MC Hammond
@mchammond.bsky.social
Clean energy, nuclear, & national security. Regulatory attorney. Administrative law nerd. Incurable optimist. Karaoke enthusiast. Funnier in person. Views are my own.
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breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
breathtakingly embarrassing for absolutely everyone involved lol
A nice dive from Sonal Patel on the three Meta nuclear deals announced yesterday with Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower.
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Meta Locks In Up to 6.6 GW of Nuclear Power Through Deals With Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower
In-Depth: Meta's suite of three landmark agreements is poised to provide the financial certainty to extend aging plants, accelerate first-of-a-kind
www.powermag.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:23 PM
A nice dive from Sonal Patel on the three Meta nuclear deals announced yesterday with Vistra, Oklo, and TerraPower.
www.powermag.com/meta-locks-i...
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs historic legislation to fully remove the state's ban on nuclear energy!
It takes a lot to get a popular elected official to backtrack on a previous veto like this. Awesome to see his mind change on the topic!
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It takes a lot to get a popular elected official to backtrack on a previous veto like this. Awesome to see his mind change on the topic!
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Pritzker to sign clean energy bill lifting moratorium on new nuclear plants, adding battery storage
Governor JB Pritzker will sign a bill Thursday that lifts the state's moratorium on new nuclear power plants.
abc7chicago.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs historic legislation to fully remove the state's ban on nuclear energy!
It takes a lot to get a popular elected official to backtrack on a previous veto like this. Awesome to see his mind change on the topic!
🔌💡 abc7chicago.com/post/illinoi...
It takes a lot to get a popular elected official to backtrack on a previous veto like this. Awesome to see his mind change on the topic!
🔌💡 abc7chicago.com/post/illinoi...
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The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
January 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
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Supreme Court decisions giving you heartburn? Please take a moment and read this outstanding essay for an intense and educational assessment of the last year's work by SCOTUS.
I've posted to @ssrn.bsky.social a revised version of "The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating Supremacy"—my holistic assessment of #SCOTUS's behavior on Trump-related emergency applications during the October 2024 Term, which is forthcoming in the Supreme Court Review:
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The Supreme Court's (Self-Defeating) Supremacy
This essay, prepared for the 2025 volume of <i>The Supreme Court Review</i>, seeks to provide a holistic account of the Supreme Court’s behavior on emergency ap
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January 5, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Supreme Court decisions giving you heartburn? Please take a moment and read this outstanding essay for an intense and educational assessment of the last year's work by SCOTUS.
A seismic change in nuclear liability law in India, and something the DOE was working on since 2008.
SHANTI, but not quiet: How India is rewriting rules of nuclear energy | India News – The Times of India
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) TL;DR: Driving the news Parliament on Thursday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill,…
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) TL;DR: Driving the news Parliament on Thursday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill,…
SHANTI, but not quiet: How India is rewriting rules of nuclear energy | India News – The Times of India
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) TL;DR: Driving the news Parliament on Thursday passed the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025, a landmark law that opens the country's tightly controlled civil nuclear sector to private and foreign investment for the first time since Independence.The Rajya Sabha approved the bill by voice vote, defeating opposition demands to refer it to a standing committee. The Lok Sabha passed it a day earlier. Once the President gives assent, the bill becomes law. “SHANTI Is A Cruel irony”: Tharoor Tears Into Modi Govt Over Nuclear Bill…
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January 7, 2026 at 7:59 AM
A seismic change in nuclear liability law in India, and something the DOE was working on since 2008.
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BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
Venezuela live updates: Uncertainty and legal questions remain after US captures Maduro
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and claims that it will “run” the country are raising stark new questions about the legality of the U.S. actions and its future operations in the South American nation.
bit.ly
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. won’t govern Venezuela, but will press changes through an oil blockade, Rubio says, after Trump claims of running the country.
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Also 2019 - Fiona Hill warned about a "Venezuela for tRump/Ukraine for Putin" plan: archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/hill...
Hill Deposition | YaleGlobal Online
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January 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Also 2019 - Fiona Hill warned about a "Venezuela for tRump/Ukraine for Putin" plan: archive-yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/hill...
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It’s called “training data”
This thread is incredible because every pro-Trump reply is literally basically lines you heard from 2003 Iraq war discourse:
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January 4, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It’s called “training data”
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The Organization of American Historians is conducting an oral history open to those who worked for the federal government or were contractors. This includes those who retired or were forced to leave because of changes since January.
www.fecohp.org
www.fecohp.org
FECOHP – Federal Employees and Contractors Oral History Project
www.fecohp.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Organization of American Historians is conducting an oral history open to those who worked for the federal government or were contractors. This includes those who retired or were forced to leave because of changes since January.
www.fecohp.org
www.fecohp.org
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"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."
Me on Maduro:
Me on Maduro:
200. Five Questions About the Maduro Arrest Operation
Friday night's U.S. military operation in Venezuela was a textbook violation of international law. It's also entirely unauthorized by U.S. law, which ought to (but probably won't) matter.
www.stevevladeck.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"If we hadn’t already, we’ve unquestionably joined the league of ordinary nations—a league in which we’re acting as little more than a bully, and in circumstances in which no obvious principle of self-defense, human rights, or even humantarianism writ large justifies our bellicosity."
Me on Maduro:
Me on Maduro:
There may not be a more complex policy topic than civilian maritime nuclear liability, and I was happy to speak about it at the OECD-NEA.
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There may not be a more complex policy topic than civilian maritime nuclear liability, and I was happy to speak about it at the OECD-NEA.
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Devastating and dangerous blow to the weather and climate community tonight, as 20,000 earth and space scientists meet at #AGU25.
New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
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New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
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Trump Administration Threatens to Dismantle Leading Climate and Weather Research Center
The Trump administration is threatening to dismantle one of the U.S.’ leading weather and climate research institutions.
www.ucs.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Devastating and dangerous blow to the weather and climate community tonight, as 20,000 earth and space scientists meet at #AGU25.
New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
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New @ucs.org statement from @carlonimbus.bsky.social on the Trump administration plans to dismantle @ncar-ucar.bsky.social:
www.ucs.org/about/news/t...
⚛️🎅🏻⚛️🎅🏻 Nuclear Santa gives tax credits for Christmas (or what well designed clean energy tax credits can do). ⚛️🎅🏻 www.eenews.net/articles/nuc...
Nuclear credits a timely gift for Illinois electricity customers
ComEd customers will receive more than $800 million in credits as power markets generate more money for reactors outside of Chicago.
www.eenews.net
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
⚛️🎅🏻⚛️🎅🏻 Nuclear Santa gives tax credits for Christmas (or what well designed clean energy tax credits can do). ⚛️🎅🏻 www.eenews.net/articles/nuc...
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Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
Electricity Should Be Free at Noon
And two other ideas for lowering electricity costs
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Fantastic piece from @leahstokes.bsky.social, with several practical ideas about how to reduce electricity prices.
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1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
1. Cars are the biggest source of climate pollution in the country.
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
2. Transportation is the biggest household expense after rent/mortgage.
2. State and local gov't could cut these numbers by about 25% in five years without any federal policy.
Somebody solve this for me, what should we do? 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
I was sworn into the SCOTUS Bar in person on Monday and @ericconradfl.bsky.social made a little sketch of me standing before the Court and it’s the best thing.
December 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I was sworn into the SCOTUS Bar in person on Monday and @ericconradfl.bsky.social made a little sketch of me standing before the Court and it’s the best thing.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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There’s a bunch of ICE and FBI at the Giant grocery store in Northeast DC, by the Home Depot
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
There’s a bunch of ICE and FBI at the Giant grocery store in Northeast DC, by the Home Depot
An excellent, short piece from Dr. Rita Baranwal on separating hype from reality in microreactors:
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MSN
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November 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
An excellent, short piece from Dr. Rita Baranwal on separating hype from reality in microreactors:
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Bumping this great article again now that Judge Boasberg is reopening his contempt investigation into the El Salvadoran flights.
NEW: The law is supposed to protect unaccompanied migrant children from being summarily whisked out of the country by ICE in the dead of night.
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
But that didn't seem to matter on Labor Day weekend, when the Trump administration tried to do just that.
My latest: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Bumping this great article again now that Judge Boasberg is reopening his contempt investigation into the El Salvadoran flights.
It is nice to see that the excellent team at LPO is still getting hard things done. This loan was started with the Biden Admin (as was most actual federal nuclear investment $), and the first loan that had a simultaneous conditional commitment and close. www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
Energy Department Closes Loan to Restart Nuclear Power Plant in Pennsylvania
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today announced the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office closed a loan to lower energy costs and restart a Pennsylvania nuclear power plant.
www.energy.gov
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It is nice to see that the excellent team at LPO is still getting hard things done. This loan was started with the Biden Admin (as was most actual federal nuclear investment $), and the first loan that had a simultaneous conditional commitment and close. www.energy.gov/articles/ene...
“Our first point of contact with most information is rarely the information itself but some lossily compressed derivative that’s already been processed and strained through a dozen layers of reinterpretation.”
A Theory of Dumb
What if the cause of Americans’ collective cognitive decline is, simply, each other?
nymag.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
“Our first point of contact with most information is rarely the information itself but some lossily compressed derivative that’s already been processed and strained through a dozen layers of reinterpretation.”