Logan Mitchell PhD
@loganemitchell.bsky.social
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Climate scientist & energy analyst @UtahCleanEnergy. #ElectrifyEverything #EnergySky #GreenSky 🔌💡. Posts my own.
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loganemitchell.bsky.social
I thought it seemed way too warm at night for this time of year.
slc.nws-bot.us
SLC issues Record Event Report (RER) at Oct 11, 9:47 AM MDT ...RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER 11TH... via IEMbot
Additional Details Here.
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matthewstiegler.bsky.social
Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges.

What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.
murshedz.bsky.social
“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
loganemitchell.bsky.social
This would save electricity ratepayers enormous amounts of 💰

We're asking the Utah Public Service Commission to do the same thing
propublica.org
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to fast-track solar and wind permits that must break ground by next year or likely miss out on a federal tax credit Congress is ending.

With @opb.org
Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...
www.propublica.org
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propublica.org
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to take “any and all steps necessary” to fast-track solar and wind permits that must break ground by next year or likely miss out on a federal tax credit Congress is ending.

With @opb.org
Oregon Fast-Tracks Renewable Energy Projects as Trump Bill Ends Tax Incentives
Gov. Tina Kotek ordered the move, which follows reporting by Oregon Public Broadcasting and ProPublica that highlighted impediments green energy advocates blame for the state’s poor ranking when it co...
www.propublica.org
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ben-gt.bsky.social
I fast-charged the 2026 Nissan Leaf, and the experience was flawless: 10-80% in 32 min

Takeaway: Real-world, it’s road-trip quick, actually faster-charging than the Ariya.

More details to follow.
loganemitchell.bsky.social
We need to take a pragmatic look at Utah's energy future, including all of our dispatchable energy resources, from solar+batteries, wind+batteries, next generation geothermal, and also nuclear.

Me on @fox13news.bsky.social with @benwinslow.bsky.social yesterday:
#utpol
benwinslow.bsky.social
ICYMI, Utah is moving forward with its efforts to have nuclear power in the state. But many community groups still have a lot of questions: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
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benwinslow.bsky.social
ICYMI, Utah is moving forward with its efforts to have nuclear power in the state. But many community groups still have a lot of questions: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
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jessedjenkins.com
If you want to understand what's going on with China's electricity system and emissions goals, don't miss this one!
heatmap.news
NEW on this week's Shift Key, @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com talk with UC San Diego's @michaeldavidson.bsky.social about China's climate progress, how its electricity markets work and what to make of those coal subsidies.

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts:
How China’s Power Grid Really Works
Podcast Episode · Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · 10/08/2025 · 1h 13m
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loganemitchell.bsky.social
Utah is among the top 5 states where you'll save the most money by driving an EV as compared to a gas car (+ no air pollution)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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calebcrain.bsky.social
Chilling insight by @barbarafwalter.com: "Once citizens view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this… They’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns."

via www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Screenshot from a NYT article by Thomas Edsall, quoting Barbara Walter of UC-San Diego: "The quickest way to piss people off is to send soldiers into their neighborhoods especially when there’s no reason for them to be there. It’s inherently provocative, and Trump and his team understand this. Research by the political scientist Robert Pape shows that the single most powerful predictor of suicide terrorism is the presence of foreign troops on local soil. People hate, hate, hate that. They hate the humiliation, the powerlessness, the feeling of being occupied.

"Once citizens begin to view their own government’s security forces as an occupying army, violence becomes inevitable. Trump’s team knows this. In fact, that’s the point. They are not trying to restore order; they’re trying to trigger the very unrest that would justify further crackdowns. In the end, violence serves their ultimate end: They want to create the illusion of disorder so they can tighten control and stay in power indefinitely."
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?
vermontgmg.bsky.social
If appropriations bills are not seen as enforceable contracts, why should any Member of Congress vote to fund any part of the federal government under Donald Trump? You're voting to provide money for lawlessness. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...
There is no budget "deal" to be made
President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
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emilypont.bsky.social
10 out of 13 grants awarded for domestic Heat Pump manufacturing (the IRA’s Heat Pump Defense Production Act Program) are also listed. 🔌⚡

Awards for Gradient, Mitsubishi, and York International appear to be safe.
emilypont.bsky.social
Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.
heatmap.news
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grist.org
The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.

Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that warm spells are disrupting that flushing.

grist.org/climate/the-...

#Oceans #Climate #MarineBiology #Nature #Environment #Fishing
The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.
Tiny poops are supposed to sink to the seafloor, locking away carbon. But scientists have found that heat waves are disrupting that flushing.
grist.org
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grist.org
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change.

National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.

grist.org/politics/why...

#NationalParks #Climate #Environment #Nature #GreenSky #Outdoors
Why Trump’s purge of ‘negative’ national park signs includes climate change
National parks are melting, burning, and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why.
grist.org
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wyden.senate.gov
Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question
loganemitchell.bsky.social
Senator Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social should be the Dem majority leader. This is what an actual opposition party would be doing. You have political leverage. Use it!
gregsargent.bsky.social
Senator Murphy also lays out a clear set of codified demands that Dems can stand for. Among them:

*no more using budget to punish enemies
*no more using FCC to censor critics
*restrictions on ICE lawlessness in interior
*clear ban on troops in cities

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newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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billmckibben.bsky.social
Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.

A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
www.theguardian.com
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jessedjenkins.com
Solar leads EU electricity generation as renewables hit 54% share.google/WEiX2aSdEwj9... 🔌💡 ☀️
According to new data from Eurostat, renewable energy sources generated 54% of the EU’s net electricity in Q2 2025, up from 52.7% year-over-year. The growth came mainly from solar, which produced 122,317 gigawatt-hours (GWh) – nearly 20% of the total electricity generation mix.

June 2025 was a milestone month: Solar became the EU’s single largest electricity source for the first time ever. It supplied 22% of all power that month, edging out nuclear (21.6%), wind (15.8%), hydro (14.1%), and natural gas (13.8%).
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kjephd.bsky.social
The Trump regime is dissolving the Union unilaterally, that's what these actions *are*—repudiation of the American constitutional order vis-a-vis federalism.
jamiedupree.bsky.social
Next move from OMB - canceling $8 billion in clean energy funds. You will note, all of the projects are in states led by Democrats