My latest: "An energy crisis on an unprecedented scale”: The closure of the Strait of Hormuz poses a potentially unparalleled energy security threat, a new International Monetary Fund report warns insideclimatenews.org/news/1404202...

US Senators Investigate $370 Million IRS Payout to Cheniere #Energy @mckennapr.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org #news #environment , @sejorg.bsky.social EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list insideclimatenews.org/news/0704202...

My latest: Cheniere Energy, the largest LNG exporter in the U.S., received a $370 million tax credit from the IRS earlier this year. Seven U.S. senators would like to know why. insideclimatenews.org/news/0704202...

My latest: Methane emissions from the Permian Basin are 4 times greater than official estimates, according to recent satellite monitoring. A U.S. senator would like to know why. insideclimatenews.org/news/1903202...

My latest; Attacks on desalination plants in the Middle East highlight near-term vulnerabilities and long-term climate threats insideclimatenews.org/news/1103202...

When @mckennapr.bsky.social and I covered this claim for tax credits last year, it seemed impossible to justify. But Cheniere got a massive payout, even more than our conservative estimate based on the company's likely use of LNG for shipping fuel insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...

The IRS gave the largest U.S. LNG exporter $370 million for ‘alternative fuel’ tax credits that critics say it never should have received. My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...

Cheniere Got $370 Million IRS Windfall for Using LNG as ‘Alternative’ Fuel @mckennapr.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org #news #environment EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list @sejorg.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...

My latest; Cheniere Energy, the largest U.S. LNG producer and exporter, received a $370 million windfall from the IRS for using an ‘alternative fuel’ that critics say is dubious. insideclimatenews.org/news/2702202...

Colorado Mesa University is the OG Thermal Network, blazing a trail for much of what I now work on. @mckennapr.bsky.social has the story. This is how the clean energy transition starts - folks trying good ideas before knowing for absolutely certain they work! insideclimatenews.org/news/0702202...

An executive order President Trump plans to announce Wednesday will order the Defense Department to buy coal power, something climate and security experts say will put the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage. My latest for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1002202...

"Since its geothermal buildout began in 2008, [Colorado Mesa University] has saved more than $15 million in energy costs, money it has passed on to students through lower tuition and more scholarship funding," reports @mckennapr.bsky.social: insideclimatenews.org/news/0702202... 🔌💡

My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org. "The best kept secret in western Colorado”: A geothermal heating and cooling network saves Colorado Mesa University millions of dollars on energy bills, and millions of gallons of Colorado River water. insideclimatenews.org/news/0702202...

MethaneSAT has released its first analysis of methane emissions from oil and gas basins globally, in the year before the satellite lost contact. @mckennapr.bsky.social and I dug into the findings for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0602202...

Great to be back on @livingonearthradio.bsky.social talking all things geothermal heating and cooling, including some of my recent reporting in the Midwest and what to keep an eye on in 2026. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

Venezuela’s oil reserves, the largest in the world, are also among the most carbon and methane intensive to produce, refine, and use. Additionally, to maintain current production output will require more than $50 billion in new energy infrastructure investment. By @mckennapr.bsky.social...

My latest: “The Dirtiest, Worst Oil;” Venezuela’s oil reserves are not only the world’s largest, they also have some of the highest associated greenhouse gas emissions. insideclimatenews.org/news/0701202...

My latest: A common anesthetic is also a climate super pollutant that is helping to cook the planet. A growing number of hospitals and countries are dropping the drug. insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...

Desflurane is a common anesthetic used in operating rooms worldwide. It’s also a climate super pollutant. The Yale New Haven Health System changed that and now relies primarily on sevoflurane--and saves $1.2 million a year. Read more w/ @mckennapr.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0501202...

Geothermal energy will provide 80% of the heating and cooling needs for Northeastern's new hockey arena. The system will also harvest waste heat from ice making to warm the rest of the building. 🔥 & ❄️ news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/16/s...

My latest: More than half of Americans’ nitrogen dioxide exposure can come from gas stoves, depending on how often they cook, a new study concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/1012202...

We’re building the future today! @mckennapr.bsky.social reports on HEET’s partnership to expand the geothermal heating and cooling system in Framingham, MA, driving down unit costs and building out the utility business model while keeping customers comfy. Thermal nerds, your time is now!

My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org & @bostonglobe.com; A first-in-the-nation clean energy project will soon double in size as the Trump administration moves forward with a Biden-era grant for geothermal www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/03/s...

"A first-in-the-nation heating and cooling network in Framingham, Mass., is set to double in size as the Trump administration continues support for geothermal energy, despite cutting billions for other clean energy projects." insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202... by @mckennapr.bsky.social 🔌💡

My latest: A first-in-the-nation heating and cooling network in Framingham, Mass., is set to double in size as the Trump administration continues geothermal support despite cutting billions for other clean energy projects insideclimatenews.org/news/0312202...

Have you heard about the LED of heating and cooling? In St Paul, MN they installed one of the first large-scale aquifer thermal power systems in the US. Very proud of the work we did at the State's green bank to get this project financed. insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202... @mckennapr.bsky.social

My latest: emissions of a key climate super pollutant continue to climb despite a Global Methane Pledge to reduce them, a UN report concludes insideclimatenews.org/news/2111202...

Seasonal Underground #Energy Storage in Twin Cities: Old Technology Revived @mckennapr.bsky.social reports for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202...

Aquifer thermal energy storage, the “LED” of heating and cooling, is getting a second look in St. Paul, Minnesota decades after hosting initial tests of the promising clean tech. My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202...

My latest: Decades ago the U.S. Department of Energy tested clean tech that promised to slash the country’s energy use. Forty-five years later, aquifer thermal energy heating and cooling is coming home to St. Paul, Minnesota. insideclimatenews.org/news/1511202... @insideclimatenews.org

“The 2030s are going to be a tough time for Boston.” apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr... @erinmdouglas23.bsky.social — and @cehumphries.bsky.social — on "sunny-day flooding" in Boston and ongoing failures to address it. #WhenTheFloodsCome

“They do protect people and infrastructure — until they don’t." apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/metr... Great reporting by @shankman.bsky.social on a potential looming disaster posed by aging levies and climate-change-fueled storms in Massachusetts. #WhenTheFloodsComeHome

Climate change fuels more destructive and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones, as a Category 5 hurricane makes landfall in Jamaica insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202...

My latest; A Category 5 hurricane slams into Jamaica as climate change fuels stronger storms and environmental advocates call for fossil fuel companies to pay for damages insideclimatenews.org/news/2810202... @insideclimatenews.org

My latest: A fantasy-themed corporate headquarters uses thousands of boreholes to heat and cool its buildings with high-efficiency geothermal energy that uses a fraction of the energy of other buildings insideclimatenews.org/news/1110202... @insideclimatenews.org

Epic Geothermal: One of the largest geothermal networks in the world is operated by tech company Epic Systems to heat and cool its corporate campus in rural Wisconsin. insideclimatenews.org/news/1110202... My latest, for @insideclimatenews.org

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...