Chris Potter

This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how The Vancouver-based Jetson has a simple cost-cutting formula: lots of tech, no middlemen. Today, it’s launching its own heat pump product.

🤯 This heat pump startup says its vertically integrated approach can, in some cases, make the climate-friendly appliance cheaper to install than a fossil-gas furnace. That would be a mind-blowing development in HVAC.

My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...

YouTube video by Drew Tozer Heat Pumps, Explained (And Why Everyone’s Switching)

Best heat pump video!

It’s accurate, engaging, and sharable—let's fight myths and misconception with good information.

The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters. We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.

Once upon a time, the English language was full of stories with “blossoms,” “rivers,” and “moss.” But these words are disappearing from our vocabularies — and along with them, our connection to the natural world they describe.

So proud of the cities in Ohio, many of them smaller #legacycities, who are spending the $$ & political capital to change streets back to 2way after decades of 1 ways.

Alaska Produces a Ton of Gas. Soon, Its Biggest City Might Not Have Enough.

“At its core, though, Alaska’s predicament is a reminder of the economic risks inherent to building energy systems around fossil fuels.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...

What a clear, concise summary of the state and potential of renewable energy technologies. I particularly like how @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social includes the fact that nearly two-thirds of primary energy gets wasted today. Burning fossil fuels is a very inefficient way to provide useful services.

1/x 🧵 🔌💡 #Greensky. Hey climate peeps! Here’s a local victory to celebrate, and some lessons from it. Last night, the Town of Poughkeepsie, NY, voted to overturn its 18-month moratorium (6 months, renewed twice) on grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS).