OPINION: "Under this new approach, the EPA will be able to justify more air pollution and less public health protection when it issues Clean Air Act rules," Janet McCabe writes.
The Trump administration just made ALL energy more expensive.
Renewables: Permitting bottlenecks
Gas: Unbridled exports
Oil: War in Iran
Coal: Mandated coal generation
Wow! 37.9” (96 cm) of snow has fallen in Providence, Rhode Island, pulverizing the previous all-time single-storm snowfall record by over 9”.
"Congress passed the Clean Air Act in 1963 to regulate local pollution around the country, and regulators did that for decades."
The Clean Air Act everyone knows is the 1970 Amendments. There were additional amendments in 1977 and 1990. The 1990 amendments address CFCs, which are global pollutants.
Pretty good summary of the forces arrayed against the CO2 endangerment finding. I think they are counting their chickens prematurely.
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
So many folks who thought Born in the USA was a pro-America song are suddenly worried about not understanding lyrics.
Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
5 for 5 👏 All 5 Offshore Wind projects affected by Trump's lease suspensions have now received temporary relief in court and have returned to construction.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
Now: Bruce Springsteen sings “Streets of Minneapolis” in Minneapolis
NEW: North Atlantic right whales - a species whose fortunes I've followed for years - are having a baby boom!!
21 mother-calf pairs have been sighted so far, the highest figure in years. And we're not even halfway through the calving season (which runs to mid-April).
www.wired.com/story/a-nort...
Imp 🧵
End of story is this-applies beyond nukes
Hanson said he believes the numerous cuts to the new orders will not necessarily simplify the review process. One of the benefits of having things explicitly written down was that
"contractors and others knew how to comply with the rules," he said.
Bar chart titled ‘U.S. Data Center Cancellations Surged in 2025’ showing quarterly counts of proposed data center projects canceled after sustained local protests. Cancellations remain low in 2023–2024 (0–3 per quarter), then rise sharply in 2025—about 4 in Q2, peaking at 11 in Q3, and remaining high at 10 in Q4.
NEW: I have exclusive new data on whether local resistance is slowing down the data center buildout.
Heatmap’s comprehensive review finds that 25 data centers were cancelled last year after sustained local opposition. That’s quadruple the number from a year prior.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
In a rare move, PJM has intervened in the lawsuit arguing to lift the stop work order on Coastal Virginia offshore wind
PJM says if the project is canceled it will result in “irreparable harm” to electricity access for countless millions, likely because of rising data center demand
The National Weather Service is using AI to replace the federal workers DOGE fired at the agency.
So far, it’s just making stuff up.
After a decade of public opposition, legal challenges, and even a ballot referendum, the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line is ready to go.
Huh, I thought Republicans got rid of Chevron deference.
Senators Whitehouse and Heinrich's statement on Trump’s assault on wind energy leaving permitting reform dead in the water.
Trump’s assault on clean energy sinks permitting reform. There is no path to a bill if this administration refuses to follow the law.
Trump will own higher electricity prices, aging infrastructure, & loss of U.S. competitiveness.
@whitehouse.senate.gov & @heinrich.senate.gov's statement:
Screenshot of Yglesias post reading: "Claim here from a green NGO guy is that I am a “corporate shill” for believing that gas is cleaner than coal. Does that make him a corporate shill for coal for arguing that I’m wrong? This is a childish way to argue. We simply disagree. Who is right?" that quote posts Aaron Regunberg post reading: "Matt Yglesias is a corporate shill. This is well attested. But he really took his hackery to the next level in this essay for the Times. "Essay" is actually a very generous word to describe this blatant regurgitation of oil and gas industry talking points, which relies for its citations on sources like Energy In Depth, the Big Oil front group that the Times' own reporting has described as being directed by ExxonMobil. Essentially every line in this piece is wrong. And not like "I disagree with that opinion" wrong—like empirically, demonstrably false, as you'd expect from the talking points of an industry that has spent decades lying about these issues. Yglesias claims that natural gas "is much cleaner than coal"—it isn't, according to the Times, which reported that gas "can be just as harmful to the climate" unless the industry can "all but eliminate the leaks that plague its use.""
Yglesias wants to take us backwards to the stale coal vs. natural gas fights of the 2000s that anchor the climate debate in fossil fuels. The debate must move forwards, beyond fossil fuels that corrupt our politics, drive inflation, harm public health, & foul our climate, air & water, public lands.
Matt Yglesias gets a guest essay in The NY Times to push oil industry propaganda. And he is no different from the likes of Stephen Miller in his approach to the facts. But let's start with his big idea!
"Liberals should support America’s oil and gas industry."
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
Tweet from @janeaflegal stating "NEPA is a huge problem for energy development & to suggest otherwise is absurd. Data on EISs is clear: the highest burden among energy projects falls on renewables & tx. & NEPA deters renewable projects in some of the most resource-rich regions of the US (bc of fed lands trigger)" quote tweeting a post from @thomashochman linking to a substack post of his here: https://www.greentape.pub/p/revisiting-pro-nepa-studies
Perhaps the problem is U.S. policy fixation on the fossil fuel/AI data center House of Cards.
Setting that aside, Flegal's post contains very serious omissions suggesting she: (1) Doesn't understand NEPA beyond centrist think tank data slop; and/or (2) Is attacking NEPA in bad faith.
He already did that on his first day in office! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize
we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily
that won’t happen without noise
please, bluesky, do what u do best
@930club.bsky.social
@theatlantisdc.bsky.social
@theanthemdc.bsky.social
1. To opinions! Solar is the cheapest source of bulk electricity in many countries, and the quickest to deploy, and now you couldn't stop it being built if you wanted to. The limits to PV build in most places are grid access, permitting, and sometimes installation labour.
SCOOP: Revolution Wind employed 80 fishermen over the past 2 years, paying out $9.5 million to captains, deckhands, and fishing boat owners. Trump's pause means he just put Trump-voting fishermen out of work.
When Trump paused Empire Wind, the fishermen stayed quiet.
This time, they spoke to me.👇
Third Way and Sarah Longwell are not Democrats
if Trump's order to keep open fossil fuel plants that are scheduled to be decommissioned is followed, it will cost US ratepayers between $3-6 billion per year earthjustice.org/press/2025/i...
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress. Title: Voters Expect Renewable Energy Development to Have Positive or Neutral Impacts on Their Communities. Description: If your community pursued a clean energy project, would you expect the following things to increase or decrease? Key: a = Increase b = Stay the same c = Decrease d = Don’t know Results: Job opportunities — a: 46%, b: 31%, c: 10%, d: 13% Home values in my community — a: 43%, b: 35%, c: 7%, d: 15% The quality of life in my community — a: 38%, b: 42%, c: 8%, d: 12% My community's ability to recover quickly from extreme weather — a: 37%, b: 35%, c: 11%, d: 17% My utility bill — a: 33%, b: 24%, c: 31%, d: 12% The quality of nearby natural resources — a: 30%, b: 39%, c: 13%, d: 18% Power outages — a: 17%, b: 36%, c: 32%, d: 15% Survey conducted July 25–26, 2025 among 1,209 U.S. likely voters.
NEW: Voters expect clean energy projects to have positive or neutral impacts on job opportunities, home values, and the quality of life in their communities.
www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/8/...
Trump's Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires Bill will raise your energy prices.
@heinrich.senate.gov and I explain how:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN9O...
