It's Climate Week! Political and business leaders are meeting in NYC to explore climate solutions. You can watch it unfold here: www.climateweeknyc.org/livestream

This Sun Day video from climate channel Just Have a Think explains why U.S. clean energy is unstoppable: "Renewables are simply more reliable, more affordable, and far faster to build." www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYSU...

Why this matters: EPA is legally required to respond to public comments on its decision to revoke the endangerment finding. If it blows off a comment from the nation's top scientists, it weakens its case in court. (gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...)

NJ gubernatorial candidates offer their takes on high energy prices and their (vastly different) plans to deal with them. www.cnn.com/2025/09/21/p...

Solar and batteries for the win!

Here's an intriguing claim: We could free up all the energy needed for new data centers simply by making U.S. households more energy efficient. www.rewiringamerica.org/newsroom/pre...

If the president wants to reduce dependence on foreign states for critical minerals, waste from existing mines is a good place to look.

Thinking about solar panels, a heat pump, an EV, or other clean energy upgrades? Now's the time! There are just a few months left to take advantage of the IRA's home energy tax credits (less than 2 weeks for the EV credit). Start your search here: homes.rewiringamerica.org/save

How can the administration claim both that the federal government has "exclusive authority over nationwide and global greenhouse gas emissions" and that it has no authority to regulate those emissions because they're not pollutants? www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi... www.npr.org/2025/07/29/n...

300 postcards sent off to environmental voters in Virginia! Don't forget the next postcarding event on 9/28!

By 2030, China will be capable of producing 1,255 GW of solar panels per year--65% higher than the IEA's 2030 target for the whole world. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

If it looks like we're going backward on climate, think about how far we've come. Since 2005, per-capita emissions from primary energy consumption have fallen in every U.S. state, with an average 30% drop nationwide. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

New community solar presentation scheduled for "Sun Day" (9/21) at UUCSH. Details and registration here: www.bit.ly/LearnCommunitySolar

New CCL training scheduled for this Thursday, 9/18: Carbon Pricing Around the World. Sign up here: community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...

CCL-RV members, don't forget to register for our fall tabling events in September and October: signup.com/Group/646071...

For CCL-NJ members who didn't get a chance to do it at last weekend's meeting, please take our current action: Write to Senator Booker in support of the Fix Our Forests Act. www.cclusa.org/fofa

This whole piece (and Part 1) is well worth a read, but here's the essence: "decarbonizing the first 90% as quickly and affordably as possible, rather than letting the perfect be the enemy of the good."

This is an excerpt from Kate's new book, which is just out in the UK. I've been inspired by Kate's work for a long time, so I'm super-excited to read it. I bet a lot of you will enjoy it too!

Apparently there's one form of clean energy this administration likes: www.energy.gov/articles/ene...

If only there were a simple way of penalizing these companies for their harmful emissions directly. A sort of "carbon fee." Oh wait...

We've added a new tabling event to the schedule: National Drive Electric Month Westfield, Saturday 10/4. Sign up here: signup.com/client/invit...

Our first fall tabling event is this Sunday, 9/14: National Drive Electric Month EV show at Hunterdon Community Farmers Market. We could definitely use one more person to help set up. signup.com/client/invit...

The US government no longer supports the IPCC report, but US scientists still do.

Looking for all the data that used to be on climate.gov? You'll soon be able to find it on climate.us. www.cnn.com/2025/08/28/c...

Good news: the group that authored the bogus report saying climate change doesn't pose a threat has been disbanded. Bad news: the report it authored still stands...for now. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/c...

The #FixOurForests Act uses smart, science-based solutions to restore forest health and reduce wildfire risk, while preserving important environmental standards. That's why we've joined 21 other organizations urging the Senate to pass the bill: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/news/cc...

Our final @environmentalvoter.bsky.social postcard-writing party of the year is scheduled for Sunday, 9/28, 1:30-4:30pm in Highland Park. Heads-up: the house has cats. RSVP here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...

Mid-Atlantic LTE writing session tonight, 7pm Eastern. citizensclimate.zoom.us/j/8953935451...

CCL-RV monthly chapter meeting this Saturday, 9/13, 12:30-3pm at UUCS or 2-3pm on Zoom. RSVP here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...

If you're expecting society to collapse, solar is your best bet. (Naturally it would be better for that not to happen--but more people using solar will help with that too.)

9/21 is "Sun Day," a global celebration of clean energy. Rutgers will celebrate with a tour of its agrivoltaics facilities in New Brunswick and Bridgeton, 10am-12pm. actionnetwork.org/events/sun-d... www.sunday.earth

If conservatives anywhere want to "remove barriers" to clean energy, we should back their play.

Data centers use a lot of energy for cooling. Why not take some of that waste heat, add a little solar heat, and make more energy? news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...

If you missed the last community solar presentation, there's another one on Zoom, 7pm on 9/17. Free and open to all NJ CCLers. Meeting ID: 898 1547 1940 Passcode: 123

A few great quotes from Bill Nye's appearance On the Unf*cking the Future podcast: On staying hopeful: "you have to think you're going to win the match, or you're not going to win it...both of those teams had hopes, but they also had plans about how to win." (1/3)

Food for thought from today's @heatmap.news briefing: "“If you ask Republicans to be for or against the IRA as a whole, they’ll be against it,” Domenech said, “But Republicans think about energy as a regional issue. (1/2)

Utah wants to be home to a first-of-its-kind nuclear reactor. www.terrapower.com/utah-office-...

The relationship between renewable energy and electricity prices is...basically nonexistent. www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/us-states-...

Washington can try to kill renewable energy, but the real life-or-death decisions happen at the state and local level. trellis.net/article/trum...

Yet another reminder that the president's efforts to resuscitate the faltering fossil fuel industry are doomed to failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@govmurphy.bsky.social just signed a bill authorizing another 3GW of community solar in NJ and incenvitizing 1GW of battery storage. Now we just have to race to start building it all by next year's deadline. newjerseymonitor.com/2025/08/22/g...

A bit of good news for dairy lovers. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

The Trump administration continues its efforts to address high energy prices by...halting work on an offshore wind farm that would have powered 350,000 homes starting next year? www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025...

Our chapter's Young Adult Group is meeting this Saturday afternoon in Frenchtown to go roller skating. RSVP here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...

High demand for beef -> deforestation for cattle ranching -> increased global heating -> drought -> higher beef prices -> maybe less demand for beef? (gift link) wapo.st/4mnWAVJ

A reminder that, despite the recent rollback, the IRA's clean energy provisions have already made a big difference. citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...

Over 90% of all the energy added to the U.S. grid this year will come from clean sources: solar, wind, and battery storage. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

Here's what NJ gubernatorial candidates have to say about clean energy: www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Last chance to register for Saturday's EVP postcarding party in Hillsborough! community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...

Rutgers webinar that may interest CCLers: "Join us for a review of our annual report – State of the Climate: New Jersey 2024 – a summary of current scientific information on climate trends and projections in New Jersey." Thur. 8/21, 12-1pm Register here: rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/regi...