Jillian Goodman

Exclusive: Key Senate Democrats Oppose Permitting Bill A trio of powerful climate hawks are throwing their weight against the SPEED Act.

EXCLUSIVE: In a joint statement to me, key senators @heinrich.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov & @schatz.bsky.social oppose the NEPA overhaul Republicans are moving through the House and say they won’t move a permitting reform package without policy boosting transmission and renewable energy

Thanks very much to @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com for having me on! And to @goodjillian.bsky.social for putting this together. Really enjoyed chatting.

Heatmap’s Reporters Talk Electricity, Inflation, and the New Era in Climate Politics Rob debriefs with colleagues on the latest climate news.

NEW SHIFT KEY

It’s our first-ever Heatmap reporter roundtable!

I chat with @zeitlin.bsky.social, @goodjillian.bsky.social, and @emilypont.bsky.social about NYC Climate Week, the new politics of Dem energy affordability, and Paul Wellstone’s forgotten NIMBYism.

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Are you an energetic young* journalist who's passionate about solving climate change and willing to throw in your lot with a bunch of nerds? Come join us at @heatmap.news!

*Young is not a requirement, per se! Though we are looking for someone early in their career, age is just a number.

The Obscure Philosophical Battle That Could Reshape the Clean Energy Economy New rules governing how companies report their scope 2 emissions have pit tech giant against tech giant and scholars against each other.

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has come up a lot during today's @heatmap.news Climate Week event. Here's @emilypont.bsky.social's story on what's going on!

Heatmap House Livestream · Zoom · Luma At Climate Week NYC, Heatmap will host a series of events lineup of live journalism exploring the future of cities, energy, technology, and AI. If you can't…

If you're not in New York and/or stuck on the wait list, tune in to our livestream!

Senator Schumer Kicks Off Heatmap House With a Climate Call to Arms The Senate Minority Leader addressed the crowd at New York Climate Week, talking about energy costs, extreme weather, and Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill.”

The @heatmap.news crew is celebrating New York Climate Week at Heatmap House! Already today we've heard from some stellar panelists, including folks from the New York Power Authority, the Public Service Commission, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:

Crux Is Expanding Into Tax and Preferred Equity Deals In a Heatmap exclusive interview, CEO Alfred Johnson discusses the clean energy financing marketplace’s latest big move.

EXCLUSIVE: Clean energy finance startup Crux is expanding into the tax and preferred equity markets, CEO Alfred Johnson tells Heatmap.

Full scoop below from @kbrigham.bsky.social ⬇️

TBH it's probably for you even if you already self-identify as a "climate person." For instance, did you know that contemporary readers might have understood Don Quixote as a NIMBY? I did not! Until I read @jeva.bsky.social's wind guide.

The point being, there's something here for everyone :)

Climate 101 Your guide to the basics of the energy transition.

There was a time in the life of every climate person when they were not yet a climate person. If you are in the "not yet a climate person" phase, @heatmap.news' new CLIMATE 101 guide is for you!

Data centers’ thirst for power and water places Georgia on edge Data centers, utilities and regulators in Georgia have pledged that facilities will pay their fair share of the infrastructure costs they incur. Not everyone is so sure.

This @ajc.com series on data center development in Georgia is an amazing primer on the issues facing utilities and electricity customers as AI investment ramps up. If that sounds like something you want, I highly recommend reading!

hi! do you work in renewable energy development and want to vent off the record? i wanna chat about how things are going in the U.S. right now. shoot me a message?

email: jael@heatmap.news
signal: leajnamzloh.53

You are not reticent to do that thing, you are reluctant

How Newton, Massachusetts Got National Grid to Bend on Electrification It took a lot of scrutiny and a lot of patience, but the city council is finally making progress against natural gas infrastructure.

And speaking of the Greater Boston area! Read @emilypont.bsky.social's latest story for @heatmap.news about how the good city councilors in the city of Newton are beating back gas pipelines, one foot at a time:

This event sounds so cool that honestly, I'm jealous it's not happening in New York so I can go! If you're in the Greater Boston area definitely check it out.

Welcome to our wacky family @alexckaufman.bsky.social!

How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Changed America’s Clean Energy Policy From the Inflation Reduction Act to the Trump mega-law, here are 20 years of changes in one easy-to-read cheat sheet.

Confused by all of changes to federal energy law after the OBBBA?

We have a handy-dandy cheat sheet that breaks it all down for you, courtesy of @slondagin.bsky.social, Luke Bassett, @azevin.bsky.social, and researchers at @jessedjenkins.com’s REPEAT Project.

Internal Agency Memo Calls for Political Reviews of Solar, Wind Projects The widely circulating document lists more than 68 activities newly subject to upper-level review.

Huge: An internal Interior Department memo that I’ve reviewed shows the agency may soon subject *any* activities related to wind and solar to heightened levels of political review.

It threatens to delay renewables projects across the country, including those not on federal lands.

#greensky

Climate Policy in America: Where We Go From Here Rob does a post-vacation debrief with Jesse and Heatmap deputy editor Jillian Goodman on the One Big Beautiful Bill.

🚨 New SHIFT KEY just dropped 🚨

@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, @jessejenkins.bsky.social, and
@goodjillian.bsky.social take stock of our post-OBBBA climate future.

Listen to the episode below, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Here’s How Much Money Biden Actually Spent From the IRA When Congress rescinded unobligated funds from the historic climate law, it inadvertently answered a question climate advocates have been asking for months.

How much grant money from the IRA did the Biden administration actually spend? It's a question we at @heatmap.news have been asking for months — and now @emilypont.bsky.social has the answer:

Where Clean Energy Goes From Here The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is one signature away from becoming law and drastically changing the economics of renewables development in the U.S. That doesn’t mean decarbonization is over, experts t...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is one signature away from becoming law, and now the clean energy industry is asking itself: Where do we go from here?

@zeitlin.bsky.social and @emilypont.bsky.social checked in and found that while the mood is not great, there are still policy solutions to be tried.

@heatmap.news' own Jael Holzman was on @cnn.com last night talking OBBBA. We love to see it!

If Wind and Solar Are So Cheap, Why Do They Need Tax Credits? Removing the subsidies would be bad enough, but the chaos it would cause in the market is way worse.

If wind and solar are so cheap, why do they need tax credits?

This is why, explains @emilypont.bsky.social in @heatmap.news

The GOP’s New Renewables-Killing Tax, Explained As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.

The Senate reconvened this morning after a weekend of slow political theater

One of the most absurd plot points: a new excise tax on solar and wind that the industry says would all but annihilate renewables development

Here's @jael.bsky.social and @emilypont.bsky.social with the full story:

How the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the Industry As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.

NEW: A tax on solar and wind projects in the Senate mega-bill could "indefinitely undermine renewables development in America," reports @jael.bsky.social.

Full story below, feat. @andrewreagan.bsky.social of @ceforamerica.org and @jessedjenkins.com.

Thank you to all of our guests who braved the record-breaking heat yesterday to make it to our live subscriber briefing in NYC!

@robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, @emilypont.bsky.social, and @goodjillian.bsky.social discussed the uncertain future of the IRA in the face of budget reconciliation.

Do I look insane in this photo? Yes — driven crazy by pride in our fantastic team @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @emilypont.bsky.social @jeva.bsky.social @kbrigham.bsky.social @zeitlin.bsky.social @charusinha.bsky.social, plus Nico and Jacob who are not on Bluesky

Why the Rest of the World Can’t Just Work Around U.S. Climate Policy We’re too enmeshed in the global financial system for decarbonization to work without us.

The latest from @advaitarun.bsky.social for @heatmap.news on why the U.S. is stuck in the middle of global decarbonization, whether it wants to be or not. A must read to understand how IRA rollbacks will ripple around the world:

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I've seen that image before! Spooky.

Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House Reconciliation Bill (Preliminary)

House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000).
If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive.
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