Heather
@heather-in-ca.bsky.social
Clean Energy, Sustainability, California, San Diego, public servant, single mom
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August 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie
August 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Pretty soon all economic and jobs data released by the federal government will be handwritten with a black Sharpie
When you find yourself in a hole, the first rule is - Stop Digging.
WA says it’s done pouring millions into failed coal mine, but can it build enough renewables? #energysky -- via Renew Economy: reneweconomy.com.au/...
July 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
When you find yourself in a hole, the first rule is - Stop Digging.
If anyone was wondering why CEQA reform was necessary - this is an exquisite example of its abuse...
This was a CEQA lawsuit, by the way.
Susanville lost the case and the prison closed in 2023.
Susanville lost the case and the prison closed in 2023.
Susanville’s lawsuit to keep a local prison open was a window into the city’s dependency on its imprisoned residents.
Why one prison town fought California's plan to close its prison:
boltsmag.org/susanvi...
Why one prison town fought California's plan to close its prison:
boltsmag.org/susanvi...
July 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If anyone was wondering why CEQA reform was necessary - this is an exquisite example of its abuse...
CAISO expansion in 2018/19 was SUCH a missed opportunity
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association asks Colorado Public Utilities Commission to move its Western Area Colorado-Missouri Balancing Area footprint into the Southwest Power Pool #energysky
For more details about why this matters, click here: app.halcyon.io/processes/e9...
For more details about why this matters, click here: app.halcyon.io/processes/e9...
June 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
CAISO expansion in 2018/19 was SUCH a missed opportunity
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Deleted a post about the political machine & their power (or lack thereof) bc I wasn’t precise enough: There are major political players trying to throw their weight around to keep people from engaging in the mayoral race bc they don’t want to upset Cuomo. Don’t fold.
June 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Deleted a post about the political machine & their power (or lack thereof) bc I wasn’t precise enough: There are major political players trying to throw their weight around to keep people from engaging in the mayoral race bc they don’t want to upset Cuomo. Don’t fold.
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BREAKING: ICE is preparing to deploy tactical units to five cities run by Democratic leaders, according to two sources familiar with the planning of future ICE operations.
June 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
BREAKING: ICE is preparing to deploy tactical units to five cities run by Democratic leaders, according to two sources familiar with the planning of future ICE operations.
This is why it's called an Oligarchy. It's not just about Trump...
BREAKING: Terry Moran is out at ABC News. "We are at the end of our agreement with Terry Moran and based on his recent post – which was a clear violation of ABC News policies – we have made the decision to not renew," an ABC spokesperson says.
June 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is why it's called an Oligarchy. It's not just about Trump...
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This is unbelievable. Cathy Young -- the abysmal corporate shill who runs Seattle city council -- says that whiny NIMBY single-family homeowners aren't being listened to *enough*.
I genuinely can't think of a group of people who have been indulged more, for longer, to worse effect.
I genuinely can't think of a group of people who have been indulged more, for longer, to worse effect.
Cathy Moore: City Isn't "Listening" to Homeowners Who Want to Keep Their Neighborhood the Same - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett City Councilmember Cathy Moore complained bitterly last week over the fact that—despite her frequent demands and…
publicola.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is unbelievable. Cathy Young -- the abysmal corporate shill who runs Seattle city council -- says that whiny NIMBY single-family homeowners aren't being listened to *enough*.
I genuinely can't think of a group of people who have been indulged more, for longer, to worse effect.
I genuinely can't think of a group of people who have been indulged more, for longer, to worse effect.
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Hello Journalists! Please stop calling curtailed energy "wasted." Curtailment is a feature, not a bug, of high RE systems and a signal we need more transmission and/or batteries. This article says "3,400 GWh" which sounds big, but its only 7% of solar gen.
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Chart: California is wasting more and more clean energy
The state produces more clean energy than its grid can handle, forcing it to curtail the extra wind and solar power it can’t use. There are ways to fix…
www.canarymedia.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hello Journalists! Please stop calling curtailed energy "wasted." Curtailment is a feature, not a bug, of high RE systems and a signal we need more transmission and/or batteries. This article says "3,400 GWh" which sounds big, but its only 7% of solar gen.
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
This was a little too much truth for just before bedtime…🤯
People treat trans women the way that they wish they were able to treat all women.
November 22, 2024 at 3:43 AM
This was a little too much truth for just before bedtime…🤯
November 21, 2024 at 2:14 AM
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I've hit the point where I actually need to sit down and make following lists so I can separate my politics-sky from my energy-sky from my general climate/academia-sky people. This may sound like drudgery, but my neurospicy brain is already anticipating the zen...
November 19, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I've hit the point where I actually need to sit down and make following lists so I can separate my politics-sky from my energy-sky from my general climate/academia-sky people. This may sound like drudgery, but my neurospicy brain is already anticipating the zen...
Gotta say, broken clock and all that, she’s not wrong…
I didn’t have MTG threatening to expose Republicans on my bingo card
November 19, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Gotta say, broken clock and all that, she’s not wrong…
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Please, members of Congress and other elected Democrats, let’s not pretend that treating Trump with courtesy based on traditional norms and practices is a path to sustaining democracy in the years ahead. He will exploit every form of courtesy by savagely destroying our democratic system.
November 19, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Please, members of Congress and other elected Democrats, let’s not pretend that treating Trump with courtesy based on traditional norms and practices is a path to sustaining democracy in the years ahead. He will exploit every form of courtesy by savagely destroying our democratic system.
And how to frame the fearful symmetry of face-eating leopards…
"does bluesky have drafts" no but we have kindness. we have friendship. we know love. we know how to see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower. we know how to hold infinity in the palm of my hand, and eternity in an hour.
November 19, 2024 at 4:02 AM
And how to frame the fearful symmetry of face-eating leopards…
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Governors: ignore the bluster, the bluffs, the BS, from utilities & Wall St.
If you appoint a PUC chair who is willing to take on the utilities, these are the kinds of TV news stories your voters will see.
www.fox61.com/video/news/l...
If you appoint a PUC chair who is willing to take on the utilities, these are the kinds of TV news stories your voters will see.
www.fox61.com/video/news/l...
PURA denies Connecticut gas rate hike proposals
PURA's final decision requires CT Natural Gas and Southern CT Gas to collectively return $120 million to their customers.
www.fox61.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Governors: ignore the bluster, the bluffs, the BS, from utilities & Wall St.
If you appoint a PUC chair who is willing to take on the utilities, these are the kinds of TV news stories your voters will see.
www.fox61.com/video/news/l...
If you appoint a PUC chair who is willing to take on the utilities, these are the kinds of TV news stories your voters will see.
www.fox61.com/video/news/l...
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You can win a war losing every battle if you make those victories cost enough.
November 18, 2024 at 4:38 AM
You can win a war losing every battle if you make those victories cost enough.
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This is basically Dunkirk. After that the allies felt hopeless, four years later they crushed them. So will we
November 17, 2024 at 12:38 AM
This is basically Dunkirk. After that the allies felt hopeless, four years later they crushed them. So will we
😂😂😂
November 17, 2024 at 10:23 PM
😂😂😂
Have the Swifties made it over here yet? I feel like that will truly make the transformation complete.
November 17, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Have the Swifties made it over here yet? I feel like that will truly make the transformation complete.
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 17, 2024 at 8:27 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936