Sarah T. Fischell

Seems bad. 😔

We really need to teach people to look at the combo of their gas + elec bills when they convert to a heat pump. 🙄

Maybe the most surprising part of this story was learning about the advantages of having utilities do building decarb work. It's not just the $$. There are higher installation standards and layers of accountability. heatmap.news/energy/coned...

I want all utilities to be both electric and gas! Sadly that’s not true where I live. 😔

Concise, useful summary in this article about the debate over how much NEPA is holding up big transmission. Thx @emilypont.bsky.social.

I’ll add one more point: it seems that, if xmission lines were treated like gas pipelines, a lot of issues would be solved. 🤔 #permitting 💡🔌

Yes, sort of. In a very organized way. They built a whole monthly webinar series. This isn’t the most up-to-date link, but it’ll give an idea 🙂 climate.smiller.org

Perfect, but dark… 😔

Post on Bluesky on SCOTUS shadow docket decisions by Kelsey Atherton shown on MS NOW, “All In With Chris Hayes”

A national cable audience stands rapt before @atherton.bsky.social

YouTube video by Elle Cordova Mr. Oil Man, start your machines

Big thanks to @ellecordova.bsky.social et al for this song. Sometimes dark humor is the only way. youtube.com/shorts/NpIq-...

The Miami Herald tracked 16,569 flood complaints from over 12,000 locations in Miami-Dade and Broward over the last 11 years, and found 32% were outside the newly-expanded 500-year flood zones scheduled to go into effect as early as 2026: www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e...

Exclusive: Key Senate Democrats Oppose Permitting Bill A trio of powerful climate hawks are throwing their weight against the SPEED Act.

New: Key Senate Democrats told @jael.bsky.social they want a permitting deal that supports transmission and clean energy, and that the current House proposal, the SPEED Act, "does not meet that standard."
heatmap.news/politics/sch...

Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess There are millions of abandoned oil wells across the United States. A group of unlikely activists in Texas is making sure no one forgets they need to be cleaned up.

Meet the TikTok stars demanding oil companies clean up their mess

"This is the last chance for Western countries to convince the rest of the world that they are capable of dialogue rather than monologue, consistency rather than double standards, and cooperation rather than domination."
Finland's Alexander Stubb in:
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Just a nice collection of perovskites stuff from yesterday.

1. Aiming for a 35% cell in four years:

Ding dong, coal is dead At least in California.

California shut down its last coal plant last week and nobody even noticed, it made so little little difference.

Meanwhile solar is up 17% and gas is down 17% from 2024. I have a few highlights... www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/ding-dong-...

Good morning with good news: Vietnam's 2025 energy plan increases solar capacity to 73 GW by 2030 from ~16 GW operating in 2024.

Wind grows to ~38 GW by 2030.

S&W were ~13% of electricity in 2024

Coal falls to 17% by 2030 from 50% in 2024!

Wow!
solarquarter.com/2025/04/21/v... #energysky

Why We Need More Confrontation at COP In ‘Existential Politics,’ Jessica F. Green argues that head-on conflict with fossil fuel interests is a prerequisite for real progress.

Ooh @greenprofgreen.bsky.social's book Existential Politics, about the unavoidable conflicts between fossil, climate vulnerable, and green asset holders, is finally out.
@drilledmedia.bsky.social interviewed her, audio and transcript here:

drilled.media/news/drillin...

My fave guys: IRA, CHIP, and BIL.

The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?

Read this. By @katearonoff.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2027...

Trump's War on Drugs: Hypocrisy With Hair on It Plus: A feculent week in review.

#NewWord “flaming hypocrisy with hair on it”

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

I got the pies and the stuffing done. How about you? 🦃🥧🍽️🍁🏈

#NewWord “proppant”: “a granular material, like sand or engineered ceramic, used in the hydraulic fracturing (fracking) process to keep fractures in rock formations open after the high-pressure fluid is withdrawn.” - Google Gemini

Sounds important to deep geothermal. 👍

Rats!

This is exactly it. All Trump and the GOP have done is KILL clean energy projects left and right to cut deals for their polluter buddies.

To actually have real negotiations on permitting reform, they must first stop their war on clean energy.

Good morning with good news: Australia generated with renewables for first time more than 50% of its electricity for a month in October 2025!

October RE Share
2025: 50.13%
2024: 47.2%
2023: 45.2%
2020: 24.8%
2015: 14.0%

Wind & solar rose to 44% in October 2025 from 8% in October 2015! #energysky

🔌💡

Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet

I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...

In the 4 years since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Clean School Bus Program has awarded $2.7 billion for over 8,500 clean school buses at more than 1,000 school districts 🚌 Voice your support for expanded funding: bit.ly/SupportCleanS... #CleanRide4Kids 🔌💡

At CCL's Fall Conference, Dr. Sena Koleva. Talking about Moral Issues and the Science Behind Communications:

yourmorals.org

Another way to reduce electricity prices? Shifting from for-profit, investor-owned monopoly utilities to municipal utilities or member-owned co-operatives would save about 15% on electricity bills, averaged over locations and customer classes.