Portable, plug-in solar panels avoid most of the problems that keep homeowners from installing rooftop solar. And in Vermont and New Hampshire, state lawmakers are pushing to make it viable.

A Western day-ahead power market is still years away, but California just took a big step toward bringing it to life.

A judge cleared the way for Revolution Wind to keep building. It’s a sign that Trump’s legal strategy isn’t working in his war on wind. Why does this matter? There are still 12 lawsuits entangling 8 other offshore wind farms in America. My latest 👇 www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

States are making widespread heat pump deployment an essential piece of their emissions-cutting plans. Now, they’ve got a road map from @nescaum.org to make it happen.

Making glass for windows, beverage bottles, and smartphone screens involves high heat and fossil fuel-powered furnaces. But around the world, electric alternatives are emerging.

Love how this article by Sarah Shemkus clearly lays out what states are legislating around plug-in solar — and what the industry needs to do for its systems to be certified safe. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

Canary’s Climate Week events continue! Volts' David Roberts and Carlos Araque of @quaise.bsky.social talked superdeep geothermal energy this afternoon. Catch their conversation on an upcoming @volts.wtf episode.

U.S. utilities made at least some climate progress over the last few years. But this year, the @sierraclub.org is giving them an “F.”

California has passed a law that paves the way for creating an energy trading market across the US West. Backers say that could save billions of dollars and bolster clean energy. Foes fear it will expose California to Trump administration interference: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ene... #energysky

Major U.S. utilities earn an “F” on a new report card because they’re planning to build far too little clean energy and far too many fossil gas-fired power plants. Via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com

Sierra Club's new “Dirty Truth” report finds major U.S. utilities have collectively hit five-year lows on switching from fossil fuels to clean energy fast enough to combat climate change. Instead, they're doubling down on fossil gas, despite the costs: www.canarymedia.com/articles/uti... #energysky

One thing here is critical. Democrats should only negotiate/talk whatever directly with Trump. Not Thune or Johnson. They're just Trump's messengers. Third tier members, at best, in the MAGA organization. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Happy Sun Day everybody! www.sunday.earth berkeleyca.gov/sites/defaul...

Can utilities rely on battery and smart electric panel-equipped customers to be as reliable as a grid investment? That's what PG&E, Sunrun and Span are finding out in a pilot project testing this potentially game-changing role for virtual power plants: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

Electric trucks can compete on cost with diesel-fueled big rigs — if they can get charging at both ends of their routes. EV Realty's new mega-charging depot in San Bernardino is the latest big charging hubs bolstering the state's clean trucks ambitions: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... #energysky

Support a free an open society. Stand up for the right of Americans to organize and fund work that helps us all succeed and thrive. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Budapest Pride 2025: 10,000s march in open defiance of laws restricting LGBTQI+ gatherings and authorizing facial recognition to track participants. Budapest’s mayor hosted the event, despite the justice minister warning he could face prison for doing so: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

The WGA’s statement on ABC’s decision to pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

California lawmakers passed a passel of bills aimed at curbing the state's sky-high and rising electric rates and utility costs, from fast summer bill relief to enabling public financing of — and restricting utility profits on — power grid investments: www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... #energysky

How British TV is prepping for Trump's visit: "More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as 'the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television.'"

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

"The first rule of wave power startups is that they always fail. But a plucky company called Eco Wave Power is doing its best to prove that rule wrong, and it just notched an important win in Los Angeles," writes Julian Spector: www.canarymedia.com/articles/oce... 🔌💡

Hyundai’s EV battery plant has been a flagship of the Southeast battery belt. But last week’s ICE raid is delaying its opening, and already leaving Korean companies wary of continued work in the U.S.

MEET OUR SPEAKERS: Heather Reams of Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions is joining us for Climate Night Live! Join the waitlist for our #ClimateWeekNYC event: www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-ni...

This startup thinks it’s solved heat pumps’ installation cost problem. Here’s how:

Expanding the power grid to remote Western areas can exacerbate wildfire risk. PG&E’s solar-and-battery-powered microgrids are a safer, cost-effective alternative.

Canal-covering solar arrays have the potential to curb evaporation while generating power, but still haven’t taken off. Can this new array in California’s Central Valley pave the way for more?

Illinois farmers found a perfect way to blend solar power generation and agriculture. The U.S. lamb market stands in their way.

Another study is showing how virtual power plants can cut Californians’ power bills, especially if utilities use them at “sweet spots” on the grid.

Under Trump, the U.S. is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions just 26-35% below 2005 levels over the next decade. That’s lower than the worst-case scenario under Biden.

Canary Live Bay Area is back on November 6! Get your tickets to see California Energy Commission Chair David Hochschild, @drvolts, and more speakers to be announced soon:

As federal support for clean energy fades, Illinois’ state-funded clean energy workforce hubs are still training a new generation of solar installers.

“Did people promising to build potential future greenhouses for tulip-growers in 1636 ever have it so good?” garymarcus.substack.com/p/peak-bubbl... by @garymarcus.bsky.social

It should be way bigger news that Trump effectively killed any attempt by foreign countries to build new factories in the United States with this idiotic ICE move. Just incalculable long term damage. Trump just killed his "build America" push www.wsj.com/world/asia/c...

A new McCarthyism: WAPO fires their last black columnist because she: A. posted frustration about the gun violence problem post -Kirk without due respect (apparently) and B. Posted direct quotes from Kirk disparaging black women’s intelligence.

“On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed that it would stop collecting and publishing greenhouse gas emissions data from thousands of refineries, power plants, and factories across the country.” @heatmap.news

Yeah this has outstripped the post-9/11 frenzy even, especially when you factor in that the entire country was genuinely traumatized by 9/11 while most people didn’t know or care who Charlie Kirk was

Meta *very* quietly (no media drops) just uploaded its 2025 sustainability data. They removed the "How we're taking action" section from their website...... Data update coming soon, I promise! sustainability.atmeta.com web.archive.org/web/20250910...

“Hotez & Mann write that scientists must take to the battlefield. They advocate educating young scientists in how to communicate to the public about how they work, presenting an easily recognizable public face…" Important messages (& book) by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & @michaelemann.bsky.social

Chart: Trump is slowing climate progress. Here’s how much. #energysky -- via Canary Media:

California utilities could use rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and smart-home controls to cut $13.7B by 2030 in grid upgrade costs. But utilities and aggregators must target the sweet spots on the grid to max out those savings. This new report shows how: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky

The fallout from the raid on a battery factory in Georgia is already being felt. There are a number of scenarios but none of them are as good as the status quo circa 10 days ago. US lithium-ion battery production will be affected, and the timing couldn't be worse. #energysky

PG&E's 'remote grid' program is using solar, batteries, and generators to replace long power lines crossing fire-prone territory for handfuls of far-flung customers— a niche case for utility-owned microgrids that could expand as grid costs rise: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol... #energysky

New England’s grid operator has since warned that delays on Revolution Wind's completion will jeopardize power reliability and raise electricity prices. Read my colleague @jeffstjohn.bsky.social's reporting on that looming disaster. 🔌 www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

California quietly guts ambitious virtual power plant bill www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social

Three virtual power plant bills would push California utilities to curb costs with rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and other customer-owned tech. But the most ambitious plans in one bill were gutted in a secretive process inaccessible even to its author: www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir... #energysky