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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Please remember, it was once that way

Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Happy Friday from Hell (Portland). Wanted you all to see what it’s like to live in hell. Did you know people raise chickens here? #portlandislikehell #pdx #keepportlandboring

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Protesting the broligarchy: canceled Amazon Prime, canceled Facebook and Instagram, canceled WA Post, would never buy a Tesla, what else????

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Wow the Democratic Party looks so weak right now. Stand Up, Do Your Job!! Fight Back. Be like Al Green

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Hmm, I got bit by mosquitos today. Something’s not right. It’s February, in Oregon. #whereiswinter

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Remember that time when we helped a country end a fascist dictatorship? Let’s do that again.

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Can confirm

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is a lie. The Oregon coast is actually ugly and you should definitely not move there. It rains all the time and Oregonians are bad drivers.

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Pete Danko's @petedanko.bsky.social story on Bonneville Power Administration's Day Ahead Market Decision is spot on. www.bizjournals.com/portland/new...

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

“The object of power is power”

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I’m already bored of Blue Sky. Maybe I’m just not a social media person? Can’t seem to get the algorithm to show me anything besides rants about Trump policies or random pet photos. Is that all that is happening in the world?

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It’s a puzzle and bubbles with the cat kinda night

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 23/01/2025

Politico: "At least eight Republicans urged their tax-writing colleagues on Wednesday to preserve tax credits created or expanded by Democrats’ climate law that the lawmakers said have brought jobs and investment to their districts." subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

At least eight Republicans urged their tax-writing colleagues on Wednesday to preserve tax credits created or expanded by Democrats’ climate law that the lawmakers said have brought jobs and investment to their districts.

The testimony by GOP lawmakers at the House Ways and Means Committee’s member day hearing illustrates the challenge facing Republicans as they craft a tax package to be passed via reconciliation, which is expected to repeal at least parts of the Inflation Reduction Act and help offset any revenue losses.

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This Bill title from the Oregon Legislative session doesn't worry me at all: "Makes corporations eligible to serve on juries."

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Looks like we might have roughly 30 minutes without a presidential administration, what can we get done? Permitting reform anyone?

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 17/01/2025

Trump won largely thanks to America's outrage about inflation & rising costs. Yet repealing clean energy policies enhanced/expanded by the Inflation Reduction Act as Trump proposes could raise avg household energy costs by up to $489/year @rhodiumgroup.bsky.social finds rhg.com/research/tru... 🤔 🔌💡

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Trump 2.0: What’s in Store for US Energy and Climate?

Though President Trump’s return to the White House and unified Republican control of Congress may evoke a return to 2017, this time is different. Yes, the executive branch under President Trump is…

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 17/01/2025

Here's what happens to average US household energy costs if Trump follows through on plans to repeal and roll back Biden Admin clean energy policies. These are NOT small changes in energy costs, especially if IRA tax credits are repealed. Via @rhodiumgroup.bsky.social rhg.com/research/tru... 🔌💡

A figure from Rhodium Group analysis showing that rolling back Biden Administration era clean energy regulations would increase average US household energy costs by up to 8.8% in 2035, while also repealing clean energy incentives established by the Inflation Reduction Act would raise costs as much as 12.1%.

Rhodium Group explains the two scenarios assessed in their report:

"To begin to understand potential policy decisions made by the second Trump administration and Republicans in Congress, we quantified the impacts of two future policy pathways:

Rollbacks: Under this policy pathway, the Trump administration repeals key climate regulations including: EPA’s GHG standards for new and existing coal plants and new gas plants; light-duty vehicle (LDV) regulations from EPA and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) governing model year 2027 and beyond LDVs; Phase 3 medium- and heavy-duty vehicle GHG standards from EPA; and EPA’s methane emissions limits on oil and gas operations. The Trump administration also revokes its waivers to California allowing the state to establish its own vehicle rules, resulting in California and states that follow its lead being unable to implement the Advanced Clean Cars I and II and Advanced Clean Trucks rules. While additional executive actions by the Trump administration could further impact GHG emissions, this pathway represents a starting point of major regulatory rollbacks.
Rollbacks and repeal: Building on the rollbacks described above, this pathway also includes the repeal of all components of the IRA beginning in 2025. We detail the components of the IRA that we model under current policy in the technical appendix of Taking Stock 2024. It’s far from guaranteed that this is the policy pathway that Trump and a Republican Congress would pursue, but we provide it as a preliminary bounding case estimate."

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I’m disappointed to see this. Climate action should not be a teeter totter dependent upon who sits in the White House. No matter what your politics you are still affected! www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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California throws in the towel

California's prefight warmup against President-elect Donald Trump is ending not with a bang, but a whimper.

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Any guesses where this photo was taken? Wondering how famous this mountain profile is. Photo taken at night during lightning storm

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A little bit of bird love from Costa Rica, oh and some Vestas V90s

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Does anyone else think it’s ironic that an anti data center group has a Facebook page? On Tuesday, a post on the “Don’t Dump Data on Peculiar” Facebook page…. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

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Fighting back against data centers, one small town at a time

As the tech industry pushes to build more giant facilities to power AI and the digital world, some communities are trying to block the projects — and winning.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/12/2024

Ignore all my ranting today and just go listen to Kate Gordon talk about the gathering crisis as climate change & home insurance collide. www.volts.wtf/p/climate-ch...

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Climate change and insurance: a growing fustercluck

Climate change is breaking the insurance market, and state governments can't afford to pick up the pieces

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I’m speaking at the OBC Annual Leadership Summit tomorrow. I get 15 seconds at the start of the day to build hype about my breakout session. Any ideas for building hype about transmission? oregonbusinessplan.org/2024-leaders...

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2024 Leadership Summit | Oregon Business Plan

Oregon Business Plan strives to create jobs, raise incomes, and reduce poverty in Oregon. Read our 2024 Leadership Summit page for more information.

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

My thoughts: Oil and Gas and pipelines already have streamlined permitting available to them. Permitting is not holding investments in these sectors back. The market is. Tx investments are critical to system reliability. It’s time to say yes

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Despite the ugliness of the news, I’m happy to report our nation’s capital is still beautiful!

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Nicole Hughes @nicolehughes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Tough decision, what should my first post on Blue Sky be?? How about a photo of me at the Kinkardine floating OSW plant in the North Sea. #renewables #offshorewind #cleanenergy

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