Stephen A. Smith
@sas.cleanenergy.org
Executive Director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) www.cleanenergy.org
Veterinarian by training now practice “Good Trouble” in defense of our home planet 🌎 Born at 318 ppm CO2
Panpsychist | Process Relational Philosopher | Being/Becoming
Veterinarian by training now practice “Good Trouble” in defense of our home planet 🌎 Born at 318 ppm CO2
Panpsychist | Process Relational Philosopher | Being/Becoming
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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We’re in Brazil — one of the world’s great democracies, one of our biggest trading partners — and not a single person from the Trump Administration showed up.
That’s shameful.
That’s shameful.
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We’re in Brazil — one of the world’s great democracies, one of our biggest trading partners — and not a single person from the Trump Administration showed up.
That’s shameful.
That’s shameful.
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An endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted 13 miles from Hilton Head Wednesday. The species is migrating to the area for calving season.
Endangered right whale spotted off the coast of Hilton Head. Here’s what to know.
An endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted 13 miles from Hilton Head Wednesday. The species is migrating to the area for calving season.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An endangered North Atlantic right whale was spotted 13 miles from Hilton Head Wednesday. The species is migrating to the area for calving season.
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Record high ocean temperatures continued across the North Pacific in October 2025, with recent warming really amplifying since the early 2000s.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Record high ocean temperatures continued across the North Pacific in October 2025, with recent warming really amplifying since the early 2000s.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
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"A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels."
South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as US officials detain imports
A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported compone...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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We are officially changing Duke Energy’s name🎺🎺from this point forward they shall be officially called Dupe Energy for their unapologetic willingness to mislead their customers goodwill into paying more for nothing new…monopoly behavior at work🙄
Does Duke Energy's upcoming renewable energy credit program actually put new solar energy on the grid?
The Southern Environmental Law Center plans to bring an upcoming Duke Energy program before the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The program, called Clean Energy Impact, is supposed to allow companies...
www.wfae.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We are officially changing Duke Energy’s name🎺🎺from this point forward they shall be officially called Dupe Energy for their unapologetic willingness to mislead their customers goodwill into paying more for nothing new…monopoly behavior at work🙄
This is just how out of touch these guys are, and little Marco is from #Florida, one of the states with the largest vulnerability to climate disruption. Say his name next time Florida is under water.
The nation’s top diplomat: “Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties and other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship pollution.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/c...
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This is just how out of touch these guys are, and little Marco is from #Florida, one of the states with the largest vulnerability to climate disruption. Say his name next time Florida is under water.
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SOLAR ACTIVITY IS HIGH: Suddenly, the sun is very active. Yesterday, Earth-orbiting satellites detected two powerful X-class solar flares. This interest-compressed movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows both spaceweather.com/images2025/0... spaceweather.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
SOLAR ACTIVITY IS HIGH: Suddenly, the sun is very active. Yesterday, Earth-orbiting satellites detected two powerful X-class solar flares. This interest-compressed movie from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows both spaceweather.com/images2025/0... spaceweather.com
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An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications for global sea level rise.
Antarctic glacier saw the fastest retreat in modern history; it could spell trouble for sea levels, report finds - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale
(CNN) — An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and theRead More
wsvn.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
An Antarctic glacier shrunk by nearly 50% in just two months, the fastest retreat recorded in modern history, according to a new study — and the way it retreated could have big implications for global sea level rise.
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Democrats were projected to score a major victory on Tuesday night by winning a pair of statewide offices in Georgia — the first time in 20 years Democrats have won in a non-federal office in that state.
Dems win non-federal statewide offices in Georgia for first time in 20 years
Democrats were projected to score a major victory on Tuesday night by winning a pair of statewide offices in Georgia — the first time in 20 years Democrats have won in a non-federal office in that state.The candidates, Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard, were elected to seats on the Georgia Public Ser...
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Democrats were projected to score a major victory on Tuesday night by winning a pair of statewide offices in Georgia — the first time in 20 years Democrats have won in a non-federal office in that state.
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Congrats to Peter Hubbard, Alicia Johnson & Georgia voters for decidedly flipping 2 PSC seats blue! The GA PSC has far reaching effects on our lives, from our power bills, to climate, jobs, telecommunications, and energy projects. The GOP has had a lock on PSC for decades. Time for change! #GAPol
Democrats have flipped two Georgia Public Service Commission seats from red to blue in the first win for GA Democrats at the nonfederal statewide level since 2006.
The Georgia Public Service Commission plays an instrumental role in determining energy policy for the state.
The Georgia Public Service Commission plays an instrumental role in determining energy policy for the state.
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Congrats to Peter Hubbard, Alicia Johnson & Georgia voters for decidedly flipping 2 PSC seats blue! The GA PSC has far reaching effects on our lives, from our power bills, to climate, jobs, telecommunications, and energy projects. The GOP has had a lock on PSC for decades. Time for change! #GAPol
Big Wins for Clean Energy in Georgia statewide PSC races! results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
Election Results
results.sos.ga.gov
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Big Wins for Clean Energy in Georgia statewide PSC races! results.sos.ga.gov/results/publ...
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Breaking: Democrats flip two Public Service Commission seats in Georgia, the first victories in 25 years.
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Breaking: Democrats flip two Public Service Commission seats in Georgia, the first victories in 25 years.
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Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Decision Desk has called both of Georgia's statewide races, for public service commissioner, for Democrats.
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
If confirmed, this would be a really huge win for Democrats:
It'd be their first statewide win in any non-federal race since 2006!
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Uber is offering grants of $4,000 to drivers who swap their gas guzzlers for electric vehicles, helping offset the Trump administration’s termination of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit, story via @theverge.com 🔌💡
Uber will pay drivers $4,000 to switch to EVs
Uber Green is now Uber Electric.
ow.ly
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Uber is offering grants of $4,000 to drivers who swap their gas guzzlers for electric vehicles, helping offset the Trump administration’s termination of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit, story via @theverge.com 🔌💡
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Well at least some are willing to talk sense in the face of the total bullshit artist…I endorse this message 😉
The SMR boom will soon go bust
ONE sign that the excessively hyped concept of small modular reactors (SMRs) is now living on borrowed time is the lack of enthusiasm in the outlook from energy market analysts, whether they are indiv...
www.manilatimes.net
November 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Well at least some are willing to talk sense in the face of the total bullshit artist…I endorse this message 😉
Solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology
Florida utility on pace to reach 93 GW solar, 50 GW storage by 2045
While utilities in neighboring states are “dabbling” with solar, Florida Power & Light is combining solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology, said a nonprofit executive.
pv-magazine-usa.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology
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Our evenings are getting less sunshine...but that doesn't mean our region is! ☀️ The Southeast can claim about 28 GW of solar as of 2024, a number that’s expected to rise to almost 54 GW by 2030. To learn more, read our "Solar in the Southeast" report: bit.ly/SACESolarRepo... 🔌💡
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Our evenings are getting less sunshine...but that doesn't mean our region is! ☀️ The Southeast can claim about 28 GW of solar as of 2024, a number that’s expected to rise to almost 54 GW by 2030. To learn more, read our "Solar in the Southeast" report: bit.ly/SACESolarRepo... 🔌💡
Happy Halloween BlueSky has 40 million 🙂
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November 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Happy Halloween BlueSky has 40 million 🙂
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Heat pumps help people stay cool in the summer. In this latest research and video, I discuss how efficient cooling technologies (e.g., heat pumps) can reduce energy insecurity. W/ @lucyqiu-umd.bsky.social #EnergySky #energy #energypolicy
youtube.com/watch?v=JfVps3p_EdE&feature=youtu.be
youtube.com/watch?v=JfVps3p_EdE&feature=youtu.be
Dr. Destenie Nock: Can Heat Pumps Reduce Energy Insecurity?
YouTube video by College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Heat pumps help people stay cool in the summer. In this latest research and video, I discuss how efficient cooling technologies (e.g., heat pumps) can reduce energy insecurity. W/ @lucyqiu-umd.bsky.social #EnergySky #energy #energypolicy
youtube.com/watch?v=JfVps3p_EdE&feature=youtu.be
youtube.com/watch?v=JfVps3p_EdE&feature=youtu.be
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425.34 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Oct-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
425.34 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 29-Oct-2025
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
keelingcurve.ucsd.edu
“Rain bombs” a new term in the Anthropocene.
1700 mm=66.929 in 😳
1700 mm=66.929 in 😳
🤯 1700 mm of rain in 24 hours 🤯
Previous record 990 mm in 24 hours in 1999
Previous record 990 mm in 24 hours in 1999
Vietnam city sets national record with 1.7 m rain in 24 hours
The central Vietnamese city of Hue recorded more than a metre of rain in a 24-hour period, smashing a national record set over two decades ago, the environment ministry said Tuesday.
www.france24.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Rain bombs” a new term in the Anthropocene.
1700 mm=66.929 in 😳
1700 mm=66.929 in 😳
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US rooftop solar costs 7 times more than in Australia and 2.8 times more than in Germany.
Why?
Soft cost like permitting, inspections and interconnection are 78% of US rooftop solar costs.
Monopoly utilities and municipalities mainly drive these costs.
permitpower.org/wp-content/u... #energysky
Why?
Soft cost like permitting, inspections and interconnection are 78% of US rooftop solar costs.
Monopoly utilities and municipalities mainly drive these costs.
permitpower.org/wp-content/u... #energysky
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
US rooftop solar costs 7 times more than in Australia and 2.8 times more than in Germany.
Why?
Soft cost like permitting, inspections and interconnection are 78% of US rooftop solar costs.
Monopoly utilities and municipalities mainly drive these costs.
permitpower.org/wp-content/u... #energysky
Why?
Soft cost like permitting, inspections and interconnection are 78% of US rooftop solar costs.
Monopoly utilities and municipalities mainly drive these costs.
permitpower.org/wp-content/u... #energysky