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Partner in a Passive-inspired, net zero development in the urban core of Cincinnati
'Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/29/trump-coal-country?CMP=share_btn_url
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Anderson Lee
27 days ago
"the People’s Bank of China is the only central bank that conducts meaningful monetary policy that supports the green transition, such as through targeted green lending, green bonds in collateral frameworks, and differing interest rates on reserve requirements."
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Ohio House passes 1.5 GW community energy pilot program
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Ohio House passes 1.5 GW community energy pilot program
The new legislation creates a framework for "community energy facilities" across the state, allowing a wider range of residents and businesses to participate in and benefit from local energy generatio...
https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/20/ohio-house-passes-1-5-gw-community-solar-pilot-program/
27 days ago
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The Verge
about 2 months ago
How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play
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How I built a vanlife setup powerful enough for work and play
One cable does it all.
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Kevin J. Kircher
3 months ago
"Heat pumps help narrow the energy gap between high- and low-income households (that is, the energy equity gap) by making cooling more affordable and indoor environments more comfortable." Nice new paper in Nature Energy by
@destenie.bsky.social
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Heat pumps can help alleviate residential energy insecurity in the USA - Nature Energy
In the USA, households with heat pumps tend to cool their homes earlier, and this adoption helps narrow the income-based disparities in cooling usage. Heat pumps can help to alleviate residential energy insecurity and contribute to making energy more affordable and homes more comfortable, especially in the summer.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-025-01840-7
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Saint Vice
3 months ago
BBC decided to cancel a podcast on heat pumps deeming the topic "controversial" because it presented that the technology could contribute to net zero reducing carbon emmissions. In 2025 an anti-science posture is not only valid, but required in any debate to be considered "balanced" 😬
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Owen From Ohio
3 months ago
Current EVs Under $40K
www.greatevleasedeals.info
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Michael E. Mann
3 months ago
"How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do? An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective." | Great review of
#ScienceUnderSiege
by
@gretchentg.bsky.social
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@nature.com
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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How did assaults on science become the norm — and what can we do?
An insightful book explores attacks on science from a historical and a personal perspective.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02920-0
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His Family Sold Off the Lake Cabin—But Its Spirit Lives On in a New 1,000-Square-Foot Retreat
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His Family Sold Off the Lake Cabin—But Its Spirit Lives On in a New 1,000-Square-Foot Retreat
The owner returned to Lake Michigan to create a place where his family can make memories, as his great-great-grandfather’s home did for him.
https://www.dwell.com/article/liten-hytte-bohlin-cywinski-jackson-family-cabin-lake-home-981d8672?rel=plus
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A Home Designed for a Couple Aging in Place Features Walls of Windows and a 92-Foot-Long Skylight
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A Home Designed for a Couple Aging in Place Features Walls of Windows and a 92-Foot-Long Skylight
Architecture firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson created a soaring, light-filled dwelling that the residents, one of whom has Alzheimer’s, can easily navigate.
https://www.dwell.com/article/bohlin-cywinski-jackson-light-path-aging-in-place-3d180429
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Save the Farm, Save the Future | Documentary
#agrivoltaics
#climatechange
#solar
#farms
#colorado
youtu.be/PmK3v90CzpY?...
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Save the Farm, Save the Future | Documentary #agrivoltaics #climatechange #solar #farms #colorado
YouTube video by FreeRange Films
https://youtu.be/PmK3v90CzpY?si=Eiib8UTiel7sWVd9
4 months ago
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Justin Guay
4 months ago
And yet we’re desperately trying to keep coal plants open and halt each and every clean energy project under the sun Blackouts here we come 🤦♂️
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This One Number Shows What's Going Wrong At Tesla
insideevs.com/news/771611/...
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This One Number Shows What's Going Wrong At Tesla
Today on Critical Materials: Tesla's market share drops to lowest point since 2017, VW considers tariff deal, and Hyundai's via problem were an
https://insideevs.com/news/771611/tesla-market-share-lowest-2017/
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A new EV battery could last 3.6 million miles: It costs 10% as much as lithium, lasts longer, and works in extreme temperatures. And it's made of salt.
#SustainableEnergy
#BatteryPower
www.motorbiscuit.com/ev-battery-l...
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A new EV battery could last 3.6 million miles
It costs 10% as much as lithium, lasts longer, and works in extreme temperatures. And it's made of salt.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/ev-battery-last-3-million-miles/
4 months ago
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Canadian Climate Institute
5 months ago
As other countries are implementing policies to prepare their markets for climate change, Canada risks falling behind. Stronger climate policy can strengthen Canada’s trade position and economic resilience in the global market. Read more:
climateinstitute.ca/stronger-cli...
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea
5 months ago
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
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Jay Turner
6 months ago
Sobering piece in
@nytimes.com
compares China's advances in clean energy to the U.S.'s retrenchment in fossil fuels. Hard to read at a moment when the U.S. is giving up on a more affordable, healthier, and more sustainable future.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
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John Bowers
6 months ago
Climate change further demonstrated in 6/27 NYT. The Big Beautiful Bill strips away fiscal policy that attempts to mitigate it.
#BBB
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Solar Viability: Solar electricity every hour of every day is here and it changes everything
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Solar electricity every hour of every day is here and it changes everything | Ember
Batteries are now cheap enough to unleash solar energy’s full potential, getting as close as 97% of the way to delivering constant electricity supply 24 hours across 365 days cost-effectively in the s...
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/solar-electricity-every-hour-of-every-day-is-here-and-it-changes-everything/
6 months ago
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Looking forward to this coming to Cincinnati in August! We have a story to tell starting this fall!
youtu.be/ZolURf7wjM8?...
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The Ice Box Challenge
YouTube video by The Passive House Network
https://youtu.be/ZolURf7wjM8?si=aZT3SsdNgvKlk61H
7 months ago
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Reason #39256 to delete all Meta-related social media
#DeleteFacebook
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9 months ago
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Pene Johnson Miller
9 months ago
The problem is particularly acute in rural areas, where food banks rely even more on government-supplied groceries. USDA stopped funding saying that the Biden administration created “unsustainable programming and expectations”.
www.aol.com/food-banks-s...
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Food banks scramble after USDA halts $500 million in deliveries
In the coming weeks, the shelves at dozens of food pantries in California’s Fresno County will be a little emptier. Visitors won’t be able to take home as many groceries, and their bags will contain f...
https://www.aol.com/food-banks-scramble-usda-halts-121954610.html
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Fascinating developments in Texas worthy of spit-take with your Saturday morning coffee. The Lone Star State has quietly jumped headfirst into renewable deployment
#RenewablesNow
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9 months ago
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Ohio Capital Journal
10 months ago
Instead, the forced withdrawal of the Grange Solar Grazing Center is a true tragedy that must be investigated and brought “into the light of day.” The public deserves to know the extent to which Ohio solar projects are being manipulated by vested interests in favor of fossil fuel.
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Why is an Ohio board overriding a 4-to-1 public majority on a local sheep-grazing solar project? • Ohio Capital Journal
The forced withdrawal of the Grange Solar Grazing Center is a true tragedy that must be investigated and brought “into the light of day." The public deserves to know the extent to which Ohio solar…
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Excellent summary by
@ilsr.bsky.social
#ThinkSustainably
ilsr.org/articles/202...
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The 2025 Community Power Scorecard - Institute for Local Self-Reliance
ILSR’s annual scorecard surveys a suite of 18 state-level policies that help or hinder local clean energy action.
https://ilsr.org/articles/2025-community-power-scorecard/
10 months ago
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Grist
11 months ago
The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump’s war on DEI. “Policymakers and the public and communities need good information to make the best policy decision, whatever that is." Written by
@naveenasadasivam.bsky.social
grist.org/politics/the...
#Trump
#DEI
#Musk
#Climate
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The scramble to save critical climate data from Trump's war on DEI
Researchers and activists are archiving websites and data because “policymakers and the public need good information to make the best policy."
https://grist.org/politics/the-scramble-to-save-critical-climate-data-from-trumps-war-on-dei/
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Noel Hidalgo 🗽❤️🚲
11 months ago
Well... There went my retirement...
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Amanda Kolson Hurley
11 months ago
The Energy Dept.'s "green bank" LPO "will be retooled to focus on technologies favored by the new administration such as nuclear power and liquefied natural gas" + leaders are "exploring legal options" to revoke already issued loans, per
@arinatter.bsky.social
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Trump Mulls Revoking Loans From $400 Billion Clean-Energy Office
The Trump administration is exploring legal options to cancel loans issued under a $400 billion program to finance clean-energy technology as it considers overhauling the initiative, according to a pe...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/trump-mulls-revoking-loans-from-400-billion-clean-energy-office?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczODc2NTg0MSwiZXhwIjoxNzM5MzcwNjQxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUjZCWVZEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwOTRFQTUyQzdCQTQ0RDRDQjk1QTNCNDVENDg4RjY1NSJ9.KfpWZupA1CiHtBz0zKianTNePeNgfyPpaABKWl101XI
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Katie Matthews, PhD
11 months ago
Hearing NOAA is in line for the USAID treatment this week, and the DOGE team is there. Anyone hearing the same? 🌊
#NOAA
#Fisheries
#wx
#oceanography
#climatechange
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Rafiqul Montu
11 months ago
Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It. A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth? by
@doctorvive.bsky.social
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@newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
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Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.
A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?
https://newrepublic.com/article/190566/climate-change-cut-50-percent-gdp-growth
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Robinson Meyer
11 months ago
Every day, we get more evidence that congestion pricing is making car trips faster in Manhattan, making bus travel more reliable, and increasing the use & load factor of our mass transit system. Cannot think of a recent policy that has been so *immediately* successful.
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Has NYC congestion pricing worked? MTA releases dramatic new traffic volume numbers
Quicker trips, fewer traffic jams, and shifts in commuting patterns are becoming more apparent. Here's what MTA officials are saying since congestion pricing has been implemented:
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/has-nyc-congestion-pricing-worked-mta-releases-dramatic-new-traffic-volume-numbers
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Who's going to Chile to check this out? 😀 Budget Breakdown: Inside a $117K Extreme Off-Grid Cabin in the Patagonian Forest via
@dwell.bsky.social
www.dwell.com/article/budg...
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Budget Breakdown: Inside a $117K Extreme Off-Grid Cabin in the Patagonian Forest
The solar-powered refuge is made from glass, wool, and steel—and it teaches people to “live like animals,” according to designer Felipe Lüer.
https://www.dwell.com/article/budget-breakdown-alerce-oculto-zerocabin-off-grid-cabin-patagonia-chile-5a61bdc1
11 months ago
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Michael Burchert
12 months ago
First houses built with S-SIPS Straw Insulated Structural PanelS prefabricated at New Frame Works and built by Builing Integrity in Missouri. The names, 🤗.
#strawhouse
#strawbuilding
#strawbale
www.instagram.com/p/DEqErXfP1Q...
The SFH stuff is already decarbonised if you want to.
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Heatmap News
11 months ago
Trump's wind order "could impact essentially any wind project, even ones not sited on federal lands" reports
@jael.bsky.social
. “If in fact the federal government stops issuing approvals, a significant amount of the pipeline would be interrupted” says
@americancleanpower.bsky.social
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Trump’s Wind Order Could Hit ‘More Than Half’ of New Projects
The American wind industry faces a potentially existential threat.
https://heatmap.news/plus/the-fight/spotlight/trump-executive-order-wind
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Citizens' Climate Lobby
12 months ago
2024 was officially the hottest recorded year on Earth. The antidote to despair is action. Let’s turn the lessons of 2024 into momentum for change in 2025 and beyond:
cclusa.org/join
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2024 was officially the hottest year on Earth
Several factors converged to make 2024 the hottest year ever, but two primary drivers stand out—fossil fuels and the El Niño climate pattern.
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/advocacy/2024-was-officially-the-hottest-year-on-earth/
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Checking all the boxes for those with EVs
#renewables
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Samsung delivers solid-state battery for EVs with 600-mile range as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan tech
Samsung has been shipping its solid-state battery with high energy density to electric vehicle makers, but warns that it will first land in more expensive models. It is also ready to deliver other pro...
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-delivers-solid-state-battery-for-EVs-with-600-mile-range-as-it-teases-9-minute-charging-and-20-year-lifespan-tech.867768.0.html
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Affordability in this space would be significant
#geothermal
#renewableenergy
thenextweb.com/news/borobot...
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This robot worm digs for geothermal energy in your backyard
The drilling bot can silently burrow just about anywhere. It could unlock geothermal as a viable backyard energy source.
https://thenextweb.com/news/borobotics-autonomous-robot-worm-geothermal-energy-startup
11 months ago
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Thomas Johnson
11 months ago
UC Berkeley scientists created COF-999, a yellow powder that absorbs CO2 at record speed and releases it at lower temperatures, promising for direct air capture and ship carbon capture.
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Exotic Powder Pulls Carbon Dioxide from the Air at a Record Rate — Scientific American
A unique crystalline compound soaks up CO2 with great efficiency
https://apple.news/ArsKF86soQeGB7KVOGGzwTw
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Facing political headwinds, a major Ohio solar developer throws in the towel
www.cleveland.com/open/2025/01...
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Facing political headwinds, a major Ohio solar developer throws in the towel
Birch Solar, a Lightsource bp project, said it is dropping Supreme Court appeal and suspending development.
https://www.cleveland.com/open/2025/01/facing-political-headwinds-a-major-ohio-solar-developer-throws-in-the-towel.html
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Good News!
www.wired.com/story/electr...
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Electric Cars Could Last Much Longer Than You Think
Rather than having a shorter lifespan than internal combustion engines, EV batteries are lasting way longer than expected, surprising even the automakers themselves.
https://www.wired.com/story/electric-cars-could-last-much-longer-than-most-think/
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Ferris Jabr
about 1 year ago
I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!
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Joseph D. Ortiz
about 1 year ago
Global climate policy is still moving too slowly. CO29 does not seem to have done much to change that. $300B in investment in green technology for developing nations by 2035 seems too modest a target. But it's hopeful that we keep underestimating the rate at which renewables will deploy. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋
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Joseph D. Ortiz
about 1 year ago
Solar power works in sunny Cincinnati Ohio. The Cincinnati Zoo now gets 75% of their power from their solar arrays! 🧪🔌💡☀️
#FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets
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Cincinnati Zoo powers up with a 2.8 MW solar carport
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden's new solar carport is now online, and at 2.8 megawatts (MW), it's a big one.
https://electrek.co/2024/10/25/cincinnati-zoo-powers-up-with-a-2-8-mw-solar-carport/
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