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Checks and Balances Project retweeted
I’m curious, why is it we almost never see any Arabs on television to discuss this race considering the candidate they’re talking about is Arab? Imagine if only white people were on TV talking about Obama when he was running?
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
Super-PACs supporting Sen Jon Husted & other GOP candidates received $2 million this year from 501(c)(4) groups once secretly funded by FirstEnergy, reports show
energyandpolicy.org/pro-hust…
Our continuing examination of conditions in rural Missouri notes that only Oklahoma and Texas lost more farms in the five-year period of the last agricultural census. The losses from these farms ripple through a county's entire economy.
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Local governments throughout Missouri and rural America face the challenges of declining populations and labor forces. They need to find new sources of revenue. @stlouisfed @stltoday @KCStar
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So many of the Texas counties adopting renewables are extremely Republican. It's not partisan to realize what the future is.
In the last five years, Texas' solar generation has grown 421% and its battery storage capacity is has grown 2,500%
That's saved Texans $3.55 BILLION on electricity bills this summer.
Read more: seia.org/research-resources/…
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
The claim nuclear is more reliable than renewables is a myth.
WindWaterSolar has not only met a higher percent (12.8%) of demand during its worst 5 minutes in all of 2026 than nuclear during its best 5 minutes (12.0%), but has also met seasonal & daily demand better than nuclear from 2023-26 on the @CaliforniaISO grid.
WWS output (left) is predictably consistent all year, peaking in early summer close to demand (late summer)
Nuclear output is flat most of the year (not following demand). The rest of the year (1-2 months), it decreases by 50%.
P.S., WWS' peak 5-minute output in 2026 is 165% of demand, or 13.75 times that of nuclear's peak output vs demand (12.0%).
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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…
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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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Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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]
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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
canarymedia.com/articles/sol…
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!
pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/09/…
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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
renewablesnow.com/news/saudi…
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
Energy abundance means building as much new energy as quickly as possible.
Solar & storage are unmatched in that department ⬇️
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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…
Checks and Balances Project retweeted
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.
