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America’s building bottleneck threatens the energy transition Brian Deese on the political and regulatory reforms needed to unlock the next wave of economic growth.

It was great to have Brian Deese on this week's podcast.

We talk about the impact of the IRA and the implications of the OBBBA.

TLDR: The solar/EV industry lacks real political power.

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Oh, the way I miss the era when DOE was led by Secretary Granholm and @jigarshahdc.bsky.social.

Atleast I have this to remember.

Everytime I need to type Big “Beautiful” Bill to look for news, I throw up inside a little.

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Here comes the sun, little darlin’! For a refreshing and heartening view of unstoppable progress on the road to a clean energy, @billmckibben.bsky.social gives us this solar gem. Thanks Bill! www.newyorker.com/news/annals-... 4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment | The New Yorker

Can anyone connect me to the organizers at @sundayofaction.bsky.social? Thank you :) ☀️

🗣️ Reminder: There are more of us than them! These are a few of the vocal anti-clean energy voices to keep an eye on who are attacking the clean energy revolution because they know it works! 🧵👇

It keeps getting worse everyday, isn’t it?

YouTube video by Los Angeles Times Just How Bad Is the Beautiful Bill for Clean Energy?

"If anything is going to break through the culture wars, it is a strong economic business case for continuing to build out a clean energy system. And that case is strong." youtu.be/2OoLDAenHi4?... 🔌💡

The Only Weather Models That Nailed the Texas Floods Are on Trump’s Chopping Block Predicting the location and severity of thunderstorms is at the cutting edge of weather science. Now funding for that science is at risk.

NOAA’s cutting-edge specialized models “got this right,” @weatherwest.bsky.social tells @jeva.bsky.social of the Texas storms. Trump's proposed budget slashes their funding.

More below on the endangered weather models that predicted Texas' floods ⬇️

The Senate version of GOP's budget bill dropped in the middle of the night. Astonishingly, it got EVEN WORSE. It raises energy costs, kills $100s of billions of investment in manufacturing, makes grids less reliable, increases pollution & constrains our ability to compete w/China on AI. Loser stuff.

“Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday the Senate would not move to overrule its parliamentarian after she advised that including key provisions in the GOP’s domestic-policy megabill would expose it to a fatal Democratic filibuster.”

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Zohran's Historic Win: 16 Takeaways The oligarchy is not invincible

Zohran & NYC DSA spoke to millions & found ways to reach far beyond the echo chamber

After yesterday's win, the Left nationwide can make a real turn towards mass politics

If this campaign didn’t fit your ideological priors, maybe those priors are wrong

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Last year, I heard @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social speak at a Green New Deal happy hour during NYC climate week, and now is he is about to become mayor of the biggest city in the US!

Hopecore, finally? ☀️

Congratulations, Mayor Zohran!

It's hot. Fossil fuels made it hotter. And it'll still be the coldest summer of your life if Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" passes this week.

Today's heat wave was made FIVE TIMES more likely by fossil fueled climate change

Yet Republicans are trying this week to pass a bill that would decimate the energy transition and sell off swaths of public lands to fossil fuel companies

More good news!

"Mamdani's campaign has put forth a transformative, green vision of a city that works for the 99%—one that takes on the existential threat of the climate crisis through kitchen-table proposals to improve working peoples’ daily lives + take back power from the richest 1%"
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Been saying this for a while, people care about affordability and improvement in their quality of life.

Decarbonization and clean energy can provide that, we just need better messengers.

Clean Energy Projects Hinge on Senate Megabill Showdown The tug of war over renewable subsidies and jobs has centered on senators like North Carolina’s Thom Tillis.

Clean energy projects are breaking ground across the country, creating jobs and bringing home manufacturing that will bring costs down. Trump and Republicans want to shut them down. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

You know why climate change keeps me up at night, it’s going to cause physical instability at scale humans haven’t known, that’s much worse than a war.

You mean not against the medicaid cuts as well?

“Senate Republicans will need to remove the provisions from the bill or otherwise would have to muster 60 voter to overcome a point of order against the bill.

Senate M. Leader could override the parliamentarian’s ruling with a simple majority vote on the floor establishing a new Senate precedent”

Some good news!

“The parliamentarian ruled several sections of the bill under the jurisdiction of the Environment and Public Works Committee also violated the Byrd Rule.

She ruled against the repeal of funding authorizations in the Inflation Reduction Act.”

#EnergySky

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The Senate GOP’s Seismic Overhaul of Clean Energy Tax Credits, Explained Wind and solar are out. Clean, firm power is in.

We dive into the Senate Finance committee's overhaul of the Inflation Reduction Act:

Tax Reform 2025 | The United States Senate Committee on Finance Tax Reform 2025

The Republican controlled Senate has released their Finance committee text. On energy policy, it improves slightly over the House bill — but it will still gut clean energy projects, killing jobs largely in Republican districts. This is a garbage bill. THREAD. 🧵
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It was a great event! The whole episode will be on Open Circuit soon!

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Likely a result of unavoidable cost pressures too. Fresh gas is increasingly expensive. Nuclear can't spin up quickly without more robust policy.

@tnorris.bsky.social writes about this for data centers in his load flexibility report. @jigarshahdc.bsky.social's been flagging high costs for gas.

Why Jigar Shah thinks American clean energy isn't dead yet The former Biden energy official says growing demand will assure future production, even if Congress will determine how expensive it will get.

U.S. clean energy prod. and storage is about to have a dark period. But @jigarshahdc.bsky.social, ex- Director of DOE's LPO, says that regardless of agenda, clean energy is the U.S.'s future. Now Congress decides whether clean energy will be expensive or affordable.

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Loved that @jigarshahdc.bsky.social kept it real at the Transition-AI conference by @latitudemedia.bsky.social⚡️

Electricity demand growth is a massive challenge ahead of us, let’s recognize that as we race to decarbonize.

Thank you @stephenlacey.bsky.social for a wonderful conference.☀️

Finally got to see @duncamp.bsky.social in action talking about DERs at the Transition-AI conference by @latitudemedia.bsky.social⚡️

NYT Headline: Why Rooftop Solar Could Crash Under the G.O.P. Tax Bill Federal tax breaks have fueled a boom. The House bill would end that immediately.

Hidden in Republicans' Big Ugly Bill is a provision to destroy rooftop solar—an essential tool used by majority low- and middle-income families to reduce their energy costs.