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CenterPoint Chief vows there won’t be a repeat of Hurricane Beryl widespread outages. W/ @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Nuclear and geothermal power are unexpected winners in the Senate tax bill, while solar and wind would lose. 🎁 Link to story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Israel’s Attack on Iran Stokes Fears of a Wider War - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Utilities and power developers are planning to build a lot more natural-gas power plants to meet demand from AI data centers. The Trump EPA's proposed repeal of restrictions on GHG emissions will make that a lot easier and cheaper. My latest: 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

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Downtown San Francisco is peaceful but now all the Waymos are gone…

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We've seen two large #solar financing companies go bust within the past week. Analysts and investors say that could just be the tip of the iceberg. See my latest for @bloomberg.com 🎁 Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

NEWS - Another residential #solar company bites the dust. Second bankruptcy within a week. 🎁 Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Earthquake in Berkeley

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People who follow Tesla closely probably know about the high profile crashes involving Tesla owners Josh Brown and Walter Huang. You should also know about Johna Story, the pedestrian fatally struck in Arizona in 2023. She was 71. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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The National Hurricane Center has at least 4 empty positions for meteorologists, according to its website. But Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick says it’s “fully staffed” + ready for storms. Story w/ @weathersullivan.bsky.social @alicia-diaz.bsky.social (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Meager snowpack adds to Colorado River's woes, straining flows to Southern California

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Hmm. Tesla comes out in support of preserving clean energy tax credits. GOP House tax and spending bill would kill them.

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Breaking news - U.S. Dept. of Energy to withdraw loan guarantee to solar power company Sunnova.

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

Good explainer by @cocojournalist.bsky.social looking at the increasing risk of hail damaging rooftop solar panels.

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Midwest grid operator orders Entergy to initiate rolling blackouts in New Orleans area. Cause unclear. www.entergynewsroom.com/news/entergy...

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The fate of the $20 billion residential solar industry rests in the hands of moderate GOP senators. The House bill that strips away incentives for leased and purchased panels would gut the industry, execs and analysts say. My story: 🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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NEWS - The Trump administration has lifted an order that halted construction on a $5 billion wind energy project off the coast of New York. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Natural gas is a hot commodity these days in the U.S. power market. Check out @brianreports.bsky.social column on it 👇🏼

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Throw this into the fire of Congressional budget negotiations…

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Power companies are snapping up natural-gas generators like there is no tomorrow. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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ICYMI 👇🏼

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EV makers and buyers, solar-shopping homeowners, the nuclear power sector and hydrogen producers are among the biggest losers in GOP plan to cut $560B in tax credits. w/ @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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From EPA's EJScreen to FEMA's Future Risk Index, here are six environmental mapping tools that Trump's White House doesn't want you to see My latest @bloomberg.com (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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A must-read @bloomberg.com investigation into how AI-powered data centers are sucking up water in drought-prone regions 👇🏼

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Buffett runs a renewables heavyweight and has written that climate change is “highly likely” a “problem for the planet.” Yet Berkshire is a major investor in oil, gas and coal — a position poised to endure well after the 94-year-old retires. My analysis here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 52 days ago • 5 comments

Another mega-oil merger in the works?

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The power outage across Spain this week shows that installing rooftop solar doesn't automatically guarantee owners energy independence

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May the puns and metaphors bloom a thousand flowers now…

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Sovereignty > Journalism 🤷🏻

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meet the sheikh whose horse just won the derby. sweet man. www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/m...

submitted 54 days ago • 12 comments

At a time when journalistic freedom is in danger, it’s never been more important to reaffirm and solidify the First Amendment. On this World Press Freedom Day, let’s defend and celebrate—not denigrate and deny—the freedom of the press.

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Let’s Go Journalism! 🐎

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Exclusive w/ Josh Saul @bloomberg.com Xcel CEO says AI power needs are raising the prospects for building large new #nuclear plants in the United States. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Electric car sales reached 50% in China last October, says Tifenn Brandily at the BNEF Summit. Peak oil use within the next decade. 🤯

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ICYMI 👇🏼

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One product that got a tariff exemption is PET resin, used for plastic bottles. Reyes Holdings, a Coca-Cola bottler owned by two politically connected brothers, recently hired lobbyists with close ties to the Trump White House to advocate on tariffs. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

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NEW: Nike says most of the 1.1M people making its products earn 1.9X their local minimum wage. We obtained a payroll ledger for a Cambodian factory that supplied Nike for two years. 1% of the workforce earned that much. Team effort with @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/nike...

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This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/04/23/t...

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ICYMI - US set duties as high as 3,521% on #solar panel imports from Southeast Asia countries as part of an investigation into unfair trade practices. US solar manufacturers initiated the probe.

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🎁 Gift Link: US Imposes New Duties on Solar Imports From Southeast Asia Story with @jendlouhy.bsky.social

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White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some enviro nonprofits of tax-exempt status for Earth Day, by @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @akshatrathi.bsky.social 🎁 Gift Link: Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Cutting carbon emissions is key to reducing the risks of climate change. But emissions likely won't fall fast enough to limit warming to 2C, let alone 1.5C. That's where carbon dioxide removal comes in. But funding to the nascent sector is mismatched. A thread: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Woah Tesla Slumps Below 50% Share of California’s Electric Car Market www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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NEWS -> Rooftop solar company Sunnova has all but ceased originating new business and is having trouble convincing creditors to provide it for new cash so it can avoid Chapter 11. More details in story w/ Reshmi Basu & @jillrshah.bsky.social 🎁 link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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