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Colin Meehan

@colinme.bsky.social
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Former DOE/Texan energy nerd now near Baltimore. Sometimes technical analyses, often advocacy. Every once in a while parenting/biking/music/mental health/adventures in a blended family.

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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/06/2026
New report finds that electrifying US industry could produce enormous GDP & job growth.
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Powering American Industry: The Economic Opportunity of Industrial Electrification - Renewable Thermal Collaborative
Industrial electrification represents a major opportunity to strengthen American manufacturing, support economic growth, and reduce manufacturers’ exposure to volatile fuel costs. A new report from th...
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Caroline Spears @spears.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The price of gas is OVER $4.00. Here's how state and local lawmakers can step up to cut costs: 🔌 Speed up electric vehicle sales 🚲 Promote safe biking and walking 🚌 Fight for affordable, reliable transportation 🏘️ Legalize multi-family homes and ADUs climatecabineteducation.org/transportati...
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Transportation 101 Policy Guides - Climate Cabinet Education
Transportation 101 Policy Guides by Climate Cabinet Education: practical, accessible guides on transit planning, active mobility & multimodal policy for climate action.
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Translation: carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation in Germany fell 58% between 1990 and 2025.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20/03/2026
"Gotta compete with China!" they say ... about everything but this.
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Alexander F. Gazmararian @agazmararian.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Biden Admin directed hundreds of billions to clean energy/manufacturing. Did these investments shift public opinion? We find that these projects are visible but not traceable: People notice nearby investments, but connect them to Governors, not Biden. Thread 👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 09/02/2026
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
Bar chart titled “Who’s Really Blocking California Development?” showing the share of CEQA lawsuits by plaintiff type. HOAs and NIMBY groups account for the majority at 54%. Business and commercial plaintiffs file 20% of cases, government entities 13%, environmental groups 8%, tribal or cultural groups 4%, and labor unions 2%. The chart notes the analysis is based on 1,234 CEQA court opinions from 1973–2025 using CourtListener data, with HOAs/NIMBYs defined as homeowner associations, neighborhood groups, and ad hoc project-opposition groups.
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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
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GamerMomLuna ✨🌙 @gamermomluna.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
This is your annual reminder that if you are in the US and have FSA funds that you won't use, Menstrual products are covered by FSA funds and can be donated to food pantries and shelters.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 10/12/2025
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $7.2 billion this year in her biggest ever giving announcement. The gifts bring her total philanthropy to $26 billion over the past half decade. bloom.bg/3KHQfHc 📷: Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/12/2025
People used to say, with great confidence, that variable renewables could never safely provide more than 5% of grid power. That estimate has crept up ever since, though the "great confidence" part never wavers. Anyway, about China ...
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 07/11/2025
SPP (the Southwest Power Pool, serving the central Great Plains states) approved a new regional transmission plan with $8.6 billion in projects, including ~950 miles of ultra-high voltage 765 kV lines, and with estimated benefits 18X the costs www.spp.org/documents/75... More of this please! 🔌💡
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Ric O'Connell @ricoconnell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
This is too good #EnergySky
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 31/10/2025
Sweeping energy-related legislation that backs the use of big batteries to help make wind and solar power more effective cleared the Senate Thursday night and is headed to Gov. JB Pritzker, who signaled he would sign the measure into law.
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Gov. JB Pritzker set to approve energy bill boosting battery storage for renewables despite debate over costs
Democrats said moves would eventually lower electric bills in Illinois, while Republicans noted a surcharge on consumer bills would partly back battery installations.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Scoop: A court ruling last week quietly derailed battery storage development in more than half of L.A. County after activists successfully sued to kill a 400 megawatt battery in a wildfire risk area @heatmap.news #greensky #energysky
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How a Tiny Community Blocked Battery Storage in Over Half of Los Angeles County
Much of California’s biggest county is now off limits to energy storage.
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Doug Lewin @douglewin.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
There are nearly 23 gigawatts of thermal plants offline for maintenance as Texas continues to have way above average heat. To pick up the slack, batteries are deploying for longer periods; they discharged over 3,000 megawatts for 2+ hours Tuesday evening. 1/2
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This is our work! Nice to see it getting picked up
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
60. There is enough land for lots of solar (most studies suggest 1-2% of land would be required to generate all the solar most countries can use). There’s also loads and loads of roofs, so let’s see those who oppose ground-mounted solar support higher-cost roof-mounted solar.
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Jenny Chase @solarchase.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
14. Low power prices may be great for consumers but they are very bad if you're trying to build more clean power plants. Without demand-side flexibility measures, the energy transition will fail before fully pushing fossil fuel out of the mix. Which is what we must do.
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
It’s been almost six years for me, and much of this resonates if a little more blurred, especially as we prepare to leave for Austin where she is buried. I’m lucky my son and I have a close relationship to my wife’s family but the grief, the rhythms, the blurring are very much a part of my life.
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La Pa McDah @lapamcdah.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer www.propublica.org/article/immi...
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
The inflatables have made it to Broadview.
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Julia Simon @juliaradio.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
When the power went out in Spain this spring, many people immediately pointed the finger at the country's solar and wind power as the cause. That wasn't the trigger, but a new survey finds that all that misinformation? It had an impact. Read more here, only on @npr.org 🎧⬇️
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After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Lots of people think Dems are forcing these dirty coal plants to “retire” with policies and regs. It’s simply not true! Coal plants are incredibly inefficient to run compared to gas and renewables. This New England plant didn’t “retire” — the company closed it because it was too expensive!
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
China and the US going in opposite directions now when it comes to energy. And it looks like China is poised to win… www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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China Is Beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance
China’s exports of clean energy technology hit a record in August, with $20 billion shipped globally.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Via @jvl.bsky.social "the answer isn’t to stamp out neurodivergence or “cure” people of being who they are.4 It’s to widen our arms and be more inclusive so that they can find their place in the world a little more easily. www.thebulwark.com/p/autism-mah...
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Autism, MAHA, and the Face of God
One part junk science, two parts incompetent government, and with a dash of blasphemy, for seasoning.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I try (/fail) to limit my regular work when I’m traveling for work but have to say it’s lovely day to start my NY Climate Week and I certainly don’t mind MCing a work call on state level renewable energy permitting policy from a beautiful patio.
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Ken Caldeira @kencaldeira.com · 19/09/2025
Trump and his Republican co-conspirators fear ridicule more than anything else. They are OK with being called cruel, because they associate cruelty with power, but they know that their power stems from people taking them seriously. Ridicule is powerful. www.newspapers.com/search/resul...
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
“I’m tired of being pitted against my neighbor. I’m tired of being told to hate my neighbor.” @jamestalarico.bsky.social’s #CupOfJoe is dialed-in. Our future depends on rejecting the politics of hate and choosing a path that heals, unites, & rebuilds. 🔗 tinyurl.com/2kb9wzax
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Northern Ireland man from Lisburn kidnapped by Trump’s Ice raids because he “looked like a Mexican”. He had the correct visa, all his documents. He’s never been in trouble with police. Held in terrible conditions. A fellow captive couldn’t get his medication and dropped dead of a heart attack
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Fal Rising @falrising.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Following the Hyundai raid, LG Energy Solution suspended most business trips to the US and directed employees to return home immediately. It comes less than two months since South Korea committed $350B in US investments, including a $26B Hyundai steel mill in Louisiana.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 08/09/2025
U.S. policy decisions made by the Administration are degrading our economy and our national security.
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Laiken Jordahl @laikenjordahl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Survey stakes are in the ground at the San Rafael Valley, where DHS is preparing to wall off the last best corridor in Arizona for jaguars, ocelots & other species. Not a soul in sight.
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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Here’s the link to my story about how anti-cable conspiracies ran rampant the two Jersey Shore towns, where my family all lives, after postcards riddled with cables-cause-cancer misinformation showed up in people’s mailbox. A political org was behind it. www.eenews.net/articles/fir...
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First whales, now cables: Anti-wind activists push more false claims
New Jersey’s plan to install offshore wind transmission faces opposition from some of the same groups that spread misinformation about whale deaths.
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
C’mon people!!! Are we going to have to institute mandatory screenings of Old Yeller?!?
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Wolf in sheep's clothing feels a little too on the nose for this particular example of co-opting causes and messages...
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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 02/09/2025
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
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Vivek Srikrishnan @vsrikrish.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Really pleased to have been able to contribute to the comment on sea level rise and the impressive work from all of my colleagues who contributed to this book-length review in a short period of time. Thanks to @andrewdessler.com and @bobkopp.net for organizing this effort!
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NPR @npr.org · 02/09/2025
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 02/09/2025
Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out. Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.
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On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding. In response, over 85 scientists have come together to write a comprehensive review, which is
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Colin Meehan @colinme.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
"But of the 25 total loan applications that have advanced to the fund’s due diligence review stage, seven have been pulled ... citing supply chain issues or [lack of profitability]. An eighth application was denied funding last fall due to accusations of fraud."
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This is why this statement today from a state commissioner in the NYT should be taken seriously — yes, the admin’s efforts to stop or materially delay these projects increases reliability risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/c...
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Offshore wind has higher capacity value than gas CTs, according to PJM. So when the Trump admin claims offshore wind makes no contribution to resource adequacy/reliability, it's lying. #energysky #greensky www.pjm.com/-/media/DotC...
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 26/08/2025
Dr. Dani Mathisen deserved to get the care she needed without crossing state borders, and she deserved to safely grow her family in her home state. All Texans deserve this—but due to the state’s abortion bans, many, like Dani, are leaving because they are scared to be pregnant in Texas. #TXBanWeek
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‘I don’t want to be pregnant in Texas’: Under abortion ban, women fear for their lives
“I want to have a kid because I want to be a mom,” a woman from Belton, Texas, said. “I pray to God it doesn’t end with me sacrificing my life.”
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