Daniel Baldassare, PhD

Ways and Means Brings the Hammer Down on Energy Credits The House Ways and Means Committee issued its proposed language for inclusion in Congress’s massive budget reconciliation package. It’s the opening attempt to reduce spending in order to partially…

Amid a flurry of own-goals and poorly designed policies, the proposal to roll back clean energy investments in the upcoming budget stands out.

This bill is a lose-lose-lose: more pollution, higher energy costs, and worse economic outcomes.

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13.05.2025 22:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

US Electricity 2025 - Special Report | Ember The US clean electricity transition continued as wind and solar generated more than coal for the first time. Electricity demand growth sped up and solar generation rose more quickly than gas to help m...

For the first time in U.S. history, wind and solar generated more electricity than coal for an entire year!

Renewable power is getting seriously cheap, while old power generation technologies like coal and natural gas have no hope of coming down in price.

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13.03.2025 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Now that we have the technology to reduce emissions without any tradeoffs in cost or quality, not reducing emissions is an indefensible decision.

If you are choosing to not reduce your emissions, it reflects poorly upon you, and makes me think less of you or your organization.

05.03.2025 23:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

CO2 pollution is 20-times larger than all trash production worldwide!

To think that the consequences of this pollution could be dealt with or lived with is absolutely ridiculous.

We are setting ourselves up for a century of suffering with our current lifestyles.

13.01.2025 16:26 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Deforestation in the Amazon has halved in the last few years Lula da Silva is making progress, just like he did during his previous presidency.

Amazing news on rapid decreases in Amazon deforestation under Lula da Silva's administration, and another great read from Hannah Ritchie.

It will still be difficult to end deforestation in the Amazon by 2030, but it just might be possible.

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/amazon-2024

18.12.2024 21:46 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

With current rates of CO2 emissions we have LESS THAN 5 YEARS before the 1.5 C target is guaranteed to be breached. Let's hope that all of the COP negotiators understand how dire this situation has become.

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21.11.2024 18:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A solitary white mushroom with a conical cap and a slender spindle stalk grows out of dead pine needles in front of a dark moss-topped log

Here is a nice mushroom

15.11.2024 16:36 — 👍 984    🔁 55    💬 32    📌 6

Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede

There is something highly satisfying about this new community 🌎
"For scientists the network is starting to look like home. Academic institutions, scientific journals and conferences, and international organizations have established a presence there in recent days". www.science.org/content/arti...

21.11.2024 00:12 — 👍 32    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1