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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 5h

Oh my god, yesssss!

I just discovered that the lead plaintiff small business suing the Trump administration over tariffs sells matching mother-daughter shark print dresses🦈👯‍♀️🦈

Paging Dr Shiffman.
Paging Dr Shiffman.

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social

Adult "Chomping Grounds" Shark Reef Super Twirler Dress with Pockets

Description Specifications An underwater paradise of corals in a riot of rainbow colors swarms with activity as tropical fish dip and flick through the forests of anemones. Blacktip sharks patrol the ...

princess-awesome.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 6h

No ship, Sherlock.

NEW from me 🚢

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/no-ship-new-york-offshore-project-empire-wind-faces-yet-another-hurdle

No ship? New York offshore wind project faces yet another hurdle

Equinor’s embattled Empire Wind project was banking on a new ship to install turbines. The vessel is almost 99% complete, but now the shipbuilders are…

www.canarymedia.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 14h

NEW: A list leaked to us @canarymedia.com appears to put an additional $24B in federal clean-energy funding on DOE's chopping block sometime soon. (DOE already axed $7.5B in energy and grid update grants this week.)

A former DOE official told @jeffstjohn.bsky.social the list appears legitimate.👇

This mysterious DOE ‘hit list’ has the clean-energy world on edge

A leaked list appears to put nearly $24B in federal clean-energy funding on the chopping block, but will the DOE go through with it?

www.canarymedia.com

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 16h

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months.
"Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026." Via @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... 🔌💡

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 16h

I’m tracking that, too!

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 18h

Today, the IUCN has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct 😞

This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia

The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The only offshore wind farm backed by Republican lawmakers narrows in on a new, definitive state date: March 2026.

Trump promised “no new windmills” on his watch.

But, in just 6 months, America’s largest offshore wind farm will plug into the grid. 🔌

#energysky #greensky

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A+ headline, no notes.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, VA is the largest data center market in the world!

Data centers are energy hungry. CVOW will make huge amounts of carbon-free power and — thanks to a 2020 state law — Dominion Energy is *required* to prioritize fossil free energy when building new infrastructure. It's as simple as that! 💫

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Dominion Energy worked with Orsted to build a "pilot" wind farm in 2020, just two full size turbines. (The full-scale project in 176 turbines).

They were the 1st turbines built in U.S. waters. More importantly, it got Virginians used to seeing them. There's been less pushback than in New England.

Virginia's Offshore Wind Turbines Now Generating Power

The Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) pilot project has started generating power, according to social media posts from Ørsted, which developed the project together with Dominion Energy.

www.offshorewind.biz

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

Dominion Energy bought the CVOW lease area near Virginia Beach in 2012 for basically nothing: $1.6 million.

For comparison, wind developers in 2018 paid $135 million each for lease areas in Mass. This hilarious press release from Ryan Zinke's DOI called the 2108 sale a "BIDDING BONANZA" 🤑

BIDDING BONANZA! Trump Administration Smashes Record for Offshore Wind Auction with $405 Million in Winning Bids | U.S. Department of the Interior

The nation’s eighth and highest grossing competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters offered approximately 390,000 acres offshore Massachusetts for potential wind energy development ...

www.doi.gov

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

CVOW was also a boon for Virginia military installations running on aging infrastructure. For example, CVOW's cables go through two military sites and the Naval Air Station Oceana got a $500 million power grid upgrade as a result. Here's GOP U.S. Congresswomen Kiggans explaining 👇

www.wavy.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

CVOW is the only wind farm being built by a state-regulated utility: Dominion Energy. Under a hypothetical Trump cancellation, VA residents would have paid for the abandoned $6B investment thru higher power bills, getting nothing in return. That's why some GOPers reluctantly backed CVOW in the end👇

GOP think tank that tried to stop VA offshore wind now says ‘go ahead’

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy said canceling America’s biggest offshore wind project under construction, off the Virginia coast, no…

www.canarymedia.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

The main ingredient here is that the wind farm — Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind or CVOW — has strong backing from Republican lawmakers.

There are 5 offshore wind farms being built in America right now. CVOW is the only one being built in a GOP-led state. (It also uses a port in a red district).

The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind

www.nytimes.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

In the Trump era, how did Virginia pull off building America's largest offshore wind farm without a hiccup?

Republicans, the military, data centers, a mind-blowing bargain, and a "starter" wind farm made it happen...🧵

www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

As always, read @fastlerner.bsky.social 🧪

Sharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 1d

NEW An EPA report found that PFNA, a chemical in the drinking water of some 26M people, interferes with development and likely causes liver problems & male reproductive harms. The report was done in April, scientists told me. But the agency hasn't released it

www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.

Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...

www.propublica.org

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The only offshore wind farm backed by Republican lawmakers narrows in on a new, definitive state date: March 2026.

Trump promised “no new windmills” on his watch.

But, in just 6 months, America’s largest offshore wind farm will plug into the grid. 🔌

#energysky #greensky

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 2d

What a fantastic idea!

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 2d

Herbal tea (just herbs, contains no leaves from the actual tea plant)

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 2d

News comes on the same day that Trump says "Does anybody go fishing anymore?" 🫠

newbedfordlight.org/offshore-win...

Offshore wind’s effects on fish won’t be studied due to federal cuts - The New Bedford Light

The canceled study, which would have employed New Bedford fishermen, is one casualty of $7 billion in clean-energy funding cuts in Democrat-led states.

newbedfordlight.org

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 2d

My feature piece about them for @canarymedia.com from June of this year: www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

These fishermen made peace with offshore wind. Then Trump came along.

Called “traitors” at the docks, over 100 East Coast fishermen are also working for wind developers. Many voted for a president who wants to tear it all…

www.canarymedia.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really happy to see these offshore wind-supporting fishermen that I profiled in June finally getting attention from major TV broadcasters like CBS News.

Not all fishermen hate wind farms!

www.cbsnews.com/video/trump-...

Trump freeze on offshore wind project cuts lifeline for fisherman

In New Bedford, Massachusetts, Captain Jack Morris, a lifelong scalloper, had recently found steady work supporting offshore wind construction. But with the Revolution Wind project now frozen by the T...

www.cbsnews.com

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2d

Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org

The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org

The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...

www.nobelprize.org

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