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Our Streets @ourstreetsmn.org · 09/10/2026

Carshare is a critical part of our transportation system. People rely on HOURCAR and Evie. The sudden sunset is devastating. Let decision-makers know you support emergency bridge funding to save carshare. savecarsharemn.org

savecarsharemn.org

Keep carshare in our neighborhoods

HOURCAR's last day is October 15. Call and write your city council member, county commissioner, and the governor about keeping carshare running.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We shouldn't trust the claims of a small group of private sector companies, whose product could dramatically affect the health and welfare of millions of people, that they can just regulate themselves. powerplaynj.substack.com/p/corporate-...

powerplaynj.substack.com

Corporate PJM members shoot down consumer advocate proposal to reform grid operator

The latest from PJM is more of the same from corporate members that don’t really care about your electric bills

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Now that I've seen it, I will say that this is a bad take. More skeets. You should go see it in the theater for the sound design alone. The whole thing is wild on many levels. #dig

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

paywall. Is it like, they personally own stock in a company that builds data centers or like they have a big portfolio that includes a lot of exposure to US tech firms?

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Residential gas customers in Pennsylvania, the country's second largest producer, pay exactly the same amount now (inflation-adjusted) for gas as they did in the 90's, long before the fracking boom. PA produces 4,000% more gas, and residential customers are no better off. Data via EIA

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The EIA ran a bunch of projections of how much fuel for gas plants is going to cost over the next 5 yrs. Most of them show ~40% ⬆️. Only one shows stability, and it requires wells to produce 50% ⬆️, undiscovered resources ⬆️ 50%, and drilling cost reductions to happen 50% faster.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Price: claude.ai/artifact/3ck... Generation: claude.ai/artifact/XML...

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you want to find the cheapest electricity in the US, generally you should move to the grid regions that use the least natural gas.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I like it! Might prefer that actually

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Humans have seen this dynamic for over 700 years. In Tales of Count Lucanor, no one will tell the king that he’s naked, too afraid of what it might cost them. And so politicians and media outlets are silent, even as our planet breaks another record, day after day, barreling toward a Super El Niño.

electricnotes.news

The El Niño Diaries #1 — The Ants

Dispatches from 100° days, in October

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think the ID Buzz looks pretty great in person, even if the name is dumb

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

wouldn't transmission items and checks on utility power in this bill help to change this dynamic in PJM?

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm not well-versed enough to know that. I mean at a high level does this bill make it more likely or less that we'll accomplish the intent of the ESA

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Most other podcasts seem to have a paid tier and a ad-based tier. Not sure how much that would help!

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

if your point is just that the models are probably gonna be wrong, then I agree

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

but hold on, Trump wasn't elected because people hated the IRA. They mostly didn't know it existed.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 04/10/2026

Think tanks will soon start releasing non-peer-reviewed modeling of how the permitting bill might affect pollution, if they haven't already. Most will secretly have lots of ideology-driven thumbs on scales. One big way to tip the scales is by ignoring pollution associated with oil and gas exports.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

To put it another way - are the changes to ESA good or bad from a biodiversity perspective?

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

climate change is a long-term phenomenon, some species could be gone in years/decades! I think there are a lot of folks who care about "nature" that don't engage much with "climate change"

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What if you didn't care at all about climate and your most important issue was saving the tiny amount of biodiversity we have left? What should you think about the bill? Why would states do a better job on this than the feds? I've seen surprisingly little discussion about this.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Generally, if you see a take about "green groups", "enviros", or "the climate movement" without any more specificity, it is going to be a deliberate caricature for another agenda, or an unknowing generalization. Either way making it not that useful.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You would not believe the weather in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania right now. Slanty light, leaves just starting to change, crisp air. Shoulder season perfection.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

When climate scientists say things are going to be horrendous, people find out many years later that we’re right. With this El Niño, the “find out” part will come in months.

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Evergreen Action @evergreenaction.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Data centers are driving a surge in Pennsylvania's electricity demand, and someone has to pay: data centers, or families already squeezed by rising bills. Shapiro's (D) plan to make data centers pay their fair share could save households $9.9B, but key pieces still need to become law.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The corollary to the permitting reform bill here would be to force all relevant DOE staffers to spend at least 50% of their workweek processing these grants Congress has already approved.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The bureaucracy is holding back the construction of $5 billion of energy projects! We need reform! (I'm not an SEO expert but doing my best) t.co/BpLLvgayyl

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 01/10/2026

Bill’s piece outlines some of the risks & challenges of climate policymaking in this moment, including a sharp insight from @lissaharris.bsky.social. Solving climate has a running clock, GHGs we emit stick around for 100s or 1000s of years. Every ton and every year matters. I think the deal is good.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Linear infrastructure so hard to build

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lotta smart people have thought about how to decarbonize the US economy: we're gonna need to build A LOT of transmission. @eprinews.bsky.social @jessedjenkins.com @energyinnovation.org

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think $150M of that is for states that take over ESA. Only $20M per year is for a new Permitting Improvement Fund at the federal level.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If agencies blow deadlines, the Chief Environmental Review and Permitting Officer and everyone with a "substantive role" reviewing the application has to spend not less than 50% of their workweek on the project. What if they're working on many projects at one time?

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Best I can tell so far is changes are very modest: $20M per year for a new Permitting Improvement Fund, but spread across 14+ agencies $150M/year for states if they take over ESA review An extra $50M/year for Historic Preservation (also for states) FERC gets some new hiring

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Does the bill increase federal or state agency budgets/FTEs to complete environmental review?

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Does the permitting bill increase the budgets and/or FTEs of federal and state agencies tasked with doing environmental review?

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Do you find ever yourself driving by a gas station, looking at the price and thinking "I wish there was some way that I could come here to fill up more often?" If so, you'll love Trump's roll back of national fuel economy standards. apnews.com/article/trum...

apnews.com

Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost

The Trump administration released new fuel economy standards on Monday, relaxing regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And my interpretations were far from the highlight of the night! There was some Pearl Jam that really slayed

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

First the AI companies say the tech will take all jobs and kill all humans, the Jensen Huang, in defense, says there aren’t any examples of companies releasing unsafe products. Comms teams batting 1000

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Glad I took the time to read this @ezraklein.bsky.social essay, which does a good job explaining the AI fears in understandable language. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/o...

nytimes.com

Opinion | There Is Something We Have to Do Right Now About A.I.

Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West.

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My Climate Week takeaway is always that walkable cities the goat, and NYC still has way too many cars

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This seems like a really good reason to acquire another light jacket, which is almost always the answer

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Above the Mason-Dixson line we’re entering light jacket season during which you get to wear your favorite piece of outerwear for approximately 9-14 days

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1) Every damn things he's built without Congressional authorization gets demolished on the first day. 2) Christ, he's like a 7-year old. "Oh yeah? Well MY arch is going to be a FORTRESS with GUNS and DRONES and LASERS, you'll be able to CONTROL THE WHOLE CITY from there."

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Should we all meet in the big city?

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Brendon Slotterback @bslotterback.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Great news, let's hope these programs can be quickly restarted

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