Brian Eckhouse
@brianreports.bsky.social
Head of Bloomberg’s power, weather and natural disasters Americas team | Dad/concierge to a loquacious toddler | New Yorker in Los Angeles | Thoughts on the Mets and bagels mine and mine alone
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Buffett Handing Complicated Climate Legacy to Berkshire Energy Head
Berkshire Hathaway is at once a renewables powerhouse and a big investor in fossil fuels.
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Buffett runs a renewables heavyweight and has written that climate change is “highly likely” a “problem for the planet.”
Yet Berkshire is a major investor in oil, gas and coal — a position poised to endure well after the 94-year-old retires.
My analysis here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Yet Berkshire is a major investor in oil, gas and coal — a position poised to endure well after the 94-year-old retires.
My analysis here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia's hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.
We called the developers and utility in question to find out why: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
We called the developers and utility in question to find out why: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Data Centers in Nvidia’s Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power
The fate of two facilities in Santa Clara, California, highlights a major challenge for the US tech sector and indeed the wider economy.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia's hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity.
We called the developers and utility in question to find out why: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
We called the developers and utility in question to find out why: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit.
Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Jamaica’s Grid Was Not Ready for Hurricane Melissa
The massive storm underscores the challenges in keeping up with the quickening pace of climate change.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
After Hurricane Beryl devastated Jamaica’s grid last year, officials at the island’s sole utility vowed to fortify it. But the company’s initiatives were only in the planning + early implementation stages when Hurricane Melissa hit.
Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Story @bloomberg.com, gift link:
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Arbor Energy was founded as a carbon removal company that uses waste biomass to create electricity and remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Now, the company is pivoting to generating carbon-free electricity with natural gas, supported by a $55M Series A.
Our story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rocket Tech Is Poised to Generate Clean Power for Data Centers
Founded by SpaceX alumni, Arbor Energy’s technology runs on natural gas and uses carbon capture.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Arbor Energy was founded as a carbon removal company that uses waste biomass to create electricity and remove CO2 from the atmosphere. Now, the company is pivoting to generating carbon-free electricity with natural gas, supported by a $55M Series A.
Our story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Our story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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NEW: Weather models were performing worse ahead of a devastating storm in Alaska compared to a year ago. As one scientist @ecmwf.int put it, "the fact that all the models mis-captured this event tells us something." From me + @joewertz.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Deadly Alaska Storm Hit After a Month of Wider Forecast Errors
Scientists say outages at federal monitoring sites in the state may have contributed to confusion over the storm’s predicted track.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW: Weather models were performing worse ahead of a devastating storm in Alaska compared to a year ago. As one scientist @ecmwf.int put it, "the fact that all the models mis-captured this event tells us something." From me + @joewertz.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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GAS TURBINE SHORTAGE 🚨⚡
Orders for turbines for natural gas power plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand
🧵 Thread on how we got here and what it means for power-hungry nations
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Orders for turbines for natural gas power plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand
🧵 Thread on how we got here and what it means for power-hungry nations
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October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
GAS TURBINE SHORTAGE 🚨⚡
Orders for turbines for natural gas power plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand
🧵 Thread on how we got here and what it means for power-hungry nations
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Orders for turbines for natural gas power plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand
🧵 Thread on how we got here and what it means for power-hungry nations
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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SCOOP: The Trump administration canceling billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as it seeks to pressure Democrats in shutdown fight.
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Trump Set to Cancel West Coast Hydrogen Hubs Amid Shutdown Fight
The Trump administration is planning to cancel billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as part of its first tranche of funding cuts following the go...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:51 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration canceling billions of dollars earmarked for hydrogen projects in California and the Pacific Northwest as it seeks to pressure Democrats in shutdown fight.
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Eight months after LA’s most destructive wildfires, homeowners wanting to rebuild are facing a slow permit process, sky-high costs and low insurance payouts. Many are choosing to sell
The LA Fires Destroyed 11,000 Homes. Less Than 10% Have Permits to Rebuild
Of the thousands of residents needing to rebuild after this year’s California wildfires, Andy Weyman would seem especially well positioned. The TV and stage director had remodeled his Malibu home just five years earlier and had city-approved blueprints in hand, with the same architect set to oversee reconstruction.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Barely a month before COP30, the main topic remains "logistics". There's barely been any discussion about what the US, which is set to leave Paris Agreement in January, will be doing to make negotiations harder.
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Nations Rethink Plans for Brazil Climate Summit as Costs Soar
The countries most vulnerable to climate change face a dearth of rooms and steep rates to attend the COP30 meeting in the Amazon.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Barely a month before COP30, the main topic remains "logistics". There's barely been any discussion about what the US, which is set to leave Paris Agreement in January, will be doing to make negotiations harder.
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Utilities + traders are "craving" more detailed forecasts as power demand gets harder and harder to predict. Using AI, a tech firm is pushing to predict swings in weather - down to the hour - months in advance.
Story with @naurtorious.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story with @naurtorious.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI-Powered Model Gives Energy Traders Hourly Forecasts Seven Months Out
The tool from tech firm Amperon provides a more granular look at the weather and its impact on power markets.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Utilities + traders are "craving" more detailed forecasts as power demand gets harder and harder to predict. Using AI, a tech firm is pushing to predict swings in weather - down to the hour - months in advance.
Story with @naurtorious.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Story with @naurtorious.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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It's officially fall! And more than 80% of the Northeast is in drought or teetering on the edge of it. Why that's cause for concern: (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Drought Gripping the US Northeast, NYC Raises Fears of Autumn Wildfires
Waterways and wells are running dry in parts of New England and trees in New York City are already shedding their leaves as a late-summer drought engulfs the US Northeast, raising the risk of wildfire...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's officially fall! And more than 80% of the Northeast is in drought or teetering on the edge of it. Why that's cause for concern: (gift link) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
More than 80% of the region is now abnormally dry or in drought, compared to just 11% this time last September. Some parts of the Northeast have gone weeks without significant rains — akin to conditions less than a year ago that led to a historic outbreak of brush fires.
By @laurenthal.bsky.social
By @laurenthal.bsky.social
Drought Gripping the US Northeast, NYC Raises Fears of Autumn Wildfires
Waterways and wells are running dry in parts of New England and trees in New York City are already shedding their leaves as a late-summer drought engulfs the US Northeast, raising the risk of wildfire...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
More than 80% of the region is now abnormally dry or in drought, compared to just 11% this time last September. Some parts of the Northeast have gone weeks without significant rains — akin to conditions less than a year ago that led to a historic outbreak of brush fires.
By @laurenthal.bsky.social
By @laurenthal.bsky.social
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LIGHTS OUT
How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US
A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
LIGHTS OUT
How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US
A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Trump Is Dismantling Climate Science at a Dangerous Pace
The White House has blocked efforts to measure, respond to and fight global warming. That puts all Americans at risk.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
🚨Hot off the press🔥
LIGHTS OUT
How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US
A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
LIGHTS OUT
How Trump's war on climate science is weakening the US
A feature about the White House's "cluster-bomb approach" to dismantling the world's most sophisticated scientific apparatus. By @zhirji.bsky.social @blkahn.bsky.social and me
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Reposted by Brian Eckhouse
Trump's ex-FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton speaks out against push to abolish the agency.
“I cannot get behind this position that abolishing FEMA is the answer,” Hamilton said on Disaster Tough podcast, calling such a move "an extreme risk" to the American people.
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“I cannot get behind this position that abolishing FEMA is the answer,” Hamilton said on Disaster Tough podcast, calling such a move "an extreme risk" to the American people.
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Trump’s Ex-FEMA Chief Says Killing Agency Puts Public at ‘Extreme Risk’
Cameron Hamilton’s tenure was short and marked by a struggle over the agency’s future.
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September 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump's ex-FEMA chief Cameron Hamilton speaks out against push to abolish the agency.
“I cannot get behind this position that abolishing FEMA is the answer,” Hamilton said on Disaster Tough podcast, calling such a move "an extreme risk" to the American people.
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“I cannot get behind this position that abolishing FEMA is the answer,” Hamilton said on Disaster Tough podcast, calling such a move "an extreme risk" to the American people.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.
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Soaring Power Bills in Largest US Grid Pose Risk for Republicans
Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Surging utility bills in key battleground states are threatening to become a political liability for Republicans heading into upcoming elections.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Summer commutes in NYC can be miserable - 108F on the platform at City Hall w/ humidity. But New Yorkers are lucky compared to London, where subway cars lack AC + get hotter than city streets.
With reporting from 3 continents: (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
With reporting from 3 continents: (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Paris, New York Commuters Keep Their Cool As Londoners Sweat
A look at transportation systems across five global financial centers shows sweaty commuters in the UK capital have a right to feel jealous of some other cities.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Summer commutes in NYC can be miserable - 108F on the platform at City Hall w/ humidity. But New Yorkers are lucky compared to London, where subway cars lack AC + get hotter than city streets.
With reporting from 3 continents: (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
With reporting from 3 continents: (free link) www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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NEW: Offshore wind opponents and their lawyers are pressuring a climate lab at Brown U to retract its research, and saying they will escalate their complaint to the Trump administration. Gift link:
Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
The group asked for the retraction of work led by Timmons Roberts and said it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
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August 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NEW: Offshore wind opponents and their lawyers are pressuring a climate lab at Brown U to retract its research, and saying they will escalate their complaint to the Trump administration. Gift link:
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NEW: An anti-offshore wind group is targeting a Brown researcher who studies climate obstruction. It's not the first time they've done it, but there's a new twist: They're threatening to go to the Trump administration unless the university retracts the work
Offshore Wind Opponents Target Work of Brown University Researcher
The group asked for the retraction of work led by Timmons Roberts and said it is preparing to escalate the matter to the Trump administration.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
NEW: An anti-offshore wind group is targeting a Brown researcher who studies climate obstruction. It's not the first time they've done it, but there's a new twist: They're threatening to go to the Trump administration unless the university retracts the work
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California's last nuclear power plant was supposed to be shut down. But now it's on the verge of a 20-year extension, thanks to the state's mounting power needs.
Here's an inside look at Diablo Canyon amid its bid for relicensing (free gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Here's an inside look at Diablo Canyon amid its bid for relicensing (free gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
California’s Last Nuclear Plant Is Poised to Stave Off Extinction
Diablo Canyon is nearing the end of a long relicensing process as the need for round-the-clock power grows.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
California's last nuclear power plant was supposed to be shut down. But now it's on the verge of a 20-year extension, thanks to the state's mounting power needs.
Here's an inside look at Diablo Canyon amid its bid for relicensing (free gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Here's an inside look at Diablo Canyon amid its bid for relicensing (free gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Companies with a climate proposition are juggling a trade war, rolled back federal support, jittery investors, you name it.
Amid all the chaos, one industry has been propping up clean tech: artificial intelligence.
My latest with @mchediak.bsky.social:
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Amid all the chaos, one industry has been propping up clean tech: artificial intelligence.
My latest with @mchediak.bsky.social:
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Money Is Raining Down on Green-Tech Firms That Have an AI Story
Long-unloved nuclear and geothermal are experiencing a boom in interest as data center developers seek carbon-free resources capable of delivering round-the-clock electricity to power artificial intel...
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August 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Companies with a climate proposition are juggling a trade war, rolled back federal support, jittery investors, you name it.
Amid all the chaos, one industry has been propping up clean tech: artificial intelligence.
My latest with @mchediak.bsky.social:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Amid all the chaos, one industry has been propping up clean tech: artificial intelligence.
My latest with @mchediak.bsky.social:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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ICYMI - Story with @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @arinatter.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s moves to stop #solar and #wind development and support other energy sources.
The pace and range of the moves against renewables -- alongside several others that prop up fossil fuels and nuclear power -- have whipsawed wind and solar developers that had grown accustomed to federal support.
Trump's Latest Attacks Stun Wind and Solar Industries
President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on wind and solar power from the rhetorical to the tangible, mounting a rapid-fire campaign that exceeds the industries’ worst fears.In just the past few weeks, the Trump administration instituted permitting reviews that threaten US wind and solar developments. It imposed standards that would essentially prevent new developments on federal land. It rescinded Biden-era decisions earmarking coastal waters for future wind turbines. And on Wednesday
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August 7, 2025 at 10:38 PM
ICYMI - Story with @jendlouhy.bsky.social & @arinatter.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s moves to stop #solar and #wind development and support other energy sources.
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Trump killed the government's billion-dollar disaster database. Now, it's coming back at @climatecentral.org and being led by the former NOAA scientists who ran it. Nice scoop from @laurenthal.bsky.social
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed
Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump killed the government's billion-dollar disaster database. Now, it's coming back at @climatecentral.org and being led by the former NOAA scientists who ran it. Nice scoop from @laurenthal.bsky.social
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Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Researchers Are Resurrecting Billion-Dollar Disaster Tool Trump Killed
Nonprofit Climate Central has hired the scientist behind a key database of costly weather disasters to rebuild it.
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August 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Scoop: The U.S. billion-dollar disaster database is set to return this fall over at @climatecentral.org. They've hired the former NOAA scientist who ran the project for 10+ years www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Neil Jacobs - the weather scientist who was in charge at NOAA during "Sharpiegate" - is poised to come back.
“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1
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“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1
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US Weather Boss During ‘Sharpiegate’ Nears Return to a Shrinking Agency
Trump’s appointee to run the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has vowed to support the president's massive cuts.
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August 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Neil Jacobs - the weather scientist who was in charge at NOAA during "Sharpiegate" - is poised to come back.
“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“I’m hopeful that he’s learned how to fight within the political system," one former NOAA chief said, "because he is going to have to fight." / 1
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Constellation Energy is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor -- SCOOP with @tylerskendall $CEG
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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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July 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Constellation Energy is planning to pursue a nuclear project in upstate New York, responding to a push from the governor -- SCOOP with @tylerskendall $CEG
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