Silvio Marcacci
@silviomarcacci.bsky.social
Senior Director of Communications, @energyinnovation.org. Board Advisor, @theicct.org + @co2bc.bsky.social. Tired dad.
Advocate for clean energy, climate action, and Oxford commas. Me and karma vibe like that.
Advocate for clean energy, climate action, and Oxford commas. Me and karma vibe like that.
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Amazon just sued one of the largest power companies in Oregon after it failed to power up two data center (one without enough power and one with no power at all) campuses that were meant to be ready *in 2021*. Sure hope this isn't an industry wide problem!
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Amazon just sued one of the largest power companies in Oregon after it failed to power up two data center (one without enough power and one with no power at all) campuses that were meant to be ready *in 2021*. Sure hope this isn't an industry wide problem!
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amaz...
Bill Gates gave $3.5 million to fund notorious climate denier Bjorn Lomborg, who says "climate change is not an existential threat."
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Bill Gates gave $3.5 million to fund notorious climate denier Bjorn Lomborg, who says "climate change is not an existential threat."
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates just wrote that climate change is "not the existential threat some would have us believe."
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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“Michael Burry, who famously shorted the US housing market before its collapse in 2008, has bet over $1 billion that the share prices of AI chipmaker Nvidia and software company Palantir will fall — making a similar play, in other words, on the prediction that the AI industry will collapse.”
The Big Short Guy Just Bet $1 Billion That the AI Bubble Pops
Michael Burry, who shorted the housing market in 2008, has bet over $1 billion that the shares of AI companies Nvidia and Palantir will fall.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
“Michael Burry, who famously shorted the US housing market before its collapse in 2008, has bet over $1 billion that the share prices of AI chipmaker Nvidia and software company Palantir will fall — making a similar play, in other words, on the prediction that the AI industry will collapse.”
The Bari Weiss effect
A scoop that I’m not happy to report:
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News has gutted its climate change reporting team, one of the best in the business, and one of the only ones on cable news that consistently called out fossil fuels as the main source of climate pollution.
heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
CBS News kills its climate unit
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
October 31, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Bari Weiss effect
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Current rate of sea level rise is 4.7mm/year (average over past 10 years), more than twice the 20th century average rise.
Half a metre by 2100 best estimate if Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal is met - much more if not.
Half a metre by 2100 best estimate if Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal is met - much more if not.
Future Sea-level Rise Is Certain, but the Amount and Speed Are Uncertain
The WMO co-sponsored World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)1 is at the forefront of sea-level change research. At the request of WMO Members and other United Nations entities, WCRP has developed a st...
wmo.int
October 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Current rate of sea level rise is 4.7mm/year (average over past 10 years), more than twice the 20th century average rise.
Half a metre by 2100 best estimate if Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal is met - much more if not.
Half a metre by 2100 best estimate if Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal is met - much more if not.
Trump is forcing dirty expensive coal plants to stay open even though states + utilities say they're not needed
That costs consumers millions + steals states rights
Colorado could soon face this threat - but we can resist
@michelle-solomon.bsky.social + me coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t...
That costs consumers millions + steals states rights
Colorado could soon face this threat - but we can resist
@michelle-solomon.bsky.social + me coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t...
Don’t let Trump’s fake 'energy emergency' harm Coloradans | Colorado Newsline
We think Coloradans deserve the right to decide how we power our homes, protect our kids from dirty air, and avoid surging energy bills.
coloradonewsline.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Trump is forcing dirty expensive coal plants to stay open even though states + utilities say they're not needed
That costs consumers millions + steals states rights
Colorado could soon face this threat - but we can resist
@michelle-solomon.bsky.social + me coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t...
That costs consumers millions + steals states rights
Colorado could soon face this threat - but we can resist
@michelle-solomon.bsky.social + me coloradonewsline.com/2025/10/28/t...
Climate denial as an engine for GDP growth
"The amount of money we spend preparing for and recovering from climate-driven disasters…is now 36% of US GDP growth” - @eroston.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
"The amount of money we spend preparing for and recovering from climate-driven disasters…is now 36% of US GDP growth” - @eroston.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Disaster Recovery Is an $8 Trillion Driver of US Growth
Investors are on the hunt for companies powering the disaster industrial complex, which are fueling US growth and outpacing the S&P 500
www.bloomberg.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Climate denial as an engine for GDP growth
"The amount of money we spend preparing for and recovering from climate-driven disasters…is now 36% of US GDP growth” - @eroston.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
"The amount of money we spend preparing for and recovering from climate-driven disasters…is now 36% of US GDP growth” - @eroston.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Administration tariffs will cost US automakers 20% of their profits this year - $30 billion! So much for Made-In-America. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump tariffs take $30B bite of automakers’ profits
The financial hit could make it more difficult for car manufacturers to make the transition to electric vehicles.
www.eenews.net
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Administration tariffs will cost US automakers 20% of their profits this year - $30 billion! So much for Made-In-America. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
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A judge appointed by President Trump no less
BREAKING: A federal judge has granted a restraining order blocking President Trump's call-up of the National Guard in Portland.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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October 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A judge appointed by President Trump no less
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🧪 NEW STUDY: Air pollution increases risk of Lewy Body Dementia, the 2nd most common dementia after Alzheimer’s*
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
1/3
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
1/3
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Lewy body dementia promotion by air pollutants
Evidence links air pollution to dementia, yet its role in Lewy body dementia (LBD) remains unclear. In this work, we showed in a cohort of 56.5 million individuals across the United States that fine p...
www.science.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🧪 NEW STUDY: Air pollution increases risk of Lewy Body Dementia, the 2nd most common dementia after Alzheimer’s*
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
1/3
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Your reminder that air pollution is just another name for fossil fuel combustion byproducts.
*linked to air pollution in previous studies
1/3
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Energy Secretary Wright and Interior Secretary Burgum have both cited "pollution" from offshore wind turbines as one of the reasons they need to be scrutinized or shut down.
Chevron refinery in El Segundo exploded and burned last night. Here's the view from my house. Some things to know. 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Energy Secretary Wright and Interior Secretary Burgum have both cited "pollution" from offshore wind turbines as one of the reasons they need to be scrutinized or shut down.
EPA's latest repeal will force Americans to pay another $310 billion, this time in higher fuel costs.
That's *on top* of about $820 billion in extra fuel costs Congress piled onto household budgets from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
This administration keeps forcing Americans to pay more.
That's *on top* of about $820 billion in extra fuel costs Congress piled onto household budgets from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
This administration keeps forcing Americans to pay more.
🚨New Report🚨
If the EPA eliminates tailpipe #emissions rules as part of repealing the Endangerment Finding, it would cause massive sticker shock to Americans.
👇
energyinnovation.org/report/repea...
#energysky #greensky
If the EPA eliminates tailpipe #emissions rules as part of repealing the Endangerment Finding, it would cause massive sticker shock to Americans.
👇
energyinnovation.org/report/repea...
#energysky #greensky
Repealing Federal Tailpipe Emissions Standards Would Raise Household Costs, Harm Public Health, And Damage The Economy • Energy Innovation
If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) eliminates its tailpipe emissions rules as part of repealing the Endangerment Finding, it would cause massive sticker shock-- Americans would be force...
energyinnovation.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
EPA's latest repeal will force Americans to pay another $310 billion, this time in higher fuel costs.
That's *on top* of about $820 billion in extra fuel costs Congress piled onto household budgets from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
This administration keeps forcing Americans to pay more.
That's *on top* of about $820 billion in extra fuel costs Congress piled onto household budgets from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act"
This administration keeps forcing Americans to pay more.
The only subsidy this administration likes is handouts for coal.
Government welfare for fossil fuel ✅
Government help for families ❌
Government welfare for fossil fuel ✅
Government help for families ❌
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The only subsidy this administration likes is handouts for coal.
Government welfare for fossil fuel ✅
Government help for families ❌
Government welfare for fossil fuel ✅
Government help for families ❌
This ebike fights fascists
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This ebike fights fascists
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
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You don't need to care about climate or think energy transition is good for health and wellbeing to recognize that these people are fools.
They're ceding technological and economic ground without a fight and all the while proclaiming themselves warriors.
They're ceding technological and economic ground without a fight and all the while proclaiming themselves warriors.
Zeldin on why renewable energy is bad: "Those battery storage sites cost a whole lot of money, and they then catch on fire and these local municipalities, fire departments, they aren't prepared for those massive fires that end up resulting and those environmental impacts."
September 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
You don't need to care about climate or think energy transition is good for health and wellbeing to recognize that these people are fools.
They're ceding technological and economic ground without a fight and all the while proclaiming themselves warriors.
They're ceding technological and economic ground without a fight and all the while proclaiming themselves warriors.
Waiting in line for bagels w/5 year-old son. Cybertruck pulls up, Elon-bro gets out and into line.
Son says loudly “dada look, a cybertruck!” Elon bro gets excited, waits for compliment.
“Dada that truck is SO UGLY”
Elon bro looks absolutely gut shot in front of entire line.
Parenting win.
Son says loudly “dada look, a cybertruck!” Elon bro gets excited, waits for compliment.
“Dada that truck is SO UGLY”
Elon bro looks absolutely gut shot in front of entire line.
Parenting win.
September 28, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Waiting in line for bagels w/5 year-old son. Cybertruck pulls up, Elon-bro gets out and into line.
Son says loudly “dada look, a cybertruck!” Elon bro gets excited, waits for compliment.
“Dada that truck is SO UGLY”
Elon bro looks absolutely gut shot in front of entire line.
Parenting win.
Son says loudly “dada look, a cybertruck!” Elon bro gets excited, waits for compliment.
“Dada that truck is SO UGLY”
Elon bro looks absolutely gut shot in front of entire line.
Parenting win.
One of my favorite things about the Nissan Leaf I drove from 2022-2024 was absolutely *dusting* muscle cars off the line at traffic lights, then watching the bro get big mad at the outrage of it all.
When an entry-level Volvo can get to 60 mph quicker than a Porsche 911, and in the same time as a Ferrari, electric car makers need a reset.
Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1
Read more: wrd.cm/3W2xAb1
September 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
One of my favorite things about the Nissan Leaf I drove from 2022-2024 was absolutely *dusting* muscle cars off the line at traffic lights, then watching the bro get big mad at the outrage of it all.
New York's South Fork Wind, America's first large offshore wind project, is generating electricity as at the same rate as New York's natural gas generators.
How's that for reliable power? (via @justingerdes.bsky.social)
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims...
How's that for reliable power? (via @justingerdes.bsky.social)
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims...
Trump claims offshore wind is worthless. This project proves the opposite is true.
South Fork Wind, the U.S.’ first commercial-scale offshore wind farm, is demonstrating the folly of the Trump’s administration’s misguided war on offshore wind.
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New York's South Fork Wind, America's first large offshore wind project, is generating electricity as at the same rate as New York's natural gas generators.
How's that for reliable power? (via @justingerdes.bsky.social)
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims...
How's that for reliable power? (via @justingerdes.bsky.social)
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trump-claims...
"Just like solar energy in the 1970s or electric vehicles in the 2000s, these potential breakthrough technologies could compress decades of decarbonization efforts into just a few years"
Innovation, apace of deployment, is the key to net zero
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Innovation, apace of deployment, is the key to net zero
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Climate Tech Atlas Could Unlock Net Zero Breakthroughs
Could 40 climate tech "moonshots" reshape the path to net zero and unlock the energy markets of tomorrow?
www.forbes.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Just like solar energy in the 1970s or electric vehicles in the 2000s, these potential breakthrough technologies could compress decades of decarbonization efforts into just a few years"
Innovation, apace of deployment, is the key to net zero
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
Innovation, apace of deployment, is the key to net zero
www.forbes.com/sites/energy...
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Such great timing! These are the kinds of bills everyone should receive ☀️
September 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Such great timing! These are the kinds of bills everyone should receive ☀️
Fitting I opened my first utility bill after installing rooftop solar on my house on #SunDayOfAction
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Fitting I opened my first utility bill after installing rooftop solar on my house on #SunDayOfAction
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
Coal plant shutdowns are dominating US grid news, caught between planned retirements + forced re-openings by DOE.
But what does closing a coal plant actually mean?
Interesting Q+A w/ @michelle-solomon.bsky.social + Nikhil Kumar of GridLab
substack.com/home/post/p-...
But what does closing a coal plant actually mean?
Interesting Q+A w/ @michelle-solomon.bsky.social + Nikhil Kumar of GridLab
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Closing a Coal Plant: Q&A With Grid Expert Nikhil Kumar
What does it actually mean to 'close' a fossil fuel power plant
substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Coal plant shutdowns are dominating US grid news, caught between planned retirements + forced re-openings by DOE.
But what does closing a coal plant actually mean?
Interesting Q+A w/ @michelle-solomon.bsky.social + Nikhil Kumar of GridLab
substack.com/home/post/p-...
But what does closing a coal plant actually mean?
Interesting Q+A w/ @michelle-solomon.bsky.social + Nikhil Kumar of GridLab
substack.com/home/post/p-...
US electricity rates soar 7% in a year, utilities have increased or will increase rates in 41 states: 1/2 of US power customers will be hit.
Our research shows the culprits are expensive coal, volatile gas, and wildfire liability. Clean energy is the cure. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Our research shows the culprits are expensive coal, volatile gas, and wildfire liability. Clean energy is the cure. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: US electric rates up 7% since 2024 — report
Rate increases will hit nearly half of the nation's electric utility customers, the Center for American Progress found.
subscriber.politicopro.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
US electricity rates soar 7% in a year, utilities have increased or will increase rates in 41 states: 1/2 of US power customers will be hit.
Our research shows the culprits are expensive coal, volatile gas, and wildfire liability. Clean energy is the cure. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Our research shows the culprits are expensive coal, volatile gas, and wildfire liability. Clean energy is the cure. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
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What if, and hear me out, we decided to scold a little less and push abundance a little more?
What if, in a hotter world, we stood for something cool?
My latest on @heatmap.news calling for heat pump populism for the sweaty masses
heatmap.news/ideas/heat-p...
What if, in a hotter world, we stood for something cool?
My latest on @heatmap.news calling for heat pump populism for the sweaty masses
heatmap.news/ideas/heat-p...
Heat Pumps Are Good Politics
Climate policy strategist Justin Guay has a populist pitch for our warming world.
heatmap.news
September 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What if, and hear me out, we decided to scold a little less and push abundance a little more?
What if, in a hotter world, we stood for something cool?
My latest on @heatmap.news calling for heat pump populism for the sweaty masses
heatmap.news/ideas/heat-p...
What if, in a hotter world, we stood for something cool?
My latest on @heatmap.news calling for heat pump populism for the sweaty masses
heatmap.news/ideas/heat-p...