Trevor Higgins
@thiggins.bsky.social
Energy & Environment at the Center for American Progress and @CAPAction.
Adjunct at Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy.
Alumnus of Senator Feinstein, Department of Energy.
Personal account.
Adjunct at Georgetown's McCourt School of Public Policy.
Alumnus of Senator Feinstein, Department of Energy.
Personal account.
6 Senators defected in both March and November to empower Trump: Cortez Masto, Durbin, King, Fetterman, Hassan, Shaheen.
4 Senators defected in March but not November: Schumer, Schatz, Gillibrand, Peters.
2 Senators defected in November but not March: Kaine, Rosen.
4 Senators defected in March but not November: Schumer, Schatz, Gillibrand, Peters.
2 Senators defected in November but not March: Kaine, Rosen.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
6 Senators defected in both March and November to empower Trump: Cortez Masto, Durbin, King, Fetterman, Hassan, Shaheen.
4 Senators defected in March but not November: Schumer, Schatz, Gillibrand, Peters.
2 Senators defected in November but not March: Kaine, Rosen.
4 Senators defected in March but not November: Schumer, Schatz, Gillibrand, Peters.
2 Senators defected in November but not March: Kaine, Rosen.
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NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social and @nrdc.org --> 65% of all U.S. electric and 59% of all U.S. natural gas utility costumers face increased or proposals for increased utility rates by 2027. Find out some reasons why in our new report: www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...
Residents of 49 States and Washington, D.C., Face Increasing Electric and Natural Gas Bills
This updated utility rate tracker shows rate increases or proposals set to go into effect over the next two years that, coupled with Trump administration actions, could mean that households and busine...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
NEW from @americanprogress.bsky.social and @nrdc.org --> 65% of all U.S. electric and 59% of all U.S. natural gas utility costumers face increased or proposals for increased utility rates by 2027. Find out some reasons why in our new report: www.americanprogress.org/article/resi...
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By changing the names of public places, censoring historical exhibits, and reducing access to public areas, the Trump administration is erasing the multicultural and multiracial stories of the people who shaped this country. https://ampr.gs/48ILAhV
The Trump Administration Is Erasing American History Told by Public Lands and Waters
Through a series of executive orders targeting place names, signage on, and access to public lands and waters, the Trump administration is erasing important chapters of American history.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
By changing the names of public places, censoring historical exhibits, and reducing access to public areas, the Trump administration is erasing the multicultural and multiracial stories of the people who shaped this country. https://ampr.gs/48ILAhV
Here's a great map (if you love maps) of how the charging network has grown. The job is not yet done, but never forget that our country is capable of doing great things.
See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy
There are a lot more fast chargers than there used to be. Look up what that could mean for a route near you.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Here's a great map (if you love maps) of how the charging network has grown. The job is not yet done, but never forget that our country is capable of doing great things.
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NEW: President Trump and RFK Jr. promised to “Make America Healthy Again” but the administration’s assault on environmental safeguards will expose kids and families to more cancer-causing pollution as RFK Jr. cuts cancer research and treatment: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Attack on Environmental Protections Will Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution
The Trump administration’s plan to torpedo air pollution limits and cancer prevention programs while ripping away health care and cancer treatment and canceling clean energy investments will increase ...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
NEW: President Trump and RFK Jr. promised to “Make America Healthy Again” but the administration’s assault on environmental safeguards will expose kids and families to more cancer-causing pollution as RFK Jr. cuts cancer research and treatment: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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Molly O'Toole:
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
August 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Molly O'Toole:
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
"On way 1st day teaching journalism course on covering immigration, met by ICE in Mt.Pleasant at Lamont - agents appear to take father driving young daughter, likely to school. Agents shoving bystanders, daughter sobs it’s her fault-she’d seen car parked for 2hrs. Trump’s America"
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This morning: MPD and ATF conducted a massive paramilitary operation, with officers in masks and camo, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of DC within 500 yards of an elementary school while neighborhood children were heading to school.
On their third day of classes.
On their third day of classes.
August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This morning: MPD and ATF conducted a massive paramilitary operation, with officers in masks and camo, in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood of DC within 500 yards of an elementary school while neighborhood children were heading to school.
On their third day of classes.
On their third day of classes.
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The Department of Energy HQ is purportedly cancelling all pending #FOIA requests submitted before October 1, 2024, unless the requester emails a specific address w/i 30 days asking the agency to continue processing.
This is wildly illegal.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15490.pdf
This is wildly illegal.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15490.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
August 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Department of Energy HQ is purportedly cancelling all pending #FOIA requests submitted before October 1, 2024, unless the requester emails a specific address w/i 30 days asking the agency to continue processing.
This is wildly illegal.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15490.pdf
This is wildly illegal.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15490.pdf
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NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
NEWS: President Trump is federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department, which means he will control it for up to 30 days. He is also deploying the D.C. National Guard, all to fight what he says is an increase in crime.
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140M+ Americans are under heat alerts this week. Our new report breaks down how climate change is supercharging this deadly heat, driving up bills, straining hospitals and power grids, and hitting working-class, Black, and brown communities hardest. www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
Climate Change Is Subjecting More Americans to Unbearable Extreme Heat
Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, driving up utility bills, straining ecosystems, and deepening inequality.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
140M+ Americans are under heat alerts this week. Our new report breaks down how climate change is supercharging this deadly heat, driving up bills, straining hospitals and power grids, and hitting working-class, Black, and brown communities hardest. www.americanprogress.org/article/clim...
New from @lucerowx.bsky.social and the team at @americanprogress.bsky.social: a timeline for implementation of the "one big beautiful bill" that will bring so much unnecessary harm to America.
See details and filter by topic area here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
See details and filter by topic area here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
July 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New from @lucerowx.bsky.social and the team at @americanprogress.bsky.social: a timeline for implementation of the "one big beautiful bill" that will bring so much unnecessary harm to America.
See details and filter by topic area here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
See details and filter by topic area here: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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Is this abundance?
This project was approved under FAST-41, meaning it had expedited permit approvals. It also had labor, domestic supply chain, power offtake agreements for communities attached to it... meaning a whole lot of high quality American jobs and affordable energy just went up in flames.
This project was approved under FAST-41, meaning it had expedited permit approvals. It also had labor, domestic supply chain, power offtake agreements for communities attached to it... meaning a whole lot of high quality American jobs and affordable energy just went up in flames.
The Grain Belt Express Transmission Line would increase grid reliability and reduce electricity prices for American families. It’s EXACTLY the kind of project experts say we need to meet increasing demand.
Hawley, Trump, and Chris Wright just killed it, with zero justification.
Hawley, Trump, and Chris Wright just killed it, with zero justification.
July 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Is this abundance?
This project was approved under FAST-41, meaning it had expedited permit approvals. It also had labor, domestic supply chain, power offtake agreements for communities attached to it... meaning a whole lot of high quality American jobs and affordable energy just went up in flames.
This project was approved under FAST-41, meaning it had expedited permit approvals. It also had labor, domestic supply chain, power offtake agreements for communities attached to it... meaning a whole lot of high quality American jobs and affordable energy just went up in flames.
"If you wait to fight until the polls tell you an issue is important, the battle can be over before you show up."
July 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"If you wait to fight until the polls tell you an issue is important, the battle can be over before you show up."
Trump signed that "One Big Beautiful Bill" over the weekend, and my colleagues @lucerowx.bsky.social and @jasia.bsky.social spell out the ugly consequences for your wallet, health, and safety.
What Trump's Anti-Environment One Big Beautiful Bill Act Means for Your Wallet, Health, and Safety
In addition to cutting health care and food assistance programs, the act’s energy and environmental provisions would raise energy costs, increase pollution affecting Americans’ health, and increase sa...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Trump signed that "One Big Beautiful Bill" over the weekend, and my colleagues @lucerowx.bsky.social and @jasia.bsky.social spell out the ugly consequences for your wallet, health, and safety.
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Energy communities - left with toxic, abandoned sites and lost employment - were slated to receive new jobs, energy, and revenues fueled by IRA. The ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill pulls the plug on this future by ending tax credits early #OBBB 🔌💡 www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act Endangers the Transformation of Contaminated Sites for Clean Energy Production
The congressional Republican spending bill, which President Donald Trump recently signed into law, kills tax credits that help communities turn idle toxic sites such as brownfields and abandoned mines...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Energy communities - left with toxic, abandoned sites and lost employment - were slated to receive new jobs, energy, and revenues fueled by IRA. The ‘Big, Beautiful’ bill pulls the plug on this future by ending tax credits early #OBBB 🔌💡 www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Republicans are voting now for massive layoffs and bankruptcies throughout the clean energy economy – a trillion dollar investment in a better future, abandoned.
The world we would have built is so different from the one we will now have to live in.
The world we would have built is so different from the one we will now have to live in.
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Republicans are voting now for massive layoffs and bankruptcies throughout the clean energy economy – a trillion dollar investment in a better future, abandoned.
The world we would have built is so different from the one we will now have to live in.
The world we would have built is so different from the one we will now have to live in.
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This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
June 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...
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@vanhollen.senate.gov summarizing what gutting the clean energy incentives means --> less electricity capacity additions to the grid and higher prices for Americans
June 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
@vanhollen.senate.gov summarizing what gutting the clean energy incentives means --> less electricity capacity additions to the grid and higher prices for Americans
– New taxes on clean energy investment.
– Termination of the Fuel Economy Standards for new cars and trucks.
– A new tax subsidy for coal.
It's a collection of the worst, most harmful ideas you can imagine. And the Republican Senate is voting for them now.
– Termination of the Fuel Economy Standards for new cars and trucks.
– A new tax subsidy for coal.
It's a collection of the worst, most harmful ideas you can imagine. And the Republican Senate is voting for them now.
June 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
– New taxes on clean energy investment.
– Termination of the Fuel Economy Standards for new cars and trucks.
– A new tax subsidy for coal.
It's a collection of the worst, most harmful ideas you can imagine. And the Republican Senate is voting for them now.
– Termination of the Fuel Economy Standards for new cars and trucks.
– A new tax subsidy for coal.
It's a collection of the worst, most harmful ideas you can imagine. And the Republican Senate is voting for them now.
Senate Finance has released its proposed repeals, and I sure hope none of you were hoping to afford a better future for your family, or anything.
June 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Senate Finance has released its proposed repeals, and I sure hope none of you were hoping to afford a better future for your family, or anything.
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Who exactly is winning under the Trump administration? Not people like Cody who just returned home from military leave to a price spike in his electric bill.
➡️ Share this video and let us know if you also got a notice that your electric bill is going up.
➡️ Share this video and let us know if you also got a notice that your electric bill is going up.
June 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Who exactly is winning under the Trump administration? Not people like Cody who just returned home from military leave to a price spike in his electric bill.
➡️ Share this video and let us know if you also got a notice that your electric bill is going up.
➡️ Share this video and let us know if you also got a notice that your electric bill is going up.
"We're going to have 100 percent carbon-free power in Minnesota, and that's just 10 years away." @governorwalz.mn.gov
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Listening To Lead: A Conversation With Gov. Tim Walz
Join us for a conversation with Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as part of CAP’s “What’s Next: Conversations on the Path Forward” series.
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June 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"We're going to have 100 percent carbon-free power in Minnesota, and that's just 10 years away." @governorwalz.mn.gov
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While announcing her intent to liberate Los Angeles from its elected officials, the Secretary of Homeland Security oversaw the use of force against a sitting U.S. Senator who dared to question her.
Things were already bad, and this is a major escalation.
Things were already bad, and this is a major escalation.
June 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
While announcing her intent to liberate Los Angeles from its elected officials, the Secretary of Homeland Security oversaw the use of force against a sitting U.S. Senator who dared to question her.
Things were already bad, and this is a major escalation.
Things were already bad, and this is a major escalation.
As much as 72 percent of all clean energy capacity that would have been built over the next decade would disappear if clean energy investments are terminated.
That would wipe out more than half of all new electricity capacity additions to the grid. Whoa.
That would wipe out more than half of all new electricity capacity additions to the grid. Whoa.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Is Crushing America’s Electricity System
More than half of all new capacity added to the grid over the next 10 years will be lost if federal clean energy investment is terminated, threatening a failure to meet U.S. energy demands, to raise e...
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June 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
As much as 72 percent of all clean energy capacity that would have been built over the next decade would disappear if clean energy investments are terminated.
That would wipe out more than half of all new electricity capacity additions to the grid. Whoa.
That would wipe out more than half of all new electricity capacity additions to the grid. Whoa.