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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Xavier Beccera's Power Hour proposal to provide 2 hours of free electricity every day to low-income customers when the sun is out is brilliant. It will make the bulk power system run more efficiently (by reducing demand in the evening as the sun sets). It will promote more economic growth in Cali.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. - Inside Climate News
An expert in the state’s energy grid explains how the state is faring amid federal cuts.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Trump's says 86 is a mob term. How does he know?
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
My favorite part of King Charles' speech was his salute to Ukraine's heroism. Nancy Pelosi was caught on camera cheering vigorously.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Never, ever use 8647 as your password!
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
8647 is free speech.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Development of Data Centers without Debate
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Fermi America / Texas Tech Data Center near Amarillo
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
xAI Data Center near Memphis
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Environmental Justice and Data Centers
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The Norwegian think tank DNV projects an energy transition to zero-carbon energy resources that is slightly slower than last year's forecast, in terms of both emissions and fossil share of primary energy. Developing regions of the world are installing green technologies. www.dnv.com/eto2025/?utm...
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Global Energy Transition Outlook 2025
Explore our flagship report: A forecast of global and regional energy mix, supply, and demand to 2060
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Despite global electricity demand rising by 2.6%, GHG emissions fell slightly by in the first half of 2025. Declines in China and India reflected clean generation growth outpacing demand. By contrast, emissions increased in the EU and the US compared with last year. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Renewables overtook coal generation for the first time on record in the first half of 2025. Renewables grew by 7.7% to reach 5,072 TWh, while coal generation fell to 4,896 TWh. Renewables’ share of global electricity rose to 34.3%, while coal’s share fell to 33.1%. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Global electricity demand grew by 2.6% (+369 TWh) in the first half of 2025. This increase was more than met by increases in solar (+306 TWh, +31%) and wind (+97 TWh, +7.7%) generation, with solar alone covering 83% of the rise. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
The US, which is trying to position itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad through July. China exported $120 billion in green technologies (solar, batteries and EVs) over the same period.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
"As long as scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems.... Science can give mankind a better standard of living, better health and a better mental life" - Vannevar Bush 1945
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Despacito Magsters. wapo.st/4noltRL
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Why Bad Bunny’s selection as the Super Bowl halftime headliner is sparking MAGA fury
The Puerto Rican recording artist opposed Trump in 2024 and is avoiding U.S. mainland tour dates to avoid exposing his fans to ICE raids.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/m...
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The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Dominion Energy forecast that its peak demand would rise by more than 75% by 2039 with data centers. It would be just 10% without. Against that backdrop, power costs have become a key issue in this year’s gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
In the US, power demand from data centers is set to double by 2035, to almost 9% of all demand. It will be the biggest surge in US energy demand since air conditioning in the 1960s. That comes as the grid is already struggling to update aging infrastructure. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Globally, data centers are expected to consume more than 4% of electricity by 2035, according to BloombergNEF. Put another way: If the facilities were a country they’d rank fourth in electricity use, behind only China, the US and India. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Bloomberg found that electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did five years ago in areas located near significant data center activity. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
bloomberg.com
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
In 2029, NASA's most ambitious asteroid-exploration mission, the Psyche probe, will begin mapping out a metal-rich asteroid. It could set the stage for an interstellar mining industry. The asteroid 16 Psyche is thought to be worth quadrillions of dollars. www.space.com/astronomy/ea...
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Earth's next 'mini-moon' could create a gold rush for asteroid miners
Our planet had a "second moon" for a hot minute in 2024. This gave space entrepreneurs a bright idea.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Over the past 20 years, Pennsylvania has locked itself into a future where its utility rates are tied to the global price of natural gas. The people paying the highest price are the same ones that fracking companies promised to help. insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...
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Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania - Inside Climate News
Fracking was supposed to lower Pennsylvanians’ electric bills. Instead, they’re higher than ever—and they’re about to get worse.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
At the Munich car show, BYD, Xpeng, Changan and Dongfeng showed electric vehicles with advanced technology and prices that undercut Western models, making it clear that Europe is the main target in their worldwide export plan. www.economist.com/business/202...
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The brutal fight to dominate Chinese carmaking
Pity Ford, VW and other Western manufacturers
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
China is tying its economic future to the clean-energy sector. Last year solar power, electric vehicles and batteries were responsible for 10% of its GDP. These industries are also helping China reduce its dependence on oil imports from conflict-ridden regions. www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
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Don’t fret over China’s new climate targets
The ambitions of its clean-tech industry matter more than any humdrum pledges
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Governor Jerry Brown in his 2011 inaugural address, said "The innovations of Silicon Valley, the original thinking coming out of our colleges and universities, the skill of our farmers, the creative imagination of Hollywood, the Internet ... give hope for an even more abundant future."
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Given the solar industry’s resilient mood and fair prospects Trump’s anti-solar crusade may end up calling to mind the Eagles’ best-known hit, “Hotel California”. He can check out any time he likes, but he can never leave. www.economist.com/business/202...
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Despite presidential animus, America’s solar industry is buzzing
And investment is on the rise
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
China’s leaders sense an epic opportunity. Trump’s erratic trade policy, gaping fiscal deficits and threats to the independence of the Federal Reserve risk badly hurting the dollar. It has slumped 7% since January, and had its worst start to a year since 1973. www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
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China is ditching the dollar, fast
Officials believe that the yuan has finally come of age
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
We need human feet on Martian soil. All the rovers and probes that we have sent to the dusty world — each a majestic feat of engineering — cannot compare to what explorers could achieve on the ground. There is so much more to learn from the Red Planet. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Mars beckons
NASA has uncovered tantalizing clues of potential ancient life on Earth’s neighboring planet.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Last month, when Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on Brazilian exports took effect, Brazil said its global exports actually rose 4 percent because of increased purchases by China. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/w...
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Brazil Keeps Telling Trump to Get Lost
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Enviado por el rey Felipe II, Francisco Hernández de Toledo describió en la Nueva España unas 3,000 especies de plantas. Del tomate dejó dicho: “Son redondos, están encerrados por una membrana y participan de alguna acidez. Los más grandes se llaman xitomame. - No mandes. elpais.com/economia/neg...
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¡Cuate, aquí hay tomate! Los malabares de México para salvar las ventas de su huerta
El país fija precios mínimos para mantener las exportaciones a Estados Unidos de su fruto identitario
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EL PAÍS México @elpaismexico.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
🇲🇽🍅 En la carrera de obstáculos a la que el gobierno de Estados Unidos viene sometiendo al de México, la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum ha tenido que orquestar algunas medidas para sortear el asunto del tomate dozz.es/pi5rh14
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¡Cuate, aquí hay tomate! Los malabares de México para salvar las ventas de su huerta
El país fija precios mínimos para mantener las exportaciones a Estados Unidos de su fruto identitario
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Politico @politico.com · 12/09/2025
ANALYSIS: Charlie Kirk has no real equivalent on the left — and such a counterpart is likely impossible, writes our @ianwardreports.bsky.social. Why a figure like Kirk may only be possible within the unique circumstances of Trump’s GOP👇
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Why Charlie Kirk Had No Counterpart on the Left
Over the past decade, Kirk built an entirely new infrastructure for the GOP.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed support for renewable energy and questioned the use of nuclear energy for powering data centers. Lee said it takes at least 15 years to build a nuclear plant. www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/com...
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New nuclear plant construction expected to be dropped under Lee gov't - The Korea Times
President Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed support for the renewable energy industry and questioned proposals to use nuclear energy for powering data cente...
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Jair Bolsonaro along with five military officers were convicted of plotting a coup in Brazil. The verdict marks the first time since Brazil became a republic that military officials have been punished for attempting to overthrow democracy. www.cnbc.com/2025/09/11/b...
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Brazil's Bolsonaro guilty of coup charges, court majority decides in landmark trial
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Residents in at Least 41 States and Washington, D.C., Are Facing Increased Electric and Natural Gas Bills www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...
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Residents in at Least 41 States and Washington, D.C., Are Facing Increased Electric and Natural Gas Bills
Energy bill tracker documents rate increases and proposals that would go into effect in 2025 or 2026. The Trump administration’s actions to discourage clean energy projects could send rates even highe...
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
China’s political system has learned to harness market forces, Ma Tianjie explains in his book, "In Search of Green China". The state has adopted policies which have kicked off a virtuous circle of technology learning, cost reduction and market penetration. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Can China’s Green Revolution Be Replicated?
A new book traces the nation’s path from choking smog to clean-energy dominance, revealing the strength and risks of state control.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
China’s path to becoming greener wasn’t driven by environmental litigation or citizen pressure, but by centralized, top-down governance. And while that model may be hard to transplant to other countries, the journey itself holds lessons. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
On September 2nd Bolsonaro and seven of his closest associates will stand trial on charges that they tried to orchestrate a coup. If convicted, several of them face up to 43 years in prison. www.economist.com/1843/2025/08...
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The untold story of Bolsonaro’s weird and wild coup attempt
How Brazil’s ex-president and his cronies tried to take down democracy
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Charles T. Munger, Jr. is the main contributor to the group that paid for ads flooding mailboxes in California. Munger is the son of the late billionaire Charles Munger, former vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. laist.com/news/politic...
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Stunned by that stack of redistricting mailers hitting your mailbox? Here are tips to follow the money
Over $17 million has already been raised to support and oppose Prop. 50, California’s congressional redistricting measure. We fill you in on how to track the money ahead of the special election on Nov...
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The growing competitiveness of Chinese EVs in many parts of the world is only just beginning. www.cnbc.com/2025/08/28/a...
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How China’s electric vehicle juggernaut is reshaping the global car market
The speed of China's electric vehicle revolution has caught many off guard.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
"The last 12 months saw a big rise in Africa’s solar panel imports. Imports from China rose 60% in the last 12 months to 15,032 MW. The rise happened across Africa. Twenty countries set a new record for the imports of solar panels in the 12 months to June 2025." - Ember
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Renewable energy accounted for almost 40% of total power generation in China in the first half of 2025. New solar and wind generation covered the total growth in electricity demand. China had installed 212 gigawatts of new solar capacity in the first half of the year.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Financing provided to oil, gas and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% to $73 billion this year through Aug. 1 from the same period in 2024, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The Energy Information Administrations forecasts electricity demand will grow at an annual rate of over 2% in 2025 and 2026. Until 2020, demand was relatively flat. Electricity demand growth will be higher in areas with plans for large data centers, such as in Texas and in Northern Virginia.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
For years, cities like Miami and Austin have tried billing themselves as up-and-coming tech hubs. As the A.I. boom takes over the tech industry, companies and entrepreneurs have once again chosen California as their home. In the process, Silicon Valley, too, has changed. - NYTimes
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Over the past decade, China’s CO2 emissions have risen by nearly a fifth, with ups and downs along the way. More recently, there are signs that China’s CO2 emissions could be reaching a peak. The latest data shows that China’s CO2 emissions have now been stable or falling for more than a year,
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Greenhushing, where corporations downplay their climate efforts, has spread in the US and Europe with companies trying to avoid accusations of greenwashing and political attacks.
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cleanforgood.bsky.social @cleanforgood.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
The most expensive single human-built object on Earth is the Itaipu Dam on the Paraná River between Paraguay and Brazil. Itaipu has is an installed electricity producing capacity of 14,000 megawatts.
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