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David Weiskopf believes in you @dave.bzky.team · Jul 6

I do think it is kind of funny that Elon Musk's pitch for his new political party is "I have spectacularly bad judgment!"

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · Jul 6

Trump came into office promising to cut Americans' energy bills in half. Instead, his big bill will INCREASE energy bills $400/year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

ALT: a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .

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Robbie Orvis @robbieorvis.bsky.social · Jul 4

Today, the President will sign the OBBBA into law, repealing and and modifying many clean energy tax credits. Last night we finished updating our analysis of OBBBA at the state-level to see what this bill means for Americans. The results are ugly.

Full dataset here: zenodo.org/records/1580...

EI House OBBBA Modeling - State Results

State level EPS model results used in published EI fact sheets: https://energyinnovation.org/report/one-big-beautiful-bill-act/.

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LCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · Jul 3

21 House Republicans signed a letter supporting clean energy in their districts.

@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is keeping them honest: "What are those 21 Republicans going to do when the time comes to vote for this Big Ugly Bill" that guts clean energy jobs?

Tell your reps to #VoteNo TODAY.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 27

this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand?

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U.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · Jun 24

🌡️ Extreme heat is deadly & is being made worse by climate change.

States & territories across our coalition are working to protect their communities – from deploying heat preparedness strategies to supporting community resilience & more ⬇️
usclimatealliance.org/policy-priorities/resilience/

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jun 23

A heat wave will intensify along the East Coast this week as tropical humidity levels and 100-degree temperatures reach big cities from Boston to Washington.

See how much you’ll be affected: wapo.st/43XHy2g

A map of the United States showing where the highest humidity levels from June 23 to June 28 will be.

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Kristina Costa @slashklc.bsky.social · Jun 23

Senate Republicans continue to consider a reconciliation bill that will cut off booming clean energy investment in the U.S.—killing jobs and raising costs on families just as oil prices and electricity demand skyrocket. A thread of just some recent stories on what their bill means for Americans: 🧵

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · Jun 22

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Jun 19

The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office.

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · Jun 17

worth reading the memo. it doesnt say that baseload power is a fallacy. the fallacy is in claiming only certain baseload techs need to be incentivized/build for grid growth.

Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · Jun 17

FACT SHEET: The “Baseload Fallacy”: Undercutting Wind, Solar, and Batteries While Supporting Nuclear and Geothermal Won’t Protect the Grid—Or Families’ Energy Bills, from @ClimatePower
climatepower.us/news/fact-sh...

FACT SHEET: The “Baseload Fallacy”: Undercutting Wind, Solar, and Batteries While Supporting Nuclear and Geothermal Won’t Protect the Grid—Or Families’ Energy Bills | Climate Power

Utility bills are surging across the country in the face of rising demand from data centers and new manufacturing facilities.

climatepower.us

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · Jun 4

“Repealing [clean energy tax] credits could increase the average family’s energy bill by as much as $400 per year within a decade, according to several studies published this year.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.

www.nytimes.com

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 22

This week is ass.

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 22

Absolute garbage energy policy

Fast-growing zero-emission tech industries supplied 95% of new US grid generation capacity last year

Now despite booming energy demand, and new jobs in US manufacturing, the House GOP wants to burn it all down

For what? Oil/gas campaign cash

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 20

Also they clearly don't think they're losing the Senate anytime soon

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 20

So wild. Oil money and its sway within the GOP. My goodness. Hard to overstate.

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 13

Today I learned that Rep Jason Smith's voice is annoying af

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 13

New @rhg.com analysis of House GOP plan to kill energy tax credits shows it "will raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035, stifle energy technology innovation, increase pollution, and could put significant investment at risk."
rhg.com/research/way...

Ways and Means Brings the Hammer Down on Energy Credits

The House Ways and Means Committee issued its proposed language for inclusion in Congress’s massive budget reconciliation package. It’s the opening attempt to reduce spending in order to partially…

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · May 12

Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · May 12

The House Republican's budget bill is starting to drop. It extends trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy while effectively crippling US manufacturing & energy industries and raising energy costs. It's effectively full repeal of the IRA. Here's tax portion waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/u... 🔌💡

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 12

A colleague just called this week “Negative Christmas” and holy shit that’s accurate

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · May 12

Congress wants to take away money passed in the IRA— to make homes more energy efficient so folks can save money on their bills, to make clean manufacturing & vehicle facilities to grow good union jobs here, to build power transmission to cut emissions & costs— all to pay for tax cuts for rich folks

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8 of any amounts made available under subsection (a) of
9 section 50123 of Public Law 117-169 (42 U.S.C. 18795b) |
10 is rescinded.
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12 PROGRAMS OFPICE.-The unobligated balance of any
13 amounts made available under subsection (b) of section
14 50141 of Publie Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2042) is re-15 scinded.
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(e) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLE MANUPAC-
17 TURING.—The unobligated balance of any amounts made
18 available under subsection (a) of section 50142 of Public
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3 available under subsection (a) of section 50144 of Public
4 Law 117-169 (136 Stat. 2044) is rescinded.
5 (e) TRIBAL ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.-
6 The unobligated balance of any amounts made available
7 under subsection (a) of section 50145 of Publie Law 117-8 169 (136 Stat. 2045) is rescinded.
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10 obligated balance of any amounts made available under
11 subsection (a) of section 50151 of Publie Law 117-169
12 (42 U.S.C. 18715) is rescinded.
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14 STATE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION LINES.—The unobli-
15 gated balance of any amounts made available under sub-16 section (a) of section 50152 of Publie Law 117-169 (42
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19 TRICITY TRANSMISSION PLANNING, MODELING, AND
20 ANMLYSIS.—The unobligated balance of any amounts
21 made available under subsection (a) of section 50153 of
22 Publie Law 117-169 (42 U.S.C. 18715b) is rescinded.
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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · May 6

Nations with nukes are fighting now cool cool www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...

India Strikes Pakistan Two Weeks After Terrorist Attack

www.nytimes.com

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Apr 26

Only way to come back from this is to put a whole bunch of people in jail

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Apr 26

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.

Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · Apr 25

Happy National Poetry Month folks lunchboxpoems.tumblr.com

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