Counterpoint: weakening hydrogen ambitions is one of the best ways for Europe to build energy resilience.

Rapporteur@euractiv.com · 2h ago

Europe cannot build energy resilience by weakening its hydrogen ambitions [Promoted Content]

Trump: "I think you heard about the oil deal with Russia. That is a big deal. That is massive amounts of oil coming into our country, and I want to thank President Putin to be honest with you."

Zelenskyy issues a statement responding to Trump’s deal with Putin to lift sanctions to purchase Russian oil and diesel.

Biden implemented sanctions on oil sales in an effort to not finance Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. Trump celebrates buying Russian oil while that war drags on (after celebrating Putin's birthday).

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

Trump: "I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November ... "

BREAKING: 170 billionaire families have now spent a record-breaking $1.7 BILLION on the midterms. That's not counting $600 MILLION in dark money. Billionaire political spending is up 53x since the Citizens United ruling. This is how billionaires buy power and huge tax breaks.

Good thread here on oil & Hormuz…

Patrick Osgood@patrickosgood.bsky.social · 4d ago

I would encourage energy journalists to look not just at the incidental transfers of wealth here - to oil companies, shipping tycoons and the like - but crony Trump admin dealmaking exploiting a MENA regional need to diversify oil and fuel logistics.

Gil Durán@gilduran.com · last wk.

Jared Kushner is key to understanding the Trump regime’s global scale of corruption. No talent, no morals—just bottomless greed, access to power. @cjcmichel.bsky.social exposes him in a new book, “United States of Oligarchy.” Here’s our talk (get him on your show!) youtu.be/8LDhLXOwjcI?...

Shoutouts to sources cited in this post (who appear to be active on Bluesky): @janeaflegal.bsky.social @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @zekehausfather.com @billmckibben.bsky.social @emilypont.bsky.social @kbrigham.bsky.social @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @jael.bsky.social @zeitlin.bsky.social 1/2

Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 5d ago

In TT#17, we review the reporting on the Senate’s bipartisan permitting reform bill (BAAJA) and find that on net, it would be far better for the energy transition than having no reforms. We should support it and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-17-my-ver...

In TT#17, we review the reporting on the Senate’s bipartisan permitting reform bill (BAAJA) and find that on net, it would be far better for the energy transition than having no reforms. We should support it and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-17-my-ver...

TT#17 – My Verdict on BAAJA

The bipartisan permitting reform bill would remove key hurdles to the energy transition—especially hurdles to siting transmission—and unlock vast amounts of wind and solar power. On the whole, it woul...

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Details on the effects of the bill's major provisions:

Very smart thinking here from the mid-transitionistas!

Josh Lappen@jlappen1.bsky.social · 2w ago

This one's a cri de coeur from @gruberte.bsky.social, @jmijin.bsky.social, and I: The coal sector's decline has created strong empirical evidence about how energy transitions play out, but most decarb scholarship and policymaking ignore it. That has to change. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DJ88Z...

A fascinating thought experiment here - well worth the read for AI, energy, & macro watchers.

Ingmar Rentzhog@ingmar.wsocial.eu · 2w ago

So much bad news right now. A closed Hormuz, an AI boom built on debt, an El Niño on the hottest ocean on record. I asked whether they connect, and what happens to the financial sector if they do. The shocks are not the danger. The same lender carrying all three is. Read my latest Forbes piece👇

“Any individual journalist you meet is likely to be a desperate soul tortured by dreams of literary fame while existing in a pit of freelance despair”

Christopher Mathias@letsgomathias.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Journalists may not have much. But we retain the right to call the frauds and bootlickers masquerading as the pillars of the media industry a bunch of scumbags. Truth, after all, comes free." remarkable @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social piece www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...

The Arab Spring occurred against the backdrop of a major global food-price spike and resulted in the overthrow of four countries’ leaders. The unrest we’re seeing now against the backdrop of a major global fuel-price spike could spell the end for Trump and his oil-soaked allies.

Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 2w ago

In TT#16, we find echoes of the Arab Spring in the economic damage and unrest due to Trump’s war on Iran. In its pursuit of oil and gas “energy dominance,” the Trump administration is giving the world far more reason to transition away from fossil fuels. www.transitiontimes.net/tt-16-iran-i...

Thread! 1/ In a Guardian article yesterday, the CEO of Climate Group, organizer of NYC Climate Week, bemoans the “climate hushing” at the event and says “this is the time to be loud…The world is standing on the edge of the abyss, and people are seeking change.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn

New report shows key indicators of Earth’s health are ‘outside the safe operating space’ as climate disaster looms

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US judge won't block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The swap amounts to a gift of public lands to SpaceX, “clearing the way for bulldozers to tear into this wildlife refuge as soon as next week and turn a public treasure into a private payday”

US judge declines to block transfer of wildlife refuge land to Musk’s SpaceX

Environmental groups vow to continue opposition to deal that would expand site for Elon Musk rocket company

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How about that, the TV press pool covering the White House chose solidarity over access after all. www.politico.com/news/2026/09... “This follows the White House’s position preventing CNN from fulfilling its assigned pool duties. There will be no replacement pool put in place.”

Major TV networks decline White House pool duties

The move comes after the Trump administration restricted access to the White House for CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO.

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This is the most inspirational clean energy messaging I've heard in years @chrisnelder.bsky.social People, we have work to do! www.transitiontimes.net/nn-9-organiz...

NN#9: Organizing for Power

In NN#9, we welcome Steve McBee, founder of AMPED, “the political and cultural infrastructure the clean energy industry never built.” We discuss how the clean energy industry needs to organize to do battle with the fossil fuel industry and win on every level—from popular opinion to federal policy.

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Aw man. A true giant among sustainability champions. 😢

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 3w ago

It is with tremendous sadness and sense of loss that we regretfully share the news that @penncssm.bsky.social senior research fellow, and my close personal friend Joseph Romm has passed away unexpectedly. He will be sorely missed here. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/news/r...

I seriously struggle to get my head around the idea of a data center that costs over $66 BILLION to build. That’s like half the annual budget of NYC. epoch.ai/data/ai-data...

OpenAI Stargate New Mexico | AI Data Centers

OpenAI Stargate New Mexico is an AI data center under construction with AI chips owned by Oracle and used by OpenAI. In Q4 2028, we project it to host an estimated 5,104k H100-equivalents of AI comput

epoch.ai

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 3w ago

𝕃𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕥𝕝𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕟, 𝕚𝕥’𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕠𝕗…

As I say in this interview, I believe the job before Transitionistas now is entirely political—not technical, not economic. Political. And it's less about persuasion than leadership. Listen in and then get mobilized!

Transition Times@transitiontimes.bsky.social · 3w ago

In NN#9, we welcome Steve McBee, founder of AMPED. We discuss the political and cultural infrastructure the clean energy industry needs to build to do battle with the fossil fuel industry and win on every level—from popular opinion to federal policy. www.transitiontimes.net/nn-9-organiz...

The same guys who brought you a war that caused the highest gasoline prices on a Labor Day want you to know that it's YOUR fault for driving so much www.businessinsider.com/gas-prices-l... and that if the US pulled out of the war now it would CAUSE an energy crisis. www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...

Trump: "Please right your right hand. I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States. That loves us so much he can't even breath. That I will go out with my family, my friends, I'll do it any way - I don't care if I'm registered or not, I'm going to try to cheat like hell..."

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Transition Show@transitionshow.bsky.social · last mo.

This is Chris Nelder, the Host and sole creator of the Energy Transition Show podcast. Unfortunately, I have had to correct a number of misrepresentations about the status of the show and my current involvement in it. My statement is here: chrisnelder.com/statement-re...

[Now with correct math!] So the shorts earned at least $2.9bn more than the three companies did in the same period, combined.

Kees van der Leun@sustainable2050.bsky.social · last mo.

Short sellers have reaped more than $2B in profits by shorting three small modular nuclear reactor companies—NuScale, Nano, and Oklo—over the past year, as the collapse of the one-time high-flying stocks wiped more than $30B off their combined market value - FT. seekingalpha.com/news/4634594...

Call me crazy, but I feel like characterizing AfD's win in Germany as "No far-right party has controlled a German state since World War Two" rather understates the critical bit of historical context.

“EU Arctic Strategy,” you say… 🤔

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · last mo.

The Royal Danish Navy Ship Thetis patrols the North Atlantic under the Joint Arctic Command. Contributing to a safe, peaceful Arctic and to the security of Greenland. The EU is also committed to this goal. It will be front and centre of our upcoming EU Arctic Strategy this autumn.

Some good tight messaging right here

Chris Bowen@chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · last mo.

The energy system explained in 90 seconds.

“EU Arctic Strategy,” you say… 🤔

Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · last mo.

The Royal Danish Navy Ship Thetis patrols the North Atlantic under the Joint Arctic Command. Contributing to a safe, peaceful Arctic and to the security of Greenland. The EU is also committed to this goal. It will be front and centre of our upcoming EU Arctic Strategy this autumn.