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Dana Siler
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Climate activist, data nerd, cyclist, pocket pet enthusiast, runner, programmer. My views are my own and do not represent any organization which I may be part of.
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jrfhanger.bsky.social
Good morning with good news: India meets 50% renewables & nuclear capacity target 5 years early!

As clean capacity deploys, clean electricity production surges.

Solar grew from 5 TWh in 2014 to 48 TWh in 2019 & 137 TWh in 2024.

Hydro was 157 TWh; wind 82 TWh; nuclear 55 TWh in 2024. #energysky
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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commsdeclare.bsky.social
Comms Declare has written to the National Press Club #NPC asking that tomorrow’s talk by Future Coal Chief Executive, Michelle Manook be cancelled.

They declined, so we produced this handy bingo card to help viewers spot the climate obstruction and #greenwashing

commsdeclare.org/2025/11/17/c...
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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waiterich.bsky.social
“White Christmas,” written by Irving Berlin in 1942, is a climate change song
zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 3d
Temperatures have warmed across the contiguous United States over the last five decades or so during the months of December through February (a rapidly warming season)...

Check out @climatecentral.org's winter package for more information and graphics: www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... ❄️🥵
Map showing the change in average winter temperature in degrees Fahrenheit by county for the contiguous United States from 1970 to 2025. Nearly all areas are warming.
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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costasamaras.com
begging people with tears in my eyes to be good weird not bad weird, online, IRL, in trader joes, everywhere
November 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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cclusa.org
Our Fall Conference and Lobby Week are just around the corner. Prepare to put on your finest (from the waist up at least) and lobby Congress virtually for better climate laws 🙌

Get the full agenda and register now at cclfallconference2025.eventbrite.com?utm_medium=s...
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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andrewdessler.com
This is bad. Some thoughts from a TAMU faculty member.

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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josh-kaplan.bsky.social
First, let's back up.

Noem has starred in a sprawling ad campaign she’s said is a crucial tool to stem illegal immigration—so crucial that DHS bypassed the normal competitive bidding process, designed to prevent waste & corruption in federal contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
danasilerpgh.bsky.social
This brought me joy today..

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So, there were some elections. How'd they go?
Podcast Episode · Volts · 11/10/2025 · 1h 2m
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November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
danasilerpgh.bsky.social
This is a pretty reasonable take on the resolution of the shutdown. open.substack.com/pub/grief2gr...
Take The Freakin' Win
An Unpopular Opinion On Ending The Government Shutdown
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
Now I can share the video of my new bike.
February 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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jessedjenkins.com
SPP (the Southwest Power Pool, serving the central Great Plains states) approved a new regional transmission plan with $8.6 billion in projects, including ~950 miles of ultra-high voltage 765 kV lines, and with estimated benefits 18X the costs www.spp.org/documents/75... More of this please! 🔌💡
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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jessedjenkins.com
How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!

"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
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For years, Australians have been been installing solar panels at a rapid clip. Now that investment is paying off. The Australian government announced this week that electricity customers in three states will get free electricity for up to three hours per day starting in July 2026. The Solar Sharer plan will be available to everyone in New South Wales, South Australia, and in the southeastern part of Queensland to start; more regions will be added later. Households won’t need to have solar on their rooftops to qualify, though they will need a smart meter installed. The plan will help those who live in apartments or don’t have a suitable rooftop to benefit from their neighbors’ panels, Bowen said. Although the government hasn’t said which hours in the middle of the day will qualify, the hours between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. are the most likely candidates. Customers will have to opt in to the new plan, which is meant to encourage people to shift their energy use to peak solar-production hours. Smart appliances can help people make the most of this by allowing them to time charging their EVs or running loads of laundry.
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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jessedjenkins.com
Hat tip @wilsonar.bsky.social for this! 🤣
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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jacquelyngill.bsky.social
With a handy poster for classrooms and offices! Also, I immediately recognized the specific WWII propaganda poster this riffs on. <3
phineas.bsky.social Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 15d
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
Let me excerpt the concluding paragraph:
excerpt from linked commentary
October 31, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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andrewdessler.com
Climate deniers getting ready to claim that climate change did not make the damage from Hurricane Melissa worse.

This is misinformation.
Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive
a lot of climate misinformers don't want you to understand this
www.theclimatebrink.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
#ScienceUnderSiege
apnews.com The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23d
Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are benefitting – financially and otherwise – from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the U.S.
Who benefits from the MAHA anti-science push?
Powerful anti-vaccine advocates and people selling potentially harmful goods such as raw milk are profiting from the push to write anti-science policies into law across the U.S.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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jessedjenkins.com
This is utterly unconstitutional and un-American. Journalists identify 170 US citizens detained by immigration enforcement actions (~20 children), at least two dozen were prevented from contacting lawyers for at least a day. Blatant violations of Bill of Rights.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched. About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones. Americans Detained: The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. We found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests. Held Incommunicado: More than 20 citizens have reported being held for over a day without being able to call their loved ones or a lawyer. In some cases their families couldn’t find them. Cases Wilted: Agents have arrested about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, for allegedly interfering with or assaulting officers, yet those cases were often dropped.
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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jessedjenkins.com
You can listen to our conversation with Dulcie Madden, CEO of Dig Energy @heatmap.news heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

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The Startup Trying to Put Geothermal Heat Pumps in America’s Homes
Rob and Jesse hang with Dig Energy co-founder and CEO Dulcie Madden.
heatmap.news
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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josolivier.bsky.social
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country.
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the few places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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cleanenergy.org
Across Western North Carolina, solar-powered resilience hubs are powering communication, medical devices, and food preparation during storms 🔌💡
Central Appalachia Resilience Hubs: Solar Microgrids Power Hurricane Helene Recovery — Footprint Project
Footprint Project, alongside Invest Appalachia and Appalachian Voices reflect on the year anniversary since Hurricane Helene and the disaster response. Now, Central Appalachia is building Resilience Hubs—permanent, solar + battery microgrids at community centers, fire departments, and more—to power
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October 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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freedomforall.net
"It isn't working. The oceans are rising. The glaciers are melting. We all know this. We have to have a revolution." ~ John Perkins, 'The Economic Hitman'.

#Greensky #EnergySky #PoliSky
October 12, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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jessedjenkins.com
The government’s own data rebuts Trump Admin claims that wind and solar are driving up electricity prices, Politico reports share.google/RTIXPPQMXrTH...
“[T]he data say pretty much the opposite” of Trump & Secretary Wright’s claims.
Among the 22 states that drew higher-than-average shares of their power from wind and solar, 17 had below-average electricity prices in June, according to EIA data.
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
THIS!! 👇👇
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
danasilerpgh.bsky.social
This is bullshit. Cancelling a clean energy project at a time when demand is growing is incredibly stupid.
jael.bsky.social jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · Oct 10
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM