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Zahra Hirji @zhirji.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What does the Senate permitting deal mean for US climate emissions? Some early modeling and several experts told me + @leslieatlarge.bsky.social the reforms are likely to slash US greenhouse gas emissions. Full story @bloomberg.com, with gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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What the Senate Permitting Deal Means for US Climate Emissions

Experts say the bill, which would speed clean-energy and fossil-fuel projects alike, would probably reduce greenhouse gas emissions overall.

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John Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thread on solar decommissioning 1/n insideclimatenews.org/news/2501202...

1. For Copper Box Solar, Engie is required to submit a decommissioning plan and secure a surety bond for costs before construction begins. This is common. Engie's plan revolves around soil preservation - bare minimum of grading (which is expensive anyway and which modern racking techniques avoid), native vegetative cover, and the ability to return the land to crop production at end of project live in around 30 years if the landowner desires.
2. While rules vary from place to place, overwhelmingly the rules are clear that "The developer or the owner is responsible for restoring the land once a project is no longer operating"

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Incredible illustration of impact of battery growth in CA. This is two different annual summer peak days, 4 years apart. Clean energy + batteries FTW. ☀️🔋⚡️

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Jake Anbinder @jakeanbinder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

can't believe the car that runs on millions of tiny explosions transmitting energy through a complex series of oily metal parts doesn't last as long as the one that's four wheels attached to a battery

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Welp, flight to Newark for Climate Week NYC canceled due to a New Jersey construction mishap??? "The FAA halted flights at busy East Coast airports in New York, Philadelphia and Boston on Monday, saying a fiber cable ‌was accidentally cut at a construction site in New Jersey."

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US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut at construction site

The Federal Aviation Administration halted flights at busy East Coast airports in New York, Philadelphia and Boston on Monday, saying a fiber cable ‌was accidentally cut at a construction site in New...

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy September 21st to all who celebrate. 🗓️ 🌎💨🔥🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...

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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO

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Paul Ford @ftrain.com · 16/09/2026

hey I heard you like sankey diagrams that show huge populations making terrible decisions

A very complicated Sankey diagram showing the usage of electricity in the United States. Or the left are sources of energy and on the right are consumers, so, for example, nuclear is on the left and residential is on the right. Petroleum dominates.

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Eric Panzer @ericpanzer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

There is very little in this world that makes me more cynical about our ability to deal with climate change (or do anything hard, really) than the people who were chanting "shame" at the Berkeley City Council meeting just now because the City Council approved a bike lane in July

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Every fraction of a degree of warming avoided means lives saved” is going to remain a true statement for the rest of our lives

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ate at the Mess Hall and played washers with the family atop Presidio Tunnel Tops in gorgeous sunshine with view of the Golden Gate 🌁 ☀️. September in SF is the best.

Family playing washers on field near Mess Hall at Presidio Tunnel Tops.

View of Golden Gate Bridge from Presidio Tunnel Tops.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Bike lanes increase the number of cyclists, reduce air pollution and improve community health, reduce street noise, help fight climate change, and according to every study are either neutral on or bring more money to adjacent businesses.

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A lot of ink has been spilled on RCP-8.5, but its worth pausing and celebrating just how dramatically the high-end tail of emissions scenarios has changed over ~15 years. Genuine technological and policy progress on climate, reflected in the set of futures we can imagine

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Spend any time on Nextdoor in SF and it is abundantly clear that residents will do anything in their power to stop anything & everything remotely transit related (even if it would *help* car drivers, like say, dedicated rapid bus lanes). It's utterly depressing.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Why does San Francisco still have so much car traffic?" I ask as I cast my vote on the 53rd ballot box attempt to de-pedestrianize the Great Highway.

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Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What is that sound? It's the noise that of a million "what about" brains exploding. 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's impossible to overstate how bad organizing our entire society around cars has been for our children. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

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California Energy Commission @calenergy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

California says it can go 100% clean energy -- but what happens when the sun goes down - or when energy use spikes? Historically, that's when fossil fuels were needed most. Now? It's batteries. CONT'D

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

June US transit data is in today, & all of the 10 largest US rail networks are growing! SF is seeing a real boom, with ridership up 16% on Muni & 14% on BART SEPTA (Philly, 9.1%) and PATH (NY/NJ, +8.7%) are also seeing strong growth, while MTS (San Diego, +1.4%) is the slowest🧵

a graph of ridership growth in the 10 largest US urban rail networks

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 03/08/2026

The largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Replace your gas stoves with electric, preferably induction. The Trump regime canceled an $18 million EPA grant to study replacing gas stoves in 1,200 homes of asthma sufferers. Researchers published results from 85 homes, showing significant asthma relief and health impacts of gas stoves.

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The EPA halted a study on gas stoves and asthma. But even partial results were striking.

Research that used a federal grant to pay for asthma patients to have their gas stoves replaced showed a dramatic fall in asthma attacks. The program was cut short after President Donald Trump took of...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Stories about people and communities doing things for climate and the environment are important not because these efforts are enough by themselves, but because they signal to likeminded people that there are others like them.

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Nearly one year later, after he caught up on every Star Wars movie plus Mando, I’m proud to say that tonight we watched Spaceballs together and the 8 yr old LOVED it.

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Been jamming the new album by Booker Stardrum & Evan Shornstein (aka @photay.bsky.social) and it is such a meld of two artists that I adore. Hypnotic percussion, delightful earworm melodies, & a balance of restraint yet zigs just when you think it will zag. Such a fun album to return to repeatedly.

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

MOOD 🇺🇸🦅🧇

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

We are all Cape Verdean. 🇨🇻

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Turkey look like the USMNT under Berhalter, and Australia look like the USMNT under Bradley.

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Herculez Gomez @herculezg.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

There is a lot of “Paraguay isn’t very good” talk. Full stop. Under Alfaro, they lost just once in WCQ and went 9 straight without defeat. They beat URG, Brazil, & Argentina. They were one of the best defensive teams in the 🌎. Paraguay isn’t bad. #USMNT made them look bad.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 10/06/2026

Jevons' Paradox, eat your heart out

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/06/2026

"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).

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Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption

Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I'm urging all of you, especially young persons, to get out and vote on Tuesday if you are in CA.

California June primary early voting data showing 3.3M+ ballots cast, with Democrats leading in raw numbers, and a striking age gap in turnout — voters 65+ turning out at 30% vs. only 5% for 18-34 year olds.

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Eric Roston @eroston.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🧵 Here are a few interesting facts I learned yesterday from the latest occasional Pew Research Center poll on Americans's feelings about climate change (also, 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article... )

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Americans Doubt Countries Will Do Enough to Tame Climate Change

Pew Research Center polling finds a majority of US adults view global warming as a significant problem, though with a sharp partisan divide.

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

You know how sometimes an album just grabs you, and you return to it over and over again? I somehow missed this when it was re-issued a few years ago, but I’m enthralled. Meditative morning music. Sounds like as if Jonny Nash and Durutti Column collaborated to release a record on Windham Hill.

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by Kevin McCormick & David Horridge

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Erik Hansen @erik-hansen.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

If you would have said this five years ago, I wouldn’t have believed you. This is incredible progress, but still so far behind where this should be (especially in the US). ⚡️🚗📈

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Plugging methane leaks across oil and gas operations is an Emergency Brake climate solution that SAVES money by using a fuel that would otherwise go to waste. In the future, we will need much less oil and gas. For now, stopping methane can buy us more time. bit.ly/4tCEhip

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Chris Labarthe @chrislabarthe.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We should build dense enough housing that urban pneumatic burrito delivery systems should scale

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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 18/05/2026

Two things can be true: • RCP8.5 was never a realistic "business as usual" scenario • The world has made real progress bending the emissions curve down Glen Peters, Piers Forster, and I explain in a new article: www.theclimatebrink.... 1/11

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On the death of RCP8.5

We should celebrate progress, but not overstate it

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

new California solar *and* wind records just dropped. new solar records starting in May is typical, but a *huge* jump in wind, nearly 2GW over the previous batch of records on 2022. new farm must be coming on line — must be SunZia in New Mexico www.eenews.net/articles/lar...

new solar power production records in California, 22.4GW, half a GW over the previous record, and 1.5GW over the records set at the start of spring last year

huge jumps in California wind power production. nearly 2GW over the previous batch of records set in 2022

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Lower costs, energy independence, clean air and water, healthy people and communities…there are so many entry points.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

a reminder that a lot of the things people find unpleasant about cities - along with the noise and dirtiness - are largely a product of filling them with cars. get rid of the cars and the pleasantness of the environment improves dramatically

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 01/05/2026

Fossils: down. Clean energy: up. Economic growth: doing just fine. It's possible.

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