Commission label enables fossil greenwashing

by Steve Peers Reposted by Markus W. Gehring

Scholar power: 11.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 33%, Environmental science 25%, Engineering 17%, Law 13%, Political science 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	6%	27	9.4%
🎓 Markus W. Gehring	8%	8	2.3%
Total			11.6%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index + sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Reposts

Scholar power

71.0%

6.5 h

9

11.6%

Ranking score

0.155

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

EU Commission proposes common EU rules on transparency of energy and water use of data centres
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission enhances energy efficiency and sustainability of data centres in the EU

The European Commission proposed today a common rating scheme for data centres aimed at increasing transparency on their energy use and supporting their sustainable integration into Europe\'s energy s...

ec.europa.eu

September 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM

Reposted by Daniel Huppmann, Richard Waite

16%

Scholar power: 16.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 33%, Environmental science 25%, Engineering 17%, Law 13%, Political science 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel Huppmann	20%	25	10.0%
🎓 Richard Waite	11%	31	6.1%
Total			16.1%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Reposts

Scholar power

46.0%

18.4 h

27

16.1%

Ranking score

0.025

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Costa Samaras

@costasamaras.com

In case you missed this, the new US Energy Data Dashboard is a powerful and free tool made in partnership with the Our World in Data folks: usenergydata.org

Understanding America's energy system

Track and understand the numbers behind US energy — year by year, and state by state.

usenergydata.org

September 21, 2026 at 1:40 AM

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa

0%

Scholar power: 0.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 33%, Environmental science 25%, Engineering 17%, Law 13%, Political science 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Fabián Muniesa	1%	34	0.6%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Reposts

Scholar power

48.0%

7.8 h

52

0.6%

Ranking score

0.015

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

NPR

@npr.org

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances. n.pr/4hC0sCu

The data center backlash is reshaping American politics — one community at a time

With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.

n.pr

September 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM

Reposted by Markus W. Gehring

2%

Scholar power: 2.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 33%, Environmental science 25%, Engineering 17%, Law 13%, Political science 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Markus W. Gehring	8%	8	2.3%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

67.0%

6.4 h

2

2.3%

Ranking score

0.012

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

European Environment Agency

@eea.europa.eu

A newly proposed EU rating scheme will make data centres' energy and water use transparent, as the bloc aims to triple its capacity within five to seven years. 🔗 ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

#DataCentres #EUPolicy

September 21, 2026 at 1:41 PM

by Richard Waite

18%

Scholar power: 18.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Energy 33%, Environmental science 25%, Engineering 17%, Law 13%, Political science 12%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard Waite	11%	31	18.4%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Recency

Reposts

Scholar power

45.0%

18.3 h

6

18.4%

Ranking score

0.009

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

👀

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 18h

In case you missed this, the new US Energy Data Dashboard is a powerful and free tool made in partnership with the Our World in Data folks: usenergydata.org

Understanding America's energy system

Track and understand the numbers behind US energy — year by year, and state by state.

usenergydata.org

September 21, 2026 at 1:45 AM

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