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Climate change, social justice, opera, jazz, avid walker all over New York City.
Big Win for Battery Storage in California: Night Into Day
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
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Night Into Day
The thing changing the world this year is...batteries.
https://open.substack.com/pub/billmckibben/p/night-into-day?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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mtsw
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basically none of the solar existed before 2020 and none of the batteries existed before 2024. biggest technological revolution of our lifetime:
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Balcony solar bills make inroads across New England
Energy affordability woes are pushing all six states to advance legislation allowing DIY, plug-in solar panels. A bill is even nearing the governor’s desk…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/balcony-solar-bills-make-inroads-new-england
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Some good news!
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Suddenly, the US manufactures a ton of grid batteries
Energy storage is surging on the U.S. grid — and now the country has more than enough battery-making factories to meet that booming demand.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy-manufacturing/us-capacity-storage-cell-factories
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Rachel Maddow
8 days ago
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com
-- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
https://cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has-a-secret-reference-desk
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Emily Atkin
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Remember when CBS News laid off its whole climate reporting team last fall? Good news: I've scooped up their former senior climate producer, and now she's making a podcast with me. Sucks to suck, David Ellison! Listen/watch/subscribe here:
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Climate coverage is shrinking. We're expanding it.
Announcing a new weekly video podcast!
https://heated.world/p/climate-coverage-is-shrinking-were
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Really impressive job by
@mayor.nyc.gov
's cohort of snow shovelers here in the Bronx. Sidewalks and subway entrances are widely cleared 7 hrs after snow stopped.
@nycsanitation.bsky.social
's trucks have the main roads cleared. Next challenge: the 'hills' of NYC at street corners! TY to all!!!!
about 1 month ago
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Still snowing in the Bronx.
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Offshore wind for the win during Fern.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold
America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/offshore-wind-showed-up-big-east-coast
about 1 month ago
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It would be great to see the Kingsbridge Armory in the Bronx put to good use:
www.curbed.com/article/king...
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A Rave in a Bronx Castle?
The city is betting that Kingsbridge Armory, closed for 30 years, could become LiveNation’s uptown Madison Square Garden.
https://www.curbed.com/article/kingsbridge-armory-live-nation-bronx-club-community-center.html
about 2 months ago
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MTA has installed new type of subway entrance gate in the Bronx. One of four styles being tested.
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Central Park in the dark.
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Anders Schneiderman
2 months ago
Feeling exhausted by the first few weeks of 2026? No, there are no cute puppies or kitties in this episode. But there is a fascinating, incredibly hopeful discussion about the little nerdy moves that can radically cut the cost of rooftop solar in the US. Another brilliant interview by
@volts.wtf
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Canary Media Inc.
2 months ago
Geothermal startups are having a moment. That includes Fervo Energy, which reportedly just filed for an IPO.
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Geothermal startup Fervo Energy may finally go public
The pioneering firm has reportedly filed for an IPO as it pushes to complete the first part of its massive next-gen geothermal installation later this…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/startup-fervo-energy-may-go-public
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David Roberts
2 months ago
Heard about "virtual power plants"? Want to know more? Here I dig into the nuts and bolts:
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Let's dig a little deeper into virtual power plants (VPPs)
EnergyHub CEO Seth Frader-Thompson joins me to distinguish between old-school demand response and true virtual power plants (VPPs).
https://www.volts.wtf/p/lets-dig-a-little-deeper-into-virtual
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Vincent Ledvina
2 months ago
The aurora tonight from Fairbanks, Alaska filmed in real-time (not sped up). Insane show!
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This was a wonderfully uplifting and informative episode of Volts—delivered amidst so much bad news last week. A must listen!
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Christian Breyer
2 months ago
Australia adds 7 GW of renewables in 2025, stays on track for 2030 target
www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/a...
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Australia adds 7 GW of renewables in 2025, stays on track for 2030 target
Australian Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen says the country is on track to meet the government’s flagship target of 82% renewable energy by 2030 after solar, wind, and other renewables supplied ab...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/13/australia-adds-7-gw-of-renewables-in-2025-stays-on-track-for-2030-target/
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WNO is leaving the Kennedy Center. (gift article)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
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Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/washington-national-opera-kennedy-center.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFA.yn-G.R2kuyVzIFS_I&smid=bs-share
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24 million fewer vehicles: One year of congestion pricing in New York City - Fast Company
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Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/clean-energy-renewables-charts-2025
3 months ago
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NYC Congestion Pricing is working:
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New York's Congestion Pricing Is Working. Five Charts Show How — Bloomberg
Nearly a year ago, New York City embarked on a controversial program to toll drivers entering some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The goal of the congestion pricing plan, the first of its kind in the...
https://apple.news/AxSX1Mjy5ShWiFVcR3mMQ9Q
3 months ago
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derek guy
4 months ago
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
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Kathleen Bachynski
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“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”
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Running the rails: Brooklyn man finishes quest to jog along every NYC subway line - Gothamist Quite a feat!
4 months ago
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FrontRangeWildflowers
4 months ago
Iris missouriensis, our Rocky Mountain Iris, blooming with a ladybug on Goshawk Ridge
#nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers
#FallBack
to May 26 🌿
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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!
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4 months ago
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Gernot Wagner
4 months ago
Little beats the solitude of a rainy ride down the Hudson Greenway. Nary a soul down half the length of Manhattan. 🚲🌕
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Action Committee for Transit
4 months ago
Bike lanes are for turkeys.
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John Lansing
4 months ago
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.
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Jesse D. Jenkins
4 months ago
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...
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First Solar opens a Louisiana factory that’s 11 Superdomes big
First Solar opens a massive $1.1 billion solar factory in Louisiana, adding 3.5 GW of new US capacity and more than 800 well-paid jobs.
https://electrek.co/2025/11/21/first-solar-opens-a-louisiana-factory-thats-11-superdomes-big/
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KYC and ACE-✔️ DERs and VPPs-✔️David super-geeked and excited-✔️Piclo transforming energy marketplaces-✔️ Great podcast you should listen to-✔️✔️
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5 months ago
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David Roberts
5 months ago
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.
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So, there were some elections. How'd they go?
I talk with Caroline Spears about the stunning results in key state and local races and the lessons for 2026.
https://www.volts.wtf/p/so-there-were-some-elections-howd
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41 of 45 races won!
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5 months ago
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This is a great episode--don't miss out.
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Bill McKibben
5 months ago
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...
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Free Electricity. Like, at no cost. For everyone. Now.
Let's talk about affordability, abundance, and Australia--and why thanks to Trump we can't have nice things
https://open.substack.com/pub/billmckibben/p/free-electricity-like-at-no-cost?r=18ywu&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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Chris Baraniuk
5 months ago
Paper here:
pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Discovery of Late Intermediates in Methylenomycin Biosynthesis Active against Drug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacterial Pathogens
The methylenomycins are highly functionalized cyclopentanone antibiotics produced by Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). A biosynthetic pathway to the methylenomycins has been proposed based on sequence an...
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.5c12501
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Auke Hoekstra
5 months ago
Fully electric dike construction project in the Netherlands. Pretty cool!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFa...
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Inside the World’s First Electric Construction Project!
YouTube video by Aaron Witt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFanZpbq6U
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Action Committee for Transit
5 months ago
Subways are for people* *wearing costumes.
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Wow--NY MTA goes big on Halloween!
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5 months ago
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Canary Media Inc.
5 months ago
When the coal mine where Matt Cooper works closes this year, he plans to keep digging for another form of energy: geothermal.
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Meet the coal miner who just started a geothermal drilling business
A Colorado entrepreneur is going all in on a renewable energy source that will keep him digging — and could be a model for other miners looking beyond…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/geothermal/colorado-coal-miner-renewable-energy-drilling-business
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Brendon Slotterback
5 months ago
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
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Grand Central subway-station upgrades finally done after years of construction - Gothamist
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From Knowable Magazine: After Covid-19, can mRNA vaccines help with cancer as well? | Knowable Magazine
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After Covid-19, can mRNA vaccines help with cancer as well?
The pandemic put the technology, long in development, to the test. Here’s a look at the status of its application to cancer and when it might reach patients.
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/technology/2023/after-covid19-mrna-vaccines-for-cancer-too
5 months ago
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International Energy Agency
5 months ago
Explore our Renewables 2025 report 👇 Executive summary →
iea.li/46RSkXZ
Electricity →
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Transport →
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Heat →
iea.li/3KwfImD
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Justin Mikulka
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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."
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Cameroon, Zambia electrify villages with solar
Cameroon and Zambia are implementing government programs that bring solar minigrids to communities without stable electricity access. Cameroon recently switched on two solar installations to power two...
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/cameroon-zambia-electrify-villages-with-solar/
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International Energy Agency
5 months ago
Global electricity investment has shifted significantly over the last decade: âś… Spending on low-emissions power generation & batteries has more than doubled since 2015 âś… Investment in solar PV is set to be over 3 times higher in 2025 than a decade ago
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Richard Waite
6 months ago
It’s apple picking season so I am required to share this incorrect but humorous review of Stayman Winesap apples with you
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Christian Breyer
6 months ago
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...
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India installs record 29.5 GW of solar in first nine months of 2025
India’s solar additions surged 70% year on year to 29.5 GW in the first three quarters of 2025, driven by rapid utility-scale and rooftop deployment, according to JMK Research.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/10/14/india-installs-record-29-5-gw-of-solar-in-first-nine-months-of-2025/
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David Zipper
6 months ago
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.
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Why car companies should fear the golf cart
Automakers are churning out vehicles that are bigger and more expensive—but that might soon reach a breaking point.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90804313/why-car-companies-should-fear-the-golf-cart
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