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Jay Turner

@jayturner.bsky.social
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Environmental Studies Professor at Wellesley College. Author of Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future (2022). Tracking and analyzing clean energy supply chains at www.the-big-green-machine.com

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ic112.bsky.social @ic112.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Babies born right now could live until 2127. But the effects of climate change don’t start in 2127—they can start before birth. blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026... #es399
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st126.bsky.social @st126.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Disease is a pressing issue in our modern climate and this semester in my environmental studies capstone course I will be focusing on climate change and how it influences how diseases are spread and proliferated. #es399 blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026...
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Climate Change and Disease
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Erica Norris @ericano7.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Are you interested in how fast fashion fits into this fast-changing environment? This semester, I am taking ES399 with @jayturner.bsky.social, where I'll explore PFAS in fast fashion in a six-part series. Follow along here: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026... #es399 #environment #humanhealth
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Production > Safety: PFAS in Fast Fashion
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Diana Borrison @dianainthesky67.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Do you hate the MBTA? Perhaps you love it.... Maybe you don't care at all. Well, this semester I will be posting biweekly articles about Boston's MBTA for my environmental studies capstone class #es399. Follow along on our class blog: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026... #boston #mbta #transit
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Tina Ma @ym113.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In #es399 I'll be covering the challenges and solutions in providing clean and affordable energy to data centers ⚡️ Read more here: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026... #datacenter #cleanenergy
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Frida Gomez @fridacgomez.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🇲🇽 Mexico could be a leader in renewable energy if it gives it a chance. 💡 This semester, I will be looking into the state of energy in Mexico with @jayturner.bsky.social Look into what this project will cover: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026... #ES399 #Mexico #Energy #journalism
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Ana Lopez-Hernandez @ana-belen27.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Have you only heard bad things about anarchism? My #es399 beat tries to challenge your assumptions and tell you about the innovative environmental justice projects in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 Read more here: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026...
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Sophia Thomson @sthomson2027.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This semester I'll be covering Decay and Discovery: Lessons from Our Nuclear Past in the #es399 class blog. Are you curious about nuclear risk, remediation, and policy? Feel free to follow along here: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026...
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Anna Weiner @annaweiner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm so excited to be taking an environmental studies public writing class with @jayturner.bsky.social this semester! Just in the first few weeks of class, I've learned so much about science communication. #es399 Check out what I'll be covering this semester: blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/2026...
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Ecological Restoration: Destruction, Resurrection, & the Point of No Return
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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@fervoenergy.bsky.social just achieved first power at its Cape Station geothermal development in Beaver County, Utah, "marking the first time a utility-scale enhanced geothermal development has reached this milestone anywhere in the world." fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy... 🔌💡
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Fervo Energy Achieves First Power at Cape Station, a Landmark Moment for the Future of Enhanced Geothermal Systems - Fervo Energy
HOUSTON, September 24, 2026 – Fervo Energy (Nasdaq: FRVO), a global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, today announced that Cape Station, its
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This semester @wellesley.edu I'm teaching the environmental studies capstone course #es399. The students are covering a wide range of beats, from the legacies of nuclear to clean energy in Mexico to innovative forms of environmental activism. New content weekly! blogs.wellesley.edu/es39901/
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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Hey Bluesky friends! There's one more day to submit your paper or panel for the ASEH 2027 Conference! Deadline is tomorrow, Sunday, Aug. 23. Learn more here: www.aseh.org/ASEH-2027-Ca...
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American Society for Environmental History - ASEH 2027 Call for Proposals
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Since taking office, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 78 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $76 billion and 74,430 jobs. 127 projects have ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $68B and 63,910 jobs. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s...
Infographic showing clean energy manufacturing projects in the US that have advanced (announced, advanced toward production, received major grant, or been expanded in size) compared to those that have slowed (delayed, cancelled, paused, reduced in size, or loss of major grant/funding).
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/02/2026
Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).
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Why Biden-era clean energy investment policies had limited political returns | PNAS
The Biden Administration enacted the largest federal policy framework to incentivize clean energy and decarbonization in U.S. history. We examine w...
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Wondering when a next-generation battery chemistry will make long-duration electricity storage possible? It is getting closer. Form's iron air batteries could be that technology, providing days, not just hours, of back up. This project is still years away - 2028 - but it could be a game changer.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
As a historian of science, I was raised to think rejecting science was a pathology of anti-democratic governments. Well, this might be the proof of that. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
It is so important to keep hammering in this point. People always ask me why I would have to go visit archives - why not just look at a scan? Because they haven’t been scanned! And they are never going to be! There are millions & millions of pieces of paper in every archive.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Compelling piece from Julie Michelle Klinger on what the US can do to shore up the domestic supply of rare earths - recycle what is already in circulation, reduce waste, and expand domestic processing. #energysky www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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Opinion | America’s Rare-Earths Solution Is Hiding in Plain Sight
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Trump administration's policies have cost the US yet another manufacturing opportunity: Lyten's plans for a $1 billion lithium-sulfur gigafactory employing 1000 people in Nevada have fallen through, as it shifts its manufacturing plans to Europe. #energysky mynews4.com/news/local/n...
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No more gigafactory: Lyten's plan to build lithium-sulfur facility in Reno falls through
The plan to build the world's first lithium-sulfur gigafactory northeast of the Reno Stead Airport has fallen through, according to representatives with the Ren
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Trump's foreign policy doesn't make any sense. But it might if you look at it through the right lens. My @wellesley.edu colleague Stacie Goddard co-wrote this piece explaining the shortcomings of Trump's "neoroyalist" approach to international politics. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy
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Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
In 1995, Congressional Republicans eliminated the Office of Technology Assessment - Congress' source of non-partisan scientific & technical advice. Now Republicans have fired or pushed _10,000_ PhD scientists out of the executive branch (over 100Kyrs of experience). www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
In year one, Trump’s policies have SLOWED - closed, delayed, etc. - 70 clean energy manufacturing projects worth $74B and 68,958 jobs. 109 projects have still ADVANCED - moving toward construction or operation - worth $61B and 61,107 jobs. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 🔌💡
Infographic showing clean energy manufacturing projects in the US that have advanced (announced, advanced toward production, received major grant, or been expanded in size) compared to those that have slowed (delayed, cancelled, paused, reduced in size, or loss of major grant/funding).
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Trump + 11 months: Investments in US clean energy manufacturing were hit hard last month. We are now tracking 69 projects, $70.5B in investment, and 66,758 jobs that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 🔌💡
Infographic showing clean energy manufacturing projects in the US that have advanced (announced, advanced toward production, received major grant, or been expanded in size) compared to those that have slowed (delayed, cancelled, paused, reduced in size, or loss of major grant/funding).
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TerraWatts2010 @terrawatts2010.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
The suspension is the latest step by the administration to hobble offshore wind in its push against renewable energy sources. It comes 2 weeks after a federal judge struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order blocking wind energy projects, calling it unlawful. 🔌💡 apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump administration suspends 5 wind projects off the East Coast, cites national security concerns
The Trump administration is suspending leases for five large-scale offshore wind projects under construction on the East Coast due to what it said were national security risks identified by the Pentag...
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The immediate impact of Ford's retooling is the loss of a lot of jobs. Ford says it plans to hire 2100 people for the new LFP lines - and current BlueOval employees can apply - but that isn't slated to go into production until 2027. #energysky
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
In 2021, SK and Ford joined forces to build 3 BlueOval battery factories. Now they are breaking up. @electrek.co reports SK is looking for more flexibility to sell to other automakers and for storage applications. Ford keeps KY plants; SK keeps TN plant. #energysky electrek.co/2025/12/11/f...
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Ford and SK On kill massive $11.4B US battery joint venture, split factories between them
In a massive shakeup for the US electric vehicle supply chain, Ford and South Korean battery giant SK On announced...
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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
ASEH Launching New Research Grants for Early Career Scholars ASEH will award up to six $500 grants in 2026 to support early career scholars doing research in environmental history. Apply today by following this link: forms.gle/AQXjPeMw5DBa...
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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
HUGE: In a letter to Congress, more than 140 solar companies detail how the Trump permitting freeze on renewables is worse than imagined and hitting copious projects on private lands They’re asking Congress to intervene and say “bipartisan permitting reform” won’t help without forcing Trump’s hand
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Solar Industry Group Describes Trump’s ‘Complete Moratorium on Permitting’
A letter from the Solar Energy Industries Association asks for Congress’ help to reverse the administration’s effective permitting ban.
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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Speaking of sensible things, @volts.wtf new solo pod episode is must-listen! 🔌💡 www.volts.wtf/p/whats-goin...
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Ismar Volić @ismarvolic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
An article I cowrote with Andy Schultz and David McCune providing some highlights from a research project that analyzed various voting systems. theconversation.com/ranked-choic...
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Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician
Ranked choice voting largely avoids the pitfalls of plurality voting, giving voters the power to express their true candidate preferences rather than being strategic.
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Persistent Weak Layer @teresabarnes.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I’m proud of the work we have done and continue to do. I’m Trying not to hate the name change, but most of us came here for the mission. Most labs are named after places because they could not or didn’t want to announce their mission. We always got to be proud of ours. I hope we still can be. 🔌💡
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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 01/12/2025
1) The editor of Cell Reports Sustainable, a new open-access journal from Cell Press, graciously invited me to do a short Q&A about our new paper, "Distribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrification." Pasting the Q&A in a short 🧵 if anyone's interested. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Distribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrification
Replacing fossil-fueled machines with electric alternatives can reduce emissions, but Priyadarshan et al. find that reinforcing United States distribution grids to accommodate complete home and vehicl...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Beyond depraved: "Hours after her detainment, court documents obtained by ABC News show that a federal judge ordered the government not to remove the 19-year-old from the U.S. and not to transfer her outside of Massachusetts. But Lopez Belloza was deported to Honduras the next day."
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19-year-old college student deported despite judge's order blocking her removal: Lawyer
A 19-year-old college student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving break was detained at a Boston airport and later deported.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
In the US, the lead-acid battery industry, led by @batterycouncil.bsky.social (founded in 1924) has been championing the industry as the model for recycling and re-use lead-acid batteries since the 1990s. Here is what you'll see on their website: batterycouncil.org/battery-fact...
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Industry rightly claims that 99% of US lead-acid batteries are recycled. When done cheaply, that recycled lead comes at a grave cost to workers and communities around the world. #energysky
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
US clean energy manufacturing investments slowed again last month. We are now tracking 64 projects, $66.8B in investment, and 66,488 jobs at The Big Green Machine that have been delayed, shrunk, paused, or cancelled since Trump took office. www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 🔌💡
Infographic from The Big Green Machine showing clean energy manufacturing investments that have advanced and slowed since Trump 47 took office.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Wow. Just to add to the data points below. US coal exports in 2024 were ~$9.4B. So far this year, China has exported approximately $60 billion in batteries for battery energy storage systems and components.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
"There is no playbook for reducing exposure when people’s homes are being sprinkled with lead dust from the sky." A sobering piece from the NYTimes on the dire consequences of the international trade in recycled lead for front-line communities in Africa. #energysky www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People (Gift Article)
We documented the toxic fallout of a green technology.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Do you teach #envhist? If so, @aseh.bsky.social's Early Career Caucus has put together a fantastic panel to discuss ideas for planning environmental history courses! Details below…
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Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Hey @volts.wtf - remember your "one weird trick" essay about Democratic trifectas for strong renewable energy policy? House Democrats in the MA Legislature are apparently trying to prove you wrong. commonwealthbeacon.org/energy/sweep...
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Sweeping energy bill to weaken 2030 climate goals clears key House committee   - CommonWealth Beacon
The measure is ushering in an unexpected — and messy — debate over the state’s overall policy push to meet its 2030 climate commitments as Gov. Maura Healey’s energy affordability package filed earlie...
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
There are dark clouds on the horizon for Massachusetts climate policy. A new House bill proposes major changes to Massachusetts's policy. See thread below.
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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Updated data on renewables and energy storage deployment. The race between California and Texas is... how shall we say... no longer close.
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Jay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
For all you IPA fans out there, here is a reason to drink a Heineken (at least when in Southern Europe). Their Portugal brewer is transitioning from fossil-fuel boilers to zero-carbon steam, made possible by a 100MWh Rondo Heat Battery. #energysky www.esgtoday.com/heineken-sig...
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Heineken Signs Deal to Decarbonize Brewery Using Renewable-Powered Heat Battery - ESG Today
Heineken, energy producer EDP and industrial heat solutions provider Rondo Energy announced a new “Heat-as-a-Service” agreement, which will see the companies install a renewable energy-powered heat ba...
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Kirke D.A. Elsass @kelsass.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
For years, Sarah & Doug have been putting together such a clear-eyed, inclusive, and hopeful vision of mobility alternatives. Now they've distilled it into this great book! And it starts with a mind-boggling early Superman comic that they unearthed. What more do I need to say? Go get it!
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Life After Cars
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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Apply for an ASEH Travel Grant to the 2026 Conference in Kansas City. Submission deadline is: Nov. 20 aseh.org
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American Society for Environmental History - 2026 ASEH Travel Grants
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American Society for Environmental History @aseh.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Visit the Germinate Website: g-ehr.com for all the latest content in ASEH's new digital publication: Germinate!
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Alex Barron @alexrbarron.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Carbon neutrality doesn’t always lead to decarbonization. But who is decarbonizing? We looked at >600 US colleges and universities and found 7 that have decarbonized direct (Scope 1) emissions by at least 50% (usually with ground source heat pump networks). This is possible folks! 1/6
Reduction in direct emissions at decarbonizing HEIs.  Keene state college with an over 90% reduction from waste vegetable oil.  Missouri University of Science and Technology with an 88% reduction from ground source heat pumps.  The rest (Ball State, Carleton, Oberlin, Miami and West Chester) all also used ground source heat pumps.
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