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Former PA DEP Secretary John Quigley on why solar + storage makes a lot more sense than adding more unreliable gas plants to the grid. kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/commentary/b...

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Still waiting for an employment boom from polluting fossil fuels? The NY Times points out, "U.S. oil and gas production has hit record highs, but industry employment has fallen roughly 25 percent over the past decade." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/b...

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So after promising to focus on safety, they’ve gotten right down to work… on gender terminology?

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Today in user-hostile design: A website’s security question was “What is your age?” In fine print, it said, “enter the age you were when you first registered.” I’m not sure, but I think there is a better solution.

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www.publicsource.org/pennsylvania...

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The United States Military Academy has just eliminated all Cadet clubs and activities for POC. Most of these have existed for decades like the Society of Black Engineers. They were there when I was a Cadet in 1987. All of the religious ones remain. This isn’t DEI. It’s white Christian Nationalism.

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The NOAA Keeling Curve website is down for scheduled maintenance. In the meantime, don't miss a carbon-dioxide molecule with our backup, which has been running for 9+ years, the Bloomberg Carbon Clock 🎁🔗: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/cli...

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the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”

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It’s not surprising the Commonwealth Foundation is rushing to defend PJM’s market failure. It means billions for gas companies at the expense of consumers. www.indianagazette.com/news/shapiro...

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HAPPENING NOW: PennFuture's Senior Dir. of Energy & Climate @robaltenburg.bsky.social will be testifying shortly at the Democratic Policy Committee hearing on "Addressing Energy Reliability & Costs for Consumers." pasenate.com/policy/

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"But by any economic measure, the United States is not facing an energy emergency" www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/c...

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Project 2025 has a bullet that says, "End grid planning and focus instead on reliability." During Winter Storm Elliot, gas generation was less than 50% of the capacity on the PJM grid but was responsible for over 70% of the failures. Not putting more eggs in that basket seems like a good start.

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PennFuture strongly supports Governor Josh Shapiro's formal warning to PJM Interconnection. Read our full statement here: www.pennfuture.org/News-We-Need... #GovernorShapiro #Pennsylvania #PJM

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Pennsylvania Governor Shapiro raises the possibility of leaving PJM in a letter to their Board: www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...

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PJM, utilities, and the natural gas industry are using predictions of rapidly rising electricity demand to frog-march the region into greater dependence on gas-fired electricity - a decision that could result in electric rates going up by a third or more. ohiorivervalleyinstitute.org/load-growth-...

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Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Texas et al. says that the NRC is exceeding its authority requiring licenses for small reactors. (The law says the NRC can regulate use of nuclear material "in such quantity...or in such manner as to aﬀect the health and safety of the public." )

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No fireplace this Christmas? No problem! You can still create a cozy afternoon or evening by streaming the live eruption of Kīlauea Volcano in Hawaii on your TV or larger screen, courtesy of the USGS! ⚒️🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0Ku...

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Good morning with good news: US coal generation fell in March 2024 to its record monthly low of 11.6% of US electricity. It's down ~77% since March 2005. Coal's Share of US Electricity March 2005 51.82% March 2014 41.12% March 2019 23.80% March 2023 14.91% March 2024 11.60% #energysky

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No one: Hollywood needs another franchise Hollywood:

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The world's richest man managed to take $190 million away from a child cancer research center with his posts yesterday. Funding now stripped in the new bill.

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This is an annoyingly good story by @mbolotnikova.bsky.social about the fake hysteria over fake meat - especially annoying because I had pitched a version of it to another publication. www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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Senator that is a TIE fighter

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Why would Ohio have standing to challenge what California does with its air pollution rules? apple.news/A-QL2Lsu4TZu...

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me on various websites for the foreseeable future. #trump2boogaloo

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Peanut the cat can make practically anything Ft. Peanut. #catsky #kittens

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"At the end, it was like: ‘OK, so now that we have all this infrastructure for walking, biking and public transit, is there still some room for cars?'" - Ramboll's Lars Riemann on Copenhagen's Nordhavn neighborhood: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... by Steve Rose

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Highlighting an important report from @cwayner.bsky.social et al at RMI on the shift in transmission investment. rmi.org/insight/mind...

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The results from BloombergNEF's 2024 lithium-ion battery price survey are out. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour. This is the largest decline observed in our survey since 2017. 🧵⬇️

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This is so spot on. As a climate scientist and public intellectual, I see or experience these often

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When the bed of a pickup truck is higher than the roof of a typical car, it’s not surprising there is a safety issue. apple.news/AphEgof6wSH2...

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E.P.A. Bans Cancer-Causing Chemicals Used in Dry Cleaning www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/c...

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PASenate Rs will reintroduce bills to “protect “ the fracked gas industry from the people. www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/?...

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Good morning with good news: EV road trips boom! US EV fast charging sessions skyrocketed 50% during 2024 Thanksgiving week, compared to 2023. Number of EV fast chargers operating also increased 50% in 2024. Reliability of fast chargers improved as well. #energysky. electrek.co/2024/12/07/r...

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We are now at the point on Bluesky where if you are looking for detailed explanations by experts on current world events, we have them. That’s huge.

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Saturday morning “loaf” practice for Peanut. He is one tail long.

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Next week, SCOTUS will hear argument on NEPA case that could green light federal agencies to ignore climate change: theconversation.com/supreme-cour...

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Mike Jacobs of @ucsusa.bsky.social on PJM's big mess: blog.ucsusa.org/mike-jacobs/...

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My lecture at Dickinson College this Wed will be live-streamed. I use polling software to interact with the audience and allow people to ask & upvote questions, so you can do that equally well online as in person. Link here: www.dickinson.edu/info/20052/s... youtu.be/scvExRjZXYs

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Not surprising: www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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Did you know you have the Constitutional Right to a healthy natural environment? The Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment guarantees this right. #environmentalrights #Pennsylvania

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The Future of Orion xkcd.com/3012

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