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Maria Gallucci
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Senior Reporter for Canary Media, covering the clean energy transition ⚡️
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industriouslabs.bsky.social
Century Aluminum & Emirates Global Aluminium are teaming up on a new aluminum smelter. Huge test of whether the companies can find affordable, clean power fast enough to actually build a low-carbon aluminum backbone in the U.S.
✍🏽 @mariagallucci.bsky.social

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It takes two aluminum firms to build one power-hungry smelter,…
Century Aluminum was eyeing Kentucky for a new smelter, but in a surprise move says it’s teaming up with Emirates Global Aluminium to build one in…
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January 27, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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canarymedia.com
Green steel has an uncertain year ahead. Here’s what @mariagallucci.bsky.social predicts will happen:
➡️ Coal-fueled furnaces will continue firing up
➡️ Scrap recycling will scale with clean energy
➡️ Global pressure for greener steel will only grow
2025 wasn't a great year for green steel ambitions. What happens now?
A hydrogen bust and a pro–fossil fuel administration stymied U.S. progress on decarbonizing steel. But companies are still advancing plans for low-carbon…
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January 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Many factories need steam, but making it is carbon-intensive. @alisontakemura.bsky.social visited AtmosZero's new-ish manufacturing site in Colorado to learn how the startup is working to decarbonize steam with its novel heat-pump boiler @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam
Many facilities need steam, but making it is CO2-intensive. AtmosZero is working to scale production of its heat-pump boiler to help decarbonize…
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October 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
DOE's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations was meant to
be a launchpad for ambitious projects that could help the U.S. lead on everything from decarbonizing factories to boosting rural energy resiliency. Now it's a shell of itself. My latest for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
How Trump gutted the team meant to build America’s energy future
The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations had over $25 billion to help companies scale novel low-carbon technologies. Trump is working to erase it.
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October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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fieseler.bsky.social
My friend Alec is missing. Please share this widely incase it reachers any hikers who have seen him over the past 5 days during his solo hike in a Norwegian national park.
August 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Loved this profile by @danhaugen.bsky.social on a couple who turned a pandemic-era hobby — electric coffee roasting — into a business determined to kick gas out of the coffee shop. (His swan song for @canarymedia.com!) www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
Meet Minnesota’s electric coffee roasting pioneers
Minneapolis-based Coffeewomple is one of the first U.S. roasters to use a commercial-scale electric coffee roaster, navigating higher costs for climate…
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August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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It’s getting harder to secure clean power. That’s a problem for aluminum producers looking to build two new smelters in the U.S. From @mariagallucci.bsky.social:
US aluminum producers need cheap, clean power. That may be tough to…
Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium want to build the nation’s first smelters in decades, but must compete with data centers for a limited…
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July 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Also, what a totally chill and normal time to return from leave 🫠
mariagallucci.bsky.social Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Jul 9
Geothermal energy was largely spared in Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which made deep cuts to incentives for wind, solar & residential projects. But developers of the heat-driven energy source may still face difficulties ahead due. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
Geothermal survives in 'big, beautiful' budget bill — but hurdles…
The new law preserves tax credits for geothermal, an industry that’s poised to grow with next-gen tech. But anti-China rules and tariffs still pose risks.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Geothermal energy was largely spared in Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which made deep cuts to incentives for wind, solar & residential projects. But developers of the heat-driven energy source may still face difficulties ahead due. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
Geothermal survives in 'big, beautiful' budget bill — but hurdles…
The new law preserves tax credits for geothermal, an industry that’s poised to grow with next-gen tech. But anti-China rules and tariffs still pose risks.
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July 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
My baby and my article both entered the world around the same time on the morning of February 20. So...happy one month to all of us?
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States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump…
New York, Washington, and other states are forming coalitions to cut carbon emissions from building materials even as the federal government bows out.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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fieseler.bsky.social
Steve Haner used to hate the idea of offshore wind coming to Virginia. For years, he used his conservative think-tank to try and stop America’s largest project from being built.

Now, he’s no longer trying to stop it: “Virginia needs the power.”

My latest 👇

www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
GOP think tank that tried to stop VA offshore wind now says ‘go ahead’
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy said canceling America’s biggest offshore wind project under construction no longer makes economic sense.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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jtemple.bsky.social
A yikes story from @mariagallucci.bsky.social — and I'll be very curious to see where that bar goes in 2025:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Chart: Global clean industry investment fell sharply in 2024
Money to clean up steel, ammonia, chemicals, and other sectors dropped by more than half compared with 2023.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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benelgin.bsky.social
Two recent grim numbers in the quest to decarbonize air travel: Flights jumped 10% last year (reaching an all-time high), while use of cleaner jet fuel (SAF) missed industry expectations, reaching just 0.3% of all jet fuel.

We break it down here (gift link):

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Global Air Travel Surges While Switch to Clean Jet Fuel Lags
To reach 2030 climate targets, airlines will need to increase their consumption of sustainable aviation fuel more than 30-fold.
www.bloomberg.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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harrystevens.bsky.social
NEW: Trump is freezing money for clean energy — batteries, EVs, renewables, heat pumps, and more.

Nearly 80% of manufacturing investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act have flowed to Republican congressional districts.

w/ Lisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social

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February 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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peter.fairley.ca
The interference in clean energy science during Trump 1.0 actually went far deeper, as I showed for Grist in a followup to that initial @theatlantic.com + @investigatewest.bsky.social coproduction. grist.org/energy/trump... @gristnews.bsky.social
The Trump administration is burying renewable-energy studies
“It just goes into a black hole,” said a Department of Energy researcher.
grist.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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jeffstjohn.bsky.social
The Trump administration has ordered states to rework their plans for using $5B in federal NEVI funds to build public fast-charging sites along highways across the country, putting hundreds of projects in limbo. Experts say that’s illegal:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... #energysky
Trump moves to halt $5B EV charging program
The administration ordered states to rework plans for using federal EV charging money, putting hundreds of projects in limbo. Experts say that’s illegal.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
A few of the Energy Dept's new senior staff appointees also make cameos in @pfairley.bsky.social's excellent 2020 investigative feature on the suppression of a grid-interconnection study during the first Trump admin www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...
Who Killed the Supergrid? Trump appointees short-circuited grid modernization to help the coal industry
In 2018, Trump appointees short-circuited U.S. grid modernization to help the coal industry by suppressing the Interconnections Seam Study.
www.investigatewest.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Under Biden, DOE’s Loan Programs Office issued 53 loans & loan guarantees worth over $107B for things like EV factories, a nuclear plant restart & aviation biofuel refineries. Now that's all under threat, @jeffstjohn.bsky.social & @danmccarthy.bsky.social report
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February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
The US imports lots of alumina, a key part of aluminum—the lightweight metal used in everything from soda cans & smartphones to solar panels & (energy) storage systems. Startup Brimstone says it can make alumina at home w cleaner methods. Me for @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Clean cement startup Brimstone can make another key material: alumina
The U.S. imports lots of alumina, which is a key component of aluminum. Brimstone says it can produce the ingredient domestically using cleaner methods.
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February 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
At least one nice thing is happening this week: @canarymedia.com's merger with ENN is official! Very excited that we're expanding our regional and state coverage and doubling down on clean energy reporting at this exact moment
www.canarymedia.com/articles/can...
Your guide to the new and improved Canary Media — now teamed up with…
Check out our increased regional and state coverage, new newsletters, and more, all thanks to our merger with the Energy News Network.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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jeffstjohn.bsky.social
A Friday morning reminder — the federal funding freeze continues. The Trump administration is still withholding energy and climate funds mandated by Congress in the IRA and IIJA and due to recipients under legally binding contracts. Here's the latest: www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... #energysky
Trump admin’s attack on clean energy and climate funding continues
Federal funding portals are down. Binding contracts are at risk. And a legal battle is sure to come. What happens next?
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January 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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danmccarthy.bsky.social
Are you following @canarymedia.com yet? If you care about the energy transition, you should be!

Let me demonstrate with the help of this week’s stories…

#energysky
January 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Really interesting piece. Just learned a lot about how roads are built and what makes them uniquely vulnerable to climate change, depending on where they're located & what they're made from
kendrawrites.com Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · Jan 30
Around 10 years ago I almost died because a road not built with climate change in mind was so wrecked it damaged the bus I was on. I knew that I would eventually write a story about how climate change is wrecking roads, and endangering lives. This is me trying to explain that. Gift lift.
These Roads Aren’t Built for Wilder Weather Driven by Climate Change
Important motorways across the world weren’t designed to withstand more extreme temperatures and rainfall.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
mariagallucci.bsky.social
Two new @canarymedia.com detail efforts to roll back energy & enviro policy in the second Trump era. As @jeffstjohn.bsky.social reports, Trump has targeted $7.5B in federal grants to help build EV chargers on highways. But experts say the $ is "legally entrenched"
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...
Trump wants to end the $7.5B bipartisan EV charger buildout. Can he?
The new administration has targeted federal EV charging grants that are helping build chargers on highways and in "charging deserts" in red and blue…
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January 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM