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Raritan Valley, NJ chapter of Citizens' Climate Lobby, an international climate action organization. We are nonpartisan and support big-effective, large-scale solutions at all levels of government.

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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 11h
Join us at the next CCL Town Hall, Wed. 10/14, 8-8:45pm on Zoom, to learn what we're up to this month. You can submit questions ahead of time to conference.inbox@citizensclimate.org. community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...
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Town Hall with CCL Executive Director Ricky Bradley - View Event - CCL Community
Join a Town Hall style event to hear organizational updates from CCL's Executive Director, Ricky Bradley.All are welcome, especially CCL supporters just starting their CCL ... - CCL's Online Community...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We have liftoff! Still need to dig into the details of the bill, but it's broad and bipartisan--two of our must-haves.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The oldest solar farms are nearing retirement. This is an opportunity. Upgrading them with newer, more efficient panels could add another 67GW to the grid - no new construction required. Add batteries, and you gain up to 92GW more. www.crux.com/reports/rech...
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Recharged: Repowering America's Solar Fleet with Storage for a New Era of Demand
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 14/09/2026
Part 2 of our six-part series of webinars on carbon pricing will take place Thursday, Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT. We hope to see you there! ➡️ Register: cclusa.org/carbon-pricing-series/
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In a neat bit of irony, our fossil-fuel loving president has created an "accidental carbon tax" by driving up fossil fuel prices. yaleclimateconnections.org/newsletter/t... (1/2)
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We've got an accidental carbon tax » Yale Climate Connections
Plus, seven climate films to binge-watch this weekend.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you missed last week's CCL Inclusion Conference, you can still catch the videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Also, check out the Inclusion Conference Spotify playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/7tM...
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Inclusion Conference Presented by PGM Action Team 2026 - YouTube
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you're looking for an antidote to climate dread, check out this fact-based, yet surprisingly upbeat conversation between two brilliant science communicators, @hankgreen.bsky.social and @hannahritchie.bsky.social, on Hank's Humans podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFU6... (1/2)
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Hannah Ritchie: The Future Is Not Bleak
YouTube video by Humans with Hank
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thanks to all who took part in last Saturday's postcarding event! Together we completed our commitment of 300 postcards to CCL supporters in New Jersey, encouraging them (and their friends and family) to vote in November.
Six people seated around a dining table covered in postcards, pens, and other supplies, holding up postcards marked, "Hey New Jersey, Make sure your friends and family vote."
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A majority of Americans are worried about climate change. But most don't know other Americans are. So they don't talk about it--and then there's no way for anyone to know. Break the spiral of silence! talkingclimate.com/landscape-as...
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Landscape Assessment
Empowering the messengers people already trust.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"Democrats can’t claim to treat climate change as a crisis if they are unwilling to act to solve it. Right now, that means making a deal on permitting with Republican lawmakers and Mr. Trump." www.wsj.com/opinion/dems... (1/3)
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Opinion | Dems Should Permit Trump a Win
If they’re serious about climate change, a permitting-reform deal today would pay dividends the next time they’re in power.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Clean energy wins another round against the Trump administration. A district judge has just ruled that the president can't claw back funds allocated by Congress for the Solar for All program to aid low-income families. pv-magazine-usa.com/2026/09/21/f...
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Federal court strikes down EPA cancellation of $7 billion Solar for All program - pv magazine USA
A U.S. District Court judge rules the Trump administration acted unlawfully when terminating congressionally authorized clean energy grants designed to lower energy costs for low-income households.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Departing UN chief Antonio Guterres says we're falling far short of our Paris Agreement goals on climate. But he also says without the agreement, which "mobilized the world for climate action," things would be worse still. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/c...
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A Departing U.N. Chief’s Dire Warning on Climate Change (Gift Article)
As he nears the end of his term as the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres looks back on his efforts to stop climate change.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The final BRIDGE training, "The Art of Climate Storytelling,"is this Thursday, 9/24, 8-9 on Zoom. Register here: community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/... As always, the video and written material will be available online if you can't make the live session.
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The Art of Climate Storytelling (BRIDGE Training 9) - View Event - CCL Community
Craft and confidently share personal, values-based stories that make climate solutions feel real, human, and worth acting on. Learn the four kinds of climate stories CCL volunteers ... - CCL's Online ...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Climate Week 2026 is officially under way. www.climateweeknyc.org Follow @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu for live updates.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Possible silver lining to the EPA claiming it can't regulate greenhouse gases: That means states can.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bad news, good news: Spiking oil and gas prices due to the Iran war have increased coal use worldwide. But they've also driven a faster shift toward clean energy, which will have longer-lasting effects. www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
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The Iran war pushed countries toward clean energy — and coal
Surging oil and gas prices are boosting coal demand. But the conflict has also spurred cleantech adoption — and fossil-fuel emissions may still drop as a…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We've all seen the "hockey stick of doom" graph that represents rising greenhouse gas emissions. But have you seen the "hockey stick of hope"? www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGfv...
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The Hockey Stick of Doom.
YouTube video by Hank Green
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative helped Northeastern states eliminate coal power plants and cut emissions from electricity. But has it lost its mojo? www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
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Is it time to rethink the Northeast's cap-and-trade system?
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative isn’t having the same emissions-cutting effect it used to. As power bills rise, some wonder if it is worth…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
New bills in Congress would shield fossil fuel companies from lawsuits. You can find your members and urge them to oppose this legislation here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi....
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Find and contact elected officials | USAGov
Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Less than two months to Election Day! Visit vote.nj.gov to make sure you're registered. If you can, plan to vote early, either in person or via secure drop box. You can find locations for both on this site.
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NJ Voter Information Portal
NJ Voter information about the Elections.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Update: our 9/20 tabling event has been canceled. But we're still doing Branchburg Hops Harvest on Sat. 9/26 and Bedminster Fall Fest on Sat. 10/10. Sign up here: signup.com/Group/646071...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you haven't already, please take this month's action: Write to Senators about the Fix Our Forests Act. (For us in NJ, that's just Kim, as Booker has already opposed it.) citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
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Support the Fix Our Forests Act | Citizens' Climate Lobby
Now that Congress is back from recess, tell your senators you support healthy forests, wildfire management, and bipartisan climate solutions.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Court: "No, Mr. President, you can't force an ancient coal plant to keep running at a cost of $180 million to ratepayers." www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
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Court rules that Trump can’t force a Michigan coal plant to keep…
A long-awaited court decision finds fault with the DOE’s use of "emergency" powers to force aging, costly, polluting power plants to run past their…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We're having another postcarding party this Saturday, 9/19, 1:30-4:30 in Flemington. This one's not for EVP; instead, we're reaching out to CCL members and supporters in NJ to remind them to vote. Sign up here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...
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Welcome to CCL's Online Community - CCL Community
CCL's Online Community is a place where volunteers can learn and collaborate
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Earth's coral reefs are at a tipping point. But new research indicates there may still be a chance to tip them back. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/09/in-a...
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In a first, probiotics helped real coral survive a real heatwave
Past studies of coral probiotics stayed in the lab. This one tested them on wild coral in the Red Sea during an actual marine heatwave—and the microbes held up.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
New tech is making geothermal heating and cooling easier, quieter, cleaner, and cheaper. www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...
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Dig Energy completes first project with novel geothermal drilling tech
The firm just wrapped work on a heating and cooling system for a Boston office. It says its rig makes drilling cheaper, quieter, and less water-intensive.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you don't have time to read the UN's latest report on "overshoot" (what happens as the planet passes 1.5C of warming), @ayanaeliza.bsky.social can give you the TLDR.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Save the date for session 2 of our Carbon Pricing Education Series: 10/1, 8pm ET. It'll cover research on the carbon pricing/affordability nexus, including how carbon price revenues can improve affordability. community.citizensclimate.org/events/item/...
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Carbon Pricing Education Series Session 2: Affordability and distributional impacts - View Event - CCL Community
Join CCL for a learning series exploring what a decade of real-world carbon pricing can teach us—and how that knowledge shapes stronger, more durable climate advocacy. Join us ... - CCL's Online Commu...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More progress on permitting reform: Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA-50) and Gabe Evans (R-CO-8) have introduced the CLEAR Act to streamline the approval of interstate transmission projects. scottpeters.house.gov/press-releas...
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Peters, Evans Unveil Bill to Address Transmission Project Bottlenecks and Lower Electricity Costs
Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the Certainty in Litigation for Electric Asset Reliability (CLEAR) Act of 2026, legislation to streamline...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
California is taking a big step toward a circular economy - if they can pull it off. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/c...
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California’s Ambitious Plan for Textile Waste (Gift Article)
A recycling law coming into force now could change fashion.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our monthly meeting is this Saturday, 9-12, 1-3 at UUCS or 2-3 on Zoom. Register here: community.citizensclimate.org/groups/event...
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Welcome to CCL's Online Community - CCL Community
CCL's Online Community is a place where volunteers can learn and collaborate
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Two months to the midterms! Make sure you’re ready to vote by checking your registration status at cclusa.org/vote. Then pass the link on to friends and family so they'll be ready, too. #ClimateVoters
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Register to vote in your state | Vote.gov
Find the information you need to make registration and voting easy. Official voter registration website of the United States government.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In the Senate, both parties want action on permitting reform. That's good news, but we need to keep up the pressure to make sure clean energy gets a fair shake. www.kotatv.com/2026/08/20/t...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Registration is now live for CCL's virtual Inclusion Conference, "Solidarity in Practice: Bridging Divides Through Real Conversations," 9/18-9/19. (Or, since 9/19 is also Talk Like a Pirate Day, Solidarrrrrrrity.) citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-chan...
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Inclusion Conference | Sept. 18-19, 2026
Presented by People of the Global Majority Action Team, join us virtually for this year's Inclusion Conference, Solidarity in Practice: Bridging Divides Through Real Conversations.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The first session in CCL's Carbon Pricing Education Series is tonight, 8-9 on Zoom. Register here: www2.citizensclimatelobby.org/acton/ct/178... Like all trainings, this will be available on video later for those who can't make it.
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Carbon Pricing Education Series Session 1: Current economic consensus on carbon pricing - View Event - CCL Community
Join CCL for a learning series exploring what a decade of real-world carbon pricing can teach us—and how that knowledge shapes stronger, more durable climate advocacy. Join us ... - CCL's Online Commu...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Politicians assume the public doesn't want climate action because they're not hearing from anyone who does. Even polling data that shows public support for climate policies doesn't change their minds. So maybe they need to hear directly from their constituents. GET LOUD for the climate!
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 03/09/2026
Buying in bulk isn’t just for Costco members. Here’s how Virginia is bringing neighbors together to cut solar purchase and installation costs.
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Virginia to cut rooftop solar costs with nation-first bulk-buy program
Teaming up to buy solar can get residents deep discounts. Virginia is the first to try a statewide campaign as utility bills rise and data centers stress…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's official - balcony solar is legal in NJ! gothamist.com/news/a-whole...
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'A whole new world': New Jersey eases restrictions on residential solar panels
The Garden State Balcony Act lets homeowners and renters install "plug-in" panels that could allow for the rapid growth of solar power across the state.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Meanwhile, Canada is going big (like, record-breaking big) on wind and hydropower. www.euronews.com/2026/08/18/w...
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Major boost for green energy as Canada plans €43 billion investment
The slated green energy plans could light, heat and cool all the homes in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver combined.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The administration has slowed the clean energy transition, but not stopped it. The next administration will have big choices to make about how to speed it back up.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Signups are now live for CCL fall tabling! We have 3 events scheduled: Flemington Hunterdon Community Day, Sun 9/20 Branchburg Hops Harvest, Sat 9/26 Bedminster Fall Fest, Sat 10/10 Sign up for your slot here: signup.com/Group/646071...
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
CCL-RV member David Dvorin is giving a talk on lowering energy bills in Somerville on Wednesday, 9/9, 6:30pm. Learn how community solar can cut your bill up to 20% and how a free PSE&G home energy assessments can help you find more savings. Register here: sclsnj.libnet.info/event/16728952
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Fight Rising Energy Bills (at Human Services)
Presented by a member of the Somerville Environmental Commission. Event starts at September 9, 2026 6:30 PM EDT
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NJ hasn't banned data centers, but we'll be keeping a close eye on them. newjerseymonitor.com/2026/08/27/d...
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Data centers must report water, energy use under new law signed by Gov. Sherrill • New Jersey Monitor
Gov. Mikie Sherrill said the law she signed Thursday would prevent data center developers from operating “in the shadows.”
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
NJ may soon help you pay for home battery storage by paying up to $200/kW each year to tap into your stored energy. www.utilitydive.com/news/new-jer...
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New Jersey seeks 150 MW of behind-the-meter storage to support VPP
The comparatively modest maximum annual incentive of $200/kW over 10 years reflects the “private resilience value of residential energy storage systems,” state regulators said.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
To slow global heating enough, we need to not only halt emissions but also suck up more carbon. Fortunately, scientists are on it. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/08/scie... @anthropocenemag.bsky.social
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Scientists found the sweet spot for dumping iron into the ocean
A new model shows fertilizing the Southern Ocean instead of the equator could pull carbon from the air without wrecking the food chain.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
More free climate info here, particularly for educators at all grade levels. cleanet.org/index.html
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CLEAN: Committed to Climate and Energy Education
Homepage for the Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN), featuring a curated collection of free, high-quality, peer-reviewed educational resources, teaching guidance, professional devel...
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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · 24/08/2026
Trump is trying to take down clean energy, but solar, storage, and wind are still dominating new power construction.
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Solar and storage still dominate US power plant construction
Despite Trump’s attacks on renewables, it’s the same old story so far this year: The U.S. is building lots of solar and storage and a little bit of…
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Good explainer here on why global warming is still worsening even as total emissions have leveled off...and why that means we need to work harder, not give up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlD2...
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Emissions are Flatlining, But...
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One more bit of good news: even without the IRA tax credits, electric heat pumps are still a cost-saver for developers.
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CCL Raritan Valley @cclraritan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Interested in learning more about the Plug-in Solar / Balcony Solar bill that passed the NJ legislature this summer? CCL and the Sierra Club are hosting a webinar tonight at 7pm. RSVP here: act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
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Install "Plug-in Solar", and start saving!
Steve Miller discusses availability of VERY LOW Cost "Plug In Balcony Solar"
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