Let's do some Canadian pipeline-wildfire math. The Canadian Energy Center says growing oil exports by 1.5M barrels/day **could** boost GDP by ~31B annually. Meanwhile, wildfire smoke health costs alone - just the health costs, nothing else - averaged 23B/year, past tense. And they're growing fast.

⚠️ Heads up: A cold front arriving late this evening brings an Enhanced Risk of severe weather to many wildfire smoke affected regions on the east coast. Many reports saying damaging winds are the main concern. Stay weather aware throughout the day, while you try to enjoy the slice of cleaner air.

US Wildfire and prescribed burn smoke caused $200 billion in health damages in 2017, and is associated with 20,000 premature deaths. With the additional wildfires from Canada I'm wondering how much higher this has grown. share.google/CCiE0FzcjmI9...

A great paper.

Me and my daughter on our way to her daycare in this wildfire smoke. She refused to let me pick her up out of her car seat and take her inside until I gave her a mask too...safety isn't silly.

More disappearing data. Over 1,600 energy department webpages on utility bill savings removed as US temperatures soar | US economy | The Guardian share.google/XrlAxSacWatG...

With existing technology, it is possible to reduce aircon's GHG emissions by 97% by 2050. We just gotta do it.

The frequency is only gonna get worse it seems. France restricts public drinking as European citizens bake under a ‘heat-dome driven furnace’ for the second time in two months share.google/iqzuQSnReqiD...

A question I think should be in data center discussions: If the future energy system will increase energy generation for the energy demand for data servers & AI, why do some energy planners become so uncomfortable when the increased demand is for low-income households needing cooling?

The national average electricity price rose 10%, but several Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states posted increases well above that level. Need to have more protections for those on fixed incomes and given all the job loss people are still coping with. www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-where...

Leadership quote heard out in the wild, "Lions don't concern themselves with the opinions of sheep."

Anyone out there in need of a pep talk to keep going? This one on my creative writing blog is from Grannis the underworld's favorite grandma. She is here to remind you that the universe needs you in it. ❤️ destinynox.com/blog/the-uni...

I look at this and think about how many jobs people were projecting from solar installations...the models over predicted.

In the energy transition we can't sacrifice affordability for sustainability. We have to do both. #EnergySky

In many rural communities lack of access to electricity means lack of access to water due to the pumps to get water from the wells. If water is a human right so should electricity.

Really need more ppl to include demographic intersectionality (overlapping demographics that produce disadvantages > the sum of their parts) in their work. This "plays a statistically sig role in diverse outcomes ranging from education to court cases to work" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The view from the blackout of my street. At least the city view in the distance is cool.

70,000 without power due to high winds. Gives a whole new meaning to windy day.

If you don't succeed, it's not failure but feedback.... Keep trying. Keep going.

Amazing how much people underestimate how my energy our heating and air conditioning systems take. Maybe this is why policy hasn't caught up to recognizing this an an essential service...This paper was published in 2010, but I still find this to be true. www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

Hey #EnergySky! This summer we are organizing a 2-day energy data lab for early career researchers from August 11-12 at Georgia Tech. It will be a mix of tutorials, open lab time, and networking. Applications are due April 3 – for more info, see our blog post: bit.ly/catalyst-dat...

Last month’s winter storms in Pittsburgh made one thing clear: when roads freeze and 37 / 80 plows fail, home heat becomes the real emergency plan. This is where energy insecurity turns into public risk. PS. If your region is about to get snow keep a shovel in your trunk triblive.com/opinion/dest...

My student Kester Wade and I made a YouTube video walking through our paper on AC rebates and climate adaptation. Using data from 138k homes in Tallahassee, we find rebates reduce bills and help low-income households afford cooling during extreme heat. YouTube video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVVx...

Only 13% of utility energy efficiency program budgets go towards low-income households..... www.aceee.org/research-rep...

Social landlords spent 13% more on repairs last year - but rents went up by only 2.7%. This is leaving a growing gap in the finances of housing associations and councils - and leaving them unable to invest in new homes. www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/insi...

I was recently promoted to Associate Professor. I’m so grateful and I also wanted to tell the truth behind what people call “effortless” success. I wrote about infertility, fostering, work as coping, and choosing differently in this next chapter Full story: destenienock5.wixsite.com/destenienock...

Sometimes I feel like people talk about energy poverty as if its a side effect instead of a design flaw....

We keep calling the energy transition a success because grids are cleaner and cheaper. But averages hide who’s getting shut off, who’s rationing heat, and who’s trading safety for affordability. Justice isn’t a bonus metric...it’s THE metric. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are going to need a lot of people to rebuild federal science in the future

We need to reconstruct civil society, rebuild civil institutions, and reinvest in the social sciences. It's possible. bsky.app/profile/cost...

2025 global climate highlights are out: 🌡️ 2025 was 3rd warmest year on record, 1.47ºC above the preindustrial level 📈 2023-2025 is the first three year period above 1.5ºC (according to ERA5) 🌍 The last 11 years have been the warmest 11 years on record See: climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima... ⚒️🧪🌊

Very excited that I can now announce that after 3 years of querying 4 fantasy novels, I have signed a contract with agent @ajvanbelle.bsky.social who will represent my fiction. Check out the author page: share.google/2kzigReeO44n...

Access to thermostat technology is a driver of disparities in something as basic as being able to make your home a comfortable place to work or live. Check out our new paper. engineering.cmu.edu/news-events/...

If someone is meant to walk beside you on your quest to wherever you're going, they will step forward. If not, you will keep walking anyway. Either way—you’re moving...

With the increases in energy bill costs, there are more concerns about whether energy assistance programs will be able to keep up with demand. New video discussing how energy assistance actually changes the way people use energy. New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo6n...

New paper shows that measuring energy burden using gross income misses millions of households. When housing costs are accounted for (net income), ~4.7M more renter households show up as energy-burdened. Energy affordability = housing + income + energy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We talked about my work at Carnegie Mellon University and at Peoples Energy Analytics, using predictive analytics to find households experiencing energy affordability challenges before crisis hits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nH9...

Rounding out the year with a new mantra "You don't owe the future version of yourself exhaustion." Self care isn't selfish. #selfCare

The world would be better if we opened up about our failure stats. Someone told me they wanted to reach my number of published papers, but they needed to find the perfect high impact idea first. So I showed them my word doc of ~35 ideas that failed to become worthwhile papers...#FailFaster

Excited to talk at Nerd Nite coming up Dec 4th. Talk "Slaying the Utility Dragon: Why Your Power Bill Hates You (and What You Can Do About It)" pittsburgh.nerdnite.com

Feeling like I should start telling climate deniers that "You don't have to believe in climate change because climate change believes in you...."

Policy makers keep saying data centers are going to create more jobs...has anyone ever met someone who worked in a data center???? . . . I haven't.

Food stamps have been discussed by many news outlets, but I feel like the less talked about thing is the cuts to the program that allows for refrigeration and cooking of food...LIHEAP (low income housing energy assistance program). This op ed focuses on that. #EnergySky triblive.com/opinion/dest...

Happy Halloween!

Heat pumps help people stay cool in the summer. In this latest research and video, I discuss how efficient cooling technologies (e.g., heat pumps) can reduce energy insecurity. W/ @lucyqiu-umd.bsky.social #EnergySky #energy #energypolicy youtube.com/watch?v=JfVps3p_EdE&feature=youtu.be

Never apologize for tears. How else will you prove to the world that you're not a robot? 🤖

SNAP keeps millions of kids fed.

Such an important research area.