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A more efficient way? So what if the data-center hyperscalers, agreed to fund the installation of heat pumps, which are super efficient, in a bunch of homes?
Beyond the solar panel
Finding all the clever paths forward!
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A more efficient way? So what if the data-center hyperscalers, agreed to fund the installation of heat pumps, which are super efficient, in a bunch of homes?
Green growth—the UK has dropped its emissions 20% since 2000 while also growing its economy by 27%! www.wri.org/blog/2016/04...
The Roads to Decoupling: 21 Countries Are Reducing Carbon Emissions While Growing GDP
More than 20 countries have "decoupled" their carbon emissions from GDP, showing that economies can grow while shifting to a low-carbon pathway. Nate Aden explains.
www.wri.org
June 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Green growth—the UK has dropped its emissions 20% since 2000 while also growing its economy by 27%! www.wri.org/blog/2016/04...
Here's a cool climate fact—the UK announced it will ban the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars in 2030! The government is also spending $1.7 billion on electric vehicle charging points and $664 million to develop EV batteries. www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/b...
UK to ban sales of new diesel and gasoline cars in 2030 | CNN Business
The United Kingdom will ban the sale of new cars that run only on fossil fuels in 2030, a move that is designed to phase out polluting vehicles earlier than any other major economy and support the cou...
www.cnn.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here's a cool climate fact—the UK announced it will ban the sale of new diesel and gasoline cars in 2030! The government is also spending $1.7 billion on electric vehicle charging points and $664 million to develop EV batteries. www.cnn.com/2020/11/18/b...
Here's a cool climate fact—in 2013, the IEA expected coal-burning to grow by 40% in the next 27 years. Today they predict it will grow 1%. The cause: solar and wind becoming cheaper. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The seven megatrends that could beat global warming: 'There is reason for hope'
Until recently the battle to avert catastrophic climate change seemed to be lost. But with the tipping point just years away, the tide is finally turning, thanks to innovations ranging from cheap rene...
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here's a cool climate fact—in 2013, the IEA expected coal-burning to grow by 40% in the next 27 years. Today they predict it will grow 1%. The cause: solar and wind becoming cheaper. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Clean energy isn’t just powering our devices, tools, and luxuries — it’s growing the global economy, creating a whole suite of new jobs, and reshaping trade.
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10 charts prove that clean energy is winning — even in the Trump era
Climate progress is actually good business.
grist.org
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Clean energy isn’t just powering our devices, tools, and luxuries — it’s growing the global economy, creating a whole suite of new jobs, and reshaping trade.
grist.org/energy/10-ch...
grist.org/energy/10-ch...
Solar produced nearly as much electricity as gas in the nation’s most populous state in 2024. Could this be the year it takes the lead?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
In California, solar generation could finally surpass gas this year
Solar produced nearly as much electricity as gas in the nation's most populous state in 2024. Could this be the year it takes the lead?
www.canarymedia.com
April 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Solar produced nearly as much electricity as gas in the nation’s most populous state in 2024. Could this be the year it takes the lead?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Reposted
Underappreciated story: the potential for distributed energy to spark a bottom-up economic revolution in emerging economies.
Distributed energy is driving Latin America’s energy transition
Consumers have become a central player in the region’s transition by generating their own clean energy and even selling it on the market
dialogue.earth
April 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Underappreciated story: the potential for distributed energy to spark a bottom-up economic revolution in emerging economies.
"a sharp cry against myopic Democrats who block new ideas and govern through checklists, leading to what the authors call 'an endless catalog of rules and restraints'” - NYT
A book for thoughtful progressives: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson a.co/d/a3vToH9
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...
A book for thoughtful progressives: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson a.co/d/a3vToH9
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...
April 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"a sharp cry against myopic Democrats who block new ideas and govern through checklists, leading to what the authors call 'an endless catalog of rules and restraints'” - NYT
A book for thoughtful progressives: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson a.co/d/a3vToH9
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...
A book for thoughtful progressives: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson a.co/d/a3vToH9
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/b...
Yale survey offers encouraging signs that American minds are changing:
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not happening by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (73% versus 14%).
climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/u...
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not happening by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (73% versus 14%).
climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/u...
climatecommunication.yale.edu
April 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Yale survey offers encouraging signs that American minds are changing:
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not happening by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (73% versus 14%).
climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/u...
Americans who think global warming is happening outnumber those who think it is not happening by a ratio of more than 5 to 1 (73% versus 14%).
climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/u...
The world reached a new milestone as low-carbon sources – renewables and nuclear – provided 40.9% of the world’s electricity generation in 2024.
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ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
World surpasses 40% clean power as renewables see record rise | Ember
The world reached a new milestone as low-carbon sources – renewables and nuclear – provided 40.9% of the world’s electricity generation in 2024, passing the 40% mark for the first time since the 1940s...
ember-energy.org
April 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The world reached a new milestone as low-carbon sources – renewables and nuclear – provided 40.9% of the world’s electricity generation in 2024.
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
ember-energy.org/latest-updat...
Show your support for staying in the Paris Climate Agreement - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We Sign On to Uphold the Paris Agreement!
The Paris Agreement represents a global promise by governments to fulfill their moral obligation by restoring and preserving our most foundational right—the right to a livable planet. As the leader of...
sign.moveon.org
April 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Show your support for staying in the Paris Climate Agreement - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
Plug In America's annual EV survey is your chance to help affect change! You can help influence the players in the automotive, utility, and EV industries who use this survey to guide their decision-making.
Check it out here: pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-... pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-...
Check it out here: pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-... pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-...
2025 EV Driver Survey - Plug In America
Plug In America launched its 2025 annual survey and invites U.S. residents to share their experiences with or perceptions of EVs.
pluginamerica.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Plug In America's annual EV survey is your chance to help affect change! You can help influence the players in the automotive, utility, and EV industries who use this survey to guide their decision-making.
Check it out here: pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-... pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-...
Check it out here: pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-... pluginamerica.org/survey/2025-...
Here's a cool climate fact—George Washington University announced that it would fully divest from fossil fuels by the year 2025. gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-eliminate...
GW to Eliminate All Fossil Fuel Investments from Endowment | GW Today | The George Washington University
gwtoday.gwu.edu
March 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Here's a cool climate fact—George Washington University announced that it would fully divest from fossil fuels by the year 2025. gwtoday.gwu.edu/gw-eliminate...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unfrozen all grant funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act
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floodlightnews.org/epa-says-it-...
EPA says it has unfrozen billions in funds for climate-related projects
The statement by an agency spokesperson comes after two judges ordered the environmental agency to pay contracts signed under Biden
floodlightnews.org
March 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unfrozen all grant funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure and Investment and Jobs Act
floodlightnews.org/epa-says-it-...
floodlightnews.org/epa-says-it-...
The numbers are in, and clean energy is set to sweep U.S. power plant construction yet again this year.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Chart: Solar, batteries to lead US power plant construction in 2025
The country is set to build a record 63 gigawatts of new power this year as demand surges — and almost all of it will be carbon-free.
www.canarymedia.com
March 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The numbers are in, and clean energy is set to sweep U.S. power plant construction yet again this year.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
The clean energy revolution is being driven by fundamental technological and economic forces that are too strong to stop. Trump’s policies can marginally slow progress in the U.S. but they cannot halt the fundamental dynamics of technological change.
thinc.blog/2025/03/03/w...
thinc.blog/2025/03/03/w...
March 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The clean energy revolution is being driven by fundamental technological and economic forces that are too strong to stop. Trump’s policies can marginally slow progress in the U.S. but they cannot halt the fundamental dynamics of technological change.
thinc.blog/2025/03/03/w...
thinc.blog/2025/03/03/w...
Forty-eight days into 2025, CAISO gas use for electricity is down almost 28%, while battery use is up 78%, and solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
California off to a strong clean electricity start with solar up 33.8%
Forty-eight days into 2025, CAISO gas use for electricity is down almost 28%, while battery use is up 78%, and solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter.
www.pv-magazine.com
March 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Forty-eight days into 2025, CAISO gas use for electricity is down almost 28%, while battery use is up 78%, and solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter.
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
Read and share NOAA's 2024 Climate Literacy Guide which has been removed from government Web sites.
downloads.globalchange.gov/Literacy/Cli...
downloads.globalchange.gov/Literacy/Cli...
downloads.globalchange.gov
February 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Read and share NOAA's 2024 Climate Literacy Guide which has been removed from government Web sites.
downloads.globalchange.gov/Literacy/Cli...
downloads.globalchange.gov/Literacy/Cli...
The average capacity of a solar project built in the first half of 2024 was roughly six times bigger than it was in 2014. Wind projects grew about three times bigger between 2005 and 2024. And grid batteries were on average 15 times bigger in 2024 than in 2019.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Chart: The biggest clean energy projects built in the US last year
We’re living in the era of the clean energy megaproject. Here are the 25 biggest solar, wind, and battery-storage installations completed in the U.S. in…
www.canarymedia.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The average capacity of a solar project built in the first half of 2024 was roughly six times bigger than it was in 2014. Wind projects grew about three times bigger between 2005 and 2024. And grid batteries were on average 15 times bigger in 2024 than in 2019.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
False Claim #20: Offshore wind development is harmful to whales and other marine life.
Reality: When properly sited, offshore wind farms need not pose a serious risk of harm to whales or other marine life.
Reality: When properly sited, offshore wind farms need not pose a serious risk of harm to whales or other marine life.
February 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
False Claim #20: Offshore wind development is harmful to whales and other marine life.
Reality: When properly sited, offshore wind farms need not pose a serious risk of harm to whales or other marine life.
Reality: When properly sited, offshore wind farms need not pose a serious risk of harm to whales or other marine life.
How do your federal lawmakers stack up on climate? Tap below to find out! scorecard.lcv.org
2023 LCV National Environmental Scorecard
LCV scores members of Congress on their votes on the most important issues of the year, including the environment, democracy, equality, and more.
scorecard.lcv.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
How do your federal lawmakers stack up on climate? Tap below to find out! scorecard.lcv.org
Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding
"If technology can drive down the cost of breeding, then a larger number of plants could be adapted to a larger number of environments."
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"If technology can drive down the cost of breeding, then a larger number of plants could be adapted to a larger number of environments."
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archive.is
February 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Heritable Agriculture, a Google spinout, is bringing AI to crop breeding
"If technology can drive down the cost of breeding, then a larger number of plants could be adapted to a larger number of environments."
archive.is/LpSYF
"If technology can drive down the cost of breeding, then a larger number of plants could be adapted to a larger number of environments."
archive.is/LpSYF