How AI is helping Al Gore warm up to nuclear power www.axios.com/2025/09/23/a... via @axios.com

The vulture: ugly and unappreciated. But it’s actually pretty important and saves lives in India. Listen to our latest Shocked podcast with UChicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth. lnk.to/shockedpodca...

In the 1990s, millions of vultures quietly vanished from India—and the consequences were deadly. In this week's episode of Shocked, host @amyaharder.bsky.social and UChicago Professor @eyalfrank.bsky.social unpack the most expensive extinction you’ve never heard of. lnk.to/shockedpodca...

We're rebranding @axios.com's Generate newsletter as Future of Energy on Monday. It'll be similar to Generate but with even greater focus on energy, featuring @amyaharder.bsky.social and @bengeman.bsky.social, two of the most talented reporters in the biz. Sign up here: www.axios.com/signup/axios...

An inside glimpse of a major direct air capture sale www.axios.com/2025/09/16/o... via @axios.com

Climate scientist discusses "chemtrails" conspiracy theories www.axios.com/2025/09/16/c... via @axios.com and the Shocked podcast.

How extreme weather fuels interest in geoengineering www.axios.com/2025/09/15/e... via @axios.com and the Shocked podcast

Singapore's founding prime minister was asked about the most important factors in the country's success. After promoting multicultural tolerance, he said air conditioning. He called it "one of the signal inventions of history.” More in @axios.com: www.axios.com/2025/09/08/a...

From @amyaharder.bsky.social, making her return to Axios: What air conditioning, AI and Vegas' Sphere tell us about energy. www.axios.com/2025/09/08/a...

Some news 🎧📕 I’m the inaugural journalism fellow at UChicago’s Institute for Climate + Sustainable Growth—and as part of it, I’m hosting a new podcast, Shocked! Ep. 1: Is there such a thing as “bad” energy? 🎧 lnkd.in/gfMNamgk 📕 bit.ly/4peMSXx

Some news from me — I’m (re)joining @axios.com as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: bit.ly/4ncRL1A

My last column for @cipherclimate.bsky.social: With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...

“We’re not going to deal with the problem... We’re going to deal with the consequences of not dealing with the problem.” The impact of falling social mood on the climate change efforts in @amyaharder.bsky.social's final column for @cipherclimate.bsky.social. www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...

Money is the key to the energy transition. Today, a greater share is being invested into clean power sources, but less is flowing to new cleantech ideas and startups. Bill Spindle shares data from the @iea.org and PitchBook in this #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/ami...

With time, a swinging pendulum shapes energy and climate change. Read @amyaharder.bsky.social's Harder Line column for our final publication. www.ciphernews.com/articles/wit...

Exclusive: Bill Gates on Trump’s big bill, AI and more www.ciphernews.com/articles/exc... via @cipherclimate.bsky.social

The Cipher team reflects on the last four years of the publication and shares their thoughts on what's ahead for the energy transition. Cipher will publish its final articles on Wednesday. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/the...

As @cipherclimate.bsky.social ceases publication this week, our team reflects on the last four years — and looks ahead www.ciphernews.com/articles/the...

FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates — Among the rocky outcrops of the Hajar Mountain range on the Gulf of Oman, under blazing sun, a startup is quietly tapping nature to store carbon dioxide. Read more from @amenasaiyid.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social: www.ciphernews.com/articles/har...

Cipher reader Shoko Carpenter took this photo on a floating island on Lake Titicaca, located on the border between Peru and Bolivia. This home is on one of more than 100 floating islands on the lake where the indigenous Uros people live.

U.S. leaps over China in battery investment — for now www.ciphernews.com/articles/u-s... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Home court advantage in Pakistan: Whirling turbines, solarized schools and of course, food poisoning www.ciphernews.com/articles/whi... by @amenasaiyid.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

@amenasaiyid.bsky.social reflects on returning to her home country of Pakistan to report on clean energy there. She felt awe at towering wind turbines and heard inspiring stories of people creatively using clean energy. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/whi...

While lawmakers spar ad infinitum over the fate of clean energy tax credits in the megabill, one thing is certain: Energy demand is going up in this country and it is going to keep going up. Real talk: How can we get more power fast? For @cipherclimate.bsky.social: www.linkedin.com/posts/catcli...

The GOP used a classic anchoring tactic: propose a big rollback of cleantech subsidies, then follow with an even more extreme tax. When the tax is pulled, the initial rollback feels moderate by comparison — shifting the perceived center of debate. Read more hot takes www.ciphernews.com

Thanks to a weak economy and contracts favoring fossil fuels, Pakistan’s wind power is going to waste www.ciphernews.com/articles/pak... by @amenasaiyid.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

@amyaharder.bsky.social snapped this photo during a rooftop lunch at one of the restaurants inside London's iconic Shard building with Anca Gurzu. Although solar (and even more so, rooftop solar) doesn't provide a big chunk of the United Kingdom's electricity, renewable power is growing.

Here are four fast solutions in the current ‘race’ for power www.ciphernews.com/articles/her... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Cipher Reader Jason Bordoff, who leads Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, is shown here at sunset on the Uyuni Salt Flat, located in Bolivia, which is the largest salt flat in the world.

Pakistan is on track to set a new record for Chinese solar panel imports, poised to surpass last year's record-breaking total, @amenasaiyid.bsky.social reports on the latest estimates from nonprofit Renewables First. Read more in our latest #DataDive: www.ciphernews.com/articles/chi...

In the midst of Haiti’s worst political and economic crisis in decades, an unexpected revolution is quietly taking place — one that could transform its energy landscape, write Evenson Calixte and Isabel Beltran in a #Voices article this week. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/hai...

After four years of delivering solutions-focused climate and energy journalism, Cipher is winding down. Our final newsletter will publish on 7/16. Thank you to our readers & Breakthrough Energy for your support. Our team will continue this work in new ways—stay tuned for more info.

Haiti’s crisis fuels a solar energy revolution www.ciphernews.com/articles/hai... via @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Solar power is everywhere in Pakistan—here’s what that looks like www.ciphernews.com/articles/sol... @amenasaiyid.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Solar is enabling online learning in remote mountain villages and urban city schools in Pakistan. @amenasaiyid.bsky.social saw firsthand how this cleantech is transforming this South Asian country's energy mix. Read more: www.ciphernews.com/articles/sol...

Solar power is transforming Pakistan www.ciphernews.com/articles/sol... by @amenasaiyid.bsky.social who reported on the ground there for @cipherclimate.bsky.social

From tiny hamlets nestled among towering mountain ranges to the Arabian sea, in the gritty cities of Karachi and Lahore and across dusty fertile plains, solar panels are everywhere you go in Pakistan, @amenasaiyid.bsky.social reports from her recent trip: www.ciphernews.com/articles/sol...

@amyaharder.bsky.social snapped this photo of monkeys walking on a powerline while on a trip to Costa Rica. She found it tragic to hear that they often get electrocuted if they touch certain parts of the infrastructure. The trend has led to a push for better measures to protect the monkeys.

Fake news causes headaches for Europe’s -- and the world's -- wind industry www.ciphernews.com/articles/fak... in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

After years of historic growth, industrial cleantech investments falter, per new updates in Cipher's Cleantech Tracker --> www.ciphernews.com/articles/aft... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Clean hydrogen’s tricky path to production: www.ciphernews.com/articles/cle... via @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Sustainable aviation fuel gets off the ground. www.ciphernews.com/articles/sus... via @cipherclimate.bsky.social

A behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s biggest nuclear power plant www.ciphernews.com/articles/a-b... via @cipherclimate.bsky.social

On a recent trip to Japan, @cipherclimate.bsky.social got an exclusive tour of the world's largest nuclear power plant--and learned just what it would take to restart this sprawling facility that's larger than NYC's Central Park. Read more ⤵️ www.ciphernews.com/articles/at-...

Building a new nuclear plant takes billions of dollars and many years. One way to speed up that process is to restart existing nuclear reactors that have been idled. Bill Spindle got an inside look at efforts to restart the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan: https://nt-z.ro/43oBoqA

Renewables rebrand as an energy-security must-have www.ciphernews.com/articles/ren... via @cipherclimate.bsky.social

In a sign of changing times, renewable power sources like wind and solar are rebranding to must-haves for energy security and peace-of-mind. Anca Gurzu explores this trend: www.ciphernews.com/articles/ren...

Trump’s former FERC chair: Compromise key to AI energy race www.ciphernews.com/articles/tru... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Why tariffs pose a bigger risk to renewable energy than fossil fuels by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social www.ciphernews.com/articles/why...

Cipher’s associate editor Jillian Mock snapped this photo of a power line overlooking Hanalei Bay while hiking on a recent trip to Hawaii. After a steep uphill climb, hikers are rewarded with this breathtaking view (which is not diminished by the power lines!).