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Tremaine Phillips
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Spartan & Buckeye | Commissioner Emeritus, MPSC | President, Third Coast Strategies, LLC| J.D. & M.A. | Clean Power, Climate, Meteorology, Space, Foreign Policy and A.I.
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guess what? domestic onshoring policy works! #EnergySky 💡🔌

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US solar manufacturing catches up with demand — report
The industry's growth was driven by federal incentives that are now at risk in Washington.
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February 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Today, the Columbus Region Green Fund, in partnership with Google and Elevate Energy, has launched the application process for the Google Grid Innovation Fund.

Application: www.crgreenfund.org/googlegridin...

#energysky #climatesky
Google wants to bolster Ohio's power grid as it expands in the state: Here's how
Google announced Thursday that it will launch an innovation fund to help modernize Ohio's power grid.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The team @canarymedia.com has provided an excellent breakdown of the current impact of the federal funding freeze on IRA and BIL grant disbursements as of Thursday. #energysky #climatesky
Trump admin’s attack on clean energy and climate funding continues
Federal funding portals are down. Binding contracts are at risk. And a legal battle is sure to come. What happens next?
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January 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great opportunity to work with the talented Dr. Joy Wang and the growing team within the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy's Office of Climate and Energy to implement one of the IRA's most exciting programs.

#SolarForAll #EnergySky

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Engineer 9-P11 - MI Solar for All Program Engineer (Limited Term)
This limited term position functions as the MI Solar for All (MISFA) program engineer in the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Executive Office, Office of Climate and Energy (...
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January 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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The Biden Admin just approved the 2.4 gigawatt SouthCoast Wind Project off Mass. & R.I. It's the nation’s 11th approved commercial-scale offshore wind project & brings the total approved by Biden's Dept of Interior to more than 19 gigawatts--enough to power >6M homes.
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves Eleventh Offshore Wind Project in U.S. History | U.S. Department of the Interior
The Biden-Harris administration today announced the approval of the SouthCoast Wind Project – the nation’s 11th commercial-scale offshore wind energy project approved under President Biden’s leadershi...
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December 21, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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Just for the record, a complete 🧵 of my 🧵 on adaptation.
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Part I
Since COP29 is turning into an adaptation COP, I am bringing some of my past threads on adaptation from another place here.

PART I: A 🧵 on adaptation and development over the years, digging deep back to the 1990s through to current scholarship.
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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The Philippines have now been hit by four typhoons in the span of just 10 days.

Can't say I recall ever seeing this before.
November 17, 2024 at 11:35 AM
This is the type of energy nerdcore content that I was hoping to see on my feed. 🤓

Thank you for sharing @jmelville.science

#EnergySky #ClimateSky
Inspired by @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social, I built a guessing game using @emberenergy.bsky.social's grid mix dataset.

It's janky as hell, but if you're an energy nerd like me it's fun and educational even in this rough state.

Check it out and share your feedback below!
jmelville.science/mixdle/

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November 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Working in education with NPS in Alaska in 2008, the message on climate change data was you see it in the coldest places, coldest time of year, coldest part of the day, ie when you isolated changes in average winter-season nighttime lows, the change was punching you in the face even in pre-2010 data
No, it’s not just you.

As a product of the Great Lakes region (Youngstown → SE MI → Lansing → Columbus → Cincinnati → Lansing → Cincinnati), the patterns, temperatures, and rhythms of the season feel unmistakably altered.

Graphic via @climatecentral.bsky.social

#climatesky #energysky
November 15, 2024 at 9:53 PM
No, it’s not just you.

As a product of the Great Lakes region (Youngstown → SE MI → Lansing → Columbus → Cincinnati → Lansing → Cincinnati), the patterns, temperatures, and rhythms of the season feel unmistakably altered.

Graphic via @climatecentral.bsky.social

#climatesky #energysky
November 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
A succinct, measured, and much appreciated assessment from @amyturner.bsky.social on how the transition to a new Administration and Congress could shape the IRA and other federal climate / clean energy efforts. #EnergySky 🔌
Cities, Climate & Trump: An Early Research Agenda - Climate Law Blog
We know now that Donald Trump will take office as the United States’ 47th president this January, and that his stated desires for federal climate policy include withdrawing from the Paris Agreement, e...
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November 15, 2024 at 3:27 AM