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In Wednesday’s Heatmap AM: 👋 Chris Wright threatens to leave International Energy Agency 📉 Trump may lower tariffs on metals 🇬🇧 Gavin Newsom inks clean energy partnership with the U.K. Have a cuppa and enjoy the news from @AlexCKaufman:
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Electric vehicle batteries are slowly coming down in cost. But there's a quicker way automakers are trying to make their EVs more affordable. Here's @Agmoseman on their latest obsession: https://t.co/K58qmmBdWc
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Batteries can only get so small so fast. But there’s more than one way to get weight out of an electric car.
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The Winter Olympics wrap up this week, but ski season in the U.S. still has another month on it. Here's @Jee_vuh on how ski resorts — and future Olympics — can keep their runs running, even as the climate warms: https://t.co/NJAID60Z1k
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Europeans have been “snow farming” for ages. Now the U.S. is finally starting to catch on.
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Podcast Episode · Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins · 02/16/2026 · 42m
Today on Shift Key: I’m joined by @JodyFreemanHLS to discuss the EPA’s claim that greenhouse gases do not endanger human health or the environment, what it means for the future of US climate & energy law, and the legal argument that Trump has already abandoned:
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Heatmap AM’s top stories: 💨 New York abandons offshore solicitation 📈 U.S. natural gas production to hit new record in 2026 💧 Colorado River interstate water talks end at an impasse Dive back into news after the long weekend with @AlexCKaufman: https://t.co/Yg8m6J8cGG
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On microreactor milestones, the Colorado River, and ‘crazy’ Europe
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The Trump administration finally issued its justifications for repealing the endangerment finding for greenhouse gases. Now the big question: Will they hold up in court? @emilypont walks through the arguments: https://t.co/hLuQpdIYpj
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Whether any of them will hold up in court is now the big question.
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Washington State wants data centers to BYONCE — i.e. “bring your own clean energy.” Here’s @emilypont with more in this week’s edition of The Fight: https://t.co/xBOj20H0c3
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The state is poised to join a chorus of states with BYO energy policies.
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$450 million for laser-based fusion, a pre-seed round for a latvian startup aiming to power the "moon economy" and so much more this week!
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Plus a pre-seed round for a moon tech company from Latvia.
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The Treasury Department finally published long-awaited guidance for claiming what remains of the clean energy tax credits. Or at least it kind of did. Here’s @emilypont on what got clearer and what’s still murky: https://t.co/TipDRlUTUW
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The Treasury Department released partial guidance for the new “foreign entities of concern” restrictions on clean energy tax credits.
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The hottest thing in Congress are bipartisan geothermal bills: Jake Auchincloss and Mark Amodei have a superhot rocks bill with milestone-based grants, workforce development, and permitting reform
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Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Mark Amodei want to boost “superhot” exploration.
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SCOOP: @RepAuchincloss and @MarkAmodeiNV2 just introduced a hot, hot, hot new geothermal bill in the House. @zeitlin.bsky.social has the details: https://t.co/XE1HwliV8L
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Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Mark Amodei want to boost “superhot” exploration.
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BREAKING: The EPA’s endangerment finding for greenhouse gases is officially dead, yet questions still remain. Here are @robinsonmeyer and @emilypont on what we know — and don’t know — about the Trump administration’s move: https://t.co/jcY33EyuEl
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The administration has yet to publish formal documentation of its decision, leaving several big questions unanswered.
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Wind turbines have been more or less the same for 50 years. But startups Airloom and Radia are thinking outside the nacelle (so to speak) and coming up with new designs that aim to solve some old problems. Read the whole story from @katie_brigham: https://t.co/wR80dL6kTZ
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Startups Airloom and Radia looked at the same set of problems and came up with very different solutions.
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More and more people are saying than LNG exports are good https://t.co/Hpshal4Q4B
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Third Way’s latest memo argues that climate politics must accept a harsh reality: natural gas isn’t going away anytime soon.
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Last year, there were more wildfires east of the Mississippi than west of it. Over the past 40 years, the east and southeast has seen a 10x increase in the frequency of large fire. All of New Jersey could burn through in 48 hours. Eye-opening by @Jee_vuh:
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Wildfires are moving east.
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The new battery-powered Toyota Highlander signals that the Prius-maker is finally ready to go all-electric — just as the rest of the industry is retreating. Here's @Agmoseman on the move: https://t.co/sQeMduHzys
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The maker of the Prius is finally embracing batteries — just as the rest of the industry retreats.
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In its latest report, @ThirdWayEnergy argues that Democrats should embrace “cleaner” liquified natural gas exports. Here’s @MattZeitlin with the exclusive: https://t.co/tLPUkMrzUY
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Third Way’s latest memo argues that climate politics must accept a harsh reality: natural gas isn’t going away anytime soon.
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Heatmap AM’s top stories: ☢️ Bipartisan bill proposes nuclear reactor backstop 🚙 Demand accelerates for hybrid vehicles as EVs stall 🇦🇺 Orsted pushes to build Australian offshore wind farm Jump into the latest from @AlexCKaufman: https://t.co/qLSLtLPsDi
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On Equinor’s CCS squeamishness, Indian solar, and Orsted in Oz
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Climate risk modeling is notoriously fraught, but @carbonplanorg is trying anyway — and showing its work. Here's @emilypont with the story: https://t.co/sRqNsUzkug
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CarbonPlan has a new tool to measure climate risk that comes with full transparency.
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