Big DWW piece in NYT today. Again this sad progression away from collective responsibility and commitment to each other is presented as inevitable. It was not, and is not. 1/x www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
Big DWW piece in NYT today. Again this sad progression away from collective responsibility and commitment to each other is presented as inevitable. It was not, and is not. 1/x www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
"Wind and solar you basically do all the investment up front, and then it operates — not quite for free — but at extremely low operating cost ..." - @severinborenstein.bsky.social on CBS News cbsnews.com/news/form-of-energy-cheapest-lazard-lcoe/ #solar #wind #renewableenergy #cleanenergy
Can you be more specific about distortion risks? Do you think stronger staffing levels and tougher oversight could help mitigate risks? Would symmetrical incentives help?
The same reason we keep burning fossil fuels and releasing CO₂ to the atmosphere like the future of humanity doesn't matter.
Here’s what we said about the Administration slowing down clean energy while demand is rising from AI (tl;dr bad): techpolicy.press/trumps-ai-st...
Yes, lower FF capacity factors reflect clean energy supplanting power sector FF - great pathway to drive down GHG pollution via reduced operating hours. Having FF units available in the transition - particularly w increased DERs - helps protect reliability and reduces conflict over stranded assets.
Tell Governor Hochul to sign the repeal of the 100 ft rule at bit.ly/end100ft The NY Senate & Assembly passed it in June to end very expensive ratepayer-subsidized new customer hookups that keep us tied to the old fossil gas system & the huge rate increases you the ratepayer pay, to keep it afloat!
Setting aside the basic question of consistency. If $ propels focus and energy for Tesla leadership why not apply that practice to employees. Look at the pay rate for Tesla employees compared to other auto makers.
You already have more focus and energy than eight Elons. More importantly a focus and energy founded in facts and based on causes beyond self aggrandizement.
Motherfucking wind farms…
I'm a co-author on a new perspective out today in Nature on forest carbon credits, drawn from a workshop series organized by Bill Anderegg at the Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy at the University of Utah. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
As @washingtonpost.com lets its fact checker take a buyout without a replacement, here’s an important new initiative from @nysfocus.bsky.social and @gigafact.bsky.social nysfocus.com/2025/07/29/n...
The way to fight totalitarianism isn't just to complain about the erosion of the rule of law - it's to show people the practical consequences of power consolidation. And in America, that's 17 million people losing their health care to pad the pockets of the ruler's rich cronies.
The pope isn’t on here, so I’ll post the screenshot:
NEW: Nearly four months after Governor Kathy Hochul unveiled her proposed budget, lawmakers yesterday passed a $254 billion final agreement. We broke down what was proposed and what passed into a searchable database. Here's everything you need to know:
Federal policies can slow action and make it tougher, but many states, cities, companies, tribal nations, organizations, and schools are still chugging. Currently, groups representing 2/3 of the US population and 3/4 of US GDP is still in on the Paris climate goals. Source: www.americaisallin.com
🚨 We have our first budget bill printed. It's TED, covering transportation, economic development and environmental conservation
📝NEW REPORT shows that, by extending its cap-and-trade program through 2045, California will generate 287,000 new jobs and $55 billion in total economic growth across all of California’s 58 counties—all while cutting pollution. Learn more: www.greenlineinsights.com/investments-...
Just after 12:30pm on April 28th, Spain and Portugal suffered a massive blackout that left most of their population without power for over ten hours. Our experts, @brendan.bsky.social & Eric Gimon, weigh in on how to navigate in the dark thepowerline.substack.com/p/who-done-i... #greensky #energysky
This #WorldAsthmaDay, we’re spotlighting meaningful change: Colorado’s new safeguards will #CutMethane by 10%, a huge win for health and clean air. This progress proves that state action matters—especially when federal protections are at risk. vitalsigns.edf.org/story/colora...
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet. Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Excited to share this NY Cap & Invest Op-Ed by stalwart CCLNY volunteer David Borton. This was published in today's Schenectady Daily Gazette -> un-paywalled link here: archive.ph/NjFac The benefits of the program are made clear, AND the need for Gov. Hochul to be a leader - Thanks David!
These are Georgians lives. Kids. Grandmas and grandpas mostly. Given the way utility rates work, Georgia ratepayers will both pay for the costs of this equipment and die from the air pollution because the utility has turned it off.
Honk if you love: 🚗 50% fewer traffic injuries 🚕 48% drop in NJ-to-NY travel time through Holland Tunnel 🚙 70% reduction in complaints about honking 🚚 21% increase in retail sales in the congestion pricing zone bit.ly/4jOVFMp
Funny how the anti-woke right once claimed to champion due process for the accused — just one more casualty of the movement’s intellectual and moral collapse.
Good Friday is the story of a man unjustly arrested and rushed to judgment. Diana Butler Bass tells it for our time, using only pictures from the last two weeks, and it hits so heavy open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
A few years ago, NYCHA set out to pioneer heat pumps that would let old apartment buildings go all-electric without major retrofits. The effort got off to a strong start but has yet to hit liftoff. Now, Trump‘s China tariffs are throwing another wrench in the spokes nysfocus.com/2025/04/15/t...
*flips table*
I’ve watched energy hearings in Texas for over 20 years. The hearing on SB 819 was unlike anything I’ve ever seen for an energy bill. 50+ Texans spoke up to oppose the bill, including this rancher from Armstrong County: "Y'all don't realize what small counties need." 1/5
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In the Energy Institute blog this week, Meredith Fowlie has an excellent explainer about what the IRA is really likely to cost per ton of GHG reduction based on a new paper from EPRI. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/a... #EnergySky
Plug and play! A new generation of plug-in induction stoves, heat pump water heaters, and window heat pumps can replace gas appliances without expensive electrical work. www.npr.org/2025/03/19/n...
“congestion pricing is a policy unicorn - it accomplishes a key goal (reducing congestion) & raises money. This is in contrast with highway widenings which are the opposite: they cost money (often billions of dollars) and fail to accomplish the goal of reducing traffic due to induced demand)”
Hi, US coal has largely declined because the plants have well outlived their design life. Not because of climate policy, largely not because of other policy either. It’s old tech and the plants cost a lot to keep running.
I spoke to some town hall attendees for a story I have coming out tomorrow and this is what the people want. It’s sort of amazing that Trump et al. have dominated the attention economy so handily but what’s broken through for Dems has been these pissed off town hall clips uploaded by normal people.
WMATA -- the Washington DC transit agency -- adopted a new strategy a year ago, focusing on measures to improve "service frequency, reliability and security." It worked! Ridership, customer satisfaction, & fare recovery are up. Invest in transit. www.progressiverailroading.com/passenger_ra...
Europe leads the way on electricity decarbonisation. Not only the lowest emissions per kWh of major world regions but also significant reduction achieved in recent years and more to come in the future.
Donald Trump, I was wrong about you!!! You say that climate change is a “hoax.” But in fact you are a sleeper agent from the fringe environmental left on a mission to RAISE energy costs, BANKRUPT oil refineries, DESTROY the US automaking industry, and FORCE everyone to live in cities Wow!
Every policy choice drives us further toward volatility, confusion, and higher costs. For an in-depth analysis of what these contradictions mean for markets w/ @jigarshahdc.bsky.social and @cleangridview.bsky.social, listen to our latest Open Circuit episode. My column here:
🚨 Large polluters are still poisoning our air while @govkathyhochul.bsky.social delays action. www.nyforcleanair.com is demanding bold leadership—it's time to release the cap-and-invest rules and start cutting pollution! #CleanAirNY #CapAndInvestNow
Another delay, @govkathyhochul.bsky.social? Let's get this done! "...New York has not updated its statewide building code — which sets minimum construction standards — to reflect the all-electric buildings law passed nearly two years ago."
Where are the Democrats but also Where are the churches Where are the celebrities Where are the NGOs Where are the Universities Where are professional groups like AMA Where are the athletes Where are the unions What people/groups do and don’t do for next month determines our collective future
“the wound teaches us to remember where tomorrow glows.” A deep rooted antidote to the emergence of an antisocial century. It is within and between us to pursue and support "where tomorrow glows". www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
The answers people gave were, “I don’t know what to do” (hence my pinned post with a list of the most impactful actions individuals can take) and “no one’s ever asked me” (hence my newsletter with a different example each week of something you can do, and ask others to do too!) www.talkingclimate.ca
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” is one of my favourite quotes. Often attributed to Saint Augustine, though the source is unknown.
There’s something happening in this country.
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
Invasive Species: A Collaborative Exhibit Opening: Thurs, Feb 27, 4 to 6pm Contributing partners: Upstate Third Actor visual artist Hovey Brock, the New York State Hemlock Initiative (NYSHI), and students from the interdisciplinary field class Earth Projects. Hovey will speak at 5:15 pm.
I hear you & would appreciate your thoughts on primary drivers. Is it incumbency bias & power of elected & industry? Is it short term thinking? Free ride for GHG pollution? Low info & distracted voters? Gotta get a tighter handle on key barriers standing in the way of prioritizing a livable planet.
The question isn’t IF climate change is making extreme weather worse—it’s how much. Science can put a number on how many more homes flood, how much more rain a hurricane dumps, how much larger wildfires grow--and how much worse it will get if we don't act now. More by @frediotto.bsky.social & I:
Not much help for your current situation... but for future ground mounts may want to consider steeper mount to shed snow more readily & improve winter kWh production
Utilities are building infrastructure that "taste and feel" like stranded assets.
I know I pick on the “law and economics” field a lot but seriously if they’re not going to stand up for like, contracts?, why do we need them for any other policy subject
Clearly a substantial backlog of clean energy projects relative to legacy fossil plants. To what extent is this to be expected given the proportion of new generation proposals that are clean vs fossil?
Yes!
Agree with the clear need for significantly greater ambition re NYPA building public renewables and getting Clean Path back on track. To be fair, Clean Path went off the rails when costs went up & developers sought higher ratepayer subsidies (which NYSERDA denied).
NY Dems do not get to have their cake and eat it too the fact that we need Dem majorities in order to work on climate problems does not give every Dem lawmaker a pass on abandoning climate problems
"Paul Smith’s College, in partnership with The Wild Center, Adirondack Research Consortium and community partners announced they are continuing efforts to hold community listening sessions to address the growing impacts of climate change in the Adirondack-North Country region." Dates listed here.
Yes, AI growth can be managed faster-cheaper for flexibility and reliability. Shouldn't it also be managed to minimize GHG emissions?
a thing I told the Union College enviro studies people last night that I’m glad I said: a lot of people hear me talking about individual climate action and get mad. they say, “we need policy!” YES and policy NEEDS YOU policy without grassroots populist support is vulnerable to rollback
.@govkathleenhochul.bsky.social's failure to act on cap-and-invest is a win for polluters and a loss for New Yorkers. It’s time to demand bold leadership to protect our air and health. Tell Governor Hochul: Cap pollution. Act now. #CleanAirNY #CapAndInvestNow www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...