Inbox: Conservation Voters of PA is critical of a potential agreement from the Shapiro admin to keep open two western PA power plants. "While other states...are lowering their energy prices by moving aggressively to bring new wind and solar energy online, Pennsylvania remains stuck in the past."

Georgia embraces renewables to feed data center demand Regulators approved a plan this month that will make it easier for large energy users to support the development of wind and solar projects.

I talked with @eenews.bsky.social about Georgia's moves to boost renewable energy to meet data center demand.

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Waking up to discover that evidence has been released proving something we all knew. The Supreme Court's efforts to stop the Obama clean power plant rules were rooted in explicit, corrupt efforts to protect the fossil fuel industry.

Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up In what is possibly another sign of climate change, mosquitoes have landed in Iceland for the first time. For many years, the island was the only Arctic country that could claim to be mosquito-free. B...

Another indication of our climate-changed future.
#climate

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Power bills surge, leaving households scrambling to cope – while outages are on the rise Key Takeaways 1. The energy needs of data centers – and the new infrastructure they require – are major culprits in electrical costs. 2. Natural gas, the Northe...

I spoke with Warwick Advertiser about rising electricity prices.

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Base Power is adapting its distributed battery storage program for PJM As the startup secures permission to operate in Illinois, it's eyeing a product for data centers.

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The key risks of gas-fired power Consumers face significant risks from spikes in natural gas prices caused by weather and geopolitical events; these risks rise in relation to the amount of new gas-fired capacity added to the grid.

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Texas Is Building the Future of Electricity A new reform could put the state light-years ahead of the competition

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The only natural allies here are typical politicians and industry money.

The. Rise. Of. Cognitive. Surrender.

Study finds that people who use GenAI chatbots rely on them 80% of the time, and develop almost no capacity to recognize when a chatbot is feeding them faulty information.

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Thank you, President Trump, for finally delivering us a substantial tax on carbon!

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Don't want to do a spoiler, but if you squint, the hint is right there in the headline ...

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service The headquarters is going to Utah. Every regional office is being shuttered. The research program is being destroyed.

jesus christ

Agenda for Soft AE Symposium 2026

Looking forward to speaking at this @upenn.edu symposium on May 1.

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Are you finding yourself inundated with claims that geoengineering, carbon capture, and nuclear are the solutions to the climate crisis?

Read these white papers by our resident @penncssm.bsky.social climate solutions expert, Dr. Joe Romm: web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/public...

How to Undermine Authoritarian Control: On Empowering Parallel Institutions | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Science and democracy are under attack. We have the tools, knowledge, and lessons from history to preserve critical services and protect scientific truth—by building powerful parallel institutions.

My new @npquarterly.bsky.social piece outlines a path for how civil society, including the scientific community, can fight US democratic backsliding, drawing from lessons in history.

There's much we can do in this moment and many are already stepping up. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-to-under...

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Utilities lobby for re-regulation across PJM: Timeline tracks private meetings, legislation, advertising A timeline of events shows the campaign by utilities, including Exelon, FirstEnergy, and PPL, to build power plants, which could further increase profits.

Utilities owning power plants is not in the public interest.

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Concerned about how a "list of Jews" will be used by the Trump administration? Gosh. Some people are such worry-worts!

Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn

Excuse me, what did you just say? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY???

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The Endangered Species Act is US law. They've convened a group of people to determine when to break the law.

Judge blocks Trump's executive order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR A federal judge agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

Another Trump Executive Order (cutting funding for PBS and NPR) is ruled illegal.
"It is difficult to conceive of clearer evidence that a government action is targeted at viewpoints that the President does not like and seeks to squelch" said the judge.

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US Gasoline Price Rises Above $4 as War Sends Fuel Costs Surging US gasoline topped $4 a gallon for the first time since August 2022, one of the most high-profile reminders to date that even the world’s largest economy is feeling the impact of a deepening conflict ...

Elect conservatives, get fucked.

Peak load tipped to double as industries flock to Australia's world-first 100 pct renewables grid Peak demand is expected to double over the next decade as industries flock to take advantage of the world's first 100 pct net renewable grid built around wind and solar.

South Australia has spent years patiently constructing one of the world's first big 100% clean grids.

Its reward? Industries are *flocking* there to take advantage. Peak load is expected to double in coming years.

Go green, make green.

Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Extract List of Jews From Penn

There’s good historical reason to worry that an authoritarian government leader collecting a registry of Jews, under the pretext of protecting Jews, while that leader has referred to Jews as “disloyal,” may not end up so well for The Jews. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...

📢 Near real-time oil slick detections available!

New Cerulean release:
* Evaluates detections as public 🛰️ imagery becomes available
* Supports the ID of potential incidents within a few hours of image capture
* Allows for swifter action on oil slicks

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The Shocking Speed of China’s Scientific Rise When will Chinese research pull ahead of the U.S.’s?

The current regime defunds science, pushes scientific expertise out of Federal service, cedes the future, and does irreparable damage to the nation.

www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

Texas is deploying battery storage so fast that it's almost keeping up with the other 49 states... by itself!