Many factories need steam, but making it is carbon-intensive. @alisontakemura.bsky.social visited AtmosZero's new-ish manufacturing site in Colorado to learn how the startup is working to decarbonize steam with its novel heat-pump boiler @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...

DOE's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations was meant to be a launchpad for ambitious projects that could help the U.S. lead on everything from decarbonizing factories to boosting rural energy resiliency. Now it's a shell of itself. My latest for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

My friend Alec is missing. Please share this widely incase it reachers any hikers who have seen him over the past 5 days during his solo hike in a Norwegian national park.

Loved this profile by @danhaugen.bsky.social on a couple who turned a pandemic-era hobby — electric coffee roasting — into a business determined to kick gas out of the coffee shop. (His swan song for @canarymedia.com!) www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

It’s getting harder to secure clean power. That’s a problem for aluminum producers looking to build two new smelters in the U.S. From @mariagallucci.bsky.social:

Also, what a totally chill and normal time to return from leave 🫠

Geothermal energy was largely spared in Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which made deep cuts to incentives for wind, solar & residential projects. But developers of the heat-driven energy source may still face difficulties ahead due. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

My baby and my article both entered the world around the same time on the morning of February 20. So...happy one month to all of us? www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Steve Haner used to hate the idea of offshore wind coming to Virginia. For years, he used his conservative think-tank to try and stop America’s largest project from being built. Now, he’s no longer trying to stop it: “Virginia needs the power.” My latest 👇 www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

A yikes story from @mariagallucci.bsky.social — and I'll be very curious to see where that bar goes in 2025: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Two recent grim numbers in the quest to decarbonize air travel: Flights jumped 10% last year (reaching an all-time high), while use of cleaner jet fuel (SAF) missed industry expectations, reaching just 0.3% of all jet fuel. We break it down here (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NEW: Trump is freezing money for clean energy — batteries, EVs, renewables, heat pumps, and more. Nearly 80% of manufacturing investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act have flowed to Republican congressional districts. w/ Lisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social 👇 Gift link in reply

The interference in clean energy science during Trump 1.0 actually went far deeper, as I showed for Grist in a followup to that initial @theatlantic.com + @investigatewest.bsky.social coproduction. grist.org/energy/trump... @gristnews.bsky.social

The Trump administration has ordered states to rework their plans for using $5B in federal NEVI funds to build public fast-charging sites along highways across the country, putting hundreds of projects in limbo. Experts say that’s illegal: www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... #energysky

A few of the Energy Dept's new senior staff appointees also make cameos in @pfairley.bsky.social's excellent 2020 investigative feature on the suppression of a grid-interconnection study during the first Trump admin www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Under Biden, DOE’s Loan Programs Office issued 53 loans & loan guarantees worth over $107B for things like EV factories, a nuclear plant restart & aviation biofuel refineries. Now that's all under threat, @jeffstjohn.bsky.social & @danmccarthy.bsky.social report www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

The US imports lots of alumina, a key part of aluminum—the lightweight metal used in everything from soda cans & smartphones to solar panels & (energy) storage systems. Startup Brimstone says it can make alumina at home w cleaner methods. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

At least one nice thing is happening this week: @canarymedia.com's merger with ENN is official! Very excited that we're expanding our regional and state coverage and doubling down on clean energy reporting at this exact moment www.canarymedia.com/articles/can...

A Friday morning reminder — the federal funding freeze continues. The Trump administration is still withholding energy and climate funds mandated by Congress in the IRA and IIJA and due to recipients under legally binding contracts. Here's the latest: www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... #energysky

Are you following @canarymedia.com yet? If you care about the energy transition, you should be! Let me demonstrate with the help of this week’s stories… #energysky

Really interesting piece. Just learned a lot about how roads are built and what makes them uniquely vulnerable to climate change, depending on where they're located & what they're made from

Two new @canarymedia.com detail efforts to roll back energy & enviro policy in the second Trump era. As @jeffstjohn.bsky.social reports, Trump has targeted $7.5B in federal grants to help build EV chargers on highways. But experts say the $ is "legally entrenched" www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...

My colleague @jael.bsky.social got a list of the energy and climate programs affected by Trump’s funding freeze. It goes so much further than “just” climate programs — it’s nuclear cleanup funding, oil and propane support for poor families, DHS post-disaster grants heatmap.news/politics/tru...

Look inside your pantry or fridge. Chances are it's stocked with goods that were made by burning fossil fuels. My new @canarymedia.com feature looks at how food & beverage co's are trying to decarbonize the tastiest slice of U.S. manufacturing #energysky 🧵 1/ www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

New feature just dropped! 👇A tastier twist on industrial decarbonization than my usual fare

Trump’s attempts to kill US offshore wind development could ripple throughout the industry's emerging supply chain. Developers have signed nearly 2,000 supply chain contracts with manufacturing firms in 40 states @fieseler.bsky.social reports for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Don't miss our live event series in Houston! Join us Thursday, January 30 to socialize with clean energy leaders and enjoy conversations with expert panelists including: @clairehao.bsky.social @douglewin.bsky.social @volts.wtf @timlatimer.bsky.social Reserve your spot today:

I was checking links to DOE's Industrial Demonstrations Program this morning only to be redirected to a banner image of an LNG tanker. @sierraclub.bsky.social has started archiving webpages for the program & compiling in this Google folder #energysky #climatesky drive.google.com/drive/folder...

The federal Buy Clean initiative was meant to boost US manufacturing of low-carbon steel, cement, & other building materials. That effort ended this week when Trump rescinded Biden's EO creating the program—tho local policies are underway. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol...

Couldn't be a more pivotal time for @canarymedia.com to have a dedicated offshore wind reporter! In her first Canary piece, @clarefieseler.bsky.social explores what Trump's order to pause "the wind thing" actually means for this nascent U.S. clean energy sector www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

Here's something to keep you warm (scalding?) and cozy this holiday season: My look back on a clean energy source that had a big year in 2024 — next-generation geothermal energy #energysky @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

And still more Canary heat pump news! @jeffstjohn.bsky.social reports on how advocates of the climate-friendly tech are working to keep adoption going during the next Trump admin #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...

Heat pumps are a key tool for reducing CO2 emissions from homes & buildings. But these two-way air conditioners can also help curb outdoor air pollution from fossil-fueled appliances. @akielly.bsky.social reports on @rewiringamerica.bsky.social's study #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...

The terrifying videos of Pepperdine students in a library amid a raging wildfire that had people mad they weren't evacuated? Yeah that was actually intentional. The university is designed with wildfire in mind and other parts of California could learn from it

Today in my @heatmap.news newsletter, I broke the news a utility scale solar farm in Kentucky backed by bp was quietly killed weeks ago. Zero media coverage. Local news deserts are a climate problem. heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

New York launched a $10M contest meant to tackle CO2 emissions from big apartment buildings statewide. The idea is spur new heat pump tech that's designed to better serve multifamily homes in colder climates. @akielly.bsky.social has the details! #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Clean energy in general made lots of progress in 2024, but some players will be ending the year on a far less cheery note. @ericwesoff.bsky.social highlights the climatetech companies that went belly-up — and what can be learned from their sagas #energysky www.canarymedia.com/articles/cli...

Heads up Texas #energysky and everyone else: @canarymedia.com is hosting a live event in Houston on Jan. 30. An ace team of TX journalists will discuss what's happening in America's most dynamic clean energy market, and @volts.wtf & @timlatimer.bsky.social will talk next-generation geothermal ⚡

Battery recycling had a rough 2024. But recycling startups like Ascend Elements and Redwood Materials still notched some wins in the mission to turn old electric vehicle batteries into new ones: ow.ly/JShK50UofZF

Just over here trying to decipher my son's NYC school lottery number like it's hieroglyphics

It's been a bit since I've revisited the shipping beat, but this week I have a @canarymedia.com piece on harnessing wind power for cargo ships—elegant schooners & gargantuan freighters alike. Upcoming climate regs could help the old tech gain even more momentum: www.canarymedia.com/articles/sea...

A few months ago I wrote a story called Carbon Removal's Existential Question, where I reported on a seeming divide over how to define what carbon removal is. Today's piece is a follow-up looking at a new company trying to unite the industry around a single standard. heatmap.news/climate/abso...

Absolutely incredible #longread from @mollytaft.com on the Summit Pipeline, a mammoth CCS project that aims to take carbon from corn ethanol plants in the midwest to be stored near the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota. So excited for folks to read this! drilled.media/news/summit-...

First the crude oil spa treatments, now this? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If you blissfully ignored social media late last week, as I did, then check out our Thanksgiving round-up today ☀️

The Biden admin has put billions into decarbonizing highly emitting industries like cement and steel. It’s very unclear what Trump will do with these programs, including this one @mariagallucci.bsky.social reported on today. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Meanwhile, at a Sheetz in eastern Ohio last weekend, several Teslas were lined up waiting for a turn at the 8 Superchargers (which tbh might just mean we need more EV charging infrastructure in general, but anyway, anecdote!)

~72M people traveled by car over Thanksgiving last week, crisscrossing US highways, bridges & tunnels — infrastructure that was likely built using carbon-intensive materials. I wrote about a $1.2B federal initiative to curb emissions from concrete, steel, etc. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Ok but I didn’t say welcome back winter storm as we’re driving the entire length of Pennsylvania today