Robinson Meyer

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executive editor and “shift key” podcast host, @heatmap_news | contributing opinion writer, @nytimes

New York, NY heatmap.news Joined March 2007

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer Apr 27

It’s the age of electricity and America isn’t ready.

Virtually every goal that Americans care about requires big changes to the power grid. I’m in @nytopinion today on why power bills are going up, whether AI is to blame, & what we need to do about it:
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer 15h

I feel like I am going crazy. The Q will not be getting four Republican senators next year — it will be getting 10 R senators, because Trump will veto any permitting measure that can get all 56 Ds. (And of course, any bill that can get 56 Ds won’t get 10 Rs.)

Seaver Wang @wang_seaver 17h

David is right here--there is no path to passing a "better" permitting bill next Congress, let alone one that Trump would sign.

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer 2d

I know there’s a lot of payola on social media, but whenever I hear the figures, I realize there’s even more money going around than I thought.

Julian Brave NoiseCat Verified account @jnoisecat 2d

Lot of anti-BAAJA people in my mentions mad about my descriptions of the bill and the political dynamics concerning climate & tribes.

FWIW, I connected The Wilderness Society—who were offering me, a new dad, $10k to make anti-BAAJA content, to an actually famous Native environmentalist because he has a larger following and would make the case against the bill in as strong and vital a way as possible.

His videos on the subject now have 1 MIL views and that’s just on Instagram

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer 2d

In retrospect, I think it’s clear that the Democratic tsunami strengthened the politics of permitting reform. I wrote about why: heatmap.news/daily/how-the-…

heatmap.news How the Blue Tsunami Strengthened the Permitting Bill If Democrats plan to restore the solar and wind tax credits, then passing BAAJA now suddenly looks like the savvy move.

Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer 2d

I struggle to see how the permitting bill is a data center accelerator, but it simply is NOT a utility giveaway. It subjects utilities to increased competition and weakens their monopolies. There’s a reason anti-utility activists support it. heatmap.news/podcast/shift-…

heatmap.news Why Permitting Reform Is a Historic Victory Over Utilities Rob talks with David Pomerantz, the executive director of the Energy and Policy Institute, about how the bill would remake the electricity grid — and strike against utilities’ political power.

Zephyr Teachout Verified account @ZephyrTeachout 2d

The permitting bill is a data center accelerator and an oil and gas and utility giveaway. It’s a boon to the big tech barons that the country just rejected.

Listen to Al here on why it’s especially bad w a Trump
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