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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The two leading climate hawks inside the Senate tent sponsored permitting reform, which isn’t stopping the loudest climate hawks outside the tent from trashing it as a fossil-fuel conspiracy. Everyone’s always in on it!

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Joseph D. Ortiz @earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Used EVs 1- to 5 years old are now less expensive than used fossil fuel powered cars of the same age. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

As of May 2024, Used EVs are about 8% less expensive than fossil fuel cars of the same age. From the article: "The drop in used electric car values comes along with a general softening of the used-car market, as supply chain restrictions have eased and new cars become easier to purchase. But while the averaged use gasoline car’s value has dropped between just 3 and 7 percent year-over-year, used EV values have dropped between 30 and 39 percent in the same period. In May 2024, the average used EV was $28,767, or 8.3 percent below the average ICE car, which was $31,424. Just a year ago, the average used EV was $40,783 and the average used ICE car cost $33,469."

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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Remember when we had a decade of governments telling us EV tech wouldn't work, how's that going now? Australian company now developing an electric combine harvester... if only we could fund such development, instead of fossil fuels, and still suffering oil price shocks. linttas.com

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Developing electric harvesters and agricultural electrification technologies - Linttas Electric Company

LINTTAS Electric Company aims to develop the world first electric combine harvester and to radically change the industry approach to agricultural machinery.

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Western carmakers are retreating from EVs just as oil hits $100 a barrel. The parallels with Detroit in the 1980s are striking. They ignored fuel-efficient Japanese cars. Now they’re ignoring Chinese EVs. BYD just unveiled 600-mile range and 250 miles of charge in 5 minutes.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Gas infrastructure failed in the big Texas blackout of 2021, while wind, solar and batteries have proved reliable. But the state's political leadership immediately blamed wind for the blackout. We discussed what happened in @transitionshow.bsky.social Ep. 145: xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

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[Episode #145] – A Slow Take on the Texas Blackout | The Energy Transition Show

What really happened during the Texas blackout of February 2021, who was really at fault, and what does Texas need to do to keep it from happening again?

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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

I was recently reminded of this absurd Trump campaign claim. Mark your calendars, 18 months of the regime will be July 20, 2026. Doesn't look like we're headed towards halving energy costs! www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/c...

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Trump Promised to Halve Energy Costs in 18 Months. Experts Have Doubts. (Published 2024)

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

CC Katie Miller. She's apparently not on Blue Sky...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

ok back to energy stuff sorry bluesky

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"sure sure sure, the bulk of it is a Mambo #5 style riff on how many girlfriends I have... like, we've got to sell records here... but the song is really about how the most important person in my life is my auntie."

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"you know what would be a bop? a song about bringing girl friends to meet my aunt."

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

obviously very late to this fact, but Bad Bunny having opened the superb owl halftime show with "tita me pregunto" has led me to realize that they lyrics to that song are friggin hilarious.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

My Maine worry (yuck yuck yuck) is will we be able to get these projects built in a timely fashion. Especially given the history here... law.justia.com/cases/federa...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Fortunately @isonewengland is on it, and their first move to solve this problem is a competitive solicitation for transmission out of Maine under FERC 1920. www.iso-ne.com/static-asset...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

What's happening? It's a cold, sunny day, which means the 1600ish MW of solar that Maine has installed is cranking. And now, as contractually required, the new NECEC line is cranking power into Maine.

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Worth remembering: The world has been spending more on solar than oil for the last two years.

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The States Forum @statesforum.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

It’s simple: cheap and abundant electricity is good! In our January Book, @janeaflegal.bsky.social discusses the growing need for energy, the policy challenges thwarting new supply, and how we move towards more cheap AND clean energy. www.statesforum.org/january-book...

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Cheap and Abundant Electricity Is Good - The States Forum

Download the full paper The idea Energy is the lifeblood of the modern economy. Electricity powers homes, factories, and our digital world, allowing us to enjoy comfortable lives in a competitive coun...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 21/12/2025

We should aim higher than “better than coal”, but we and a bunch of others have done lots of work on the life cycle impacts of methane, and LNG is likely lower than coal overseas pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.... it’s very unlikely gas is worse than coal here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Beyond Global Warming Potential: A Comparative Application of Climate Impact Metrics for the Life Cycle Assessment of Coal and Natural Gas Based Electricity

In the ongoing debate about the climate benefits of fuel switching from coal to natural gas for power generation, the metrics used to model climate impacts may be important. In this article, we evalu...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Ha! Definitely not true! (But am trying to do good things!)

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 24/11/2025

[sits up in bed] The Sun is sincerely non-rival and non-excludable. The Sun is a public good.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Oh New England. So embarrassing. We can't take you anywhere

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Doug Bamford @dougbamford.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Great lecture by @samebenergy.bsky.social on why the doubters are wrong and there will be an #energytransition. The question is just whether the doubters will slow it down as they are intending @myzerocarbon.org youtu.be/N_i9LAjLSic?...

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Sam Evans Brown - The Energy Transition And Why It’s Inevitable

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I can talk about how rad Clean Energy NH is until I'm blue in the face, and I truly believe we have a replicable model that should be rolled out in Red States across the country. Help us pay our staff? www.nhgives.org/organization...

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Support Clean Energy NH | NH Gives 2025

I’m ready to support Clean Energy NH on June 10, 2025 during NH Gives 2025. Learn more about Clean Energy NH and all the other organizations participating in NH Gives 2025.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Hey Bluesky! If anybody here gives a hoot about NH continuing to make progress on decarbonization, consider supporting CENH today! We're the only outfit that is doing real things, in my humble opinion.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

How many of these developers/manufacturers in red districts are donating to GOP campaigns? How do these donations compare to other GOP donors who are anti-clean energy?

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 22/05/2025

What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️ 🔌💡

Cover of new REPEAT Project report, "A Fork In The Road: Impacts of Federal Policy Repeal On The U.S. Energy Transition."

Summary
Full repeal of current federal energy and climate policies would:
• Increase U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 0.5 billion metric tons per year in 2030 and more than 1 billion
metric tons per year in 2035.
• Raise U.S. household and business energy expenditures by $25 billion annually in 2030 and over $50 billion
in 2035.
• Increase average U.S. household energy costs by roughly $100 to $160 per household per year in 2030 and roughly
$270 to $415 per household per year in 2035.
• Reduces cumulative capital investment in U.S. electricity and clean fuels production by $1 trillion from 2025-2035.
• Imperil a total of $522 billion in announced but pending investments in U.S. clean energy supply and manufacturing.
• Reduce annual sales of electric vehicles by roughly 40% in 2030 and end America’s battery manufacturing boom.
• Substantially slow electricity capacity additions, raising national average retail electricity rates and monthly
household electricity bills by about 9% in 2030 — and as much as 17% in some states (including TX, OK and PA).
• Kill off the nascent clean hydrogen, CO2 management, and nuclear power sectors.

Graphic showing historical and modeled US greenhouse gas emissions, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.

Graphic showing modeled average household US energy costs, with substantial increase if current federal policies are repealed.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Mais bien sur! I just have always found it baffling that HQ wouldn't invest aggressively in EE.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

We do need to think seriously about what new "clean firm" resources we can build, but the truth is that any new generation is likely to increase our bills. At every juncture, doing more with what we have now is the economically optimal move. www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

And in 2025, building ANYTHING new is expensive, where as there remains an enormous amount of low-hanging efficiency measures that haven't been pursued in Quebec, because their rates are so low as to make the payback for the consumer difficult to justify. www.theenergymix.com/hydro%E2%80%...

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

The situation for HQ is fairly unique: where else do you have a legacy fleet of fully-amortized, low-cost hydro facilities sitting next door to one of the highest cost electricity markets in the country? Every kWh they don't consume locally is worth 2x more sold to us.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Bravo, @hydroquebec.com! I've been observing this company's moves for over a decade now and I've been waiting for this particular move for that entire time.

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John Voelcker @johnvoelcker.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Kudos to the @freep.com for pointing out, right in a headline, that the $7,500 #EV purchase incentive *is* still available as of this moment, several months into a new administration that promised to kill it off. It may not last. But for now, you can still buy an EV + get the incentive. Ahem.

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EV tax credit hasn't gone away. At least not yet.

Budget wrangling could endanger the $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit, but it's still available.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12/05/2025

"BP, Exxon & Shell, who have recently noted their exit from renewables, are also withdrawing from core oil & gas production investments too. Over 50% of their operating cashflow is now going to shareholders, not explorers or construction crews."

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Leaving the battlefield: oil companies are quitting renewables, yes, but also quitting energy

The future of energy is clearly being left to others

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This is why I like trade shows: optimism on display!

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Sparkflow Energy is harvesting waste heat from existing infrastructure to deliver reliable, clean power. sparkflowenergy.com

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

ConnectDER has a meter socket collar that can reduce the installation costs for distributed solar, EV chargers and residential solar. connectder.com

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ConnectDER adapters let anyone connect solar panels or EV chargers to their home at a fraction of the typical time and cost....

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

This event includes our Energy Champion Awards (which I love) but the piece that most clearly embodies my id as an energy optimist is the the Energy Innovation presentations. We'll hear from four companies that are developing *extremely* cool, technologies.

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Sam Evans-Brown @samebenergy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

t's Energy Week!! It's VERY hard for me to pick a favorite from the 20+ events that are happening this week, (which you can check out by heading to nhenergyfuture.org!) but if you *forced* me I'd pick the final event, happening at UNH Manchester on Friday at 1PM.

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