Approved today, New England Wind by Avangrid: 1900 MW offshore wind energy
Former Brayton Point plant: 1600 MW coal
Mystic Generating Station: 1400 MW natural gas
Seabrook Station: 1200 MW nuclear
It’s an indication of how far renewable energy has come.
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Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, died months after a police officer body slammed and paralyzed him.

Grant's death was one of more than 1,000 that an AP investigation documented after police used tactics that aren't supposed to be fatal. apnews.com/article/lethal…

Police tactics like physical restraints and Tasers aren’t supposed to end in death, but they can.

The U.S. government struggles to track these cases, so a reporting team led by AP investigated and documented more than 1,000 deaths from 2012 through 2021. apne.ws/ZAQbzeD

The Biden administration greenlit the nation's seventh large offshore wind project Tuesday. Ørsted U.S. + Eversource Energy plan to build a 924MW project, Sunrise Wind, east of Montauk, NY. They say it'll power about 600,000 New York homes starting in 2026. apnews.com/article/offsho…

The United States makes its largest-ever investment to decarbonize domestic industries to fight climate change-- Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Ali Zaidi announce $6 billion for iron, steel, aluminum, food and beverage, concrete and cement facilities to slash emissions. apnews.com/article/climat…

New York's legislature considers banning drilling companies from using CO2 to extract natural gas. The state already prohibits traditional fracking with water to extract natural gas. apnews.com/article/carbon… Story by Maysoon Khan

Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. Ørsted U.S. is building a massive solar farm in the Arizona desert with batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not. apnews.com/article/batter…

America’s first commercial-scale #offshorewind farm is officially open. NY Gov. Kathy Hochul says, 'This is the date and the time that people will look back in the history of our nation and say, 'This is when it changed.'' Ørsted U.S. Eversource Energy apnews.com/article/orsted…

'A watershed moment for climate action in the U.S., and a dawn for the American offshore wind industry'-- Avangrid + Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners announce the first turbine for the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts is sending electricity. apnews.com/article/offsho…

First Power: A massive turbine is sending electricity onto the US grid from what's set to be the country's first commercial offshore wind farm- South Fork Wind. It’s a long-awaited milestone for US #OffshoreWind . Ørsted U.S. + Eversource Energy announced today apnews.com/article/offsho…

At #COP28 , Climate at State Kerry: We are edging ever-closer to a fusion-powered reality. He unveiled a global strategy to commercialize fusion for clean energy at the Atlantic Council. He just toured Commonwealth Fusion Systems. It's racing to deploy fusion power plants. apnews.com/article/fusion…

On RenewableEnergyWorld this week, I chatted with the hosts about the potential for enhanced geothermal energy. renewableenergyworld.com/podcasts/solar…

This partnership between DOE-funded @FervoEnergy and Google is a major leap towards using the heat beneath our feet to produce carbon-free electricity and bring us closer to 24/7 clean power.
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As Google works toward 24/7 carbon-free energy, it partnered with Fervo Energy to bring an advanced geothermal project online in Nevada. Michael Terrell- “We’re really hoping that this could be a springboard to much, much more advanced geothermal power.' apnews.com/article/geothe…

Advanced geothermal project by Fervo Energy has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada grid to power Google data centers there, in what could be a turning point. Tim Latimer- It will continue to vault geothermal into a lot more prominence. apnews.com/article/geothe…

What are plastic credits? They're being talked about in Nairobi at the UN-led negotiations for a treaty aimed at cutting plastics pollution. And #BreakFreeFromPlastic + GAIA #LessPlasticMoreLife just issued a critical report. AP Climate explains. Story w/Carlos Mureithi apnews.com/article/united…

Most of the world's nations are meeting in Nairobi this week to work on draft text for what would be the first international, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution on land and at sea. My story with Carlos Mureithi AP Climate
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First-of-a-kind nuclear project terminated in another blow to Biden's clean energy agenda. Nuscale Power was developing small modular reactors in Idaho for use in West. Decade-old project supported by 3 presidents.

My The Associated Press story w ⁦Jennifer McDermott⁩ apnews.com/article/7f3a7f…

Investigators are trying to solve a mystery about the origin of the #Maui wildfire: How did a small fire sparked by downed power lines and declared extinguished flare up again hours later into a devastating inferno? Story w/ Michael Biesecker and Bernard Condon apnews.com/article/wildfi…

Lawyers for Lahaina residents and business owners told a court that cable TV and telephone companies share responsibility for the #MauiFires because they allegedly overloaded and destabilized some of the poles. apnews.com/article/hawaii…