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Logan Mitchell PhD

@loganemitchell.bsky.social
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Climate scientist & energy analyst @UtahCleanEnergy. #ElectrifyEverything #EnergySky #GreenSky 🔌💡. Posts my own.

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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pretty clear that Utahns want data centers that: 1) Pay their own way 2) Use clean energy 3) Are water positive Biggest opposition for fossil gas & nuclear powered data centers (which is most of what we see) #utpol @sltrib.com @leialarsen.bsky.social sltrib.com/news/environ...
Survey results about how opinions would change about a data center if they took certain actions
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Here's the data from PacifiCorp's draft 2025 IRP Update, pg 71. pacificorp.com/energy/integ...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Context and quote from me in the this @sltrib.com article. It should be alarming to anyone in Utah that Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp isn't planning to build any new solar, wind, or battery storage in the next 20 years for Utah. #utpol
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Whether you like it or not, climate policy is energy policy. The misguided decision to leave these international organizations means that US interests will not be represented in rooms where international energy decisions are being made. It's undermining US national interests.
Marco Rubio's announcement that undermines US energy policy and interests
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
How about some good news? In December 2025 wind surpassed coal in PacifiCorp's (Rocky Mountain Power's parent) monthly generation. Thanks to new transmission lines & a 600 MW Wyoming wind facility coming online last year, we’re building momentum for a #CleanEnergy future. #utpol 🔌💡
Figure showing monthly wind energy exceeding coal on PacifiCorp's energy grid for the first time in December 2025
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I just saw this about him also. Figures he has a track record of this stuff. Nobody should take him seriously, but here we are.
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Trump administration policies are hammering western state economies #utpol www.hcn.org/issues/weste...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
“A republic, if you can keep it.” --Benjamin Franklin (not promising that 69% of Utahns aren't paying attention to the redistricting process that affects how representative our government is) www.deseret.com/politics/202...
Deseret News poll showing 69% of Utahns aren't paying attention to the redistricting process that affects how representative our government is
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
@climatecentral.org hired the NOAA scientist who was in charge of maintaining the billion dollar weather disaster data set and is going to continue it! Here is the new home of the Billion Dollar Disaster's data set: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Utah is among the top 5 states where you'll save the most money by driving an EV as compared to a gas car (+ no air pollution) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
My notifications right now. Our President is stoking violence against Americans and violating constitutional rights, and meanwhile critical government functions are failing due to his sabotage, risking American lives. Not great!
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Humor is incredibly powerful against tyrants. More of this! (and support @aclu.org)
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I remember this version, which is from an old HBR page that now is paywalled, but here is the link. hbr.org/2013/11/the-...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
This from Colorado Governor Polis is what a serious state-based energy strategy looks like. #EnergySky 🔌💡 drive.google.com/file/d/19yUg...
Statement from Colorado Gov Polis prioritizing smart deployment of affordable, reliable, and clean energy
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
🚨 Do people know that Mike Lee snuck in a massive selloff of public lands in the reconciliation bill? There's a big chunk of the Wasatch & lower Uintas that would be for sale!! In green on this map. Call your Senators RIGHT NOW #utpol www.fieldandstream.com/stories/cons...
Public lands for sale in the massive reconciliation bill right now, including much of the Wasatch and lower Uintas
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Utahns who voted for Mike Lee over Evan McMullin in 2022 are partly to blame since they voted for this. #utpol
Wikipedia Senate election results from 2022
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Amazing visit to Fervo's #CapeConnect enhanced geothermal system (EGS) project today that's on track to put 100 MW of clean, firm power on the grid next year! Huge bonus to meet Dr. @wilsonar.bsky.social in person since his PhD research helped me understand the enormous potential of EGS!
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I read that differently. My takeaway is that the long term shoaling trend of the ML is from climate forcing. So, yes variability and also yes to this being another fingerprint of climate forcing, right?
This analysis reveals that the shoaling North Atlantic mixed layer trend over the past four decades is primarily driven by surface ocean warming, with a smaller contribution from surface freshening in the tropics and subpolar latitudes. The multidecadal surface ocean warming is primarily because of long-term anthropogenic warming
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Looks like they fixed it
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Utah is in the bullseye of heat this summer. From NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
Seasonal Temperature Outlook from NOAA
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
How it started, how it's going. #utpol
Salt Lake Tribune article from July 19, 2024 titled "Utah Gov. Spencer Cox flip-flops on support for Donald Trump"Salt Lake Tribune article from April 15, 2025 titled "GOP Gov. Cox instructs Utah agencies to make plans for a possible recession"
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
For those in Provo, UT, tomorrow (Tues 4/8 at 5pm) I'll be on a panel discussing: "Sustainable Scaling: AI, Datacenters, and the Environment" with @thermokarst.bsky.social and Spencer Viernes at BYU room TRNB 280
Poster for a panel discussion at BYU TNRB 280 on Tues April 8th at 5pm titled "Sustainable Scaling: AI, Datacenters, and the Environment"
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I'll be at Weber State University Historical Society next Monday March 10 at 7pm at Lindquist Hall 101 talking about Utah's long and fascinating #AirQuality history. Lecture is free and open to the public.
Weber Historical Society Lecture Series website showing the lecture on Monday, March 10, 2025 at 7pm titled "Legacy and Stewardship: Utah's Search for Cleaner Air" by Dr. Logan Mitchell
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Large protest of the corrupt administration the Utah state capital today #utpol
Large protest of the Trump administration in front of the Utah state capital
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A perfect example.
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Calvin explaining to Hobbs what DEI is
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Third week in and we're already in a Constitutional Crisis.
Headlines from NYTimes.com showing Trump White House disobeying a judicial order, and how that's setting up a Constitutional Crisis
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Enhanced Geothermal is going to revolutionize energy markets in the next decade, with big potential in the West if we have the vision to develop it. www.nature.com/articles/s44... #utpol @timlatimer.bsky.social 💡🔌
Map of LCOE for enhanced geothermal development in the US.
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you think it's weird that on Feb 3 in SLC, Utah the high is 64F and low is 54F, let me tell you, it's part of a long-term trend. #utpol #Climate
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Welcome to the LEPF party API www.api.org/news-policy-...
Leopards eating people's faces party meme
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Beautiful day in the Wasatch #Utah
Backcountry skiing in Utah
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Fascinating Zillow #AirQuality risk map for their "Air Factor" Climate Risk. Looks like it's accounting for winter inversions but not ozone & wildfire smoke getting worse. These numbers seem low to me. Fire & Heat maps are inverse of each other. Wonder how this will affect real estate values.
Zillow air quality risk mapZillow wildfire risk mapZillow heat risk map
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Me in Utah Business Magazine: "The conversation around energy & environmental stewardship has become partisan, however in Utah we understand that taking care of the environment is critical to our success and growth. We need affordable, reliable & clean energy." www.utahbusiness.com/qa/2024/12/2...
Energy experts discuss grid stability, electric vehicles and nuclear power. From left: Free Reyes, Dr. Logan Mitchell, Doug Wilks, Dave Rackham, Whit Johnson | Photo by Sally Steed
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas fellow 🦋 poasters!
Christmas tree
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This is amazing. Enhanced geothermal could be nearly $3 Trillion investment in the coming decades! If the US was thinking strategically, we'd be doing everything we can to capture this market share #EnergySky #utpol @timlatimer.bsky.social www.iea.org/reports/the-...
Chart of cumulative investment for next-generation geothermal 2025-2050 from IEA
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Come work with us! Utah Clean Energy is hiring a Clean Energy Associate or Clean Energy Senior Associate to support implementation of programs like Solar for All in Salt Lake City, Utah! Info at the link below #EnergyJob #EnergySky #solar #hiring⚡️ utahcleanenergy.org/wp-content/u...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The more we study #AirPollution, the worse we find out it is for us. Meanwhile, Utah state legislators are considering how to loosen #AirQuality rules. #utpol www.kuer.org/health/2024-... www.ksl.com/article/5119...
KUER headline about links between ozone pollution and child developmentKSL headline about state GOP lawmakers loosening air quality rules
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Day 3 of Rocky Mountain Power's electricity rate increase request hearings in #Utah. Requesting a 30% increase, driven primarily by fuel costs & climate change/wildfires. I'll be testifying on Friday about climate science & why they need to reduce emissions. utahcleanenergy.org/rocky-mounta...
Inside the Utah Public Service Commission during RMP rate case hearings
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Also, Utah: Good (#beaver action)
Some aspen trees that that beavers have felled next to their beaver pond
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Oh, that didn't work at all. Lets try this.
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
DAQ used to have a page on this, but I think it's been taken down. This was the figure from the page, but the link no longer works. deq.utah.gov/air-quality/...
pie chart of Utah's winter PM2.5 air pollution contribution from 2019
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is hilarious...although a little too close for comfort 🤣 blueskyroast.com
Blueskyroast.com for loganemitchell.bsky.social
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is hilarious 😂
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Unlikely heros
Description of unlikely heros
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Residential carbon emissions depend on if a home is all electric and on grid emissions. I made this graphic to show how building emissions in Utah will decline as the grid decarbonizes & why its so important to electrify appliances. 🔌💡 utahcleanenergy.org/benefits-of-...
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Buffalo on Antelope Island State Park, #Utah
Buffalo on Antelope Island, UtahBuffalo on Antelope Island, Utah
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Please join me in welcoming to Blue Sky my colleague at Utah Clean Energy Josh Craft! @joshcinutah.bsky.social
@joshcinutah.bsky.social profile picture
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Bird flu is celebrating today🎉
Trump taps RFK Jr to lead HHS
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Logan Mitchell PhD @loganemitchell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Finished stir fry!
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