Reposted by Fortunat MuellerLeRaffl @leraffl.bsky.social · 17hIn Switzerland, heavy trucks are now more electric than passenger cars. Over the last 12 months: 28.0% of new heavy trucks were BEV 26.5% of new cars A year ago trucks were at 19%, so that's a huge jump. And buses are even further ahead at 48%. 49530
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 11hIt was only a matter of time til it became clear what the grift is in these talks. We have no State Dept. In 2026 US diplomacy is exclusively about self enrichment and kleptocracy. 021
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 11hWe know Susan Collins would vote for Trump’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Alito. And Mainers can prevent that by voting for Troy Jackson. #mepolitics www.politico.com/news/2026/10...politico.comJustice Alito confirms he is considering retirementThe conservative Supreme Court justice said in a CBS News interview that he’ll revisit the issue next year. 23919
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 23hAnd if you get that heat pump installed before 12/31 Efficiency Maine will give you an EXTRA $500 rebate, in addition to their normal $1,000 (or $3,000 for low income customers). Please don't freeze this winter, electrify! 064
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Since the Hormuz crisis, EU gas prices are up 132% and oil 52%. Electricity is up 44%, after falling through spring. Every boiler, car and furnace that switches to electricity is less exposed to the energy crisis. Electrification is increasingly energy security. 317554
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media. 9534211070
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJustin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows @carbonbrief.org analysis." www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs... via @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and Ho Woo Nam 🔌💡carbonbrief.orgAnalysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK - Carbon BriefThe latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows Carbon Brief analysis. 02915
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026A virtual power plant hidden in Vermont homes is keeping the lights on during storms share.google/VJ9gwXC2851u...share.googleA virtual power plant hidden in Vermont homes is keeping the lights on during stormsSpread across thousands of ordinary homes, this "power plant" has become Vermont's largest power source. It's protecting owners from outages and providing cheaper, cleaner energy. 011
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJonathan Cohen @jonathancohen.us · 29/09/2026Excited to see @governor.ny.gov sign the Students for Solar Act into law. This will help more schools go solar, reduce energy costs, and keep resources focused on students. Huge credit to Students for Climate Action, @senatorharckham.bsky.social, and Assemblywoman Judy Griffin for getting this done. 022
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I've never liked ICE. Even back when they used to call themselves the Klan. 181107032225
Reposted by Fortunat Mueller Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 27/09/2026So gas is getting more expensive, and Trump is making cars less fuel-efficient. Brilliant strategy. 31515148
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 27/09/2026Great policy idea to weaken fuel economy standards exactly when gas prices are highest, really chef’s kissnytimes.comTrump Administration Plans to Gut Clean Car Rules (Gift Article)New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles. 0465
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.propublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 10838381755
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Collins hiding behind her own lack of agency is making a strong case for sending Jackson to the Senate in her place. 040
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJohn Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series of incorrect and misleading claims . . . " BAZINGA MULLIGANS SHAZAM MAGA-MAGA MULLIGAN MAINEpropublica.orgProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption ProbeProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o... 055
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJeff Seidman (he/him) @jeffsseidman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Really valuable thread puts lots of data points together into a powerful picture. 1154
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Taxpayers: If you're currently dropping coins in old coffee cans & kitchen drawers to pay for, say, gas or something you hope is actually beef, don't forget to add enough to pay your share of the $6 million Trump is spending on gold leaf for the vulgar ballroom he's thinking about instead of you. 28722248
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The Secretary of Energy is a moron. "Every day, actually, the sun goes down, it doesn’t produce power at all,” he said. 🤡 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/c...nytimes.comAt a Times Event, Dueling Visions on Climate Change and A.I.Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Trump administration does not want to ban U.S. diesel exports to curb high prices. 001
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerMaine Newsroom @mainenewsroom.com · 22/09/20269/22 BREAKING NEWS: ProPublica reported Tuesday that the FBI's anti-corruption unit was investigating an alleged bribery scheme involving Maine Senator Susan Collins. Full story: www.propublica.org/article/fbi-susa… #maine #MEpolitics 3187
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people. 9301138
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026NEW: Susan Collins casts tie-breaking vote to advance Trump judge nominee who was on the board of an anti-abortion pregnancy crisis center (!); and in his confirmation wouldn't say who won the 2020 election or talk about Jan 6. Would be above-the-fold news if Maine media did its job. #MEpolitics 58344
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJoe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026well known in Maine media that even mild criticism of Collins leads to angry phone calls - often from her: "Whenever I talk to political communications staffers from out of state they are always amazed how resistant the legacy Maine media is to reporting anything negative about Collins’ record" 625088
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJames Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Of course" she'll vote for a "pro-life" candidate who wants to kick tens of thousands of people off the health care and food assistance, who wants ICE agents at polling places, who thinks Sharia Law is a real threat, and who harassed a Somali-American legislator www.pressherald.com/2026/09/10/o...pressherald.com‘Of course I’m going to be voting for Bobby Charles,’ says Susan CollinsCollins' statement comes 1 day after Charles' sister endorsed his Democratic opponent. 1166
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026All the plastic humanity has ever produced is ~10 billion tonnes. Humans emitted ~10 billion tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere in the first three months of 2026. When we appreciate orders of magnitude, we see how intractable the CO₂ problem becomes once we dump it into the atmosphere. 524484
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJames Myall @jamesxmyall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Susan Collins likes to say she brings home the bacon. But in helping to advance the Big Beautiful Bill, she cost Maine $675 million more than all her earmarks combined. And that’s before counting her other (in)actions #mepolitics www.mecep-action.org/senator-coll...mecep-action.orgSenator Collins is Costing MaineOver 10 years, Senator Collins brought Maine $3.45 billion. Her vote to advance Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) will cost Maine $4.125 billion. 25731
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerLawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 02/09/2026House Republicans failed to muster the necessary votes to back a proposed constitutional amendment that would set membership of SCOTUS at nine, although they did remind everyone that the number of justices is not enshrined in the Constitution and can be amended at any time by statute. 412225559
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerPortland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 24/08/2026Why investment profit is at the center of CMP’s rate hikepressherald.comWhy investment profit is at the center of CMP’s rate hikeMaine's biggest electric utility and consumer advocates are at odds over how much money the company should be allowed to make on its infrastructure investments. 011
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 22/08/2026The Maine Chamber of Commerce does NOT speak for Maine businesses, and never has. They represent big corporate power and greed, not hard working Maine business and workers. This endorsement is unsurprising, but still embarrassing for anyone involved. 000
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerLeon Simons @leonsimons.com · 21/08/2026The Limits to growth report to The @clubofrome.org was published in 1972. After Europe's largest gas field (2,740 billion m³!) was discovered in the Netherlands and our coal mines closed. Many found it hard to believe limits to growth of fossil fuels were real. But here we are. Norway is next 15022
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234441179
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Super excited that the inimitable Lorenzo Kristov is doing this webinar with E2 Tech next week. It is a great opportunity for people who care about Maine's energy future to learn from one of the leading thinkers on the future of the grid. www.e2tech.org/events/commu...e2tech.orgCommunity Power Webinar with Lorenzo Kristov | E2TechWorld-renowned energy systems expert Lorenzo Kristov joins E2Tech for a virtual conversation on building a 21st century electricity system that is affordable, equitable, resilient, less environmentall... 000
Reposted by Fortunat Muelleryellowschwinn.bsky.social @yellowschwinn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026#mepolitics 053
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 16/08/2026North Korea is supplying Iran with the weapons it is using to kill Americans. Trump is an enemy of the United States. www.military.com/feature/2026...military.comNorth Korea’s Rogue Strategic Pipeline Arming Iran's War Effort: Exclusive InterviewIran’s missiles hitting U.S. and partner forces may trace back to an overlooked source: North Korea. In a Military.com exclusive, expert Bruce Bechtol explains the alliance. 302344856
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Susan Collins sent $70,000,000,000 to a lawless Trump paramilitary after it had spent a year terrorizing Maine and other states. She doesn't get to feign surprise when they use that blank check to buy torture devices. #MEpolitics 24119
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerDr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.northsky.social · 16/08/2026Dear readers, the correct figure is 0.4%. Nearly 100x less. www.varsity.co.uk/features/29235 5607141
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators. 47084383964
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJordan Wood @jordanwood.bsky.social · 03/08/2026He kept Trump out of prison. He built a $1.776 billion fund he would not keep insurrectionists out of. He buried it the second it cost him a promotion. Tomorrow Susan Collins decides if he runs the Justice Department. Flood her office. #mepolitics 65927
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerEric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I'm starting to suspect that my tax dollars are going to munitions I'll never use, either 16940171
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026You’d have to be a fool and/or desperate to get to yes to accept this, so it’ll probably be enough to get him confirmed. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...nytimes.comBlanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. DealTodd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny. 64892142
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 03/08/2026FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS. 41627381338
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerElinor Elliot @elinorelliot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The BBC treats climate change as a political subject, which it is not. This gives them the excuse of "both sidesing" an overwhelming scientific consensus and outright lying. It is a propaganda machine downplaying a deadly emergency and questions need to be asked at the highest level as to why. 829598
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerRobin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Blackout warnings in Hungary, triggered by an outage on a gas plant and the shutdown of a nuclear plant due to low water levels. Damn that intermittent power… 23515
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerAmy Fried @asfried.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Susan Collins’ decades-long record of voting to cut Medicaid and Medicare #mepolitics mainebeacon.com/susan-collin...mainebeacon.comSusan Collins’ decades-long record of voting to cut Medicaid and Medicare - Maine BeaconAlthough Sen. Susan Collins ultimately voted “no” on the Republican budget bill that passed on July 4, 2025 — a vote many have called performative — she has a long record of supporting deep cuts to Me... 12416
Fortunat Mueller @42knot.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for the cost they've imposed on the rest of us. Maybe now is a good time for an Iran war windfall tax. 021
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Wildfires in Europe are “very worrying”, says Shell boss, as oil giant cashed in on high prices to make bumper Q 2profits of almost $10bn. "My heart goes out to the many who are suffering from it” Sawan abandoned many green investments made by his predecessor www.thetimes.com/business/com...thetimes.comWildfires very worrying, says Shell boss as he defends green recordWael Sawan, the oil group’s chief executive, insists it is not ‘just a fossil fuel company’ 1315379
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026In recent weeks, congressmen like Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Rep. Michael Rulli (R-OH) have leveled racist attacks against immigrant communities in their districts. As I note in CAMPAIGN TRAILS, a century ago those same racist attacks were being made against people named Emmer and Rulli.campaign-trails.ghost.ioPulling Up the LadderIn recent weeks, Republican representatives in Congress have repeatedly insisted that specific groups of immigrants in their communities will never be assimilated into American life, that they pose a ... 451140363
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerJames Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"Unlike many others forced to halt their research [due to Trump cuts], Sehgal and his co-authors released their study anyway...with a fraction of the intended sample size. Still, removing the gas stoves relieved the participants’ asthma so much that the results were clear even with only 85 of them."wapo.stThe EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of... 6808287
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerU.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Heat pumps are helping more Americans cool & heat their homes efficiently — in the first quarter of this year alone, sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32%. Read more via @grist.org ⬇️ grist.org/energy/the-u...grist.orgThe US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumpsIn the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful. 1257
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerSammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health. 16175182809
Reposted by Fortunat MuellerMichael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This is corruption. Private entities are giving lavish gifts to governmental officials in order to get what they want for their companies. It’s essentially bribery. 48646