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Believer in @ClimatePower, forever health care obsessed, Sooner bred lover of all kittens and proud alum of Obama admin.
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Lori Lodes retweeted
This ad is both incredibly illegal and politically asinine.
Kudos to everyone involved.
The U.S. Government is up on TV with this spot --
It aired nationally on FOX yesterday during Illinois at #7 Ohio State and also during Fox News Sunday this morning
Lori Lodes retweeted
Republicans voted to give special tax breaks to AI companies that build data centers in rural America.
Here is the House Ways and Means Committee--the House's tax writing committee--touting One Big Beautiful Bill's special expansion of Opportunity Zones for rural areas as a way to expand investment in "hyperscale data centers".
waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/…
Lori Lodes retweeted
Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. (It's not clear whether all that money the state waived was needed to attract the construction: in Georgia's case, by the state's own estimate, 70% of the data center construction would have happened anyway.)
Lori Lodes retweeted
Fox News on Climate Power’s data centers memo:
Tomi Lahren: GOP is gonna need to get better messaging on this issue or the left is gonna run away with it, and unfortunately if you look at the cross section of Americans who are concerned about data centers, it's a pretty big one.
Exclusive: Climate group presses Dems to seize on data center backlash axios.com/2026/08/25/climate…
Exclusive: Climate group presses Dems to seize on data center backlash axios.com/2026/08/25/climate…
Lori Lodes retweeted
Just published my interview with @jasminewsun on the data center backlash.
She makes a key point here. It's much more about people not trusting the huge tech firms ("big corporation scary") than anything involving AI x-risk ("big model scary") or even necessarily job losses.
Lori Lodes retweeted
SCOOP: James Talarico's campaign has hired a new deputy political director
It's Jacob Smith, a leg aide for John Cornyn
"That is unheard of," one GOP operative said of the hire
w/ legends @reesejgorman @alweaver22 notus.org/campaigns/james-ta…
Lori Lodes retweeted
Enten: "Even a majority of Republicans -- 52% -- that loyal Republican base who has been through thick and thin with Donald John Trump, even they have turned against the president on gas prices ... these are just atrocious numbers"
Lori Lodes retweeted
Amazon is backing a 7.65 GW gas plant in West Texas.
I sorted all 14,036 operating U.S. power plants by size to see where that lands. It doesn't land anywhere (nothing on the American grid is that big).
This week I found permits and satellite photos suggesting Amazon is backing what could be the largest gas power plant ever built in the US.
I just got off the phone with the company and confirmed they're behind it.
Amazon confirmed that it has acquired a site in Pecos County, Texas called GW Ranch, where it plans to build an AI data center campus powered by a 7.65 GW gas plant. It would initially be entirely disconnected from the Texas electric grid.
In January, GW Ranch received a permit from the state of Texas allowing the gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
If the project emitted that much CO2, it would be the largest single source of pollution in the United States—emitting more greenhouse gases than the country’s largest coal plant. It’s worth noting that companies rarely emit as much as their permits allow.
The paper trail linking Amazon to GW Ranch surfaced earlier this week when Amazon filed three construction permits with the state. The permits showed Amazon’s plans to build three data center buildings with construction beginning immediately.
Cleanview reviewed satellite imagery to look for the project and discovered that land clearing had begun at the site described in GW Ranch’s air permit records.
We reached out to Amazon and the company confirmed it had acquired the GW Ranch site and plans to buy power from the plant, which is being developed by Pacifico Energy.
Partnering with GW Ranch marks Amazon’s first major investment in an off-grid data center. In doing so, the company joins Microsoft, Google, and Meta who have all invested significantly in natural gas power this year.
Data center developers have announced nearly 60 behind-the-meter gas power projects since the beginning of 2025 with a combined capacity of 90 GW, according to Cleanview’s latest report.
Not all of these projects will be built, but in recent months a growing share of them have begun construction and signed key tenant deals.
Amazon’s project in West Texas is unlikely to be its last bet on large-scale natural gas power. Yesterday, the company confirmed that it is in talks with the developers of a 4.5 GW gas power plant in Homer City, Pennsylvania.
When the developers of the Homer City gas plant first announced their project, they said it would be the largest gas power plant in America.
Now it’s just one of many giga-scale power plants that have been proposed across the country.
Lori Lodes retweeted
This week I found permits and satellite photos suggesting Amazon is backing what could be the largest gas power plant ever built in the US.
I just got off the phone with the company and confirmed they're behind it.
Amazon confirmed that it has acquired a site in Pecos County, Texas called GW Ranch, where it plans to build an AI data center campus powered by a 7.65 GW gas plant. It would initially be entirely disconnected from the Texas electric grid.
In January, GW Ranch received a permit from the state of Texas allowing the gas power plant to emit 33 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
If the project emitted that much CO2, it would be the largest single source of pollution in the United States—emitting more greenhouse gases than the country’s largest coal plant. It’s worth noting that companies rarely emit as much as their permits allow.
The paper trail linking Amazon to GW Ranch surfaced earlier this week when Amazon filed three construction permits with the state. The permits showed Amazon’s plans to build three data center buildings with construction beginning immediately.
Cleanview reviewed satellite imagery to look for the project and discovered that land clearing had begun at the site described in GW Ranch’s air permit records.
We reached out to Amazon and the company confirmed it had acquired the GW Ranch site and plans to buy power from the plant, which is being developed by Pacifico Energy.
Partnering with GW Ranch marks Amazon’s first major investment in an off-grid data center. In doing so, the company joins Microsoft, Google, and Meta who have all invested significantly in natural gas power this year.
Data center developers have announced nearly 60 behind-the-meter gas power projects since the beginning of 2025 with a combined capacity of 90 GW, according to Cleanview’s latest report.
Not all of these projects will be built, but in recent months a growing share of them have begun construction and signed key tenant deals.
Amazon’s project in West Texas is unlikely to be its last bet on large-scale natural gas power. Yesterday, the company confirmed that it is in talks with the developers of a 4.5 GW gas power plant in Homer City, Pennsylvania.
When the developers of the Homer City gas plant first announced their project, they said it would be the largest gas power plant in America.
Now it’s just one of many giga-scale power plants that have been proposed across the country.
Lori Lodes retweeted
Chevron just posted $12 billion in profit. Up 400% in a year. Their biggest quarter ever. Exxon made $14.5 billion. You paid for all of it at the pump.
Say what you want about Trump. He’s making something great again. And who’s more deserving than Big Oil.
In 2024 he asked them for a billion dollars and promised their whole wish list in return. This morning they collected.
Lori Lodes retweeted
Last campaign, Zach Nunn said "prices are out of control." Then he voted for Trump's tariffs and Iran war. Now gas prices are even higher, and we've heard nothing from him.
His votes aren't just broken promises, they're making everything more expensive.
nitter.cf/who13news/status/20817…
Energy prices rise in defiance of Trump campaign promises who13.com/hill-politics/ener…
Lori Lodes retweeted
🚨Here it is, in black & white, in a Trump admin court filing. They admit to canceling funding for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the [project’s] state” (ie whether or not it voted for Trump and the political party of its senators).
Lori Lodes retweeted
Financial filings show that Trump has enriched himself to the tune of billions during his presidency.
Meanwhile, our (@ClimatePower + @CAPAction) new report shows that his administration, with eager support from Republicans, has cost the average household AT LEAST $2000.
in Morning Score this a.m. — new @ClimatePower report + July 4 ad campaign seeks to go after Trump admin on affordability
subscriber.politicopro.com/n…
americanprogressaction.org/a…
Lori Lodes retweeted
Wow. I just got my latest electric bill.
Exact same daily usage as last year
Exact same daily avg. temp as last year
But... a nearly 30% increase in the daily avg. cost
(The official CPI report says electricity costs are up 6% in the past year. Obviously, it varies by region)
Lori Lodes retweeted
This is the model of data center development we should all be advocating for.
Google is building 1.4 GW of solar and wind capacity to power their 840 MW data center and using basically no water.
This project also helps explain why Google paid $4.75 billion for Intersect Power, the developer of Meiter Energy Center.
Intersect has gigawatts of clean energy capacity in the Texas interconnection queue. Thanks to a new rule passed last year, they can effectively share that interconnection with data centers.
So rather than wait 5+ years to bring online a 840 MW data center, Google is going to bring it online in October 2027.
Lori Lodes retweeted
MIN: Do you know how much new energy China put online last year?
BURGUM: Intermittent or base load?
MIN: All energy. 543 GW. How much was renewable? 434 GW.
BURGUM: But only when the wind is blowing and sun is shining
MIN: Meanwhile, the US put up 53 GW of new energy last year -- less than 10% of China. You're clear bias against renewables is harming our national security.
Lori Lodes retweeted
Burgum: When the sun goes down, solar panels produce zero electricity. The whole machine doesn't work.
Rep. Huffman: I request to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the Secretary is unaware of. It's a battery.
Lori Lodes retweeted
BIG SCOOP: Energy reps tell me the Trump administration is now extrajudicially blocking all new wind projects in the United States
Apparently the Pentagon is refusing to sign off on FAA airspace clearances even when military assets aren’t around
For @heatmap_news (link below)
