Evan
@evangillespie.bsky.social
Resident Golden Retriever at Industrious Labs, home of hard working pups and industrial decarb advocates. Climate, jobs, and justice.
Retiring "hard to abate."
www.industriouslabs.org
Retiring "hard to abate."
www.industriouslabs.org
Pinned
“As a not-for-profit cooperative, our membership will bear the costs of compliance with this order unless we can identify a method to share costs with those in the region."
Trump is raising electricity bills for families to bail out a failing energy source. Corrupt and costly.
Trump is raising electricity bills for families to bail out a failing energy source. Corrupt and costly.
The Trump administration just ordered another retiring coal plant to stay open. It could cost ratepayers millions | CNN
The Trump administration ordered an aging coal-fired power plant in Colorado to stay open on Tuesday, a day before it was set to retire.
www.cnn.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“As a not-for-profit cooperative, our membership will bear the costs of compliance with this order unless we can identify a method to share costs with those in the region."
Trump is raising electricity bills for families to bail out a failing energy source. Corrupt and costly.
Trump is raising electricity bills for families to bail out a failing energy source. Corrupt and costly.
Everything is bad in the US right now but there are so many exciting clean energy developments happening abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Everything is bad in the US right now but there are so many exciting clean energy developments happening abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...
Webster’s 1873 dictionary warned us.
![Trump, [vt. Fr. tromper.]
1. To trick or impose on. "To trick or trump mankind."
2. To impose unfairly; to obtrude.
“Authors have been trumped on us.”
“To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.”
Trump'er-y, n. [Fr. tromperie, deceit, from
tromper, to deceive; O. Sp. trompar.]
1. Deceit; fraud. [Obs.]
“Britannicus was now grown to man's estate, a true and worthy plant to receive his father's empire, which a grafted on by adoption now possessed by the injury and trumpery of his mother.”
2. Something serving to deceive by false ghow or pretenses; falsehood; deceit; worthless but showy matter; hence, things worn out and of no value; rubbish.
“The trumpery in my house bring hither, For state to catch these thieves.”
“Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world.”
Trump'er-y, a.
Worthless or deceptive in character. "A trumpery little ring."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ypeqct7qlgu7esm2aoj5wa66/bafkreiac7dzvthov3iwvngl7ymqtlxtfdvfzmzijyaexm2klhgqus6av7i@jpeg)
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Webster’s 1873 dictionary warned us.
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There is no point in even making a good faith response to the Trump Admin’s attack on offshore wind. He’s sacrificing our economy and raising all of our electric bills because he thinks they are ugly. Always for himself and never for the rest of us. 🔌💡 www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Trump Administration Pauses Construction on All Offshore Wind Projects in U.S.
National – Trump’s Department of the Interior just halted construction on all five offshore wind projects underway in the United States. The pauses impact these projects: Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution W...
www.sierraclub.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
There is no point in even making a good faith response to the Trump Admin’s attack on offshore wind. He’s sacrificing our economy and raising all of our electric bills because he thinks they are ugly. Always for himself and never for the rest of us. 🔌💡 www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
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the vice president is a klansman
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
the vice president is a klansman
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Agricultural worker & former smelter employee Dalton Ezell is sounding the alarm on rising power costs. “The truth is, Missouri’s economy runs on the same current: whether you’re melting metal or tending crops, you need dependable electricity at a fair price.” missouriindependent.com/2025/12/13/h...
Energy costs crushed my smelter job and now threaten Missouri farms • Missouri Independent
Whether you’re smelting or farming, you’re fighting the same battle for affordable energy, steady pay and a future worth passing on.
missouriindependent.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Agricultural worker & former smelter employee Dalton Ezell is sounding the alarm on rising power costs. “The truth is, Missouri’s economy runs on the same current: whether you’re melting metal or tending crops, you need dependable electricity at a fair price.” missouriindependent.com/2025/12/13/h...
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i do find it funny that yglesias brings up sheinbaum as some kind of gotcha here. like ok Matt do you want to talk about nationalizing the us fossil fuel industry under a socialist presidency?? many climate people would LOVE to chat about that
“The mind-set shift needed here is to acknowledge that while climate change is real and harmful, the utility of fossil fuels is not something the oil and gas industry tricked the public into,” Matthew Yglesias writes.
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
i do find it funny that yglesias brings up sheinbaum as some kind of gotcha here. like ok Matt do you want to talk about nationalizing the us fossil fuel industry under a socialist presidency?? many climate people would LOVE to chat about that
Bake off going on at @industriouslabs.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Bake off going on at @industriouslabs.bsky.social
Hey - here's a very detailed report we wrote with ACEEE and Sierra Club on industrial rates in California and how they could be reworked to make industrial electrification pencil out.
This is the most exciting possible description I could come up with, but I promise this is really important.
This is the most exciting possible description I could come up with, but I promise this is really important.
Unlocking industrial electrification in California
A new study finds that California can achieve cleaner air, lower utility bills, and fewer climate emissions by modernizing the design of electricity rates.
industriouslabs.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hey - here's a very detailed report we wrote with ACEEE and Sierra Club on industrial rates in California and how they could be reworked to make industrial electrification pencil out.
This is the most exciting possible description I could come up with, but I promise this is really important.
This is the most exciting possible description I could come up with, but I promise this is really important.
This is so interesting. Juncos' beaks changed as they moved from forest to urban landscapes over a 20-year period. When the pandemic hit, their diet changed, and newly born junco beaks reverted. As restrictions lifted, the next generation's beaks reverted again.
How the Pandemic Lockdowns Changed a Songbird’s Beak
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is so interesting. Juncos' beaks changed as they moved from forest to urban landscapes over a 20-year period. When the pandemic hit, their diet changed, and newly born junco beaks reverted. As restrictions lifted, the next generation's beaks reverted again.
"Let’s stop pretending tariffs will rebuild our economy. The people who power Missouri — on the factory floor and in the fields — know what we really need: investment in affordable, modern energy that lets us work hard, earn fair, and stay rooted right here at home."
Energy costs crushed my smelter job and now threaten Missouri farms • Missouri Independent
Whether you’re smelting or farming, you’re fighting the same battle for affordable energy, steady pay and a future worth passing on.
missouriindependent.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"Let’s stop pretending tariffs will rebuild our economy. The people who power Missouri — on the factory floor and in the fields — know what we really need: investment in affordable, modern energy that lets us work hard, earn fair, and stay rooted right here at home."
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Cato Hernandez at @LAist.com highlights a new map showing where SoCal’s largest industrial boilers are located — and why advocates want @southcoastqmd to adopt zero-emission rules before we lock in decades more pollution. Read it here: laist.com/news/climate...
Battle over industrial boilers gets a new tool that you can use to combat pollution
A new climate coalition is calling on air quality regulators to phase out 1,800 of these boilers at places like schools and hospitals.
laist.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Cato Hernandez at @LAist.com highlights a new map showing where SoCal’s largest industrial boilers are located — and why advocates want @southcoastqmd to adopt zero-emission rules before we lock in decades more pollution. Read it here: laist.com/news/climate...
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*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...
December 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...
"In Thailand, for example, the Ford Everest gasoline sport-utility vehicle seats seven and starts at 1.2 million baht, or $37,700. An electric BYD M6 can seat six and costs $26,000."
Ford’s Car of the Future, Hatched in a Skunk Works Near Los Angeles
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"In Thailand, for example, the Ford Everest gasoline sport-utility vehicle seats seven and starts at 1.2 million baht, or $37,700. An electric BYD M6 can seat six and costs $26,000."
Just gonna watch this on a loop for a while. youtu.be/hTFjeq2jZHY?...
December 10, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just gonna watch this on a loop for a while. youtu.be/hTFjeq2jZHY?...
I just want to cheer for a big, sweet ol’ polar bear who loves to hit dingers. Is that so much to ask for?
I am going to walk into the ocean.
Mets never made an offer to Pete Alonso, per Joel Sherman.
They felt his market was pushing beyond their comfort level on years and dollars.
They felt his market was pushing beyond their comfort level on years and dollars.
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I just want to cheer for a big, sweet ol’ polar bear who loves to hit dingers. Is that so much to ask for?
I am going to walk into the ocean.
Mets never made an offer to Pete Alonso, per Joel Sherman.
They felt his market was pushing beyond their comfort level on years and dollars.
They felt his market was pushing beyond their comfort level on years and dollars.
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am going to walk into the ocean.
Love a good Los Angeles sunset.
December 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Love a good Los Angeles sunset.
I am taking this news very, very poorly.
Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I am taking this news very, very poorly.
Let's get after it.
Battle over industrial boilers gets a new tool that you can use to combat pollution
A new climate coalition is calling on air quality regulators to phase out 1,800 of these boilers at places like schools and hospitals.
laist.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Let's get after it.
Friday’s rally at SCAQMD called for passing rules in 2026 to clean up industrial pollution, as the South Coast region experienced another year of dangerous air. We need regulators to pass zero emission rules. www.californiacleanmanufacturing.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Friday’s rally at SCAQMD called for passing rules in 2026 to clean up industrial pollution, as the South Coast region experienced another year of dangerous air. We need regulators to pass zero emission rules. www.californiacleanmanufacturing.com
Apparently I looked up Austin Kearns career stats more than anyone but Austin Kearns himself this year?
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Apparently I looked up Austin Kearns career stats more than anyone but Austin Kearns himself this year?
Today was a good day. IPP has officially retired, and Los Angeles is officially coal-free! In 2009, LA's energy mix mirrored the entire country's. Half its power came from coal. Today, it's coal-free and approaching 2/3s carbon-free power. If only every city and utility had LA's ambition and vision.
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Today was a good day. IPP has officially retired, and Los Angeles is officially coal-free! In 2009, LA's energy mix mirrored the entire country's. Half its power came from coal. Today, it's coal-free and approaching 2/3s carbon-free power. If only every city and utility had LA's ambition and vision.
