PJM's new plan to curb rising costs from data centers being built in its 13-state territory? Basically, to force states and utilities to set up regimes for data centers to either secure their own power supplies, or get cut off during grid emergencies: www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat... #energysky

PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out

Grid operator PJM wants states and utilities to hold data centers responsible for buying their own power — or risk being cut off from grid service.

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A federal court says the Trump admin improperly terminated $20B in "green bank" funds — a big win for the nonprofit groups fighting to restore clean-energy and climate lending. But a likely Supreme Court appeal may delay them from getting their money: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky

Court rules against Trump EPA’s freeze of $20B in ‘green bank’ funds

A federal appeals court finds the EPA acted improperly in terminating grants to boost clean energy projects. The Trump administration may appeal to the…

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As a former reporter at the Tri-City Herald ("Voice of the Mid-Columbia!" ;-) I am very much looking forward to watching this documentary about Richland, Washington, home of the Richland Bombers high school mascot, originally a mushroom cloud... www.pbs.org/video/richla... #energysky ... ???

NWPB Presents | Richland

Learn about the atomic history of Richland, Washington in this new award-winning documentary.

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Streisand Effect in full bloom.

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A federal judge has thrown out the FBI director’s lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.” trib.al/oZwZMR9

The Federal Communications Commission has banned 'new' foreign-made inverters, citing White House claims of national security risks. It excludes existing inverters for solar and battery projects — but future models could face restrictions, experts say: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cor... #energysky

Trump admin bans ‘new’ foreign-made inverters. What does that mean?

A just-issued national security ban appears to exclude existing inverters for solar and battery projects — but future models could face restrictions,…

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The Trump administration appears set on providing the U.S. coal industry all it's asking for, from forcing aging power plants to stay open at great public cost to pushing taxpayer money at far-fetched plans to build new plants. Here's the state of play: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos... #energysky

The coal industry gave Trump a wish list. He’s checking items off it.

The Trump admin is propping up the aging coal fleet despite the financial and environmental costs — and also making far-fetched plans to build new coal…

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California's new $270M incentive program is for first-time EV buyers only, because research shows once drivers try an EV, they stick with them. Can other states trying to backfill lost federal EV tax credits with tight budgets try the same approach? www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... #energysky

California to offer a novel $3,500 rebate for first-time EV buyers

Research shows that once drivers try an EV, they stick with them. That's why these incentives target those who’ve never owned one to maximize the bang for…

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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?

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So many have decided that the former host of Celebrity Apprentice is the permission they needed to finally be unapologetically bad people.

It is also worth pointing out that human-caused climate change is now the dominant contributor to the increase of wildfire risk in the western U.S.: cpo.noaa.gov/study-shows-...

Study Shows That Climate Change is the Main Driver of Increasing Fire Weather in the Western United States - Climate Program Office

A new study, part of NOAA's Drought Task Force IV research, shows the leading cause of the rapid increase of wildfires over the western U.S. is the rapid increase of surface air vapor pressure deficit...

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My comments on the new @nationalacademies.org report on climate change & extreme weather attribution. The TLDR statement: If anything, the academy understates the strength of the science linking increasingly extreme weather events to climate change: michaelmann.net/comments-on-...

Comments on National Academy of Sciences Report on Climate Change & Extreme Weather Event Attribution | Michael E. Mann

The National Academy of Sciences has put out a new report assessing the state of understanding of the science of extreme weather attribution, an area of […]

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In CA mobile home communities, free heat pumps are cutting bills & protecting residents from extreme heat. @lauraklivans.bsky.social reports for @kqedscience.bsky.social on how a savvy contractor & state incentives are bringing #electrification to low-income Californians. bit.ly/4weWBR2

‘A Blessing from Heaven’: How Free Heat Pumps Are Saving Low-Income Californians From Extreme Heat | KQED

One Los Angeles contractor found a planet-friendly solution to a problem many California mobile home park residents face: dangerous heat and unaffordable cooling.

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Can PJM's new "reliability backstop procurement" get data centers to pay directly for new clean energy, batteries, and power plants to cover their grid costs? Let's hope so, because the biggest U.S. grid operator's old capacity market isn't working: www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat... #energysky

PJM’s old way of getting power built isn’t working. Has it found a…

Getting data centers to pay for new generation and batteries could be the best hope for the nation’s biggest power market to finally get a handle on costs.

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"The fuel price spike triggered by the Iran war has made it clear just how much cheaper it can be to move freight with trucks that run on electricity instead of gasoline or diesel," reports @jeffstjohn.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... 🔌💡

Electric trucks look a lot more appealing when gas prices are sky-high

A head-to-head matchup of electric and gasoline cargo trucks shows how rising fuel costs make EVs much cheaper to run. Now, can manufacturers lower…

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250 years ago, we the people righteously declared our independence from the rule of a mad tyrant. It was just the beginning. Today we begin again. Happy Fourth of July y’all!

"We see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by our undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans. We see a nation whose immense wealth has been built by those with calloused, dirt-streaked hands — those who toil on factory floors and chisel into stone.

Zohran Mamdani: "We see the wealthiest country in the history of the world — one where children go to sleep hungry while the world’s first trillionaire hungers for more. We see monopolies that dominate every industry and oligarchs who buy elections.

Spiking gasoline and diesel costs have made electric trucks and vans a lot cheaper to run than their fossil-fueled counterparts. Now, can manufacturers like Workhorse cut up-front cost of EVs to seal the deal for all-electric short-haul freight fleets? www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele... #energysky

Electric trucks look a lot more appealing when gas prices are sky-high

A head-to-head matchup of electric and gasoline cargo trucks shows how rising fuel costs make EVs much cheaper to run. Now, can manufacturers lower…

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California lawmakers have a choice: Free up $194M in CalSHAPE funding for school HVAC and plumbing repairs, or let the money return to big utilities for a few dollars per month of bill relief for about a year. School advocates say the choice is clear: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... #energysky

California’s choice: Cleaner air for schools or money for utilities

State lawmakers must decide whether to unlock $194M to fix aging school HVAC and plumbing systems or return the money to utilities for a few dollars off…

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Here’s what the air conditioning discourse illuminates: to deal with climate change we need to electrify & we need zero carbon electricity, we also need more electricity- like double or triple what we have. And we need more cooling & cooling equity. There will be folks fighting against all of that.

They include a) refrigerants with less GHG impacts, b) reduction in refrigerant leaks throughout the supply chain, from manufacturing to transport to disposal, & of course, most of all, c) decarbonizing the electricity sources that power AC. More on all that here:

How to keep people cool without making the planet even hotter

RMI's Ankit Kalanki on why fixing the way we test air conditioners is the secret lever to slashing global cooling emissions.

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Sunrun, Tesla and Renew Home say they have 16 gigawatts of home battery and smart thermostat-enabled "flexible energy capacity" for utilities and data center developers to contain rising costs of delivering power across congested U.S. power grids: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home team up on massive 16GW virtual power plant

The clean energy giants are uniting their home batteries and smart thermostats to help tech giants power booming, AI-driven data centers without crushing…

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PA has long failed to enable community solar. Warehouse and data center development mushrooms in PA. Proposed HB 1260 would require new warehouses to be solar-ready, incentivize retrofits. Add data centers to HB 1260, marry it to a community solar bill, pass both. Huge potential benefits.

Jeff St John@jeffstjohn.bsky.social · last mo.

Warehouse rooftops are open fields of urban solar development, with hundreds of gigawatts of potential across the U.S. Community solar programs are unlocking a fraction of that capacity—but there's a lot more states and utilities could do to expand it: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

Warehouse rooftops are open fields of urban solar development, with hundreds of gigawatts of potential across the U.S. Community solar programs are unlocking a fraction of that capacity—but there's a lot more states and utilities could do to expand it: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

Community solar needs space to grow. Warehouse rooftops have lots of…

Industrial buildings could host gigawatts of shared solar to deliver low-cost power to underserved urban communities — if states and utilities allow it to…

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In California, solar is up and gas is down.

California gas generation down 60% from 2024 as solar, imports surge

Solar generation in CAISO increased 21% from January through May compared with the same period in 2024, the Energy Information Administration said.

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This week, more than 100 FBI agents executed a massive law enforcement effort targeting the Ohio Organizing Collaborative. The group's offense? Running successful voter registration programs and fighting for fair redistricting in Ohio, @marcelias.bsky.social writes. https://bit.ly/3Qml07s

Tesla's latest "Integrated VPP" leases offer $30 to $60 per month discounts on Powerwall batteries in Massachusetts and Connecticut — an example of how New England's long-running and stable virtual power plant policies can make home batteries cheaper: www.canarymedia.com/articles/bat... #energysky

Tesla offers discounted home batteries in New England VPP push

Households in Massachusetts and Connecticut can get cheap Powerwall leases — so long as they let Tesla monetize the batteries in virtual power plant…

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Good news for U.S. wind and solar—tons of projects have achieved "safe harbor" status ahead of the OBBBA's July 4 deadline to secure vital tax credits. Bad news? They must still overcome Trump admin barriers to get built in four years to not lose them: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

Solar and wind try to navigate Trump’s obstacle course for tax credits

Many solar and wind projects will meet a July 4 deadline for tax credits. But to keep them, they must be built in four years — and that involves yet more…

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AP calls it a deal to end the war. I think they’re wrong. apnews.com/article/iran...

Deal is reached to end Iran war and Trump orders stop to US naval blockade

President Donald Trump has posted that “the Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete” and says the Strait of Hormuz will open immediately.

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NYT calls it a “cease-fire agreement… paving the way for further talks that could ultimately end a monthslong war” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

Here’s the latest.

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