Jesse D. Jenkins

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit challenges Trump EPA's blanket termination of $3bn climate grant program, seeks restoration of awards share.google/lXsb39Kc8sUl...

In the last week, a series of executive orders & agency actions have:
De facto banned wind & solar on federal lands
Directed FAA to critically evaluate once-routine approvals for turbines
Issued nationwide 1.2 mile setback from all railroads or highways; and
Rescinded all offshore wind lease areas.

The Trump Administration is waging an all-out war against wind power in the United States, attempting to ban a resource that provides over 1 in 10 kilowatt-hours nationwide and is a critical source of new supply required to meet surging demand.

I think you meant the blatant pandaring... 🐼 😉

Oops.

This has got to be symbolic of... something...

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Opinion | Trump’s desire to pick winners and losers hinders U.S. energy dominance America needs more electricity, yet the administration is actively stymieing wind and solar power.

Trump’s desire to pick winners and losers hinders U.S. energy dominance, says the Washington Post

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Princeton's campus uses this kind of district heating with giant heat pumps and ground source heat exchange boreholes. In the process of switching entire campus over from gas combustion steam system.

Trump Will Slow, but May Not Stop, the Rise of Electric Vehicles

Trump will slow but not stop the rise of electric vehicles
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

"Clean energy must play hardball. Learn from President Trump. He is relentless in attacking clean energy from every direction, and the industry must be equally relentless in pushing back."

A great newsletter here from @chrisrmoyer.bsky.social on how the clean energy industry can build political power—and lessons to learn from the oil & gas lobby.

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BOEM Rescinds All Offshore Wind Energy Areas in Major Policy Reversal The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced yesterday it has rescinded all designated Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf, effectively ending the federal designatio...

RIP US offshore wind. US Bureau of Offshore Energy Management rescinds ALL areas designated for offshore wind energy development in federal waters.
gcaptain.com/boem-rescind... 🔌💡

Wouldn't that be nice! But I'll believe it when I see it...

They dont. Because they cant. Throwing up new arbitrary and capricious barriers to build out important, economically-attractive new electricity resources makes no damn sense and is antithetical to their claims to value energy affordability, deregulation and American "Energy Dominance."

We love @robertjbennett.bsky.social! And this book was great. Truly honored by the mention here.

Sorry, but you simply cannot decarbonize the planet solely with rooftop solar. It doesn't add up.

Why Your Energy Bill Has Gotten So Expensive (and What Can Be Done About It) | KQED We explore the steps we can take to make California's electrical grid more sustainable.

On @kqedforum.bsky.social, @michaelwara.bsky.social and I talked about electricity affordability, climate resilience, and how the one big beautiful bill raises taxes on clean electricity. Listen: www.kqed.org/forum/201010... 🔌💡

Why Your Energy Bill Has Gotten So Expensive (and What Can Be Done About It) | KQED We explore the steps we can take to make California's electrical grid more sustainable.

Trump's electricity tax hike is bad. @costasamaras.com explains on KQED Forum www.kqed.org/forum/201010...
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two men standing next to each other with their arms crossed in a hospital room Alt: two men standing next to each other with their arms crossed in a hospital room saying "We will pump you up"!

Also love the idea that people are using Shift Key to get PUMPED UP for a workout!

Yep. California has been in Crisis Mode for years already.

voters are with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com:

www.dataforprogress.org/blog/2025/6/...

Why We’re Worried About Electricity Prices Rob and Jesse take stock of all the trends threatening to push up power bills.

NEW SHIFT KEY

From tariffs to an LNG boom to a backed-up turbine supply chain, virtually every trend in the power grid is pointing toward more constraints.

@jessedjenkins.com and I broke down about why we fear a potential power cost crisis:

Listen anywhere: shows.acast.com/65bac3af0334...

Op-Ed: NJ can deliver more rooftop solar and lower utility bills | NJ Spotlight News “Gov. Murphy can act now to cut the red tape that is holding back rooftop solar and home battery installations for families across the state.”

It's a point I echo here in this NJ Spotlight op ed: www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/07/op-e...

Time for a full court press to remove barriers to quickly and easily installing distributed solar, storage, EV chargers, heat pumps and more.

Trump is trying to kill solar power—here's how to fight back Rooftop solar is a clean power miracle. Why are we killing it with red tape?

@billmckibben.bsky.social in Mother Jones: “Rooftop Solar Is a Miracle. Why Are We Killing It With Red Tape?" He rightly notes that while Trump wants to end solar power, too many "blue states are helping”
www.motherjones.com/environment/... 🔌💡

New SHIFT KEY episode: What We're Worried About Electricity Prices

Today on an all new SHIFT KEY: why @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and I are worried about a growing electricity affordability crisis. We break down several factors all-but-certain to drive up costs & how that will change American energy politics. Listen @heatmap.news or wherever you get your podcasts.

Screenshot of Jesse Jenkins on The Ezra Klein Show with headline "Is Decarbonization Dead?"

Screenshot of Jane Flegal on The Ezra Klein Show with headline "Is Decarbonization Dead?"

Is decarbonization dead? @janeaflegal.bsky.social & I join Ezra Klein to talk through how Trump just shredded America's most ambitious climate policy, what survived, and where we go from here. Listen @nytimes.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

BEV & PHEV share of ALL cars on road

Norway was 32% in 2024, up from 12% in 2019
Sweden was 13% in 2024, up from 2% in 2019
China was 11% in 2024, up from 1.5% in 2019
World was 4.5% in 2024, up from 0.6% in 2019

China could be 100% EV by 2050.
#energysky ourworldindata.org/electric-car...

America's EV Charging Network Is About To Skyrocket Led by Tesla, ChargePoint and EVgo, the deployment of new public fast charging ports reached record levels in the second quarter.

"America is on track to add 16,700 public fast-charging ports by the end of this year, which would be about 2.4 times the number of ports added in 2022. If this pace continues, the U.S. will have 100,000 public fast-charging ports by 2027." insideevs.com/news/767059/...
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