Dana Siler
@danasilerpgh.bsky.social
Climate activist, data nerd, cyclist, pocket pet enthusiast, runner, programmer. My views are my own and do not represent any organization which I may be part of.
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The company is also working on a long-duration battery storage pilot project at the Sherco plant.
#EnergySky
#EnergySky
Minnesota will require its utility companies to get 100% of their energy from carbon-free sources by 2040.
Sherco, once a coal plant, will be one of the largest solar farms in the country.
mn.my.xcelenergy.com/s/renewable/...
Sherco, once a coal plant, will be one of the largest solar farms in the country.
mn.my.xcelenergy.com/s/renewable/...
Xcel Energy
mn.my.xcelenergy.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The company is also working on a long-duration battery storage pilot project at the Sherco plant.
#EnergySky
#EnergySky
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As the fossil fuel industry derails efforts to ramp down, the tech bro propaganda campaign to normalize solar geoengineering is ramping up.😱
50+ African nations are calling for a NON-USE agreement before it's too late. The Guardian is joining them. So should the rest of us. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
50+ African nations are calling for a NON-USE agreement before it's too late. The Guardian is joining them. So should the rest of us. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
The Guardian view on solar geoengineering: Africa has a point about this risky technology | Editorial
Editorial: Sun-dimming risks putting the planet’s thermostat under Donald Trump’s control. Better to adopt the precautionary principle with high-stakes science
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
As the fossil fuel industry derails efforts to ramp down, the tech bro propaganda campaign to normalize solar geoengineering is ramping up.😱
50+ African nations are calling for a NON-USE agreement before it's too late. The Guardian is joining them. So should the rest of us. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
50+ African nations are calling for a NON-USE agreement before it's too late. The Guardian is joining them. So should the rest of us. #ClimateSky 🔌💡
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Study finds it’s more expensive to use coal in Kentucky instead of switching to solar #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
Study finds it's more expensive to use coal in Kentucky instead of switching to solar
A new study evaluating Kentucky’s electricity needs shows that new state laws are hindering a transition to a cheaper, cleaner and more dependable energy
www.solarpowerworldonline.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Study finds it’s more expensive to use coal in Kentucky instead of switching to solar #energysky -- via Solar Power World:
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How distributed energy resources could combat soaring electricity costs in the US #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
How distributed energy resources could combat soaring electricity costs in the US
ESN Premium speaks with John Farrell, Co-Director of The ILSR, on rising utility costs and the role energy storage can play.
www.energy-storage.news
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
How distributed energy resources could combat soaring electricity costs in the US #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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Silicon anodes are coming to market! Huge improvement in energy density (400 Wh/kg!) and charge rates (10 min rapid charging) for Li-ion batteries, and an alternative to graphite, which is almost all sourced from China now. This is one area where US could regain leadership in battery tech.
🔗⤵️ 🔌🚗 🔌💡
🔗⤵️ 🔌🚗 🔌💡
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Silicon anodes are coming to market! Huge improvement in energy density (400 Wh/kg!) and charge rates (10 min rapid charging) for Li-ion batteries, and an alternative to graphite, which is almost all sourced from China now. This is one area where US could regain leadership in battery tech.
🔗⤵️ 🔌🚗 🔌💡
🔗⤵️ 🔌🚗 🔌💡
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Witness PA is a collective of professional writers, journalists, photographers, artists, and visual storytellers in western PA formed to document immigration detention impacts and community responses. You can support their work here --
www.givebigpittsburgh.com/p2p/443380/w...
www.givebigpittsburgh.com/p2p/443380/w...
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Witness PA is a collective of professional writers, journalists, photographers, artists, and visual storytellers in western PA formed to document immigration detention impacts and community responses. You can support their work here --
www.givebigpittsburgh.com/p2p/443380/w...
www.givebigpittsburgh.com/p2p/443380/w...
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Good morning with good news: Renewables are ~85% of US utility-scale generation High Probability additions from October 2025 to September 2028.
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Good morning with good news: Renewables are ~85% of US utility-scale generation High Probability additions from October 2025 to September 2028.
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
Also, by September 2028, US total fossil fuel generation will be DOWN ~32 GW, as retirements exceed additions.
#energysky cms.ferc.gov/media/energy...
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Vile, evil people.
The citizenship ceremony is the last thing in a long series of hurdles a naturalized citizen goes through. All checks have been passed, the citizenship knowledge test has been passed. Snatching it away at this point is cruel but as we know, cruelty is the point.
The citizenship ceremony is the last thing in a long series of hurdles a naturalized citizen goes through. All checks have been passed, the citizenship knowledge test has been passed. Snatching it away at this point is cruel but as we know, cruelty is the point.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Vile, evil people.
The citizenship ceremony is the last thing in a long series of hurdles a naturalized citizen goes through. All checks have been passed, the citizenship knowledge test has been passed. Snatching it away at this point is cruel but as we know, cruelty is the point.
The citizenship ceremony is the last thing in a long series of hurdles a naturalized citizen goes through. All checks have been passed, the citizenship knowledge test has been passed. Snatching it away at this point is cruel but as we know, cruelty is the point.
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The WSJ reports on the historic news yesterday that Eavor has begun operations of the first commercial-scale multilateral closed loop geotherm power project in the world! It's not every day that a new power tech has its "world's first" moment. Don't miss this www.wsj.com/articles/a-g... 🔌💡
Exclusive | A Geothermal Company Wants to Use New Technology to Heat an Old German Town
A project in Bavaria is harnessing high temperatures from deep beneath the earth to provide a community with warmth in the winter and to power the local grid in the summer.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The WSJ reports on the historic news yesterday that Eavor has begun operations of the first commercial-scale multilateral closed loop geotherm power project in the world! It's not every day that a new power tech has its "world's first" moment. Don't miss this www.wsj.com/articles/a-g... 🔌💡
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Weather can be wonky — natural variability happens. But human-made carbon pollution is turning extreme weather from expected to unnatural.
🍿 A 2-minute CliffNotes on how attribution science connects the fingerprint of climate change to show how much more likely or intense events are 👇
🍿 A 2-minute CliffNotes on how attribution science connects the fingerprint of climate change to show how much more likely or intense events are 👇
Ever wonder how scientists can say climate change made an extreme weather event more likely or more intense?
That’s attribution science at work.
It compares today’s world to one without the extra heat we’ve added through heat-trapping carbon pollution.
📺Learn more⤵️
youtu.be/A2vUBBkEOjA
That’s attribution science at work.
It compares today’s world to one without the extra heat we’ve added through heat-trapping carbon pollution.
📺Learn more⤵️
youtu.be/A2vUBBkEOjA
How Scientists Connect Climate Change to Extreme Weather
YouTube video by climatecentral
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Weather can be wonky — natural variability happens. But human-made carbon pollution is turning extreme weather from expected to unnatural.
🍿 A 2-minute CliffNotes on how attribution science connects the fingerprint of climate change to show how much more likely or intense events are 👇
🍿 A 2-minute CliffNotes on how attribution science connects the fingerprint of climate change to show how much more likely or intense events are 👇
welp. a new era begins where critical thinking and ability to evaluate sources is ever more important.
arstechnica.com/google/2025/...
arstechnica.com/google/2025/...
Google’s new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images
Google’s new image-generator model is available to try globally today.
arstechnica.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
welp. a new era begins where critical thinking and ability to evaluate sources is ever more important.
arstechnica.com/google/2025/...
arstechnica.com/google/2025/...
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Social media may pose a threat to our social cohesion. I think we could regulate the algorithms without impacting freedom of expression. Why should an algorithm be tuned to maximize divisive content?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Social media may pose a threat to our social cohesion. I think we could regulate the algorithms without impacting freedom of expression. Why should an algorithm be tuned to maximize divisive content?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Eos completes financing transactions totalling over US$1 billion, focuses on US manufacturing #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
Eos completes financing transactions totalling over US$1 billion, focuses on US manufacturing
Eos Energy has completed two financing transactions totalling over US$1 billion to strengthen its financial position and fund expansion.
www.energy-storage.news
November 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Eos completes financing transactions totalling over US$1 billion, focuses on US manufacturing #energysky -- via Energy Storage News:
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History’s “most successful international agreement to date”, the Montreal Protocol, continues to pave the way for complete ozone hole recovery within our lifetimes
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
History’s “most successful international agreement to date”, the Montreal Protocol, continues to pave the way for complete ozone hole recovery within our lifetimes
Take it from a climate activist, when Trump says “hoax”, it is actually a reality he does not want to deal with..
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
Trump dismisses calls to release Epstein files as ‘hoax': ‘Don't talk about it too much'
President Donald Trump said Monday that he would support releasing files in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, accusing Democrats of orchestrating a “hoax” to distract the public from Republican wins.
www.nbcsandiego.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Take it from a climate activist, when Trump says “hoax”, it is actually a reality he does not want to deal with..
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
www.nbcsandiego.com/video/news/n...
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You know what was unhelpful, all the electeds and pundits back in the spring saying, "to be sure, maybe DOGE is needed to increase efficiency". That's not what it was for, it was meant for destruction and crimey stuff. Total marks.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You know what was unhelpful, all the electeds and pundits back in the spring saying, "to be sure, maybe DOGE is needed to increase efficiency". That's not what it was for, it was meant for destruction and crimey stuff. Total marks.
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Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Tehran is on the brink of a severe water crisis.
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Multiple factors have left the city unprepared for the current drought, including population growth, mismanagement, and sanctions, but a rapidly warming climate is only adding to their problems.
abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
First Solar opens a Louisiana factory that’s 11 Superdomes big
First Solar opens a massive $1.1 billion solar factory in Louisiana, adding 3.5 GW of new US capacity and more than 800 well-paid jobs.
electrek.co
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡
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If you liked James Balog's movie, Chasing Ice, here is a follow-up (short) film, Chasing Time.
www.pbs.org/pov/films/ch...
www.pbs.org/pov/films/ch...
Chasing Time - POV
Photographer James Balog brings the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project to a close.
www.pbs.org
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If you liked James Balog's movie, Chasing Ice, here is a follow-up (short) film, Chasing Time.
www.pbs.org/pov/films/ch...
www.pbs.org/pov/films/ch...
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I talked with @meghanbartels.bsky.social for her article on the ten year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. I said “Until global emissions are at net zero, the climate outcomes of tomorrow are going to be worse than today.” But: the future not yet written. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
5 Charts Show Climate Progress as Paris Agreement Turns 10
The 2015 Paris Agreement forged a path for the world to stave off the worst climate change scenarios. Here’s where we stand 10 years later
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I talked with @meghanbartels.bsky.social for her article on the ten year anniversary of the Paris Agreement. I said “Until global emissions are at net zero, the climate outcomes of tomorrow are going to be worse than today.” But: the future not yet written. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
Buckle up, folks. Prepare to be gaslit by a pedophile and his sycophants.
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Buckle up, folks. Prepare to be gaslit by a pedophile and his sycophants.