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Imagine the combined surface area of our planet that on any given day is covered in parked cars. Why aren't we covering those spaces with energy-generating, shade-providing solar panels? Well, South Korea have gone beyond merely asking that question and made it law.

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November 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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righttozero.bsky.social
"The operation of this campus will have no emissions. The energy that we're utilizing is all green electricity that we're importing." - Joe Brothman, director of UCI Health
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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eastpole.bsky.social
Or the thing that was marketed to us, such as gas-burning stoves in home kitchens. Turns out we do not enjoy breathing low levels of methane every day!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/gas-...
Gas Stoves Leak More Methane Than Previously Thought
The appliances also release nitrogen dioxide, an air pollutant that can exacerbate asthma and other conditions
www.scientificamerican.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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fisherdanar.bsky.social
If you want to understand why the climate regime has been unsuccessful, this article by @ninalakhani.bsky.social is a great place to start! It's so important to shine a light on the ways that the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated the COPs and shifted the outcomes of the efforts of the regime!
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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hstubner.bsky.social
tagesschau: Elektroautos kaum noch teurer als Verbrenner - Die hohen Preise von Elektromodellen haben Autokäufer lange abgeschreckt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Preisdifferenz zwischen E-Autos und Verbrennern ist stark geschrumpft - was auch an Rabatten liegt.

www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/v...
Elektroautos kaum noch teurer als Modelle mit Verbrennungsmotor
Die hohen Preise von Elektromodellen haben Autokäufer lange abgeschreckt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Preisdifferenz zwischen E-Autos und Verbrennern ist stark geschrumpft - was auch an Rabatten liegt...
www.tagesschau.de
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Start the day with good news
California’s First Solar Panel-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/californias-...
California’s First Solar Panel-Covered Canal Is Now Fully Online
There are around 4,000 miles of canals in California, which could produce up to 13 gigawatts of power which would cover around 750,000 homes.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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klstone.bsky.social
Größte #Flusswärmepumpe der Welt entsteht in #Mannheim

Mannheim betreibt bereits seit 2023 eine Flusswärmepumpe, die dem Rhein Wärme entzieht und 20 MW thermische Leistung in das Fernwärmenetz einspeist.

Nun soll eine 2. Wärmepumpe mit 165 MW...

1/6
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November 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Oh, die Botschaft ist angekommen:
www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/e...
Günstigeres Heizen: Der stille Siegeszug der Wärmepumpe
Während der Ampel-Regierung galt die Wärmepumpe bei einigen als Symbol für ideologische Energiepolitik. Inzwischen werden in Deutschland erstmals mehr Wärmepumpen als Gasheizungen verkauft. Was ist pa...
www.tagesschau.de
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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byerussell.com
NYC Mayor-Elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social “plans to expand the city’s network of bike lanes, add more car-free streets in front of schools, and wants to pedestrianize more areas in Manhattan as congestion pricing has reduced traffic.”

👏👏

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How Mamdani could push a bold redesign of New York's streets
The mayor-elect has articulated a vision for reshaping the city streets. Janette Sadik-Khan, the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation under the Bloomberg Administratio...
www.fastcompany.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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yasharali.bsky.social
BREAKING

Federal prosecutors have opened a corruption investigation into Mayor Muriel E. Bowser of Washington DC, examining a foreign trip she took with members of her staff that was paid for by Qatar.

Full Story: bit.ly/4osYupj
November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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larrycolvin.bsky.social
Georgia FLIPPED two Public Service Commission seats.

This is critical to hold utilities accountable, tackle affordability, and protect our environment.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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canarymedia.com
A clean-heating transformation is underway in the depths of the Charles River.

Here’s how a heat pump that relies on the river’s thermal energy could heat Boston and Cambridge, emissions-free.
Boston’s century-old steam heat system is getting a low-carbon…
Boston and Cambridge’s decades-old district energy system is being retooled to shift away from gas and toward heat pumps and electric boilers.
www.canarymedia.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social
📣 #16thStreetHeights and #Crestwood neighbors!

Today from 4pm-6pm, we’re holding a constituent services pop-up at 18th St and Argyle Terrace NW.

We’ll be with DC agencies providing constituent services, connecting neighbors with resources, and hearing ideas for how to improve our community.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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hausfath.bsky.social
Your daily dose of climate hope. From the team at RMI: rmi.org/wp-content/u...
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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kevinjkircher.com
Pretty cool! Companies that install geothermal heat pumps and/or thermal storage can get (and transfer) 30-50% tax credits, provided they retain ownership of the equipment and get paid via leases or other third-party ownership models. Quick thread with a few more details. 1/
The loophole that could give clean heat a boost under Trump
The OBBBA killed tax credits for heat pumps, but kept them for commercially leased geothermal and thermal storage systems — a path to keep home clean heat…
www.canarymedia.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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lleopard11.bsky.social
South Korea mandates solar PV for every parking lot for 80 cars or more (from end-November), applying it retroactively to existing facilities - about 3,000 lots in total

That's 2 to 3GW of new solar powering millions of homes, zero land needed

cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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michaelemann.bsky.social
An excerpt from my new piece for @thebulletin.org on Bill Gates' new climate missive:
For years when I would criticize Gates for what I consider to be his misguided take on climate, colleagues would say, “you just don’t understand what Gates is saying!” Now, with Donald Trump and the right-wing Murdoch media machine (the Wall Street Journal editorial board and now an op-ed by none other than Lomborg himself in the New York Post) celebrating Gates’ new missive, I can confidently turn around and say, “No, you didn’t understand what he was saying.”
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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thierryaaron.bsky.social
9/ The 3rd section is 'Political History' trying to better understand how we got here.

Here we start with "The Whitehouse Effect" (2025). This film blew me away with archival footage uncovered & clarity of the storytelling

www.thewhitehouseeffect.com

Currently streaming on @netflix.com
The White House Effect Trailer
YouTube video by Actual Films Docs
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November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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propublica.org
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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europesays.bsky.social
Geothermal district heating in Aarhus, Denmark officially starts operations

https://www.europesays.com/2535252/

Samir Abboud of Innargi and Bjarne Munk Jensen of Kredsløb (source: Innargi) The geothermal district heating plant in…
Geothermal district heating in Aarhus, Denmark officially starts operations - EUROPE SAYS
The geothermal district heating plant in Aarhus, Denmark, developed by Kredsløb and Innargi, has officially started supplying heat to 330,000 homes.
www.europesays.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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kevinleecaster.bsky.social
A few months ago, there was a lot of attention given to world's biggest heat pump getting deployed in a European country, sorry I can't recall which one it was.

Well, now it looks like that record will be broken but this time in Boston!
#EnergySky
www.ft.com/content/914a...
Boston to house world’s biggest heat pump
Technology to edge out natural gas boilers
www.ft.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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susquehannasierra.bsky.social
💡 In a new piece on the Project Drawdown Insights hub, Heather McDiarmid, Ph.D. breaks down five reasons heat pumps are awesome for your comfort, your community, and the climate:
drawdown.org/insights/fiv...
Five ways heat pumps are more awesome than you think
If you trust your freezer to keep your food frozen, you can trust a heat pump to keep your home cozy. But if you’re still on the fence, here are five reasons that heat pumps are awesome for you, the p...
drawdown.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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torsolarfred.bsky.social
Frankfurt airport now hosting 17.4 MW vertical PV plant #energysky -- via pv magazine global:
Frankfurt airport now hosting 17.4 MW vertical PV plant
Next2Sun constructed the photovoltaic system with 37,000 vertically mounted solar modules. It stretches over a length of 2.8 km along the airport's Runway West.
www.pv-magazine.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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torsolarfred.bsky.social
New York utility aims to expand its flexible interconnection pilot #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:
New York utility aims to expand its flexible interconnection pilot
After operating a 15 MW solar plant with flexible interconnection that requires occasional curtailment but not grid upgrades, Avangrid seeks to expand flexible interconnection to additional portions of its distribution grid.
pv-magazine-usa.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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nyserda.bsky.social
The HOPE Program empowers NYers to build sustainable futures through training, advancement & career support. With funding from NYSERDA, the HOPE Pay for Success Heat Pump Training program trained 81 participants for in-demand careers. Read more: https://on.ny.gov/471cbFA
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM