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Beth Zeitler
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Energy Facts, Analysis, and Policy. Associate Director at the National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems. I used to have hobbies, now I have kids. That was meant to be funny, so adding an exclamation point/emoji so you get the vibe! 😁
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My kids are obsessed with the bus because I love buses. I love buses because my mom taught me how to ride the great little system in our home town: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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New nuclear projects face significant barriers, from cost overruns to supply chain issues. A recent @nationalacademies.org workshop explored ways to improve timelines for construction, decision-making, investment, and community engagement. Proceedings: www.nationalacademies.org/event/44002_...
July 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Guys, the rumors were true...charging our #EV on a 300 mi, 5 hr road trip with my toddlers was super easy. Thanks to #NYPA #NEVI & #electrifyamerica which fund, build & operate nice fast chargers right off the highway! Our #hyundai #ioniq6 gets 80% in 15-20 min! S/O to Hancock NY for hospitality!
The Hancock Town Hall, which sits in front of the EV charging station.
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Are you a grad student or early-career STEM professional interested in experiencing careers in #sciencepolicy? Apply for the 2026 #MirzayanFellowship
@nationalacademies.org in #DC Mar 2–May 22! I was a fellow & am happy to answer ?'s via DM! Apply by Aug 20, 2025: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu #energysky
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Are you a grad student or early-career STEM professional interested in experiencing careers in #sciencepolicy? Apply for the 2026 #MirzayanFellowship @nationalacademies.org in #DC Mar 2–May 22! I was a fellow & am happy to answer ?'s via DM! Apply by Aug 20, 2025: mirzayanfellow.nas.edu 💡🔌🧪#chemsky
June 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Newly elected members @nationalacademies.org! So much wonderful work these folks have done to advance our wellbeing, the economy, and the state of knowledge. It lifted my spirits to look into their careers and see the value of scientific research and scholarship! www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...
National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 30 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
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April 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Today at Noon ET: the final webinar in this series, on supply chains for the future electricity system ⛓️💡

The conversation will be moderated by Mike Howard (CEO Emeritus, EPRI) and you can register here:
www.nationalacademies.org/event/44653_...
April 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Siting electric transmission along transportation corridors to benefit the public, the electric system & transportation presents policy, technical & economic challenges. Discuss solutions @nationalacademies.org on April 7-9. DM me for in-person invites!🔌💡 www.nationalacademies.org/event/44559_...
www.nationalacademies.org
March 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Amidst the chaos and the law-breaking the most important thing to remember/focus on is that they are doing these things illegally because they know they don't have the votes to do it by passing laws, even in a GOP controlled Congress.
February 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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WASHINGTON (AP) — USAID security chiefs on leave after trying to prevent Musk's DOGE from accessing classified material, officials say.
February 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ezeitler.bsky.social
Trans people out there living their lives have never been a threat to me. In contrast, like most women, I’ve been harassed or assaulted by plenty of “regular” men. I don’t need protection from trans people, and quit invoking my and my daughter’s “defense” to persecute people for who they are.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jan 29
BREAKING — I'm told OPM just sent out this memo with guidance for implementing Trump's "Defending Women" anti-trans executive order.

"Take down all outward facing media that inculcate or promote gender ideology. Review email systems and turn off features that prompt users for their pronouns."
Pursuant to its authority under 5 U.S.C. § 1103(a)(1) and (a)(5), the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is providing the following initial guidance to agencies regarding the President’s Executive Order entitled Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (Defending Women). Steps to End Federal Funding of Gender Ideology: In light of Defending Women, each agency should take prompt actions to end all agency programs that use taxpayer money to promote or reflect gender ideology as defined in Section 2(f) of Defending Women. Specifically, agency heads should take the following steps: 1. No later than 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday, January 31, 2025 a. Send an email to all agency employees announcing that the agency will be complying with Defending Women and this guidance. b. Review all agency programs, contracts, and grants, and terminate any that promote or inculcate gender ideology. c. Review all agency position descriptions and send a notification to all employees whose position description involves inculcating or promoting gender ideology that they are being placed on paid administrative leave effective immediately as the agency takes steps to close/end all initiatives, offices, and programs that inculcate or promote gender ideology. d. Take down all outward facing media (websites, social media accounts, etc.) that inculcate or promote gender ideology. e. Review agency email systems such as Outlook and turn off features that prompt users for their pronouns. f. Withdraw any final or pending documents, directives, orders, regulations, materials, forms, communications, statements, and plans that inculcate or promote gender ideology. g. Cancel any trainings that inculcate or promote gender ideology or have done so in the past. h. Disband or cancel any employee resource groups or special emphasis programs that inculcate or promote gender ideology or have done so in the past. i. Review all agency forms that require entry of an individual’s sex and ensure that all list male or female only, and not gender identity. Remove requests for “gender” and substitute requests for “sex.” j. Ensure that all applicable agency policies and documents, including forms, use the term “sex” and not “gender.” k. Ensure that intimate spaces designated for women, girls, or females (or for men, boys, or males) are designated by biological sex and not gender identity. 2. No later than 12:00 p.m. EST on Friday, February 7, 2025, report to OPM on all steps taken to implement this guidance, including: a. a complete list of actions taken in response to this guidance and Defending Women; and b. any agency plans to fully comply with this guidance and Defending Women. Please contact OPM at defendingwomen@opm.gov if you have any questions regarding this guidance. Please send any reports requested by this guidance to defendingwomen@opm.gov. cc: Chief Human Capital Officers (CHCOs), Deputy CHCOs, Human Resources Directors,
January 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
ezeitler.bsky.social
Federal grants and loans pay for medical and scientific research, for companies to build infrastructure, for social services that help people recover from disasters and get on their feet. People want these things in their communities.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jan 27
NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs.

Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."
SUBJECT: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs 'The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar. In Fiscal Year 2024. of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending wokeness" and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve. This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President's policies and requirements. For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J Trump issued a series of executive orders to protect the American people and safeguard valuable taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025). Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid (Jan 20, 2025), Putting America First in International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025). Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20. 2025). Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20. ent these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all jal assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that any of the President's executive orders. In the interian, to the extent applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency nay be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial surice tot foreign nongovernmental organizations, DEL woke gender ideology, and the pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the he temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00 rehensive analysis. Federal agencies must immediately deadlines for assistance programs arising while the les must report this information to OMB along with an directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated conducting merit review panels No later than Febrar - 10. 2025, agencies shail submit to OMB detailed information on any programs projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause. (i) issuance of disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards, and (il) other relevant has reviewed provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information act recordin grant and ptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other case basis. To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue nistrative actions. such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or expressly required by law
January 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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I would like to opt out (looks frantically around) of all of this.
January 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Hi #energysky! 🌡️🔌💡Our gas heating/hot water Navien has failed (+gas leak 😩), so emergently fast forwarding our electric space/water heating plans! Taking any recs on #heatpumps / systems considerations! Current system heated water with gas, producing DHW directly/heat exchanges to space heating.
January 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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There is always a pop soundtrack in my head when I'm bike commuting!
mollyfleck.bsky.social Molly Fleck @mollyfleck.bsky.social · Jan 13
Justin Timberlake, welcome to the war on cars!
January 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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In 2022, @nationalacademies.org published a study on the pollution from fire at the wildland urban interface & health impacts. It has recommendations for fire & exposure prevention and protection. Wear an N95 if you can. Summary w/ link to the full report: nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/264...
The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
The Chemistry of Fires at the Wildland-Urban Interface
nap.nationalacademies.org
January 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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can confirm

breathing that shit is not good for you

N95 helps. so does a cheap homemade air filter: tape a MERV-13 square duct filter to the back of a standard size box fan. not HEPA level but it helps a lot!

use 4 filters to make a cube shape and you’ve got a Corsi-Rosenthal box
January 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I enjoyed meeting up with the transportation clean energy folks @trb.org #TRBAM this year! I look forward to continued work on efficiency, reduced pollution, and better mobility in 2025 @nationalacademies.org.
January 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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On my way to #TRBAM ... got my snow boots and my calendar export. Looking forward to seeing folks in energy, air quality, and climate! Glad I can take Metro from the airport and looking forward to a snowy trudge to the Convention Center tomorrow, though I'll be missing my CaBi rides on this trip!
January 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Deadline Today!: Suggest committee members to serve on the National Academies study on safety, societal considerations & impacts of carbon management. The focus is CM tech & infrastructure implications for human health, the environment, and communities 💡🔌 www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/saf...
www.nationalacademies.org
November 4, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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🔌💡Call open thru 11/4: Suggest committee members to serve on the National Academies study on safety, societal considerations & impacts of carbon management. The focus is CM tech & infrastructure implications for human health, the environment, and communities www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/saf...
www.nationalacademies.org
October 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM
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Keep handy for when people say, "What does the government even do???" A lot. A lot is happening all the time.
October 16, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Please suggest committee members to serve on the National Academies study on safety, societal considerations, and impacts of carbon management. The focus is CM tech and infrastructure implications for human health, the environment, and burdened communities: www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/saf...
www.nationalacademies.org
October 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
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How come no one personally called, texted, or emailed me to say I should look for the northern lights last night? 🙃 But seriously, though, I guess I have not been on the internet enough this week! So glad to see everyone who is excited about having seen it! Looked like fun!
October 11, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Some great insights on the clean energy transition happening in this workshop, which is on zoom. Nat Bullard just called hydrogen part of “the molecular industrial complex”. Coming up at the top of the hour is a panel including the visionary Dr. Heather Boushey, the CEA Member helping lead this.
climatefran.bsky.social ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · Sep 12
Looks like a great agenda on the macroeconomics of decarbonization, with an online attendance option
costasamaras.com Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Sep 12
I'm presenting at the National Academies Roundtable on Macroeconomic Implications of Decarbonization Policies and Actions tomorrow. tl;dr there's climate physical risks and transition risks but need new systems research to identify and overcome barriers www.nationalacademies.org/event/42625_...
September 12, 2024 at 2:50 PM