Sarah T. Fischell
@sfischell.bsky.social
Climate action advocate. Born at ~310 ppm. @estee_nj on Twitter etc. Climate solutions & #energytwitter fan. Unitarian Universalist, @cclusa.org, Cornell. She/her/hers. Band person.
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🧵 (1/11) #Greensky 🔌💡 Some news for those who followed along in September, as we got the Poughkeepsie Town board to overturn its moratorium on grid scale batteries, in the face of fierce opposition.
1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🧵 (1/11) #Greensky 🔌💡 Some news for those who followed along in September, as we got the Poughkeepsie Town board to overturn its moratorium on grid scale batteries, in the face of fierce opposition.
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The consensus is that the electrification of transportation will destroy 5 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the le...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The consensus is that the electrification of transportation will destroy 5 million barrels per day of oil demand by 2030.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
In this new piece I argue that this number is too low for a bunch of reasons.
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This is a phenomenal long read. The sort of article it's incredibly difficult to get permission and resources to write nowadays.
bloomberg ran an absolutely killer investigation this week into the Silicon Valley + Koch/Abundance forces running the show on nuclear deregulation this year:
The Risky Movement to Make America Nuclear Again
A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear saf...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is a phenomenal long read. The sort of article it's incredibly difficult to get permission and resources to write nowadays.
Solar plus storage are a game changer in Jamaica, post Hurricane Melissa. Yay. #BuildBackGreener
www.microgridknowledge.com/microgrids/r...
www.microgridknowledge.com/microgrids/r...
Solar-Plus-Storage a “Game Changer” for Jamaica Residents During Hurricane Melissa-Sparked Outages
During Hurricane Melissa, Jamaica’s solar microgrids proved crucial in maintaining power, water, and communication for residents, highlighting the importance of resilient energy...
www.microgridknowledge.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Solar plus storage are a game changer in Jamaica, post Hurricane Melissa. Yay. #BuildBackGreener
www.microgridknowledge.com/microgrids/r...
www.microgridknowledge.com/microgrids/r...
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‘2024, green-tech sector - one of Made in China’s darlings - was 10% of China’s GDP, 26% of GDP growth…China produces only a quarter of the amount of oil it consumes…Belt and Road, getting back into gear with a new focus on green energy…2024 China started work on 100GW of new coal-fired capacity’
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
‘2024, green-tech sector - one of Made in China’s darlings - was 10% of China’s GDP, 26% of GDP growth…China produces only a quarter of the amount of oil it consumes…Belt and Road, getting back into gear with a new focus on green energy…2024 China started work on 100GW of new coal-fired capacity’
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Ethiopia is emerging as an EV hub. Roughly 8% of cars in the nation are EVs, compared to about 2% in the US. In '24, it became the 1st nation to ban imports of most gas-powered cars, catapulting EV adoption. It derives about 97% of its electricity from hydropower.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Powering up: how Ethiopia is becoming an unlikely leader in the electric vehicle revolution
A country plagued by power cuts has become the first to ban imports of petrol and diesel cars, as a new dam brings hopes of cheap green energy
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Ethiopia is emerging as an EV hub. Roughly 8% of cars in the nation are EVs, compared to about 2% in the US. In '24, it became the 1st nation to ban imports of most gas-powered cars, catapulting EV adoption. It derives about 97% of its electricity from hydropower.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I hope @jamellebouie.net gives his current thoughts.
I am a bit leery of the “ok, let’s let ourselves touch the stove” theory, bc I’m afraid of who gets burned. But I find his remarks last year compelling, esp the quote below. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/o...
I am a bit leery of the “ok, let’s let ourselves touch the stove” theory, bc I’m afraid of who gets burned. But I find his remarks last year compelling, esp the quote below. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/o...
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I hope @jamellebouie.net gives his current thoughts.
I am a bit leery of the “ok, let’s let ourselves touch the stove” theory, bc I’m afraid of who gets burned. But I find his remarks last year compelling, esp the quote below. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/o...
I am a bit leery of the “ok, let’s let ourselves touch the stove” theory, bc I’m afraid of who gets burned. But I find his remarks last year compelling, esp the quote below. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/o...
It was a pleasure to be back on campus in Ithaca at Cornell this week.
One of the topics at the meeting I attended was GenAI in the classroom.
The most disturbing thing I heard is that the profs think students work in study groups less often now bc they have GenAI to lean on. 😔
One of the topics at the meeting I attended was GenAI in the classroom.
The most disturbing thing I heard is that the profs think students work in study groups less often now bc they have GenAI to lean on. 😔
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It was a pleasure to be back on campus in Ithaca at Cornell this week.
One of the topics at the meeting I attended was GenAI in the classroom.
The most disturbing thing I heard is that the profs think students work in study groups less often now bc they have GenAI to lean on. 😔
One of the topics at the meeting I attended was GenAI in the classroom.
The most disturbing thing I heard is that the profs think students work in study groups less often now bc they have GenAI to lean on. 😔
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@drewtozer.bsky.social made one of the best videos on heat pumps I’ve seen so far youtu.be/4Hq1dAoKZsQ?...
Heat Pumps, Explained (And Why Everyone’s Switching)
YouTube video by Drew Tozer
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
@drewtozer.bsky.social made one of the best videos on heat pumps I’ve seen so far youtu.be/4Hq1dAoKZsQ?...
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Parts per million ...... doesn't seem to be very much, does it?
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Parts per million ...... doesn't seem to be very much, does it?
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Morales: I don’t care if you’re the most individualistic person on the planet—because you “lift yourself up by your bootstraps” and think government should stay out of your business and “don’t tread on me.” Climate change is already treading on you, and you should care about this issue.
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Morales: I don’t care if you’re the most individualistic person on the planet—because you “lift yourself up by your bootstraps” and think government should stay out of your business and “don’t tread on me.” Climate change is already treading on you, and you should care about this issue.
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Good morning with good news: Good morning with good news: Plug-in EV were 38.21% of the UK's auto sales in October!
BEV (up 25%) & PHEV (up 31%) sales surge in 2025 from Jan-Oct, compared to 2024!
Petrol sales plunge 25%.
Diesel sales fall 17%.
#energysky storage.googleapis.com/public_downl...
BEV (up 25%) & PHEV (up 31%) sales surge in 2025 from Jan-Oct, compared to 2024!
Petrol sales plunge 25%.
Diesel sales fall 17%.
#energysky storage.googleapis.com/public_downl...
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Good morning with good news: Good morning with good news: Plug-in EV were 38.21% of the UK's auto sales in October!
BEV (up 25%) & PHEV (up 31%) sales surge in 2025 from Jan-Oct, compared to 2024!
Petrol sales plunge 25%.
Diesel sales fall 17%.
#energysky storage.googleapis.com/public_downl...
BEV (up 25%) & PHEV (up 31%) sales surge in 2025 from Jan-Oct, compared to 2024!
Petrol sales plunge 25%.
Diesel sales fall 17%.
#energysky storage.googleapis.com/public_downl...
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A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
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Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Maybe dumping poop on voters from an airplane is not a surefire electoral strategy
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Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social ran with strong pro-climate positions, focused on increasing energy affordability by getting more renewables on the grid.
Ciattarelli vs. Sherrill on Energy Policy
The energy policy platforms of Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli both acknowledge the state's rising energy costs and the need for a stable power supply, but their proposed solutions and underlying ...
tristateinfrastructurenews.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Governor-elect @mikiesherrill.bsky.social ran with strong pro-climate positions, focused on increasing energy affordability by getting more renewables on the grid.
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In a key race for energy policy, Democrats just won 2 seats on Georgia’s utility commission — changing the dynamic for first time in nearly 20 years. Here’s a quick hit on what it all means. heatmap.news/politics/ali...
Democrats Win 2 Key Energy Races in Georgia
A “seismic change” comes for the state’s Public Service Commission.
heatmap.news
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In a key race for energy policy, Democrats just won 2 seats on Georgia’s utility commission — changing the dynamic for first time in nearly 20 years. Here’s a quick hit on what it all means. heatmap.news/politics/ali...
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
Could somebody tell me more about “Decision Desk”?
(I’m a climate nerd, not an election nerd.)
(I’m a climate nerd, not an election nerd.)
oh they're calling NJ for sherrill
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Could somebody tell me more about “Decision Desk”?
(I’m a climate nerd, not an election nerd.)
(I’m a climate nerd, not an election nerd.)
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There's a "permitting reform" argument that goes, "Dems should accept Repubs' fossil fuel deregulation in exchange for clean energy deregulation because in a deregulated world, clean energy wins based on economics."
What do you think about that argument?
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What do you think about that argument?
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November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There's a "permitting reform" argument that goes, "Dems should accept Repubs' fossil fuel deregulation in exchange for clean energy deregulation because in a deregulated world, clean energy wins based on economics."
What do you think about that argument?
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What do you think about that argument?
🔌💡
Well…I spent a few minutes on this, so I’ll re-post myself.
TL;DR: Permitting reform is hard. We need it. And if it can be done, it will be a compromise. But, like many things, IDK if a responsible compromise is doable rn. 😣 (See below.) 🔌💡
TL;DR: Permitting reform is hard. We need it. And if it can be done, it will be a compromise. But, like many things, IDK if a responsible compromise is doable rn. 😣 (See below.) 🔌💡
I’ve heard that argument, but I don’t think it correctly captures the tradeoff.
Some thoughts:
I think phrasing permitting proposals as “deregulation” is not right: all the proposals I’ve seen (that I like) are better regulation, not deregulation.
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Some thoughts:
I think phrasing permitting proposals as “deregulation” is not right: all the proposals I’ve seen (that I like) are better regulation, not deregulation.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Well…I spent a few minutes on this, so I’ll re-post myself.
TL;DR: Permitting reform is hard. We need it. And if it can be done, it will be a compromise. But, like many things, IDK if a responsible compromise is doable rn. 😣 (See below.) 🔌💡
TL;DR: Permitting reform is hard. We need it. And if it can be done, it will be a compromise. But, like many things, IDK if a responsible compromise is doable rn. 😣 (See below.) 🔌💡
#NewWord
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
When We Suffer Political Grief
Sociopolitical losses can shatter our assumptions and worldviews.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#NewWord
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
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Heartily endorsed by this Jamaican 🇯🇲
(And, thank you ☺️)
(And, thank you ☺️)
Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
Food For The Poor Jamaica
Food for the Poor Jamaica
www.foodforthepoorja.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Heartily endorsed by this Jamaican 🇯🇲
(And, thank you ☺️)
(And, thank you ☺️)
Baseball was great!
(I’m sad for Jays fans, but my 93-yr-old mom is a big Dodgers fan. I’m so happy for her.)
Now, back to our regularly scheduled climate advocacy programming… (See below, by one of my heroes, Sen. Whitehouse.)
(I’m sad for Jays fans, but my 93-yr-old mom is a big Dodgers fan. I’m so happy for her.)
Now, back to our regularly scheduled climate advocacy programming… (See below, by one of my heroes, Sen. Whitehouse.)
Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
www.gatesnotes.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Baseball was great!
(I’m sad for Jays fans, but my 93-yr-old mom is a big Dodgers fan. I’m so happy for her.)
Now, back to our regularly scheduled climate advocacy programming… (See below, by one of my heroes, Sen. Whitehouse.)
(I’m sad for Jays fans, but my 93-yr-old mom is a big Dodgers fan. I’m so happy for her.)
Now, back to our regularly scheduled climate advocacy programming… (See below, by one of my heroes, Sen. Whitehouse.)
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Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
www.gatesnotes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Here are my three truths about climate:
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
1. We fail if we don’t end free-to-pollute fossil fuel model. Period. Game over.
2. A crash looms, prefigured by collapse in home insurance/mortgage markets.
3. There are true villains in the story, and we have to tell it that way.
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Los Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.
November 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Los Angeles suffered tremendously because of the wildfires. The president of the United States has wanted to make the immigrants who make the city suffer and declared war on the city. But all throughout it, L.A. makes it work daily. It’s a place where people go to make it. LA deserves this.