Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This new tool, the Carbon Impacts Tracer, which translates carbon emissions into real-world climate impacts like heat exposure and coral bleaching, looks super useful. ➡️ carbonimpactstracer.comtheguardian.comNew tool directly links carbon emissions to amount of environmental and economic damage causedCarbon Impacts Tracer can be used to estimate climate impact from emissions across eight different factors, including lost food production 423794
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/20263/ Will climate goals be rolled back? No, argues our new research The surge of global green investment was created by govts, and can bolster political coalitions comprising manufacturers, suppliers, workers and consumers to support Climate AND development. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com/docs/cm-fdi-... 1458
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some vested interests out there are calling AI “the great equalizer”, but artificial intelligence won’t bring you light or heat or quality of life the same way that solar is continuing to do. 000
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasThe Economist @economist.com · 24/09/2026Researchers have developed a paper-based battery whose components are safely absorbed by the body after use, offering a promising solution for powering ingestible technologybit.lyA new battery could make edible electronics saferIts components dissolve once it has done its job 565
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasEmber @ember-energy.org · 22/09/2026Throughout history, the rise of new information and energy technologies renders the old obsolete. In both, the same pattern shows, better technologies catch-up slowly then all at once to win the race. ember-energy.org/lat... 0164
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasRep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Big victory for Arizona: A court just ruled the Trump administration's attack on Solar for All was illegal. Congress created this program to help families get low-cost clean energy and cut their electricity bills. The EPA needs to release these funds now. apnews.com/article/clim...apnews.comJudge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer AmericansA federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-incom... 126480
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Never underestimate the unintended positive outcomes from Mewark travel disruptions! Great shout from @ember-energy.org on the present opportunities for sustainable datacenters, renewable energy and industrial automation. Can confirm, it’s a beautiful world out there for us! 020
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One of those critical mechanisms for long-term resilience is the “filling of the funnel” of innovation. Not every research-funded path turns into GPUs (30+ yrs of public-funded dev) or Li+ batteries (created at Exxon, issues corrected by Goodenough at Oxford), but we MUST walk every path regardless 010
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 18/09/2026I love this slide. I really don't think the geopolitical implications of the clean energy transition have sunk in for most people. 9301138
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026“It’s gonna take more than prayers to change my fate.” I feel it too. Not in full view yet but the ebb of oil is upon us, made manifest by us. An electrified world w agency, equity and stewardship. B/c we’re not here for long time but damn sure for a good time! open.spotify.com/track/6yFkQe... 000
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasEmber @ember-energy.org · 17/09/2026The infotech revolution puts information on electrons, the electrotech revolution puts energy on them. As information systems electrify, a surge in capabilities and use means more electrotech is needed to power them. ember-energy.org/lat... 1135
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This is a great idea, but us NYers aren’t known for taking care of our things. I’ve seen Citibikes from NYC all the way in PA and once participated in an “Idiot-arod” that involved teams stealing shopping carts from all five boroughs. This time though we’ll take care🤣 heatmap.news/electric-veh...heatmap.newsIt’s Electric to Install 700 Curbside EV Chargers in New York CityThe startup and the city announced the contract on Tuesday. 000
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“It’s hard to square the idea of an “energy emergency” with the Trump administration’s actions against renewable energy: by mid-August the administration had committed about $4 billion in payouts to companies to stop offshore wind projects that could have…powered more than 15 million homes.” 022
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasRob @robertferry.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The forward march of batteries continues, even in Virginia’s PJM power market.renewableenergymagazine.comEquinor Brings its Largest Energy Storage Project Online in the USEast Point Energy, a wholly owned Equinor company, has completed construction and started operations at Citrus Flatts, a 100 MW/200 MWh energy storage facility in Harlingen, Texas. ... 022
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Rooftop Solar Is Gamechanger in Indian Village ~80% have solar systems. It cuts bills & boosts electricity availability. This story is repeated globally Rooftop solar is improving the quality of life in the developing world and communities! timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/wit... #energyskytimesofindia.indiatimes.comWith rooftop solar surge, Harvalem races towards energy self-sufficiencyPanaji: Harvalem village, nestled in Goa’s mining belt, is quietly becoming energy self-sufficient by installing rooftop solar power systems. 03510
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasRob Majteles @robmajteles.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A great example of the kind of incredible grid innovations happening every day, everywhere, now. I don't know this company, but I love their focus on some of the core infrastructure needs to turn energy demand into a grid asset vs a liability. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...podcasts.apple.comTurning Data Centers Into Grid Assets with ON.energyPodcast Episode · Inevitable · September 8 · 44m 011
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026at this point: carbon removal is, at best, essentially a research project. renewable expansion is a policy project 452658536
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasJigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Amazing work by my good friends at @pge4me.bsky.social. I hope this project with Google is a forcing function to get the utility and the regulator to open this kind of opportunity to all customers. 🧵 lnkd.in/p/gpGhUNBRlnkd.inHow Home Batteries Unlock the Grid's Next Chapter | Jigar Shah | 28 commentsPG&E ended 2025 with five flexible interconnection sites online. Data centers, EV chargers, hospitals are all waiting for hard path infrastructure that takes decades to permit and build. This week, P... 1308
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026“El Niño is being supersized before our eyes. The science leaves no room for doubt: the planet is in uncharted waters, and those waters are heating up.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comBoM forecasts strongest El Niño on record as research points to ‘alarming’ climate change influenceBureau of Meteorology suggests El Niño has already broken records, with Pacific Ocean temperature change exceeding 2C in six months 08951
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasKristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · 01/09/20262️⃣ Personal carbon footprints can inform people about which of their actions are most carbon-intensive. This solves a real problem, as most people lack knowledge about which behavior changes matter for climate change mitigation (understandably, since this is complex). 1161
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry 7687192
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And remember: we make up society! A better world contains countless, nearly continuous individual actions in the direction of inspiration. 100
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Great analysis on the huge growth in DERs across Africa! 000
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026If you’re not seeing the transformation to a clean, electrified world that’s on you. Either way, don’t get left behind! ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 000
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasZack Labe @zacklabe.com · 21/08/2026“Until we reduce carbon pollution, these record-breaking headlines will continue, and the impacts on communities and ecosystems around the world will only grow worse." In case you missed our latest #climate science briefing, check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOvf...youtube.comClimate Central’s Monthly Briefing Highlights: July 2026YouTube video by Climate Central 516265
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Damn, we’ve gone full “let them eat cake” from a press funded by the ones responsible for starving us and future generations. 000
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 16/08/2026A rapidly forming wild Atlantic rainforest, complex life recolonising what only a few years ago was a barren hillside. Was that flash of colour a jay? Nature could be coming back all across Ireland, if rewilding were made a viable livelihood option for farmers. We need to do this, NOW. 823352
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Huge moves in India: a mix of coherent policy, focused labor force and favorable material cost makes it happen! 010
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026If you ever get the chance from 5-7 Eastern US time (like now!), Jerrice Baptiste hosts an amazing show called “Women of Note” on WKZE. The music is wide-ranging and beautiful and sometimes so powerful. Worth a listen y’all! wkze.com/wkze-special...wkze.comWKZE Specialty Programs - WKZE RadioLearn more about WKZE's diverse programming with our array of specialty programs. 011
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Nighthawk Energy Storage plant begins operations near San Diego. It is 300 MW/1200 MWh It charges during peak solar hours and discharges after the sun goes down. California has ~21 GW of battery capacity! Solar was 51% of CA's power in May. interestingengineering.com/energy/1200-... #energyskyinterestingengineering.comNew 300 MW battery project to power 385,000 homes in CaliforniaArevon Energy has officially brought online its Nighthawk Energy Storage Project, a 300-megawatt (MW) / 1,200-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery facility in Poway, California. 44810
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The electrocentury moves fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while you could miss it! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...static.klipy.comFerris Bueller: Life Moves Pretty Fast QuoteAlt: Ferris Bueller: Life Moves Pretty Fast Quote 010
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Perhaps the IRA’s deepest legacy is one Trump cannot easily reverse: it helped make clean energy cheaper.” This is absolutely key. Moving down the cost curve - and dismantling the incumbent “incentive+margin” fluff in the DER labor force install market - has brought the US momentum on IRA tech. 010
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026The quality of life increases are massive felt equally (which may be why some folks stick to polluting technologies spread across uneven communities and demographics..) 021
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 10/08/2026static.klipy.comKramer's Shocked Reaction in SeinfeldAlt: Kramer's Shocked Reaction in Seinfeld 000
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasAmy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Climate is a pattern, and the pattern has changed. = Climate Change 10746881868
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasCommercial Solar Guy @commercialsolarguy.com · 09/08/2026Peaked at almost 80 million units annually,now approaching 50 million. 37.5% decrease. Massive effect on upstream. EV upstream just starting to expand, near infinite growth over similar period. The learning curves are just beginning. 1134
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Orbital Marine Power and Eauclaire Tidal are developing a floating tidal energy project at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy in Nova Scotia. The project will use floating tidal turbines to generate #renewable electricity from the Bay of Fundy's powerful tidal currents. #ActOnClimate 37836247
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026“Others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” - Richard Nixon, shortly after his resignation from POTUS 52 yrs ago today The lesson of our time, if we choose 000
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasSaganism @sagan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” — Bertrand Russell 017356
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasJohn Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Developing countries can have a "rapid uptake" of solar, thanks to rooftop/small solar systems at homes and businesses. 29 nations have deployed 10 GW or more of solar. 82 countries have 1 GW or more. Small solar answers monopoly/grid failure. www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #energysky 15715
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 03/08/2026Japanese engineers develop a technique to recover and recycle 90% of Lithium from old EV batteries.thecooldown.comScientists recover 90% of lithium from old batteries — here's why it mattersA metals plant in Tsuruga of the Fukui Prefecture has positioned itself as a major player in the battery recycling industry by achieving near-record levels of lithium recovery. 7850531281
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasDr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you’re wasting your time on this Earth.” ~Roberto Clemente. Image: MLB via Getty Images. 10155611166
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasFederica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I am a broken record: Climate politics is very hard so it is not difficult to get why pundits/party strategists/opinion fashionistas are advising political elites to do climate hushing, but unfortunately the genie is out of the bottle and climate politics is here to stay 26723
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 26/07/2026…the heroes of the harbor in Baltimorrrrrr” 🎶🎵 100
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Key to all this: owners leaning into the transition. These folks are major, like my friend’s dad who sited PV on his farm in MO. Capitalism baby! “…built in cooperation with private landowners and is sited alongside the Rock Run Recreation Area, an ATV park offering 140 miles of trails.” 010
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Shameless plug: love my $75 IKEA cooktop, perfect for transitioning away from our gas stovetop! www.ikea.com/us/en/p/till...ikea.comTILLREDA portable induction cooktop, 1 zone blackTILLREDA portable induction cooktop, 1 zone black This portable cooktop is perfect for smaller kitchens or wherever you need an extra cooking zone. It’s easy to move around and can be stowed away when... 061
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Owner of Facebook & Instagram effectively ousted from the RE100 group of companies, run by @climategroup.bsky.social , who seek to deliver all their power use through renewables Building 5GW of gas capacity for its largest data centre was too much to bear www.rechargenews.com/corporate-po...rechargenews.comEXCLUSIVE: Meta thrown off key global clean energy scheme over gas spreeFacebook and Instagram giant has left influential RE100 corporate green power list after turning to gas for data centres, scheme officials confirm to Recharge 02612
Reposted by ecov8tive.ideasfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 19/07/2026"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." - J.R.R. Tolkien 291917278
ecov8tive.ideas @ecovativeideas.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Over the last 15 yrs or so I have loved the instigated introspection that comes with Maria’s Marginalian newsletter. Such a fan, she brings such care to the curation of this fantastic content every week. Countless installments have kept kept me thinking days after. Subscribe! Donate! Celebrate! 010