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Check out our first @rewiringamerica.bsky.social ep of This Electric House! Mini electric house tours with smart and fun humans.
Gas in your home? No, thanks! Now is a great time to go electric!
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This Electric House (Dr. Basu) | Rewiring America
Boston-based physician and Rewiring America advisor Dr. Gaurab Basu shares the health and climate benefits of using electric appliances during a tour of his electrified home.
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November 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Check out our first @rewiringamerica.bsky.social ep of This Electric House! Mini electric house tours with smart and fun humans.
Preserving backyard biodiversity is important and easy to do. Helping non-profits that are fighting biodiversity loss, climate change, and saving wildlife at this critical time is now more important than ever.
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Opinion | Donate This Holiday Season. Biodiversity Needs Your Help. (Gift Article)
Help for converting a garden, no matter how small, into a wildlife sanctuary.
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November 25, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Preserving backyard biodiversity is important and easy to do. Helping non-profits that are fighting biodiversity loss, climate change, and saving wildlife at this critical time is now more important than ever.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/o...
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The next in our new video discussion series, "What Happened, What Comes Next" is really compelling conversation I had with @joetrippi.bsky.social on the power of information networks, and the urgent need to build and own our own. 2/
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On The Power Of Networks With Joe Trippi (Video), Thune Becomes Senate Majority Leader, Behold The Senate Dem Freshman Class!!!!
Hopium Hits Los Angeles This Friday at 6pm PT/Welcome New Subscribers!
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November 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
The next in our new video discussion series, "What Happened, What Comes Next" is really compelling conversation I had with @joetrippi.bsky.social on the power of information networks, and the urgent need to build and own our own. 2/
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In December, US Fish & Wildlife is expected to decide if monarchs qualify for Endangered Species Act protections.
We are anticipating monarchs being listed as Threatened; Xerces staff spoke with @npr.org about why, and what it will mean for the butterflies & you 🦋
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We are anticipating monarchs being listed as Threatened; Xerces staff spoke with @npr.org about why, and what it will mean for the butterflies & you 🦋
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How do you protect a species that lives across a continent? Monarch butterfly decision may soon try
The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials decide soon whether it gets protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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November 22, 2024 at 7:16 PM
In December, US Fish & Wildlife is expected to decide if monarchs qualify for Endangered Species Act protections.
We are anticipating monarchs being listed as Threatened; Xerces staff spoke with @npr.org about why, and what it will mean for the butterflies & you 🦋
www.npr.org/2024/11/18/n...
We are anticipating monarchs being listed as Threatened; Xerces staff spoke with @npr.org about why, and what it will mean for the butterflies & you 🦋
www.npr.org/2024/11/18/n...
Clean energy tech scaling fast and solving demand and supply variability, this is the future of renewable supply.
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One of the US’s first solar peaker plants – with Tesla Megapacks – just came online
Arevon Energy has kicked off operations at Vikings Solar-plus-Storage – one of the US's first utility-scale solar peaker plants.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Clean energy tech scaling fast and solving demand and supply variability, this is the future of renewable supply.
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"“There are real moral questions that will be brought to bear. Is the benefit society is deriving from AI worth the energy intensity needed to power it and the carbon emissions associated with that energy intensity?”"
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AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals
The enormous electricity needs of artificial intelligence are driving plans for scores of new fossil fuel plants with decades of expected service life.
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November 22, 2024 at 12:27 PM
"“There are real moral questions that will be brought to bear. Is the benefit society is deriving from AI worth the energy intensity needed to power it and the carbon emissions associated with that energy intensity?”"
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Absolutely Absurd Conclusions, Defenders of More Climate Change Cost and Chaos
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The Staggering Costs of New England’s Green Energy Policies
With New England state governments committed to reducing their carbon emissions at least 80% by 2050, residents and businesses can expect electricity rates to double, along with rolling blackouts, acc...
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November 21, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely Absurd Conclusions, Defenders of More Climate Change Cost and Chaos
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the best thing to happen to journalism in years. while legacy media is blowing it these folks are investigating, providng FACTS, treating readers like adults www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Our democracy needs a different model for journalism
Informed voters are increasingly an endangered species. ProPublica’s nonprofit model could help save them.
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November 21, 2024 at 1:35 PM
the best thing to happen to journalism in years. while legacy media is blowing it these folks are investigating, providng FACTS, treating readers like adults www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Bluesky has passed 21M users.
November 21, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Bluesky has passed 21M users.
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Trump is itching to get his Cabinet in place. President Biden should help him by ordering FBI background checks on all Trump nominees to begin immediately.
Pretty interesting idea - Biden can order background checks into Trump’s outrageous nominees.
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Opinion | Biden should order background checks of Trump’s Cabinet picks
The FBI has conducted background investigations of White House nominees since at least the tenure of President Dwight Eisenhower’s time in office.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Trump is itching to get his Cabinet in place. President Biden should help him by ordering FBI background checks on all Trump nominees to begin immediately.
We don't have the time nor the extra money for new nuclear power - setting aside its inherent risks.
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Nuclear hype ignores high cost, long timelines
Nuclear power is being touted as a solution to meeting growing electricity demand spurred by the growth of artificial intelligence and data centers.
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November 21, 2024 at 11:03 AM
We don't have the time nor the extra money for new nuclear power - setting aside its inherent risks.
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When Republicans say they want to gut the biggest climate bill in history, we should listen to them!
And we definitely shouldn't sleepwalk towards a scenario where it gets repealed because we were all lulled into complacency by a bunch of pundits.
And we definitely shouldn't sleepwalk towards a scenario where it gets repealed because we were all lulled into complacency by a bunch of pundits.
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
When Republicans say they want to gut the biggest climate bill in history, we should listen to them!
And we definitely shouldn't sleepwalk towards a scenario where it gets repealed because we were all lulled into complacency by a bunch of pundits.
And we definitely shouldn't sleepwalk towards a scenario where it gets repealed because we were all lulled into complacency by a bunch of pundits.
This is becoming a big problem in states beyond the ones that grab the headlines like FL and CA.
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Climate change tests the insurance industry and could lead to the 'next big economic shock' for the U.S.
The consequences of climate change are making homeowners insurance either unaffordable or unavailable for millions of Americans.
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November 21, 2024 at 10:08 AM
This is becoming a big problem in states beyond the ones that grab the headlines like FL and CA.
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Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Word of the day. Or week. Or next four years.
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Today on Volts: at the DERvos conference last month, I sat down to discuss the evolution of residential electrification with Mary Powell, the CEO of Sunrun. Her company has broadened its focus from rooftop solar to batteries, EV chargers, & more.
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Residential solar is becoming residential solar + storage + VPP
I chat with Sunrun CEO Mary Powell on the future of solar, the shift to a "clean energy lifestyle," and why the tech bros need to rethink their nuclear obsession.
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November 13, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Today on Volts: at the DERvos conference last month, I sat down to discuss the evolution of residential electrification with Mary Powell, the CEO of Sunrun. Her company has broadened its focus from rooftop solar to batteries, EV chargers, & more.
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