This was a wonderfully uplifting and informative episode of Volts—delivered amidst so much bad news last week. A must listen!

Australia adds 7 GW of renewables in 2025, stays on track for 2030 target www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/a...

WNO is leaving the Kennedy Center. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...

24 million fewer vehicles: One year of congestion pricing in New York City - Fast Company

NYC Congestion Pricing is working: apple.news/AxSX1Mjy5ShW...

me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight

“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”

Running the rails: Brooklyn man finishes quest to jog along every NYC subway line - Gothamist Quite a feat!

Iris missouriensis, our Rocky Mountain Iris, blooming with a ladybug on Goshawk Ridge #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 26 🌿

Great episode! As an apartment dweller in NYC, I'm looking forward to the day I can plug my panel in--and it sounds like that may be sooner rather than later!

Little beats the solitude of a rainy ride down the Hudson Greenway. Nary a soul down half the length of Manhattan. 🚲🌕

Bike lanes are for turkeys.

Ventilation was one of the original public health measures featured in early building codes in London and New York City. While contaminated water supplies were the real cause of cholera and typhoid outbreaks, airborne disease spread and high CO2 levels continue to plague modern buildings today.

First Solar just opened a $1.1 billion integrated solar PV manufacturing plant in Louisiana capable of producing 3.5 gigawatts of panels each year. The plant will employ >700 people electrek.co/2025/11/21/f... 🔌💡

KYC and ACE-✔️ DERs and VPPs-✔️David super-geeked and excited-✔️Piclo transforming energy marketplaces-✔️ Great podcast you should listen to-✔️✔️

Today on Volts: as you may have heard, there were some elections last week. How did they go for climate world? To find out, I did my annual check-in with @spears.bsky.social of @climatecabinet.org. I don't want to spoil anything, but folks ... they went well. Really well.

41 of 45 races won!

This is a great episode--don't miss out.

If I were running in next year's midterms, I'd be saying: Aussies are getting free electricity, and we're getting huge price spikes. Because they built solar, and Trump is blocking it. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Paper here: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Fully electric dike construction project in the Netherlands. Pretty cool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFa...

Subways are for people* *wearing costumes.

Wow--NY MTA goes big on Halloween!

When the coal mine where Matt Cooper works closes this year, he plans to keep digging for another form of energy: geothermal.

I think because of new data center demand, this issue is now white hot. Protocol committees, building code councils, zoning boards, permitting offices, PUCs: @volts.wtf is always working to make bureaucracy sexy, which we need a lot more of

Grand Central subway-station upgrades finally done after years of construction - Gothamist

From Knowable Magazine: After Covid-19, can mRNA vaccines help with cancer as well? | Knowable Magazine knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...

Explore our Renewables 2025 report 👇 Executive summary → iea.li/46RSkXZ Electricity → iea.li/48jcyMJ Transport → iea.li/4nxiSoC Heat → iea.li/3KwfImD

Distributed energy working its magic. One more area of the world that won't be burdened with a network of pipes of methane (natural gas). "Figures published by the ministry say the electrification program has already built 350 solar plants, bringing electricity access to 27,500 households."

Global electricity investment has shifted significantly over the last decade: ✅ Spending on low-emissions power generation & batteries has more than doubled since 2015 ✅ Investment in solar PV is set to be over 3 times higher in 2025 than a decade ago iea.li/40JSiPX

It’s apple picking season so I am required to share this incorrect but humorous review of Stayman Winesap apples with you

India installs record 29.5 GW of solar in first nine months of 2025 www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/i... - good news from #India. ... and much more to come: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For the first time, the avg new car costs >$50,000. www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/n... It's making more and more sense for families to use a relatively cheap e-bike or golf cart in lieu of a 2nd or 3rd car. Detroit should be nervous.

A good opportunity to remind people that Boston has its own e-bike rebate program.

Newsom signed SB79! So, so huge. Enormous props to all the people who worked so hard, for so long, to make this happen, above all @scottwiener.bsky.social. It's going to change California, and the country.

SCOOP: The only offshore wind farm backed by Republican lawmakers narrows in on a new, definitive state date: March 2026. Trump promised “no new windmills” on his watch. But, in just 6 months, America’s largest offshore wind farm will plug into the grid. 🔌 #energysky #greensky

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners. Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Australian researchers hit 27.06% with triple-junction perovskite cell www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/08/a...

I know the news is tough right now. So take a moment and soak in the gorgeousness & promise of the science that led to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine & Physiology. WOW. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

This only happens to you once

Today is publication day! EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...

This network of ground-source heat pumps provides a great model for other communities to follow. insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202...

Finally! This solar canal is fully live, and it has many benefits: — saves water, by reducing evaporation — avoids land use for solar — it’s easy to connect to the grid — provides clean energy — more effiicent production: the water cools the panels This is a no-brainer project.

On this day in 1966, Star Trek first beamed into living rooms across America. None of us could have imagined then the journey it would set us on. And not just the cast and crew, but the millions of fans who would find hope, inspiration, and community in its vision of the future.

Beautiful evening stroll through Central Park.

Today on Volts: traditionally, electricity grids are kept stable by large spinning masses, usually fossil fuel generators. What will ensure stability when the fossil fuels retire? Enter "grid-forming inverters" attached to solar, wind, & batteries. I dig into the tech & the growing market.

It’s simple: fewer cars = safer streets for you and your family.

“What levers are available to Zohran to achieve the goal of a more affordable, sustainable, and livable New York City?” www.liberalcurrents.com/zohrans-5-st...