Bruce Nilles
@brucenilles.bsky.social
Trying to do my part. First coal, now gas/oil. Rewilding in my spare time.
And, this remarkable news: H2 bubble over & gas industry out of a plausible future. "Most energy companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are planning to reduce investments in their gas grids." Decline of natural gas is here, start planning its end.
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Utilities give up hope on using hydrogen in their gas grids – report
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December 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
And, this remarkable news: H2 bubble over & gas industry out of a plausible future. "Most energy companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland are planning to reduce investments in their gas grids." Decline of natural gas is here, start planning its end.
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/utiliti...
www.cleanenergywire.org/news/utiliti...
This week we made history. Last major coal plant powering California turned off. And, world's 4th lrgst economy is humming along. Did not happen by accident-it happened because of tenacious people power, incl. Sierra Club & Michael Bloomberg. Back when was announced: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9cO...
This is a really big deal! Los Angeles To Go Coal Free!
YouTube video by SierraClub
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December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This week we made history. Last major coal plant powering California turned off. And, world's 4th lrgst economy is humming along. Did not happen by accident-it happened because of tenacious people power, incl. Sierra Club & Michael Bloomberg. Back when was announced: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9cO...
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If you come for my people, you come through me.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you come for my people, you come through me.
Put a fork in it. Closing coal plants in CA and WY. “The cost of our [WY] coal units has had a huge impact on the price that customers pay,” Eskelsen said. www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
Naughton power plant will stop burning coal, despite Trump announcement
The Trump administration is tossing money to prolong coal power, but a Wyoming electricity provider says it’s sticking with plans to fully convert a coal plant to natural gas.
www.wyomingpublicmedia.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Put a fork in it. Closing coal plants in CA and WY. “The cost of our [WY] coal units has had a huge impact on the price that customers pay,” Eskelsen said. www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/natural-reso...
The same week Trump Administration announces efforts to revive the coal industry, the last coal plant in New England closes. They are so incompetent. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/09/29/c...
Coal power is gone: Merrimack Station in Bow has shut for good - Concord Monitor
Six decades after it began, coal-fired electricity is officially gone from New England following the shut-down of Merrimack Station in Bow, the region’s last power plant of its kind. Merrimack Station...
www.concordmonitor.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The same week Trump Administration announces efforts to revive the coal industry, the last coal plant in New England closes. They are so incompetent. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/09/29/c...
Easdale -- this is a most beautiful island with amazing wild swimming in old stone quarries. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
A Bucolic Stone-Skimming Contest in Scotland Is Infiltrated by Cheaters
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Easdale -- this is a most beautiful island with amazing wild swimming in old stone quarries. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Most of Western England and Scotland - was and should be a temperate rainforest. Wild gardens are a good step, restoring trees, lichens, ferns, is better. "The Era of the American Lawn Is Over" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | The Era of the American Lawn Is Over
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Most of Western England and Scotland - was and should be a temperate rainforest. Wild gardens are a good step, restoring trees, lichens, ferns, is better. "The Era of the American Lawn Is Over" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Heating our homes with natural gas comes with explosion risk, something that happens way too often. abc7chicago.com/post/natural...
Natural gas explosions are on the rise | How to protect yourself
People in Illinois could be more at risk than many other states because more residents there, about 80%, rely on natural gas for heat, hot water and cooking.
abc7chicago.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Heating our homes with natural gas comes with explosion risk, something that happens way too often. abc7chicago.com/post/natural...
Good. Worst example of terrible biomass policy. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social
Drax #profits are falling as the UK government delays a potential contract with the known #polluter and turbulence in the #biomass industry at large.
Drax profits fall as government delays CfD deal
Drax Group has reported a decline in earnings for the six months ending 30 June 2025, reflecting tightening margins and weaker profit growth amid ongoing energy market challenges. Adjusted EBITDA…
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August 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Good. Worst example of terrible biomass policy. @mikegrunwald.bsky.social
Great retort to the "more, more" crowd and folks who should know better than peddle dreams like CCS on every smokestack. Thank you.
My latest for Bloomberg: the #PragmaticClimateReset. Part I: The transition is not dead - in fact it's on track as long as you think like a tortoise, not like a hare.
(Before you ask, Part II will be out over the summer)
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#ClimateChange #Climate #Energy #NetZero
(Before you ask, Part II will be out over the summer)
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#ClimateChange #Climate #Energy #NetZero
August 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Great retort to the "more, more" crowd and folks who should know better than peddle dreams like CCS on every smokestack. Thank you.
Own goal Wyoming. Less money for schools, transition, everything. "Forecasters: Big Beautiful Bill will cost Wyoming $50M in coal royalties - WyoFile" wyofile.com/forecasters-...
Forecasters: Big Beautiful Bill will cost Wyoming $50M in coal royalties - WyoFile
Higher severance and ad valorem payments are not expected to offset federal mineral royalty reductions, according to state financial forecasters.
wyofile.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Own goal Wyoming. Less money for schools, transition, everything. "Forecasters: Big Beautiful Bill will cost Wyoming $50M in coal royalties - WyoFile" wyofile.com/forecasters-...
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There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
There’s renewable energy ads and there’s mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
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Good news: the largest state in the country, which is all on its own the 4th largest economy in the world (having recently overtaken Japan), now gets the largest amount of its electricity from solar, and that trend is set to continue.
July 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Good news: the largest state in the country, which is all on its own the 4th largest economy in the world (having recently overtaken Japan), now gets the largest amount of its electricity from solar, and that trend is set to continue.
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“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.
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July 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“California is so far using forty per cent less natural gas to generate electricity than it did in 2023, which is the single most hopeful statistic I’ve seen in four decades of writing about the climate crisis.”
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
Wait, i thought it was NEPA and enviros that were blocking energy projects... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/c...
A Power Line for Clean Energy Was in the Works. Now, an Investigation Looms.
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Wait, i thought it was NEPA and enviros that were blocking energy projects... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/c...
Electric hydrofoil ferries -- pretty cool. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/b...
Could the Electric Hydrofoil Ferry Change the Way We Commute?
www.nytimes.com
July 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Electric hydrofoil ferries -- pretty cool. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/b...
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Good news from Poland!!
“Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time” on.ft.com/3GxsNKu
“Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time” on.ft.com/3GxsNKu
Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time
Latest data indicates progress for EU country most dependent on the fossil fuel
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July 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Good news from Poland!!
“Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time” on.ft.com/3GxsNKu
“Poland’s clean energy usage overtakes coal for first time” on.ft.com/3GxsNKu
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Ireland 🇮🇪 is kicking off a summer of European #coal plant closures and has officially eliminated coal from its electricity mix with the closure of its Moneypoint plant!
Wind energy now powers more than a third of its electricity and is central to Ireland’s coal phase-out.
Wind energy now powers more than a third of its electricity and is central to Ireland’s coal phase-out.
June 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Ireland 🇮🇪 is kicking off a summer of European #coal plant closures and has officially eliminated coal from its electricity mix with the closure of its Moneypoint plant!
Wind energy now powers more than a third of its electricity and is central to Ireland’s coal phase-out.
Wind energy now powers more than a third of its electricity and is central to Ireland’s coal phase-out.
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This and also the 100% carbon free electricity by 2040, one of the most ambitious clean energy standards in the country #MelissaHortman
When Tim Walz became Kamala Harris's running mate, progressives highlighted policies passed. It could not have been possible without Melissa Hortman.
-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
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-Free school breakfast and lunch
-Restoring voting rights for felons
-Paid leave
Great piece by @gracepanetta.bsky.social
19thnews.org/2025/06/rep-...
Rep. Melissa Hortman, killed in targeted attack, was a champion for Minnesotan families
Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care
19thnews.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This and also the 100% carbon free electricity by 2040, one of the most ambitious clean energy standards in the country #MelissaHortman
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In six years solar power has gone from 3.3% of global late Spring power generation to 10.7%.
Data @ember-energy.org
Data @ember-energy.org
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
In six years solar power has gone from 3.3% of global late Spring power generation to 10.7%.
Data @ember-energy.org
Data @ember-energy.org
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Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind
Restarting Cholla coal plant as Trump proposes will cost $2B,says Republican chair of AZ commission. hoodline.com/2025/06/acc-...
ACC Chair Thompson Warns of $2 Billion Cost to Reopen Cholla Coal Plant in Arizona
Arizona Corp Commission Chair Thompson warns of nearly $2 billion cost to ratepayers for reopening the Cholla coal plant.
hoodline.com
June 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Restarting Cholla coal plant as Trump proposes will cost $2B,says Republican chair of AZ commission. hoodline.com/2025/06/acc-...
Just ordered mine!
May 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just ordered mine!
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Official thoughts on the stupidity of the administration’s gutting of manufacturing investments:
May 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Official thoughts on the stupidity of the administration’s gutting of manufacturing investments:
Fascinating. "End new gas hob installations within ten years, say NGOs – AirQualityNews"
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End new gas hob installations within ten years, say NGOs
Global Action Plan and energy efficiency group CLASP are urging local authorities and housing providers to retrofit their properties with induction hobs, replacing gas cookers which are responsible fo...
airqualitynews.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Fascinating. "End new gas hob installations within ten years, say NGOs – AirQualityNews"
airqualitynews.com/health/end-n...
airqualitynews.com/health/end-n...