Brendon Slotterback
@bslotterback.bsky.social
Decarbonization. Likes charts. Helping philanthropy and government advance clean energy. PGH🌲 🚲
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HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration and lCE
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of Minneapolis to protest the Trump administration and lCE
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
📍Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sixth extinction but we've got a social media network for robots
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Sixth extinction but we've got a social media network for robots
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y'all I know its Friday but this is the first time we've really ever seen Trump ease the renewable permitting freeze like ever
please read & share if you'd like
please read & share if you'd like
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration has quietly lifted its ban on permits for wind farms unintentionally hurting or killing bald eagles, reversing a policy that implemented a longstanding Trump claim that wind farms are killing bald eagles en masse
My latest for @heatmap.news
My latest for @heatmap.news
Trump Administration Restarts Key Permitting Process for Wind Farms
The administration has lifted its ban on issuing permits for incidental harm to protected eagles while also pursuing enforcement actions — including against operators that reported bird deaths volunta...
heatmap.news
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 PM
y'all I know its Friday but this is the first time we've really ever seen Trump ease the renewable permitting freeze like ever
please read & share if you'd like
please read & share if you'd like
So we're definitely attacking Iran now
January 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
So we're definitely attacking Iran now
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
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What the observers are doing is a form of civil disobedience, except they're not breaking any laws -- maybe it's "civil obedience." The harassment they're facing is illegal and makes it increasingly clear to millions of people that the regime is wrong.
ICE reportedly has a tool where they circle a geography and get the names of all the cell phone users within it. The key to defeating this technology is not "smashing your cell phone with a hammer" but "recognizing that having a list of 30 people who are recording you in public is not very useful"
Everyone following ICE caravans can assume their identities are known to ICE. ICE routinely leads them to their own houses to make this point. They take pictures of them in the streets and put them in their db. They're recording with cell phones that can be easily tracked.
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
What the observers are doing is a form of civil disobedience, except they're not breaking any laws -- maybe it's "civil obedience." The harassment they're facing is illegal and makes it increasingly clear to millions of people that the regime is wrong.
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IMO the president should not be allowed to sic his own lawyers against government lawyers who at this point are also just his lawyers in order to steal the annual GDP of a small country from American taxpayers.
Well!
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 30, 2026 at 3:07 AM
IMO the president should not be allowed to sic his own lawyers against government lawyers who at this point are also just his lawyers in order to steal the annual GDP of a small country from American taxpayers.
“It was just an ongoing headache,” Mr. Moscato said of installing gas.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
Why a New Mexico Developer Quit Natural Gas
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:33 PM
“It was just an ongoing headache,” Mr. Moscato said of installing gas.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/c...
The rule of law completely abandoned. Untrained, masked agents get to determine your fate. As in one hundred other areas, Trump will likely lose this lawsuit, but remedies will take years. This agency needs to be stripped to the foundation, abolished, but first we need a public reckoning.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The rule of law completely abandoned. Untrained, masked agents get to determine your fate. As in one hundred other areas, Trump will likely lose this lawsuit, but remedies will take years. This agency needs to be stripped to the foundation, abolished, but first we need a public reckoning.
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Impeach
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Impeach
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This is an excellent reminder that no matter what happens with AI or data centers, we are going to need a *lot* more electricity in the future.
Data centers! The sky is falling! What's that, California? Electric vehicle charging will be bigger than data centers? 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/123981-cec-a...
www.rtoinsider.com/123981-cec-a...
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This is an excellent reminder that no matter what happens with AI or data centers, we are going to need a *lot* more electricity in the future.
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The only thing between you and these massive proposed rate increases in a small cadre of state regulators, often selected in ways that allow for substantial influence (e.g. campaign contributions) by the industries they are supposed to regulate
"According to new PowerLines analysis, in 2025, electric and gas utilities requested nearly $31 billion in rate increases, more than double the $15 billion in rate increases requested by utilities in 2024."
powerlines.org
January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The only thing between you and these massive proposed rate increases in a small cadre of state regulators, often selected in ways that allow for substantial influence (e.g. campaign contributions) by the industries they are supposed to regulate
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"In the shadows" in the sense that no fewer than 23 states have either put forward legislation enabling plug-in solar or have announced intentions to do so.
Millions of balcony solar systems have been deployed in countries like Germany, but the technology has remained in the shadows in the US
To Lower Electricity Costs, Consumers Quietly Install DIY Solar
Popular in Germany, “plug-in solar” has remained in the shadows in the US because it’s largely unregulated. Legislation recently introduced in many states aims to promote adoption.
bloom.bg
January 29, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"In the shadows" in the sense that no fewer than 23 states have either put forward legislation enabling plug-in solar or have announced intentions to do so.
A lot of climate world is tech-obsessed (guilty), and less attention is paid to the bureaucratic, finance, and workforce systems required for market change. Great to see philanthropy going there: order a bunch of the same thing, stop messing around with SMRs. efifoundation.org/insights/pre...
Nuclear Scaling Initiative Secures $3.5M to Advance U.S. Reactor Orderbook - EFI Foundation
Funding from the Bezos Earth Fund will support the creation of an orderbook for new nuclear reactor builds in the United States.
efifoundation.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A lot of climate world is tech-obsessed (guilty), and less attention is paid to the bureaucratic, finance, and workforce systems required for market change. Great to see philanthropy going there: order a bunch of the same thing, stop messing around with SMRs. efifoundation.org/insights/pre...
This new report from @powerlines.org on spiraling consumer costs for energy from utilities is pretty shocking. On a $ per customer basis, NE is highest, followed by the South, West, and then Midwest. Data centers, fuel costs, storms/fires, replacing gas pipes powerlines.org/utilities-re...
January 29, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This new report from @powerlines.org on spiraling consumer costs for energy from utilities is pretty shocking. On a $ per customer basis, NE is highest, followed by the South, West, and then Midwest. Data centers, fuel costs, storms/fires, replacing gas pipes powerlines.org/utilities-re...
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At the most fundamental level, the Trump admin is still treating peaceful protesters as the aggressors and the heavily armed government militias as the victims, even though Homan, Miller, Noem, Trump have spent months torquing them into a frenzy of hate and telling them they can act with impunity.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
At the most fundamental level, the Trump admin is still treating peaceful protesters as the aggressors and the heavily armed government militias as the victims, even though Homan, Miller, Noem, Trump have spent months torquing them into a frenzy of hate and telling them they can act with impunity.
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“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“in theater” is a crazy way to describe minneapolis
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What’s the difference between Maine and Minnesota? Maine has an endangered Republican senator. Minnesota is a Democratic state.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Sen. Collins says ICE has ended large-scale operations in Maine after talks with Noem
“There are currently no ongoing or planned large-scale ICE operations here,” Sen. Susan Collins said in a statement. “I have been urging Secretary Noem and others in the Administration to get ICE to r...
www.pbs.org
January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
What’s the difference between Maine and Minnesota? Maine has an endangered Republican senator. Minnesota is a Democratic state.
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Protected speech made my agents murder these people, says federal official
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Protected speech made my agents murder these people, says federal official
During Winter Storm Fern, the grid with the most "non-dispatchable" resources, SPP (20-30% for most of the weekend), had prices that were competitive or below other grids. Marginal prices were near or below zero all of Monday afternoon.
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 AM
During Winter Storm Fern, the grid with the most "non-dispatchable" resources, SPP (20-30% for most of the weekend), had prices that were competitive or below other grids. Marginal prices were near or below zero all of Monday afternoon.
In Pittsburgh, chair has force of law. It’s a very strange, and shockingly powerful social compact
January 29, 2026 at 12:25 AM
In Pittsburgh, chair has force of law. It’s a very strange, and shockingly powerful social compact
Here's an easy and fast fix for energy affordability: rein in the excesses of deregulated electricity. In PA, providers are allowed to hook people with teaser rates. Since 2015, customers have paid $2.2b more than if they'd stayed with a default provider www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
Shopping for energy has cost Pa. residents billions, consumer advocates say
As energy costs surge in Pennsylvania, consumer advocates are highlighting the harm of a practice that was meant to save residents money: shopping around...
www.post-gazette.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Here's an easy and fast fix for energy affordability: rein in the excesses of deregulated electricity. In PA, providers are allowed to hook people with teaser rates. Since 2015, customers have paid $2.2b more than if they'd stayed with a default provider www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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Shout this from the rooftops. The single most common objection to building electrification I hear from residents is that they want gas in case of power outages. But gas appliances - and gas supplies - rely on electricity to operate!
When a winter storm takes out a power line that feeds someone's home, the only way their heat stays on is if they have a battery. This is true whether they heat with gas or an electric heat pump. Gas furnaces and boilers need power for their controls, fans and pumps. No battery, no heat.
January 28, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Shout this from the rooftops. The single most common objection to building electrification I hear from residents is that they want gas in case of power outages. But gas appliances - and gas supplies - rely on electricity to operate!
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The government “yanked the NEVI Formula Program’s cord out of the outlet,” said U.S. District Judge Tana Lin. “It is simply not how things are lawfully done.” 🔌💡
www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-a...
www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-a...
Trump administration must release EV charger funds, court rules
The Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration “yanked the NEVI Formula Program’s cord out of the outlet,” said U.S. District Judge Tana Lin. “It is simply not how things are lawf...
www.utilitydive.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The government “yanked the NEVI Formula Program’s cord out of the outlet,” said U.S. District Judge Tana Lin. “It is simply not how things are lawfully done.” 🔌💡
www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-a...
www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-a...
If peak demand in @pjminterconnection.bsky.social exceeds 130 GW for 7 straight days, it will be "a winter streak that PJM has never experienced".
According to DOE, there are already 14 GW of data centers operating in @pjminterconnection.bsky.social (10% of peak) and another 7.8 GW in construction
According to DOE, there are already 14 GW of data centers operating in @pjminterconnection.bsky.social (10% of peak) and another 7.8 GW in construction
January 28, 2026 at 5:44 PM
If peak demand in @pjminterconnection.bsky.social exceeds 130 GW for 7 straight days, it will be "a winter streak that PJM has never experienced".
According to DOE, there are already 14 GW of data centers operating in @pjminterconnection.bsky.social (10% of peak) and another 7.8 GW in construction
According to DOE, there are already 14 GW of data centers operating in @pjminterconnection.bsky.social (10% of peak) and another 7.8 GW in construction