Mark Chediak

I don’t think people are prepared for where this growing movement toward maximum partisan gerrymandering is headed

Newsom Seeks $18 Billion for Utilities’ Wildfire Fund as California Faces Future Blazes California Governor Gavin Newsom is circulating a legislative proposal to shore up a state fund for utilities that’s at risk of being depleted following the deadly wildfires that struck Los Angeles Co...

Scoop -> California Governor Gavin Newsom pushing for legislation to shore up a state wildfire insurance fund for utilities that's at risk of being depleted after the deadly LA #wildfires. Story with California reporter Eliyahu Kamisher.

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I strongly advise media outlets and government officials who are confusing the meaning of these official statements issued by NOAA to refer to the official NOAA website that describes their intended meaning:
www.tsunami.gov/?pag...

Screencap of USGS earthquake search results, showing a map and the following earthquakes: 2025 8.8 Kamchatka 2012 8.6 Sumatra 2011 9.1 Japan 2010 8.8 Chile 2005 8.6 Indonesia 2004 9.1 Sumatra 1965 8.7 Aleutians 1964 9.2 Alaska 1963 8.5 Kamchatka 1960 9.5 Chile

How common are earthquakes this big? Here are all of the events with a magnitude of 8.5 or larger since 1960: only ten of them!

POLITICO Pro: EPA to launch plan Tuesday for undoing climate rule cornerstone EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to announce the move at an Indiana transportation facility.

EPA will move tomorrow to revoke the endangerment finding, the foundation for all US climate regulations, and emissions limits for cars and trucks.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will make the announcement in Indiana.

w/ @chemnick.bsky.social

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Trump's WSJ Epstein Fury The Wall Street Journal is said to be working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, prompting protest from the White House.

Scoop: The Wall Street Journal is working on a story highlighting Donald Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein—but is said to be facing pressure from the White House, with Trump himself calling Editor-In-Chief Emma Tucker to object.

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/wall-stree...

Trump’s Tax Law to Cut US Clean Energy Installs 41%, BNEF Says US annual clean-energy installations will plunge 41% after 2027, due to the rapid phase-out of wind and solar tax credits in President Donald Trump’s sweeping economic legislation.

New forecast from BloombergNEF projects a 41% drop in clean energy deployments after 2027, when solar and wind will lose federal tax incentives. Trump's economic tax-and-spending package is going to slam the brakes on renewable growth.

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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

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Trump Orders Stricter Enforcement of Clean Energy Tax Rules US President Donald Trump called for new rules that would restrict access to tax incentives for solar and wind projects that already had been pared back by his $3.4 trillion budget bill designed to en...

President Donald Trump is directing the Treasury Department issue new guidance for solar and wind projects that can qualify for tax credits under his massive tax-and-spending bill. Clean energy analysts were watching for this one:
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Texas Flood Victims: What We Know

“He said, ‘I love you. I’m so sorry.’ In minutes, he was gone.”

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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.

Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind.

I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why.

Please share! This is really important!!!

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Wind, Solar Credits Face Shorter Phase-Out in GOP’s New Tax Bill Key tax incentives for US wind and solar projects would face a more aggressive phase-out in the Senate’s latest version of President Donald Trump’s spending package.

GOP Senate’s version of Trump’s bill a nightmare scenario for green energy.

It blows up IRA credits for clean energy, adds a new tax for #solar and #wind using China-made products and gives coal a tax incentive.

Story by Ari Natter

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Senate Unveils New Trump Tax Draft With Plans to Vote Soon Senate Republicans unveiled a new version of their $4.2 trillion tax cut package, moving closer to a vote as they near a July 4 deadline set by President Donald Trump.

New version of the Senate bill takes a sledgehammer to clean energy tax credits. What other details are we seeing in the text, #Greensky?

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Houston’s Electric Utility Is Prepared for Storms After 2024 Blackout, CEO Says Houston’s electric utility is confident significant grid investments will prevent a repeat of widespread blackouts that occurred last summer following Hurricane Beryl.

CenterPoint Chief vows there won’t be a repeat of Hurricane Beryl widespread outages. W/ @mchediak.bsky.social

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Senate GOP Favors Round-The-Clock Power Over Solar and Wind The Senate’s tax bill would boost baseload electricity — including nuclear and geothermal power — while slashing incentives for intermittent sources.

Nuclear and geothermal power are unexpected winners in the Senate tax bill, while solar and wind would lose.

🎁 Link to story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Israel’s Attack on Iran Stokes Fears of a Wider War Good morning. Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear facilities and kills its military commanders. The price of oil jumps and investors rush to safer assets. And we have the account of the man who survived the...

Israel’s Attack on Iran Stokes Fears of a Wider War - Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Trump’s Repeal of Pollution Rules Paves Way for New Dirty Plants The Trump administration’s plan to repeal power-plant pollution mandates will make it easier and cheaper for utilities to build new fossil fuel-fired plants, while stalling investment in clean energy.

Utilities and power developers are planning to build a lot more natural-gas power plants to meet demand from AI data centers. The Trump EPA's proposed repeal of restrictions on GHG emissions will make that a lot easier and cheaper.

My latest:
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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

Downtown San Francisco is peaceful but now all the Waymos are gone…

Solar Bankruptcies Show US Clean Energy Industry Is Teetering on the Brink The US clean energy industry is starting to buckle under the weight of persistently elevated borrowing costs, President Donald Trump’s anti-renewables policies and high tariffs.

We've seen two large #solar financing companies go bust within the past week. Analysts and investors say that could just be the tip of the iceberg.

See my latest for @bloomberg.com

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Sunnova Files for Bankruptcy Amid Rooftop Solar Struggles Sunnova Energy International Inc., one of the largest US rooftop solar companies, filed for bankruptcy following struggles with mounting debt and diminishing sales prospects.

NEWS - Another residential #solar company bites the dust. Second bankruptcy within a week.

🎁 Link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Earthquake in Berkeley

A Fatal Tesla Crash Shows the Limits of Full Self-Driving As Elon Musk touts robotaxis in Austin, federal regulators are investigating whether Tesla’s system is dangerous even with a human behind the wheel.

People who follow Tesla closely probably know about the high profile crashes involving Tesla owners Josh Brown and Walter Huang.

You should also know about Johna Story, the pedestrian fatally struck in Arizona in 2023. She was 71.

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Lutnick Says Hurricane Center’s Fully Staffed Despite Key Vacancies Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a congressional hearing that the US National Hurricane Center was fully staffed even though key positions are going unfilled as hurricane season begins.

The National Hurricane Center has at least 4 empty positions for meteorologists, according to its website. But Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick says it’s “fully staffed” + ready for storms. Story w/ @weathersullivan.bsky.social @alicia-diaz.bsky.social (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Meager snowpack adds to Colorado River's woes, straining flows to Southern California Melting snow from California's Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado River, straining a vital supply for Southern California.

Meager snowpack adds to Colorado River's woes, straining flows to Southern California

Hmm. Tesla comes out in support of preserving clean energy tax credits. GOP House tax and spending bill would kill them.

Trump Administration Cancels $3 Billion Loan to Troubled Sunnova Energy The Trump Administration terminated a $3 billion loan guarantee awarded to Sunnova Energy Intentional Inc. after the solar company told officials it no longer intended to tap into the facility.

Breaking news - U.S. Dept. of Energy to withdraw loan guarantee to solar power company Sunnova.