Wanted to help amplify this post from @michael-thomas.bsky.social to my small group of followers. The fate of life on Earth is quite literally at stake. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

I just published a story with @emorwee.bsky.social about the latest Senate bill. The bill is much worse than climate advocates thought possible. The window to stop it is rapidly closing. But to do that climate advocates need to speak up. www.distilled.earth/p/urgent-the...

It’s so important to understand WHY the new Senate bill has such drastic provisions to kill renewable energy Fossil fuel industry lobbyists and Big Oil-funded activists have been ALL OVER the GOP in recent weeks, telling them that clean energy jobs are “fentanyl jobs” and “a cancer”

In the coming weeks, the Senate will decide the fate of clean energy in America. So I decided to crunch some numbers and see how much solar, wind, and storage capacity has been built in each Senators' state.

This week, Republicans released their budget bill that aims to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act. I analyzed every clean energy project that has been built since the IRA passed—3,570 in all. The proposed budget bill would hurt Republican districts the most. www.distilled.earth/p/the-republ...

How are tariffs going to impact the solar market in the US? At Cleanview we just published a new dataset and dashboard to help folks understand the potential impact of the latest tariffs. Here are a few takeaways from the data: cleanview.co/content/sola...

🌎 Climate tech job alert 🌎 I'm hiring a Data Engineer at @CleanviewEnergy to build data pipelines that will power our clean energy intelligence platform. If you know anyone who loves working with clean energy data, please send them my way. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Texas will add more battery storage capacity in 2025 than any other state. Developers plan to build 7 GW of new capacity—as much as the entire US built in 2023.

One of the most overlooked energy stories of 2024: Battery storage grew 65% last year, with the U.S. adding 10.9 GW of new capacity. And growth is accelerating—we're on track for 18.1 GW in 2025, a 68% increase. Just 5 years ago, this technology was considered experimental.

One of the most promising clean energy trends over the last year has been the growth of solar in Republican states in the South. - AR added 943 MW of capacity (99% vs. 2023). - MS added 794 MW of capacity (647% vs. 2023). - LA added 726 MW of capacity (230% vs. 2023). cleanview.co/annual-repor...

Texas is going to build a massive amount of solar this year. It's worth noting that 80% of the capacity (~9 GW) in the chart below is already under construction and therefore protected against Trump's recent orders.

Over the last few months, I've been analyzing data on clean energy trends in America. Today I published a report with ~50 trends that I found in my research. One major takeaway: The U.S. added 47% more clean energy in 2024 than the year before. cleanview.co/annual-repor...

Moss Landing, the largest battery in the US caught fire yesterday. A journalist just asked me, "Are batteries safe?" I told him the fossil fuel plants batteries replace kill 1,000s of people in the US / year. Batteries aren't perfect. But they're way better than coal/gas.

Great article from @mchediak.bsky.social on the issues with shutting off transmission lines like the one that MAY have caused the #EatonFire. I want to emphasize a few points here in a thread. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Mark Zuckerberg: "Companies need more masculine energy." Meanwhile, there are more Fortune 500 CEOs named John than there are Fortune 500 CEOs who are women. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I think one of the funniest forms of audience capture is the people who gained big followings on Twitter by talking about Tesla when Elon wasn't nearly as crazy and now have to stick by him. One day you're posting car specs. The next you're supporting fascism. Oops!

The shift from fossil fuel to electric appliances isn't going to happen if the sustainable option costs 2-3x more. We need to get these installation prices down fast.

Another takeaway from my upcoming 2024 clean energy trends report: The US added a huge amount of battery capacity to the grid in 2024. But the vast majority of it was built in just 4 states: California, Texas, Arizona, and Nevada.

New data from a report I'm working on: The U.S. added a record amount of solar capacity in 2024. The country added 34 GW of utility-scale solar, which is 74% more than last year's record year.

There's a famous study (Fritz 1961) that found after natural disasters people in affected communities often show altruistic behavior and temporarily suspend social divisions. In the digital world, it increasingly feels like the opposite is true.

2024 was another record-breaking year for clean energy in the U.S. Here are some stats from an upcoming report I'm working on for Cleanview: - 96% of new power capacity was carbon-free - 74% more solar added vs. 2023 - 99% more battery capacity added vs. 2023

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

This is a really interesting thread.

Ok this is wild. In 2020, California's state insurer of last resort program had $436 million of exposure in the Pacific Palisades zip code. Four years later, in Sept 2024, they had ~$3 billion in exposure (~7x more) in that single zip code (90272).

Last year State Farm dropped 70% of their customers in Pacific Palisades. As of Sept. 2024, the state's insurer of last resort program had $5.9 billion of exposure in the area. www.cfpnet.com/key-statisti...

There are few things more annoying on the internet than a chart, statistic, quote, etc. that doesn't have the source linked. One of the reasons why I like BlueSky. It doesn't penalize links, which has a lot of subtle effects on user behavior.

This piece by @triofrancos.bsky.social and @aldasky.bsky.social argues that to win, Democrats need to embrace green economic populism. But what they don't mention is that green economic populism was literally the Biden administration's main policy proposal! 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...

I will never be able to look at a Cybertruck the same after seeing this.

American exceptionalism at its finest

2024 will go down as the first full year when wind and solar generated more electricity than coal. Our air and water is cleaner, our electricity is cheaper, and our world is better as a result. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress cutting funding for child cancer research right before Christmas so they can cut the corporate income tax rate is just a total Scrooge move.

Walmart is blaming this on "obstacles in energy policy, infrastructure and the availability of low-carbon technologies." But if you look at what the company is and isn't doing to cut their emissions you see this is largely bullshit. 🧵 www.ft.com/content/6e73...

Huh that’s weird. Never could have seen this coming. www.ft.com/content/6e73...

A lot of people quoting/commenting that this shows there's an impending housing crash coming. Maybe. But don't underestimate Americans ability to continue doing stupid stuff. I think the most likely scenario is that we just continue to subsidize climate risk because, well, America.

Some shocking figures from the latest Congressional report on climate change and insurance. Since 2018, more than 1.9 million home insurance contracts nationwide have been dropped. In more than 200 counties, the nonrenewal rate has tripled or more. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Elections have consequences. In Brazil, deforestation rates have fallen by 50% due to Lula's policies. www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/amazon-2024

I’ve gained about 200 followers in the last 24 hours. But I don’t know why. So new friends, where’d you hear about me??

Southern states have been slow to build solar over the last decade. But that's slowly starting to change. Last quarter, states in the South built the most solar in the country. And it wasn't just Texas. Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, and Kentucky all built a lot. Good trend to see!

Some good climate news to start the week: The U.S. built less new gas capacity in 2024 than any year since 1994. Most of it was combustion turbines that are designed to run infrequently to meet peak demand. cleanview.co/data-insight...

I don’t believe that Paris exists. Will someone take me to prove that it does?

I somehow missed all the discourse about “freedom cities” in the 2024 election and found this article by @mnolangray.bsky.social really interesting. open.substack.com/pub/mnolangr...

*Taps the chart*

Texas is building more solar than any state. It also leads the country in electricity emissions and pollution. So what lessons should the rest of the country learn from Texas about decarbonization? My latest newsletter 👇 www.distilled.earth/p/be-careful...

Fun fact: Clean energy costs keep getting cheaper as technology improves and more capacity is deployed. Fossil fuels stay roughly the same cost to deploy, while volatile commodity costs spike whenever global markets tighten.

One of my favorite facts: In 1975 solar panels cost $115 per watt, which means it would have cost $1 million to put solar panels on your roof. Today, you can buy solar panels for less than $0.25 per watt. https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-remarkable-growth-of-solar-power

Over the last 15 years, one thing and one thing only has helped the U.S. cut emissions: the decarbonization of the electric grid. But recently, that progress has slowed. And in the last year, emissions have risen slightly. We need much more ambition and action. cleanview.co/data-insight...

Happy Friday! Why not celebrate the end of this working week with a contribution to Canary Media? We need your support to keep bringing you the information (and inspiration) you need in your work toward a just and prosperous clean energy transition: www.canarymedia.com?form=donate&... #energysky

Electricity demand is growing again in America. The last 5 years of growth is the fastest we've seen since the early 2000s. In the last year alone, demand has grown by 3.3%. https://cleanview.co/data-insights/us-electricity-demand-growth-2024

One of the most important and overlooked trends of 2024: Enhanced geothermal costs have fallen 50%. This technology could provide 24/7 clean power all around the world. It could be one of the most important technologies of the 21st century. But still completely overlooked.