Ben Geman
@bengeman.bsky.social
Energy reporter w/@Axios. Former stops incl. National Journal, The Hill, E&E, Boston Phoenix (RIP). I'll probably post about running too. Tips/feedback: ben-at-axios.com, on Signal at Ben.408
👀Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) went apesh*t on Bill Gates this morning in a press briefing from #COP30. Here's part of what he said via the @axios.com Future of Energy newsletter (1/2) #energy #climate
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
👀Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) went apesh*t on Bill Gates this morning in a press briefing from #COP30. Here's part of what he said via the @axios.com Future of Energy newsletter (1/2) #energy #climate
📣Newsy tidbits in this morning's @axios.com
Future of Energy newsletter. EV maker Lucid Motors will soon unveil a vehicle-to-home (V2H) offering. And NY state officials are taking the next steps on plans for at least 1GW of new #NuclearPower upstate. #energy #climate www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Future of Energy newsletter. EV maker Lucid Motors will soon unveil a vehicle-to-home (V2H) offering. And NY state officials are taking the next steps on plans for at least 1GW of new #NuclearPower upstate. #energy #climate www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
📣Newsy tidbits in this morning's @axios.com
Future of Energy newsletter. EV maker Lucid Motors will soon unveil a vehicle-to-home (V2H) offering. And NY state officials are taking the next steps on plans for at least 1GW of new #NuclearPower upstate. #energy #climate www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Future of Energy newsletter. EV maker Lucid Motors will soon unveil a vehicle-to-home (V2H) offering. And NY state officials are taking the next steps on plans for at least 1GW of new #NuclearPower upstate. #energy #climate www.axios.com/newsletters/...
🚨Exclusive via @axios.com: policy vets of Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy have decamped to launch a new nonprofit group called the Clean Economy Project. Ten staff to start, multi-million budget, philanthropic and VC investor backing, focus on power. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨Exclusive via @axios.com: policy vets of Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy have decamped to launch a new nonprofit group called the Clean Economy Project. Ten staff to start, multi-million budget, philanthropic and VC investor backing, focus on power. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
🚨News: Energy Impact Partners raised $1.36 billion for its latest growth-stage fund. I chatted with EIP founder Hans Kobler about their theory of the case, via @axios.com #energy #climate #climatesky #AI www.axios.com/2025/10/07/v...
VC heavyweight raises $1.36B for latest growth-stage fund
It's a testament to capital backing solutions to rising power demand despite a tough funding environment.
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October 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨News: Energy Impact Partners raised $1.36 billion for its latest growth-stage fund. I chatted with EIP founder Hans Kobler about their theory of the case, via @axios.com #energy #climate #climatesky #AI www.axios.com/2025/10/07/v...
Investor-owned utilities tell EPA they could face legal quicksand if the endangerment finding goes away. Via the @axios.com
Future of Energy newsletter. #Energy #climate #Trump #electricity (1/2)
Future of Energy newsletter. #Energy #climate #Trump #electricity (1/2)
September 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Investor-owned utilities tell EPA they could face legal quicksand if the endangerment finding goes away. Via the @axios.com
Future of Energy newsletter. #Energy #climate #Trump #electricity (1/2)
Future of Energy newsletter. #Energy #climate #Trump #electricity (1/2)
🚨Tesla presses #Trump's EPA not to repeal the formal "endangerment finding" that provides the legal foundation for tailpipe CO2 regs. New comments defend regs too but say they could be streamlined. #climate #energy #electricvehicles (1/2)
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚨Tesla presses #Trump's EPA not to repeal the formal "endangerment finding" that provides the legal foundation for tailpipe CO2 regs. New comments defend regs too but say they could be streamlined. #climate #energy #electricvehicles (1/2)
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Some news from me —
I’m (re)joining @axios.com as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: bit.ly/4ncRL1A
I’m (re)joining @axios.com as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: bit.ly/4ncRL1A
My next beginning: Energy, AI & more at Axios
My new gig as national energy correspondent!
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September 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Some news from me —
I’m (re)joining @axios.com as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: bit.ly/4ncRL1A
I’m (re)joining @axios.com as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: bit.ly/4ncRL1A
🚨🚨 Breaking: EPA head Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to overturn the endangerment finding — a key legal underpinning for emissions regs — in an appearance broadcast Tuesday on the Ruthless podcast. www.axios.com/2025/07/29/e...
EPA looks to overturn the scientific reason for climate regulations
The move is guaranteed to spark litigation.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨🚨 Breaking: EPA head Lee Zeldin announced a proposal to overturn the endangerment finding — a key legal underpinning for emissions regs — in an appearance broadcast Tuesday on the Ruthless podcast. www.axios.com/2025/07/29/e...
🚨🚨Breaking: DOE terminates conditional $4.9 billion loan guarantee for Invenergy's proposed Grain Belt Express transmission line that was issued in the Biden-era's waning weeks. #energy #climate #climatesky #greensky
July 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨🚨Breaking: DOE terminates conditional $4.9 billion loan guarantee for Invenergy's proposed Grain Belt Express transmission line that was issued in the Biden-era's waning weeks. #energy #climate #climatesky #greensky
🚨House GOP appropriators, in report language on fiscal '26, look to end U.S. funding for the International Energy Agency. Most direct effort I've seen on this front. Language below. #energy #OOTT #climate #climatesky #energysky
July 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🚨House GOP appropriators, in report language on fiscal '26, look to end U.S. funding for the International Energy Agency. Most direct effort I've seen on this front. Language below. #energy #OOTT #climate #climatesky #energysky
Lots of interesting info in this morning's @axios.com Generate #energy and #climate newsletter: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Lots of interesting info in this morning's @axios.com Generate #energy and #climate newsletter: www.axios.com/newsletters/...
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Trump fired a Democratic commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late last week "without cause," the official said.
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Democratic nuclear regulator says Trump fired him "without cause"
The firing marks an escalation of the White House's exertion of power over independent agencies.
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June 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump fired a Democratic commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission late last week "without cause," the official said.
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Very lucid and informative piece!
I spent the last day digging through Trump's four executive orders on nuclear power and put together a list of what I saw as the 13 most significant measures.
I tried to be as thorough as possible and got expert sources with varied perspectives on the record.
kaufman.substack.com/p/13-takeawa...
I tried to be as thorough as possible and got expert sources with varied perspectives on the record.
kaufman.substack.com/p/13-takeawa...
13 takeaways from Trump's executive orders on nuclear power
A cheatsheet on what stands out in the White House's four separate orders.
kaufman.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Very lucid and informative piece!
More Friday news: FERC issues order that Venture Global calls the final step needed to proceed with its CP2 LNG project in Louisiana. Venture says it will "immediately" begin on-site construction. #energysky
May 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
More Friday news: FERC issues order that Venture Global calls the final step needed to proceed with its CP2 LNG project in Louisiana. Venture says it will "immediately" begin on-site construction. #energysky
Breaking: Energy Sec. Chris Wright requires continued operation of a Michigan coal plant that, per his order, was slated to shut down on May 31. Calls it needed for reliability during high summer demand. The order expires August 21. www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...
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May 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Breaking: Energy Sec. Chris Wright requires continued operation of a Michigan coal plant that, per his order, was slated to shut down on May 31. Calls it needed for reliability during high summer demand. The order expires August 21. www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...
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My latest for @axios.com is a bit of a meta piece - a timeline of our coverage of Trump’s expansion of executive power in his (second) first 100 days.
Trump's boundary-breaking 100 days: A timeline in excruciating detail
How Trump is reshaping the federal government and upending the legal system in his second term.
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April 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
My latest for @axios.com is a bit of a meta piece - a timeline of our coverage of Trump’s expansion of executive power in his (second) first 100 days.
(1/2) The story behind the story of Hyundai's splashy announcement with #Trump, via @axios.com ace auto reporter Joann Muller: www.axios.com/2025/03/26/h...
Hyundai knew how to close the deal with Trump to avoid tariffs
It "announced" $21 billion in investments that were mostly already underway.
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March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
(1/2) The story behind the story of Hyundai's splashy announcement with #Trump, via @axios.com ace auto reporter Joann Muller: www.axios.com/2025/03/26/h...
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Exclusive from @bengeman.bsky.social: Abu Dhabi-based wealth fund ADQ and U.S. heavyweight Energy Capital Partners aim to invest over $25 billion in projects to power data centers and other industrial consumers.
www.axios.com/2025/03/19/e...
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Exclusive: UAE, U.S. partnership to invest to power data centers
The partnership is evidence that AI's voracious power demand is attracting fresh capital.
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March 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Exclusive from @bengeman.bsky.social: Abu Dhabi-based wealth fund ADQ and U.S. heavyweight Energy Capital Partners aim to invest over $25 billion in projects to power data centers and other industrial consumers.
www.axios.com/2025/03/19/e...
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❗❗Launching today! @axios.com's "Future of Mobility" weekly newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. This will be a must-read. Sign up for free: www.axios.com/signup/axios... #energy #EVs #electricvehicles #cars #AI #batteries #OOTT
Axios Future of Mobility
Stay ahead of the trends upending the auto industry, including electrification, the AI revolution, and more, with Joann Muller.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
❗❗Launching today! @axios.com's "Future of Mobility" weekly newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. This will be a must-read. Sign up for free: www.axios.com/signup/axios... #energy #EVs #electricvehicles #cars #AI #batteries #OOTT
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This will be a must-read: @axios.com is launching the "Future of Mobility" newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. Sign up link: www.axios.com/signup/axios...
Axios Future of Mobility
Stay ahead of the trends upending the auto industry, including electrification, the AI revolution, and more, with Joann Muller.
www.axios.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This will be a must-read: @axios.com is launching the "Future of Mobility" newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. Sign up link: www.axios.com/signup/axios...
This will be a must-read: @axios.com is launching the "Future of Mobility" newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. Sign up link: www.axios.com/signup/axios...
Axios Future of Mobility
Stay ahead of the trends upending the auto industry, including electrification, the AI revolution, and more, with Joann Muller.
www.axios.com
March 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This will be a must-read: @axios.com is launching the "Future of Mobility" newsletter led by ace auto reporter Joann Muller. Sign up link: www.axios.com/signup/axios...