Matt Henry
@menrywy.bsky.social
Working on a just energy transition
Formerly: NREL, University of Wyoming
Currently: Facilitator and policy strategist
Enviro Humanities PhD
Book on water justice
Based in MT
https://www.matthenryphd.com/
Formerly: NREL, University of Wyoming
Currently: Facilitator and policy strategist
Enviro Humanities PhD
Book on water justice
Based in MT
https://www.matthenryphd.com/
Sometimes I think about the time Chris Wright came to NREL shortly after his confirmation and how lab leaders FAWNED over him and the "partnership" we'd have going forward.
A year later: layoffs, total attack on renewables, a DOE in shambles. Laughable.
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-nix...
A year later: layoffs, total attack on renewables, a DOE in shambles. Laughable.
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-nix...
DOE nixes $1.8B loan to Arizona Public Service for transmission, renewables and storage
“Additional de-obligations are in process but cannot be publicly disclosed until finalized,” said Olivia Tinari, deputy press secretary for DOE’s Office of Public Affairs.
www.utilitydive.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Sometimes I think about the time Chris Wright came to NREL shortly after his confirmation and how lab leaders FAWNED over him and the "partnership" we'd have going forward.
A year later: layoffs, total attack on renewables, a DOE in shambles. Laughable.
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-nix...
A year later: layoffs, total attack on renewables, a DOE in shambles. Laughable.
www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-nix...
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I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
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This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
February 5, 2026 at 3:34 AM
I'm hiring! Come work with me as an Energy Policy Analyst at Gridworks, supporting our work to build a stronger, more equitable, more reliable energy grid in the Western U.S.
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
This role is remote and open to folks living in MT, WY, ID, UT, AZ, or NV. Details below.
gridworks.org/wp-content/u...
We like to talk aspirationally about this sort of far-off rebuilding work we need to do post-Trump, when Dems are back in power, but then I see Kamala Harris leading all the early presidential polling and remember the primary process and I’m not optimistic.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
We like to talk aspirationally about this sort of far-off rebuilding work we need to do post-Trump, when Dems are back in power, but then I see Kamala Harris leading all the early presidential polling and remember the primary process and I’m not optimistic.
Abundance bros are diddler apologists, who could have foreseen
February 3, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Abundance bros are diddler apologists, who could have foreseen
I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.
February 3, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I recently heard someone say the key to recovering from deep burnout is becoming comfortable with being unremarkable, which I think is really good advice for former academics coming from spaces where the primary currency is individual accolades within an interminable productivity arms race.
A cynical take I haven’t seen is that Dems probably benefit from ICE brutalizing cities and communities so they might be loathe to go full obstructionist in Congress before the midterms.
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
A cynical take I haven’t seen is that Dems probably benefit from ICE brutalizing cities and communities so they might be loathe to go full obstructionist in Congress before the midterms.
Agreed to write a chapter for an edited collection while at NREL, left during the swirl of layoffs and wholesale abandonment of the lab’s mission, forgot about the chapter, got a LinkedIn message asking if I can submit it within the month. I have no institutional access to academic research. 🙃
January 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Agreed to write a chapter for an edited collection while at NREL, left during the swirl of layoffs and wholesale abandonment of the lab’s mission, forgot about the chapter, got a LinkedIn message asking if I can submit it within the month. I have no institutional access to academic research. 🙃
We need to platform more rural, red-state leftists who know their way around guns, full stop.
Expanding gun ownership in response to ICE’s horrific violence is not a path toward safety or liberation, argues epidemiologist Rachel Hoopsick.
It is a path to more death, more political weakness, and deeper entrenchment of the very forces the Left opposes.
It is a path to more death, more political weakness, and deeper entrenchment of the very forces the Left opposes.
Arming Ourselves Isn’t the Answer to Rising Authoritarianism
Expanding gun ownership in response to ICE’s horrific violence is not a path toward safety or liberation, argues epidemiologist Rachel Hoopsick. It is a path to more death, more political weakness, and deeper entrenchment of the very forces the Left opposes.
jacobin.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:55 AM
We need to platform more rural, red-state leftists who know their way around guns, full stop.
In Jackson Hole for the week, San Diego and Park City later this spring. State and regional energy policy work is cool.
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 AM
In Jackson Hole for the week, San Diego and Park City later this spring. State and regional energy policy work is cool.
Glad to see Bovino under the bus, hoping Noem will join him, but would be absolutely shocked if Miller went anywhere.
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Glad to see Bovino under the bus, hoping Noem will join him, but would be absolutely shocked if Miller went anywhere.
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Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:
Climate Data Scientist | Climate Central
Climate Central is seeking a highly-skilled Climate Data Scientist to join our team. Reporting to the Vice President for Science, the scientist will be part of a new initiative in climate services to ...
www.climatecentral.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Very exciting to share that @climatecentral.org is hiring a Climate Data Scientist to join a new climate services effort focused on advancing predictions of risks and hazards on seasonal-to-decadal timescales. The application closes on February 9, 2026 at 5pm ET, & the description can be found here:
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Rent is due in MN and ICE is still terrorizing people there. Whenever I feel despair about what's happening, I donate to one of the mutual aid funds here. In case it might also be helpful to you:
@mplsmutualaid | Linktree
Clearinghouse of mutual aid for our neighbors
linktr.ee
January 26, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Rent is due in MN and ICE is still terrorizing people there. Whenever I feel despair about what's happening, I donate to one of the mutual aid funds here. In case it might also be helpful to you:
I have a FB I rarely log into but can confirm what others have saying: mutuals who are either staunchly apolitical on main or tend to lean center-right are… jumping into the fray and distinctly, vocally anti-ICE.
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I have a FB I rarely log into but can confirm what others have saying: mutuals who are either staunchly apolitical on main or tend to lean center-right are… jumping into the fray and distinctly, vocally anti-ICE.
There are some parallels to draw between ICE and fossil fuel man camps when it comes to lack of accountability to the communities in which they work, destruction of all that is good, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 4:25 PM
There are some parallels to draw between ICE and fossil fuel man camps when it comes to lack of accountability to the communities in which they work, destruction of all that is good, etc.
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Just once I'd like to see Schumer or Jeffries angry. Authentically angry. No elegance or solutions are necessary, but purely reactive or instinctive. Some indication that they feel -- that they are capable of feeling -- what we are feeling.
January 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Just once I'd like to see Schumer or Jeffries angry. Authentically angry. No elegance or solutions are necessary, but purely reactive or instinctive. Some indication that they feel -- that they are capable of feeling -- what we are feeling.
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If you feel outnumbered and discouraged - watch a video like this and say out loud to each person you see in it, I love you. I love you. I love you. Just send that out into the world.
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 PM
If you feel outnumbered and discouraged - watch a video like this and say out loud to each person you see in it, I love you. I love you. I love you. Just send that out into the world.
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If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If this is what they do to white American citizens in front of everyone, imagine what happens to non-white people behind closed doors.
People say ICE is shooting people because they’re scared and intimidated and not well trained for high pressure moments but it’s more likely (and chilling) that a lot of them are taking pleasure in this. What then?
January 24, 2026 at 6:34 PM
People say ICE is shooting people because they’re scared and intimidated and not well trained for high pressure moments but it’s more likely (and chilling) that a lot of them are taking pleasure in this. What then?
Elected Dems simply too weak and not up to the task in this moment. No possible way we can move forward without almost completely cleaning house.
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Elected Dems simply too weak and not up to the task in this moment. No possible way we can move forward without almost completely cleaning house.
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Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Why is Dem leadership not on the ground in MN? If the answer is “polls show Trump’s disapproval is only -15 on deportations, but -25 on prices,” thats a Bad Use Of Polling and a complete failure in their capacity as leaders to lead public opinion and fight for democracy and the rule of law
Now is a good time to go no contact with anyone in your lives - friends, family, otherwise - who are either MAGA or even remotely ambivalent to what is happening.
January 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Now is a good time to go no contact with anyone in your lives - friends, family, otherwise - who are either MAGA or even remotely ambivalent to what is happening.
White Christian nationalists come into power.
Civic institutions that control money/influence adjust their missions for self-preservation.
Smaller orgs and individuals, reliant/influence, adjust how they talk about their missions.
Certain words exit the collective lexicon with poor replacements.
Civic institutions that control money/influence adjust their missions for self-preservation.
Smaller orgs and individuals, reliant/influence, adjust how they talk about their missions.
Certain words exit the collective lexicon with poor replacements.
January 23, 2026 at 7:59 PM
White Christian nationalists come into power.
Civic institutions that control money/influence adjust their missions for self-preservation.
Smaller orgs and individuals, reliant/influence, adjust how they talk about their missions.
Certain words exit the collective lexicon with poor replacements.
Civic institutions that control money/influence adjust their missions for self-preservation.
Smaller orgs and individuals, reliant/influence, adjust how they talk about their missions.
Certain words exit the collective lexicon with poor replacements.
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Keep hearing "don't talk about climate anymore, talk about affordability" narrative trickle down and out and I gotta say that it feels one step away from being an outright climate denier. Same tactics are being applied to race, trans and queer issues, and more. Why are many people falling for it?
January 23, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Keep hearing "don't talk about climate anymore, talk about affordability" narrative trickle down and out and I gotta say that it feels one step away from being an outright climate denier. Same tactics are being applied to race, trans and queer issues, and more. Why are many people falling for it?
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Are there any good think pieces related to institutions’ proactive acquiescence to Trump policies, especially related to climate or clean energy?
January 22, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Are there any good think pieces related to institutions’ proactive acquiescence to Trump policies, especially related to climate or clean energy?