.
The other ~39% of our emissions stem from other gases and processes.
Love how @grist.org's Kate Yoder uses this essay on "How the Trump administration’s climate math doesn’t add up" as an excuse to slay the age-old climate-vs-the-economy trope.
Climate vs fossil-fueled profits? Of course.
Climate vs economy? Nope.
grist.org/economics/tr...
I love this interview so much. Basically - the nerds are angry and we're not going away.
Also mentoring early career researchers is extra difficult now, & especially if they are in the US on a visa. There is so much added stress for international researchers.
grist.org/science/kate...
It is shameful. 😖
Solar eclipse photo at totality.
Timeline cleanse: The solar eclipse from two years ago, viewed from Shaker Heights, Ohio. 😁
Thought-provoking video by my friend @climateadam.bsky.social. A counterpoint though: I think more talk about space missions can be a nice wedge to talking about other science & why it needs funding. Just yesterday I was interviewed about US science funding BECAUSE of dissonance w/ Artemis coverage!
Don't think I've ever been as terrified in all the Trump security crises. As @pkrugman.bsky.social said, "It’s the most astonishing, awful thing that I’ve ever seen, and we’ve all seen a lot of awful things." Mainly as cope, and to teach it, I keep asking why. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...
US 2025 battery deployment skyrocketed 52% by MW and 40% by MWh, compared to 2024!
Annual deployment nearly quadrupled since 2022.
Batteries are keys to firming solar and wind and increasing grid reliability.
They are now displacing gas peakers.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0204202... #energysky
Illinois utility ComEd, solar developers and environmental groups collaborated to enable flexible interconnection to fast-track 50+MW of community solar in record time. Participants think other states and utilities can follow their collaborative lead:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...
#energysky
I move that “Copy moon joy” be the phrase of the year for 2026
“go back to the moon but this time we have really good cameras” was a fantastic idea
hey stop what you're doing, take a deep breath, and enjoy the first photo of Earth snapped from this vantage point in decades
it'll make you a better, more wondrous, more humane person, i promise
www.popsci.com/science/eart...
Great Ember Report!
Electrotech (solar, EV, battery & more) leapfrogs fossil fuels in emerging countries. Why?
An example:
A decade ago, solar required 5 times more upfront capital investment than a coal plant.
Now, solar is less!
Solar has free fuel!
ember-energy.org/latest-insig... #energysky
Let’s go!
Last year, ConocoPhillips fired thousands of fossil fuel workers. Does anyone know what if anything the Republicans in power did to ensure a just transition to new, dignified jobs for those workers? This is the sort of thing people who advocate for transitions to clean energy get slammed for.
The "God Squad" will be meeting this morning to determine whether to exempt all federally regulated fossil fuel development in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act. This article is a good summary of what's at stake.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2703202...
A government that can raise real revenue is one that can hold the wealthy accountable.
Throughout American history, opponents of democracy have tried to undermine the government’s capacity to tax so that they could keep power in their own hands: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqDd...
I went down a rabbit hole the other day on Batesian mimicry. #NewWord Fascinating stuff.
We’re working on that. It’s slow ofc. (Sigh.)
I was hoping for some FERC thing that would make PJM do its job. 😔
My utility in PJM has: high resi rates, long interconnection queue, no tariffs in sight that would encourage even a modest amount of VPP behavior. Help! What do we do?
