Drewck
@enginometry.bsky.social
🧲 magnetohydrodynamics | 🔌 stationary fuel cell combined cycles | 🏭 coal | 🕳️ abatement | 🖥️ open source | ⚡ direct current |
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We’re appealing a ridiculous order that would force Coloradans to spend tens of millions on an aging coal plant. It creates uncertainty for workers and delays investment in cheaper, cleaner energy.
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/colorado-coal-station-federal-goverment-power-plant/
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/colorado-coal-station-federal-goverment-power-plant/
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
We’re appealing a ridiculous order that would force Coloradans to spend tens of millions on an aging coal plant. It creates uncertainty for workers and delays investment in cheaper, cleaner energy.
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/colorado-coal-station-federal-goverment-power-plant/
https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/colorado-coal-station-federal-goverment-power-plant/
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News from Helsinki, Finland which recently became coal-free when the last two coal plants closed. The local government just released a statement that the coal exit led to very clear air quality improvements. Can you spot the coal exit in the graph of SO2 concentrations?
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 PM
News from Helsinki, Finland which recently became coal-free when the last two coal plants closed. The local government just released a statement that the coal exit led to very clear air quality improvements. Can you spot the coal exit in the graph of SO2 concentrations?
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For the Birds
Birds have always held a special place in our hearts, and today is National Bird Day!
While birds are amazing, they’re also under serious threat from loss of habitat and storms.
#ClimateChange
The phrase “canary in a coal mine” should remind us to protect our planet and birds.
Birds have always held a special place in our hearts, and today is National Bird Day!
While birds are amazing, they’re also under serious threat from loss of habitat and storms.
#ClimateChange
The phrase “canary in a coal mine” should remind us to protect our planet and birds.
January 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
For the Birds
Birds have always held a special place in our hearts, and today is National Bird Day!
While birds are amazing, they’re also under serious threat from loss of habitat and storms.
#ClimateChange
The phrase “canary in a coal mine” should remind us to protect our planet and birds.
Birds have always held a special place in our hearts, and today is National Bird Day!
While birds are amazing, they’re also under serious threat from loss of habitat and storms.
#ClimateChange
The phrase “canary in a coal mine” should remind us to protect our planet and birds.
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Looks like I lost some following when I made those political posts. fact is if we're going to defend our parks and wildlife we're going to have to get political. Trump's illegal acts of war to amplify the use of big oil and filthy coal, are a primary source of habitat destruction.
RESIST
RESIST
January 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Looks like I lost some following when I made those political posts. fact is if we're going to defend our parks and wildlife we're going to have to get political. Trump's illegal acts of war to amplify the use of big oil and filthy coal, are a primary source of habitat destruction.
RESIST
RESIST
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#OtD 1 Jan 1974 the UK govt implemented the three-day week to save electricity, which had been restricted by overtime ban by coal miners. The miners ended up bringing down the government and winning their pay increase. Learn more in our podcast: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8072...
January 1, 2026 at 12:11 PM
#OtD 1 Jan 1974 the UK govt implemented the three-day week to save electricity, which had been restricted by overtime ban by coal miners. The miners ended up bringing down the government and winning their pay increase. Learn more in our podcast: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8072...
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173. I was interviewed in 2024 about why lunar missions have to watch out for Moon dust
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #TabClosed2026
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #TabClosed2026
Why is moon dust such an issue for spacecraft? - ABC listen
Now that the first private company has landed on the moon, what happens now?
www.abc.net.au
December 31, 2025 at 5:51 AM
173. I was interviewed in 2024 about why lunar missions have to watch out for Moon dust
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #TabClosed2026
🧪 🔭 #PlanetSci #TabClosed2026
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#illustrator #illustration #art #picture #graphic #winter #anthropomorphicanimals #anthropo #anthropoanimals #furry #Owl #Snow
A moment of peace
A moment of peace
January 1, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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After three days of transcribing, translating, collating, and writing I take a break from working on the manuscript. It takes shape and I am looking forward to my 3 weeks off from the rat race to fine tune it around the year's end.
For your enjoyment a nice image of a comet.
🔭☄️
For your enjoyment a nice image of a comet.
🔭☄️
![Single leaf copper engraving showing comet C/1680 V1 over Augsburg, Germany, by Jacob Koppmeir. The text reads
"Principal report on the fearful comet-star which was seen newly and again on December 16/26 of the year 1680, after it was hidden for three weeks in the rays of the Sun. It moves quite swiftly and seems to follow the Moon [?]. The tail was 70 degrees long as far as one could tell it with the bright Moon present. Furthermore the little report details on the origin of the comet."
Size 15 cm x 23 cm.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uogsmtxne5xsgd237hzq3uo5/bafkreifgnmohnku72lpo3lx4bbtbi6l6kjcnw7tqklg3cc4tczgx6nksx4@jpeg)
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
After three days of transcribing, translating, collating, and writing I take a break from working on the manuscript. It takes shape and I am looking forward to my 3 weeks off from the rat race to fine tune it around the year's end.
For your enjoyment a nice image of a comet.
🔭☄️
For your enjoyment a nice image of a comet.
🔭☄️
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141 people have been arrested in Australia as climate activists stop ships reaching the world’s biggest coal port
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
NSW police arrest 141 people as campaigners demand federal government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
141 people have been arrested in Australia as climate activists stop ships reaching the world’s biggest coal port
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In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
In 2022, Biden earmarked billions of dollars to help former coal communities. It was the largest investment in Appalachia since LBJ's 1960s’ war on poverty.
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
But Trump won West Virginia 70% to 28% in 2024. And now he's taking away the funding Biden gave them.
When are they going to learn?
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Shipping movements disrupted as climate change protesters block coal ships from entering Port of Newcastle www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Protesters arrested for blocking world's largest coal export port
Police arrest 141 people in Newcastle Harbour for alleged marine-related offences during an anti-fossil fuel protest that began on Thursday.
www.abc.net.au
November 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Shipping movements disrupted as climate change protesters block coal ships from entering Port of Newcastle www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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These maps are utterly amazing, the author wrote up detailed descriptions and design choices in the GitHub repos - really detailed and brilliant work! #astrosci
This is also amazing and she open sourced the method
The Geology of the Moon
A map of basins, lava flows, valleys, and impact craters on the Earth's Moon.
tabletopwhale.com
September 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
These maps are utterly amazing, the author wrote up detailed descriptions and design choices in the GitHub repos - really detailed and brilliant work! #astrosci
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ARP! ARP! ARP! ☄️🔭 arxiv.org/abs/2509.09011
September 12, 2025 at 2:55 AM
ARP! ARP! ARP! ☄️🔭 arxiv.org/abs/2509.09011
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$200 billion worth of data center projects are being built in the South, according to a new report from @mediajustice.bsky.social.
To keep up with the massive amounts of energy these centers consume, projects like gas pipelines and coal plants are also growing.
mediajustice.org/wp-content/u...
To keep up with the massive amounts of energy these centers consume, projects like gas pipelines and coal plants are also growing.
mediajustice.org/wp-content/u...
mediajustice.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
$200 billion worth of data center projects are being built in the South, according to a new report from @mediajustice.bsky.social.
To keep up with the massive amounts of energy these centers consume, projects like gas pipelines and coal plants are also growing.
mediajustice.org/wp-content/u...
To keep up with the massive amounts of energy these centers consume, projects like gas pipelines and coal plants are also growing.
mediajustice.org/wp-content/u...
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A former Alberta government biologist has a warning: Coal companies are polluting rivers and watersheds, and government isn’t stopping them.
Read Lorne Fitch's opinion article here:
albertawilderness.ca/lorne-fitch-...
#mountainsnotmines #coal
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Read Lorne Fitch's opinion article here:
albertawilderness.ca/lorne-fitch-...
#mountainsnotmines #coal
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Lorne Fitch: As Mining Companies Write Their Own Rules, People Pay the Price - Alberta Wilderness Association
Canada is letting coal firms off the hook for polluting B.C. and Alberta watersheds. By...
albertawilderness.ca
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A former Alberta government biologist has a warning: Coal companies are polluting rivers and watersheds, and government isn’t stopping them.
Read Lorne Fitch's opinion article here:
albertawilderness.ca/lorne-fitch-...
#mountainsnotmines #coal
🌎
Read Lorne Fitch's opinion article here:
albertawilderness.ca/lorne-fitch-...
#mountainsnotmines #coal
🌎
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Today's final approval of the North West Shelf is a climate, economic, and energy security disaster.
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Today's final approval of the North West Shelf is a climate, economic, and energy security disaster.
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
Australia Institute analysis shows the 45-year expansion is equivalent to building 12 new coal power stations.
@grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy.
- don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources
- naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping
1/...
- don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources
- naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping
1/...
September 2, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#Seaweed farms are a dual solution for climate change & sustainable energy.
- don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources
- naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping
1/...
- don't require freshwater, fertilizer, or arable land to grow, making it one of the most eco-friendly resources
- naturally absorbs massive amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through photosynthesis helping
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Barred Owl
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #outerbanks #nc #nature #animals #outdoors #animalkingdom #animalsofinstagram #photo #photography #owl #bird
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #outerbanks #nc #nature #animals #outdoors #animalkingdom #animalsofinstagram #photo #photography #owl #bird
September 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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☄️ Comets in September 🔭
Comet 2025A6 Lemmon with binoculars, and visible to the naked eye in October? 👀
Is 2025K1 ATLAS disintegrating on its way to the Sun? 🌞
Will the interstellar 3I ATLAS attack us with turbolasers? ⚡️
All the answers (and much more) here 👇
cometografia.es/cometas-visi...
Comet 2025A6 Lemmon with binoculars, and visible to the naked eye in October? 👀
Is 2025K1 ATLAS disintegrating on its way to the Sun? 🌞
Will the interstellar 3I ATLAS attack us with turbolasers? ⚡️
All the answers (and much more) here 👇
cometografia.es/cometas-visi...
Cometas visibles en Septiembre de 2025 - Cometografía
Tras un aumento repentino de brillo, el cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) podría alcanzar este mes la magnitud 7, siendo observable con prismáticos y con la expectativa de que llegue a ser observable a simple...
cometografia.es
September 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
☄️ Comets in September 🔭
Comet 2025A6 Lemmon with binoculars, and visible to the naked eye in October? 👀
Is 2025K1 ATLAS disintegrating on its way to the Sun? 🌞
Will the interstellar 3I ATLAS attack us with turbolasers? ⚡️
All the answers (and much more) here 👇
cometografia.es/cometas-visi...
Comet 2025A6 Lemmon with binoculars, and visible to the naked eye in October? 👀
Is 2025K1 ATLAS disintegrating on its way to the Sun? 🌞
Will the interstellar 3I ATLAS attack us with turbolasers? ⚡️
All the answers (and much more) here 👇
cometografia.es/cometas-visi...
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From Veronika Dornan @dornanv.bsky.social : It’s an itty bitty teeny weeny ultra faint dwarf galaxy-ni! Today’s bite talks about the discovery of the faintest galaxy in the Andromeda system! 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/09/01/p...
astrobites.org/2025/09/01/p...
Do You Have This Andromeda Galaxy in Extra-Extra-Extra Small?
It's an itty bitty teeny weeny ultra faint dwarf galaxy-ni! Today's bite talks about the discovery of the faintest galaxy in the Andromeda system!
astrobites.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
From Veronika Dornan @dornanv.bsky.social : It’s an itty bitty teeny weeny ultra faint dwarf galaxy-ni! Today’s bite talks about the discovery of the faintest galaxy in the Andromeda system! 🔭✨☄️
astrobites.org/2025/09/01/p...
astrobites.org/2025/09/01/p...
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Beyond just utility bills, groups say the LG&E proposal worsens climate change and pollution, as it scraps a proposed battery plants and keeps an extra coal plant open in Louisville that was set to retire, in addition to the new gas plants.
Kentucky AG, LG&E agree to keep coal plant operating for future data centers
The electric utilities’ proposal would spend billions of dollars on new power plants to supply future data centers, but is now amended to extend the life of another coal plant.
www.lpm.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Beyond just utility bills, groups say the LG&E proposal worsens climate change and pollution, as it scraps a proposed battery plants and keeps an extra coal plant open in Louisville that was set to retire, in addition to the new gas plants.
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LNG is worse than coal when it comes to warming impacts due to high methane emissions.
If Japan isn't starting to realize the error of their ways, they will.
However, the powers that be in Japan are working to mislead the world about this basic science so they can make a few more $$$.
If Japan isn't starting to realize the error of their ways, they will.
However, the powers that be in Japan are working to mislead the world about this basic science so they can make a few more $$$.
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
LNG is worse than coal when it comes to warming impacts due to high methane emissions.
If Japan isn't starting to realize the error of their ways, they will.
However, the powers that be in Japan are working to mislead the world about this basic science so they can make a few more $$$.
If Japan isn't starting to realize the error of their ways, they will.
However, the powers that be in Japan are working to mislead the world about this basic science so they can make a few more $$$.
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ICYMI: LG&E wants to spend $3B on 2 new gas plants & extend the life of two new coal plants, largely due to future data center demand. Other states have higher energy bills now because of data centers, but LG&E says it has a mechanism to protect KY ratepayers... which some are very skeptical of.
LG&E says $3B expansion will protect Kentucky ratepayers from data center costs, others are doubtful
Kentucky’s largest utility company is proposing a mechanism to make new data centers pay their fair share, but first wants approval to build $3 billion of new gas plants.
www.lpm.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
ICYMI: LG&E wants to spend $3B on 2 new gas plants & extend the life of two new coal plants, largely due to future data center demand. Other states have higher energy bills now because of data centers, but LG&E says it has a mechanism to protect KY ratepayers... which some are very skeptical of.