Tom Watson
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Gardener. Guitar player. Sustainability.
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Butterflies are free to fly.
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Zack Labe
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Lunchtime temperatures are already pushing over 95°F (35°C) across much of the eastern U.S. today, driven by a large heat dome pattern. We also know that human-caused climate change is making these temperatures at least 5 times more likely, as well as increasing the chance of dangerous humid heat.
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Oh my god
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Justin Gerdes
12 days ago
"In a sense, warehouse rooftops are like open fields in dense urban landscapes, with acres of flat space available for solar panels," writes
@jeffstjohn.bsky.social
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Community solar needs space to grow. Warehouse rooftops have lots of…
Industrial buildings could host gigawatts of shared solar to deliver low-cost power to underserved urban communities — if states and utilities allow it to…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/community-solar-warehouse-rooftops
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Solar ftw
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Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow.
https://abcnews.com/US/solar-generates-energy-coal-us-1st-time-report/story?id=133783328
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28 days ago
In April 2024, Spain ran its entire national grid on 100% renewable electricity for a full day — and solar was the single largest contributor. No gas. No coal. No nuclear on standby. The lights stayed on in Madrid and Barcelona with nothing but wind, hydro, and sun. Stop
#oilandgas
!!
#ActOnClimate
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Brava
@joanwalsh.bsky.social
for this masterful and brilliantly stated column: Graham Platner and the Rise of White-Male Identity Politics
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Graham Platner and the Rise of White-Male Identity Politics
Platner’s rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that’s developed, not only on the right but the left as well.
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The number of people completely fooled by "populist" gun guy in Maine - central casting astro turf consultant sculpted bullshit from the jump - is just shocking. "Oooh, WWC guys will looooove him!" Did you fall off the damned turnip truck? God almighty. 🤦🏻
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It's the right move. Mo Salah was correct.
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Justin Gerdes
about 1 month ago
"Electricity costs will fall for households and businesses on most parts of Australia’s main grid, as wind, solar and battery storage combine to push down wholesale electricity prices and to insulate the local market from ... global volatility."
reneweconomy.com.au/solar-wind-a...
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Solar, wind and batteries push down electricity bills for homes and business, despite global fuel crisis
Electricity costs will fall for homes and businesses across Australia's main grid, as wind, solar and battery storage push down wholesale electricity prices and insulate the local market from global volatility.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-wind-and-batteries-push-down-electricity-bills-for-homes-and-business-despite-global-fuel-crisis/
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Based on Trump's success with Iran, Greenland is gonna end up annexing Maine.
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Bill McKibben
about 2 months ago
The wind is the perfect complement to the sun for energy generation. When the sun goes down the wind comes up. It blows harder in the darker north, and in the winter. They are the dynamic duo, with their faithful assistant the Battery
billmckibben.substack.com/p/everyone-k...
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Everyone Knows It's Windy
A Breezy Rant
https://billmckibben.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-its-windy
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Bullshit.
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Bulldoze.
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Yale Environment 360
2 months ago
Nearly half of wolves in Italy are now part dog, a study shows.
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Nearly Half of Wolves in Italy Are Part Dog
Between 15,000 and 30,000 years ago, a now extinct population of wolves — with a little help from human friends — evolved into dogs. Now, at least in Italy, home to one of Europe’s largest wolf populations, genes are flowing in the opposite direction. Recent genetic testing suggests that, particularly in the country’s central and southern regions, nearly half of the wild wolves (Canis lupus) are actually wolf-dog hybrids.
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/italy-wolf-dog-hybrids
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Dan Gearino
2 months ago
I asked a bunch of analysts, "Does the 9.2 GW gas plant proposed for Ohio make sense?" Every single person, across areas of expertise, gave answers that could be summed up as, "Probably not." And they gave the reasons, one by one.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0205202...
#energysky
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A Massive, Trump-Backed Power Plant May Be Too Big to Succeed - Inside Climate News
A U.S.-Japan partnership could breathe new life into a former nuclear waste remediation site, but analysts see more potential pitfalls than promise.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02052026/massive-ohio-gas-power-plant-energy-risks/
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Tarana Burke was incredibly inspiring at tonight's Ms. Foundation gala. Her fearlessness is amazing.
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Justin Gerdes
2 months ago
"Farmers and clean energy advocates see a pathway to restore and protect the popular, bipartisan [Rural Energy for America Program] going forward: the latest Farm Bill," reports Kari Lydersen:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/foo...
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Trump is blocking solar for farmers. Can the Farm Bill fix that?
REAP had been helping farmers go solar and save money since 2008, until Trump came along. A looming Farm Bill vote could seal its fate — or solve its…
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/food-and-farms/trump-blocking-solar-farm-bill
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I'm actually a fan of Charles because of his (in some cases, rather bold for a monarch) climate work, but it's a grave error to fluff the Trumps.
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Justin Gerdes
2 months ago
"Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world’s largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank
@ember-energy.org
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www.carbonbrief.org/clean-energy...
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Clean energy pushes fossil-fuel power into reverse for ‘first time ever’ - Carbon Brief
Renewable energy has overtaken coal to become the world's largest source of electricity in 2025, according to thinktank Ember.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/clean-energy-pushes-fossil-fuel-power-into-reverse-for-first-time-ever/
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Justin Gerdes
3 months ago
The first wind turbine has been installed at Ørsted's Sunrise Wind project offshore New York:
www.offshorewind.biz/2026/04/17/f...
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First Turbine Up at New York's Second Offshore Wind Farm
The first wind turbine has been installed at the Sunrise Wind project site offshore New York, Ørsted confirmed to offshoreWIND.biz on 17 April.
https://www.offshorewind.biz/2026/04/17/first-turbine-up-at-new-yorks-second-offshore-wind-farm/
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Dan Gearino
3 months ago
Could high gasoline prices lead to an EV sales surge? The reaction is likely to be muted because of recent policy changes and a lack of budget-friendly options, as I write here:
insideclimatenews.org/news/1604202...
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Rising Gas Prices Make the Market Ripe for Electric Vehicles, but US Automakers Can’t Seize the Moment - Inside Climate News
If consumers want to switch to an EV, they’ll need to do it without federal incentives and with scant selection of affordable models.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16042026/inside-clean-energy-gas-prices-evs/
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Yale Environment 360
3 months ago
In a first last month, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the shift to clean energy.
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In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas
In March, for the first time, renewables supplied more power to the U.S. than natural gas, a milestone in the transition to clean power. However, rising power demand is complicating the shift away from fossil fuels by extending the lives of many aging coal power plants.
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/us-renewables-natural-gas-coal?x-craft-preview=a09812a6e2e9e7d28862011a5e524ea3825e4eb19935e5d62bd015bf8aad5b17jlgvmkmfep&token=ab6uY3d0bvQLOfY03Aj2W99kZSP_e9zG
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Zack Labe
3 months ago
As unseasonable heatwaves arrive earlier and earlier in the year, the length of the air conditioning season for energy demand will also grow. Check out March 2026 cooling degree days compared to the historical record for Arizona. Graphic from
www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
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Powerful
@60minutes.bsky.social
segment on Leo's Church and the fight to help immigrants and stop war. Impressive, moving and a significant call to action.
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Justin Gerdes
3 months ago
My latest column at
@quittingcarbon.bsky.social
: With the global economy upended by Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, political leaders and households are seeking the security and certainty offered by clean energy technologies:
www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trumps-iran-...
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Trump’s Iran war is driving politicians and consumers to embrace clean energy
With the global economy upended by Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran, political leaders and households are seeking the security and certainty offered by clean energy technologies.
https://www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/trumps-iran-war-is-driving-politicians-and-consumers-to-embrace-clean-energy/
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Strong but fair and collaborative. This is the way.
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Kamala Harris
3 months ago
The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this.
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Happy Easter. Pope Leo is right.
www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/m...
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Not in God’s name: How Pope Leo is pushing back on divine justification of war | CNN
On Tuesday night at a windy Castel Gandolfo, I asked Pope Leo XIV a question. With war potentially escalating in the Middle East, I wanted to know if he had a message for President Donald Trump and ot...
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/04/middleeast/pope-leo-iran-war-analysis-latam-intl
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Helen Kennedy
3 months ago
How is it possible that he can still shock me so deeply?
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Liverpool actually has tremendous talent on this squad. Arne Slot is getting nothing from this group. He's just not a fit for
#LFC
- tactically or emotionally (which matters greatly in Merseyside). They need to make a change.
#ynwa
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Ken Jenkins
3 months ago
Good news for Westchester. Tours of the Tarrytown Lighthouse in Sleepy Hollow are returning this April. This is one of our County’s most unique and historic landmarks, and I’m glad we’re able to reopen it to the public after completing repairs and strengthening security.
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Zack Labe
3 months ago
Cumulative change in the mass of glaciers from all around the world - preliminary data just updated through 2025 ☹️ Information on methods:
wgms.ch/products_ref...
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Justin Gerdes
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"The most fossil fuel-friendly government in recent U.S. history has shown us all just how risky reliance on oil and gas can be — and taught the world that true energy security lies in accelerating toward a cleaner, electrified future," writes
@jmingle.bsky.social
:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/o...
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Opinion | Remember the Oil Shocks of the ’70s? This Is Going to Be Worse. Much Worse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/opinion/oil-crisis-iran-electric-solar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XlA.u-1_.Fw8K_OL8lCTV&smid=url-share
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Colin Kinniburgh
3 months ago
Kind of incredible how far ahead of the rest of the country California and Texas are on battery storage. CA hit 12 GW of storage on the grid at one point this weekend (42% of load); Texas 8 GW (16%). New York and all of the other ISOs/RTOs are functionally at zero.
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Prof. Bob Howarth
3 months ago
Very powerful blog by former NYSERDA staffer Jamie Dickerson. He describes the hard work he, I, and many, many others did on the NY Climate Law, and the need to now show courage and push ahead.
@jamiedickerson.bsky.social
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Colin Kinniburgh
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“New York cannot keep walking itself up to the start line with a solid plan, only to back out of the race at the last minute.” Interesting perspective here from NYSERDA’s chief of staff during the scoping plan years:
acadiacenter.org/climate-and-...
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Climate and Affordability Do Go Hand in Hand. So Must Courage. - Acadia Center
Acadia Center – Climate, Affordability, and Courage – NYs Climate Act in 2026 “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,...
https://acadiacenter.org/climate-and-affordability-do-go-hand-in-hand-so-must-courage/#_ednref1
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Justin Gerdes
3 months ago
"Analysis from campaign group
@350.org
calculates surge in oil and gas prices has led to over $104bn of additional costs for consumers worldwide over the past month."
www.businessgreen.com/news/4527688...
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@james-bg.bsky.social
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Study: Iran War energy crisis loads over $100bn of additional costs onto households and businesses
Analysis from campaign group 350.org calculates surge in oil and gas prices has led to over $104bn of additional costs for consumers worldwide over the past month
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4527688/study-iran-war-energy-crisis-loads-usd100bn-additional-costs-households-businesses
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Energy Innovation
3 months ago
🔌💡 Why are
#natualgas
prices so high? Our
@shannonstirone.bsky.social
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@brendan.bsky.social
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thepowerline.substack.com/p/why-are-na...
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Why Are Natural Gas Prices So High?
Forced dependence on gas creates more risk during global turmoil
https://thepowerline.substack.com/p/why-are-natural-gas-prices-so-high?utm_campaign=reaction&utm_medium=email&utm_source=substack&utm_content=post
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One of the great policy wins of our time. Undisputed at this point.
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3 months ago
"Britain's wind farms produced enough electricity to power over 23 million homes yesterday, setting a new maximum generation record that helped squeeze reliance on gas generation at a time when fossil gas prices are continuing to climb."
www.businessgreen.com/news/4527607...
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'A crucial buffer against expensive gas': Britain's wind farms set 'world leading' generation record
Offshore and onshore wind now the UK's largest source of electricity, helping to curb the nation's exposure to expensive and volatile fossil fuel imports
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4527607/crucial-buffer-expensive-gas-britains-wind-farms-set-world-leading-generation-record
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Zack Labe
3 months ago
🚨 It’s official: 2026 had the lowest annual maximum Arctic sea ice extent on record - essentially tied with last year’s record low. Climate change is reshaping the Arctic, and it's all throughout the year. For more information from
@nsidc.bsky.social
:
nsidc.org/news-analyse...
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BENGE GOES YARD 💥
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Justin Gerdes
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"The tech industry needs massive amounts of electricity. The most overlooked power plant in the United States isn’t a gas turbine or a solar farm: It’s your house," writes
@mjcoren.bsky.social
:
wapo.st/4rTOtCm
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Column | How to get Big Tech to pay your energy bills
The most overlooked U.S. power plant isn’t a gas turbine or solar farm. It’s your house (and thousands of others). Firms want to use them to power data centers.
https://wapo.st/4rTOtCm
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Jen Taub
3 months ago
Is this AI?
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Democrats not in office. Honestly, that's the reason.
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Sil: "I'm gonna take action here."
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