Jeff St John
Chief reporter at Canary Media, energy transition believer, holder of faith in truth, justice, and the inherent goodness of my fellow human beings. Parent of Lily the Corgi.
- It's hard to track carbon emissions from power plants to end users across a multi-state power grid — but Midwest grid operator MISO and startup Singularity have made it possible for utilities, states and corporate clean energy buyers. Check it out: www.canarymedia.com/articles/emi... #energysky
- Companies want to invest $100B by 2030 in domestic battery manufacturing and deployment to meet U.S. grid energy storage needs. The Trump admin's China tariffs and Republicans' threat to undo IRA tax credits will almost certainly wreck those plans: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene... #energysky
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnJust in case anyone's wondering how bad she's lying: the only people who can check books out of the LOC are congressional staff. Library cards for use of the research centers are only available to people over the age of 16, and researchers under 18 need permission from a parent or guardian.
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New from me: Everything feels overwhelming. But here is a tangible thing you can do: write a comment to oppose Trump's plan to convert 50,000 career civil servants into political appointees. Deadline is May 23. Please share! donmoynihan.substack.com/p/here-is-a-... - Can the U.S. run its power grid, the world's most complicated machine, when the country's chief federal energy agency is being destroyed by within from 21-year-old DOGE edgelords? We're about to find out... great reporting @maeveallsup.bsky.social !
- Reposted by Jeff St John"No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" - U.S. constitution abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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- Reposted by Jeff St JohnHere’s a preview of the coming clash with SCOTUS which has already confirmed noncitizens are entitled to due process. “Sudden deportation” violates the Constitution.
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnI'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.
- Reposted by Jeff St John"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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- NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnHaving now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnDOGE was never about "efficiency."
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnMaybe I'm wrong, but I feel like if a US exchange student in a foreign country (say, Turkey?) was imprisoned for six weeks because they wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper it would be a huge domestic story and an international incident.
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnRümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts PhD candidate whose sudden arrest by federal immigration agents made national headlines, walked out of a Louisiana detention facility after a judge ordered her release. “Thank you for all the support and love,” she told supporters outside. trib.al/UkF8nkC
- California is considering a bill that would break 20-year rooftop solar contracts when a home is sold. Climate and energy groups say that would breach public trust, draw lawsuits, and do almost nothing to rein in skyrocketing utility rates: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnAlso, if there's anyone whose beliefs about how to best construct an energy system you can safely ignore, it's anyone leading the AI charge. They really, truly, do not care about where they get the energy they want, and they will get it any way they can--including on the backs of captive ratepayers.
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnThis way of monitoring power lines was helped developed in my laboratory back when I still had one. We were trying to decrease the cost to better monitor downhole temperatures in geothermal wells, but of course we also knew it could be valuable for power lines too.
- Prisma Photonics uses existing fiber-optic cables to sense short circuits and weather and wildfire threats to high-voltage transmission—a high-tech workaround to the cost and time challenges of installing sensors along thousands of miles of power lines: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky
- Prisma Photonics uses existing fiber-optic cables to sense short circuits and weather and wildfire threats to high-voltage transmission—a high-tech workaround to the cost and time challenges of installing sensors along thousands of miles of power lines: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky
- Midwest grid operator MISO wants to fast-track fossil gas plants ahead of solar, wind and batteries waiting years to connect. Clean energy groups, grid experts, and former FERC commissioners say that's unfair, costly, and will make grid problems worse: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky
- I appreciate the copy edit @pattydurand.bsky.social ;-)
- Terawatt and Greenlane's new Southern California truck-charging depots will help more electric big rigs go further, charge faster and double (or triple) their daily routes — all key to boosting e-freight economics in the face of Trump admin headwinds: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... #energysky
- Can high-powered computing on the "grid edge" turn rooftop solar, EVs and backup batteries into utility assets? Utilidata just raised $60M to get more of its Nvidia AI chipset-enabled smart meters into the field to solve these kinds of grid challenges: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli... #energysky
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- Reposted by Jeff St John5/ that after the first week or may there are simply no ships from China arriving. Whatever the precise specifics the point is that this is already locked in. The severe drop off has already happened but it’s all off set by weeks because the Pacific Ocean is big and ocean freight speed is …
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- Reposted by Jeff St JohnIt’s only getting much play in the trade/transport niche press. But pretty real product shortages beginning in mid-May or so are already locked in. They’re maybe a thousand miles out in the Pacific Ocean. Modern trade takes place in gargantuan container ships. There are very detailed records …
- A hoarder's taxonomy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- People get ready snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
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- Reposted by Jeff St JohnHappy Independent Bookstore Day! Read Maris's piece, then go show your local indie bookstore some love. They're so much more than places to get books--they are places to engage with ideas and others in your community. Staffed by actual humans to help you find the books you didn't know you needed!
- I needed to write about something that’s giving me hope, so I wrote about Independent Bookstore Day which is this Saturday. lithub.com/something-go...
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- Startup Electra has won $186M from VCs and major iron/steel players including Nucor, Rio Tinto and Toyota Tsusho to scale up its tech to purify iron using electricity and acid—a cleaner, cooler, modular way to cut the steel industry's carbon emissions: www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre... #energysky
- “[T]he more people understand the extent to which the right has succumbed to the Armageddon complex, the more they will be willing to fight back, realizing that absolutely everything is now on the line.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
- My sister works for an organization that helps children like these obtain legal representation, and has lost funding to carry out that work due to these Trump administration funding cuts. gothamist.com/news/4-year-...
- Is Georgia Power planning gigawatts of fossil gas-fired power plants to meet data center demand? Or is it giving cleaner options like solar and batteries a fair shake? Watchdog groups and tech giants want to know — but the utility isn't telling: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... #energysky
- A happy warrior Earth Day to you all
- Want to know how the U.S. can keep electrifying cars, trucks, buses, vans and ports despite the barriers of Trump 2.0? Come to our Friday panel at #SEJ2025 to get a roadmap from experts at @EnvDefenseFund, @CALSTART, @Orange_EV and ABB E-mobility: conference.sej.org/agenda/ #energysky
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- Thanks @drvolts and @emilypont for a great conversation!
- Today on Volts: the second edition of What the F is happening?, my impromptu, every-so-often news roundtable. This time around I'm joined by @emilypont.bsky.social of @heatmap.news & @jeffstjohn.bsky.social of @canarymedia.com. We discuss crazy executive orders, tariffs, lawsuits, & more.
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnThere's a literature in political economy on bureaucratic rigidity and the pacing problem. Classic work here comes from Anthony Downs, and it's striking how relevant his bureaucracy life cycle model is to electricity regulation. 📉📈 and 🔌💡 knowledgeproblem.substack.com/p/the-rigidi...
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- Reposted by Jeff St JohnLast night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnTrump and his cronies peddle the myth we’re “Washington bureaucrats.” But 85% of federal workers live outside D.C. We help vets in Phoenix, inspect meat in Iowa, fight fires in Montana, and run weather models in Oklahoma. We work for all Americans, every day. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- "All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made, And first my lord Brother Sun, Who brings the day; and light you give to us through him. How beautiful is he, how radiant in all his splendor! Of you, Most High, he bears the likeness." open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
- Justice will prevail. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/what-...
- Reposted by Jeff St John"This is a pattern. If one law firm capitulates, Trump goes after more. If one university, tech billionaire, media company capitulates, he goes after more. If we don't fight him now, when he’s only gone after one legal resident, then we can't act surprised when he ultimately goes after Americans."
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- www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... The consequences of California outsourcing its methane reduction under highly questionable (and locative) accounting scheme known as LCFS… www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...
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- People want to charge EVs at home, and 1/3 of U.S. lives in multifamily housing. Startup 3V Infrastructure is financing EV charging for that under-addressed market, betting the rewards of selling at-home charging at scale are worth the up-front risks: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... #energysky
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- Reposted by Jeff St JohnAnyone have $15 million to help this small town mayor realize a vision of using clean energy to uplift one of the poorest communities in America? Our latest at @canarymedia.com by @elizouzts.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Jeff St JohnI finally found a strategy that’s dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions from food, and it’s a hilariously simple strategy. I wrote about it for @canarymedia.com. www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...
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- The Trump administration will soon simply declare that federal rules it dislikes are dead and stop enforcing them. Will industries make use of this radical license? Or will they think to the consequences of violating the will of the American people? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
- Reposted by Jeff St JohnAbrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
