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"New England may be cold and dark in the winter, but it’s liberal all year round."
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social on why cold weather is becoming an increasing problem as northeastern states decarbonize:
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Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social on why cold weather is becoming an increasing problem as northeastern states decarbonize:
heatmap.news/energy/winte...
Winter Is Going to Be a Problem
With more electric heating in the Northeast comes greater strains on the grid.
heatmap.news
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"New England may be cold and dark in the winter, but it’s liberal all year round."
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social on why cold weather is becoming an increasing problem as northeastern states decarbonize:
heatmap.news/energy/winte...
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social on why cold weather is becoming an increasing problem as northeastern states decarbonize:
heatmap.news/energy/winte...
This week on SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
How to Make Your Climate Giving Count, According to an Expert
Rob preps for Giving Tuesday with Giving Green’s Dan Stein.
heatmap.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This week on SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social talks with Dan Stein of @givinggreen.earth about where climate progress comes from, the Gates memo, and how to make your Giving Tuesday dollars count:
heatmap.news/podcast/givi...
NEW in Heatmap AM:
⚛️ China forms 10-country fusion coalition
🌊 Interior Department won’t do NEPA review on offshore drilling plan
🇮🇷 Iran’s president says nation’s capital will have to move due to sinking
@alexckaufman.bsky.social has the pre-Thanksgiving roundup:
heatmap.news/am/china-nuc...
⚛️ China forms 10-country fusion coalition
🌊 Interior Department won’t do NEPA review on offshore drilling plan
🇮🇷 Iran’s president says nation’s capital will have to move due to sinking
@alexckaufman.bsky.social has the pre-Thanksgiving roundup:
heatmap.news/am/china-nuc...
China Forms a 10-Nation Fusion Energy Alliance
On Beijing’s coal dip, Iran’s environmental ‘catastrophe,’ and Thanksgiving carbon footprint
heatmap.news
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
NEW in Heatmap AM:
⚛️ China forms 10-country fusion coalition
🌊 Interior Department won’t do NEPA review on offshore drilling plan
🇮🇷 Iran’s president says nation’s capital will have to move due to sinking
@alexckaufman.bsky.social has the pre-Thanksgiving roundup:
heatmap.news/am/china-nuc...
⚛️ China forms 10-country fusion coalition
🌊 Interior Department won’t do NEPA review on offshore drilling plan
🇮🇷 Iran’s president says nation’s capital will have to move due to sinking
@alexckaufman.bsky.social has the pre-Thanksgiving roundup:
heatmap.news/am/china-nuc...
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Exclusive: I have learned that any energy permitting deal struck this Congress will have to address Trump’s solar and wind energy bottleneck or else it will never become law.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
Congress is motivated to pass a bipartisan deal, but Democrats are demanding limits on executive power.
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Exclusive: I have learned that any energy permitting deal struck this Congress will have to address Trump’s solar and wind energy bottleneck or else it will never become law.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
This comes as the main solar industry group is staying silent on a GOP-led deal moving through the House.
Will Trump let Congress take away his favorite toy — that is, his ability to mess with renewables development?
If he wants a permitting deal, he may have to. Here's @jael.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/politics/per...
If he wants a permitting deal, he may have to. Here's @jael.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/politics/per...
Trump Is the Biggest Wild Card in Permitting Reform
Congress is motivated to pass a bipartisan deal, but Democrats are demanding limits on executive power.
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Will Trump let Congress take away his favorite toy — that is, his ability to mess with renewables development?
If he wants a permitting deal, he may have to. Here's @jael.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/politics/per...
If he wants a permitting deal, he may have to. Here's @jael.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/politics/per...
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UN sec. gen. Antonio Guterres got it wrong when he said "Scientists tell us that a temporary overshoot above 1.5 degrees is now inevitable." Surpassing 1.5 may be inevitable, but the "temporary" part, not so much. My Q&A w/ an expert on why COPs need to confront this. heatmap.news/climate/cop-...
The Next COP Needs to Confront ‘Overshoot’
The Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is now all but impossible. Limiting — and eventually reversing — the damage will take some thought.
heatmap.news
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
UN sec. gen. Antonio Guterres got it wrong when he said "Scientists tell us that a temporary overshoot above 1.5 degrees is now inevitable." Surpassing 1.5 may be inevitable, but the "temporary" part, not so much. My Q&A w/ an expert on why COPs need to confront this. heatmap.news/climate/cop-...
Today in Heatmap AM:
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/georgia-d...
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/georgia-d...
Canceled Data Centers Curb Georgia’s Projected Power Surge
On California solar eating gas, China’s newest reactor, and GOP vs. CCS
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today in Heatmap AM:
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/georgia-d...
🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid
Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/georgia-d...
Start your week with the latest climate news:
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
COP30 Ends With a Fossil Fuel Win
On Ex-Im’s energy spree, a new American coal plant, and Oregon abundance
heatmap.news
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Start your week with the latest climate news:
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013
Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/cop30-ends
"A lot of power is going to a new office led by a deputy close to Wright."
11 Takeaways from the DOE’s Big Reorganization
Here’s what stood out to former agency staffers.
heatmap.news
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"A lot of power is going to a new office led by a deputy close to Wright."
In today’s Heatmap AM:
🛢️ Trump to open over a billion acres to offshore drilling
🗳️ House committee approves permitting bill
🪓 Energy Department axes two major clean energy offices
And more:
heatmap.news/am/trump-off...
🛢️ Trump to open over a billion acres to offshore drilling
🗳️ House committee approves permitting bill
🪓 Energy Department axes two major clean energy offices
And more:
heatmap.news/am/trump-off...
Trump Opens Billions of Ocean Acres to Offshore Drilling
On a permitting bill shocker, spiking gas bills, and China’s nuclear progress
heatmap.news
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In today’s Heatmap AM:
🛢️ Trump to open over a billion acres to offshore drilling
🗳️ House committee approves permitting bill
🪓 Energy Department axes two major clean energy offices
And more:
heatmap.news/am/trump-off...
🛢️ Trump to open over a billion acres to offshore drilling
🗳️ House committee approves permitting bill
🪓 Energy Department axes two major clean energy offices
And more:
heatmap.news/am/trump-off...
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huge news: a key house committee just advanced a major bipartisan permitting deal that would block future presidents from rescinding permits for political reasons
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
House Permitting Bill Would Block Trump From Pulling Permits
It was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by a vote of 25 to 18.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
huge news: a key house committee just advanced a major bipartisan permitting deal that would block future presidents from rescinding permits for political reasons
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines
via @heatmap.news
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A key House panel this afternoon advanced a permitting deal that included language barring Donald Trump — or any other president — from rescinding permits for energy projects: heatmap.news/energy/speed...
House Permitting Bill Would Block Trump From Pulling Permits
It was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by a vote of 25 to 18.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A key House panel this afternoon advanced a permitting deal that included language barring Donald Trump — or any other president — from rescinding permits for energy projects: heatmap.news/energy/speed...
BREAKING: Flames erupt at COP30 climate conference.
Here's @emilypont.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
Here's @emilypont.bsky.social with the story:
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COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
BREAKING: Flames erupt at COP30 climate conference.
Here's @emilypont.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
Here's @emilypont.bsky.social with the story:
heatmap.news/sparks/cop30...
This morning in Heatmap AM:
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
Trump Goes After the Endangered Species Act
On Turkey’s COP31 win, data center dangers, and Michigan’s anti-nuclear hail mary
heatmap.news
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This morning in Heatmap AM:
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter
Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/trump-end...
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At a crucial vote today, the officials in charge of the country’s largest power grid remained paralyzed by how to address rapidly rising electricity demand for data centers
We at @heatmap.news got you covered on the most important (in)decision today you didn’t know about
We at @heatmap.news got you covered on the most important (in)decision today you didn’t know about
PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma
Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At a crucial vote today, the officials in charge of the country’s largest power grid remained paralyzed by how to address rapidly rising electricity demand for data centers
We at @heatmap.news got you covered on the most important (in)decision today you didn’t know about
We at @heatmap.news got you covered on the most important (in)decision today you didn’t know about
BREAKING: The members of @pjminterconnection.bsky.social failed to decide on a plan to deal with the surge of demand from data centers.
That leaves it up to the board to submit a plan to @ferc.gov by the end of the year.
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:
heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
That leaves it up to the board to submit a plan to @ferc.gov by the end of the year.
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:
heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma
Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
BREAKING: The members of @pjminterconnection.bsky.social failed to decide on a plan to deal with the surge of demand from data centers.
That leaves it up to the board to submit a plan to @ferc.gov by the end of the year.
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:
heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
That leaves it up to the board to submit a plan to @ferc.gov by the end of the year.
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:
heatmap.news/energy/pjm-d...
Electricity bills have gotten crazy expensive.
But what if utilities just ... made less money?
@emilypont.bsky.social investigates:
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
But what if utilities just ... made less money?
@emilypont.bsky.social investigates:
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?
California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Electricity bills have gotten crazy expensive.
But what if utilities just ... made less money?
@emilypont.bsky.social investigates:
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
But what if utilities just ... made less money?
@emilypont.bsky.social investigates:
heatmap.news/energy/calif...
On this week's SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com wonk out with @advaitarun.bsky.social about project financing for data centers. Is it a bubble? And if so, what will that mean for clean energy?
Listen to find out:
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@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com wonk out with @advaitarun.bsky.social about project financing for data centers. Is it a bubble? And if so, what will that mean for clean energy?
Listen to find out:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
How Clean Energy Could Prepare for an AI Bubble
Podcast Episode · Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · 11/19/2025 · 1h 19m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
On this week's SHIFT KEY:
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com wonk out with @advaitarun.bsky.social about project financing for data centers. Is it a bubble? And if so, what will that mean for clean energy?
Listen to find out:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com wonk out with @advaitarun.bsky.social about project financing for data centers. Is it a bubble? And if so, what will that mean for clean energy?
Listen to find out:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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I'm on @heatmap.news Shift Key this morning to talk all about "Bubble or Nothing" and the fragility of the data center investment boom!
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How Clean Energy Could Prepare for an AI Bubble
Rob and Jesse talk data center finance with the Center for Public Enterprise’s Advait Arun.
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm on @heatmap.news Shift Key this morning to talk all about "Bubble or Nothing" and the fragility of the data center investment boom!
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
Heatmap AM’s top stories:
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
Trump Backs Three Mile Island Revival
On ravenous data centers, treasured aluminum trash, and the drilling slump
heatmap.news
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Heatmap AM’s top stories:
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum
Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:
heatmap.news/am/trump-thr...
Democrats think they have a winning message against Trump.
There's just one problem: climate policy is getting in the way.
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the full story:
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
There's just one problem: climate policy is getting in the way.
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the full story:
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
Democrats’ New Affordability Message Is Complicating Climate Policy
The transition to clean energy will be expensive today, even if it’ll be cheaper in the long run.
heatmap.news
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Democrats think they have a winning message against Trump.
There's just one problem: climate policy is getting in the way.
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the full story:
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
There's just one problem: climate policy is getting in the way.
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the full story:
heatmap.news/politics/dem...
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Pouring more money into coal plants doesn’t add up—and here’s another reason: Coal is more prone to equipment failures than cheaper, cleaner and more abundant renewable energy.
@zeitlin.bsky.social via @heatmap.news explains:
@zeitlin.bsky.social via @heatmap.news explains:
Coal is the least reliable energy source in the U.S., according to a new analysis by @envdefensefund.bsky.social shared exclusively with Heatmap.
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:
heatmap.news/energy/coal-...
Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:
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Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.
heatmap.news
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pouring more money into coal plants doesn’t add up—and here’s another reason: Coal is more prone to equipment failures than cheaper, cleaner and more abundant renewable energy.
@zeitlin.bsky.social via @heatmap.news explains:
@zeitlin.bsky.social via @heatmap.news explains:
NEW in Heatmap AM:
📤 FEMA director resigns
💧 EPA may roll back Clean Water Act wetlands protections
🔦 Power outage length is increasing in US
Get all that — plus more! — from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/fema-head...
📤 FEMA director resigns
💧 EPA may roll back Clean Water Act wetlands protections
🔦 Power outage length is increasing in US
Get all that — plus more! — from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/fema-head...
FEMA’s Controversial Head Steps Down
On EPA’s wetland protections, worsening blackouts, and a solar bright spot
heatmap.news
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NEW in Heatmap AM:
📤 FEMA director resigns
💧 EPA may roll back Clean Water Act wetlands protections
🔦 Power outage length is increasing in US
Get all that — plus more! — from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/fema-head...
📤 FEMA director resigns
💧 EPA may roll back Clean Water Act wetlands protections
🔦 Power outage length is increasing in US
Get all that — plus more! — from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:
heatmap.news/am/fema-head...
Mikie Sherrill cruised to victory in New Jersey’s governor race on the back of a promise to freeze electricity rates.
But what will that actually take?
@zeitlin.bsky.social has the answers:
heatmap.news/energy/new-j...
But what will that actually take?
@zeitlin.bsky.social has the answers:
heatmap.news/energy/new-j...
How an Electricity Rate Freeze Could Actually Work
New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill made a rate freeze one of her signature campaign promises, but that’s easier said than done.
heatmap.news
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Mikie Sherrill cruised to victory in New Jersey’s governor race on the back of a promise to freeze electricity rates.
But what will that actually take?
@zeitlin.bsky.social has the answers:
heatmap.news/energy/new-j...
But what will that actually take?
@zeitlin.bsky.social has the answers:
heatmap.news/energy/new-j...