Josh Freed

Trump chills clean energy manufacturing boom

Highly dubious that tariffs will payoff for American manufacturing in long run, but in immediate run, Trump’s been a disaster. In just first 2.5 months of 2025
$8 billion in clean manufacturing has been cancelled. More than 4x all of last year. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

E&E News: Top US CEO to Europe: We can unite on nuclear power, despite Trump Europe may see atomic power as a path to energy independence, but the Westinghouse chief tells POLITICO it can help the continent.

New Westinghouse CEO Patrick Fragman makes compelling case for US-Europe cooperation on civilian nuclear. This would be good for EU energy security, economies, and a rare spot for cooperation at a tense transatlantic moment. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The New Joule Order The latest research from Jeff Currie, Chief Strategy Officer of Energy Pathways at Carlyle—explores the forces shaping energy markets and how the next phase is being driven by nations’ desires for ene...

The @carlylegroup.bsky.social report by Jeff Currie on the “New Joule” is spot on. We’re entering a new era where energy security is paramount. Right now, only China and France are in position to do well in it. At least Merz in Germany gets it. US policy is a mess. www.carlyle.com/global-insig...

The Bill Gates Era of Climate Giving Has Ended Breakthrough Energy is winding down its policy and advocacy office, depriving the Inflation Reduction Act of a powerful defender.

Very sad day as Breakthrough Energy, our policy and advocacy partner for the last 8 yrs fighting for all types of clean energy innovation, leaves the scene. Huge impact and great friendship that will endure, but the voice of the organization will be missed. heatmap.news/climate/brea...

Oil executives supported Trump. Now he's causing them heartburn. Oil and gas executives were big backers of the Republican president and his "energy dominance' message, but the trade fights he's picked are driving up their costs and threatening to undermine the eco...

It was entirely predictable that Trump Admin policies would hurt US oil and gas industry. I was among many warning this most of last year. Despite evidence industry is now "pissed" that Trump did what he said he would and its hurting US companies. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

The US’s cheap natural gas ain’t nearly as cheap in March 2025 as it was in Nov 2024. This is unhelpful for US economic competitiveness, AI data centers, and any American whose electricity or heat comes from natural gas.

Mark Carney tweet There's no netzero without nuclear. @Brookfield proud to join other major financial institutions supporting 25 countries committed to tripling nuclear capacity

This is good

We need to get EVs much cheaper, and in large economies made domestically. For Germany, this also means getting their shit together on high electricity prices and reliance on Russian gas…

Fully agree on both points. They seem to have completely mis/over-read their mandate and decided to take the economy on a suicide dive based on the rantings of Silicon Valley gurus like Curtis Yarvin and Martin Gurri.

Feels much more brutal much faster this time.

Elon Musk Says That If Trump Wins, He'll Cause the Economy to Crash Wrecking Ball Multi-hyphenate CEO Elon Musk is hellbent on crashing the economy if Donald Trump is elected next week, something that could result in "hardship" for many Americans. As Rolling Stone rep...

Trump and Musk campaigned on tariffs, eliminating govt services people need, and crashing the economy. Musk even warned that he would cause a lot of people economic pain. None of this is a surprise. www.yahoo.com/news/elon-mu...

How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy President Trump has quickly transformed America’s approach to the environment, withholding funds and stretching the limits of presidential power.

In story on Trump gutting US clean energy policy, @nytimes misses the big impact: Trump is fucking our economy as the world moves to clean tech. We lose out on short AND long-term revenue, companies, and technologies. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/c...

Marian Turski, Who Refused to Forget the Holocaust, Dies at 98 From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.

Rest in power Marian Turski. Your warning against indifference to anti-Semitism and ignoring of the Holocaust, and founding of Polin Museum are true blessings in a world where too many leaders are driven by hate www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...

The uncertain future of the Green New Deal Trump can't stop talking about the Green New Deal. Should activists?

I talked w @gristnews.bsky.social on the future of the Green New Deal (tldr: there is none). The more voters learned the less they liked GND. The 2.0 the movement is readying is even more out of step with the world. They should stop while theyre behind. grist.org/protest/the-...

NASA and NSF layoffs raise alarm about future of U.S. science The cuts "will hinder innovation and threaten our nation's global competitiveness," Rep. Bill Foster said.

The arbitrary deep cuts in federal health, energy, and space research reported by @axios.com are a gift to the Chinese communist government. This is work the pvt sector doesnt do on its own. It will lead to fewer companies and jobs, and a less secure nation. www.axios.com/2025/02/19/n...

I think it’s high time we started a recriminalization movement. My initial three are corruption, sports gambling, and drugs, probably in that order. Open to other suggestions.

Lungfish, Indivisible. Dystopian and visionary.

We're not in a moment where putting a new outfit on the same stale ideas aint going to work. And while the policies in IRA and BIL are overall really good and need protecting they arent wildly popular and wont be the center of a winning strategy. Its time for change. /End

Or connect programs slashed in Washington with small price bumps on energy bills months later. The last election, failure to enact BIG permitting reform, failure of charging buildout/EV infrastructure, rebellion against renewables in rural areas is people telling us something. 2/

Dems tell @eenews.bsky.social that "climate populism" or making climate pocket book issue is winning strategy. This is wash and repeat of same failed plan after every election. It misses mark bc only climate activists think of energy as clean vs dirty. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene... 1/

Along with everything else he's breaking across gov't, Trump once and for all breaking an already crippled Congress seems fitting.

In 2025, you'd think we could work through the ... checks notes ... rain.

The statement that "this is the latest refusal to accept the status quo, with the government ripping up archaic rules and saying no to the NIMBYs, to prioritise growth" is exactly the spirit that's needed in the US as well as the UK to get nuclear (and everything else) built.

Government rips up rules to fire-up nuclear power More nuclear power plants will be approved across England and Wales as the Prime Minister slashes red tape to get Britain building - as part of his Plan for Change.

Big news from the UK today to get lots of new nuclear built; real slashing of red tape, big expansion of site options, and cutting of onerous reviews. Explicit focus on SMRs, AMRs, and large reactors. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Trump Has Paralyzed Renewables Permitting, Leaked Memo Reveals The American Clean Power Association wrote to its members about federal guidance that has been “widely variable and changing quickly.”

Let me get this straight … the Trump Admin is adding red tape and slowing the bureaucracy to make govt inefficient for new renewables, and makes energy more expensive. If only there was a govt entity, run by a businessman, who could cut through this crap. heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

Climate “activists” hijacked the Democratic Committee meeting demanding purity tests that alienate most Americans. These protests aren’t about progress, they’re damaging publicity stunts. www.thirdway.org/blog/in-dnc-...

Government needs a lot of change, but this mad experiment Musk is running aint the way to do it. Lots of people are about to find out how important our government is to our economy and security, and their personal well-being. It’s not going to end well for us or our country.

This would be a bit of good news for American jobs and businesses, assuming Admin complies with it, on a grim day due to the big costs increases in US bc of the tariffs the Trump Admin imposed on our Canadian and Mexican allies

Trump’s Halt on Climate Spending Freezes Jobs and Stalls Projects The pause affects billions of dollars and is delaying home repairs, factory construction and other projects, many in states that voted Republican.

My colleague talked to @bradplumer.bsky.social about how the Trump freeze on clean energy spending will hurt American jobs and businesses. "...We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of jobs delayed and possibly canceled.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/c...

When @karaswisher.bsky.social warns about Elon Musk, listen.