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Eric Wesoff

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Climate reporter and media exec Canary Media! www.canarymedia.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 29/09/2026
In Denmark, 96% of private individual vehicle sales are electric these days. 86% of total (fleets are slightly slower).
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Ken Sands @kensands.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nice story on the controversy over solar in a corner of Idaho. Nice to see the gray areas on issues instead of pretending it can be black and white. (A bit tl:dr though.) 🔌💡 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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An Idaho county banned renewables. It’s having second thoughts.
Solar developments led county officials to ban renewables in 2024. Now, the Republican commissioner who instigated the moratorium is leading the charge to…
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 15/09/2026
Gavin Newsom is leaving behind a remarkable clean energy legacy. But it’s a bit of a letdown, depending on who you ask. www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-…
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Gavin Newsom’s complicated legacy on climate and clean energy
Newsom’s 8-year term as California’s governor is drawing to an end. Here’s how he helped — and hindered — the state’s energy transition.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Safe to say the people of Kentucky are not being represented properly
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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Keep 'em coming "A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an Energy Dept emergency order that kept a Michigan coal plant running months past its planned retirement date, delivering a stinging first blow to the Trump admin’s efforts to hand US coal a lifeline."
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 11/09/2026
Battery deployment is soaring, and China is making it possible.
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The battery era is here — and China is supplying it
Batteries are taking the energy sector by storm, whether to power vehicles or boost the grid. Most are made, and deployed, in China.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 11/09/2026
A federal appeals court threw out a Trump administration order on Friday that had forced a Michigan coal plant to remain open beyond its planned retirement.
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US court blocks Trump administration bid to keep Michigan coal plant open
A federal appeals court threw out a Trump administration order on Friday that had forced a Michigan coal plant to remain open beyond its ​planned retirement.
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Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota @cubmn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
BREAKING: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down a US Dept. of Energy "emergency" order requiring a Michigan coal plant to remain in operation, siding with ratepayer advocates and others. We'll have more info soon. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-... 🔌💡
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Court Rejects Federal Order Keeping Michigan Coal Plant Open
The Energy Department doesn’t have the authority to use emergency powers under federal law to block the closure of the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan, the DC Circuit said Friday.
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Looking forward to reading California Wire, your new weekly newsletter, @jeffstjohn.bsky.social! californiawire.substack.com/p/welcome-to... via @canarymedia.com 🔌💡
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Welcome to California Wire!
Introducing Canary Media’s newsletter covering California’s clean energy transition.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/08/2026
“Why didn’t scientists warn us?”
Newspaper clipping:

Thr Rodnen & Otamatea Times
WAITEMATA & KAIPARA GAZETTE
PRIOE~10s perannum in adrance
WARKWORTE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 1912
3d per Copy.
Science Notes and News.
COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECT.
ING CLIMATE.
The furnaces of the world are now
burning about
2,000,000,000 tons of
coal a ycar.
When this is burned,
uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly. This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the carth and to raise its temperature. The effect may be considerable in a few centuries.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 28/08/2026
When Trump blocks clean energy, he raises your costs. Period. Worse, he’s doing it on purpose, to steer your money to his cronies’ expensive fossil fuel plants — a payback to his big donors, at your expense. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Clean energy still beats fossil fuels on cost, despite, well,…
Even as renewables lose federal incentives and face other hurdles, Lazard finds onshore wind and large-scale solar again have the lowest levelized cost of…
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Ray Beckerman @raybeckerman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Scientists discover 149 new deep-sea species at remote Indian Ocean seamounts news.mongabay.com/2026/08/scie...
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Scientists discover 149 new deep-sea species at remote Indian Ocean seamounts
The Indian Ocean accounts for about a fifth of global ocean area, with 90% of it reaching deeper than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Yet compared to the Pacific and Atlantic, its deep-sea biodiversity is ...
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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The President would be best served by understanding the tools at his command — and that tariffs are essentially a wildly inefficient national sales tax best used by developing nations. energytransitionnow.com/trumps-tarif...
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Trump’s tariffs will blow up energy prices for Americans and clobber the US economy - Energy Transition Now
Shouldn’t the person setting tariff rates understand what a tariff does?
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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Shouldn’t the person setting tariff rates understand what a tariff does? energytransitionnow.com/trumps-tarif...
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Trump’s tariffs will blow up energy prices for Americans and clobber the US economy - Energy Transition Now
Shouldn’t the person setting tariff rates understand what a tariff does?
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
He’s a child. A dangerous child.
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Joe Morelle @morelle.house.gov · 25/08/2026
Pretending to rename a lake is an attempted distraction from the President's disastrous trade talks with Canada. 
While Rochester families deal with the impacts of a trade war he started, President Trump is playing games with a map. 
We deserve better than this.
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Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America,' denies claim he'd interfere with Canadians speaking French
Just like the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Ontario is a shared international waterway and multiple international, federal, and regional agencies oversee it.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
They've been "overwhelmed" by my FOIA requests and can't take the heat on the phone so they claim the lines are bad and hang up on me... theintercept.com/2016/04/20/h...
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How a Simple Request Got Me Blacklisted by the Pentagon
Military officials stopped answering a reporter's emails and calls about overseas bases, so he filed FOIA requests. The Pentagon was not pleased.
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🤮🤮🤮
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Kevin Williams @gaytonausa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
i think every car company that backed this man is going to get exactly what they deserve.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#SCsen
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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 25/08/2026
One of the few people in the world who is able to claim an absolute union victory over Jeff Bezos. I bet he wakes up in a cold sweat over this. Here’s to many more.
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Farmers hate Democrats. But Democrats insist on being John Cusack holding the boom box outside their house. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/o...
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Opinion | Democrats Can Finally Stop Pandering to Farmers (Published 2025)
There’s a silver lining to the so-called big, beautiful bill for Democrats.
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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
They'll still vote Republican. It's time for Democrats to stop pandering to the 1% of Americans who produce food and start focusing on the 100% of Americans who consume food.
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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The number of people who work in web development and UX who have decided "everyone actually wants Clippy now" is truly astonishing.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"We watched it on TV. And it's like, 'That's our son. That's Alex. And they killed him' ... trying to help someone" -- Alex Pretti's dad
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
You can feel the sheer exhaustion and heartbreak in their voices. No family should have to beg for justice after losing their child.😌
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents
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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Tesla ditches solar roof — and embraces regular solar panels
The product that was supposed to redefine both roofing and home solar never moved beyond expensive niche status. Does the new plan reflect lessons learned?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"What did he do to deserve to be murdered, to be left cold, on the ground, dead, my child? What did he do? ... they don't care ... I expect an apology. Why shouldn't we get one?" -- Alex Pretti's mom
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Commercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 24/08/2026
‘many panel manufacturers say they also must pay a higher cost on the upstream components necessary to make the solar panels the domestic industry desperately needs…pushes price of domestic panels higher, which may make them more (!!!) expensive than foreign panels at minimum import price (38¢/W).’
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Solar panel makers and buyers have mixed feelings on Sec. 232 tariffs
The U.S. solar industry is still determining the effects of the Sec. 232 tariffs on polysilicon and its derivatives. Besides a handful of manufacturers
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Tesla ditches solar roof — and embraces regular solar panels
The product that was supposed to redefine both roofing and home solar never moved beyond expensive niche status. Does the new plan reflect lessons learned?
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Senator Pete Harckham @senatorharckham.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The numbers don't lie, 90% of what was built in the first half of this year is either solar, storage, or wind power, per U.S. Energy Information Administration data because it is cheaper than fossil fuels or nuclear. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Solar and storage still dominate US power plant construction
Despite Trump’s attacks on renewables, it’s the same old story so far this year: The U.S. is building lots of solar and storage and a little bit of…
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Trump out of nowhere decided to stab South Korea in the back in favor of his preferred political alliance with communist North Korea. As Kim Jung Un sends 50,000 soldiers to help Russia kill Ukrainians, Trump has declared North Korea "unthreatening and respectful."
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In case you're not already worried about private grids, ALEC is working hard to make sure they stay unregulated.
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ALEC Caters to MAGA, Big Oil, and Tech Industry at Its 2026 Annual Meeting - EXPOSEDbyCMD
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) faithful descend on the Sunshine State this week for the right-wing bill mill’s annual meeting at the four-star JW Marriott Orlando, Grande Lakes. In a...
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Anu @nofirstorder.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Lying about “total control” of an international strait and low oil prices gets zero pushback from the press. Legacy media has totally abdicated its duty. This is why supporting independent journalists like @atrupar.com is essential for accountability. Thanks for the receipts!
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Eric Wesoff @ericwesoff.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Data centers are officially shaping election season
Data center opponents are winning primaries, and governors are instituting moratoriums — but will the action last beyond Election Day?
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine yields to pressure from the far right, removes a chapter on climate science from a judges manual — at least temporarily: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/c...
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Top Science Body Deletes Climate Chapter From Judges’ Manual
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine had been under pressure from Republican leaders, including President Trump.
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U.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Last year, Illinois's Solar for All program helped 400 solar projects come online, increasing access to clean energy for households, nonprofits & public facilities in lower-income communities across the state. Keep reading via @canarymedia.com ⬇️ www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Illinois Solar for All is, at last, taking off
The state’s solar equity program has been in place for nearly a decade, but it wasn’t until recently, after years of grassroots efforts, that…
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Are Trump's new solar tariff good or bad for American solar? Depends who you ask... www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... via @canarymedia.com
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Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here's what it means.
The cost of installing solar panels will rise. But now the U.S. has a large and fast-growing solar manufacturing industry to take advantage of the trade…
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
10 such projects are now online, and once completed, the portfolio will cover 5M sq ft of roof space, provide 44 MW of solar capacity, deliver $36M total savings, and create 300 construction jobs. A great deal for Public Storage, as their only business is renting space & they rent the rooftops!
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Solar on storage units? Here’s how Illinois is making it happen.
Illinois community solar incentives spurred plans to put 60 arrays on top of Public Storage facilities in the state. So far, 10 are online.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 13/08/2026
In Scotland, this 18-year-old wind farm is getting a new, more powerful life. Here’s how new, big turbines are expanding its generation capacity.
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Huge new turbines could let biggest UK wind farm do more with less
ScottishPower’s Whitelee onshore wind farm could double its capacity with far fewer turbines. It’s an example of how much wind technology has improved.
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Evan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Good stuff from @mariagallucci.bsky.social and @canarymedia.com, per usual. "Residents in southeastern Missouri who support restarting the smelter said they’re nevertheless concerned that it will drive up pollution, unless the smelter moves away from coal and toward clean energy."
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US aluminum is poised for a comeback — if it overcomes these hurdles
Tariffs and rising grid demand are spurring a revival, but high electricity costs and community concerns threaten to stall key new smelter projects
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a pretty good deal for Public Storage, as their only business is renting space and they have now found a way to rent the rooftops. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Solar on storage units? Here’s how Illinois is making it happen.
Illinois community solar incentives spurred plans to put 60 arrays on top of Public Storage facilities in the state. So far, 10 are online.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 09/08/2026
Ford is promising its new electric truck will cost less than $30,000 — and it’s got more perks than the barebones Slate.
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Can Ford’s affordable new electric truck hit the sweet spot?
With the sub-$30,000 Fathom, Ford hopes to capitalize on growing demand for low-priced EVs and avoid the fate of its now-defunct Lightning.
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Brian Willis @bwillisful.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Great rundown from @julianspencer.bsky.social in @canarymedia.com on the new U.S. solar tariffs. They should boost domestic manufacturers and encourage more investment in the U.S. supply chain, but they'll also raise costs for solar developers. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Trump launched big new solar tariffs. Here's what it means.
The cost of installing solar panels will rise. But now the U.S. has a large and fast-growing solar manufacturing industry to take advantage of the trade…
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 10/08/2026
The Trump administration has stopped these fossil fuel plants from closing — and more could soon join them.
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Trump’s DOE keeps forcing coal plants to stay open. Here’s the latest.
We’re tracking the seven fossil-fuel plants the Trump admin has required to operate past their retirement dates — and which facilities could be hit next.
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 10/08/2026
North Carolina’s rooftop solar market is rebounding, federal tax credit rollbacks be darned.
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In North Carolina, rooftop solar is alive and well despite headwinds
While the industry has suffered the loss of federal tax credits and other economic hits, leasing and batteries make the panels pencil out for many…
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