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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
If you're not in New York and/or stuck on the wait list, tune in to our livestream!
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Heatmap House Livestream · Zoom · Luma
At Climate Week NYC, Heatmap will host a series of events lineup of live journalism exploring the future of cities, energy, technology, and AI. If you can't…
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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
TBH it's probably for you even if you already self-identify as a "climate person." For instance, did you know that contemporary readers might have understood Don Quixote as a NIMBY? I did not! Until I read @jeva.bsky.social's wind guide. The point being, there's something here for everyone :)
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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 · 31/07/2025
You are not reticent to do that thing, you are reluctant
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
And speaking of the Greater Boston area! Read @emilypont.bsky.social's latest story for @heatmap.news about how the good city councilors in the city of Newton are beating back gas pipelines, one foot at a time:
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How Newton, Massachusetts Got National Grid to Bend on Electrification
It took a lot of scrutiny and a lot of patience, but the city council is finally making progress against natural gas infrastructure.
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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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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I've seen that image before! Spooky.
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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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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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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
You may be interested in this from @heatmap.news' @zeitlin.bsky.social:
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How the Political Theory of the IRA Broke Down
Investing in red states doesn’t make defying Trump any safer.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Add two more to this list already, both by @zeitlin.bsky.social: heatmap.news/energy/house... heatmap.news/politics/ira...
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One Sentence in the House Megabill Will Destroy the Rooftop Solar Model
A loophole created by the House Ways and Means text disappeared in the final bill.
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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
Not gonna lie, now that I've put all this together, it's more than I was expecting! And we're planning a lot more. You'll find it all @heatmap.news.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Then as the debate wound down, @zeitlin.bsky.social traced the battle lines and found that they largely erased whatever coalition had existed to protect the IRA:
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How SALT Melted the Republican IRA Defense
It takes a credible threat to bend the budget.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
As the bill made its way through the Budget and Rules Committees, @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com took stock of what it would all mean for the climate:
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How the GOP Megabill Would Reshape the U.S. Energy Economy
Rob and Jesse dig into the implications of the House budget bill.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
What will the end of transferability do to tax cred marketplaces like Crux? @katiebrigham.bsky.social has your answer:
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What Happens to Crux If Transferability Ends?
The buzzy clean energy tax credit marketplace expanded into debt right in the nick of time.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
And @emilypont.bsky.social zoomed in on transferability and why it was such an effective lubricator for clean energy capital:
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The Unsung Hero of the Clean Energy Economy Is Now on the Chopping Block
Tax credit transferability is a wonky concept, but it’s been a superpower for clean energy developers.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Then @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social followed up with a story about how the proposal would make most of those tax credits moot anyway:
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How a House GOP Proposal Would Essentially Gut the IRA’s Biggest Tax Credits
It’s not early phase-out. These 3 changes could overhaul the law’s clean electricity supports.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
As it happens, @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @jessedjenkins.com were recording an episode of @heatmap.news's Shift Key podcast as the Ways and Means text dropped, so they got to dissect it live:
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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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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Then came the big one: Ways and Means, the tax-writing committee. @emilypont.bsky.social came in hot with a first take on how the prosposal would kill the IRA in all but name:
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The House GOP Tax Proposal Would Effectively Kill The IRA
The Ways and Means Committee released its proposed budget language, and it’s not pretty for clean energy.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Energy came next, featuring big grant rescissions, especially from the Energy Departments Loan Programs Office. @zeitlin.bsky.social was on that one:
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House Republicans Plan Big Cuts to the IRA’s Clean Energy Grants
The Energy and Commerce Committee dropped its budget proposal Sunday night.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
(One tiny, rare bright spot of last night's debate: The public lands sale got stripped out of the final bill. As best as I can work out, the basic pay-to-play-faster idea of the permitting proposal survived into the final bill, with some changes to how the amount of the payment gets determined.)
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
... then later got amended to authorize a huge sale of public lands, as @jeva.bsky.social explained:
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A Literal 11th-Hour Budget Amendment Would Privatize a Huge Chunk of Public Land
Republicans Mark Amodei of Nevada and Celeste Maloy of Utah introduced the measure late Tuesday night.
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
As @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social and @zeitlin.bsky.social noticed, the Natural Resources Committee's proposal featured a backdoor attempt at permitting reform ...
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Permitting Reform Is Back — and Buried in Trump’s Tax Bill
House Republicans’ new plan to transform NEPA, explained
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Jillian Goodman @goodjillian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Of course we've been covering the bill along it's whole journey through the House, starting with the first text from the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee:
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House Republicans Take Their First Real Swipe at the IRA
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released a budget proposal that attempts to claw back nearly $9 billion in grants.
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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 · 22/05/2025
For those who want something visual to refer to, there's a transcript!
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How the GOP Megabill Would Reshape the U.S. Energy Economy: Transcript
Rob and Jesse dig into the implications of the House budget bill.
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