Jamie Alexander

Director of External Affairs @NRRI at the University of Minnesota Fmr: Project Drawdown, @USAID Obama Every Job is a Climate Job

[Jamie Alexander @jabeckx]

“At this pivotal moment in human and planetary history, the question for us cannot only be, "Where might I be safe?" but also, "Where might I be of most use?"

I wrote this for @CNN three years ago and it’s even more true today. https://t.co/rcQBXkwxX2

[Form Energy @FormEnergyInc]

⚡️ Big news today: Form Energy will deploy a 300 MW / 30 GWh multi-day iron-air battery system with @xcelenergy to help power a new @Google data center in Minnesota.

At 30 GWh, this is the largest battery system by energy capacity ever announced globally. 🌍 It also marks Form Energy’s first deployment for a data center — demonstrating the unique value of 100-hour iron-air batteries in meeting the 24/7 energy needs of the AI economy.

The batteries for this project will be made in America at Form Factory 1 in Weirton, West Virginia. 🇺🇸 Form Factory 1 has already started commercial production and is on track to reach a production capacity of 500 MW per year by 2028.

We’re incredibly proud of this milestone and look forward to working with Xcel and Google to support a reliable, sustainable, and affordable electric grid — helping power the next generation of innovation. 🔋

See more from Xcel Energy: https://t.co/GGyE3q2Ffp

[Jamie Long @Jamiemlong]

I’m no Chris Madel fan, but glad to see a top 3 GOP straw poll finisher telling the truth while other GOP leaders bury their head in the sand.

Chris is right. All Minnesotans should reject racial profiling, raiding homes without a warrant, and prosecuting political opponents.

[Jamie Alexander @jabeckx]

This is important

[Chris Madel @CWMadel]

I am ending my campaign for Minnesota Governor. I describe why in the below video. Please watch until the end. (It is 10 minutes, 52 seconds.)

Thank you,
Chris

[University of Minnesota @UMNews]

The University of Minnesota mourns the tragic loss of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 2011 graduate of the University’s College of Liberal Arts. During this time we lean on our shared values of inclusion, community, belonging and safety. We ask for care for one another and a commitment to seek understanding and healing. https://t.co/HH3Ouvoyg1

[Fortescue @FortescueGlobal]

The world needs green metal, and the race to deliver it is ramping up. 📈

At the Financial Review Mining Summit 2025 in Perth, Dr Andrew Forrest AO made it clear: the future of Australia’s iron ore industry depends on meeting global demand for green metal. 🌍

Speaking with AFR Editor-in-Chief James Chessell, Dr Forrest reaffirmed Fortescue’s commitment to green hydrogen and pointed to tech breakthroughs making renewables cost-competitive with fossil fuels.

With Australia expected to formally bid for COP31 in 2026, he urged leaders to step up and show how a resource-rich nation can lead the shift to #RealZero.

The world is watching. Let’s lead. 💪

[Gregg Mast @GreggMast]

“Thus, green technology is not only key to new jobs, it could save whole industries in Minnesota from obsolescence.” - @minnesotabrown 👏 @WhiteEarthTribe @helienesolar @UMDNRRI1 #resilience #independence #innovation #jobs #decarbonization https://t.co/nCGLlVAgZL

[Aaron Brown @minnesotabrown]

Environmental buzzwords don't change minds, but right now renewable electrons are the cheapest on the market. Small communities are turning to green tech out of resilience, not ideology. These ideas can scale up. My latest for the @StarTribune: https://t.co/KJrkHSrCtJ

[Justin Sandefur @JustinSandefur]

This interview is actually 🔥 Don't agree with all of it, but Natsios -- USAID administrator at the launch of PEPFAR -- articulates a certain right-of-center view on foreign aid and development that's getting drowned out. Hope he's getting meetings on the Hill.

[Jeremy Konyndyk @JeremyKonyndyk]

A key point. @USAID priorities ALWAYS shift from administration to administration.

But the bulk of its programs are non-controversial and have been sustained regardless of party.

Torching the agency over this is about a vendetta, not about policy disagreements.

[Tom Hart @Tom_InterAction]

My thoughts in @WashPost on the foreign aid freeze:

“As of today, nothing has changed on the ground for those who are so deeply impacted: Medicines are still sitting on shelves without nurses to distribute; clean water projects are still stopped.”
https://t.co/YaV2p3voBz

[ProPublica @propublica]

“I’ve been an infectious disease doctor for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything that scares me as much as this,” said Dr. Jennifer Furin, who received a stop-work order for a program to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis. “It’s terrifying.”
https://t.co/zmp96ZAQft

[Devex @devex]

SCOOP: John Voorhees, USAID’s director of security, has been placed on administrative leave after refusing to allow officials from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, access to the agency’s sensitive compartmented information facility. ��️
https://t.co/6GzC27PdGt

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

what have we done

[Sami @ZulkarnainSaer]

"Whats more precious is the people"

Fantastic work by Bangladesh's Ministry of Cultural-affairs.

[Hannah Riley Fernandez @hannahcrileyy]

I know people have said this but want to underline — disasters like the LA fires just show me over and over that people want to help each other so badly. it’s our natural inclination and we live in a place that stamps it out on a government level, but it doesn’t change the desire

[Jamie Alexander @jabeckx]

@Oflululemon We’ll always have the hot power suits, bow ties and cufflinks from the original 🫠

[Jack Mirkinson @jackmirkinson]

The wildfires and the genocide raise the same question: how much pain and suffering are we willing to inflict on ourselves, each other, and our world before we do anything different? How bad does it have to get? I deeply fear the answer to that question.

[night jar @nocturnalbottle]

literally parable of the sower, written by altadena legend octavia butler in 1993 about altadena in 2025 unreal

[rez princess @chakenbake]

Grieving the people, the land, the animals, the water, the air, and the plants affected by what was preventable. We need Indigenous traditional stewardship now.

[Alexander Araya López 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @alxaraya]

So why is the flying public still ignorant about the real impact of their aeromobilities? Is it because adversiting and the social value of flying? Is it denial? Is it ignorance? My research does not deal with these questions. But we need to understand this better (8).