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Happy New Year #energynerds! @canarymedia.com put together these great reminders that #cleanenergy is still in the lead over fossil fuels on so many fronts (new generation, steel making, investments, batteries, etc.)

Governors and Mayors Encourage Americans to Act Now to Claim Thousands of Dollars in Clean Energy Incentives | U.S. Climate Alliance The U.S. Climate Alliance joined together with Climate Mayors on a nationwide effort to encourage Americans to take advantage of cost-saving federal clean energy tax credits before they expire.

Learn more ➡️ usclimatealliance.org/press-releases/alliance-governors-climate-mayors-federal-clean-energy-tax-credits-aug-2025/

Quotes from Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

💵 Act now to claim thousands of dollars in clean energy incentives!

Alliance governors & @climatemayors.bsky.social are joining together to encourage Americans to take advantage of cost-saving federal clean energy tax credits before they expire.‬‬

Get outside and explore our public lands 💫

After Maine reached its heat pump installation target 2 years early, Governor Janet Mills set a new target: another 175,000 heat pumps by 2027.

Watch to learn how Maine is delivering ⬇️
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Tax Credit Repeal Threatens Battery Job Boom - ZETA

"The EV transition will continue advancing on a global scale, despite the uncertainty of the present. But if these credits are repealed, new EV and battery jobs may come in places like Seoul and Beijing instead of Liberty and Lordstown," writes @coreybcantor.bsky.social: www.zeta.org/insights/tax...

100% Self-Commitment RMI’s Utility Transition Hub helps key stakeholders—regulators, investors, policymakers, advocates, and utilities—chart a path to an equitable and affordable energy transition

My team is proud to release new data on coal economics!
With some calling for increased reliance on coal, RMI has re-run the 2024 coal dispatch data, assuming all coal is self-scheduled at 100% of capacity.
The results: $15 billion in increased costs!
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How Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will raise household energy costs Analysts agree on one thing: Congress is poised to increase energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household.

Analysts agree on one thing: Congress is poised to increase #energy bills by hundreds of dollars per household. grist.org/politics/tru...

Amid rising energy prices, senators call for EPA to maintain Energy Star Every dollar spent on the Energy Star program has resulted in nearly $350 in energy cost savings for business and households, according to Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz.

www.utilitydive.com/news/senator...

If lawmakers are so concerned about #affordability, energy star is an easy and proven solution to help individuals save money!

E&E News: Report: $8B in clean energy investments canceled in first quarter The pullback is more than three times the total investments canceled over the previous 30 months.

"The pullback is more than 3x the total investments canceled over the previous 30 months & comes as investors struggle under economic & market uncertainty & rising concern over the potential elimination of tax credits at the center of the IRA"
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Wisconsin utility’s data center–driven gas expansion meets skepticism Some of the data centers may never even materialize, sticking ratepayers with the bill for overbuilt fossil-fuel infrastructure, advocates argue.

Wisconsin Electric Power Co. should utilize all available resources to meet rising energy demand. Advanced Energy United’s Emma Heins talked with Kari Lydersen of @canarymedia.com about the utility’s request for new gas plants. www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti...

Trump’s Climate Denial Is A Gift To China | NOEMA Far from making America great again, the Trump regime’s climate denial could enable China to assume the mantle of global economic leadership — a devastating blow to democracy.

This is chaos with a side of economic sabotage.
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"We are a nation of states — and laws — and we will not be deterred. We will keep advancing solutions to the climate crisis that safeguard Americans’ fundamental right to clean air and water, create good-paying jobs, grow the clean energy economy, and make our future healthier and safer.”

U.S. Climate Alliance Co-Chairs, Govs. Hochul and Lujan Grisham, Issue Statement on President’s Executive Order Targeting State Authority | U.S. Climate Alliance Today, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – issued the following statement in response to the President’s execut...

@usclimate.bsky.social co-chairs @governor.ny.gov & @govmlg.bsky.social issued the following statement in response to the President’s EO targeting state authority:
“The federal government cannot unilaterally strip states’ independent constitutional authority."

Trump promised to reduce Americans' energy costs but his whole agenda is doing the opposite

Guess who is getting richer tho
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Very much appreciate @booker.senate.gov’s leadership, conviction and commitment to democracy at this moment. I had the pleasure of running into him in an elevator in the Senate in 2016. I told him I was a big fan and then he asked for my phone and said we should take a selfie 📸 Keep it up, Senator!

Alliance Governors Vow to Continue Climate Fight in State of the State, Inaugural Addresses – “We Are Truly Masters of Our Own Destiny” | U.S. Climate Alliance The U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new video featuring remarks from members’ State of the State and inaugural addresses spotlighting their progress and unwavering commitment to climate action....

@usclimate.bsky.social Governors Vow to Continue Climate Fight in State of the State, Inaugural Addresses – “We Are Truly Masters of Our Own Destiny” usclimatealliance.org/press-releas... Grateful to Alliance Governors who continue to lead in spite of federal rollbacks and uncertainties.

The U.S. Climate Alliance: A bipartisan coalition of governors securing America’s net-zero future by advancing state-led, high-impact climate action. Compared to the rest of the country, Alliance members are collectively delivering more: air pollution reductions, emissions reductions, clean energy jobs, energy savings, climate resilience, economic growth, and zero-carbon electricity.

👋 Hello, Bluesky!

Our bipartisan coalition of U.S. governors may have deep roots & big reach, but we’re brand new here.

Follow us for the latest on state-led, high-impact #ClimateAction across the U.S.

➡️ usclimatealliance.org

#ClimateSky #GreenSky

Our governors have a message for America: We are still the masters of our own destiny.

Sen. Chris Murphy - Dems Need to Take More Risks & Make Gov’t Work Again | The Daily Show YouTube video by The Daily Show

I found this interview unbelievably refreshing....Let's really work to reform democracy versus nibbling around the edges. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqLf...

Illinois proves states have a lot of power to advance clean energy The state is working on its third major climate bill in the last decade, after the past two propelled solar deployment and clean jobs.

Amen! “States for many years have not been able to rely on the federal government for climate action, whether due to politics or the Supreme Court,” @ucsusa.bsky.social Gignac said. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

House Republican support grows for keeping clean energy tax breaks Lawmakers are expected to start the difficult task this week of determining which of the credits are on the chopping block to help pay for the GOP's budget bill.

21 House Republicans are going to the mat to defend #IRA tax credits by threatening to block their caucus’ efforts to gut the law to help pay for a small fraction of the GOP’s multi trillion-dollar tax-cut package www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

"Some of the heavy-hitters include Bayer, Ford Motor, Franklin Energy, Ikea and REI, among others." Go @ceresorg.bsky.social!

Analysis: As Trump slashes climate action, can states and cities pick up the slack? When the Biden administration designed the country’s latest targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it fully expected a rollback of federal action on climate change under the incoming president, Donald Trump. The goal, known as the nationally determined contribution, rests on the premise that states and cities in the U.S. will step up.

As Trump slashes climate action, can states and cities pick up the slack?

(The answer: Yes.)
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How to reduce large load speculation? Standardize the interconnection process. We can haphazardly continue down the path of a fragmented and increasingly untenable approach to large load-side interconnection, or we can introduce rational standardization to the process.

Fixing load interconnection is an increasingly important issue. Some thoughts from @allisonclements.bsky.social and Peter Freed: www.utilitydive.com/news/data-ce...

States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump… New York, Washington, and other states are forming coalitions to cut carbon emissions from building materials even as the federal government bows out.

States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump reversal - per @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

tell me again why you think the IRA should be repealed if it's driving 10 new EV battery manufacturing facilities in this year alone, mostly in red states/districts (thanks @dangearino.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org for the reporting) #EnergySky

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Ford Chief Executive Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs The executive, Jim Farley, said President Trump’s tariff and auto policies would raise costs and could force the automaker to cut jobs.

If #Republicans repeal Biden-era legislation that allocated billions of dollars in subsidies and loans for EVs, domestic manufacturing and charging infrastructure, many of those jobs will be at risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b... “So far what we’re seeing is a lot of costs and a lot of chaos.”

Solving the Childcare Shortage: Governor Shapiro Highlights Proposal to Expand Pennsylvania's Childcare Workforce, Support Parents and Families Governor Josh Shapiro and Secretary of Human Services Dr. Val Arkoosh visited CrossPoint Early Learning Center in Dauphin County to highlight the <a href="https://www.pa.gov/governor/newsroom/2025-pre...

Wow— can’t imagine that Pennsylvania voters thought they were voting to lose ~$1B of federal funding for the state!? But that’s the result of electing the extreme right-wing felon dtrump.

Gov Shapiro said at a press conference yesterday that ~$950M in funds for PA is frozen.
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How US states are leading the climate fight – despite Trump’s rollbacks Officials are making clean-energy moves in California, New York and beyond, and Republican states will be integral too

How U.S. states are leading the #climate fight – despite Trump’s rollbacks www.theguardian.com/environment/... In response to Trump exiting the US from the Paris climate accords for the 2nd time, 24 governors redoubled their commitments to slash planet-warming pollution.