Silvio Marcacci

This chart.

Damn.

And I've heard not a peep from the GOP lawmakers who went to all those ribbon cutting ceremonies at the factories.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

(chart by @danmccarthy.bsky.social)

Fair

Never trust a man with two first names

Conservative Activists Join a New Assault on Vineyard Wind And more of the week’s most important conflicts around renewable energy.

Scoop: Conservative activists have petitioned the Trump administration to take away the permits for *an operating offshore wind project* — Vineyard Wind — after the admin expressed openness to undoing previous approvals for such projects

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A lot of folks still have 2000-2010s era power prices in their heads as “normal” with an expectation that we will return to “normal” at some point.

There are many reasons that isn’t true, but this is probably the biggest among them. We are in a new era of power prices.

Sadly, yes

Fixed it

EPA Climate Rollbacks: When Politics Buries Science, The Public Pays The Trump EPA’s recision of the Endangerment Finding defies science, law, and precedent—threatening public health, the economy, and global U.S. competitiveness.

"Does the administration expect the entire nation to 'get over' forcing 347 million Americans to breathe dirty air and pay more for energy?" - @margotoge.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/margoo...

Glad to have had the chance to talk with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social at @heatmap.news about the trends we are seeing in US clean energy investment since Trump office.

Read his article below. For more, check out our Trump + 6 month tracker and report at www.the-big-green-machine.com

LFG

Covering Climate: A Q&A With Policy Expert Leah Stokes A climate policy expert reacts to the "One Big Beautiful Bill" and America's changing political landscape

Get inspired for the fight by @leahstokes.bsky.social: “The Trump administration and fossil fuel industry are coming so hard for the clean energy industry because the fact is: we are winning…We are in the middle of a battle here, and are still going to win the war” open.substack.com/pub/thepower...

Illinois State Lead - Lobbyist and Strategist Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Job: Illinois State Lead – Save transit, Build clean energy

Team: BEST TEAM IN CLIMATE POLITICS AND POLICY - @michealpodgers.bsky.social @spears.bsky.social and the rest of us at @climateaf.bsky.social

Location: Remote but in Illinois

Pay: $85-105k

Deadline: SOON! August 4!

Researchers quietly planned a test to dim sunlight. They wanted to ‘avoid scaring’ the public. Hundreds of documents show how researchers failed to notify officials in California about a test of technology to block the sun’s rays — while they planned a much huger sequel.

EXCLUSIVE: A team of researchers in California drew notoriety last year with an aborted test of a cloud-making machine.  

But behind the scenes, they were planning a larger and potentially riskier study of tech that could dim the sun's rays, internal documents show. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

Hey works for Elon

UN says booming solar, wind and other green energy hits global tipping point for even lower costs The United Nations reports a global shift toward renewable energy, calling it a "positive tipping point."

"In 2023, global fossil fuel subsidies amounted to $620 billion, compared to $70 billion for renewables, the UN report said."

Remember this every time the fossil fuel industry and right-wing politicians attack clean energy incentives

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Second-best of any city outside China!

3 Electric Vehicle Leaders Emerge Amid US Retreat At ICCT's TTDS 2025, Chile, the UK & Norway shared policies that are helping them lead on clean transportation—while the US risks falling behind.

America may be throwing up roadblocks to the electric vehicle economy, but the rest of the world is accelerating toward a clean tech future - @margotoge.bsky.social highlights EV innovation in Chile, the United Kingdom, and Norway. www.forbes.com/sites/margoo...

“Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it.”

Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects As the Trump administration's “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.

As the Trump administration’s “big, beautiful bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the United States, China continues huge investments in wind and solar power. See images of the scale of China’s solar-power projects:

Always

Truly

Sunset campfire at Ten Lakes Basin in Yosemite National Park

Palate cleanse

In my defense I’d been backpacking and hadn’t showered in four days when this was taken; otherwise I’d have looked as good as Weiskopf in this pic

The “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Reverse 75 Years of Falling Electricity Prices How the "big beautiful bill" will cost Americans jobs and cheaper electricity

So many ways the "One Big Beautiful Bill" will harm Americans but this stat is particularly crazy: It'll reverse 75 years of falling electricity prices.

What an ugly outcome for our country and our workers (via @ogfiki.bsky.social)

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“This is my favorite bar, ever” - @dave.bzky.team

My colleague @benzipperer.org estimates if Trump meets deportation targets of 1 million per year, it'll lead to massive job losses: 6 million total, 44% of them jobs belonging to US-born workers. If Trump gets $160 billion in new enforcement money, he might pull it off.
www.epi.org/blog/the-rep...

Thankfully the excise tax was killed

Amen my brother

I know it, man. The private discussions I had with reporters over those decisions was very different than the public replies.