Want a new gas line to your home? In Massachusetts, you're gonna have to pay for it. Great to be back on @livingonearth.bsky.social to talk about the state's latest carrots and sticks to drive decarbonization www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

"It saves us money, and will continue to save us money,” Steve Fate, president of the West Union District Energy geothermal network in downtown West Union, Iowa, told @mckennapr.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202... 🔌💡

Trend setter: A small town installed a geothermal network that provides heating and cooling to much of its downtown in 2014. More than a decade later, dozens of communities, states and utility companies look to follow its lead. insideclimatenews.org/news/2009202... My latest @insideclimatenews.org

"Fossil Fuels Out of Harvard”: Activists disrupt panel with Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub at Harvard Climate Symposium insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...

#Wildfire Smoke Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in US, New Study Warns @mckennapr.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...

The health impacts of climate-driven wildfire smoke could be among the most costly consequences of global warming in the U.S. by mid-century, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202...

Smoke from climate-driven wildfires will kill nearly 2 million Americans by 2055, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1809202... My latest for @insideclimatenews.org

Really great piece from Phil on impacts of LNG to southwest Louisiana fishing. Really comprehensive. I took a look recently at the dredge spill at CP2 gasoutlook.com/analysis/dre...

“Each year we’re getting less and less.” Commercial fishermen in southwest Louisiana say LNG export terminals at the entrance to a once-thriving fishery are to blame for declining shrimp harvests. insideclimatenews.org/news/0709202... My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org

Shrimp harvests in southwest Louisiana, once the seafood capital of America, were down 50 percent in 2024. Local fishermen say a new LNG export terminal is to blame. insideclimatenews.org/news/0709202... My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org

A 1st-of-its-kind analysis of permit applications to Texas's Railroad Commission, the state’s oil and gas regulator, reveals a rubber-stamp system that allows drillers to emit vast amounts of methane into the atmosphere. @psskow.bsky.social & Mark Olalde report insideclimatenews.org/news/0309202...

"I decided that if we die, we’d die together." A harrowing first person account of surviving Hurricane Katrina by @insideclimatenews.org's @leehedgepeth.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2808202...

👀 "California is far behind Texas when it comes to requiring the public disclosure of gas composition data." insideclimatenews.org/news/2608202... @lizagross.bsky.social on the health impacts of methane + "chemical soup" super emitter events.

Must Read: A new species of orangutan was discovered in the mountains of Sumatra in 2017. A dam currently being built and financed by China may drive the endangered ape to extinction. My colleague @nkus.bsky.social recently traveled to Indonesia to investigate. insideclimatenews.org/news/1708202...

Another example of an energy community hoping renewables will help them diversify their economy. Town officials are buzzing about providing businesses with “reliable, cost-effective heating and cooling.” Always fun to collaborate, and glad to get to work with @mckennapr.bsky.social on this one.

“Geothermal works at night, it works in the day, it works whenever you want it to work,” officials in a rural Colorado town embrace geothermal heating and cooling for a new business park. insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202... My latest, with ICN Mountain West reporter @jakebolster.bsky.social

Gas utility ratepayers in Massachusetts paid $160 million in 2023 for others to connect to the gas network. New state regulations would have new users pay the costs themselves. insideclimatenews.org/news/1508202...

Want new gas service? In Massachusetts, and a growing number of states seeking to end fossil fuel subsidies, you're going to have to pay for it. insideclimatenews.org/news/1508202... My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org

Our @insideclimatenews.org story on Cheniere's controversial claim for "alternative" fuel tax credits, republished @motherjones.com. With @mckennapr.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Cheniere, which operates a terminal on Sabine Pass, is the biggest U.S. LNG exporter. @insideclimatenews.org reports the company claims a massive tax credit for using its cargo as an "alternative" fuel. lailluminator.com/2025/07/31/l...

Is a 1000-ft tanker a motorboat? That may be a $140 M question as Cheniere, the largest exporter of US LNG, seeks tax credits that leave shipping experts and tax specialists baffled. insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... My latest, w/ @peteraldhous.com Additional analysis by @datadesk.bsky.social

Exclusive: Cheniere Energy seeks a massive tax credit that leaves LNG shipping experts baffled and tax experts troubled amid ramped up lobbying of the Trump admin. An Inside Climate analysis puts the potential payout at more than $140 M. insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... w/ @peteraldhous.com

NEW from me with @mckennapr.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org The Biggest US LNG Exporter Is Claiming a Massive Tax Credit for Using Its Cargo as an ‘Alternative’ Fuel insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...

Exclusive: Cheniere Energy, the largest U.S. LNG exporter, seeks tax credits that leave shipping experts and tax specialists baffled. An @insideclimatenews.org analysis puts the potential payout at more than $140 M. insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202... My latest, with @peteraldhous.com

Two killed in campground explosion at Old Orchard Beach in Maine. The investigation is ongoing, but early indicators suggest a gas leak. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/28/m...

Crypto pollution will rise! Cryptocurrency legislation currently making its way through Congress will only exacerbate the industry’s insatiable energy demands and climate pollution. @mckennapr.bsky.social‬ insideclimatenews.org/news/1607202...

Stable(coin) GENIUS? Quite the contrary, environmentalists say. insideclimatenews.org/news/1607202...

“GENIUS” cryptocurrency legislation has bipartisan support in Congress, but environmental advocates say it will further fuel environmental destruction insideclimatenews.org/news/1607202...

In @canarymedia.com this morning explaining, once again, why the OBBBA is *not* a win for geothermal energy. Thanks, FEOC. Thanks @mariagallucci.bsky.social for this great piece highlighting how the GOP might be holding back this promising new technology:

“Heaven and Earth”: Can community solar and geothermal heating and cooling provide a new path forward for a historic church and its neighbors in Salem, Mass.? My latest for @insideclimatenews.org, now also in @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/s...

I'm with Carl Pope on the urgent need to curb methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, but is subsidizing oil and gas companies really the best way to do it? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/o...

Neighborhood-scale decarbonization comes to California, with support from utility Pacific Gas & Electric insideclimatenews.org/news/2206202...

“Heaven and Earth”: Can community solar and geothermal heating and cooling provide a new path forward for a historic church and its neighbors in Salem, Mass.?

Clean energy tax credit cuts proposed by the Senate would be devastating for geothermal heating and cooling. Can ground source heat pump CEOs convince the Senate Finance Committee to preserve their industry’s incentives? insideclimatenews.org/news/2006202...

“Heaven and Earth”: When a church’s heating bill spiked from $100 to $3,000 a month, its leaders decided it was time to ditch fossil fuels for solar and geothermal. Can its plan help its neighbors, too? insideclimatenews.org/news/2006202... My latest for @insideclimatenews.org

A massive U.S. gas pipeline buildout currently underway would fuel LNG exports and climate change, a new report concludes. insideclimatenews.org/news/0206202...

HFC-23, a restricted pollutant 14,700 times worse for the climate than CO2, is being emitted at levels far higher than countries admit, sparking a global “whodunit” over the source of emissions insideclimatenews.org/news/2105202... My latest, w/ @foreignpolicy.com's @lilipike.bsky.social

. @mckennapr.bsky.social and I first covered HFC-23 emissions together in 2021, when we investigated China's long pattern of failure to reduce the powerful emissions: insideclimatenews.org/news/2209202...

Meanwhile, fuzzy language in Kigali means that int'l accountability is lacking. The UN Ozone Secretariat told @mckennapr.bsky.social that the amount of HFC-23 countries report as destroyed is “taken at the face value” & there are currently no cases of noncompliance under investigation.

In 2021, China joined the Kigali Agreement, and pledged to stop emitting HFC-23, a climate super pollutant 14,700x stronger than CO2. The latest atmospheric readings show China is way off track, @mckennapr.bsky.social & I report in our deep dive: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/21/c...

A climate super pollutant that China and others agreed to destroy is being emitted at levels far higher than countries admit, posing a significant test to an international climate agreement. insideclimatenews.org/news/2105202... My latest, with @foreignpolicy.com's @lilipike.bsky.social

A global leader in low-carbon aluminum production plans to build a $4 billion smelter in wind-rich Oklahoma, though questions remain on how much of the power-hungry plant will be fueled by renewables. insideclimatenews.org/news/1905202... My latest for @insideclimatenews.org

ICYMI: An exclusive @insideclimatenews.org analysis found greenhouse gas emissions from tankers exporting U.S. LNG more than cancel out the emissions reductions achieved from all electric vehicles currently on U.S. roads. 🧵

👀 The EU is considering "flexibilities" in how it applies its methane rule on energy imports to ensure that U.S. LNG complies with EU climate regulations. www.msn.com/en-sg/money/...

Gas to Geo: honored to get to speak with @livingonearth.bsky.social about all things networked geothermal, here in Massachusetts, and beyond. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

My @insideclimatenews.org story with @mckennapr.bsky.social on greenhouse gas emissions from LNG tankers republished @lailluminator.com lailluminator.com/2025/04/17/c...

Trouble in the Suez? Our recent analysis of U.S. LNG export voyages found a 4 x increase in GHG emissions in recent years primarily due to the sheer increase in export volume. But, longer voyages in 2023-24, due to outages in the Panama & Suez canals, also played a small role. 1/2

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin targeted a geoengineering startup for small-scale sulfur dioxide emissions after seeking to roll back regulations for larger emitters.

Greenhouse gas emissions from tankers exporting U.S. LNG exceed the emissions reductions from all EVs on the road in America. More than half of that pollution is methane that "slips" unburned through ship engines. Video by @oilfieldwitness.bsky.social

Do you live near one of those dots? We mapped the nearly 70 power plants that just got a two-year exemption from an update to mercury pollution rules. insideclimatenews.org/news/1604202...