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U.S. Is an Outlier Among Rich Nations in Slowing Climate Progress, U.N. Data Says - New York Times nytimes.com/2026/10/21/clima…
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U.S. distributed solar generation quadrupled over the last decade 🔗 Link in Bio #SolarEnergy #USEnergy #EnergyStorage
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Gas drillers ask Ohio to open public-owned Monroe Lake Wildlife Area for fracking signalohio.org/gas-drillers-…
Multiple factors are behind the higher-than-normal premature death rates in rural Missouri counties, including the lack of adequate EMS care and hospitals. See more here:
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Our experience reporting on Sussex County, VA, has shown us the importance of emergency medical services in rural America. We're looking at Missouri to see what's happening there and how conditions can improve.
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EVs in the UK are "running out of juice"...except they're not..and never were.
Again and again, critics have doubted EVs, yet the market simply keeps on growing.
[Original graphic by Carbon Brief, annotations added later]
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She should not have access to any classified information, much less have input on defense decisions.
Also, neither of their suit jackets fit well.
@dieworkwear
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"If you bring policymakers to the current story with current facts, it goes something like this: Solar and storage is the most cost-effective form of energy in the country, without question.” — @TimPawlenty
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One of FirstEnergy's partners was also behind a Husted super PAC before he joined DeWine's ticket.
New @propublica story on Susan Collins reminded me it's been 3+ years since prosecutors included in Larry Householder's sentencing memo a reference to the millions FirstEnergy paid through a 501(c)(4) to support Mike DeWine + Jon Husted in the 2018 election without naming names
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Good morning with good news: US reaches two historic solar milestones.
1. US crosses 100 GW solar module production milestone! 70% of this factory capacity was added after IRA. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/09/…
2. US total installed solar nears 300 GW!
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Saudi Arabia has connected 7 GW of solar and wind and 3.5 GW/14 GWh of batteries to the grid so far in 2026 and aims to generate half its electricity from renewables by 2030
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Energy abundance means building as much new energy as quickly as possible.
Solar & storage are unmatched in that department ⬇️
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Ohio regulators’ approval of Oak Run Solar after a court forced them to consider more evidence is a rare clean-energy win in a state where it’s tough to build renewables. @CanaryMediaInc @EJTodayNews canarymedia.com/articles/sol…
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A clean, electrified energy system has been a dream for decades. Thirty years ago the core components existed, but they weren't economical.
That has changed. Chips, batteries, power electronics, motors and sensors have each fallen over 97% in price.
It's best to recognise a shift early. Second best is to act on it when it's staring us in the face.
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Gas & coal plant outages in Texas are up 40% in the last 48 hours. Solar carried the day & batteries just set a new record at sunset. Gas plants are important energy resources but they struggle in extreme heat & cold. Better to have a diverse resource mix, as Texas does. 1/
We've briefed the FBI on our findings about possible corruption involving Sussex County Board of Supervisors Chairman Steve White and the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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The draft permit for emissions from the “rescoping” of work at Cliffs’ Middletown Works in Ohio will raise pollution in the area to levels higher than those for almost all times in the last five years. @canarymediainc canarymedia.com/articles/gre…
We have briefed the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general's office about potential fraud at the Stony Creek Volunteer Rescue Squad.
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Cleveland-Cliffs won a $500M grant for a green-steel push at its Middletown Works. "Rescoping" the work under Trump's Dept. of Energy will instead perpetuate coal use and will boost local pollution, a draft air permit shows.
@EJTodayNews
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We're seeking the response times of Sussex County EMS providers through a Freedom of Information Act request, because the county has failed to provide the data on its website.
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