I can't message you via Bluesky, but I worked on a lot of issues you're interested in during my 30 year environmental law/project management career, and it would be fun to compare notes. DM me.

I was the CPUC lead for the transmission line project that got power from Ivanpah to the grid, then eventually moved to CEC and worked in the Division where the environmental analysis for the Ivanpah permit was done (prior to my arrival). Get in touch--it would be fun to compare notes.

Between Tillamook and Umpqua, we're living in a Supermarket Ice Cream Golden Age on the Best Coast.

wild to watch an entire country deliberately and repeatedly shoot itself in the dick, esp. when you live in that country.

Remember "facts don't care about your feelings"? Turns out that, too, was pure projection. The entire Republican governing project at the moment is devoted to addressing the baseless fears of conservative cowards.

Blessed are the entrepreneurs.