Can't stop thinking about how the only reason orcas don't eat humans is because it's culturally impermissible.

How the heck did the world cup pull the muppets.

Problem: we all have headphones in. Consequence: no small social interactions with the general public. Solution: "disturb" pin. Those not wearing it welcome interaction. Pin itself might start small talk.

600 ppl (!!) - incl @votesolar.bsky.social members and staff - rallying at the Illinois Capitol today for the POWER Act to ensure data centers don’t harm our water, energy, ratepayers, and frontline communities. #POWERActLobbyDay #ClimateActionNow #POWERtothePeople

This is the clock above ogilvie station in Chicago. It's wrong. Each year I grow more baffled that anything ever works. Who will notify The Clock Person? Are we just waiting for The Clock Person to see this? Forget the trains running on time - it's a miracle anything ever works.

There is a narrow path where we actually pull this off. Instead of investing in an overbuilt grid and gas fleet, we deploy and aggregate local solar and storage. Instead of walking back climate commitments, we realize that the tech we've been incentivizing is the cheapest and fastest.

How Illinois’ energy policy blueprint can address affordability, reliability

By betting on efficiency, storage, long-term energy planning and grid flexibility, the Illinois’ Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act offers a blueprint for the state’s energy future, Vote Solar’...

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Excellent (and devastating) reporting from @canarymedia.com's Kari Lyderson about coal plant closure delays and data centers: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...

The Indiana community caught between coal and the data center boom

In rural Jasper County, two defining energy trends of the Trump era — reviving coal and building gas-powered data centers — are converging.

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Planet Detroit is three reporters covering the environmental stories no one else will — no paywall, no corporate owner, no ads. Our Spring 2026 campaign is now live. Support independent journalism. https://donorbox.org/be-a-planet-detroiter-780440 https://donorbox.org/be-a-planet-detroiter-780440

Gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is one of those things that should enrage people across every political spectrum. If, you know, people actually knew it was happening.

Good people of Illinois: vote! Vote today!

Thrilled to see the Illinois Solar for All program finally taking off! With statewide reach, no less. The little blue nub highlighted in the bar chart is delightfully personal - those first ten customers were my customers from my last gig. H/t Certasun, who bravely dove into a very new program.

Like Sufjan? You'll LOVE tucker carlson.

EIA's short-term energy outlook. Sure would be nice for that solar growth to be eating into the gas/coal slices rather than powering slop.

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MN ICE Witness - Sourced Database of ICE/CBP Incidents in Minnesota

Up-to-date sourced database of ICE and CBP civil rights incidents in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge

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Ask yourself why they're in Minnesota.

@votesolar.bsky.social is hiring! Looking for a Managing Director of Finance. Spread the word! Looking for 10+ years of progressive nonprofit finance experience and experience managing the finances of advocacy org. Salary range is $159,100 - $166,800. job-boards.greenhouse.io/votesolar/jo...

Managing Director, Finance

Remote, United States

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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average. climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...

Listen I love the Red Sox but come on. Thanks for this digging, @energyandpolicy.org! energyandpolicy.org/edison-elect...

Utility lobbyists host private gathering in Red Sox suite for regulators ahead of NARUC meeting

Electric utilities hosted regulators, lobbyists in a luxury Fenway Park suite on the sidelines of a regulators’ conference.

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This has a very "don't look up" feel to it.

“They ain’t messing with us. We’re going to turn up some Black dance music and turn it up loud,” he said. So delightfully Chicago. So delightfully Bridgeport. The light always outshines the darkness - just give it time. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...

Bridgeport Records gets death threat for selling 'Black music, rap music, Spanish music'

The owners of the record shop, which is dedicated to house and dance music, said the threat was an outlier and not representative of how the Bridgeport neighborhood has welcomed them since opening in ...

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PJM just hit a personal record in the worst way: capacity prices rose to $16.4 billion. Data centers account for 30 of the 32 GW of estimated demand growth. We passed CRGA in IL to shield us - learn more at www.volts.wtf/p/how-illino...

How Illinois passed its third big clean-energy bill in a decade

Kady McFadden and John Delurey join me to talk about why "fast and cheap" is the new winning message for climate policy.

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Telling that this is a win in the biofuels world.

Trying to imagine that one dude in the marketing opportunity at the paper towel company who saw this as an opportunity.

Thanks for the opportunity, @volts.wtf! Always a blast talking up IL climate and energy leadership and a dream come true from my 15 years of scheming alongside @kadymcfadden.bsky.social. CRGA doubles down on renewables and DERs at a time when the grid needs them most. @votesolar.bsky.social

David Roberts@volts.wtf · 10mo ago

Today on Volts: while some blue states hedge on their green commitments, Illinois is doubling down, passing its third major energy bill in a decade. Among other things, this one empowers the state's utility regulator to directly procure clean energy. I get into it w/ two of its architects.

Pretty wild to see how the state legislatures have swung right. Puts the red wave of 2010 into new perspective - so many longstanding bluedog states finally snapped into a new alignment. Blue leg until 2010: Alabama, Iowa, Louisiana, N Carolina, Tennessee (ish) ballotpedia.org/State_govern...

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Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

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"The goal isn't to police all behavior at all times. It's to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior."

Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General@keithellison.bsky.social · last yr.

The goal isn’t to police all behavior at all times. It’s to make us fearful to the point that we police our own behavior. Check out the story of Dallas lawyer Clay Jackson. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Massachusetts showed up for local solar! ☀️💪 Our Regulatory Director for the Northeast, Lindsay Griffin, testified before lawmakers alongside advocates and residents calling for bold action to expand local solar and lower energy bills. Local solar works — and MA needs more of it!

Put on your rally caps! Happening now in Springfield - hundreds gathering to support the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (#CRGA) to fight rising electric costs and continue the dream that is CEJA. #twill #ElectrifyIL #ActOnClimate #ClimateDayAtTheCapitol www.facebook.com/share/v/19xF...

Time to bump this bad boy - pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act now!! #twill #CRGA #ElectrifyIL

Union of Concerned Scientists@ucs.org · last yr.

Our power grid is struggling to keep up with a surge in demand for energy, largely caused by new data centers. The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act will protect ratepayers and hold data centers accountable: ilcleanjobs.org/crga #ElectrifyIL

A bill is sitting on @GavinNewsom’s desk that would lower Californians’ utility bills – all he has to do is sign it. But rumors are swirling that he plans to do the opposite - a move that could prove disastrous for California and for Newsom. A 🧵: