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Exclusive: Congressman Plans New Push For Trump-MBS Transcript Rep. Eugene Vindman will appear with Jamal Khashoggi's widow to push for release of a "shocking" transcript between Trump and MBS

Scoop: Rep. Eugene Vindman knows what Trump said on a 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and his effort to make it public is about to rachet up.

Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript

Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter The Energy Department’s orders to keep the J.H. Campbell plant running are driving up costs and pollution. States and advocates are challenging the move…

The Trump administration has forced the aging, costly polluting J.H. Campbell coal plant in Michigan to stay running for another 90-day stretch, citing an energy ​“emergency” that state utility regulators and regional grid operators say does not exist:
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Data-center power forecasts climb to unreachable heights Utilities expect electricity growth to reach levels that are hard to fathom — and they’re using those estimates to justify costly new investments in…

Grid Strategies finds 90GW of data centers pushing U.S. peak demand additions to 166GW by 2030, as much as 15 New York Cities. It also found utilities may be overstating DC demand by 40%, highlighting cost risks being pushed onto everyday customers:
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i think the synthesis so far of the LA/DC/Chicago experiences is:

1) vulnerable people should hide and wait it out to whatever extent they can
2) other people should help them do that, financially and otherwise
3) other people should also get loud
4) not violent though

Will PJM do what it takes to get data-center costs under control? Advocates say new data centers in the biggest U.S. power market should have to stop using electricity when demand peaks to help rein in costs. Tech…

Can PJM, the country's biggest energy market, require new data centers to submit to power cutoff during grid emergencies? Data center developers say no. But some lawmakers and consumer groups say it's the only sure way to curb skyrocketing energy costs:
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Trump is under the mistaken impression that the Epstein scandal is about Democrats vs Republicans. Actually, it’s about pedophiles vs people who want pedophiles to spend the rest of their lives in prison

That's a hell of an AI circle jerk:
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Comanche Unit 3 is broken - Comanche Unit 2 is operational, and the one that Rep. Hurd has asked DOE to Section 202(c)...

If people want to tie Trump / Republicans to the rising cost of energy, you can't get much more explicit than these federal must-run orders. 💡🔌

Literally pollution for the hell of it. Costs more, utilities and regulators don't want it, more people will die early deaths and get asthma.

Im old enough to remember when capitalism was a thing in America.

Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…

The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
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Canary Live Bay Area 2025 YouTube video by Canary Media

Canary Media is returning to the Bay Area! We invite you to watch the event live TONIGHT starting at 6:00 p.m. PT. Great conversations with Mark Toney of TURN, CEC Chair David Hochschild, and @drvolt.bsky.social and Kim-Mai Cutler of Initialized Capital...
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Boston’s century-old steam heat system is getting a low-carbon… Boston and Cambridge’s decades-old district energy system is being retooled to shift away from gas and toward heat pumps and electric boilers.

Vicinity Energy is electrifying Boston and Cambridge's massive steam heat system. Here's the latest on its 'eSteam' plan, incl a giant heat pump that taps the chilly Charles River, and how district energy can beat building-by-building electrification:
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Energy bills are rising nationwide. In Georgia, they’re on the ballot. Critics claim the state's utility regulator is too passive. Two Democratic challengers say they’ll change that — and push for more cheap, clean energy.

The two Democrats who won seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission tonight have pledged to combat rising rates at utility Georgia Power - and to push it to explore cleaner, cheaper options to its current massive fossil gas power plant buildout plan:

www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Do offshore wind farms kill bats? Trump cut research into the… Scientists were making remarkable discoveries about bat activity in the ocean waters where California plans to build turbines. Now their $1.6M grant is…

Could offshore wind farms off the coast of California kill bats? Researchers had been studying this novel and fascinating question — until the Trump administration yanked their funding: www.canarymedia.com/articles/off... via @fieseler.bsky.social

Puerto Rico’s energy future: distributed solar or centralized grid? A judge has called for the Trump administration to reevaluate assumptions as it works to redirect rooftop solar funds toward the grid and fossil fuel…

Great story from
@canaryprimary.bsky.social's Kari Lydersen about Puerto Rico residents' ongoing push, backed by a federal judge, to focus grid recovery funds on a more distributed (and resilient) architecture using cheap, reliable solar and batteries: www.canarymedia.com/articles/dis...
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Oregon utility tries out a faster, cheaper way to power data centers Portland General Electric used Gridcare’s software to identify extra space on its grid — available to any existing data center willing to be flexible.

Can Gridcare's software help utilities and data centers find faster, cheaper paths to power? The startup's inaugural attempt found 80MW of flexibility-enabled capacity for 2026 at Portland General Electric's Hillsboro data center hub — a good start:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
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The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat…

Republicans' "One Big Beautiful Bill" is killing off homeowner heat pump tax credits. But it kept tax credits for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems—and companies are already gearing up to use them to keep clean heat growing:
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10 Years Post-Paris: A decade that defied predictions The 2015 Paris Agreement changed the course of climate politics. On its 10th anniversary, we look at progress across clean energy, policy, emissions, jobs and more.

Anniversaries are mixed bags. But let's not overlook what we've built together even as we may be struggling mightily to keep the relationship intact...
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Yeah, this doesn't sound good at all...

Get your tickets to @CanaryMediaInc 's live event on Nov. 6 in Berkeley! Join energy and climate leaders for live music and energy transition strategizing, featuring CEC Chair David Hochschild, @drvolts, Kim-Mai Cutler of Initialized Capital, and more: www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv...
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Energy bills are rising nationwide. In Georgia, they’re on the ballot. Critics claim the state's utility regulator is too passive. Two Democratic challengers say they’ll change that — and push for more cheap, clean energy.

Georgia Power's rising utility rates and $15.7B gas-heavy power plant plan are on the ballot next week. Two Democratic challengers to the state's all-Republican Public Service Commission say that solar power, not fossil gas, is the key to lower costs:
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Canary Live Bay Area is one week away—get your tickets now! I'll interview CEC Chair David Hochschild, @drvolt.bsky.social will do a live podcast with Kim-Mai Cutler of Initialized Capital, and Lunar Energy and Hydrostor will showcase clean grid tech:
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The president had a MRI but won't say why.

He had bruises on his hands but wouldn't say why.

He just had an 'annual medical' even though he already had his annual medical.

He got shot in the ear but has never released the medical records relating to it.

How is any of this ok?

DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf

In controversial move, LADWP says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen The DWP board approved an $800-million plan to convert two units at the Scattergood Generating Station in Playa del Rey to run on green hydrogen.

"However, the approved plan contains no specifics about where the hydrogen will come from or how it will get to the site. “The green hydrogen that would supply the proposed project has not yet been identified,” the environmental report says."

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It’s that time of year - Canary Live Bay Area! Come hang out with @volts.wtf @jeffstjohn.bsky.social & more

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Time's running out - don't delay! Get your ticket to our Canary Live Bay Area event on Nov. 6 in Berkeley. We'll have live music and energy transition strategizing with energy and climate leaders, activists and entrepreneurs. It's a party with a purpose!
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