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Will Wade

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Energy writer, Bloomberg News. Based in New York, watching the world. Views are my own. The only people for me are the mad ones.

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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some breaking news -- NRC poised to issue construction permit for TVA's small modular reactor project, the second US approval for SMRs. With Ari Natter. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nuclear Project in Tennessee Poised for US Regulatory Approval
US regulators are poised to approve Tennessee Valley Authority to build a small nuclear plant, according to people familiar with the plan.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“We know it works. Now it’s a matter of scaling up.” Companies are racing to prove fusion technology can finally move beyond the lab and become an abundant clean power source. A deep dive into fusion energy, with @michellema.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fusion Gets $14 Billion Bet It’s More Than a ‘Science Project’
So far, scientists have pulled off energy-generating reactions only in laboratory settings, and the path there has been slow and costly. But companies say they’re getting rapidly closer to commercial ...
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Gotta read this piece from @michellema.bsky.social
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Lots of #nuclear power getting built! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Nuclear Power to Climb 44% Worldwide as China Tops US, BNEF Says
Global nuclear capacity is set to climb 44% over the next decade after years of tepid growth, spurred by growing demand for electricity and aggressive efforts to build reactors in China and India.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Amazing story from @laurenthal.bsky.social Gotta be reading her stuff!
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Gotta read this one from @emilyforgash.bsky.social
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
AI hyperscalers are considering investments that would take them much deeper into the supply chain for small modular nuclear reactors. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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AI Hyperscalers Mull Going Deeper Into Next-Gen Nuclear Supply Chain
Tech companies are considering investments in the fuel for small modular reactors.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant is poised for a comeback, driven by AI’s massive energy needs -- worked on this one for a long time www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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The AI Revival of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
Microsoft’s vast power demands are bringing together two transformative—and risky—technologies.
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weathersullivan.bsky.social @weathersullivan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
@bloomberg.com colleague @willwwade.bsky.social has the story on the Trump Administration going after the National Center for Atmospheric Research: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #climate #weather #government
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US to Dismantle Key Research Agency, Advancing Attack on Climate
The US plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a key climate-science agency that the Trump administration is calling a source of environmental activism.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 17/12/2025
The US plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a key climate-science agency that the Trump administration is calling a source of environmental activism.
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US to Dismantle Key Research Agency, Advancing Attack on Climate
The US plans to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a key climate-science agency that the Trump administration is calling a source of environmental activism.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Hi all — pls be aware, looks like my account on the other site is compromised No idea what it might be posting but it’s not me!
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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Many things are changing before our eyes. Others are harder to see Like the US economy Americans are spending more 💲 recovering from disasters and preparing for the next one. 36% of US GDP growth since 2000 is related to climate disasters. Welcome to the Disaster Industrial Complex 🎁🔗
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Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
ICE just posted this video taking down the sign in Mount Pleasant on Twitter.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
This will prove to be one of the biggest policy mistakes in our nation’s history. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/o...
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Opinion | Quick! Get the Wind and Solar Discounts Before It’s Too Late!
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
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Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Seems kinda obvious, no? We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
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Opinion | We Study Climate Change. It Endangers You and Your Children.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
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E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Constellation Energy is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor -- SCOOP with @tylerskendall $CEG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Constellation to Pursue New York Nuclear Project, CEO Says
Constellation Energy Corp. is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Repeal of Clean Energy Law Will Mean a Hotter Planet, Scientists Warn www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...
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Michelle Ma @michellema.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Each time you ask an AI chatbot a question, it sends a request to a data center and strains an increasingly scarce resource: water. A 🧵on our investigation into how the data centers that power AI are increasingly being built in highly water-stressed places: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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The AI Boom Is Draining Water From the Areas That Need It Most
A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Ignoring #climate change won’t make it go away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/c...
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National Climate Assessment Authors Are Dismissed by Trump Administration
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
Haley Britzky @halbritz

AFRICOM commander Gen. Langley tells senators that China is "trying to replicate" USAID programs in Africa as the US scales back USAID.

"They're trying to use that as an extension of the Belt and Road Initiative to gain favor by the African countries," Langley said.
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Kara Jane Adams @ghostinexile.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons. It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons. It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I can’t compete with this
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · 03/04/2025
Is China going to retaliate against the tariffs or the fact that Taiwan was listed as a country in the tariff rate announcement?
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Canada threatens tariffs on #electricity in trade war. With @daniellebochove.bsky.social and Mathieu Dion. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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New York’s Climate Goals Were in Tatters. Then Came the Trade War
Fallout from a round of tariffs between the US and Canada could slash access to clean electricity in the biggest US city
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Climate change affects everywhere. "Japan hasn’t had a wildfire problem, and now it’s burning" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Japan Battles Worst Wildfire in 40 Years Amid Record Dry Season
Japan is battling its worst wildfire in four decades, forcing thousands of people to flee amid some of the driest weather on record.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
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Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Japan’s biggest #nuclear plant inching closer to restarting. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Revival of Japan’s Biggest Nuclear Plant Faces Last Hurdle
After more than a decade of inactivity, Japan’s biggest nuclear power plant is ready to restart — but it faces an indefinite wait.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/02/2025
New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter
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Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department
The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
US moving away from clean energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/c...
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Trump’s Retreat From Clean Energy Puts the U.S. Out of Step With the World (Gift Article)
Most major economies are investing in ever-cheaper solar and wind power. The United States risks further ceding a global market to China.
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Brian Eckhouse @brianreports.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Pacific Palisades was home to a lot of Teslas. Lots of folks abandoned their vehicles as they rushed to evacuate. Now those batteries are complicating the area’s clean up efforts.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
This is a must-read story, from @michellema.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/itsk... and Jennifer Epstein. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fire-Ravaged Altadena Attracts Real Estate Vultures Eyeing Deals
Danielle Neal is a fourth-generation resident of Altadena who saw the house she grew up in and the apartment she rented burn down in the wildfires that swept through Los Angeles County.
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Sylvia Chi 齊思涵 @sylviachi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The disinformation that's spreading to trash the idea that climate change played a major role in the LA fires reminds me of the "drone" hysteria from December. They're trying to get you to disbelieve the observable truth and it's tragic that so many are susceptible to it.
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Dr. A.R. Siders @sidersadapts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
“No, I don’t. I think we’re fucked." - Altadena resident, asked if people might start connecting climate change & disasters. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change
They’re still in shock. But for now, even in a blue city in a blue state, disaster does not bring climate change to residents’ front of mind.
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Brian Eckhouse @brianreports.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
NEWS: Fire agencies are investigating whether Southern California Edison’s equipment was involved in igniting the Hurst fire. SoCalEd says it doesn’t know whether damage occurred before or after the start of the fire. By @mchediak.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fire Agencies to Probe Possible Edison Link to LA Hurst Fire
Edison International’s Southern California utility said fire agencies are investigating whether the company’s equipment was involved in the ignition of the Hurst Fire near San Fernando.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Constellation is creating the biggest US fleet of power plants. $CEG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Constellation Energy to Acquire Calpine for $16.4 Billion
Constellation Energy Corp. shares surged to a record high after agreeing to acquire closely held Calpine Corp. for $16.4 billion in a deal that will create the largest fleet of US power stations.
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Naureen S. Malik @naurtorious.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Amid the Hottest Year, US Homes Used a Record Amount of Power to Keep Cool www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Amid the Hottest Year, US Homes Used a Record Amount of Power to Keep Cool
While artificial intelligence has attracted scrutiny for energy use, the residential sector is far and away the biggest power suck — and it’s set to grow as the planet heats up.
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Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Anyone else have an issue with a city claiming it runs off of 100% renewable energy when you dig into the details to find 30% of the accounting is from RECs? I’m fine with REC purchases but Chicago is not being powered by 100% renewable energy. Feels misleading. #energysky #greensky
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Chicago's municipal buildings are now powered largely by the sun
To achieve its goals, the city helped finance the largest solar farm east of the Mississippi.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Most travel and a lot of expatriate life can be filed under the heading “Trespassing” Brilliant! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...
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Opinion | The Hard Reality American Expats Quickly Learn (Gift Article)
Expatriation was nonetheless the making of me: liberated me, humbled me, revealed to me who I was and what I wanted my life to be.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Towns are becoming unlivable and unviable because of #climate change. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/o...
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Opinion | Is America Just Going to Abandon Its Towns Falling Into the Ocean? (Gift Article)
Communities must be able to move to solid ground while remaining whole.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
A must-read from @naurtorious.bsky.social
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
In-depth look at US #nuclear industry youtu.be/A11-5hJcXHY
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Why Nuclear Energy is Suddenly Making a Comeback
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Investors are nervous, indeed. #wind #solar #climate www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/b...
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Trump’s Plans to Scrap Climate Policies Has Unnerved Green Energy Investors
President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to roll back many of the rules and subsidies that have attracted billions of dollars from the private sector to renewable energy and electric vehicles.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/12/2024
"Do not obey in advance" is going to follow the same lifecycle as "do not normalize Trump." 1. It's valid, so people say it a lot. 2. It's extremely difficult in practice, so almost no one actually does it. 3. The dissonance grates, so VSPs will decide that saying it is resistance-lib cringe.
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Will Wade @willwwade.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Dec 23 Time Warner Center, NYC Stressed looking man, on mobile phone: “Wherever you went to, you should not have gone to!” (He wanders off, looking irritated. Still talking on phone…)
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Expect to see more of this as demand projections surge and transmission capacity -- especially interregional transmission -- remains woefully inadequate: www.eenews.net/articles/wis...
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Wisconsin utilities postpone shutdown of large coal plant
The 1,100-megawatt Columbia Energy Center is now expected to run through the end of 2029.
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