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...

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...