Climate Tech Breakthroughs To Watch For In 2023
2022-12-18
Climate tech is moving fast. But fossil fuels are cheap and entrenched, so we need more breakthroughs, faster. Here’s tenKeep Reading
AI-Generated Climate Avatars
2022-12-13
Need a new avatar? Or just a visual reminder of you own climate superpowers? Here’s a gallery of climate superheroesKeep Reading
Starter List Of Climate Philanthropy Resources
2022-12-12
Thinking about giving money to climate-related causes? Here’s a list that may be a useful starting point. Note: this postKeep Reading
Is Your Law Firm Part Of The Climate Problem?
2022-12-10
Does your law firm represent fossil fuel companies, or otherwise fight to prolong the use of fossil fuels? Now there’sKeep Reading
Five Great Energy Transition Podcasts
2022-12-10
I like listening to podcasts about climate solutions. Podcasts about climate tech, energy and the grid, decarbonization, renewables and theKeep Reading
Climate Art, Made By Artifical Intelligence
2022-12-08
I killed a few hours yesterday putting climate-related phrases into OpenAI’s DALL-E text-to-image generator to see what would happen. AndKeep Reading
Challenging Berkeley’s ‘100% Renewable’ Claims
2022-11-30
Gas power plants still provide over half our electrons. Don’t buy those ‘100% renewable’ claims… we’re not even close. Berkeley,Keep Reading
Market Cap Giants Of Decarbonization
2022-11-28
Caution: not investment advice. Remember FAANG Stocks? (Facebook Apple Amazon Netflix Google) These big winner-take-all companies dominated the past twoKeep Reading
Coal-to-Solar Repowering
2022-11-22
Yesterday I heard about a new investor group raising $1B to buy coal plants in the U.S. with the goalKeep Reading
Find Your Climate Superpowers
2022-05-15
What can you do? A lot. Feeling powerless on climate? Think the problem’s too big for individuals to make aKeep Reading
State Owned Oil Monopolies, Compared
2022-03-22
Shrouded in secrecy, totally unaccountable, yet more important than ever… since Wirecutter hasn’t reviewed state owned oil monopolies yet, IKeep Reading
Electric Rate Plans We’d Like To See
2022-01-18
California’s electric rate plans should be more creative and fun. California’s CPUC is re-doing our electric rate plans, and it’sKeep Reading
Is Cord Cutting Coming To The Power Grid?
2022-01-14
The California CPUC’s latest solar proposal would trigger a grid exodus. A turning point for rooftop solar. Your roof isKeep Reading
What’s A Transformer, Anyway?
2022-01-03
My all-electric house is powered by an antique. I love old stuff, but the PG&E distribution transformer serving my houseKeep Reading
How We Electrified Our Very Old House
2021-12-30
Heat pumps are a great upgrade. This year, we did the best upgrade ever. We ripped out the fossil fuelKeep Reading
The Sense Electricity Dashboard App
2021-12-28
The Sense Energy Monitor is an awesome learning tool… but not perfect. We fully electrified our house last fall –Keep Reading
Why Gas Heat Is Worse For Your Home Than Coal
2021-08-29
Even a coal furnace would be better for the planet – and for you – than a gas one. ThinkingKeep Reading
How To Support Climate Legal Action
2021-08-24
Even if you’re not a lawyer, you can support the organizations fighting the climate battle in court. After decades ofKeep Reading
The Climate Problem With Railroads
2021-08-20
Pick something you’ve always loved, and consider breaking up with it for the sake of the planet. I’ve always lovedKeep Reading
Our Cross-Country EV Drive In The Burning Heat
2021-08-17
We drove cross country this summer, and it was hot as hell everywhere. Ninety-five degrees in Philadelphia and New York,Keep Reading