Katharine Bierce

Great to see the Berkeley City Council considering a resolution opposing AB 942. We hope they pass it quickly, and side with consumers rather than PG&E. The resolution starts on p. 31 of the below link.

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#SF #BayArea #California - what are your favorite #cleanenergy blogs? Bonus points if you know their social media handles + emails! Let's go! #sustainability

Minnesota Just Became the First State to Target Plastic Chemicals in Food Bill SF 188, if passed, would require food manufacturers to test their products for phthalates and submit a notice to the Department of Agriculture.

Minnesota Just Became the First State to Target Plastic Chemicals in Food: Bill SF 188, if passed, would require food manufacturers to test their products for phthalates and submit a notice to the Department of Agriculture.
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Spreading Love Through the Media

Funding opportunity for building community through social media - Jan 28 webinar and grant info here: ggsc.berkeley.edu/what_we_do/m... #nonprofit #media

As we wait for national legislation, let’s launch a Green New Deal from below | Jeremy Brecher Local and state initiatives can act as ‘proof of concept’ for transformative climate and jobs legislation

As we wait for national legislation, let’s launch a Green New Deal from below - local and state initiatives can act as ‘proof of concept’ for transformative climate and jobs legislation
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#climateaction

These new California laws aim to improve affordability and help residents save money Consumer protection laws, new banking and rental regulations, and medical debt reforms are part of a bevy of new California laws that will go into place when the calendar flips to 2025. California …

These new California laws go into effect soon, helping improve affordability and helping residents save money ktla.com/news/califor...

Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.

New York passes a law that makes fossil fuel companies pay for their pollution:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n... (Source: NY Times)

#climateaction #sustainability

Jimmy Carter, Green-Energy Visionary As President, he told us that we needed to shift to solar power. We should have listened to him then.

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act is the best tribute to Carter’s visionary energy policy. If only we’d done it sooner
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Great post here by Barack Obama summarizing Jimmy Carter’s legacy in working for peace and affordable housing and more: www.facebook.com/share/189rrs...

Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100 Carter had been receiving hospice care since February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia, where he lived with his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter.

Jimmy Carter lived to be 100; obituary here: we need more leaders like him. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Seven quiet breakthroughs for climate and nature in 2024 you might have missed Global temperatures rose and extreme weather ramped up, but there were also some significant breakthroughs for the climate this year.

7 #climate breakthroughs in 2024 - including the UK closing its last coal plant (yay!) www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Pic of Greta Thunberg from Soul Boom Substack with the following: "We do need hope—of course we do. But the one thing we need more than hope is action. Once we start to act, hope is everywhere." — Greta Thunberg

I love this.

OpenAI doesn't report a single number for its climate impacts - not anywhere, in any way, shape or form.

It sounds kind of obvious but the fact that a company with such incredible electricity hunger isn't disclosing basic information about its energy consumption and associated emissions is v bad..

YouTube video by Kurt Hugo Schneider HARRY POTTER Theme but played on my WASHER & DRYER

How can we make heat pumps more popular?

Here is a funny video of someone playing the Harry Potter theme song… using the beeps from their washing machine and the dryer as a drum.

I wonder if any #heatpump dryers have a similar musical aptitude…

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This image shows a large piece of construction machinery that is parked in a parking lot charging it’s electric battery at an EV charging station on a sunny day. #energytransition #blueev #EVsky #EV #electricvehicles #greensky #energysky

Things you don’t expect in the EV adoption transition.

#EVsky #blueev #greensky

Now is a good time to support accurate information online!

Interwoven Sankey diagrams for energy and water. It shows how 75% of our freshwater goes to thermoelectric cooling demand.

Not enough people understand the impact of the water-energy nexus and the benefits to water conservation that will come from decarbonization.

When we switch to 100% renewables + storage and no longer need water to cool thermal combustion power plants we will reduce freshwater demand by 3/4! 3/4!

a white cat smelling a red led light from the Christmas tree lights.

rudolph

2. Yes they work. However if you get the $700 version not the $3K version you will have to empty the condensate water yourself. I found this annoying but it was better running a smelly old gas furnace in a rental that had no insulation.

How to Persuade Your Landlord to Switch Your Rental to All-Electric Appliances And, how to electrify your home as a renter

Midea and Gradient have some over the window sill (more expensive) kinds; the “regular” ones are the size of a mini fridge and put hoses in your window like an “AC with heat.” More info on this and other home electrification tips here: kbierce.substack.com/p/how-to-per...

@renewableenergy.bsky.social just want to say thank you for your wonderful bunch of renewable energy curated feeds!

Some good climate news from 2024 in this Bloomberg article including a record number of EV installations. 🔌💡

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Notre Dame Rebuilt: A Journey of Restoration for France's Iconic Cathedral Learn about Notre Dame Cathedral's restoration, led by architect Philippe Villeneuve, reopening to the public in December 2024.

In case you need some good news: check out this architectural article about the resurrection of Notre Dame cathedral, just in time for Christmas- www.archdaily.com/1024689/notr...

If only there were an alternative to herbicides, chemical fertilizers, gasoline lawnmowers, weedwhackers and leaf blowers… #landscaping #permaculture #sylvopasture #sheep #babydollsheep #rotationalgrazing

What Can US Cities and States Do for the Climate Under Trump? Plenty Federal progress on climate may stall, but city halls and statehouses are in a good position to build on recent gains.

After Trump was elected, I started to wonder what could the grassroots, cities, and states do to move the needle on climate change without federal support. It turns out, a lot (gift link)

Yeah but somehow using a gas that can explode in our homes and streets is ok? We should be upgrading to thermal energy networks or heat pumps to reduce fossil fuel reliance and increase safety.

Thanks for covering this!

Few people know this: half of the world's energy use is for heat used in buildings and industry.

And almost all of it is from burning fossil fuels.

That's why we need to decarbonise heat if we want to stand a chance of meeting our climate targets.

Helpful new (draft) report from CPUC on transforming market for Room Heat Pumps (2-way window AC). Proposes product challenge similar to what @nyserda.bsky.social did but for CA climate needs. Great opp here to provide heating/cooling in multi-family homes at low cost. calmta.org/wp-content/u...

Moon Five | EV Chargers for Apartments and Condos The most affordable and convenient EV charging solution for multifamily homes of all sizes and ages

Yes, and www.moonfive.tech has an EV charging solution for renters that’s actually reasonably priced