Cat Clifford

Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.

Very cool! The BBC is featuring the new SHIFT website that we built with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social to advance tailored, science-based personal climate actions.

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The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.

It is an extraordinary loss of intellectual expertise that the American people invested millions in developing

Every scientist who earns a graduate degree in the US is the product of an investment by the public

This is like setting money on fire

Jeremy's Reddit AMA

After government support and poaching top Western talent, China’s car industry is about to dominate globally. In the US, the affordable car is about to go extinct.

Join @jeremywired.bsky.social for an AMA on Thurs., July 17 at 11 AM ET on the future of cars here: www.reddit.com/r/technology...

Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.

“MIT team has developed and tested a new atmospheric water harvester and shown that it efficiently captures water vapor and produces safe drinking water across a range of relative humidities, including dry desert air.”

U.S. leaps over China in battery investment — for now - Cipher News The role reversal in battery-investment dominance is the result of two converging trends: tax credits in the U.S. and China pulling back its expenditures in the sector.

U.S. leaps over China in battery investment — for now www.ciphernews.com/articles/u-s... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

While lawmakers spar ad infinitum over the fate of clean energy tax credits in the megabill, one thing is certain: Energy demand is going up in this country and it is going to keep going up.

Real talk: How can we get more power fast?

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The news: @cipherclimate.bsky.social is closing.

The pix? My favorite day on the job.

My thoughts and reflections here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Here are four fast solutions in the current ‘race’ for power - Cipher News With the rise of artificial intelligence, increased domestic manufacturing and growing electrification of vehicles and more, electricity demand in the U.S. is expected to soar in the coming years.

Here are four fast solutions in the current ‘race’ for power www.ciphernews.com/articles/her... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

Here are four fast solutions in the current ‘race’ for power - Cipher News With the rise of artificial intelligence, increased domestic manufacturing and growing electrification of vehicles and more, electricity demand in the U.S. is expected to soar in the coming years.

Great piece from @catclifford.bsky.social highlights four strategies to quickly meet rising electricity demand: www.ciphernews.com/articles/her...

AI, rising energy prices, and a recent conversation with Richard Delevan on the Wicked Problems podcast about both topics. | Cat Clifford AI, rising energy prices, and a recent conversation with Richard Delevan on the Wicked Problems podcast about both topics. The resource cost of AI: Dr. Sasha Luccioni, the climate lead for AI compan...

My top reads for @cipherclimate.bsky.social
on AI and rising energy prices.
And a recent conversation with
‪@richard.wickedproblems.earth‬ on the Wicked Problems podcast about both topics.

Have a listen!

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I published a data dive for Cipher News on the industrial decarbonization sector last week and one number from that reporting keeps popping into my brain randomly because it was so shocking and so… | ... I published a data dive for Cipher News on the industrial decarbonization sector last week and one number from that reporting keeps popping into my brain randomly because it was so shocking and so tel...

The value of announced investments into industrial decarbonization projects in the first quarter of 2025: $79 million.

In the first quarter of 2024: $16 billion.

$79 MILLION. Down from $16 BILLION.

Wild. Just wild. For @cipherclimate.bsky.social:

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Climate.gov being purged: The purge spared two web developers, which Di Liberto says is a concerning sign. The contractor said: “My bigger worry, long-term, is I would hate to see it turn into a propaganda website for this administration, because that’s not at all what it was.”

You and your children will breathe more air pollution because of this action. People will have more asthma attacks. People will have more heart attacks. All while climate impacts accelerate.

This City Was Just Ranked the Happiest in the United States The recently released 2025 Happy City Index ranks cities based on the happiness of their citizens. The highest-rated U.S. city also happens to be one of the largest, liveliest cities in the world.

Contrary to popular imagination, New York City is the happiest place in the US. (Copenhagen is the global winner.)

After years of historic growth, industrial cleantech investments falter - Cipher News Investments into industrial decarbonization technologies edged down in the first quarter of 2025. Those investments are expected to fall further as companies pledge less money to the sector.

After years of historic growth, industrial cleantech investments falter, per new updates in Cipher's Cleantech Tracker -->
www.ciphernews.com/articles/aft... by @catclifford.bsky.social in @cipherclimate.bsky.social

TWIN NUCLEAR THEMES IN ONE DEAL. The deal Facebook parent company Meta… | Cat Clifford TWIN NUCLEAR THEMES IN ONE DEAL. The deal Facebook parent company Meta signed with Constellation on Tuesday illustrates the convergence of two recent nuclear themes. #1. The nuclear x AI mash up, wh...

TWIN NUCLEAR THEMES IN ONE DEAL.

The deal Facebook parent company Meta signed with Constellation on Tuesday illustrates the convergence of two recent nuclear themes: the AI x nuclear bromance and existing nuclear reactors getting more life.

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Delighted that the awesome @catclifford.bsky.social of Cipher news came by to talk about her reporting on the dilemmas facing the US in powering up AI demand. And because it was a blustery day, Poppy the sprocker puppy demanded some screen (and chair) time. Watch it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXch...

One of the EOs Trump signed aimed at promoting nuclear said federal loans, loan guarantees would prioritize nuclear and specifically restarting closed nuclear power plants.

What's that mean? What does it look like?
My reporting for @cipherclimate.bsky.social here:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

welp

This is great to see. The cement industry traditionally doesn't do a lot of forward contracting, but this is the kind of long-term contracting and niche market demand-side pull we need for getting nascent technologies off the ground. Bravo Microsoft.

Why Microsoft Just Signed a Deal for Green Cement The software giant is teaming up with a low-carbon cement startup to help address emissions from the construction of data centers.

Here's an #upshift since we really need one right now: Sublime just signed a deal with Microsoft to sell up to 622,500 tons of electrochemically produced cement over a period of 6 - 9 years. Sublime says "for scale, that's enough to build roughly 31 NFL stadiums."
🔌💡
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TVA SMRs - Cipher News | Cat Clifford A UTILITY WANTS TO BUILD A SMALL MODULAR REACTOR: A sign of the times, to be sure. The Tennessee Valley Authority, which is the largest public power company in the U.S., applied for a permit to build...

A UTILITY WANTS TO BUILD A SMALL MODULAR REACTOR: A sign of the times, to be sure.

For @cipherclimate.bsky.social

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When the World Is on Fire, What Does Reproductive Choice Really Mean? | Atmos Roxane Gay reflects on the ways that the choice of whether or not to have kids is limited both by legislation and the climate crisis.

"When people feel like they cannot have children because we live on a dying planet, their choices are as restricted by the climate as they are by misogynistic legislation." @roxanegay.bsky.social for the latest print issue of @atmosmag.bsky.social atmos.earth/when-the-wor...

When the World Is on Fire, What Does Reproductive Choice Really Mean? | Atmos Roxane Gay reflects on the ways that the choice of whether or not to have kids is limited both by legislation and the climate crisis.

In @atmosmag.bsky.social : @roxanegay.bsky.social reflects on reproductive justice and the ways that the choice of whether or not to have kids is limited both by legislation and the climate crisis. atmos.earth/when-the-wor...

American people need to understand that U.S. dominance in the AI race — and the electricity needed to make that happen — is crucial to national security of the country, said Neil Chatterjee, a former top energy regulator.

Read more from @catclifford.bsky.social: https://nt-z.ro/3S5N24l

To be competitive in AI race, the political right will need to accept the need for solar+batteries, and the political left will need to accept the need for natgas peakers. So says

New politics needed for a new energy world.

MEETING AI ENERGY DEMAND IS GOING TO FORCE A BREAK IN ENERGY POLITICS IN THE US.

So said Neil Chatterjee, former top energy regulator during the 1st Trump administration.

Read my story for @cipherclimate.bsky.social about my conversation with the former FERC chair: www.linkedin.com/posts/catcli...

There is a bit of relief over the 90-day pause in the highest tariffs between China & the US. But looming uncertainty remains.

One thing that *IS* clear is that tariffs hit renewables a whole lot harder than fossil fuels in the US.

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High five, @mattrosoff.bsky.social !!!!!!!!!!!!