Alexander C. Kaufman
@alexckaufman.bsky.social
Reporter. I write about energy, climate, and geopolitics. I'm especially into nuclear power, minerals, geothermal, the grid, and Puerto Rico. Contact: www.alexanderckaufman.com | kaufman.nyc | Signal: Kaufman.11
Congress is not going along with the Trump administration's vision of focus the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office almost entirely on nuclear power.
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Congress is not going along with the Trump administration's vision of focus the Energy Department's Loan Programs Office almost entirely on nuclear power.
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
Here's an update on what's in the FY26 Energy & Water Bill:
Even Westinghouse co-owner Cameco, which only bought its 49% stake in 2022, didn't believe the company would ever build another AP1000 until now.
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Even Westinghouse co-owner Cameco, which only bought its 49% stake in 2022, didn't believe the company would ever build another AP1000 until now.
What a totally misleading partisan statement from The Wall Street Journal editorial board.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a totally misleading partisan statement from The Wall Street Journal editorial board.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
Biden oversaw record oil and gas production and pumping billions into renewables and nuclear.
Trump's crusade against offshore wind, meanwhile, is so aggressive even Big Oil is balking.
Here's the press release:
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Here's the press release:
Back in May, I wrote about Endolith, a company using customized microbes to extract critical minerals from mining waste.
Today the company announced its Series A fundraising round, pulling in nearly $14 million to commercialize the technology. Pretty cool.
Today the company announced its Series A fundraising round, pulling in nearly $14 million to commercialize the technology. Pretty cool.
November 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Back in May, I wrote about Endolith, a company using customized microbes to extract critical minerals from mining waste.
Today the company announced its Series A fundraising round, pulling in nearly $14 million to commercialize the technology. Pretty cool.
Today the company announced its Series A fundraising round, pulling in nearly $14 million to commercialize the technology. Pretty cool.
Oh hey let’s see what the billionaire Blackwater guy has to say about the Minneapolis elec—
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Oh hey let’s see what the billionaire Blackwater guy has to say about the Minneapolis elec—
Spotted at a bar in Sunset Park
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Spotted at a bar in Sunset Park
Spotted on Staten Island
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Spotted on Staten Island
Looks like Nippon Steel has some regrets over its acquisition of U.S. Steel:
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Looks like Nippon Steel has some regrets over its acquisition of U.S. Steel:
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.
The two Democrats who surged to surprise victories on Tuesday and flipped seats on Georgia's Public Service Commission are already having material effects on the state's monopoly utility.
Both Jefferies *and* Goldman Sachs just downgraded Southern Company on regulatory concerns. 👀
Both Jefferies *and* Goldman Sachs just downgraded Southern Company on regulatory concerns. 👀
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The two Democrats who surged to surprise victories on Tuesday and flipped seats on Georgia's Public Service Commission are already having material effects on the state's monopoly utility.
Both Jefferies *and* Goldman Sachs just downgraded Southern Company on regulatory concerns. 👀
Both Jefferies *and* Goldman Sachs just downgraded Southern Company on regulatory concerns. 👀
A few years ago, Republicans were talking about turning Puerto Rico into a fossil fuel playground. But reconstruction has failed so badly that it's instead become a testing ground for distributed solar, which has become one of the few bright spots. Remarkable.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
November 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A few years ago, Republicans were talking about turning Puerto Rico into a fossil fuel playground. But reconstruction has failed so badly that it's instead become a testing ground for distributed solar, which has become one of the few bright spots. Remarkable.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
How do those who think Mamdani’s victory is a blueprint for Democrats to win nationwide explain Omar Fateh losing pretty handily to Jacob Frey in the Minneapolis mayoral race last night?
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
How do those who think Mamdani’s victory is a blueprint for Democrats to win nationwide explain Omar Fateh losing pretty handily to Jacob Frey in the Minneapolis mayoral race last night?
The climate movement’s strategy is demonstrably failing, so Bill Gates — probably the single biggest climate philanthropist and clean energy investor on Earth — suggested a new, more pragmatic approach. It seems some activists prefer to smear Gates as a climate denier than question their own dogma.
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The climate movement’s strategy is demonstrably failing, so Bill Gates — probably the single biggest climate philanthropist and clean energy investor on Earth — suggested a new, more pragmatic approach. It seems some activists prefer to smear Gates as a climate denier than question their own dogma.
a perfect meme
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
a perfect meme
Half of Jordan’s vehicle imports are now electric, and a whole industry of self-taught mechanics is finding ways to recondition Tesla batteries. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/s...
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Half of Jordan’s vehicle imports are now electric, and a whole industry of self-taught mechanics is finding ways to recondition Tesla batteries. www.climatechangenews.com/2025/11/03/s...
Which isn't to call the U.S. industry small, it's just concentrated. We have more capacity than anyone else but that's largely thanks to some megaprojects like The Geysers in California, which remains the world's biggest geothermal plant.
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Which isn't to call the U.S. industry small, it's just concentrated. We have more capacity than anyone else but that's largely thanks to some megaprojects like The Geysers in California, which remains the world's biggest geothermal plant.
This is such a useful chart showing how far ahead Asia and Latin America are with actually building geothermal, but how quickly the U.S. is racing ahead with new projects, thanks largely to the next-generation technologies taking off.
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is such a useful chart showing how far ahead Asia and Latin America are with actually building geothermal, but how quickly the U.S. is racing ahead with new projects, thanks largely to the next-generation technologies taking off.
Really good @emilypont.bsky.social dispatch from Alberta, examining how Canada was charging ahead on direct air capture even when the Biden administration's incentives were still in place heatmap.news/carbon-remov...
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Really good @emilypont.bsky.social dispatch from Alberta, examining how Canada was charging ahead on direct air capture even when the Biden administration's incentives were still in place heatmap.news/carbon-remov...
Clearly the market thought it was a mild story too
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Clearly the market thought it was a mild story too
The big Bloomberg piece on Oklo seems more mild than it was rumored to be before it was published, but has some interesting details about the remarkable timing Chris Wright -- now the U.S. Energy Secretary, then a fracking exec -- had when he invested in the nuclear startup.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The big Bloomberg piece on Oklo seems more mild than it was rumored to be before it was published, but has some interesting details about the remarkable timing Chris Wright -- now the U.S. Energy Secretary, then a fracking exec -- had when he invested in the nuclear startup.
watched a whole season of Naked and Afraid and decided to wild out
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
watched a whole season of Naked and Afraid and decided to wild out
Losing my mind. www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Losing my mind. www.semafor.com/article/10/2...
Nothing about polymer in the story, but here are some details:
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nothing about polymer in the story, but here are some details: