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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 08/10/2026
My latest discovery? You can eat the skin of a kiwifruit – and the benefits are myriad | Adrian Chiles
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My latest discovery? You can eat the skin of a kiwifruit – and the benefits are myriad | Adrian Chiles
It turns out all that time spent peeling and paring was entirely wasted, writes Adrian Chiles. Now I’m gobbling them like apples and putting the extra fibre to good use
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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
ㅤ Tiny forest growing on a single pine cone — Hana_b30 ㅤ
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/08/2026
How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too
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How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too
Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movement
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 19/08/2026
Today on Volts: in 2008, physics professor Ramón Méndez Galain was made energy minister of Uruguay. Over the next 7 years, he led the country to a 98% carbon-free electricity system. With his nonprofit, Ivy, he's now attempting to export the model to other countries in the global South. We discuss.
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He helped Uruguay decarbonize. Can he help other countries do the same?
A conversation with Ramón Méndez Galain.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 19/08/2026
An experimental cancer vaccine kept melanoma from coming back. It’s the first successful late-stage mRNA study validating decades of custom-treatment research.
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Moderna, Merck Vaccine Succeeds in Preventing Melanoma From Returning
Result in high-risk patients validates decades of research into mRNA-based therapeutic cancer vaccines.
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Aarne Granlund @aarnegranlund.eurosky.social · 19/08/2026
"As heatwave-driven demand increased, solar was the only major power source to perform “better than usual” (...) average daily solar generation during the heatwaves was 17 per cent higher in France and Hungary, five per cent higher in Spain and the same in Italy." www.euronews.com/2026/08/14/t...
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Solar helps 'stabilise' Europe’s grids as heatwaves spike power demand
A surge in solar power has helped meet heightened power demand from Europe’s blistering heatwaves, according to a new analysis.
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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Minnesota's largest coal plant once burned 30,000 tons of coal a day; its old wires now carry 710 MW from 1.7 million solar panels "Xcel hasn’t just built the state’s largest solar array-it has hijacked a retiring fossil-fuel hub to bypass years of grid traffic" www.vozpopuli.com/indux/en/min...
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Minnesota's largest coal plant once burned 30,000 tons of coal a day; its old wires now carry 710 megawatts from 1.7 million solar panels
Minnesota replaced coal power with 1.7 million solar panels, reusing old grid infrastructure to deliver 710 MW of clean energy.
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Jeff Berardelli @weatherprof.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Curious why so much of #Europe is on fire 🔥 right now? NASA GRACE Soil moisture is in the bottom 1% across the vast majority of the Continent. This is what happens when the climate warms at 2X the Global rate, with 5 #heatwaves so far this summer.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 17/08/2026
EU solar generation reached RECORD levels in June & July, providing 25% of generation each month ☀️ Solar output was especially high during the heatwaves, helping the grid meet extra power demand. Other sources like nuclear, hydro & gas struggled with the heat. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
August 16, 2026
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August 16, 2026
“There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold.”
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
No, nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are not all equally affected by heatwaves. @carbonbrief.org - as so often - has this useful overview: www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ho...
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Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves - Carbon Brief
Amid a slew of misleading claims, Carbon Brief explains how key power sources - nuclear, gas, solar, wind - cope with extreme heat.
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
In Australia, a subsidy program for home batteries has spurred more than 500,000 installations and helped cut wholesale power prices in half, officials say.
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In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half
A little more than one year ago, Australia rolled out a program to heavily subsidize home batteries, part of a larger effort to make use of the huge volumes of solar energy that were going to waste. On Friday, officials announced that more than 500,000 batteries had been installed under the plan, helping to slash wholesale power prices roughly in half.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 14/08/2026
Solar generation met OVER A QUARTER of midday electricity demand on the average day in H1 2026 ☀️ In leading solar markets like Chile, Germany and the Netherlands, solar met MORE THAN 50% of midday demand – yet without batteries, they’re near zero by 9pm 📉🚫 ember-energy.org/lat...
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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A striking climate-model result suggests AMOC may have a rate-induced tipping point. 👉 Slow CO₂ increase: AMOC stable to +5.5°C 👉 Faster increase: collapse around +2°C Same climate system. Very different outcome. The rate of warming matters. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Failure to track a stable AMOC state under rapid climate change - Nature Climate Change
Climate change is expected to alter oceanic circulation, with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) at risk of collapse. This work shows that the stability of the AMOC is dependent on...
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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 22/07/2026
Hi everyone! I hope you're having a great Wednesday. Just wanted to make sure everyone knows what a baby heron looks like. Ok bye see you later www.instagram.com/p/DateeyJCE3Y/
This is a screenshot of an Instagram post from a rescue organization featuring a bearded animal protection officer with a tiny rescued heron baby on his handThis is a close up of the heron baby and it's like if you stuck a novelty beak and some regular bird-sized feet on a wad of cat hair
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Big problems looming for the water supply of the western US. Lake Mead is one of the essential reservoirs. It is now at a historic low, and its water level dropping below the top intake valve in the dam means that the access to the top water layer (cleaner, more oxygen) is lost for now.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
France plans to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050. “France announced a ‘first of its kind’ plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 & gas by 2050…The roadmap was published as dozens of nations gather for the first-ever international talks on how to transition away from planet-heating fossil fuels.”
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France unveils plan to ditch all fossil fuels by 2050
France on Tuesday announced a “first of its kind” plan to phase out coal by 2030, oil by 2045 and gas by 2050 during a global conference aimed at breaking reliance on fossil fuels.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 22/07/2026
This is why corporate America sought policy guidance about climate risk, which prompted the fake “anti-ESG” response from fossil fuel’s denial apparatus. The corporate sector caved at first, but climate risk is real, and so is fiduciary liability.
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Pension Funds Try to Come to Grips With the Scariest Global Warming Scenario
Institutional investors are trying to figure out what it would mean for their portfolios if continually rising temperatures trigger what JPMorgan Chase & Co. is calling “climate black swan risks.”
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Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Pretty cool and dramatic NASA animation showing the long-range transport of 2026 Canadian wildfire smoke.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/07/2026
A very kind neighbor texted me today about a "sick" crow laying motionless in the yard with its wings outstretched. Because today is the first really hot day of the summer, I knew right away the bird was fine and what was going on. Here's @corvidresearch.bsky.social on what they're doing and why.
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Why crows sunbathe
With its bill agape, I watch as the crow fans out awkwardly across the cedar shingles. Pressing the camera to my face I snap a couple photos, pleased to finally capture on film a moment I so often …
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/07/2026
I was in business and an environmentalist before I became governor. I know that we can create jobs while protecting the world around us.
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Ellie Leonard @redpencilscript.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I see this conversation floating around again (as it should). Since I’m a math nut, I did the math a while ago to show how much your vote counts with the Electoral College. A voter in Wyoming has 4x the weight of a voter in Florida. #vote #electoralcollege open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
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How much does your vote count in the Electoral College?
I got a little mathy...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Deeply important work. Thanks to @rebleber.bsky.social and team
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My Spanish champion is Pontevedra Mayor Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores, who kicked cars out of city center: “It's not my duty as mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. It's the same as if you bought a cow, or fridge, and then ask me where you're going to put them.”
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This Spanish city has been restricting cars for 24 years. Here's what we can learn from it
Pontevedra, Spain, offers some of the best evidence available about what happens when a city is reconfigured to accommodate people, rather than cars.
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Lewis Pugh Foundation @lewispughfdn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Today is Marine Day, 海の日, in Japan. From the icy waters of Hokkaido to the coral reefs of Okinawa, Japan spans eight marine ecoregions. From ice to coral, the ocean shapes Japan’s wildlife, culture and way of life. Today is a reminder to celebrate it, and protect it. #uminohi #shonankaigan #ocean
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 19/07/2026
The same with EVs displacing 840,000 barrels of oil imports annually, for 15 years 🚗 Electrification is a path towards long term security and affordability.
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A clean break꞉ leaving fossil volatility for clean tech security | Ember
Shifting from the vulnerability of fossil fuel dependency toward home-grown manufacturing and more resilient clean tech imports
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 19/07/2026
With electrification, the EU can break free of this costly vulnerability. One shipment of solar panels generates 10 TWh of electricity over 20 years. Whereas, one tanker of LNG must arrive every year for the same output ☀️ 2/3
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 18/07/2026
The AI data center “race to the bottom” worsens our real climate perils. In a decent world, the industry would agree on safety standards. The billionaires and putative billionaires behind these projects could easily afford to be responsible. They choose not to be.
A Bloomberg NEF graph titled "Data Centers Are Guzzling Up Gas in the US." Graph depicts future projections of gas consumption driven by data centers by region of the country, from 2020-2035. Graph shows a gradual increase in gas consumption every year, primarily in the East region.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Food safety expert Byron Chaves talks with Flora about the latest updates. Listen now: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/cyc...
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Hold the lettuce: Updates on the 'explosive' cyclospora outbreak
The cyclospora outbreak causing diarrhea for thousands has been linked to shredded lettuce. What's making it so hard to pinpoint a source?
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Bonus podcast alert! 🚨 An outbreak of the foodborne illness cyclosporiasis is causing people to run to the bathroom and stress out about eating vegetables. Health officials have linked the outbreak to lettuce served at Taco Bell in five states, but there are still a lot of unanswered questions.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 16/07/2026
National Geographic does Rhode Island. Well done!
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How to plan a summer road trip through the smallest state
Rhode Island is just 48 miles from north to south, and 37 miles from east to west. Here’s how to experience the best of the Ocean State, from waterfront clam shacks to its most iconic sights.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15/07/2026
The UK's June heatwave caused a £2.4bn hit to productivity, says a new report It says the cost of extreme heat could reach £6bn/yr by 2030 Interesting, bc we tend to focus on the cost of cutting emissions, rather than cost of failing to do so… www.verdantthinking....
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 15/07/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans
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Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...
Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.
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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A clip from a freight train stopped in a wildfire near Armstrong, Ontario. Thankfully, the crew escaped safely. Wildfire is nothing new but the burning of fossil fuels is making them larger, more frequent and severe.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 14/07/2026
Wind and solar are the QUICKEST solutions we have during an energy crisis ⏳ They can be deployed in a matter of months - rooftop solar in a matter of days. This speed makes them a key solution to meeting energy needs disrupted by geopolitical tensions. ember-climate.org/in...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/07/2026
New in PN: Mitch McConnell's legacy of destruction "Almost everything about how the modern GOP operates — its aversion to solving problems, its destruction of norms that used to allow the institution to operate, its embrace of chaos and dysfunction — can be at least partly attributed to McConnell."
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Mitch McConnell's legacy of destruction
He may have found Trump distasteful, but no one did more to protect him.
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Think 39°C is hot? True, but in Dehloran, city of 33,000 in eastern Iran, it was 52°C today. That's umm... different. (126F, in US units)
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 14/07/2026
NEW | Solar generated a QUARTER of EU electricity in June - the largest single source of power last month In June 2021, ☀️ generated just 10% of EU power. Since then, installations have boomed annually, making solar 🇪🇺’s fastest-growing power source. ember-energy.org/lat...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 13/07/2026
To kickstart the market for plug-in solar, a nonprofit is selling kits at no markup -- around $300. Get yours while you can!
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A new deal on balcony solar just dropped in the US
Plug-in panels can lower your bills. To boost the American market for the tech, nonprofit Bright Saver is selling kits with no markup, starting at around…
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dixiechickenotf24.bsky.social @dixiechickenotf24.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Don’t miss this weeks’ short videos on American history put together by Heather Cox Richardson.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 12/07/2026
In 2025, Germany had 2.5 GW of operational grid-scale batteries, the largest fleet in the EU 🔋 Another 10 GW is in the pipeline. Had that capacity been online in 2025, Germany could have avoided €830 million in gas purchases and solar redispatch costs. ember-energy.org/lat...
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 11/07/2026
Flaring tensions around the Strait of Hormuz which diverted oil and gas tankers shows how fragile fossil supply chains are. Electrification powered by homegrown renewables offers the EU a path to lasting #energysecurity ember-energy.org/lat...
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10/07/2026
Former NOAA chief scientist: “The stresses that we see today are only going to get worse because heat waves like this ten years from now will be over 40C.” Or you can believe Big Oil.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/07/2026
... is the state's Dem governor claiming that building an LNG import terminal is compatible with the state's mandate to decarbonize its electricity system by 2045. Of course it fucking isn't! Capitulate to the gas industry if you want, but don't piss on Hawaiians' heads & tell them it's raining.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/07/2026
Hawaii is thinking about building an LNG import terminal. A study by the state claiming massive consumer benefits was shown to contain basic errors, to the point of fraud, honestly, but that hasn't slowed the push at all. But what really bugs me ...
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Hawaiʻi committed to 100% clean energy. Now it’s flirting with…
Gov. Josh Green, a Democrat, wants to import LNG to slash energy bills. But the move might not lead to savings — and it could trip up the state’s climate…
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Kees van der Leun @sustainable2050.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In western Europe (west of 15°E), June was the warmest on record, over 3°C above the 1991-2020 average, beating the previous records, set last year...
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Not sure one can do about this other than sigh deeply. But I might as well post the explainer on why net zero isn’t even the main thing pushing up energy bills (it’s gas), as if having a safe planet to live on wasn’t reason enough…
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No, net zero is not the main reason energy bills are high
It seems to have become commonplace to blame net zero for Britain’s high energy bills and/or weak job market. For example, Sharon Graham of the Unite union recently described Ed Miliband as a "noose a...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/07/2026
Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify
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Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify
Temperatures across ravaged region 3C above average as scientists warn of risks for people, ecosystems and infrastructure * Record wildfires in Europe show failure to adapt carries a mounting cost Western Europe has been scorched by its hottest June on record, scientists have said, as the UK enters its third heatwave of the year and wildfires ravage France and Spain. Inflamed by carbon pollution, the deadly June heatwave helped push surface air temperatures for the region 3.06C above their average from recent decades, according to the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring service. Continue reading...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/07/2026
"Documented lineworker fatalities from backfeed are exclusively caused by portable gas/diesel generators, not plug-in solar systems; no lineworker has ever been killed or injured by backfeed from a grid-tied solar inverter."
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/07/2026
Let plug-in solar cook! It's perfectly safe!
cleanenergy.org
White Paper: Disproportionate Regulation of Residential Plug-in Solar - Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)
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