Corey Pudhorodsky

Spread of data centers raises risk of winter outages, grid monitor warns Regions where peak electricity demand has risen quickly face the highest risks, says the North American Electric Reliability Corp.

Enjoy your AI... until the power goes out this winter! www.eenews.net/articles/spr...

This oil-rich country has stood in the way of climate action. It’s quietly building a clean energy empire | CNN The planet’s ultimate petrostate is making a bet on clean energy — even as the Trump administration seeks to strangle solar and wind.

For the legacy energy producers, it's never been about blocking the new and better solutions, it's always been about keeping their power any money. www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/c...

Climate Change Could Heat the Earth Right Into a New Ice Age The planet’s long-standing natural “thermostat” is being outpaced by an feedback loop process involving algae, phosphorus, and oxygen that’s supercharged by anthropogenic climate change.

Click bait and misleading headline ALERT! All the while giving fodder to climate skeptics that climate crisis is a hoax and the earth goes through extremes. Buries the fact that this ice age would take 1000s of years while the impact on humans is NOW. www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...

I’m super curious to know if there is anyone on an ACA insurance plan that still supports the Republicans? I don’t understand how anyone seeing how much their cost are going to increase could vote for people who are letting this happen.

Fei-Fei Li's World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product | TechCrunch Marble is different from competitors like Odyssey, Decart, and Google's Genie because creates persistent, downloadable 3D environments rather than generating worlds on-the-fly as you explore.

How awesome would it be for Apple to integrate this into Apple Vision Pro? techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/f...

The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against AI development.

Typical American sentiment: "I love my AI but I hate the data centers that power them." heatmap.news/energy/data-...

Antarctic glacier saw the fastest retreat in modern history; it could spell trouble for sea levels, report finds | CNN Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula lost nearly half its size astonishingly rapidly. Scientists have now discovered the reasons behind its rapid retreat and say it raises fears for sea level r...

Who's going to tell these glaciers and people living on coasts that (according to Trump) the climate crisis is a scam?? www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/c...

There are 75 days left in 2025: You should be thinking about home energy upgrades. Tax credits for energy improvements end on Dec 31. Save money now and in the long term with this tech. #CleanEnergy #Climate #TaxSavings

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YouTube video by Laufey Laufey - Clean Air (Official Lyric Video with Chords)

I think I have my new fight song to keep me motivated in the #Climate journey. "Sweeter pastures, wait for me like a lover
My soul has suffered, get the fuck out of my atmosphere
I'm breathing clean, clean air"

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Austin Energy’s Comprehensive Distribution Resiliency Plan Virtual Open House - PublicInput Welcome! Help us strengthen and improve Austin s electric system--share your input on our Comprehensive Distribution Resiliency Plan.

If you care about #Energy Resiliency and Reliability in #Austin, participate in this virtual open house from Austin Energy: www.speakupaustin.org/p42071

Enjoying EDF Science Day. Lots of #Climate #Science and helpful perspective on what we need to do for #resilience and #adaptation

‘Mine, Baby, Mine’: Trump Officials Offer $625 Million to Rescue Coal

Someone needs to deliver all this coal that Trump and Wright are asking for to their doorsteps this Christmas.
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A week without Driving in #AustinTX is next week: Sept 29 - Oct 5. #ATX #Bicycles #Transportation

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I enjoy reading about innovative science but headlines like this are not helpful. They give less attentive readers the false believe that a breakthrough is eminent that will lead to “infinite” #energy. It’s click bait.

Our Hyundai x Enphase solar + battery system! ⚡️ Roof-to-batteries: 12.2kW panels + 2 10C batteries means our home will soon makes almost 100% of our own power—and keeps us running day & night even if the grid goes down. Clean energy and security! #solar #energyindependence #TexasSun #ClimateTech

This graph tells a lot of stories, unfortunately the Democratic party is doing a horrible job telling any of them that convince voters they have a plan to change the narrative.

Sun Day and the Importance of Public Gatherings Climate Success Chat #41 - Sept 19, 2025

Sun Day is here!
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The way it goes down for me: I generally just procrastinate so long that my spouse gets embarrassed for me and she gifts me something. She knows what looks good on me better than I do anyway.

This chart from @modoenergyusa.bsky.social is great and really clearly demonstrates the economics of #BESS and how developers and operators decide what the market signals are for short vs longer term batteries in the market.

Excited to be back for the 2nd Houston Energy and Climate Startup Week. #HoustonEnergy #HoustonClimate #HoustonECSW

This fact from @semafor.com struck me: Africa accounts for less than 4% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, yet has many of the countries that are most vulnerable to its impacts.

Coffee and Comments: EPA's Endangerment Finding · EDF Action Have you heard of the Endangerment Finding? The Trump Administration is attacking limits on climate-warming pollution, putting us in danger. The Endangerment Finding is the U.S. Environmental Protec...

I'm attending EDF Action's event, “Coffee and Comments: EPA's Endangerment Finding” - sign up now to join me! #ClimateCantWait www.mobilize.us/edfaction/ev...

Solar helps households pay their energy bills. This graph is from Dr Sanya Carley with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. Households will solar are 46% less likely to get disconnect notices! #Solar #SUN-Day #EnergyJustice

Patagonia Changed the Apparel Business. Can It Change Food, Too?

I love what Patagonia is doing to transform how we consume things. First in clothing now with food! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...

Energy Secretary Attacks Offshore Wind and Dismisses Climate Change

It's unfortunate for the rest of us that this quote will come back to haunt Chris Wright: "Climate change, for impacting the quality of your life, is not incredibly important,” Mr. Wright said. “In fact, if it wasn’t in the news, in the media, you wouldn’t know."
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Final 50for50 Fact A recording from Corey Pudhorodsky's live video of the final fact for 50for50

It’s 1:50pm and I’m done. Recording of the live stream of the last fact here. coreysclimatesuccesschat.substack.com/p/final-50fo...
I’m looking forward to more reflection on the experience — after I get some sleep.

Fact 49: The ocean has absorbed about 90% of the excess heat from global warming
#40for40 #climatefacts

Fact 48: Solar is now the fastest way to add new electricity in many regions.
#50for50 #climatefacts

Fact 47: Producing 1 pound of beef generates about 60 pounds of greenhouse gases, over 10X more than chicken and 20X more than beans.
#50for50 #climatefacts