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These layoffs are also very bad for the grid — utilities depend on this critical expertise for grid reliability and resiliency. This is just bad all around.

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NEW: Trump admin has ordered all federal agencies to submit plans for "large-scale" firings no later than March 13, per a new memo from OMB director Russ Vought. Copy of memo in here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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In our second episode of Open Circuit, we tackle the data center boom — and why the push to build gas infrastructure may backfire. #energysky

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While I wait for the email that tells me whether I’ve been fired or spared, here’s a thread of things I’ve had the privilege of working on, experiencing, and accomplishing in my 10 months as a federal employee at the Storm Prediction Center. 1/?

submitted 13 days ago • 110 comments

To public servants laid off by DOGE: I’m so sorry for what you’re going through. As someone who started my career at a fed agency, I know how important public service is—and the work you’ve done truly matters. If I can help in any way, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

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⚡ 𝘼𝙄 & 𝙎𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙙: 𝘼 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚-𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙮𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 🔍 Panelists: 🎙️ Lucia Tian – Google 🎙️ @stephenlacey.bsky.social – @latitudemedia.bsky.social 🎙️ @jeffreyolson.bsky.social – @kairospower.bsky.social 🎙️ Mike Kramer – Constellation #EnergySky #GreenSky #AI #Electricity

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Happy Valentine's Day #energysky peeps. @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, @cleangridview.bsky.social & I have a gift for you: our first Open Circuit episode! We examine how permit freezes and funding delays are creating uncertainty that could thwart Trump's energy dominance agenda. Episodes every Friday!

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New reporting from @maeveallsup.bsky.social and @lisamartinejenkins.bsky.social on today's layoffs and the end of a "weird, quiet limbo" at the Department of Energy. DOGE is in the building. Russ Vought and Elon Musk are finally bringing their plan to inflict maximum cruelty to DOE.

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Really impressive how quickly Latitude has positioned itself as an indispensable source on the energy-AI story, and appreciate them covering our study. 🔌💡 www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-us-...

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Booz Allen fires contractor who prepared an assessment warning Treasury not to let DOGE access payment system www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 20 days ago • 33 comments

Hearing DOGE is cutting off access to EIA and NREL datasets 🔌💡

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SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

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NEW: Trump and Musk have unleashed chaos at US weather forecaster: muddled directives and early-morning emails put NOAA on edge. Exclusive by @laurenthal.bsky.social @weathersullivan.bsky.social 🎁: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

submitted 19 days ago • 61 comments

For every $100 million of funding, NIH-supported research generates 76 patents. These patents create opportunities for an estimated $598 million in further research and development.

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NEW: An internal email obtained by WIRED from a threat intelligence team monitoring US Treasury systems advised labeling DOGE operatives an "insider threat," adding that it recommended suspending their access "immediately." | www.wired.com/story/treasu...

submitted 20 days ago • 336 comments

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

submitted 20 days ago • 105 comments

Dear @Doge If there is nothing to hide. Hide nothing

submitted 21 days ago • 2165 comments

🧵 Some big personal news: After four years apart, I'm reuniting with @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @cleangridview.bsky.social for a new podcast, called "Open Circuit."

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Small clean energy startups are landing deals that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago: short-term contracts with major tech companies at $100 per megawatt-hour. But the DeepSeek fallout could complicate this business model: www.latitudemedia.com/news/power-s...

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Laid off USAID staff can’t file for unemployment yet BECAUSE they’re locked out of email, I’m hearing.

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"We believe the tariffs will be short lived" is fancy wall street words for "he is flying the economy into a cliff, and that would not be economically rational"

submitted 25 days ago • 49 comments

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵

submitted 27 days ago • 67 comments

Uranium. Hydropower. All from Canada.

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

If there is any doubt that tariffs are passed through to consumers, the cost of propane to heat my house just went up by the amount of the tariff

submitted 25 days ago • 203 comments

NYT: Bessent has given Musk’s new government efficiency division control of the US Treasury’s system for managing the vast majority of government payments, an extremely unusual step that takes administrative function and places it in the hands of political appointees www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...

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Pretty excited to hear @stephenlacey.bsky.social moderate the panel on an important topic concerning the #EnergySky. Hope you can join us in March to hear all about roadmaps for meeting the historic surge in electricity demand with 24/7 clean energy solutions.⚡️ 🎟️: engage.mit.edu/MEC/rsvp_boo...

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Out today: @nathanielbullard.com's 200-page slide deck with data from across the energy transition. In part one of their two-part conversation, cherry-picked the most interesting slides and sat down with Nat to unpack them. Listen now: www.latitudemedia.com/news/catalys...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Our team has been talking with lawyers and financiers, and let me tell you: it’s bad out there. So many big clean energy deals are getting held up by the Trump madness. Yes, a lot of this is noise — but the impacts are piling up across deal flow. #energysky

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This piece from @scottclavenna.bsky.social on the energy implications of DeepSeek is really good. What does it mean for the AI infrastructure bubble? #energysky

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Exclusive: Today, Arcadia is launching an “easy mode” offering that includes a new suite of AI-enhanced tools for corporate customers navigating the increasingly complex electricity market. Read the full story from @stephenlacey.bsky.social: www.latitudemedia.com/news/as-grid...

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for my #energysky followers: it's a big day for us at Arcadia, as we launch a new product to help businesses with end-to-end energy management 🔋 check out this great coverage from @latitudemedia.bsky.social + @stephenlacey.bsky.social with all the details ⬇️

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While the success of DeepSeek has many in the tech industry worried, it proves something promising from an energy perspective: we might be able to build AI tools with a fraction of the computing infrastructure previously thought:

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As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/

submitted 31 days ago • 230 comments

Want to see what data center demand has done to power demand forecasts in just 12 months? Check out PJMs forecast for summer and winter peaks in 2025 compared to 2024. The difference between the 2032 forecast this year and last year is almost 40,000 MW. 🔌💡

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Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off. As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week. It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/

submitted 32 days ago • 165 comments

"I struggle to believe that a human, let alone a lawyer, wrote this 7th-grade book report-style description of the Gulf."

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The perfect example of why Trump’s plan to address a faux “energy emergency” by blocking the resources we can build cheapest and fastest is deeply unserious. But, well, we already knew that…

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I'm sorry, but this is really funny. Co-locating generation and data centers “was largely my idea,” Trump said. “Nobody thought this was possible … I told them that what I want you to do is build your electric generating plant right next to your plant as a separate building connected.”

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