Frederick Hewett
@fhcamb.bsky.social
ThirdAct, 350MA, WBUR, Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Charles River Watershed Association, Charles River Conservancy, Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, Community Rowing, School of HONK. Retired software guy. Empathy is not a bug.
"ENERGY DOMINANCE!!! DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! "
Uh, but not if it means drilling in my backyard . . .
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
Uh, but not if it means drilling in my backyard . . .
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
Trump’s Plans to Expand Offshore Drilling Meet Bipartisan Opposition - Inside Climate News
It’s not often that the governors of California and Florida are on the same page, but this week they’re aligned in opposition to the White House’s latest plan to expand offshore oil drilling near both...
insideclimatenews.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"ENERGY DOMINANCE!!! DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! "
Uh, but not if it means drilling in my backyard . . .
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
Uh, but not if it means drilling in my backyard . . .
insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...
Trump Media (Truth Social) stock trending downward as Trump’s approval rating slides. Stock is at its all-time low.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trump Media (Truth Social) stock trending downward as Trump’s approval rating slides. Stock is at its all-time low.
Rep. Mark Cusack: this is not a good look. commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/energ...
Energy industry pads key lawmaker’s campaign coffers as major bill advances - CommonWealth Beacon
Cusack's legislation would lower the amount of renewable energy the utilities would be required to purchase and cut the state’s energy efficiency initiative, which is funded through the utilities’ rat...
commonwealthbeacon.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Rep. Mark Cusack: this is not a good look. commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/energ...
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
15 million Americans are going to lose their health care.
Check it out—a US government climate website that Trump hasn't dismantled. Shocking. www.climatehubs.usda.gov
Welcome to the USDA Climate Hubs | USDA Climate Hubs
www.climatehubs.usda.gov
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Check it out—a US government climate website that Trump hasn't dismantled. Shocking. www.climatehubs.usda.gov
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
China is building dozens of Kendall Squares while MAGA tries to cut medical research funding in half.
youtube.com/shorts/WVgm3...
youtube.com/shorts/WVgm3...
Jake Auchincloss on MAGA's threat to U.S. medical innovation
YouTube video by Rep. Auchincloss
youtube.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
China is building dozens of Kendall Squares while MAGA tries to cut medical research funding in half.
youtube.com/shorts/WVgm3...
youtube.com/shorts/WVgm3...
My conversation with @betsyrosenberg.bsky.social on her Code Green channel. youtu.be/hPdjS6VEkMQ?...
Fighting Trump's Climate Rollbacks & Building Bridges | CODE GREEN Interview with Fred Hewett
YouTube video by Betsy Rosenberg | Meet The Solutionaries
youtu.be
September 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
My conversation with @betsyrosenberg.bsky.social on her Code Green channel. youtu.be/hPdjS6VEkMQ?...
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
September 21 is Sun Day, a day of action to celebrate the power of clean energy. By installing solar, home batteries, heat pumps, and other appliances running on electricity, we can create a brighter future ☀️
Learn more and find an event near you: www.sunday.earth
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
Learn more and find an event near you: www.sunday.earth
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
September 21 is Sun Day, a day of action to celebrate the power of clean energy. By installing solar, home batteries, heat pumps, and other appliances running on electricity, we can create a brighter future ☀️
Learn more and find an event near you: www.sunday.earth
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
Learn more and find an event near you: www.sunday.earth
@sundayofaction.bsky.social
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
As someone who regards the integrity of the climate as the single most consequential matter of long-term public policy, I have found the barrage of news from Washington jarringly disconnected from reality, writes Frederick Hewett.
As climate change wreaks havoc on the weather, Trump pursues policies that will make things worse
As someone who regards the integrity of the climate as the single most consequential matter of long-term public policy, I have found the barrage of news from Washington jarringly disconnected from reality, writes Frederick Hewett.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
As someone who regards the integrity of the climate as the single most consequential matter of long-term public policy, I have found the barrage of news from Washington jarringly disconnected from reality, writes Frederick Hewett.
Because, you know, there are some blinking red lights at night . . . Vineyard Wind 1 will be completed this year. These TPPF fuckers will stop at nothing. www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-t...
Texas think tank petitions to revoke permits for Vineyard Wind 1 project offshore Nantucket
The Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative group, petitioned the Trump administration to revoke the project’s permission a day after Nantucket leaders issued their own set of demands.
www.utilitydive.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Because, you know, there are some blinking red lights at night . . . Vineyard Wind 1 will be completed this year. These TPPF fuckers will stop at nothing. www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-t...
“But a CBS News review of the agency's own regulatory impact analysis of the proposal found that gasoline prices would increase, and nearly a half million jobs would be lost by 2035, according to data from the U.S.“ www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-rul...
Repealing rule to curb greenhouse gas emissions will increase gas prices, Trump administration's own analysis finds
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told CBS News' "The Takeout" that environmental policy can't "strangulate out of existence" energy policy.
www.cbsnews.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“But a CBS News review of the agency's own regulatory impact analysis of the proposal found that gasoline prices would increase, and nearly a half million jobs would be lost by 2035, according to data from the U.S.“ www.cbsnews.com/news/epa-rul...
Appropriate tonic to relieve post-endangerment-finding-repeal stress: @billmckibben.bsky.social has a superb essay in @rollingstone.com on why we should be pointing more panes of glass at the sun. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Solar Is Liberation
Solar is the only scalable way to slow down the climate crisis — and it will free us from the power of billionaires too.
www.rollingstone.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Appropriate tonic to relieve post-endangerment-finding-repeal stress: @billmckibben.bsky.social has a superb essay in @rollingstone.com on why we should be pointing more panes of glass at the sun. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
In the same way it has cultivated its EV supply chain, China is leading in supply chain development for #fusion. Public investment required. #energyksy www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/1...
Why the US and Europe could lose the race for fusion energy
The lack of essential supply chains and process technologies necessary to commercialize fusion energy could doom the US and European countries in capturing the critical geopolitical prize.
www.technologyreview.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
In the same way it has cultivated its EV supply chain, China is leading in supply chain development for #fusion. Public investment required. #energyksy www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/08/1...
We've come a long way from the 1970s. The political constraints and technological advances around nuclear power are forcing a rethink—and the money is talking about it. Still, without a cost breakthrough, nuclear is going to have a hard time competing with increasingly cheaper renewables.
Decades after environmental activists protested a New Hampshire nuclear power plant, Democrats have become more supportive of nuclear, joining Republicans. Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explains why, featuring insights from @fhcamb.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/11/n...
Decades after a tense N.H. protest, nuclear energy has become a rare bipartisan issue. Here’s why. - The Boston Globe
The technology is bringing Democrats and Republicans together, but for different reasons. And challenges to expanding it remain.
www.bostonglobe.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We've come a long way from the 1970s. The political constraints and technological advances around nuclear power are forcing a rethink—and the money is talking about it. Still, without a cost breakthrough, nuclear is going to have a hard time competing with increasingly cheaper renewables.
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
The Trump admin ordered a coal power plant to stay on past retirement. Customers in 15 states will foot the bill www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/c... 🔌💡
The Trump admin ordered a coal power plant to stay on past retirement. Customers in 15 states will foot the bill | CNN
An aging coal power plant slated to shutter will run through the summer at the order of Energy Sec. Chris Wright, a decision that could cost Midwest energy customers tens of millions of dollars.
www.cnn.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The Trump admin ordered a coal power plant to stay on past retirement. Customers in 15 states will foot the bill www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/c... 🔌💡
From the EO: "Crime rates at Harvard University — including violent crime rates — have drastically risen in recent years." This is nothing but thuggery. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Enhancing National Security by Addressing Risks at Harvard University
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Admission into the United States to attend, conduct research, or teach at our
www.whitehouse.gov
June 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
From the EO: "Crime rates at Harvard University — including violent crime rates — have drastically risen in recent years." This is nothing but thuggery. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
The trend is your friend. oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
U.S. Electricity From Fossils Fuels Dips Below 50% for the First Time Ever | OilPrice.com
For the first time in history, fossil fuels supplied less than half of the United States' electricity generation for an entire month, marking a significant shift in the nation's energy mix.
oilprice.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The trend is your friend. oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
Unsurprising. www.newsweek.com/harvard-hkus...
Chinese college gives Harvard international students "unconditional offers"
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology said it would be opening its doors to Harvard students "amid global academic shifts."
www.newsweek.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Unsurprising. www.newsweek.com/harvard-hkus...
So-called "Christian" service is more like a Trump-worship cult.
Hegseth hosts first meeting of what he says will be a monthly Christian prayer service at Pentagon | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted a Christian prayer service on Wednesday at the Pentagon for employees that included a sermon by his hometown pastor who said President Donald Trump had been “s...
www.cnn.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
So-called "Christian" service is more like a Trump-worship cult.
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
All of the 14 GOP House members who said they cared about preserving aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act ended up caving.
The talk of whether there would be three or four holdouts turned out to be off base. There were zero.
My story this AM:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...
The talk of whether there would be three or four holdouts turned out to be off base. There were zero.
My story this AM:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...
House Republicans Have Passed a Bill to Gut the IRA. What Happened to All the Supposed Holdouts? - Inside Climate News
The fate of the Inflation Reduction Act is in the hands of a few dozen elected officials who are weighing principles, partisan leanings and their districts’ economic interests.
insideclimatenews.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
All of the 14 GOP House members who said they cared about preserving aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act ended up caving.
The talk of whether there would be three or four holdouts turned out to be off base. There were zero.
My story this AM:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...
The talk of whether there would be three or four holdouts turned out to be off base. There were zero.
My story this AM:
insideclimatenews.org/news/2205202...
In case you were unsure that authoritarianism has arrived. civileats.com/2025/05/15/u...
USDA Hangs Massive Banners of Trump and Lincoln
Trump has repeatedly compared himself to Lincoln, who signed legislation creating the USDA in 1862.
civileats.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In case you were unsure that authoritarianism has arrived. civileats.com/2025/05/15/u...
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
Once a foreign government can openly give the president a half-billion-dollar plane as a personal gift, there’s no red line left between a democracy and a full-blown kleptocracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...
Corruption and a Security Catastrophe in Plane Sight
Of course a foreign government would love to give the US president a plane....
www.doomsdayscenario.co
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Once a foreign government can openly give the president a half-billion-dollar plane as a personal gift, there’s no red line left between a democracy and a full-blown kleptocracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...
Reposted by Frederick Hewett
Not only are they ignoring climate change—they’re trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAA’s disaster tracking so we can’t see the BILLIONS it’s costing us? This ain’t solving the crisis—it’s hiding it.
US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it will no longer track the cost of weather disasters, including floods, heat waves, wildfires and more
abcnews.go.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Not only are they ignoring climate change—they’re trying to cover up the cost. Shutting down NOAA’s disaster tracking so we can’t see the BILLIONS it’s costing us? This ain’t solving the crisis—it’s hiding it.