Big surprise: Ohio and Indiana, two red states home to communities that may not be predisposed to the climate benefits of clean energy, are suddenly top-5 states for solar. https://t.co/X2alHwHPdB

.@uclaanderson presents the 2025 Loeb Award for the visual storytelling category to: “AI Data Centers Wreak Havoc on Energy Grids and Power Quality” From: Bloomberg News #loebawards

🚨NEW: AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring🚨 We analyzed electricity prices for tens of thousands of locations across the country and found that electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. 🎁: https://t.co/raGLyXLRwj

Barely a month before COP30, the main topic remains "logistics". 🎁 link

Electricity prices rising faster than inflation are now a major political issue in the US, write @brianreports and @naurtorious

Electricity prices rising faster than inflation are now a major political issue in the US, write @brianreports and @naurtorious

The owner of the Indian Point power station is not ruling out a restart as demand for clean energy balloons, writes @brianreports

By @naurtorious

President Trump’s tax package will curb renewable-energy projects just as AI's power demands soar, writes @brianreports

The flurry of deals for gas plants in the US shows that it's cheaper to buy than build, writes @brianreports

🚨AI Is Draining Water From Areas That Need It Most🚨 We analyzed data on thousands of AI data centers, and found that roughly two thirds of them since 2022 are in places with high to extremely high levels of water stress. With @HiMichelleMa @dinabass⭐️ https://t.co/yuY4LhfgXV

🚨Renewables + storage is expected to make up 50+% of power capacity needed by 2035 to meet data center demand. But almost 2/3 of additional electricity generation will come from fossil fuels, BloombergNEF said in its latest report.

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Exclu: Founders Fund backs Scott Nolan’s uranium enrichment startup General Matter, Peter Thiel joins board w @shoko_oda https://t.co/KUuRRp92ud via @technology

⚛️An exclusive with my colleague @lizette_chapman: Peter Thiel is joining the board of @generalmatter , a startup led by Founders Fund partner Scott Nolan. General Matter plans to produce high-assay low-enriched uranium, or HALEU.

☀️My colleagues Josh Saul, @jendlouhyhc and I took a look at the impacts of Trump tariffs on America's solar industry. Stockpile of panels in America may dull the immediate impacts of high tariff rates hitting countries in Southeast Asia, analysts say.

It’s a circus,” says Craig McLean, NOAA’s acting chief scientist during the first Trump term before retiring in 2022. “If Trump’s goal is to destabilize, humiliate and embarrass the loyal people who have chosen to work for their country and federal government, he is succeeding.”

According to Lauren’s and Brian’s reporting, so much happened this week that even the nomination of Neil Jacobs, an atmospheric scientist, to head NOAA has almost been lost in the noise.

A little context here: International cooperation has been key to making the US a global superpower in weather forecasting. And the agency’s research and observational data are the bones that support and protect billions of dollars of global markets, industry and real estate.

But Friday at 1:05 am NY, an email went out to some NOAA employees indicating that the orders concerning global interactions had been relaxed for some employees — at least for the next several weeks.

Some meetings with overseas counterparts were put on hold pending review and approval. Confusion reigned over how workers might troubleshoot in the case of technical glitches.