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Colin Meehan
@colinme.bsky.social
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@WWF always looking for ways to accelerate the transition to clean energy. Former DOE/Texan now near Baltimore. Sometimes technical analyses, often advocacy. Every once in a while parenting/biking/music/mental health/adventures in a blended family.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · May 7
It's an exciting day over here at the WWF Renewable Energy Transition HQ - we're releasing our first report, this one on the impact of the growing demand for "Energy Transition Minerals" on wildlife across the globe. This is a bit of a long one, with lots of details and stats for those interested.
Critical Minerals at a Critical Moment | Publications | WWF
World Wildlife Fund - The leading organization in wildlife conservation and endangered species.
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1d
Lots of people think Dems are forcing these dirty coal plants to “retire” with policies and regs.

It’s simply not true!

Coal plants are incredibly inefficient to run compared to gas and renewables. This New England plant didn’t “retire” — the company closed it because it was too expensive!
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 1d
New England has said its final goodbye to coal power. Here’s how a transition to gas — and now renewables — helped shut its last plant down early.
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
Poor economics drove the aging New Hampshire plant offline three years early, even as the Trump administration pushes to revitalize coal.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 1d
China and the US going in opposite directions now when it comes to energy.

And it looks like China is poised to win…

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
www.bloomberg.com
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Ben Norris @bennorris.bsky.social · 1d
American Energy Impotence
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 1d
Oh:
- The US sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July.
- China exported $120 billion in green technology over the same period.
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🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
www.bloomberg.com
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 13d
Via @jvl.bsky.social "the answer isn’t to stamp out neurodivergence or “cure” people of being who they are.4 It’s to widen our arms and be more inclusive so that they can find their place in the world a little more easily.
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Autism, MAHA, and the Face of God
One part junk science, two parts incompetent government, and with a dash of blasphemy, for seasoning.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 15d
I try (/fail) to limit my regular work when I’m traveling for work but have to say it’s lovely day to start my NY Climate Week and I certainly don’t mind MCing a work call on state level renewable energy permitting policy from a beautiful patio.
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Ken Caldeira @kencaldeira.com · 19d
Trump and his Republican co-conspirators fear ridicule more than anything else.

They are OK with being called cruel, because they associate cruelty with power, but they know that their power stems from people taking them seriously.

Ridicule is powerful.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 23d
“I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor.”

@jamestalarico.bsky.social’s #CupOfJoe is dialed-in. Our future depends on rejecting the politics of hate and choosing a path that heals, unites, & rebuilds. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2kb9wzax
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 28d
Thanks David - 3 6yo kids and I am stopping often to reflect on how full of joy and wonder this life with them is. That’s in no small part thanks to your “medium chill” column which I still return to when I worry about the rat race too much.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 28d
Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police.

Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 28d
Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican'

Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping.

Here, he tells us his story.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 29d
Had noticed the same but hadn't put it into words yet - it is a very interesting shift, thanks for sharing
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · Sep 7
Following the Hyundai raid, LG Energy Solution suspended most business trips to the US and directed employees to return home immediately. It comes less than two months since South Korea committed $350B in US investments, including a $26B Hyundai steel mill in Louisiana.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Sep 7
U.S. policy decisions made by the Administration are degrading our economy and our national security.
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · Sep 7
Following the Hyundai raid, LG Energy Solution suspended most business trips to the US and directed employees to return home immediately. It comes less than two months since South Korea committed $350B in US investments, including a $26B Hyundai steel mill in Louisiana.
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Laiken Jordahl @laikenjordahl.bsky.social · Sep 4
Survey stakes are in the ground at the San Rafael Valley, where DHS is preparing to wall off the last best corridor in Arizona for jaguars, ocelots & other species. Not a soul in sight.
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · Sep 3
Here’s the link to my story about how anti-cable conspiracies ran rampant the two Jersey Shore towns, where my family all lives, after postcards riddled with cables-cause-cancer misinformation showed up in people’s mailbox. A political org was behind it.

www.eenews.net/articles/fir...
First whales, now cables: Anti-wind activists push more false claims
New Jersey’s plan to install offshore wind transmission faces opposition from some of the same groups that spread misinformation about whale deaths.
www.eenews.net
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Sep 2
C’mon people!!! Are we going to have to institute mandatory screenings of Old Yeller?!?
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Sep 2
Wolf in sheep's clothing feels a little too on the nose for this particular example of co-opting causes and messages...
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · Sep 2
Yet again: plans to weaponize the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to shut down wind farms have nothing to do with actual concern for birds.
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Ted Zukoski @tedzukoski.bsky.social · Sep 2
Hey, #birdsky.

The Trump administration released draft plans today stripping protections for the greater sage-grouse on ~50 million acres of public lands. The protections were meant to prevent grouse extinction.

More: biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

Photo c/o Pacific Region/USFWS. #birds
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · Sep 2
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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Vivek Srikrishnan @vsrikrish.bsky.social · Sep 2
Really pleased to have been able to contribute to the comment on sea level rise and the impressive work from all of my colleagues who contributed to this book-length review in a short period of time. Thanks to @andrewdessler.com and @bobkopp.net for organizing this effort!
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · Sep 2
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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NPR @npr.org · Sep 2
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · Sep 2
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.

Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Aug 26
It's possible that I'm still bitter - I was lucky to get my son and I through that very real life threatening experience, and it was a big part of the reason I went on to join the DOE's Grid Deployment office focusing on grid resilience and modernization.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Aug 26
This despite the fact that "dispatchable" generation played the dominant role in the blackout. Can't say that I'm sorry to see this foolish idea to prop up non-economic new gas power plants continue to falter. I remember when Texas leaders used to believe in letting the market decide...
A chart from ERCOT showing the level of power plant outages during Winter Storm Uri by technology type.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Aug 26
I lived through Uri as the solo parent of a toddler, moving houses 2 times to stay safe. A week later I testified on behalf of the solar industry at the state Senate hearing that was designed to position renewable energy as the scapegoat.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Aug 26
"Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders were quick to blame trouble with wind and solar power generation for the power outages. While renewables did struggle ... so did natural gas power generation after power plant equipment and some pipelines that supply gas to the plants froze.""
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · Aug 26
"The fund was created in the wake of Winter Storm Uri, the February 2021 storm that plunged most of the state into blackouts during freezing weather for days, leaving hundreds of people dead."
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