Emmy-nominated video producer specializing in short web video. Videos on NYTimes, WaPo, CNN, Wall St Journal, ABC, NBC, New Yorker, Atlantic, NPR, LATimes, etc.
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Miss America 2023, @GraceMVanderhei, is the perfect host in this trailer for the Worldview Films show concept about clean energy. Not only is she great on camera, but she also happens to be a nuclear engineer.
Climate stories can be a bit boring. Grace and I are both driven by the belief that they can also be exciting. Exploring the right stories in the right way is the trick.
#nuclear #climate #energy
People keep saying that data centers need to do better PR. Is that true - do they need to get new communications firms with better ideas? They definitely need to change how they communicate with society, because it can't get much worse than this. There are much better ways to do this.
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This seems like a big deal. A massive solar manufacturing plant in the US. I'm surprised we aren't hearing more about this.
Tesla has officially started construction of its massive new $10 billion solar manufacturing facility near Houston, Texas!
Construction is expected to finish in 2028, with commercial operations starting in Q1 2029. Total direct and indirect economic impact of the project is estimated to generate ~$6.4B in state and local taxes, and increase State of Texas GDP by ~$107 billion.
The factory will be a vertically integrated solar manufacturing facility, and it'll include:
• Wafer Manufacturing
• Ingot Manufacturing
• Coating
• Metallization and Printing Lines
• Cell Testing and QC
• Automation and Material Handling
• Cleanroom and Production Support
• Site Infrastructure
• Chemical Storage and Delivery
• Utility Infrastructure
• Environmental and Safety Systems
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The Democrats can do some amazing things over the next 2 years if they focus on reducing cost increases. They’ve been great at building energy sources that don’t require bombing Middle Eastern countries, so that’s a good place to get us back to. No one has bombed anyone for wind farms as far as I’m aware.
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To AI companies: a good first step to help people not hate you is to power your data centers with clean energy. There are laughably few data centers with clean power in the US, what are we doing? It's no surprise people don't want to breathe exhaust.
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In the midterms, if Trump says any election where a Republican lost was rigged, will it be too obvious to his supporters? Will he try only for the closest elections? Or will he respect every election as free and fair? Sometimes I wonder what would happen if an NFL coach claimed every game they lost was rigged.
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Here’s a deal for #DataCenters I think everyone could live with:
Every new data center has to bring its own new CLEAN power, connected to the grid. Community Benefit Agreements on top.
AI keeps moving forward, a little more deliberately and carefully, with time for proper regulation. Tech companies end up financing a huge wave of clean energy construction. And people stop worrying that their electric bill will go up for a server farm or that they have to breath exhaust from gas turbines.
Who's against this?
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Has @elonmusk ever explained why he’s become the biggest Republican donor after they passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that he vehemently opposed? I’m guessing it’s rage around transgender issues blinding him to the harm of that Bill. Elon, there are lots of none reactionary Democrats you can get along with. nytimes.com/2026/10/12/us/po… via @NYTimes
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I first met Andrew Doba when he hired me and Worldview Films to start filming the story of building the first really large offshore wind farm in the US, Vineyard Wind. Andrew was the Director of Communications and knew that the key to earning people’s trust was to help them understand what was happening and how it would help them. For the next few years, my team and I filmed the arrival of the first components, sailed out on boats with our drone, interviewed the CEO and many, many of the union workers and even stayed on an installation vessel for a week, culminating in watching the very last blade get installed on the very last turbine of the project. Andrew, now at energyRe, sat down with me to discuss the many challenges facing renewable energy and advanced infrastructure. Communities need to understand your big infrastructure project, and what benefits it will bring, before you start. Otherwise, they aren’t going to trust you. That means you need to build stuff that will actually help people and not harm them. How do we build infrastructure that will help people? How can we build big projects that will help lots of people for a long time but are expensive to start?
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We're entering an era where electricity, not oil and gas, will define economic power. Meeting future demand requires massive infrastructure and energy projects to support a growing global economy. The next century belongs to electricity. #EnergyTransition #Economy #Infrastructure
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The US aims for AI dominance, but powering data centers and AI demands massive grid upgrades and more electricity. Talks are underway in Washington to address these critical infrastructure needs. #AI #Infrastructure #Energy
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Building a wind farm in the US takes longer than the first moon mission. We need a national strategy for transmission infrastructure and policies that encourage *all* energy resources, not government picking winners. With @JasonARyan #EnergyPolicy #Infrastructure
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Oil prices jump when supply chains like the Strait of Hormuz face disruption, incentivizing more drilling. Yet, soaring gas prices also accelerate the shift to renewables. Competing forces shape our energy future. #Energy #Economics #Sustainability
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I’m at @DataCenterWorld - no it’s not a theme park it’s a conference! Love them or hate them - data centers are critical to AI. I’m curious about how society responds to large infrastructure projects. We all want electricity - what else will become indispensable?
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Offshore wind power on the East Coast of the US is a game-changer. With shallow waters and consistent winds, it's a machine for generating electricity and revenue for America. Even with political shifts, this economic opportunity is too good to pass up. #OffshoreWind #Energy
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