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Deputy editor @heatmap.news

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
EXCLUSIVE: In a joint statement to me, key senators @heinrich.senate.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov & @schatz.bsky.social oppose the NEPA overhaul Republicans are moving through the House and say they won’t move a permitting reform package without policy boosting transmission and renewable energy
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Exclusive: Key Senate Democrats Oppose Permitting Bill
A trio of powerful climate hawks are throwing their weight against the SPEED Act.
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advait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Thanks very much to @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com for having me on! And to @goodjillian.bsky.social for putting this together. Really enjoyed chatting.
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
NEW SHIFT KEY It’s our first-ever Heatmap reporter roundtable! I chat with @zeitlin.bsky.social, @goodjillian.bsky.social, and @emilypont.bsky.social about NYC Climate Week, the new politics of Dem energy affordability, and Paul Wellstone’s forgotten NIMBYism. heatmap.news/podcast/shif...
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Heatmap’s Reporters Talk Electricity, Inflation, and the New Era in Climate Politics
Rob debriefs with colleagues on the latest climate news.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Are you an energetic young* journalist who's passionate about solving climate change and willing to throw in your lot with a bunch of nerds? Come join us at @heatmap.news! *Young is not a requirement, per se! Though we are looking for someone early in their career, age is just a number.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has come up a lot during today's @heatmap.news Climate Week event. Here's @emilypont.bsky.social's story on what's going on!
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The Obscure Philosophical Battle That Could Reshape the Clean Energy Economy
New rules governing how companies report their scope 2 emissions have pit tech giant against tech giant and scholars against each other.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The @heatmap.news crew is celebrating New York Climate Week at Heatmap House! Already today we've heard from some stellar panelists, including folks from the New York Power Authority, the Public Service Commission, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer:
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Senator Schumer Kicks Off Heatmap House With a Climate Call to Arms
The Senate Minority Leader addressed the crowd at New York Climate Week, talking about energy costs, extreme weather, and Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill.”
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 03/09/2025
EXCLUSIVE: Clean energy finance startup Crux is expanding into the tax and preferred equity markets, CEO Alfred Johnson tells Heatmap. Full scoop below from @kbrigham.bsky.social ⬇️
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Crux Is Expanding Into Tax and Preferred Equity Deals
In a Heatmap exclusive interview, CEO Alfred Johnson discusses the clean energy financing marketplace’s latest big move.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
There was a time in the life of every climate person when they were not yet a climate person. If you are in the "not yet a climate person" phase, @heatmap.news' new CLIMATE 101 guide is for you!
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Climate 101
Your guide to the basics of the energy transition.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This @ajc.com series on data center development in Georgia is an amazing primer on the issues facing utilities and electricity customers as AI investment ramps up. If that sounds like something you want, I highly recommend reading!
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Data centers’ thirst for power and water places Georgia on edge
Data centers, utilities and regulators in Georgia have pledged that facilities will pay their fair share of the infrastructure costs they incur. Not everyone is so sure.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
hi! do you work in renewable energy development and want to vent off the record? i wanna chat about how things are going in the U.S. right now. shoot me a message? email: jael@heatmap.news signal: leajnamzloh.53
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
This event sounds so cool that honestly, I'm jealous it's not happening in New York so I can go! If you're in the Greater Boston area definitely check it out.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Welcome to our wacky family @alexckaufman.bsky.social!
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 18/07/2025
Confused by all of changes to federal energy law after the OBBBA? We have a handy-dandy cheat sheet that breaks it all down for you, courtesy of @slondagin.bsky.social, Luke Bassett, @azevin.bsky.social, and researchers at @jessedjenkins.com’s REPEAT Project.
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How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Changed America’s Clean Energy Policy
From the Inflation Reduction Act to the Trump mega-law, here are 20 years of changes in one easy-to-read cheat sheet.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Huge: An internal Interior Department memo that I’ve reviewed shows the agency may soon subject *any* activities related to wind and solar to heightened levels of political review. It threatens to delay renewables projects across the country, including those not on federal lands. #greensky
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Internal Agency Memo Calls for Political Reviews of Solar, Wind Projects
The widely circulating document lists more than 68 activities newly subject to upper-level review.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 16/07/2025
🚨 New SHIFT KEY just dropped 🚨 @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, @jessejenkins.bsky.social, and @goodjillian.bsky.social take stock of our post-OBBBA climate future. Listen to the episode below, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Climate Policy in America: Where We Go From Here
Rob does a post-vacation debrief with Jesse and Heatmap deputy editor Jillian Goodman on the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
How much grant money from the IRA did the Biden administration actually spend? It's a question we at @heatmap.news have been asking for months — and now @emilypont.bsky.social has the answer:
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Here’s How Much Money Biden Actually Spent From the IRA
When Congress rescinded unobligated funds from the historic climate law, it inadvertently answered a question climate advocates have been asking for months.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 03/07/2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is one signature away from becoming law, and now the clean energy industry is asking itself: Where do we go from here? @zeitlin.bsky.social and @emilypont.bsky.social checked in and found that while the mood is not great, there are still policy solutions to be tried.
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Where Clean Energy Goes From Here
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is one signature away from becoming law and drastically changing the economics of renewables development in the U.S. That doesn’t mean decarbonization is over, experts t...
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
@heatmap.news' own Jael Holzman was on @cnn.com last night talking OBBBA. We love to see it!
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If wind and solar are so cheap, why do they need tax credits? This is why, explains @emilypont.bsky.social in @heatmap.news
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If Wind and Solar Are So Cheap, Why Do They Need Tax Credits?
Removing the subsidies would be bad enough, but the chaos it would cause in the market is way worse.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
The Senate reconvened this morning after a weekend of slow political theater One of the most absurd plot points: a new excise tax on solar and wind that the industry says would all but annihilate renewables development Here's @jael.bsky.social and @emilypont.bsky.social with the full story:
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The GOP’s New Renewables-Killing Tax, Explained
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 29/06/2025
NEW: A tax on solar and wind projects in the Senate mega-bill could "indefinitely undermine renewables development in America," reports @jael.bsky.social. Full story below, feat. @andrewreagan.bsky.social of @ceforamerica.org and @jessedjenkins.com.
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How the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the Industry
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 26/06/2025
Thank you to all of our guests who braved the record-breaking heat yesterday to make it to our live subscriber briefing in NYC! @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, @emilypont.bsky.social, and @goodjillian.bsky.social discussed the uncertain future of the IRA in the face of budget reconciliation.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Do I look insane in this photo? Yes — driven crazy by pride in our fantastic team @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social @emilypont.bsky.social @jeva.bsky.social @kbrigham.bsky.social @zeitlin.bsky.social @charusinha.bsky.social, plus Nico and Jacob who are not on Bluesky
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The latest from @advaitarun.bsky.social for @heatmap.news on why the U.S. is stuck in the middle of global decarbonization, whether it wants to be or not. A must read to understand how IRA rollbacks will ripple around the world:
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Why the Rest of the World Can’t Just Work Around U.S. Climate Policy
We’re too enmeshed in the global financial system for decarbonization to work without us.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
House budget bill would lead bottom income quintile to lose ~4% of their income on average ($800), but top percentile would see their incomes rise 4% (nearly $70,000). If tariffs remain in place, the overall impact on families would be even more regressive. budgetlab.yale.edu/research/dis...
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Distributional Effects of Selected Provisions of the House Reconciliation Bill (Preliminary)
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 23/05/2025
If it becomes law, the "budget bomb" the House passed this week would add $4-5 trillion to our deficit, take $1.1 trillion from the pockets of those who cant afford health care & food to give to those who can afford to fly first class and kill key energy & industrial competitiveness policies.
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a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
Alt: a blue dumpster is floating in a flooded area near a sign that says narrows ramp
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Seriously, if you read just one piece on the climate consequences of the House budget bill, make it this one by @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social for @heatmap.news
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The GOP Tax Bill Is a Dangerous Gamble at a Precarious Moment
House Republicans have bet that nothing bad will happen to America’s economic position or energy supply. The evidence suggests that’s a big risk.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
It's possible -- and hear me out now -- it's possible nobody in the administration knows what's going on
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The House passed its budget bill this morning on a 215-214 vote, and somehow it got even worse for the climate in the final hours of debate. @emilypont.bsky.social has all the last minutes changes in the bill for @heatmap.news
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The House’s 11th Hour Cuts to Clean Energy Tax Credits, Explained
The House passed its version of the budget bill early Thursday morning, with even deeper cuts to clean energy added overnight.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Here's @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com in this week's episode of Shift Key
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🚨 House Budget Committee rejects Trump agenda bill in major setback for GOP leaders www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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House Budget Committee rejects Trump agenda bill in major setback for GOP leaders
A group of conservative holdouts voted against the massive party-line package, citing concerns over the level of spending cuts and impact to the U.S. deficit.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Listen to @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, @jessedjenkins.com, and special guest Luke Bassett digest the cuts to the IRA tax credits in the House Ways and Means budget proposal LIVE on air in this special episode of Shift Key, from @heatmap.news
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Shift Key Special Edition: The Fight Over the Inflation Reduction Act Has Arrived
Rob and Jesse digest the Ways and Means budget bill live on air, alongside former Treasury advisor Luke Bassett.
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advait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
"The initiatives proposed in the Climate Realism launch are the initiatives of giving up." Really good interrogation of the Trump-era contradictions in clean energy policy thinking from @jeremywallace.bsky.social in @heatmap.news today!
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR
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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 15/04/2025
Now there's a memorable stat! "Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined." wapo.st/3EvzMCI
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Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I’m thrilled to share that Heatmap News — just in time for its second birthday — has won a NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARD! Our project “Decarbonize Your Life” has been received the 2025 award for service journalism! You can find it here: heatmap.news/decarbonize-... asme.memberclicks.net/american-soc...
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Honors magazine journalism that addresses readers’ needs and aspirations while providing instruction and advice

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“Decarbonize Your Life,” September 23
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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
heatmap.news/politics/deg... The bit continues
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Here Comes Degrowth Donald
Mr. President, your commitment to radical climate and economic policy really does astound me.
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I interviewed Jillian Goodman of @heatmap.news on just some of the awful things the Trump administration is doing on climate policy. Audio and transcript here: paulwaldman.substack.com/p/the-climat...
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The Climate Wreckage of the Trump Administration
It's even worse than you think. My interview with Jillian Goodman of Heatmap.
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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Among big climate donors, Bill Gates was distinctive for his willingness to support zero-carbon energy of all types — nuclear fission, carbon capture, geothermal, fusion, and more. He built a climate advocacy operation to boost those views. Now he’s shuttering it. heatmap.news/climate/brea...
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The Bill Gates Era of Climate Giving Has Ended
Breakthrough Energy is winding down its policy and advocacy office, depriving the Inflation Reduction Act of a powerful defender.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
A deceptively tricky song to karaoke
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 12/03/2025
"We may be seeing the emergence of a kind of sociopolitical put for Tesla, one coming from the White House and conservative media instead of the Federal Reserve." In which @zeitlin.bsky.social asks: can robots and right-wing culture warriors save Tesla? ⬇️
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The Tesla Put
The EV-maker is now a culture war totem, plus some AI.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Mr. Trump, you really had us fooled. @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social outs the president as a secret green ally in @heatmap.news:
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Call Him ‘Green New Donald’
Oh, he’d never self-identify as an environmentalist. But not even climate activists have had the courage to propose a 10% tax on energy.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 04/03/2025
"At this point, the idea that the tariffs will apply to electricity imported from Canada is little more than a rumor." Does this morning's electricity price spike have anything to do with Trump's tariffs? @emilypont.bsky.social separates correlation from causation below ⬇️
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This Morning’s Electricity Price Spike Probably Wasn’t About Tariffs
But tariff-related price pain could still be coming for the Northeast and Upper Midwest.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Well look at that, tariffs! Want to understand what's going on? @heatmap.news has you covered. First up, @jessedjenkins.com and I talked to @roryjohnston.bsky.social on Shift Key about why this would be a disaster for oil companies:
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The Trump Policy That Would Be Really Bad for Oil Companies
Jesse and Heatmap deputy editor Jillian Goodman talk Canadian tariffs with Rory Johnston.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Working with @advaitarun.bsky.social is always a treat but this one is extra great. Read his latest for @heatmap.news on why natural gas will not be the silver bullet certain people seem to think:
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The Natural Gas Turbine Crisis
Investors are betting on gas to meet the U.S.’s growing electricity demand. Turbine manufacturers, however, have other plans.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/02/2025
In the region of the US with the most congested electricity grid, where new clean power is most desperately needed, Trump is killing offshore wind. Why? Who wants this? Who voted for it? heatmap.news/energy/trump...
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Offshore Wind Faces Its ‘Worst Case Scenario’ Under Trump
The industry is being frozen out of Washington.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Making people too scared to fly is how we overcome this hard-to-abate source of CO₂ emissions.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“systematically, across the board, undermining any credibility to enter into a legal agreement” “the fundamental rule of law seems to be in enough question to pose a finance risk” ^^ actual quotes from real people @jael.bsky.social talked to in the offshore wind industry Read more @heatmap.news
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Offshore Wind Faces Its ‘Worst Case Scenario’ Under Trump
The industry is being frozen out of Washington.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Nobody wants to talk Here's @jeva.bsky.social with a reporter's lament for @heatmap.news:
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The Great Clamming-Up
No one wants to talk about Trump — at least not to a reporter.
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
the washington post editorial board today called for the interior department to reject calls for trump to rescind offshore wind permits. how did they know about that happening? my reporting. cc @heatmap.news #journalismmatters www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Doug Burgum should stand up for wind energy
The interior secretary can reject demands to rescind approval for offshore wind projects.
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