Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The permitting bill is good and Congress should pass it 110
Reposted by Sam RickettsGovernor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026There are 36 governor races on the ballot this November. The stakes are high and they matter more than people may realize. Why? States drive energy policy–and Trump cannot stop state progress on clean energy. But it's up to us to elect leaders bold enough to act. thehill.com/opinion/ener... 33618
Reposted by Sam Ricketts👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 08/05/2026Another incredible #climatejob opportunity with the best team in climate policy and politics! We are looking for a passionate, strategic Michigan State lead! Remote in MI with frequent travel to Lansing! Join us!job-boards.greenhouse.ioMichigan State Lead - Lobbyist and StrategistRemote 37145
Reposted by Sam RickettsClimate Solutions @climatesolutions.org · 08/04/2026Register now for Climate Solutions' Annual Dinner in Seattle, May 6 (less than a month away!). Our keynote speaker is Wawa Gatheru, founder of Black Girl Environmentalist. Join us! climates.ejoinme.org... 001
Reposted by Sam Rickettsjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 08/04/2026i am happy the world won’t end in a nuclear holocaust tonight 1025925
Reposted by Sam RickettsEvan @evangillespie.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Now the fossil guys are going after Bay Area air regulations too. This AI astroturf is going to be a huge problem if these guys don't get the hammer dropped on them pretty fast. Tailor-made for a @robbonta.bsky.social investigation.sfchronicle.com‘This was forged’: Residents deny sending emails pushing Bay Area air policy changeAt least 10 people listed as sending letters in favor of an air quality policy change said they have no recollection of doing so and weren’t even aware of the proposal in the Bay Area. 03217
Reposted by Sam RickettsSenate Energy Dems @energydems.senate.gov · 18/02/2026Rising energy prices aren't inevitable. The Trump administration owns the increases in your electric bill.youtube.comThe Trump administration owns the increases in your electric bill.YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems 11813
Reposted by Sam RickettsMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/02/2026multiple trump-created crises converging with deadly results. 12154751749
Reposted by Sam RickettsGovernor Jay Inslee @govjayinslee.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Trump is raising American’s electrical costs by his corrupt war on clean energy, but we can fight back with state action. Here’s how; www.theargumentmag.com/p/trump-is-r...theargumentmag.comTrump is raising Americans’ energy bills, but states can fight backState leadership on clean energy can address rising electricity costs 310227
Reposted by Sam Ricketts👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 06/07/2025I do think it is kind of funny that Elon Musk's pitch for his new political party is "I have spectacularly bad judgment!" 1164
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Trump came into office promising to cut Americans' energy bills in half. Instead, his big bill will INCREASE energy bills $400/year. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...media.tenor.coma close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' .ALT: a close up of a man in a christmas outfit with the words `` you sit on a throne of lies '' . 171
Reposted by Sam RickettsRobbie Orvis @robbieorvis.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Today, the President will sign the OBBBA into law, repealing and and modifying many clean energy tax credits. Last night we finished updating our analysis of OBBBA at the state-level to see what this bill means for Americans. The results are ugly. Full dataset here: zenodo.org/records/1580...zenodo.orgEI House OBBBA Modeling - State ResultsState level EPS model results used in published EI fact sheets: https://energyinnovation.org/report/one-big-beautiful-bill-act/. 23524
Reposted by Sam RickettsLCV – League of Conservation Voters 🌎 @lcv.org · 03/07/202521 House Republicans signed a letter supporting clean energy in their districts. @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is keeping them honest: "What are those 21 Republicans going to do when the time comes to vote for this Big Ugly Bill" that guts clean energy jobs? Tell your reps to #VoteNo TODAY. 2135
Reposted by Sam Rickettsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025this court says that allowing EPA to regulate carbon emissions is a "major question" that demands congressional debate. but allowing the president to, with a flick of the wrist, end a straightforward constitutional right is something that must be allowed to stand? 282180994422
Reposted by Sam RickettsU.S. Climate Alliance @usclimate.bsky.social · 24/06/2025🌡️ Extreme heat is deadly & is being made worse by climate change. States & territories across our coalition are working to protect their communities – from deploying heat preparedness strategies to supporting community resilience & more ⬇️ usclimatealliance.org/policy-priorities/resilience/ 023
Reposted by Sam RickettsKristina Costa @slashklc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Senate Republicans continue to consider a reconciliation bill that will cut off booming clean energy investment in the U.S.—killing jobs and raising costs on families just as oil prices and electricity demand skyrocket. A thread of just some recent stories on what their bill means for Americans: 🧵 21815
Reposted by Sam RickettsJerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · 22/06/2025From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11. 1101653356
Reposted by Sam RickettsMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 19/06/2025The only reason Republicans have a reputation as "fiscal hawks" is that the press refuses to tell the public basic facts about what they do when they are in office. 16283002534
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 17/06/2025FACT SHEET: The “Baseload Fallacy”: Undercutting Wind, Solar, and Batteries While Supporting Nuclear and Geothermal Won’t Protect the Grid—Or Families’ Energy Bills, from @ClimatePower climatepower.us/news/fact-sh...climatepower.usFACT SHEET: The “Baseload Fallacy”: Undercutting Wind, Solar, and Batteries While Supporting Nuclear and Geothermal Won’t Protect the Grid—Or Families’ Energy Bills | Climate PowerUtility bills are surging across the country in the face of rising demand from data centers and new manufacturing facilities. 166
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 04/06/2025“Repealing [clean energy tax] credits could increase the average family’s energy bill by as much as $400 per year within a decade, according to several studies published this year.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/c...nytimes.comElectricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher. 164
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Absolute garbage energy policy Fast-growing zero-emission tech industries supplied 95% of new US grid generation capacity last year Now despite booming energy demand, and new jobs in US manufacturing, the House GOP wants to burn it all down For what? Oil/gas campaign cash 131
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Today I learned that Rep Jason Smith's voice is annoying af 020
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 13/05/2025New @rhg.com analysis of House GOP plan to kill energy tax credits shows it "will raise energy costs for American households by as much as 7% in 2035, stifle energy technology innovation, increase pollution, and could put significant investment at risk." rhg.com/research/way...rhg.comWays and Means Brings the Hammer Down on Energy CreditsThe House Ways and Means Committee issued its proposed language for inclusion in Congress’s massive budget reconciliation package. It’s the opening attempt to reduce spending in order to partially… 066
Reposted by Sam RickettsLeah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Today, House Republicans are unveiling their plan to increase energy bills and pollution for everyday Americans, just to give billionaires another tax break. A summary of their proposals. THREAD! 🧵 6388186
Reposted by Sam RickettsJesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 12/05/2025The House Republican's budget bill is starting to drop. It extends trillions in tax cuts for the wealthy while effectively crippling US manufacturing & energy industries and raising energy costs. It's effectively full repeal of the IRA. Here's tax portion waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/u... 🔌💡waysandmeans.house.gov 12442211
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 12/05/2025A colleague just called this week “Negative Christmas” and holy shit that’s accurate 010
Reposted by Sam RickettsCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12/05/2025Congress wants to take away money passed in the IRA— to make homes more energy efficient so folks can save money on their bills, to make clean manufacturing & vehicle facilities to grow good union jobs here, to build power transmission to cut emissions & costs— all to pay for tax cuts for rich folks 310643
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Nations with nukes are fighting now cool cool www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...nytimes.comIndia Strikes Pakistan Two Weeks After Terrorist Attack 011
Reposted by Sam RickettsDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Only way to come back from this is to put a whole bunch of people in jail 14677198
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Happy National Poetry Month folks lunchboxpoems.tumblr.comlunchboxpoems.tumblr.com 000
Reposted by Sam RickettsDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 17/04/2025One of the coal plants just granted an exemption to various emissions regulations for two years also burns tires to run a crypto mining operation. So that’s fun.splinter.com47 Coal Companies Granted Permission to Keep Poisoning PeopleSplinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day. 17336160
Reposted by Sam RickettsAnnoyed Diplomat @annoyeddiplomat.bsky.social · 12/04/2025The-dollar-as-unchallenged-global-reserve-currency has been an enormous advantage for the US, on a scale that very few people understand. It only happened because of the US' unique position in the aftermath of WWII; once it's gone, it's never coming back. 211029
Reposted by Sam RickettsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 09/04/2025Almost a dozen hatcheries in Puget Sound are in limbo because a single NOAA employee was terminated by DOGE in February. That employee was Krista Finlay and her job at NOAA was to ensure hatcheries complied with the Endangered Species Act before the fish were released into Puget Sound. Read more:nytimes.comNOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests (Gift Article)In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk. 4305151
Reposted by Sam RickettsShravya Jain-Conti @shravya.bsky.social · 09/04/2025"The federal government cannot unilaterally strip states’ independent constitutional authority. We are a nation of states — and laws — and we will not be deterred." Statement from @usclimate.bsky.social co-chairs @governor.ny.gov & @govmlg.bsky.social 06030
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The oil and gas industry is sure getting its $$ worth from its donations to Trump's re-election www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... 010
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 08/04/2025There are people who want to do something and people who want to be somebody. Be the former, not the latter. 010
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Trump promised to reduce Americans' energy costs but his whole agenda is doing the opposite Guess who is getting richer tho subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... 011
Reposted by Sam RickettsTyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Tomorrow, Trump will claim a US power sector "emergency" justifies forcing ratepayers to bail out uneconomic coal plants. But as I testified to Congress last month, there's no emergency - especially w/ modest flexibility from new data centers. 🔌💡 subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025... 3409
Reposted by Sam RickettsJesse Lee @jessecharleslee.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The fascists in the Republican Party have been there all along, they were just waiting for their dictator. They’re not being dragged or coerced, they absolutely love it. 17720
Reposted by Sam RickettsNina Lakhani @ninalakhani.bsky.social · 01/04/2025War crimes: The Palestinian paramedics shot dead by Israeli forces had hands tied, eyewitnesses say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...theguardian.com 01910
Reposted by Sam RickettsCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 01/04/2025This is not an exaggeration: illegally gutting this program will cause Americans to freeze to death in their homes. 17465472744
Sam Ricketts @samtricketts.bsky.social · 01/04/2025One of the most impactful things that state and local officials can do to counter the Trump administration's unlawful attacks on federal clean energy programs is to invest in their own state and local green banks. Learn more about state and local green banks here www.usgreenbanks.orgusgreenbanks.orgThe U.S. Green Bank 50 061