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Ravi Manghani @raviam.bsky.social · Sep 6

Narrator: by worthless, he means extremely cheap.

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Jul 24

Canceling transmission lines will raise electricity prices and raise emissions. Canceling transmission lines enhances corporate monopoly power and profit. Canceling transmission lines is climate denial.

RTO Insider @rtoinsider.bsky.social · Jul 24

The Department of Energy says it has terminated its $4.9 billion conditional loan commitment for the long-delayed Grain Belt Express project.

See Full Story: ow.ly/Prl650WuhsL
Writer: Tom Kleckner

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · Jul 22

Someone should tell Chris Wright about how we dealt with asbestos
@opinion.bloomberg.com

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Ravi Manghani @raviam.bsky.social · Jul 22

A lot needs to happen right on #battery supply chain diversification for #energystorage wave to materialize

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tyler fitch @tyfi.bsky.social · Jul 22

From semafor: As the dust is settling on OBBB, storage is (roughly) full-steam ahead

www.semafor.com/article/07/2...

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 21

EPA To Drop 'E,' 'P' From Name
theonion.com/epa-to-...

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Ravi Manghani @raviam.bsky.social · Jul 21

My fantastic four

The Daily Show hosts (Jordan, Desi, Ronny, Michael). Sorry, no room for John)

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Ravi Manghani @raviam.bsky.social · Jul 21

You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature?

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Ravi Manghani @raviam.bsky.social · Jul 19

This is where I post from

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Ravi Manghani @raviam.bsky.social · Jul 8

Would the objective be to minimize the mean or the median wait time?

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Jul 4

Dear All Journalists,

You don’t have to credit the line “Tariffs will hit American consumers” to “economists say”.

Thanks

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Lisa Fung @lisafung.bsky.social · Jul 3

‘Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”…would kill federal support for solar and wind power, undoing President Biden’s historic climate law and punishing Americans with deadlier air, more lethal heat waves and higher electric bills.’

Via @sammyroth.bsky.social

www.latimes.com/environment/...

Commentary: Republican budget bill would slaughter America's cleanest, cheapest energy

It's hard to find reasons for optimism. But we're not doomed.

www.latimes.com

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katie brigham @kbrigham.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEW: At least one House Freedom Caucus member is looking for Trump to "deal with" IRA tax credits before they vote yes on the megabill

thanks for putting up with and refining my attempts at politics reporting @jael.bsky.social

Trump Will ‘Deal’ with Wind and Solar Tax Credits in Megabill, GOP Congressman Says

“We had enough assurance that the president was going to deal with them.”

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · Jul 2

REPEAT Project just completed our rapid analysis of the impacts of the Senate-passed version of the One Big "Beautiful" Bill (OBBB), which the House is considering now, on the US energy sector and emissions. Still working up full report, but here is a sneak peak...
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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · Jul 2

Narrative 1: China is dumping cheap solar panels onto the world by unfairly subsidizing its solar industry.

Narrative 2: US, Russia, Saudi are dumping cheap oil and gas onto the world by unfairly subsidizing production and transport.

Both can be defended with facts. Which one do you hear more?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jul 1

Republicans finally found a way to bring down costs. All it took was magically declaring expensive things to be free.
At least, that’s the lesson of OBBB, whose Senate passage today required reinventing the laws of accounting.
A look at the big fat warning sign the GOP just gave to the bond market:

Opinion | The GOP’s big, fat warning sign to the bond market

This is not how budgeting should work.

wapo.st

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Jul 1

“This is the modern version of book burning.”

Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · Jul 1

The Trump administration has shut down a federal website on climate change, taking down congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports and extensive information on how global warming is affecting the country. @coveringclimatenow.org @sciencewriters.org www.latimes.com/environment/...

Trump administration shuts down U.S. website on climate change

The Trump administration shut down a website with national reports on climate change. Scientists decry the move, saying it robs the public of vital information.

www.latimes.com

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George Pearkes @peark.es · Jul 1

Sorry small correction - the solar/wind excise tax is out. No word yet on phase-outs of existing credits.

Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Jul 1

Another flagged by Sarah Ferris of CNN: the excise tax on wind and solar projects is OUT of the wraparound amendment.

Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · Jul 1

We're starting to get details on the wraparound amendment now - the official leadership endorsed rewrite of the bill.

One flagged by CNN: they're doubling the size of the rural hospital fund to $50 billion. Which sounds like a lot! Except there's gonna be $119 billion in cuts to rural hospitals.

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Jake Higdon @jakehigdon.com · Jun 30

In Heatmap, @azevin.bsky.social & I explain how the web of "foreign entity" rules in the GOP budget bill is certain to backfire.

It's an "impossible bind" where the U.S. companies working the *hardest* to onshore supply chains are penalized the *most*. Their tech will end up right back in China.

Heatmap News @heatmap.news · Jun 30

"In the end we will cede not only our supply chains to China, but also our competitive edge in the race for AI and manufacturing dominance."

Former DOE staffers @azevin.bsky.social and @jakehigdon.com argue that the Senate megabill will hand energy dominance to China ⬇️

The GOP Megabill Is Playing Right Into China’s Hands

Two former Department of Energy staffers argue from experience that severe foreign entity restrictions aren’t the way to reshore America’s clean energy supply chain.

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · Jul 1

One vote tonight took 43 minutes — not a blistering pace. Looks like Rs may be slow-walking while they keep working on the bill.

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Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · Jun 30

The GOP Senate tax bill is wrecking ball for the power grid
@opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The GOP Tax Bill Will Destabilize Tomorrow's Power Grid

The intensified attack on wind and solar power threatens capacity at a time when AI demand for electricity is surging.

www.bloomberg.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Jun 30

The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs.

I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!

Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation

The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.

energyinnovation.org

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Emily Guskin @emgusk.bsky.social · Jun 30

I couldn't make it through this story yesterday, but everyone needs to read it.

In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

www.washingtonpost.com

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Jun 30

“There isn’t going to be a gas fired generator any time soon,” Tillis said. “You can’t get that online and the same time that [renewable] pipeline’s going down.”

First time GOP opposition over this made public in Senate debate on the reconciliation bill.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Jun 30

Sen Thom Tillis now on the Senate floor railing against the repeal of the ITC and PTC !!!

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Jun 29

Seeing a lot of discussion about the birthright citizenship case: the very issue is upsetting, the consequences (even at this preliminary stage) could be dire. But I think the truly alarming case from Friday is Mahmoud v Taylor, the “LGBTQ opt-out” case.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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stephen fowler @stphnfwlr.com · Jun 29

EXCLUSIVE @npr.org: The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.

The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system

The Department of Homeland Security, with help from DOGE, has rolled out a tool that purports to be able to check the citizenship status of almost all Americans.

www.npr.org

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