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Dan Gearino
@dangearino.bsky.social
I cover the energy transition for Inside Climate News. Based in Ohio. Born in Iowa. Go MN Twins! https://insideclimatenews.org/profile/dan-gearino/
As I expected… www.transitiontimes.net/nn-2-the-tru...
NN#2: The Trump Paradox
Trump may have done more to accelerate the energy transition than policy ever could.
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Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoAbsolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Pike County isn't saying yes because this project is a sure thing. It's saying yes because decades of economic hardship don't leave much room to say otherwise. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31072026/us-largest-proposed-gas-power-plant-open-house/
What would you do if the country's largest data center and largest gas fired power plant were being built in your town? In Pike County, Ohio, the response so far is oddly quiet. Here's my dispatch from Friday: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... #energysky
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
insideclimatenews.org
A mega data center in rural Ohio hosted its first open house, with no signs of organized opposition—a notable contrast to the resistance data centers have sparked across much of the United States.
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
insideclimatenews.org
Listening to Mingus Oh Yeah (1962). I used to think of this as a novelty album, definitely second-tier Mingus. I was incorrect. This one of his most fun and moving records. If this first track doesn't lift your mood, then you may be beyond help. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrS... #jazzsky
Hog Calling Blues
YouTube video by Charles Mingus - Topic
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“What happens in 5, 10, 12 years or whatever, if this is not viable anymore? How is our community not stuck with a bunch of buildings that maybe we can’t use for anything else? We’re trying to address that.”
Dan Gearino@dangearino.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat would you do if the country's largest data center and largest gas fired power plant were being built in your town? In Pike County, Ohio, the response so far is oddly quiet. Here's my dispatch from Friday: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... #energysky
What would you do if the country's largest data center and largest gas fired power plant were being built in your town? In Pike County, Ohio, the response so far is oddly quiet. Here's my dispatch from Friday: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... #energysky
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
insideclimatenews.org
I was the only journalist at the first open house for the largest gas power plant in the country, in Pike County, Ohio. Here's what I saw: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
insideclimatenews.org
With Kody Clemens’ walk-off grand slam on Derek Shelton’s birthday, the Twins are the second team in MLB history with a walk-off grand slam on the manager’s birthday, joining: Jose Altuve on Dusty Baker’s 72nd birthday in 2021 (June 15) Birthdays are important @EliasSports
I was the only journalist at the first open house for the largest gas power plant in the country, in Pike County, Ohio. Here's what I saw: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
insideclimatenews.org
What a great call by Cory Provus on Royce Lewis' walk-off.
The Twins just won a 9-inning game in which they hit 5 GIDPs, a feat only accomplished 104 times. That's rarer than throwing a no-hitter! Only 11 teams have won a game with 6 GIDPs, most recently the Astros in 2018. Nobody has ever won with 7. (Stats provided by Michael Mountain)
embedded at the end of this post is a video my colleague Jonathan Vanian reported out about the victims of nudify apps... worth watching if you missed it. JV covers Meta & social networks and I focus on the Muskland Empire.
Lora Kolodny@lorak.bsky.social · last wk.SpaceX-owned xAI, the developer of Grok, sued Minnesota AG to challenge a law coming into effect in the state that will ban "nudify" apps, use of these AI image generators to make non-consenting intimate images, aka AI deepfake porn of real people including minors. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/s...
I am pleased the Minnesota Twins won. I also think this game was not good for my health. C’mon guys, did you need to wait until the ninth? Did you need to hit into so many double plays? (Go Twins!!!)
Sharing in case someone needs to see this - if you are a fallopian tube having person and do not want to have any more children and are having any kind of abdominal surgeries seriously consider getting them removed. its wild how this recent this knowledge is.
Morgan Thompson@morgankthomp.bsky.social · last wk.Woah, this is huge news: most ovarian cancer begins in the fallopian tubes, which can be removed (if patient desires) during other abdominal surgeries. Ovarian cancer has vague symptoms and often isn’t diagnosed until late stage with low survival rates. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
This just happened: I was standing on a public thoroughfare (airport road in Hamlet) photographing the @amazon data center when the site manager approached me and said I could not take photos, citing “policy” 1/2
Renewable fuel refinery workers aren't covered by CA safety rules for petroleum refineries. But making biofuels is just as dangerous and nearly killed a man at the plant where workers have been striking to get more staff and safer working conditions, so another worker doesn't nearly burn to death.
Inside Climate News@insideclimatenews.org · 2w agoWorkers at a California biofuels refinery are walking around “basically intoxicated” because they’ve been sleep deprived from so much overtime, union reps say. They fear it’s just a matter of time before disaster strikes.
For most of the past 30 years, the person in charge of The Economist’s covers has been Graeme James. We remember our dear friend and colleague
The Economist’s cover designer, Graeme James, has died, aged 65
His more than 2,500 covers cleverly captured, mocked and ridiculed the world
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@dangearino.bsky.social on why he's skeptical of U.S. data center growth forecasts: insideclimatenews.org/news/2307202... via @insideclimatenews.org 🔌💡
Data Center Forecasts Keep Climbing and So Does Public Opposition. Something Has to Give. - Inside Climate News
AI companies face serious challenges in community acceptance, energy supply and business fundamentals.
insideclimatenews.org
My automated charts for @insideclimatenews.org are still tracking oil/fuel prices. We're now back above $100 per barrel again for Brent Crude
Forecasts of data center expansion have now taken up residence in crazytown. I wrote about a new forecast and some reasons to bet on the under. I don't discount the possibility that I'm failing to grasp the moment. But these numbers are nuts. insideclimatenews.org/news/2307202...
Data Center Forecasts Keep Climbing and So Does Public Opposition. Something Has to Give. - Inside Climate News
AI companies face serious challenges in community acceptance, energy supply and business fundamentals.
insideclimatenews.org
Forecasts of data center expansion have now taken up residence in crazytown. I wrote about a new forecast and some reasons to bet on the under. I don't discount the possibility that I'm failing to grasp the moment. But these numbers are nuts. insideclimatenews.org/news/2307202...
Data Center Forecasts Keep Climbing and So Does Public Opposition. Something Has to Give. - Inside Climate News
AI companies face serious challenges in community acceptance, energy supply and business fundamentals.
insideclimatenews.org
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Russell Vought wants complete control over the $1.1 trillion in federal grants handed out each year
Local and state governments, scientists, and research institutions are alarmed by a Trump administration proposal that would give political appointees across federal agencies the power to kill grants ...
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I feel like it's some kind of trick that the website formerly known as Twitter shows I have a bunch of DMs, but says I need to know a passcode (I never set one up) or get the app (I don't want to) to be able to see the messages. So, if you DM'd me on Twitter, sorry.
States have passed almost no measures restricting clean energy permitting in 2026, a big change from 2025. In fact, more states are pushing to streamline solar, wind and battery projects as the best (only?) near-term way to meet booming energy demand: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... #energysky
State legislatures are getting better at clean-energy permitting…
Unlike in 2025, almost no states have passed laws that make it harder to permit and site renewables this year, a report finds. What’s driving the shift?
canarymedia.com
It's no secret that Tesla's market cap still eclipses all other automakers. But when you lay out the major players' sales and revenue in chart form, the story is quite telling: www.wsj.com/business/aut...
See How Tesla’s Market Value Eclipses All the Other Automakers
The company ranks low in car sales among the top-10 automakers, but its valuation is greater than the next 37 combined.
wsj.com