Remarkable graph showing how renewable have cut need to important fossil fuels in many countries, improving their budgets and global climate. www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

Way too much going on for several weeks. So a very belated news to me good news for Oct 11 post, from someone who loves to grow food. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries triplepundit.com/2025/urban-f...

It's #NationalMeadowsDay - recently I learned about & saw the Tennessee cone flower-restricted to cedar glades (not quite meadows but close) www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/o.... Thought extinct for decades, it is now recovered thanks to @nature.org and others. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries

File under why I love Maine

Another example of how indigenous People help care for the land, benefitting us all. My news to me good news for Mar 4. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries. e360.yale.edu/digest/calif...

Energy transition is slowable but not stoppable. Two trillion investment last year is my news to me good news for Feb 28. #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries.

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Joan Baez - "Action is the antidote to despair"

I don't generally post about my own work, but if you are looking for a last minute present for the holidays for someone who might be interested in the ocean, my book seems to appeal not only to adults but also to even really little kids. All royalties go to the Smithsonian.

These Bluesky tools are crazy! I also love this one, but.... do manta rays even have teeth? certainly not sharp ones!!

This graphic on the remarkable growth of solar energy is my news to me good news for Nov 29th #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries

That was fun - would be interesting to do time slices to watch career evolution.

Paris helps us imagine a better future - replacing parking places with trees to cool city (not to speak of other many benefits). My news to me good news for Nov 20 (photo credit from article cut off: PEXELS) #EarthOptimism #BeyondTheObituaries e360.yale.edu/digest/paris...