Kelly Fleming, PhD
@doctorkflem.bsky.social
Clean Energy + Transportation #EnergySky. Formerly DOE, UC Davis, 500 Women Scientists. ChemE at UW and CSM. Cancer survivor 🩷. Working for the planet + joy it brings.
📍Colorado
Opinions are my own, and do not reflect my employer.
📍Colorado
Opinions are my own, and do not reflect my employer.
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How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer
Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.
www.forbes.com
I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
Demand that dem leadership is held responsible for this
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Demand that dem leadership is held responsible for this
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Free school meals should be on Dem platforms across the country.
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Free school meals should be on Dem platforms across the country.
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I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer
Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.
www.forbes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
How Reducing Reliance On Fossil Fuels May Also Combat Breast Cancer
Pollution from fossil fuel combustion produces carcinogens that have been linked to increasing rates of breast cancer.
www.forbes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I want to take this moment during #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth to share a personal update. As many folks are aware, one year ago, in October 2024, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It motivated me to write on how the energy industry is linked to rising diagnoses 1/11 www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
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@doctorkflem.bsky.social makes the case!
On day one of his second term, President Trump declared a national energy emergency.
Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.
✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.
✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
September 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@doctorkflem.bsky.social makes the case!
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For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
August 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
For folks not in DC:
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
- There are full-on police checkpoints most nights
- Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC
- National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter
- Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl
- Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
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hi! do you work in renewable energy development and want to vent off the record? i wanna chat about how things are going in the U.S. right now. shoot me a message?
email: jael@heatmap.news
signal: leajnamzloh.53
email: jael@heatmap.news
signal: leajnamzloh.53
August 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
hi! do you work in renewable energy development and want to vent off the record? i wanna chat about how things are going in the U.S. right now. shoot me a message?
email: jael@heatmap.news
signal: leajnamzloh.53
email: jael@heatmap.news
signal: leajnamzloh.53
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Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Went ahead and updated my map of cities with higher crime than D.C. to accommodate the two new states from the Deep South who are sending troops to the capital. In the five states there are 64 cities, home to 1.7 million people, that had more crime in 2024 than D.C.
www.pbump.net/o/more-peopl...
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On day one of his second term, President Trump declared a national energy emergency.
Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.
✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.
✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
August 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On day one of his second term, President Trump declared a national energy emergency.
Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.
✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
Instead of speeding up the connection of new energy sources to the grid, Trump followed with a budget request for FY26 that kneecaps energy innovation.
✍️ @doctorkflem.bsky.social ⤵️
fas.org/publication/...
Friends on #energysky, I've joined @forbes.com as a contributor. My first story is on the importance of energy research investment on the US economy, and why the budget cuts proposed by the president are a threat to our grid and our position in the global economy. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
Trump’s Cuts Could Exacerbate The Energy Emergency
The aging grid is in dire need of infrastructure upgrades. Instead of connecting new energy sources to the grid, Trump cut budgets for 2026, which may hinder innovation.
www.forbes.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Friends on #energysky, I've joined @forbes.com as a contributor. My first story is on the importance of energy research investment on the US economy, and why the budget cuts proposed by the president are a threat to our grid and our position in the global economy. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyf...
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We got a power crisis on our hands, you get that nuclear power plant started like I asked?
Sure did boss, real far away, just like you asked, true story.
What.
Sure did boss, real far away, just like you asked, true story.
What.
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We got a power crisis on our hands, you get that nuclear power plant started like I asked?
Sure did boss, real far away, just like you asked, true story.
What.
Sure did boss, real far away, just like you asked, true story.
What.
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I got to be a guest host on the Open Curcuit podcast with @stephenlacey.bsky.social & @cleangridview.bsky.social this week, & here’s how we talked about the One Big Beautiful Bill & what it does to raise costs, raise emissions, & reduce reliability. 🔌💡 Listen: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...
July 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I got to be a guest host on the Open Curcuit podcast with @stephenlacey.bsky.social & @cleangridview.bsky.social this week, & here’s how we talked about the One Big Beautiful Bill & what it does to raise costs, raise emissions, & reduce reliability. 🔌💡 Listen: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...
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Marjorie Taylor Green says she's done her homework on weather modification, but her bill would make actual scientific research on the topic a felony.
Criminalizing research doesn't solve problems – it papers over real ones.
Criminalizing research doesn't solve problems – it papers over real ones.
July 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Marjorie Taylor Green says she's done her homework on weather modification, but her bill would make actual scientific research on the topic a felony.
Criminalizing research doesn't solve problems – it papers over real ones.
Criminalizing research doesn't solve problems – it papers over real ones.
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The climate crisis kills people. It has a cure: cut fossil fuels, increase renewable energy. Trump's tax bill just gutted that policy approach, so, we'll see more of this:
Death toll from Texas floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/04/t... via @texastribune.org
Death toll from Texas floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/04/t... via @texastribune.org
Death toll from Hill Country flash floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue
Local officials said they have rescued or evacuated more than 200 people since the Guadalupe River flooded early Friday morning, but the fate of more than 20 girls missing from a camp remains unclear.
www.texastribune.org
July 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The climate crisis kills people. It has a cure: cut fossil fuels, increase renewable energy. Trump's tax bill just gutted that policy approach, so, we'll see more of this:
Death toll from Texas floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/04/t... via @texastribune.org
Death toll from Texas floods rises to 24 as rescue efforts continue. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/04/t... via @texastribune.org
I'm not proud of anything our country is currently doing, aside from the people speaking up, on this Fourth of July.
As a woman, as a scientist, as a climate policy expert, as a cancer survivor, as a person who will live on this planet for (hopefully) many more decades, I feel dread and profound sadness for the consequences of today's actions by 218 people and Tuesday's actions of 50 people.
July 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I'm not proud of anything our country is currently doing, aside from the people speaking up, on this Fourth of July.
Remember 3 years ago when there was a bill that passed the house with a $12,500 EV tax incentive? I miss those days
July 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Remember 3 years ago when there was a bill that passed the house with a $12,500 EV tax incentive? I miss those days
As a woman, as a scientist, as a climate policy expert, as a cancer survivor, as a person who will live on this planet for (hopefully) many more decades, I feel dread and profound sadness for the consequences of today's actions by 218 people and Tuesday's actions of 50 people.
July 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As a woman, as a scientist, as a climate policy expert, as a cancer survivor, as a person who will live on this planet for (hopefully) many more decades, I feel dread and profound sadness for the consequences of today's actions by 218 people and Tuesday's actions of 50 people.
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Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.
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McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
July 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
McGovern: "A family making less than $50,000 a year? They get less than $1 a day in tax cuts. You can't buy a damn cup of coffee with that. But those making a million dollars or more? They'll get more than $250 a day in tax breaks ... that's how rigged this bill is to benefit the wealthy."
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4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
June 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
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The energy provisions in the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill are truly so bad! Who wants this? The country's automakers don't want it. Electric utilities don't want it. Data center developers don't want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don't want it. 🔌💡
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The energy provisions in the Republicans' One Big Horrible Bill are truly so bad! Who wants this? The country's automakers don't want it. Electric utilities don't want it. Data center developers don't want it. Manufacturers in energy intensive industries don't want it. 🔌💡
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The wild thing here is that the bill text that aims to prevent AI regulation defines "AI" incredibly broadly: Essentially, any system that uses computing to provide information or aid decision-making.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Trump’s tax bill seeks to prevent AI regulations. Experts fear a heavy toll on the planet
Unrestricted AI use could add 1bn tons of planet-heating emissions in the US over the next decade, researchers say
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The wild thing here is that the bill text that aims to prevent AI regulation defines "AI" incredibly broadly: Essentially, any system that uses computing to provide information or aid decision-making.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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it’s worth understanding that the future of our energy grid is renewables.
not going to change.
fossil & nuclear projects take much longer to build. a lot of demand is coming from AI and data centers.
this means higher electricity costs for you.
you’re paying for these credits going away.
not going to change.
fossil & nuclear projects take much longer to build. a lot of demand is coming from AI and data centers.
this means higher electricity costs for you.
you’re paying for these credits going away.
Trump Has an Electricity Price Problem
Look more closely at today’s inflation figures and you’ll see it.
heatmap.news
June 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
it’s worth understanding that the future of our energy grid is renewables.
not going to change.
fossil & nuclear projects take much longer to build. a lot of demand is coming from AI and data centers.
this means higher electricity costs for you.
you’re paying for these credits going away.
not going to change.
fossil & nuclear projects take much longer to build. a lot of demand is coming from AI and data centers.
this means higher electricity costs for you.
you’re paying for these credits going away.
This title should really read "GOP is on the verge of gutting economy."
TRYING to make wind and solar economically unviable while deregulating fossil fuels will not only ruin the planet, but hands China and the EU our innovations and IP to profit from. Again. This is so stupid and bad.
TRYING to make wind and solar economically unviable while deregulating fossil fuels will not only ruin the planet, but hands China and the EU our innovations and IP to profit from. Again. This is so stupid and bad.
The GOP bill is much worse for wind and solar than clean energy experts expected. Many were scrambling today to understand exactly what the additional tax on wind and solar means -- and how much it will slow investment.
From me and Evan Halper:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
From me and Evan Halper:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
GOP is on verge of sweeping victory in bid to gut clean energy economy
The Republican controlled Congress is poised to score a major victory for President Donald Trump by repealing green energy incentives that Democrats passed in the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This title should really read "GOP is on the verge of gutting economy."
TRYING to make wind and solar economically unviable while deregulating fossil fuels will not only ruin the planet, but hands China and the EU our innovations and IP to profit from. Again. This is so stupid and bad.
TRYING to make wind and solar economically unviable while deregulating fossil fuels will not only ruin the planet, but hands China and the EU our innovations and IP to profit from. Again. This is so stupid and bad.
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I just listened to "The Daily" on science funding cuts and am disappointed with the reporting. They left out a lot of information about the consequences of the cuts and turned it into a "both sides" issue. Additional information that should have been offered 1/
June 26, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I just listened to "The Daily" on science funding cuts and am disappointed with the reporting. They left out a lot of information about the consequences of the cuts and turned it into a "both sides" issue. Additional information that should have been offered 1/