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Dan Gearino
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I cover the energy transition for Inside Climate News. Based in Ohio. Born in Iowa. Go MN Twins! https://insideclimatenews.org/profile/dan-gearino/
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What the near future look like for the US grid? The "planned" tab of the EIA's 860m file shows solar, batteries and gas are on track to be the main players.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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I wrote about US new power plant additions in the first half of the year, and what's on tap between now and 2030. If I had to some this up in three words, they'd be: solar, batteries, Texas.
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A chart showing the mix and capacity of new power plants by state, according to EIA data. The top states are Texas, Arizona, California, Indiana, Florida and Ohio. The top power sources are solar, batteries and wind.
July 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Do you live near one of those dots? We mapped the nearly 70 power plants that just got a two-year exemption from an update to mercury pollution rules.
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A map and list showing the location and capacity of 60-plus power plant that now have exemptions from mercury pollution rules.
April 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The good news: I got five boxes of 40-count Barry’s Tea for 99 cents each. The bad news: it’s so cheap because my local store will no longer carry it and wants to clear out inventory. I imagine this was afoot before tariffs.
At a grocery store, Barry’s tea is being sold for 99 cents for. 40-count because the item will no longer be stocked at this store. Barry’s, the pride of Ireland, is very good tea.
April 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The hard right turn in federal energy policy provides a good reason to take a look at where the states really are in terms of electricity mix. One lesson here is that states have a lot of leeway to do what they want.

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#energysky
A chart showing each state's electricity mix in percentage terms, with natural gas, coal, petroleum liquids, hydropower, other renewables and nuclear.
March 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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The alternative headline to this week's column could easily have been, "Wow, Texas." I dove into the latest EIA data about electricity generation in '24.
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A chart by Paul Horn showing EIA data on electricity generation by state from wind, utility-scale solar and small-scale solar. Texas leads by a lot, followed by California and Iowa.
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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My office for the day

#MNtwins
Pablo Lopez warms up before a Spring Training game between the Minnesota Twins and Pittsburgh Pirates
February 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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As my household continues an Inspector Morse rewatch, I wonder: Is Robbie Lewis, as played by Kevin Whately (left) the best sidekick to ever appear in a UK procedural? He is essential to the appeal of the show, and a great foil for the lead.
February 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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We've started an Inspector Morse rewatch at my house, and it reminds me that Peter Woodthorpe was a global treasure. Before his character, Max, was there such a thing as a comic relief pathologist?
Peter Woodthorpe playing Max the pathologist on Inspector Morse.
January 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Sorting comics and realizing that I will buy these particular back issues, so matter how many copies I have:
Covers of Fantastic Four 354, Doctor Strange 55, Action Comics 565, Marvel Two-in-One Annual 7, Action Comics 546 and Marvel Two-in-One 51
January 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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2/ The Gavin plan on the Ohio River is a giant, and a blight on its community. I wrote in Oct. how the pending new owner was eying a 2031 shutdown or switch to different fuel.
Emissions from the James M. Gavin power plant are seen in Cheshire, Ohio. Credit: Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
January 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Vera Stanhope has taken her last bow, concluding a run of sometimes great, often very good and only occasionally bad television. I'm going to miss this show. If you haven't seen it, the whole thing is on BritBox.
watch.britbox.com/us/vera
January 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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#NowPlaying This was where I first heard Eric Dolphy, and it's a pretty good entry point for his work. The first track, with its spoken chatter at the beginning and then an absolutely epic 19 minutes, is an experience.
#JazzSky
Album cover for "Mingus: The Candid Recordings, Featuring: Eric Dolphy"
December 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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As this one plays, my 10-year-old offers a review of Eric Dolphy's distinctive style: "His honking sounds like a rabid emu."
#NowPlaying
#JazzSky
Album cover for Eric Dolphy's "Out to Lunch"
December 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
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This state chart is fascinating, but the all caps caveat -- BEWARE OF SMALL SAMPLE SIZES. So, the Idaho figures, for example, may not mean much because there aren't many rooftop systems there.
#energysky
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Chart showing the state-by-state figures on the difference between median income of households with solar, and median incomes with solar. Michigan has the largest gap, with rooftop solar incomes much higher. Idaho has the lowest gap.
December 12, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Rooftop solar is becoming more accessible to people with low and middle incomes. I wrote about the latest edition of a long-term study by Lawrence Berkeley Lab:
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Chart showing that the median income of households with rooftop solar has fallen from $141k in 2010 to $115k in 2023.
December 12, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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My Top 5 artists for 2024, or, why does this person in his 40s have the musical taste of someone in his 60s?
December 5, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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The head shot selection and headline here are really something...
#energysky
Screencrab of a Fox News headline showing a head shot of California Gov. Gavin Newsom looking sinister, and President-elect Donald Trump looking delighted.
December 4, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Ok, I am amused, blueskyroast.com:
An screenshot of an AI-generated “roast” of reporter Dan Gearino. The source is BlueSkyroast.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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“I’ve been feeling a little bit numb since the election,” said the Rev. Susan Hendershot, president of Interfaith Power & Light. “And many of my colleagues are navigating what I would call the stages of grief."
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The Rev. Susan Hendershot is the president of Interfaith Power & Light, a national nonprofit that works on faith and climate issues but does not endorse candidates. Credit: Interfaith Power & Light
December 1, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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Yes! I wear this one, and friends and neighbors in Ohio have zero idea what it's about.
A T-shirt referencing the play in the 1991 World Series in which Minnesota Twins 1st baseman Kent Hrbek (a god among men) tagged out the Atlanta Braves Ron Gant, killing a Braves rally. Braves fans argue that Hrbek pulled Gant off of the base, but those people are wrong.
November 30, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Maybe it's the awful way the Twins season ended, but I'm finding that I'm less tempted to channel my yearning for baseball into buying Twins stuff. About the only things I find tempting are purely nostalgia-related, like anything for Joe Mauer.
Minnesota Twins replica jersey for Hall of Famer Joe Mauer, one of the greatest catchers to ever play the game.
November 30, 2024 at 4:36 PM