Working on a just energy transition Formerly: NREL, University of Wyoming Currently: Facilitator and policy strategist Enviro Humanities PhD Book on water justice Based in the rural Westhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mwbtjkskys2hAs with Abundance bros and climate incrementalists, the AI inevitablists have severely limited the horizons of political possibility in The Discourse and it is depressing af. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbtjkskys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mwbtjkskys2hAs with Abundance bros and climate incrementalists, the AI inevitablists have severely limited the horizons of political possibility in The Discourse and it is depressing af. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbtjkskys2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mvqsih6gpc2oI'm being intentionally vague, but there's no feeling quite like a group of well-respected people in a field having your back when a very well-respected person in that is a complete asshole to you.17 Sep 2026 23:26 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqsih6gpc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mveqeyv77s2oI am not a huge fan of how the AI-as-world killer discourse has overtaken the climate crisis discourse.13 Sep 2026 04:16 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mveqeyv77s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mvdtsetczs2uOccam’s Razor says that some shit went down or is going down rather than tech CEOs suddenly growing a conscience.12 Sep 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdtsetczs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mvdqzt3j4s2rBreaking: John Wesley Powell calls for immediate slowdown in the development of the American West. “We must pace the frontier” - I mean come on [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdqzt3j4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mv7aekwffc2bOur team is facilitating this task force. I led two all-state calls launching the work this week. Maybe we can have a transmission breakthrough in the West. https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/is-the-west-on-the-cusp-of-a-transmission-breakthrough/10 Sep 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7aekwffc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3muu63mshtk2qWanted to take our 9yo on one last backpacking trip yesterday but couldn’t get a good read on the weather. All platforms predicted different things. Vibes felt off so stayed home. Insane thunderstorms last night. Made the right call, but wish we had functioning weather forecasting in this country.06 Sep 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muu63mshtk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3musyoie77c2xCollege football is so insanely rigged. Michigan is trash.06 Sep 2026 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3musyoie77c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3muo4jkemgs2u04 Sep 2026 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muo4jkemgs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mukmvx3vqk2qThe depressed coal community to exploited fracking community to future data center host pipeline should receive more attention right now in data center coverage. Once a community is identified as a sacrifice zone, it's pretty hard to shake that perception.02 Sep 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukmvx3vqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mukmvx3vqk2qThe depressed coal community to exploited fracking community to future data center host pipeline should receive more attention right now in data center coverage. Once a community is identified as a sacrifice zone, it's pretty hard to shake that perception.02 Sep 2026 19:05 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukmvx3vqk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mtsgczfqz22vEven if data center developers weren't so badly equipped to engage communities to "sell" the infrastructure they want to build or push flimsy community benefits plans, data centers have virtually no real value proposition to build a narrative around.24 Aug 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsgczfqz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mthgkw2jx22pSomeone reached out today to tell me they liked my book (random, unexpected, really nice!) but also made it clear they think I'm a hydrologist (random, unexpected, really nice!).19 Aug 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthgkw2jx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mth3efcgdk2pI am reviewing an academic book proposal today, first in 2 years. It for a very interdisciplinary environmental humanities monograph. My brain is out of shape for this kind of thinking. It is a very promising project that is written in a language completely foreign to the policy space I work in now.19 Aug 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth3efcgdk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mtfvpmgetc2wNiche post but I’m very happy Megan Degenfelder didn’t win the Wyoming gubernatorial primary. She is batshit crazy.19 Aug 2026 04:34 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfvpmgetc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mswcz2syek27Feels like a good day to remind everyone that Chris Wright is a piece of shit.12 Aug 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswcz2syek27https://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mstpuvgntk2xWhy the fuck am I not just being a writer11 Aug 2026 23:02 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstpuvgntk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3msjjkusvx224A lesson I’m learning post-academia is that for most PhDs it probably takes a few tries, misadventures, and detours before you end up in a place where you can maximize your skills, expertise, and experience.07 Aug 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjjkusvx224https://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3ms7xmqkots2sIn a functioning and sane society everyone would be freaking the fuck out about Spokane burning.04 Aug 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7xmqkots2shttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3ms4cqum4522dIn my scholarship I pretty frequently panned technocratic approaches to climate and energy policy/governance based mostly on desktop and primary source research. Now working within technocratic spaces (and working to make them more equitable/participatory) and it mostly holds true.02 Aug 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms4cqum4522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3ms36lwwpns2lGuess there’s no point in watching baseball for awhile02 Aug 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms36lwwpns2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3ms2yheosrc2nMy god, Spokane.02 Aug 2026 02:59 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2yheosrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mrxqehg4pc2pI wish I was doing more work directly related to climate. It feels like startlingly few energy policy people think about the climate crisis regularly in their work (especially beyond impacts on the grid), while it's the whole reason I got into this work.31 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxqehg4pc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mrsmx45gnc24Saddened by the Glen Hansard news. Saw him perform with Eddie Vedder two years ago in Montana and it was divine. RIP.29 Jul 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsmx45gnc24https://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mroch2mwjc2mI think I’ve gone a little too far afield from the type of work that gets me up in the morning.28 Jul 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mroch2mwjc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mrjjbh7kxc2kSpent a week hiking and fishing the Yellowstone backcountry (Lamar River, Mist Creek, Pelican Valley). Something so therapeutic about long walks or long river trips. Not sure I really have any desire to do much else tbh.26 Jul 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjjbh7kxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mqip4jr4ok25I spent 4/7 days rowing a raft down a Montana river last week, the other three working on energy policy. Why do anything else?13 Jul 2026 02:58 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqip4jr4ok25https://bsky.app/profile/menrywy.bsky.social/post/3mpnarwbobs25I was happy to have been part of the effort to make this a reality over the last 10 months. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2026 05:00 +0000at://did:plc:etbsjtghulp2irin5ch3nro6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnarwbobs25