Kind of stunning.Arbitrary "emergency" power grab by grifting Secretary of Energy Chris Wright opposed by owners of a slated-to-close coal plant in Colorado - who have now sued, calling the action a "taking" of their property rights, to make the right economic decision.Wright's actions are divorced from reality, and serve no purpose but to directly … Continue reading "Coal Plant Owners Fight Trump's Coal Mandates as a "Taking" of Ownership Rights"

Reagan appointee Judge hands climate denier and pedophile Donald Trump, as well as climate denier and pedophile protector Chris Wright, their asses, on another offshore wind case.This makes for a complete 0-5 shutout of the "war on wind". New York Times: A federal judge on Monday struck down the Interior Department's order to halt work … Continue reading "Shut Out: Trump's Offshore Wind War now 0 and 5 in Court"

I want very much to electrify my home, but am still finding it difficult to budget for a heat pump. In addition there is a problem with installers, in that most of them are the same plumbing and heating guys (bless 'em) that installed your (most likely) gas unit and AC if you have one.They … Continue reading "Heat Pumps: What's the Deal?"

Time magazine has a rundown of what is driving higher electric rates. Turns out it's not clean energy. Huh. Time: If you've found yourself drained by your electricity bill this winter, you're not alone. Electricity costs have been steadily rising for years now, outpacing inflation. The average monthly residential electricity bill increased from about $121 in … Continue reading "Time Magazine Breakdown: What is Driving Electric Rates?"

Reuters: Sales of fully ​electric cars surpassed those of petrol-only vehicles in the European Union for the first time in December, data from ‌the auto industry group ACEA showed on Tuesday, even as hybrids held onto the largest overall share of the market. The data underscores how the bloc is shifting slowly towards electric and … Continue reading "EV Sales Pass Petrol in EU"

Not all climate deniers are pedophiles, but I bet most pedophiles are climate deniers. just sayin'. Yale Climate Connections: The newly released documents show that in late 2016 and early 2017, after Donald Trump was elected to his first term, Epstein exchanged emails with celebrity physicist Lawrence Krauss, who at the time was the director … Continue reading "Another Climate Denier Caught up in Epstein Files"

Last week's cold air blob challenged the Texas grid, it was not as severe as 2021's Winter Storm Uri, nor as long lasting, but offered a reasonable test of improvements and updates since that deadly debacle. Weatherization, what a concept.Wind over performed, Batteries and solar backed up newly renovated gas. Latitude Media: ERCOT analysts and … Continue reading "Texas "Test Bed" Weathered Cold Snap with Diverse Generation,Wind, New Batteries."

CBS Detroit interview with very plugged-in, long time Auto Industry and Michigan journalist Paul Eisenstein. The Trump administration's insult and threats to Canadians motivated Canada's turn to China, and deal for EVs imports to Canada - which had formerly been tariffed out of deference and partnership with the US industry.That's all blown up and gone … Continue reading "Chinese EVs WILL Come to the US"

Besides providing more evidence of the President's bottomless insecurity and neediness, the obnoxious "Energy Dominance" messaging from this administration, coupled with military attacks on Venezuela, and Iran, as well as threats against NATO allies and Canada, are only accelerating the energy transition to China's benefit. Jigar Shah on Linked In: Most discussions of global oil … Continue reading "Trump "Energy Dominance" Agenda Plays into China's Hands"

Turns out having secret meetings coordinated by shadowy fossil fuel funded groups with a pre-determined outcome aimed at overturning critical policies based on mainstream science is wrong. In the video above, the grifter DOE Sec-to-be took time out from his busy schedule as a Fracking millionaire to produce a video on the complete harmlessness of … Continue reading "Reagan Judge finds Fracker Energy Sec's Climate Denial Panel Illegal"

Detroit automakers just assumed they'd always be protected behind tariff barriers, and it looked like that would be the case for a while, at least, as Canada, understanding that it had a stake in US automaker's success, followed the US in applying 100 percent tariff barriers on Chinese cars.That was before Trump made it clear … Continue reading "China's EVs Will Destroy Detroit"

Ever wonder how it was that Elon Musk did that sudden switch to backing right wing politics? Maybe it was the Ketamine. Maybe it was going crazy when one of his (how many does he have again?) children came out as trans.Or maybe, maybe, it was something else.

India has been behind China in economic and technological development, and as they are coming up the curve, they are now looking at a different set of options than China had 2 decades ago. Ember:  India is generating more solar electricity, burning far fewer fossil fuels and electrifying transport faster than China did at an … Continue reading "The Weekend Wonk: India Taking Short Cut to Electro Tech"

This story, man. Definitely worth your time, I've only excerpted here. Wired: By now, major headlines have begun to catch on to the reality that China's renewable energy revolution is one of the biggest stories in the world, while Donald Trump's anti-renewable vision of American energy dominance is a backward sideshow by comparison. But chroniclers of … Continue reading "China is Riding an out of Control Energy Transition Avalanche"

Sydney Morning Herald: Electricity prices in eastern Australia fell sharply in the final three months of last year as record-breaking contributions from renewable energy and large-scale batteries reduced the need to call on fossil fuels to plug supply gaps. Figures from the energy market operator, to be released on Thursday, confirm renewables and batteries powered … Continue reading "In Australia, Electric Prices Plunge as Renewables Soar"

I'm sure the professionals at CDC are on it…oh, wait.. Reuters: Two cases of the deadly Nipah virus in India have prompted authorities in Thailand and Malaysia to step up airport screening to prevent the spread of the infection. But what is Nipah virus, and how worried should people be? Nipah is a rare viral infection that … Continue reading "Nipah Virus is Asia's Ebola"

Trump hates wind, because some turbines were built near his golf course in Scotland, and he has the mind of a toddler. They tried the whale thing, when that didn't fly, they tried "national Security". Utility Dive: Vineyard Wind's developer says the project is 95% complete and partially operational - already delivering power to the … Continue reading "Trump 0, Offshore Wind 4, 1 to Go"

"Energy Dominance" is the obnoxious authoritarian language that the administration has adopted for how the US will conduct business. The recent threats and blustering in regard to Greenland have done more than compromise NATO - they have forced Europeans, who have been moving away from reliance on an unreliable Moscow for energy, to begin looking … Continue reading "Europe Will Pull Back from US LNG"

All they think about is money, money, money. Why can't they be public spirited like Donald Trump? Barrons: The top federal official in charge of giving loans to nuclear plants had some harsh words this week for nuclear industry officials who want the government to invest more taxpayer funds into building reactors. "At a certain point, it's … Continue reading "Trump Official: Nuclear Industry "Greedy""

Above, Jeff Berardelli shows us the setup that will bring another cold blast across the Eastern US. Below, Fox Weather report on the resultant storm conditions expected in the Southeast, including beach erosion and power outages. Prep now.

Will Westmoreland is a (God help him) Progressive farmer, consultant, and organizer in Missouri. His website, The Back Forty, is a resource for rural community organizers, and he is active across just about every media platform. Will is well informed on issues, and is the kind of fact based community advocate we need to follow … Continue reading "The War on Rural Renewable Energy"

Above, Texas Governor Abbott neglects to mention what the biggest additions to the Texas grid have been since the Valentine's Day Blackout of '21.Solar, and batteries. Lots of batteries. Also, ERCOT knocked a few heads and got some power plants winterized. Catherine Boudreau for Latitude Media: Winter Storm Fern, which swept through the U.S. over … Continue reading "How Texas Weathered Weekend Storm"

Restoring "Truth and Sanity". Washington Post: Trump officials have ordered national parks to remove dozens of signs and displays related to climate change, environmental protection and settlers' mistreatment of Native Americans in a renewed push to implement President Donald Trump's executive order on "restoring truth and sanity to American history." Park staff have interpreted Trump's … Continue reading "Trump Administration Once Again Demonstrates link between Racism, Climate Denial"

A number of lawsuits are currently in process aimed at holding the fossil fuel industry responsible for climate change.The main approaches so far fall into two buckets - either that the fossil industry spread climate disinformation and created uncertainty about the issue, or those that hold the industry directly responsible for climate impacts.The newest suit … Continue reading "Affordability at Heart of Swing State Lawsuit against Oil "Cartel""

We can accelerate the energy transition not just by building more clean energy, but by making grids work more efficiently.Jigar Shah knows more about this ongoing process than anybody, and had a good thread discussing. Jigar Shah on X: The U.S. grid isn't "full."It's underutilized. Less than half of existing grid capacity is used on … Continue reading "The Grid is not "Full""

Neil Young Archives: I'm honored to give a free year's access to neilyoungarchives.com to all of our friends in Greenland. I hope my Music and Music Films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government. It is my sincere wish for you to be … Continue reading "Neil Young Gives the Gift of Music to Greenland"

Clearly a resonance with today. History does not repeat, but it rhymes.

Growing list of lawsuits against fossil fuel companies now includes a suit by the Attorney General of Michigan.Particularly relevant in that, due in part to the propaganda from fossil fuel interests, the Detroit Auto industry is now at existential risk due to the postponement and suppression of EV technology. The Hill: The state of Michigan … Continue reading "Key State Brings Lawsuit - Blames Big Fossil for Blocking Clean Energy, EVs"

Nashville also badly hit.Storm still ongoing.