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Amy Harder
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National Energy Correspondent, Axios. Former Cipher News, WSJ, National Journal. You’ll find energy/climate news here, along with a smattering of nature.
In our latest episode of the Shocked podcast, I do a temperature check with @katharinehayhoe.com.

Earth is running a 2°F fever, and we're on track for a 5°F fever in the coming decades. 🤒

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November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Utah has it all ⚡️🌞⛏️

Low power prices, booming solar, uranium, coal & gas dominance & geothermal galore.

I’ll unpack it w/ Sen. John Curtis, Lt. Gov Deidre Henderson & more at our next #AxiosLive in SLC (+livestream) Nov. 13 | bit.ly/3Xd6a2N with
@axios.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
On climate disinformation: "We are particularly biased when the science or information threatens our beliefs or our identity, our social identity, our religious identity, even our political identity."

Listen to the latest Shocked podcast:

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November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Utah has it all ⚡️☀️⛏️🔥

Low power prices, booming solar, uranium, coal & gas dominance & geothermal galore.

I’ll unpack it with Sen. John Curtis, Jason Grumet & more at our next #AxiosLive in SLC (+livestream)

🗓️ Nov. 13 | ☕ 8:30–10am MT
👉 bit.ly/3Xd6a2N with @axios.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New Shocked podcast episode 🎧

Tiny Guyana navigates eye-popping ascent on oil production and wealth www.axios.com/2025/11/07/g... via @axios.com and U Chicago.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
moment of fall zen
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
On Bill Gates' memo: "The content was mostly really great, but I would have framed it radically differently," says @katharinehayhoe.com.

Climate change isn't a separate "bucket" of problems, she says, it's a hole in all of society's other bucket of problems.

bit.ly/3Ld7PCR via @axios.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sea level rise doesn't mean new oceanfront property. It means FLOODING. And collapsing home values and hard choices.

🎧 to Shocked ⤵️
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October 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Forget whether or not to bring an umbrella, AI is being used to improve monsoon forecasts for farmers, which is livelihood-saving.

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We're calling it the Farmer's A.I. Manac, in our latest Shocked podcast episode ⤴️
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Remember when Republicans supported environmental regulations? It's true! It actually happened, and not too long ago. 🎧 ⤵️
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October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The latest Shocked podcast ⬇️

What Moneyball -- the book & movie about baseball -- has to teach environmental regulators.

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September 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Some news 🎧📕

I’m the inaugural journalism fellow at UChicago’s Institute for Climate + Sustainable Growth—and as part of it, I’m hosting a new podcast, Shocked!

Ep. 1: Is there such a thing as “bad” energy?

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September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just 5 states -- Texas, New York, Georgia, Ohio & New Mexico -- have received nearly half of all investments into wind and solar manufacturing projects in the United States since 2018, according to the newly expanded @cipherclimate.bsky.social Cleantech Tracker.

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May 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Scenes from my latest run: Springtime is the best in this valley outside of Spokane, WA.
May 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
3 charts tell the story of how China dominates critical minerals, especially in the crucial step of refining -- a mineral is not useful if not refined!

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Read more @cipherclimate.bsky.social: www.ciphernews.com/articles/how...
April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
By 2030, the U.S. and China are set to account for 80% of all power used by data centers globally, via @iea.org data in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

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April 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This -- quite pretty -- image below shows how, over decades, the U.S. stopped domestically producing its uranium. Today, it imports nearly all of it. That MIGHT be beginning to change.

Read more from @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social ⤵️

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April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Behind the scenes and on the ground with @cipherclimate.bsky.social at a Danish port that moves most of Europe's offshore wind components ⤵️

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April 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
When my elevation gain looks a bit like the Mt Rainier I was climbing to see.
April 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
My favorite spring bloom: Oregon grapes!
April 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
One of my favorite trails to run, just outside Seattle. Today: A rare morning sun for this time of year.
March 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
March 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
March 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
This was fun! I joined this podcast ⬇️ to talk about everything from my worldview on climate and energy journalism to my love of running. Have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/t...
February 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This chart shows how Europe is losing its industrial edge. In a plan announced today, it's trying to reverse this trend.
www.ciphernews.com/articles/eur...
February 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM