Dave Anderson
@cleantechfacts.bsky.social
Researching attacks on clean energy by fossil fuel and utility interests for the Energy and Policy Institute.
In 2009, Donald Trump called on @barackobama.bsky.social to act now to prevent “catastrophic” climate change in a full page ad in the @nytimes.com static01.nyt.com/packages/pdf... What changed? Trump became beholden to political donors in the fossil fuel industry energyandpolicy.org/donald-trump...
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
In 2009, Donald Trump called on @barackobama.bsky.social to act now to prevent “catastrophic” climate change in a full page ad in the @nytimes.com static01.nyt.com/packages/pdf... What changed? Trump became beholden to political donors in the fossil fuel industry energyandpolicy.org/donald-trump...
Trump’s attempts to undo the science-based endangerment finding for greenhouse gases emissions that cause climate change is just an extension of the fossil fuel industry’s decades long war on the EPA’s authority to protect the public from climate change www.ucs.org/resources/wh...
February 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Trump’s attempts to undo the science-based endangerment finding for greenhouse gases emissions that cause climate change is just an extension of the fossil fuel industry’s decades long war on the EPA’s authority to protect the public from climate change www.ucs.org/resources/wh...
FOIAed emails show two employees - Travis Fisher + Joshua Loucks - from the Cato Institute, a group funded by petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch, transferred to DOE and worked on Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s climate denial report for the Trump administration.
Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
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Newly Disclosed Records Show Trump Administration’s Unlawful Actions Related to Secretly Formed “Climate Working Group”
The records are part of more than 68,000 pages of records obtained by EDF and the Union of Concerned Scientists as as the result of a lawsuit.
www.edf.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
FOIAed emails show two employees - Travis Fisher + Joshua Loucks - from the Cato Institute, a group funded by petrochemical billionaire Charles Koch, transferred to DOE and worked on Energy Secretary Chris Wright’s climate denial report for the Trump administration.
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OPINION: "Ohio can begin atonement through enforced reliability standards with equipment upgrades necessary to meet those standards funded by FirstEnergy shareholders."
Editorial: FirstEnergy must be reliable
FirstEnergy wants the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to relax reliability standards to give them more time to fix the problem when there’s a power ...
www.toledoblade.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM
OPINION: "Ohio can begin atonement through enforced reliability standards with equipment upgrades necessary to meet those standards funded by FirstEnergy shareholders."
Mike DeWine too. FirstEnergy secretly paid $3.5 million to groups like Freedom Frontier + State Solutions that backed DeWine + Husted during the 2018 elections. The duo helped FirstEnergy secure a since repealed $1 billion public bailout via the bribery-tainted HB 6 www.cleveland.com/open/2024/04...
January 13, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Mike DeWine too. FirstEnergy secretly paid $3.5 million to groups like Freedom Frontier + State Solutions that backed DeWine + Husted during the 2018 elections. The duo helped FirstEnergy secure a since repealed $1 billion public bailout via the bribery-tainted HB 6 www.cleveland.com/open/2024/04...
U.S. Senator Jon Husted is named on an amended witness list for defendants former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling filed ahead of their state criminal trial later this month www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Amended witness list for former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling in state criminal case in Ohio January 2025
www.documentcloud.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
U.S. Senator Jon Husted is named on an amended witness list for defendants former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling filed ahead of their state criminal trial later this month www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Grid operator PJM tells court that the extended delay of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project halted by Trump "will cause irreparable harm to the 67 million Americans served by PJM" www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
PJM amicus brief supporting Virginia offshore wind project halted by Trump January 2025
www.documentcloud.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Grid operator PJM tells court that the extended delay of the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project halted by Trump "will cause irreparable harm to the 67 million Americans served by PJM" www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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The Environmental Protection Agency is going to stop considering the economic benefits of reducing asthma, heart disease and premature deaths as it repeals limits on air pollutants like mercury, soot and smog, according to reports:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... 1/
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... 1/
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency is going to stop considering the economic benefits of reducing asthma, heart disease and premature deaths as it repeals limits on air pollutants like mercury, soot and smog, according to reports:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... 1/
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c... 1/
Trump is the like the boy who cried “Wolf!” using national security as a false pretense to attack domestic offshore wind power. Judges are not buying this B.S.
NEW: A federal judge today struck down a stop work order Trump issued before Christmas on a big New England offshore wind project under construction
It’s a huge ruling and suggests other stop work orders against offshore wind farms in progress may very soon fail too
It’s a huge ruling and suggests other stop work orders against offshore wind farms in progress may very soon fail too
How Trump’s Case Against Revolution Wind Fell Apart (Again)
A federal court has once again allowed Orsted to resume construction on its offshore wind project.
heatmap.news
January 12, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Trump is the like the boy who cried “Wolf!” using national security as a false pretense to attack domestic offshore wind power. Judges are not buying this B.S.
FirstEnergy says Ohio customers will receive $65.61 in bill credits over 3 months ($21.87/month) due to a settlement resolving the @PUCOhio investigations of the utility’s corruption BUT a recent rate change will dilute the actual savings for customs www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
FirstEnergy says Ohio customers will receive $65.61 in bill credits over 3 months ($21.87/month) due to a settlement resolving the @PUCOhio investigations of the utility’s corruption BUT a recent rate change will dilute the actual savings for customs www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
Trump moves to pull US out of bedrock global climate treaty, becoming first country to do so | CNN
The Trump administration is pulling the United States out of the bedrock treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with dozens of other global bodies.
www.cnn.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Trump moves to pull the US from bedrock climate treaty, UN IPCC and other int'l orgs & UN agencies. In doing so, the US becomes the only country to withdraw from this particular climate agreement dating back to 1992 (UNFCCC). www.cnn.com/2026/01/07/c...
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Offshore wind developers affected by the Trump administration's freeze of five big projects on the East Coast are fighting back in court, with one developer saying its project will likely be terminated if they can't resume by the end of next week. https://to.pbs.org/4swIGnF
Trump's offshore wind project freeze hit with lawsuits from states and developers
The Norwegian company Equinor and the Danish energy company Orsted are the latest to challenge the suspension order.
to.pbs.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Offshore wind developers affected by the Trump administration's freeze of five big projects on the East Coast are fighting back in court, with one developer saying its project will likely be terminated if they can't resume by the end of next week. https://to.pbs.org/4swIGnF
FirstEnergy to pay $275 million to Ohio customers over HB 6 corruption scandal www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...
FirstEnergy to pay $275 million to Ohio customers over HB 6 corruption scandal
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio has approved a settlement with FirstEnergy that will provide a total of $275 million to utility customers in restitution for the company's actions in the House ...
www.cleveland.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
FirstEnergy to pay $275 million to Ohio customers over HB 6 corruption scandal www.cleveland.com/open/2026/01...
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The Minneapolis neighborhood where federal immigration officers shot and killed a woman on Wednesday is less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by the police in 2020.
Minneapolis ICE Shooting Live Updates: Agent Kills Woman Amid Immigration Crackdown
A 37-year-old woman was trying to kill the agents with a car, federal officials said. City and state officials disputed that account, with Gov. Tim Walz describing it as “propaganda.”
nyti.ms
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Minneapolis neighborhood where federal immigration officers shot and killed a woman on Wednesday is less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by the police in 2020.
State prosecutors plan to call Roger Sugarman, the longtime personal attorney of Samuel Randazzo, as a witness at the criminal trial of former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling
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December 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
State prosecutors plan to call Roger Sugarman, the longtime personal attorney of Samuel Randazzo, as a witness at the criminal trial of former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones and lobbyist Michael Dowling
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Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Koch Political Operation Spent Nearly $550 Million During 2024 Cycle www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
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Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
December 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
FirstEnergy agrees to pay $275 million in customer restitutions in Ohio as part of a newly announced multi-party settlement to resolve the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's investigations into the utility's House Bill 6 corruption schemes dis.puc.state.oh.us/DocumentReco...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
FirstEnergy agrees to pay $275 million in customer restitutions in Ohio as part of a newly announced multi-party settlement to resolve the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio's investigations into the utility's House Bill 6 corruption schemes dis.puc.state.oh.us/DocumentReco...
Former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones wants evidence that he deleted evidence from his work iPhone excluded from his state criminal trial, notably blaming FirstEnergy for refusing to produce the device or backup copies to the prosecution and defense www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Former FirstEnergy CEO Charles Jones wants evidence that he deleted evidence from his work iPhone excluded from his state criminal trial, notably blaming FirstEnergy for refusing to produce the device or backup copies to the prosecution and defense www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Ex-FirstEnergy CEO wants to limit whistleblowing accountant’s testimony at bribery trial
By: Jake Zuckerman & Arielle Kass
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By: Jake Zuckerman & Arielle Kass
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FirstEnergy CEO asks to limit accountant’s testimony at bribery trial
Two former executives at FirstEnergy Corp. asked a judge Friday to stifle testimony from the company’s top accountant.
signalohio.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ex-FirstEnergy CEO wants to limit whistleblowing accountant’s testimony at bribery trial
By: Jake Zuckerman & Arielle Kass
signalohio.org/firstenergy-...
By: Jake Zuckerman & Arielle Kass
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Americans are paying record-high utility bills, and it’s not just inflation or extreme weather. A new @harpers.bsky.social investigation by @nickbowlin.bsky.social lays out how utilities, regulators, and Wall Street work together to lock in rising costs for customers. harpers.org/archive/2026...
Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
harpers.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Americans are paying record-high utility bills, and it’s not just inflation or extreme weather. A new @harpers.bsky.social investigation by @nickbowlin.bsky.social lays out how utilities, regulators, and Wall Street work together to lock in rising costs for customers. harpers.org/archive/2026...
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This story from @nickbowlin.bsky.social does as good a job as any journalism I've read of explaining how utilities have largely captured their regulators, and why that dynamic is driving skyrocketing utility bills. harpers.org/archive/2026...
Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
harpers.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This story from @nickbowlin.bsky.social does as good a job as any journalism I've read of explaining how utilities have largely captured their regulators, and why that dynamic is driving skyrocketing utility bills. harpers.org/archive/2026...
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“When utilities earn substantial profits, one might expect customers to see some relief in their monthly bills. But as a result of the ownership model of the utilities that serve most Americans, this is rarely what happens.” —@nickbowlin.bsky.social
Power Brokers, by Nick Bowlin
What’s really behind your soaring utility bills
buff.ly
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“When utilities earn substantial profits, one might expect customers to see some relief in their monthly bills. But as a result of the ownership model of the utilities that serve most Americans, this is rarely what happens.” —@nickbowlin.bsky.social
Unbelievable. More shady math at ratepayers expense from FirstEnergy www.beaconjournal.com/story/busine...
Ohio Edison rates are rising despite rebates, revenue reduction order
Residential Ohio Edison customers will receive rebates for three months following a Nov. 19 PUCO order. Then, the utility said, bills will increase.
www.beaconjournal.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Unbelievable. More shady math at ratepayers expense from FirstEnergy www.beaconjournal.com/story/busine...
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The war on renewables is being driven in part by nuclear operators and fossil fuel interests.
🎁🔗 to an absolutely comprehensive look at the backroom alliance shaping opposition
🎁🔗 to an absolutely comprehensive look at the backroom alliance shaping opposition
Nuclear and Fossil Fuels Join Forces to Undermine Renewables
The once unlikely alliance took root in Texas and now reaches right into the White House, where President Trump wants to ban wind energy projects.
www.bloomberg.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The war on renewables is being driven in part by nuclear operators and fossil fuel interests.
🎁🔗 to an absolutely comprehensive look at the backroom alliance shaping opposition
🎁🔗 to an absolutely comprehensive look at the backroom alliance shaping opposition