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Charlie Spatz

@ccspatz

Occasional tweets about the people destroying the planet. #FOIA Work: @energyandpolicy

Portland, ME Katılım Haziran 2009
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Charlie Spatz
Charlie Spatz@ccspatz·
Big scoop from @MiriamWasser: Eversource has become the first utility to exit the American Gas Association, citing “decarbonization”. The decision comes amid the AGA’s ongoing campaign against electrification. wbur.org/news/2023/08/0… Follow along for more context...
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𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗
𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗@dharnanoor·
new investigation: dozens of utilities offer homebuilders incentives –including cash and luxury travel – to install gas appliances trade groups are also training members to sell builders on the continued use of gas, newly revealed recordings show 🧵 theguardian.com/us-news/2023/d…
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Brendan Fischer
Brendan Fischer@brendan_fischer·
This is a must-watch segment (drawn from material provided by @ItsDocumented) that illustrates the dangers of vigilante MAGA activists using unreliable sources like “Eagle AI" to challenge voter eligibility.
CBS Mornings@CBSMornings

Some right-wing activists are now sifting through voter registration lists to question their fellow American citizens’ qualifications to vote. In the state of Georgia, CBS News found more than 80,000 challenges have been filed against voters since 2021. cbsn.ws/4agf98S

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Alexander C. Kaufman
Alexander C. Kaufman@AlexCKaufman·
The federal government is finally updating building codes after 14 years so new houses will need to meet the latest energy-saving codes to qualify for FHA loans. The Senate's top recipient of homebuilder PAC donations the last 2 cycles wants to stop it. huffpost.com/entry/biden-ma…
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David Roberts
David Roberts@drvolts·
This should be making a much bigger splash: clear evidence that the American Gas Assoc. has known about the health threats of indoor gas for decades & has used tobacco-industry tactics to obscure & mislead about them.
Jeff Brady@jeffbradynews

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations. My latest for @NPR with editor @neelaeast and documents/research from @rebecca_John1 at CIC. npr.org/2023/10/17/118…

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Heidi Blake
Heidi Blake@HeidilBlake·
My latest for @NewYorker. The world's largest carbon offsetting firm sold environmentally worthless credits, while the developer of its biggest project secretly moved of tens of millions of $ paid by Gucci, Porsche, Nestlé & others into offshore accounts. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
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Charlie Spatz@ccspatz·
Huge story out this morning by Jeff Brady! It's long, but worth reading every word of this deeply reported article! Congrats as well to Rebecca John, who uncovered so many of these records. You can read her report here: climateinvestigations.org/report-gas-ind…
Jeff Brady@jeffbradynews

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations. My latest for @NPR with editor @neelaeast and documents/research from @rebecca_John1 at CIC. npr.org/2023/10/17/118…

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Itai Vardi
Itai Vardi@itai_vardi·
The Business School Dean of a CT state university submitted to @CT_PURA a letter in support of Avangrid's rate hike, ghostwritten by the utility. It came after the company suggested it will stop supporting its program. Scoop by Brendan Crowley @ctexaminer ctexaminer.com/2023/09/18/thr…
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Jake Zuckerman
Jake Zuckerman@jake_zuckerman·
New investigation from me: How did a 9-year-old child's name wind up on a public comment asking Ohio to open Salt Fork State Park for fracking? Dozens, including the child and an older blind woman, say their names were used without their knowing consent cleveland.com/open/2023/09/t…
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Sara Gersen
Sara Gersen@sara_gersen·
This is really freakin' messed up. CA's economic development agency is lobbying the federal government to give lavish tax credits to industry for producing hydrogen in ways that would exacerbate our climate, air quality, and energy affordability crises.
sasan@sasan_saadat

Unbelievable. California's Hydrogen Hub, through @CAGoBiz, officially joins Joe Manchin in lobbying @USTreasury to adopt *weaker* standards for lavish hydrogen tax credits? despite mounting evidence that it would unnecessarily subsidize dirty hydrogen.

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Ari Plachta
Ari Plachta@AriPlachta·
We've got two stories out today in @sacbee_news about SoCalGas, the nation's largest gas company, and its fight against a core California climate solution.
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Charlie Spatz@ccspatz·
2) There's no reason to give a megaphone to lobbyists trying to obstruct climate policy. We're in a climate crisis and editorial decisions like this one are how we got here.
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Arielle Samuelson
Arielle Samuelson@ariellesamuel·
We wrote earlier this week about how your utility company is using your money to fund climate delay. But that may be changing. For the first time, a major utility has left the powerful American Gas Association because it's too anti-climate. heated.world/p/eversource-l…
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Brett Murphy
Brett Murphy@BrettMmurphy·
NEW: It's not just Harlan Crow. Clarence Thomas has had a trio of other ultrawealthy patrons — an oil baron, investment guru and corporate titan — funding his luxury travel for decades. My latest, w/@Amierjeski, plus a thread on the reporting propublica.org/article/claren…
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