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Tripp Baird

@trippbaird.bsky.social
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Impact investing, decarbonization, systems responsibility, a just economy & a livable biosphere. Co-founder, @BuildersFund; Board @UmojaHealth @TradMed @UrbanRemedy - Home is where I want to b (But I guess Im already there) #impinv www.thebuildersfund.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I think the way to read the UNEP report isn't "we'll miss the 1.5°C target so we need CDR to reach it", but "we'll miss the 1.5°C target, and we need to decarbonize ASAP because wherever we end up is where we will stay for a long time." www.unep.org/resources/li...
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Home battery installations climb despite loss of federal incentives
While solar and EV sales cratered after the Republican Congress eliminated federal tax credits, batteries bucked the trend. Here’s why.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 16/07/2026
70% of rooftop solar installations in southern CA are having batteries installed alongside. More great data here:
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SoCal Solar in 2025: Data From 1,299 Real Projects
Original data from 1,299 completed 2025 installations: the median system is 8.0 kW, 70% included battery storage, and 31% of battery homes installed two or more units.
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Grist @grist.org · 14/07/2026
The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps
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The US may be hitting a tipping point for heat pumps
In the first quarter of this year, heat pump sales beat fossil-fuel furnaces by 32 percent. Here's what makes the appliance so powerful.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 02/07/2026
"the world continues to add clean energy at an impressive pace, but total energy demand is still growing fast enough that fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions continue to rise."
forbes.com
Energy Demand Outpaced The Transition In 2025
The 2026 Statistical Review shows clean energy grew fast in 2025, but global demand grew faster, pushing fossil fuel use and emissions higher.
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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Another new battery output record yesterday in CAISO, hitting 12.62 GW Battery output during evening peak hours is now already more than half midday solar output. The sun shines at night in California's grid.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 24/06/2026
For the first time on record, solar generated more electricity than coal across the entire U.S. - despite active federal policy pushing the other direction. Read more at the link below!
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The great solar-coal flip | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
Solar passes coal, super El Niño looms, and show your warming stripes Coal built the Industrial Revolution - now wind and solar are beating
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 25/06/2026
The biggest threat to "affordability," today and more so every day to come, is climate change. Responsible political leaders would tell their constituents about it.
bloomberg.com
What Climate Change Costs You at the Checkout
The higher temperatures climb, the more inflated household costs like groceries will become, economists predict.
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Yale Program on Climate Change Communication @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"...67% of American voters said they think global warming is affecting the cost of living in the United States, while 64% said it is affecting their own cost of living, pointing to increasing costs of home utility bills, groceries, and home insurance, among other things." time.com/article/2026...
time.com
Is Climate Change Making Your Life More Expensive?
A new survey reveals 67% of American voters believe global warming is affecting the cost of living in the U.S.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
🇺🇸 ⚽️ 🫶 what a start!
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The attack on education in the US is not new, but the slow fuse that arguably started with Reagan is now setting off detonations across K-12 and higher education that are going to be incredibly difficult to walk back if we don’t treat this like the urgent crisis it is.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Systemic risk requires collective action.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Mansplaining Catholicism to the Pope
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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
California bill would unlock distributed energy participation in grid resource adequacy market #energysky -- via pv magazine usa:
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California bill would unlock distributed energy participation in grid resource adequacy market
A new California bill, SB 913, would require state regulators to integrate customer-owned batteries and electric vehicles into the official Resource Adequacy market to bolster grid reliability.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Less than a month to go until Expo West! 🌴 45 years of innovation, connection, and what's next for natural & organic—and I get to be part of it. Let the discoveries (and conversations) begin. Will I see you in Anaheim? i.snoball.it/p/Aynjo9Tf/b/1 #expowest #meetatwest
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Register for Natural Products Expo West | March 3-6, 2026
Expo West 2026 in Anaheim—the premier event for CPG and retail leaders to discover emerging brands and the next big seller.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The courts broke campaign finance. Maine is giving them a chance to repair it. edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dyn...
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The courts broke campaign finance. Maine is giving them a chance to repair it. - The Boston Globe
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This doesn't get talked about enough. California has about 40 million people and the 4th largest economy in the world. The amount of battery capacity added to their grid has doubled in past two years, solar has increased by 43% and methane burning for electricity has gone down by over 40%. 🔌💡
Electricity generation - Renewables
Percentage share
 californial US Total

Source: Ember Electricity Data Explorer, ember-climate org E M B= R
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
It’s not rocket science
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Zack Colman @zcolman.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Trump & his Cabinet say wind & solar are making electricity more expensive. Federal data say the opposite. Our analysis showed states w/ > avg wind/solar generation & > avg acceleration of wind/solar since ‘21 were likelier to have < avg power prices. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
politico.com
The government’s own data rebuts Trump’s claims about wind and solar prices
The Trump administration has targeted renewable energy for driving up electricity prices, but POLITICO’s analysis shows states that are growing their wind and solar power typically have lower power co...
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The Doughnut has evolved! It now monitors global trends in social shortfall and ecological overshoot over the 21st century, tracking humanity’s progress across social foundations and planetary boundaries. doughnuteconomics.org/tools/the-ev...
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The Evolving Doughnut | DEAL
A report by Kate Raworth on the Doughnut's evolution since 2012, with the latest Doughnut diagrams available to download
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
JP Morgan counters the currently prevailing narrative by which the electricy demand fromdata centers justified new gas power plants. JP Morgan: solar + wind are the 'strategic solution' as they can be 'deployed faster' than gas. www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Headline: Trump lied about ability to halve electricity bills to get elected.
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Surging US power costs defy Donald Trump’s pledge to halve bills
Electricity price inflation sparks political debate ahead of elections
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/09/2025
this is a super key point. you (largely) don't need any traditional environmentalist eat-your-vegetables austerity or degrowth. we're talking about a future of nearly free, clean energy bsky.app/profile/suew...
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Seven countries currently get 100 percent of their electricity from renewable energy. Norway and Costa Rica are at 98 percent
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Ben Norris @bennorris.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
NEW: As America strives to meet skyrocketing energy demands, @SEIA has released a policy blueprint to chart the course for an affordable and reliable energy future. Read more: seia.org/news/reliabi...
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Solar and Storage Industry Releases Policy Agenda to Strengthen America’s Electric Grid with Solar and Storage   – SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy. Learn more at seia.org
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Sean Dague @dague.net · 04/09/2025
Listening to this now, immediately requesting this book from the library. @peterbrannen.bsky.social 's "The Ends of the World" was one of my favorite books, and I still think about it regularly. Excited to dive into this one.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/c...
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Climate scientists file a public, point-by-point rebuttal of Trump admin report casting doubt on climate change | CNN
More than 85 veteran climate scientists have pushed back against a Trump administration report downplaying the severity of climate change, submitting more than 400 pages in public comments to the Ener...
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NPR @npr.org · 02/09/2025
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report
More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.
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Jigar Shah @jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
After 60 years of trying to electrify populations with fossil fuels, people finally figured out there was a much better way. One with less corruption. Electricity poverty is real and clean energy is now at scale to solve it. This will unleash human flourishing.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 28/08/2025
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Washington, DC under military occupation in last August 2025, with banners proclaiming the absolute power of the primus inter pares
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TerraWatts2010 @terrawatts2010.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
President Donald Trump’s attack on solar and wind projects threatens to raise energy prices for consumers and undermine a stretched electric grid that’s already straining to meet rapidly growing demand, renewable energy executives warn. 🔌💡 www.cnbc.com/2025/08/24/s...
cnbc.com
Solar executives warn that Trump attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices
Renewable power executives say difficulty getting permits, rising costs due to tariffs and the end of key tax credits are making it tough to plan.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 23/08/2025
It’s pretty simple: - AI is driving electricity demand up - The Trump Administration is restricting new electricity supply from being built - When demand goes up and supply goes down, you pay more for electricity.
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Joshua Basseches @joshuabasseches.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
👏 www.eenews.net/articles/bid...
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Biden EPA official challenges legality of DOE climate report
Chris Frey has formally asked the Department of Energy to correct the report, which EPA is using to upend established climate science.
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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New York becomes first state to commit to all-electric new buildings
The state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving…
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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Climate report commissioned by the US Department of Energy contains more than 100 false or misleading statements. Great work by @carbonbrief.org interactive.carbonbrief.org/doe-factchec...
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Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
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The Builders Fund @buildersfund.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
1 million people are employed by #BCorps! A new report from B Lab shows how better jobs lead to better outcomes and how #BCorps around the world are adopting practices to support individual wellbeing, stronger communities & a fairer economy. blab.infogram.com/1t0dlzmk02o3...
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Insights Series: Good Jobs - Infogram
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Lydia Jennings, PhD @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
People say "you shouldn't live in the desert" but remember we have always lived & thrived here. it's home. Instead, remember that what is happening in AZ is a case study for the rest of the country as climate change engulfs us & inactive federal policies fail to protect us. Your community is next.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 11/08/2025
As the clock ticks down on clean energy tax credits, states are stepping in to "accelerate renewable energy projects and get as many underway as possible before the new deadlines take effect," reports @emilypont.bsky.social. More below, feat. @evergreenaction.bsky.social's Justin Backal Balik.
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States Race to Help Renewables Beat the Tax Credit Clock
Governors, legislators, and regulators are all mustering to help push clean energy past the starting line in time to meet Republicans’ new deadlines.
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Heatmap News @heatmap.news · 12/08/2025
“What is not a question really anymore is whether these projects are going to get built. There’s just not another option." Meet the infrastructure investor who's still betting on a renewables buildout. Full story from @kbrigham.bsky.social below.
heatmap.news
The Infrastructure Investor Still Bullish on Renewables
Generate Capital‘s Jonah Goldman makes his case.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social hit me over the head like a mallet of truth. This is the thing. This is what I’ve been trying to warn people about perfectly crystallized. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/o...
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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Good morning with good news: Global EV sales surge 27% in first seven months of 2025, compared to 2024! China: 6.5 million, +29% Europe: 2.3 million, +30% North America: 1.0 million, +2% Rest of World: 0.9 million, +42% World leaves USA behind. rhomotion.com/news/global-... #energysky
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.
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Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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☀️ Carl Siegrist @carlsiegrist.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“The reality is, we need this administration to follow the law and make good on commitments that have been made so that there is predictability in the market. We also need every cheap electron we can get right now.” Via @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com
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DOE is raising power bills by thwarting transmission line, Heinrich…
New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich demands answers from the Trump admin on its "illegal" move to claw back $4.9 billion for the Grain Belt Express…
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 11/08/2025
Exactly right. At a time when demand is rising, the Administration is restricting and raising taxes on the main sources of capacity being added to the grid: clean energy. The result: hiring electric bills, greater risk of blackouts, and more pollution.
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Andrew Freedman @afreedma.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The Nat'l Academy of Sciences is also putting together a formal "fast-track" study updating climate science findings since the EPA's endangerment finding came out in 2009. www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/c...
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Scientists launch coordinated response after Trump admin attempts to wipe credible climate research off the record | CNN
Dozens of climate scientists responsible for authoring or contributing research to hundreds of peer-reviewed studies are launching a coordinated response to a Trump administration report that casts do...
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Tripp Baird @trippbaird.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
HR 1 only rescinded unobligated grant funds…. So: illegal. Again. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Trump administration says it's axing $7B program for low-income solar
EPA chief Lee Zeldin claims the “big beautiful bill” allows funds for the Solar for All program to be rescinded. Advocates say that’s false and promise to…
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