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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its list of categories of projects which, because they typically do not have significant environmental impacts, qualify for the simplest form of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

The agency is simplifying the environmental review process for energy storage systems such as battery systems, transmission line upgrades and PV systems. Under the changes, DOE says it will continue to examine each proposed project while completing its environmental review responsibilities more expediently.

Changes include simplifying the review process for building, operating, upgrading or decommissioning battery or flywheel energy storage systems near areas that have already been developed. They also remove existing limitations on the length of existing powerlines that are eligible for the simplest form of NEPA review and increase the size of solar projects that qualify for the same.  

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What to Know About Blade Quality, w/ Kronborg Consult

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What to Know About Blade Quality, w/ Kronborg Consult

Jacob Kronborg, founder of Kronborg Consult, joins to discuss blade factory quality, carbon pultrusion repairs, serial defects, and LEP.

The Uptime Wind Energy Podcast is brought to you by Weather Guard Lightning Tech, creators of the StrikeTape Ultra LPS retrofit. Subscribe to Uptime’s Substack newsletter. And check out Rosemary’s “Engineering with Rosie” Youtube channel. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!

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A Note from Thomas Jefferson

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Numerous political philosophers from Aristotle to Jefferson have written the words, or their equivalent, that we see at left.  In fact, the first decent paper I wrote in my quest for a degree in the subject was on Aristotle’s position on “The circumstances under which it’s acceptable to discontinue of friendship.”  Spoiler alert: It’s when a so-called “friend” has undergone a change in character.

FWIW, I don’t want to be a friend of anyone who has adopted the modern-day GOP position on white nationalism, the multi-tiered justice system, the abandonment of rule of law, the dumbing down of America, or trashing the environment for profit.

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Did “America Lose” the 2026 Midterms?

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Let’s examine this.

Republicans lost ground in 99% of the roughly 2,200 counties where most votes had been counted.

Democrats hadn’t won Kansas, a state dominated by the “salt-of-the-Earth,” in nearly a century.

The election left a clear mandate: The end of governance by liars and criminals, restoration of rule of law, adherence to the U.S. Constitution, human rights, and acceptance of science in policymaking.

If this is losing, the vast majority of Americans will take it every day of the week.

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