China's Xinhua news agency has just published this editorial cartoon in response to Trump's rejection of climate policies. It is pretty clear that China views this as a HUGE geopolitical fumble by the US leaving the field clear for China's to win the global race to clean-tech hegemony

We made tobacco companies write warning labels with the truth. Fossil fuel companies should be next.

That one time I cold emailed Mark Cuban and he replied

“My kids huddle around it and watch the fire. It makes me a little worried, maybe I should put a safety barrier around it?” I had a concerned parent tell me this when I was explaining how heat pumps work. Not only are all-electric heat pumps efficient, but they’re the safest way to heat your home

I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Shoutout to Joseph for the phenomenal series on @heatpumped.org! If you haven't seen it yet, it's a really great birds eye view of the current electrification landscape.

Neighborhood challenge: @vayu.pro is a neighborhood fave in Menlo Park - woohoo!! Let's get more neighborhoods heat pumps. The challenge: Whichever zipcode gets 15 commitments first gets priority scheduling for the spring '26 group buy. Install window: March - May 2026. www.heatpumpgroupbuy.com

So cool to see the butterfly effect - I write @heatpumped.org in California and it affects electrification advocacy in Montana!

I dare you to come up with a more cringe rebrand for heat pumps #2WayAC

Incredible stuff, thanks to the leadership of @scottwiener.bsky.social, @buildingdecarb.org, @spur-urbanist.bsky.social, and so many others pushing this important legislation forward! Under the radar, "unsexy" policies like this meaningfully make electrification and heat pump adoption more possible

You hate to see it. If you recently installed a furnace + 1-Way AC instead of a heat pump, why did you do it?

Ok, so there's a cool easter egg on our new heat pump group buy website. It has something to do with this guy. Can you find it? buff.ly/PWamQwH

Heat pumps are a great way to deal with the elephant in the room.

Chose a good week to switch to a heat pump.

A tale of two heat pumps. If your only criteria when evaluating HVAC bids is cost, you might be setting yourself up for a world of hurt down the line.

Getting a heat pump can be scary! It's a big part of why we've built with a digital-first sales process. For most customers, we're able to accurately price projects without ever stepping foot in their house. One less excuse to take a sick day home from work...

Most small HVAC business owners aren't laughing their way to the bank. It takes a lot to run a business like this - tools, equipment, salaries, insurance policies. All of that adds up. If you get sticker shock when you get a heat pump quote, many times it's simply the cost of doing business

I love when we get 5 star reviews on Google. But sometimes a handwritten note from a @vayu.pro customer is even more rewarding! Another happy heat pump owner :)

Being small is an unfair advantage. Every single call, text and email at @vayu.pro‬ goes straight to my cell phone. No call centers, no answering service. In a world where most HVAC contractors never return your calls, it's a huge win. (PS: Yes, I know, I'll charge my phone!)

🧵1/ I had to double take when I spotted this plaque: “Medallion Home — Live Better Electrically.” Turns out it was part of a major national campaign in the 1950s and early 60s to promote all-electric homes. 👇

Electrifying doesn't have to be hard. That's my dinner last night, being cooked on an induction wok sitting on top of my gas range. Just 50 bucks from Costco! And zero CO, CH4, NO2, N2⁢O or CH2O (yes - your gas stove dumps all of those things into the air you breathe).

I want to start off my 2026 with a little gratitude - a big thank you to @energysmartwv.bsky.social! Nate was an early booster of @heatpumped.org, encouraged me to start the podcast, and has been a steady supporter along the way. He’s a HP veteran and I’m grateful that he took me under his wing!

It sounds like the Bay Area Air Quality Managment District is on track to end the installation of new fossil fuel burning residential hot water and space heating systems in 2027 and 2029 respectively. www.paloaltoonline.com/blogs/a-new-...

Its happening! California cities including Menlo Park, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, and Mountain View have adopted smart new policies to encourage heat pump upgrades when air conditioners break. The goal? Lower bills, cleaner air, and reduced climate pollution. ⚡🔌 www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

Wrapping up installs from VoltHub’s first heat pump group buy 🎉 This was a multi-home project in one of the strongest gas-lobby regions of California. Huge thanks to our team, Lords of Plumbing, and @shreyassudhakar.com for helping decarbonize water heating across Los Angeles County. ⚡🌱

(1) 🔌💡 #Greensky #climatesky #academicsky Hey climate peeps! I have big news. My wife, Dr. Lisa Kaul, is running for NY State Senate, driven by the urgency of climate action & climate justice. Let me tell you about her. 🧵

Air source heat pumps

New promotional ad for heat pumps released:

Getting rid of one-way ACs is a no brainer. Would you buy a car without a reverse gear?

Energy efficiency and demand flexibility can avoid costly power grid buildout, but utilities rarely invest in them because utities profit by putting steel in the ground. This is a main barrier to lowering your power bills. Utility regulators have had decades to fix this but few have done anything.

Just noticed the other day that LinkedIn is doing this too (the exact text of those titles are nowhere in the post, and I have the privacy setting where they can use my data to train AI models turned off)

From Rockets to Heat Pumps Discussion

CHANGE YOUR HVAC FILTERS, FOLKS! I had a customer give me a call that their heat pump wasn't heating as well as it used to. We scrambled the team to get a technician out there to inspect the system. When I called back to confirm the visit, everything was already fixed. It was just a dirty filter!

Every time there is a major earthquake, gas lines erupt in flames. Deeply irresponsible by the city, county, and state to not take this opportunity to remove the risk of gas from neighborhoods.

Utility company Southern California Gas is using ratepayer funds to incentivize Los Angeles wildfire survivors to rebuild their homes with gas appliances. And the California Public Utilities Commissions is letting it happen. insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202... via @hilarybeaumont.bsky.social

I'll spare you the embarrassment of my personal Spotify Wrapped, but cool to see the stats for the @heatpumped.org podcast. First season of many!

Surprising absolutely no one, my most-used words in 2025 were: 1. "heat" (489×) 2. "pump" (249×) 3. "pumps" (187×) 4. "equipment" (90×) 5. "cost" (64×) See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest

California shut down its last coal plant last week and nobody even noticed, it made so little little difference. Meanwhile solar is up 17% and gas is down 17% from 2024. I have a few highlights... www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-...

We did it! @heatpumped.org just passed 1,000 subscribers last week. But it's never too late to sign up for heat pump hot takes... Check it out here: buff.ly/kJGBnMJ

🧵Please, please, please. Don’t fall for the con of a Black Friday HVAC tune up deal. 🔌💡 1/

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Speaking of monsters, we should do a modernized version of these ads for heatpumps. Terrifying as a kid. youtu.be/Rr03-yFF60U youtu.be/PWshVAK0Rtk youtu.be/aCZIMzp9Ib4

Would you rather keep a monster in a basement, or send it to the graveyard where it belongs? Heat pumps do the same thing that your stinky old furnace does, while making your home safer, quieter, more efficient, and more comfortable at the same time. Ditch your monsters. Electrify!

Heat pumps have efficiencies of 300-400% (yes it’s possible to be more than 100% efficient, yes it’s magic)

Great to see this. Window heat pumps are an excellent pathway to decarbonization of lower income housing. (If you haven't heard of window heat pumps, here's a good primer about them and other similar technologies for low cost electrification: www.heatpumped.org/p/mini-mini-...)

Heat pumps can be a no brainer. But it requires trusted partners guiding homeowners thru the journey. Finding that partner can be challenging, which is why I started @vayu.pro. It was fun being on the latest episode of Less Talk More Action - check it out! lesstalkmoreaction.com/podcast/why-...

Imagine all those horse traders in 1908 who thought automobiles were just a passing fad… fossil fuels had a good run but their use has way over stayed their welcome on our planet. To go forward we are going to have to move on to electrification.