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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has approved new fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, in another move meant to take aim at Biden-era policies supporting electric vehicles." 🚗 🔌 ‼️ www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Trump slashes Biden-era fuel economy standards for cars
The new fuel economy standards are the latest assault on Biden-era EV policies.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The war in Iran has pushed the world toward clean energy. It has also pushed the world toward coal. The International Energy Agency has reversed its projection that global coal demand would decline this year. It now expects coal consumption to rise 1.2% from 2025 to a new record high." 🏭 📈
canarymedia.com
The Iran war pushed countries toward clean energy — and coal
Surging oil and gas prices are boosting coal demand. But the conflict has also spurred cleantech adoption — and fossil-fuel emissions may still drop as a…
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The effects of the U.S.-led war on Iran are about to intensify in the form of huge jumps in the prices of gasoline and diesel, analysts predict. And despite the Trump administration’s assurances, a new and potentially even more economically damaging phase of the war may be about to begin." 📈 🏭
washingtonpost.com
Gas prices are about to take a big jump, analysts say, with the worst still to come
The forecast of economic impacts beyond November’s midterms contrast with the Trump administration’s optimistic messaging.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The list of trade barriers grows every day, in countries around the world, ensnaring an electrification supply chain that is crucial to slashing global fossil fuel use, meeting rising power demand and staunching the rise of electricity bills."☀️‼️
politico.com
‘Slowing things down’: Trade wars hit global electrification shift
Tariffs on everything from EVs to grid components could slow the energy transition.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"The war in Iran has now cost U.S. consumers $100 billion in higher energy prices, and the bill is rising another $1 million about every two minutes, per a real-time estimate from Brown University as of Monday morning." 💸 📈
axios.com
Iran war drives $100 billion in extra energy costs for U.S. consumers
The average cost burden is more than $760 per household.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Aspects of the Trump administration’s energy policy — such as the rollback of Inflation Reduction Act tax credits...— could cause the U.S to lose between 390 GW and 540 GW of new wind, solar and energy storage capacity over the next decade..."☀️🚨
utilitydive.com
Trump’s energy policy could cost US 540 GW of renewables, says NRDC
“We lose more than half of everything that we expected to be able to build with the combination of market forces and proactive policy,” said Amanda Levin, NRDC’s director of policy analysis.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Data centers are notorious energy hogs. With each hyperscale data center using as much energy as an entire city, they’re polluting surrounding areas, straining grids and raising electric rates nationwide. ...70% of Americans [say] they oppose building a data center near them.
columbiamissourian.com
AI’s natural gas addiction could be deadly for communities
Tech companies should be bringing their own renewable energy to power data centers, not burning fossil fuels or driving up costs for consumers.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years." ⚡ 🔌 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/m...
nytimes.com
What if America Went Completely Dark? (Gift Article)
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Evergy has executed electric service agreements with 2.5 GW of data centers under its large-load power service tariff, as well as agreements with 500 MW of smaller large loads not covered by the tariff, utility executives said in a Thursday second-quarter earnings call." 🤖 ⚡
utilitydive.com
Evergy has 3 GW of large loads signed and a 5-GW generation pipeline
The company is in “advanced discussions” with large-load customers representing another 1 to 2 GW, CEO David Campbell said during a second-quarter earnings call.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Over the last two weeks, oil companies have announced eye-popping profits from the spring quarter." "But companies aren’t using those profits to drill lots of new wells or explore untapped oil fields. Instead, they’re pocketing the cash and paying their shareholders, experts say." 🛢️ ⚠️
grist.org
They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill'
The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring. Companies are pocketing the money rather than expanding drilling.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"Across the country, hundreds of such projects to improve grid reliability and make electricity more affordable face a highly uncertain future — the result of Trump administration actions that have slowed the outflow of billions of dollars of DOE funds to a trickle." 💰 ⚠️
canarymedia.com
Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the…
The Department of Energy has canceled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the country’s stressed grid — and not just in blue…
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"As tech companies have built hundreds of hyperscale data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom, they have triggered conflicting predictions... We now have a clearer picture about at least one consequence of the data center boom, and it isn’t encouraging." 🤖 ⚠️
grist.org
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"[President Donald Trump has] done everything in his power (and some things that legally aren’t) to undercut the propulsive growth of renewables, which had accelerated under his predecessor. But real-world clean energy construction has kept rolling right along, policy setbacks be damned." ☀️ ✅
canarymedia.com
The US clean energy boom will continue to 2030. Then things get hazy.
Despite Trump’s attacks, renewables are set for big growth over the next few years, a new Rhodium Group study says. Whether it lasts depends on some key…
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
"The U.S. Department of Energy’s streamlined rules for companies seeking permission to export U.S. electricity are at odds with the department’s finding that there are “energy emergencies” across the United States that justify keeping power plants from retiring, Public Citizen said Tuesday." ⚡ ⚠️
utilitydive.com
DOE’s new power export rule at odds with ‘energy emergency’ findings: Public Citizen
“Any export of power ... necessarily makes that power unavailable to domestic customers,” potentially contributing to inadequate supplies for a region, Public Citizen said.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
"True, oil prices have gone up around the world, and there have been critical shortages...but rationing and recession have largely not arrived... Here’s how the world has averted the worst of the oil shock so far, and what experts say might happen next if the conflict continues to drag on." 🛢️ ⚠️
grist.org
Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet
The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
"The Trump administration is dismantling a wide array of federal energy-efficiency programs at the same time that war in Iran is raising oil prices, climate change is fueling record heat that is driving up demand for air conditioning and new data centers are straining America’s electricity supply."📈
nytimes.com
The U.S. Is Pulling Back on Energy Efficiency Just as Prices Are Rising
The Trump administration is undoing fuel-saving efforts even as war in Iran, data centers and heat waves are pushing up gasoline and electricity costs.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"For almost a year, the Pentagon has effectively frozen the permitting process for at least 155 new wind projects in 24 states, citing drone concerns...As long as the freeze persists, developers say, no new wind projects can begin construction." 🌬️ ⚠️
canarymedia.com
The Pentagon is blocking more than 150 wind projects over drone fears
The Trump administration claims wind turbines pose a national security threat. The industry says it's pure politics.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"As the explosive energy demand of artificial intelligence spurs a renaissance for fossil fuels, renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources, too." 🤖 🔌 apnews.com/article/data...
apnews.com
As gas plants rise to power AI, renewable energy allies are fighting for cleaner alternatives
Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
"For the past two years, more than a dozen major banks have been not only reneging on their climate commitments, they’ve been actively making the crisis worse." ⚠️ 📈 grist.org/economics/ba...
grist.org
Banks are financing the fossil fuel industry’s next growth strategy
New research shows major lenders are accelerating their investment in Big Oil as the industry turns toward plastics and petrochemicals.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"In the year since the signing of the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill into law, many tax credit marketplaces have dropped out of the game." "But the transferability market kept growing all the same."💰 ♻️
latitudemedia.com
What did the OBBB actually do to the transferability market?
A year later, the transferability market keeps growing — but not everyone can keep up.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"President Trump's attempt to strike a deal with Iran was supposed to quickly cut U.S. gasoline prices. It's a slower process than he might like." "Trump has called for a Department of Justice investigation into oil companies, accusing them of gouging." 🛢️ 📈
axios.com
Why prices at the pump are slow to follow oil lower
President Trump is frustrated over gasoline prices. There's a reason.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had instructed the Justice Department to immediately probe oil companies for not lowering gas prices at the pump in line with falling costs, accusing them of “gouging” consumers." 🛢️ 📈 www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
nbcnews.com
Trump accuses oil companies of gas price ‘gouging,’ calls for DOJ probe
“The big Oil Companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for Oil,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The U.S.-Iran deal has eased the press...
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted today on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking that Energy Secretary Chris Wright filed last fall, directing the commission to expedite the process for data center loads seeking to connect to the transmission grid." 🔌 ⚡
latitudemedia.com
FERC to grid operators: Connect large loads to transmission faster
In a unanimous vote, the commissioners agreed that current regulations are lagging behind the data center surge, but declined to exert federal power over RTOs.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
"Wind and solar developers in the U.S. have just a few more weeks to secure lucrative federal tax incentives. After that crucial deadline, the hard part begins." ☀️ ⚠️
canarymedia.com
Solar and wind try to navigate Trump’s obstacle course for tax credits
Many solar and wind projects will meet a July 4 deadline for tax credits. But to keep them, they must be built in four years — and that involves yet more…
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power. "In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal..." ☀️ ✅
apnews.com
Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
"The oil industry is warning the Trump administration that a Hormuz-sized hole in the world’s petroleum market is steadily draining inventories to levels that are likely to send global energy prices surging in the next several weeks, according to four executives." 🛢️ 📈
politico.com
Oil industry warns Trump administration of price spikes within weeks
Industry executives said the loss of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is draining petroleum inventories to dangerously low levels.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform a former industrial landfill into a source of free and discounted energy for the city." ☀️ ✅
fox2now.com
East St. Louis solar project could cut utility bills by 40%
Thousands of East St. Louis residents could soon see substantial reductions in their utility bills, potentially by up to 40%, through a new community solar project. The initiative aims to transform…
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Consumer spending on EVs has fallen off a cliff since the phaseout of the $7,500 federal tax credit at the end of last September." 📉 🚗
canarymedia.com
The tax credit cliff has hit EV sales hard
President Donald Trump and the GOP phased out tax credits for all forms of consumer cleantech last year — but EVs took the biggest blow.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The World Energy Investment 2026 report states that, "The conflict in the Middle East has once again highlighted the economic vulnerabilities associated with reliance on exports from the region." ⚠️ 🛢️
iea.org
World Energy Investment 2026 – Analysis - IEA
World Energy Investment 2026 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"April 2026: Remember the date for the energy-transition history books. It’s the first month when wind and solar combined to produce more electricity than natural gas did, per new global data from energy think tank Ember." ☀️ 💪 www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
canarymedia.com
Another first for renewables: Wind and solar outgenerate gas in April
It’s a milestone moment that shows just how much clean energy has matured in a short amount of time — and a lot more growth is on the way.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"American clean energy manufacturing is now a cornerstone of the U.S. industrial economy. Over 70 new domestic clean energy component manufacturing facilities started operations in 2025, pushing the total footprint to more than 825 facilities." 📈 ♻️ cleanpower.org/wp-content/u...
cleanpower.org
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"Renewables are on the rise across America. America produces more than three times as much power from solar, wind and geothermal sources as we did 10 years ago – enough to power more than 80 million homes. Key technologies such as electric vehicles and battery storage are also growing." ☀️ 📈
environmentamerica.org
The State of Renewable Energy Dashboard
Renewables are on the rise across America. America produces more than three times as much power from solar, wind and geothermal sources as we did 10 years ago – enough to power more than 80 million ho...
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Energy demand has been growing and is expected to shoot even higher in the coming years, but the debate over how to pay for new nuclear power plants is likely stalled in the Missouri legislature for now." 💼 ☢️ www.news-leader.com/story/news/p...
news-leader.com
Missouri nuclear power plant debate stalls over funding question
Missouri lawmakers are divided over a policy that would make customers pay for nuclear power plants before they're built.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
"Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion last year as governments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemic." 💰 🏭 www.imf.org/en/blogs/art...
imf.org
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged to Record $7 Trillion
Scaling back subsidies would reduce air pollution, generate revenue, and make a major contribution to slowing climate change
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"Average US gas prices have hit a new high at $4.23 a gallon, their highest since 2022 and a record since the start of the war with Iran, according to the motor club AAA. " 💰 📈
theguardian.com
US gas prices hit $4.23 high as Hormuz fears drive oil surge
Blockade threat in vital strait and Trump’s stance lift crude, pushing pump prices to highest level since 2022
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
"Albania is an example of how countries with a higher renewables output have been protected from steep rises in electricity prices since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, price comparisons from across Europe show." ♻️ 💰
reuters.com
Renewables in vogue as Iran war drives up Europe power prices
Albania is an example of how countries with a higher renewables output have been protected from steep rises in electricity prices.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
"President Donald Trump has dealt blow after blow to the Rural Energy for America Program, which has helped farmers save on their energy bills by going solar for nearly two decades. Now, REAP’s proponents see a chance to undo some of the damage." 🚜 📜 www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...
canarymedia.com
Trump is blocking solar for farmers. Can the Farm Bill fix that?
REAP had been helping farmers go solar and save money since 2008, until Trump came along. A looming Farm Bill vote could seal its fate — or solve its…
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"Leases on some 300,000 two- and three-year-old electric vehicles will expire this year...and many of those cars will return to the market as used cars. ...The sudden influx is giving consumers affordable electric vehicle options when gasoline prices have surged past $4 a gallon..." 🔌 🚗
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
"Solar energy generation this summer is expected to grow 17% over 2025 production, helping meet rising peaks during the hottest months of the year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast April 6 in its most recent Short Term Energy Outlook." ☀️ www.utilitydive.com/news/solar-w...
utilitydive.com
Solar generation to rise 17% this summer: EIA
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s most recent short-term outlook highlights renewable energy’s growing grid penetration, particularly during the summer.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
"Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle...But some communities are working to reverse local restrictions, citing the tax benefits and jobs the projects bring and the lease payments from energy companies that can provide stable income to farmers in a volatile industry."
apnews.com
Hosting solar can be a lifeline for farmers. But overcoming local opposition is tough
Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
"As Americans continue to struggle with soaring power prices, about half the states in the U.S. are considering legislation to pave the way for residents to adopt plug-in solar and start generating some of their own electricity from their own backyard or porch." ☀️ 🔌
canarymedia.com
Where does balcony solar stand in your state?
Dozens of states are considering legislation to allow residents to use DIY plug-in solar. Follow the efforts here.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"By attacking Iran and threatening to seize its oil while taking extraordinary measures to block clean energy back in the US, Donald Trump has inadvertently highlighted the dangerous volatility of the fossil fuel era, critics say." 🛢️ 📈 💰
theguardian.com
Trump’s Iran war and drilling push show ‘dangerous volatility’ of fossil fuel era
Critics say president is locking into 20th-century energy systems even as his ‘bet’ on oil and gas ‘isn’t going so well’
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz as well as repeated strikes on the world’s largest L.N.G. export complex in Qatar have knocked roughly 28 million tons of supply from the market this year...
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"The US has caused an eye-watering $10tn in global damages to the world over the past three decades through its vast planet-heating emissions, with a quarter of this economic pain inflicted upon itself, new research has found." 🏭 ⚠️
theguardian.com
US has caused $10tn worth of climate damage since 1990, research finds
US, top carbon emitter in history, has ‘a lot of responsibility’ for causing ‘substantial’ harm globally, scientist says
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"The Trump administration has not received any pushback on its calls to ramp up oil production amid the war in Iran, one of President Donald Trump’s top energy advisers said Monday." 🏭 ⚠️
politico.com
White House energy adviser says oil companies ‘all on board’ with upping production
Jarrod Agen, the executive director of the White House National Energy Dominance Council, said he has not received pushback to the administration's calls to drill more amid the war in Iran.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
@industriouslabs.bsky.social surveyed Bootheel residents about the future of the Magnitude 7 Metals smelter. 72% support reopening, in a community that lost nearly 500 jobs when it closed. Full breakdown from Renew Missouri’s Jessica Polk Sentell: www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-m...
linkedin.com
What Missouri residents think of reopening the Magnitude 7 Metals smelter
Magnitude 7 Metals shuttered in January 2024, laying off more than 500 workers and hollowing out a community that once depended on the smelter for stable, good-paying jobs. Now, new survey data from I...
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Investor-owned utilities’ profit margins widened last year...IOUs kept as profit an average of 14.6 cents of every dollar they collected from customers in 2025, up from 12.8 cents of every dollar from 2021 to 2024, EPI said Thursday." 💰 📈 🔌
utilitydive.com
Utilities have made $200B+ in profit since 2021, new report says
Investor-owned utilities criticized the Energy and Policy Institute report’s methodology, which shows utilities earning above the allowed returns on equity.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
"House Democrats are putting their energy policy priorities forward in a new bill...[It] would restore climate-friendly energy tax credits repealed by Republicans and prevent the Trump administration from imposing burdens on renewables." 💼 ✅
thehill.com
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"The White House is (still) getting energy from solar panels that President Trump's predecessors put on its roof, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The panels have somehow endured through Trump's criticism of renewable energy and his Democratic predecessors." ☀️ 🔌
axios.com
Trump's White House still gets energy from solar panels
The panels have somehow endured through President Trump's criticism of renewable energy and his Democratic predecessors.
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Renew Missouri @renewmissouri.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
"Oil prices retreated from the four-year highs hit overnight, but the grim outlook in the energy markets has put the White House in a tough spot on whether to approve the release of U.S. strategic oil supplies." 🛢️ 📈 💰 www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
politico.com
Oil climbs down from precipice as US crude reserve release ‘on the table’
The Trump administration hasn’t committed to joining allies in tapping oil stockpiles, and so far doesn’t consider oil supply to be a problem.
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