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Trump just quasi-nationalized U.S. Steel. That could help climate policy later.| Heatmap News
Trump just quasi-nationalized U.S. Steel. That could help climate policy later.| Heatmap News
At least one target of Chris Wright’s grant review may run into some sticky statutory issues.| Heatmap News
The CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs cast doubt on a new mill funded in part by $500 million in federal grants. What does that say about corporate commitments to decarbonization?| Heatmap News
The president’s executive order is already too late to save at least one Arizona plant.| Heatmap News
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, a decades-old nonprofit that provides technical expertise to cities across the country building out renewable clean energy projects, issued a dramatic plea for private donations in order to stay afloat after it says federal funding was suddenly slashed by the Trump administration. IREC’s executive director Chris Nichols said in an email to all of the organization’s supporters that it has “already been forced to lay off many of our high-performing...| Heatmap News
Today, members of the International Maritime Organization decided to postpone a major vote on the world’s first truly global carbon pricing scheme. The yearlong delay came in response to a pressure campaign led by the U.S. The Net-Zero Framework — initially approved in April by an overwhelming margin and long expected to be formally adopted today — would establish a legally binding requirement for the shipping industry to cut its emissions intensity, with interim steps leading to net ze...| Heatmap News
Power giant Xcel Energy just suffered a major public relations flap in the Texas Panhandle, scrubbing plans for a solar project amidst harsh backlash from local residents. On Friday, Xcel Energy withdrew plans to build a $600 million solar project right outside of Rolling Hills, a small, relatively isolated residential neighborhood just north of the city of Amarillo, Texas. The project was part of several solar farms it had proposed to the Texas Public Utilities Commission to meet the load gr...| Heatmap News
1. Racine County, Wisconsin – Microsoft is scrapping plans for a data center after fierce opposition from a host community in Wisconsin. The town of Caledonia was teed up to approve land rezoning for the facility, which would’ve been Microsoft’s third data center in the state. Dubbed “Project Nova,” the data center would have sat near an existing We Energies natural gas power plant. After considerable pushback at community meetings, the tech giant announced Friday that it would eith...| Heatmap News
This week’s chat was with Joel Yu, senior vice president for policy and external affairs at the data center micro-grid services company Enchanted Rock. Now, Enchanted Rock does work I usually don’t elevate in The Fight – gas-power tracking – but I wanted to talk to him about how conflicts over renewable energy are affecting his business, too. You see, when you talk to solar or wind developers about the potential downsides in this difficult economic environment, they’re willing to be...| Heatmap News
Current conditions: Severe storms are sweeping through the central Great Plains states this weekend, whipping up winds of up to 75 miles per hour • Freezing temperatures are settling over Kazakhstan and Mongolia • A record heat wave in Australia is raising temperatures as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit. THE TOP FIVE 1. More than 20 states sue over Trump’s Solar for All cuts Nearly two dozen states signed onto two lawsuits Thursday to stop the Trump administration from ending the $7 bill...| Heatmap News
As the Trump administration looks abroad for critical minerals deals, the drama threatening a major American mining megaproject in Madagascar may offer a surprising cautionary tale of how growing global instability can thwart Washington’s plans to rewire metal supply chains away from China. Just days after the African nation’s military toppled the government in a coup following weeks of protests, the country’s new self-declared leaders have canceled Denver-based Energy Fuels’ mine, He...| Heatmap News
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday announced a $1.6 billion loan guarantee for American Electric Power to replace 5,000 miles of transmission lines with more advanced wires that can carry more electricity. He also hinted at his vision for how the Trump administration could recast the role of the department's Loan Programs Office in the years to come. The LPO actually announced that it had finalized an agreement, conditionally made in January under the Biden administration, to back AEP...| Heatmap News
Current conditions: As Tropical Storm Lorenzo looks likely to dissipate over water by Friday, AccuWeather has slashed the season’s forecast to six hurricanes from nine • Severe thunderstorms near Little Rock, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, are likely too spotty to relieve long-standing drought in the Mississippi River Basin • The Netrokona district of northeastern Bangladesh is scorching in temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit. THE TOP FIVE 1. Amazon unveils plans for X-energy...| Heatmap News
Americans certainly got the message about the end of the EV tax credit. With the $7,500 benefit set to disappear at the end of September, electric vehicle sales surged to record numbers in the third quarter of 2025 as buyers raced to beat the deadline. The rising tide lifted just about all EVs — but not the struggling Tesla Cybertruck. According to new numbers from Kelley Blue Book, Tesla sold just 5,385 Cybertrucks from July to September, less than half as many as it delivered during the s...| Heatmap News
Batteries, solar panels, electric vehicles. The story of renewable energy deployment globally is increasingly one of China’s fiercely competitive domestic industries and deep supply chains exporting their immense capacity globally. Now, it may be wind’s turn. The Chinese turbine manufacturer Ming Yang announced last week that it plans to invest $2 billion in a factory in Scotland. The facility is scheduled to start production in late 2028, churning out offshore wind equipment for use in t...| Heatmap News
Current conditions: A major Pacific storm is drenching California and bringing several inches of snow to Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming • A tropical storm in the Atlantic dumped nearly a foot of water on South Carolina over three days • Algeria is roasting in temperatures of more than 105 degrees Fahrenheit. THE TOP FIVE 1. Energy Department starts firing workers amid shutdown The Department of Energy notified workers in multiple offices Friday that they were likely to be fired or reassigned...| Heatmap News
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. His first book, We Survived the Night, was released this week — it uses memoir, reporting, and literary anthology to tell the story of Native families across North America, including his own. NoiseCat was previously an environmental and climate activist at groups including 350.org and Data for Progress. On this week’s episode of Shift Key, Rob talks with Julian abou...| Heatmap News
It’s hard to imagine a decarbonized grid without batteries that can last longer — far longer — than the four hours today’s grid-scale, lithium-ion batteries can pump power onto the grid. But who’s going to pay for it? That’s the question developers and researchers are puzzling over as the U.S. electricity grid struggles to replace aging generation and transmission infrastructure. At the same time, forecast demand for electricity is surging thanks to electrification of transportati...| Heatmap News
Current conditions: The Northeastern U.S. is facing winds of up to 80 miles per hour • The remnants of Typhoon Halong are lashing the Alaskan villages of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok with powerful winds and storm surge • A heat wave in South Korea is bringing higher average temperatures this week than in July. THE TOP FIVE 1. The Pentagon is stockpiling $1 billion in critical minerals The United States military is stockpiling up to $1 billion of critical minerals as part of a global effort to ...| Heatmap News
It’s been a bad year for batteries. Grand plans to commercialize novel chemistries and build a manufacturing base outside of China have stumbled, with the collapse of both Northvolt and Natron casting a shadow over the sector. But just as many may be losing faith, there’s a new player in the space: Alsym Energy announced today that it’s rolling out a sodium-ion battery designed for stationary storage that it says will be cheaper than lithium-ion systems from day one. “It’s always th...| Heatmap News
Philippe Aghion — one of three Nobel laureates in economics announced Monday — is a theorist of innovation. Specifically, his work concerns “creative destruction,” the process by which technological innovation spreads throughout the economy as new businesses replace old ones, sparking economic growth. If that reminds you of the energy transition, i.e. the process by which cleaner fuels and new, more efficient ways of generating energy replace fossil fuel combustion, well, you’re not...| Heatmap News
On Corpus Christi’s drought, China’s Scottish factory, and no more ships to give| Heatmap News
The Department of Energy justified terminating hundreds of congressionally-mandated grants issued by the Biden administration for clean energy projects last week (including for a backup battery at a children’s hospital) by arguing that they were bad investments for the American people. “Following a thorough, individualized financial review, DOE determined that these projects did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs, were not economically viable, and would not provide a posit...| Heatmap News
The same movement that got Trump to kill the Lava Ridge wind farm Trump killed has appeared to derail a longstanding transmission project that’s supposed to connect sought-after areas for wind energy in Idaho to power-hungry places out West. The Southwest Intertie Project-North, also known as SWIP-N, is a proposed 285-mile transmission line initially approved by federal regulators in the 1990s. If built, SWIP-N is supposed to feed power from the wind-swept plains of southern Idaho to the So...| Heatmap News
1. Western Nevada — The Esmeralda 7 solar mega-project may be no more. Last night I broke the news that the Bureau of Land Management quietly updated the permitting website for Esmeralda 7 to reflect project cancelation. BLM did so with no public statement and so far, none of the companies involved — NextEra, Invenergy, ConnectGen, and more — have said anything about it. Esmeralda 7 was all set to receive its record of decision as soon as July, until the Trump administration froze permi...| Heatmap News
Today’s conversation is with Spencer Hanes, vice president of international business development for long-duration battery firm EnerVenue and a veteran in clean energy infrastructure development. I reached out to Hanes for two reasons: One, I wanted to gab about solutions, for once, and also because he expressed an interest in discussing how data center companies are approaching the media-driven battery safety panic sweeping renewable energy development. EnerVenue doesn’t use lithium-ion ...| Heatmap News
Current conditions: A possible nor’easter is barreling toward New York City with this weekend with heavy rain, flooding, and winds of up to 50 miles per hour • While Hurricane Priscilla has weakened to a tropical storm, it’s still battering Baja California with winds of up to 70 miles per hour • A heatwave in Iran is raising temperatures so much that even elevations of more than 6,500 feet are nearly 90 degrees Fahrenheit. THE TOP FIVE 1. Trump cancels Nevada’s largest solar megapro...| Heatmap News
The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada has been canceled amidst the Trump administration’s federal permitting freeze. Esmeralda 7 was supposed to produce a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power – equal to nearly all the power supplied to southern Nevada by the state’s primary public utility. It would do so with a sprawling web of solar panels and batteries across the western Nevada desert. Backed by NextEra Energy, Invenergy, ConnectGen and other renewables d...| Heatmap News
Here’s what you need to know about the rejuvenated Chevrolet Bolt: It’s back, it’s better, and it starts at under $30,000. Although the revived 2027 Bolt doesn’t officially hit the market until January 2026, GM revealed the new version of the iconic affordable EV at a Wednesday evening event at the Universal Studios backlot in Los Angeles. The assembled Bolt owners and media members drove the new cars past Amity Island from Jaws and around the Old West and New York sets that have serv...| Heatmap News
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.| Heatmap News
A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by 2021 infrastructure law.| Heatmap News
How California Quietly Overhauled Its Energy Policy| Heatmap News
On stronger uranium, Elon Musk’s big gamble, and Japan’s offshore headwinds| Heatmap News
Reading between the lines of Governor Kathy Hochul’s big nuclear announcement.| Heatmap News
At Heatmap House’s third session of the day, “Up Next in Climate Tech,” investors Tom Steyer and Dawn Lippert chart a path forward for the clean energy economy.| Heatmap News
All of the administration’s anti-wind actions in one place.| Heatmap News
The Senate Minority Leader addressed the crowd at New York Climate Week, talking about energy costs, extreme weather, and Trump’s “Big Ugly Bill.”| Heatmap News
Representatives Sean Casten and Mike Levin have a new package of legislation designed to lower electricity prices — in a way that just so happens to be “clean.”| Heatmap News
A list of terminated grants obtained by Heatmap contains a number of grants that will cost jobs and revenue in Republican-led states.| Heatmap News
“Rapidly evolving trade policy” could weigh on demand, according to the company’s first-quarter earnings report.| Heatmap News
At a conference in New York, solar and wind developers warn of spiking electricity prices if IRA tax credits are cut.| Heatmap News
His administration has zeroed in on $18 billion of projects that just so happen to be in Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries’ hometown.| Heatmap News
Rob debriefs with colleagues on the latest climate news.| Heatmap News
On Trump’s coal push, PJM’s progress, and PG&E;’s spending plan| Heatmap News
The company is vying to challenge Fervo for leadership in the next-generation geothermal market.| Heatmap News
Voters are mad at Trump over rising bills, but assigning blame is complicated.| Heatmap News
On disaster aid, rare-earth magnets, and China’s green steel| Heatmap News
On the need for geoengineering, Britain’s retreat, and Biden’s energy chief| Heatmap News
It all happened today at Heatmap House, part of New York Climate Week.| Heatmap News
At Heatmap House’s second session, speakers including Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii looked overseas to spot the clean energy future.| Heatmap News
New rules governing how companies report their scope 2 emissions have pit tech giant against tech giant and scholars against each other.| Heatmap News
Why regional transmission organizations as we know them might not survive the data center boom.| Heatmap News
Thirteen miles isn’t very far: roughly the length of Manhattan or the distance you run in a half marathon. On a freeway, it takes less than 15 minutes to drive. Multiply 13 by 10, though, and it becomes 130 miles — more than the width of the state of Connecticut. Move the U.S. border 130 miles north, and Whistler Blackcomb becomes an American ski resort; move it south, and Tijuana is the new Los Angeles. If you started walking, it would take you 35 straight hours to cover the distance; if...| Heatmap News
To say that concrete poses a decarbonization challenge would be an understatement. Cement production alone is responsible for somewhere between 5 and 10% of global CO2 emissions [0], roughly two to four times more than aviation, a fact that even the construction industry is finally coming to grips with. And yet the real problem with decarbonizing concrete isn’t the scale of its emissions, it’s the scale of concrete itself. There is simply a preposterous amount of the stuff. Contemplating ...| Heatmap News
As unpredictable as world events have been recently, very few people would’ve put money on the humble Toyota Prius getting a stunning makeover for 2023. Somehow, that’s exactly what happened. Now the all-new, fifth-generation Prius hybrid boasts sleek, almost sports-car-like looks to go with its impressive 57 miles per gallon. The Prius will need every advantage it can muster. Its sales have been down for years, and hybrid cars also feel almost anachronistic compared to the new crop of hi...| Heatmap News
Surfing is becoming an endangered sport.| Heatmap News
A fifth of U.S. counties now restrict renewables development, according to exclusive data gathered by Heatmap Pro.| Heatmap News
Carbon Mapper’s ultra-precise Tanager-1 is headed to space.| Heatmap News
The Methane Risk Map combines satellite and geologic data to visualize chemical exposure from natural gas plumes.| Heatmap News
Let’s do some congressional math.| Heatmap News
For those keeping score, that’s three more than wanted to preserve them last year.| Heatmap News
It’s not early phase-out. These 3 changes could overhaul the law’s clean electricity supports.| Heatmap News
A Perfect Storm Is Coming for Natural Gas| Heatmap News
The Ways and Means Committee released its proposed budget language, and it’s not pretty for clean energy.| Heatmap News
Rob and Jesse dig into the implications of the House budget bill.| Heatmap News
Research from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis calls blue hydrogen’s carbon math into question.| Heatmap News
The department creates a seemingly impossible new permitting criteria for renewable energy.| Heatmap News
From the Inflation Reduction Act to the Trump mega-law, here are 20 years of changes in one easy-to-read cheat sheet.| Heatmap News
The widely circulating document lists more than 68 activities newly subject to upper-level review.| Heatmap News
What we know and don’t know.| Heatmap News
A new letter sent Friday asks for reams of documentation on developers’ compliance with the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.| Heatmap News
Inside episode 23 of Shift Key.| Heatmap News
The Environmental Protection Agency just unveiled its argument against regulating greenhouse emissions from power plants.| Heatmap News
Since July 4, the federal government has escalated its assault on wind development to previously unimaginable heights.| Heatmap News
On Puerto Rico’s water crisis, LNG’s tax scam, a nuclear safety scandal| Heatmap News
On NRC drama, Big Tech’s thirst, and Uplight’s for-sale sign| Heatmap News
A conversation with Harvard Law School’s Jody Freeman about life after the endangerment finding.| Heatmap News
On betrayed regulatory promises, copper ‘anxiety,’ and Mercedes’ stalled EV plans| Heatmap News
Oregon’s Cram Fire was a warning — the Pacific Northwest is ready to ignite.| Heatmap News
The CEO of Cleveland Cliffs is just the latest U.S. voice to affirm the dirtiest fossil fuel’s unexpectedly bright future.| Heatmap News
Putin’s war of aggression has unleashed an emissions-reduction program that is threatening the financial foundation of his regime.| Heatmap News
A new subsidy for metallurgical coal won’t help Trump’s energy dominance agenda, but it would help India and China.| Heatmap News
As bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse.| Heatmap News
Regardless of who’s eligible for what and when, strict “foreign entity of concern” provisions could make clean energy incentives impossible to take advantage of.| Heatmap News
Excise tax is out, foreign sourcing rules are in.| Heatmap News
It’s not just what they say over the next few weeks — it’s when they say it.| Heatmap News
The House passed its version of the budget bill early Thursday morning, with even deeper cuts to clean energy added overnight.| Heatmap News
It takes a credible threat to bend the budget.| Heatmap News
Rob and Jesse dig into the implications of the House budget bill.| Heatmap News
Tax credit transferability is a wonky concept, but it’s been a superpower for clean energy developers.| Heatmap News
Spinning turbines have it, but solar panels don’t.| Heatmap News
More than 2,500 employees have applied for a buyout program. The departures, if approved, could gut the agency’s in-house bank and manufacturing office.| Heatmap News
And that’s on top of the constitutional questions.| Heatmap News
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Even if the technology works, the economics might not.| Heatmap News
The president isn’t trying to cut emissions as fast possible. He’s doing something else.| Heatmap News
A guide to the year’s biggest environmental fight — and some of the most important changes that could result.| Heatmap News
Vermont is on the verge of becoming the first state to try it.| Heatmap News
