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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · Nov 13
Welcome to our new BlueSky followers!

We've put together this handy Heatmap starter pack for you all. Follow our news team for the latest on climate and clean energy:
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UN sec. gen. Antonio Guterres got it wrong when he said "Scientists tell us that a temporary overshoot above 1.5 degrees is now inevitable." Surpassing 1.5 may be inevitable, but the "temporary" part, not so much. My Q&A w/ an expert on why COPs need to confront this. heatmap.news/climate/cop-...
The Next COP Needs to Confront ‘Overshoot’
The Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is now all but impossible. Limiting — and eventually reversing — the damage will take some thought.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Today in Heatmap AM:

🪒 Canceled data centers shave 6 GW off Georgia demand
☀️ Solar supplies more California power as gas decreases: EIA study
🇨🇳 China connects new nuclear reactor to grid

Read all about it from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:

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Canceled Data Centers Curb Georgia’s Projected Power Surge
On California solar eating gas, China’s newest reactor, and GOP vs. CCS
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November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Start your week with the latest climate news:

😶 COP30’s final resolution is mum on fossil fuels
🏦 U.S. Export-Import Bank to invest $100B in energy dominance
🪨 Wyoming may build first new US coal plant since 2013

Read more in Heatmap AM from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:

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COP30 Ends With a Fossil Fuel Win
On Ex-Im’s energy spree, a new American coal plant, and Oregon abundance
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November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"A lot of power is going to a new office led by a deputy close to Wright."
11 Takeaways from the DOE’s Big Reorganization
Here’s what stood out to former agency staffers.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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In today’s Heatmap AM:

🛢️ Trump to open over a billion acres to offshore drilling

🗳️ House committee approves permitting bill

🪓 Energy Department axes two major clean energy offices

And more:

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Trump Opens Billions of Ocean Acres to Offshore Drilling
On a permitting bill shocker, spiking gas bills, and China’s nuclear progress
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November 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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jael.bsky.social
huge news: a key house committee just advanced a major bipartisan permitting deal that would block future presidents from rescinding permits for political reasons

good for anyone who wants to build renewables, bad for anyone who wants to block pipelines

via @heatmap.news
House Permitting Bill Would Block Trump From Pulling Permits
It was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by a vote of 25 to 18.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Always subscribe to @heatmap.news for all your energy and climate news and analysis.

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November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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A key House panel this afternoon advanced a permitting deal that included language barring Donald Trump — or any other president — from rescinding permits for energy projects: heatmap.news/energy/speed...
House Permitting Bill Would Block Trump From Pulling Permits
It was approved by the House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday by a vote of 25 to 18.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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BREAKING: Flames erupt at COP30 climate conference.

Here's @emilypont.bsky.social with the story:

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COP30 Is on Fire
Flames have erupted in the “Blue Zone” at the United Nations Climate Conference in Brazil.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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This morning in Heatmap AM:

🦅 Trump moves to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act
🇹🇷 Turkey chosen to host next year’s COP
🌨️ Many data center-heavy states could face outages this winter

Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:

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Trump Goes After the Endangered Species Act
On Turkey’s COP31 win, data center dangers, and Michigan’s anti-nuclear hail mary
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November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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At a crucial vote today, the officials in charge of the country’s largest power grid remained paralyzed by how to address rapidly rising electricity demand for data centers

We at @heatmap.news got you covered on the most important (in)decision today you didn’t know about
PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma
Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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BREAKING: The members of @pjminterconnection.bsky.social failed to decide on a plan to deal with the surge of demand from data centers.

That leaves it up to the board to submit a plan to @ferc.gov by the end of the year.

Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:

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PJM Is Paralyzed by Its Data Center Dilemma
Members of the nation’s largest grid couldn’t agree on a recommendation for how to deal with the surge of incoming demand.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Electricity bills have gotten crazy expensive.

But what if utilities just ... made less money?

@emilypont.bsky.social investigates:

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What If Utilities Just Made Less Money?
California energy companies are asking for permission to take in more revenue. Consumer advocates are having none of it.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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On this week's SHIFT KEY:

@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com wonk out with @advaitarun.bsky.social about project financing for data centers. Is it a bubble? And if so, what will that mean for clean energy?

Listen to find out:

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How Clean Energy Could Prepare for an AI Bubble
Podcast Episode · Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · 11/19/2025 · 1h 19m
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November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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I'm on @heatmap.news Shift Key this morning to talk all about "Bubble or Nothing" and the fragility of the data center investment boom!

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How Clean Energy Could Prepare for an AI Bubble
Rob and Jesse talk data center finance with the Center for Public Enterprise’s Advait Arun.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Heatmap AM’s top stories:

⚛️ LPO closes loan to restart Three Mile Island reactor
🇸🇦 Al Gore criticizes Saudi Arabia as Trump hosts prince
🗑️ EU to limit exports of “strategic commodity” aluminum

Here's @alexckaufman.bsky.social with the latest in clean energy news:

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Trump Backs Three Mile Island Revival
On ravenous data centers, treasured aluminum trash, and the drilling slump
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November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Democrats think they have a winning message against Trump.

There's just one problem: climate policy is getting in the way.

Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social with the full story:

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Democrats’ New Affordability Message Is Complicating Climate Policy
The transition to clean energy will be expensive today, even if it’ll be cheaper in the long run.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Pouring more money into coal plants doesn’t add up—and here’s another reason: Coal is more prone to equipment failures than cheaper, cleaner and more abundant renewable energy.

@zeitlin.bsky.social via @heatmap.news explains:
November 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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NEW in Heatmap AM:

📤 FEMA director resigns
💧 EPA may roll back Clean Water Act wetlands protections
🔦 Power outage length is increasing in US

Get all that — plus more! — from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:

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FEMA’s Controversial Head Steps Down
On EPA’s wetland protections, worsening blackouts, and a solar bright spot
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November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Mikie Sherrill cruised to victory in New Jersey’s governor race on the back of a promise to freeze electricity rates.

But what will that actually take?

@zeitlin.bsky.social has the answers:

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How an Electricity Rate Freeze Could Actually Work
New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill made a rate freeze one of her signature campaign promises, but that’s easier said than done.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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We really don’t know what coal’s future looks like — China is building huge amounts of new coal capacity and has shored up coal’s position in their grid over the past few years, but there are grid market reforms coming that could reduce coal’s importance. Useful piece: heatmap.news/ideas/china-...
China Can’t Decide if It Wants to Be the World’s First ‘Electrostate’
The country’s underwhelming new climate pledge is more than just bad news for the world — it reveals a serious governing mistake.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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In today’s Heatmap AM:

⛏️ COP covers critical minerals for the first time
😓 Nearly one-fifth of EPA employees take resignation deal
🛢️ Trump opens 11 million acres of Alaska reserve for oil and gas

Read more from @alexckaufman.bsky.social:

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In a First, UN Climate Talks Address Critical Minerals
On Alaskan drilling, EPA cuts, and Eavor’s progress
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November 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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In this week’s edition of The Fight:

Rural Marylanders are seeking Trump’s help to kill a transmission line that would likely power data centers. But Trump also has friends in Big Tech, leaving him with a dilemma.

Read more from @jael.bsky.social:

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The New Transmission Line Pitting Trump’s Rural Fans Against His Big Tech Allies
Rural Marylanders have asked for the president’s help to oppose the data center-related development — but so far they haven’t gotten it.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Coal is the least reliable energy source in the U.S., according to a new analysis by @envdefensefund.bsky.social shared exclusively with Heatmap.

Here's @zeitlin.bsky.social with more:

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Trump Wants to Prop Up Coal Plants. They Keep Breaking Down.
According to a new analysis shared exclusively with Heatmap, coal’s equipment-related outage rate is about twice as high as wind’s.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Scoop: I have learned Trump went after wind farms for eagle deaths during the government shutdown.

Thousands and thousands in fines over birds that died at least a year ago or more.

Via @heatmap.news

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Trump Punished Wind Farms for Eagle Deaths During the Shutdown
Plus more of the week’s most important fights around renewable energy.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM