This is a serious course reversal. www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

The big statewide program that will soon begin installing heat pumps in low-income people's homes (the Equitable Building Decarbonization Statewide Direct Install Program) just released the list of communities it will focus on initially. See the map below:
www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and...

The distributed (or "virtual") power plant — i.e. a series of home solar batteries linked to the grid — helped reduce energy demand considerably during what are typically the peak hours.

"If you're hoping to put solar on the roof of your home, and you want to own the system (not lease it), the 30% residential clean energy tax credit (25D) will sunset at the end of 2025, 10 years sooner than what was written into the Inflation Reduction Act." billmckibben.substack.com/p/up-on-the-...

Helpful map from the folks at Cleanview.
newsletter.cleanview.co/p/a-new-way-...

This photo from @rosannaxia.bsky.social's latest story on the ocean impacts of the LA fire says it all. Even offshore on a boat scientists are wearing masks and goggles to protect themselves from the toxins unleashed by the blazes.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...

"We need to generate as much renewable energy as possible. My issue is that people keep assuming that that's enough to then cause an energy transition. It's not."

We spoke with @jmijin.bsky.social about her new book Just Transition for All.

caclimateequity.substack.com/p/a-just-tra...

Building Decarbonization Could Push Out Low-Income Renters. A San Francisco Program Hopes to Prevent That

A Mission District demonstration project is gauging the cost of fully electrifying low-income rental properties. #climatesky

insideclimatenews.org/news/1401202...

Total emissions fell in California by 2.4% from 2021 to 2022.
In other words, we have hard science that shows state's emissions-cutting strategies are working—and we could do much more to reach our goals faster. But Trump's plans put this progress in jeopardy.

www.kqed.org/news/1201763...
#climate

The latest issue of State of Change is out! caclimateequity.substack.com/p/what-lies-...