Ben Geman

VC heavyweight raises $1.36B for latest growth-stage fund It's a testament to capital backing solutions to rising power demand despite a tough funding environment.

🚨News: Energy Impact Partners raised $1.36 billion for its latest growth-stage fund. I chatted with EIP founder Hans Kobler about their theory of the case, via @axios.com #energy #climate #climatesky #AI www.axios.com/2025/10/07/v...

Axios Future of Energy Must-read energy and climate news and analysis that spans policy, science, tech deals, and more. By Ben Geman and Amy Harder.

Here's the sign up page for the Future of Energy newsletter from @amyaharder.bsky.social and me. (2/2) www.axios.com/signup/axios...

Investor-owned utilities tell EPA they could face legal quicksand if the endangerment finding goes away. Via the @axios.com
Future of Energy newsletter. #Energy #climate #Trump #electricity (1/2)

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Full comments from the EPA docket. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... (2/2)

🚨Tesla presses #Trump's EPA not to repeal the formal "endangerment finding" that provides the legal foundation for tailpipe CO2 regs. New comments defend regs too but say they could be streamlined. #climate #energy #electricvehicles (1/2)

My next beginning: Energy, AI & more at Axios My new gig as national energy correspondent!

Some news from me —

I’m (re)joining @axios.com as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: bit.ly/4ncRL1A

Here's Interior's order on Revolution Wind. www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...

The shaky CW when Empire Wind was halted was that offshore #wind projects much further along were safer. The #Trump admin's new stop-work order on Revolution Wind shows that's not the case. #energy

EPA looks to overturn the scientific reason for climate regulations The move is guaranteed to spark litigation.

🚨🚨 Breaking: EPA head Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to overturn the endangerment finding — a key legal underpinning for emissions regs — in an appearance broadcast Tuesday on the Ruthless podcast. www.axios.com/2025/07/29/e...

🚨🚨Breaking: DOE terminates conditional $4.9 billion loan guarantee for Invenergy's proposed Grain Belt Express transmission line that was issued in the Biden-era's waning weeks. #energy #climate #climatesky #greensky

Here's the report language: docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/...

🚨House GOP appropriators, in report language on fiscal '26, look to end U.S. funding for the International Energy Agency. Most direct effort I've seen on this front. Language below. #energy #OOTT #climate #climatesky #energysky

Congrats! Good get for Heatmap.

Bonus: There's an extremely GenX-friendly bespoke Giphy in today's kicker item.

Axios Generate Must-read energy and climate news and analysis that spans policy, science, tech deals, and more. By Ben Geman.

The best way to get the daily @axios.com Generate #energy & #climate newsletter is to subscribe! It's FREE and covers policy, #tech, oil markets, VC, science, #EVs and plenty more. The email format is an elegant, easy read. You can sign up here: www.axios.com/signup/gener...

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Lots of interesting info in this morning's @axios.com Generate #energy and #climate newsletter: www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Democratic nuclear regulator says Trump fired him "without cause" The firing marks an escalation of the White House's exertion of power over independent agencies.

Trump fired a Democratic commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late last week "without cause," the official said.
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Meta goes nuclear to power AI with clean electrons It's a big addition to a hot power trend — big tech looking to reactors to meet AI's electricity thirst.

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Very lucid and informative piece!

"With all federal approvals now in hand we look forward to immediately launching on-site construction on this project that will deliver reliable low-cost LNG to the world, starting in 2027." — Venture Global CEO Mike Sabel

More Friday news: FERC issues order that Venture Global calls the final step needed to proceed with its CP2 LNG project in Louisiana. Venture says it will "immediately" begin on-site construction. #energysky

Breaking: Energy Sec. Chris Wright requires continued operation of a Michigan coal plant that, per his order, was slated to shut down on May 31. Calls it needed for reliability during high summer demand. The order expires August 21. www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...

Trump's boundary-breaking 100 days: A timeline in excruciating detail How Trump is reshaping the federal government and upending the legal system in his second term.

My latest for @axios.com is a bit of a meta piece - a timeline of our coverage of Trump’s expansion of executive power in his (second) first 100 days.

EPA's Zeldin eyes next steps on key climate rule It's an early indication of how the process could play out for one of the EPA's most important — and controversial — actions.

Via @axios.com's Nick Sobczyk: www.axios.com/2025/04/21/e... #energy #climate #EPA

(2/2) I highly recommend subscribing to Joann's recently launched Future of Mobility newsletter. www.axios.com/signup/axios...

Hyundai knew how to close the deal with Trump to avoid tariffs It "announced" $21 billion in investments that were mostly already underway.

(1/2) The story behind the story of Hyundai's splashy announcement with #Trump, via @axios.com ace auto reporter Joann Muller: www.axios.com/2025/03/26/h...

Exclusive: UAE, U.S. partnership to invest to power data centers The partnership is evidence that AI's voracious power demand is attracting fresh capital.

Exclusive from @bengeman.bsky.social: Abu Dhabi-based wealth fund ADQ and U.S. heavyweight Energy Capital Partners aim to invest over $25 billion in projects to power data centers and other industrial consumers.
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❗❗Launching today! @axios.com's "Future of Mobility" weekly newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. This will be a must-read. Sign up for free: www.axios.com/signup/axios... #energy #EVs #electricvehicles #cars #AI #batteries #OOTT

Breaking: Venture Global says DOE granted its export permits for the big CP2 #LNG project, bringing it closer to a final investment decision. #energy #climate

This will be a must-read: @axios.com is launching the "Future of Mobility" newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. Sign up link: www.axios.com/signup/axios...