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-"Hoax" vs "existential threat"
-"Drill, baby, drill" vs LNG Pause
-Pulling out of Paris (again) vs $370 billion for climate
Trump and Biden chart starkly different paths on the defining issue of our time, I break down the differences with Living on Earth www.loe.org/shows/segmen...

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Whatever you make of Biden and his debate performance, I can't think of a more stark difference on any issue between two candidates than climate change in this election. Thank you Living on Earth for having me on to talk climate, politics (and my golf game). www.loe.org/shows/shows....

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A growing effort by the fossil fuel industry to sell natural gas as a low-carbon fuel is little more than greenwashing, according to a new report by climate advocacy organizations. insideclimatenews.org/news/2506202...

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A 1st in the nation neighborhood geothermal heating and cooling system built by a gas utility came online in Mass. Could it be a model for rapid, equitable decarbonization? My latest for ICN & @bostonglobe.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/0406202... www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/04/s...

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Enter the "fight you" stage; Gas interests successfully fought gas bans in California. Massachusetts could be next, @shankman.bsky.social reports. www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/29/s...

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It was great working with @bostonglobe.bsky.social, and Globe photographer Barry Chin, on quite literally one of the hottest new developments in clean-energy technology www.bostonglobe.com/2024/05/25/s...

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I typically write about climate polluters so it was a nice change of pace to write about this company and how they're working to decarbonize heavy industry. Also, great to be republished by @fastcompany.bsky.social, a first for me. www.fastcompany.com/91129126/the...

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2 challenges to decarbonizing heavy industry are converting electricity to high-temperature heat and storing that heat for later. MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions says it has an inexpensive way to do both. insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...

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The U.S. Department of Justice said pipeline company Enbridge is “consciously trespassing" on land belonging to the Bad River Band of northern Wisconsin and should pay for its "ill-gotten gains." insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...

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Oil and gas executives champion natural gas as a “destination fuel” while blasting the ongoing pause in new U.S. Liquified Natural Gas export capacity, my latest for Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2703202...

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I so want one of these! www.wsj.com/business/ene... Though I have to wonder how adding "a packed-dirt 6,000-foot runway" would impact cost and permitting of wind projects.

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An ambitious new initiative at MIT seeks to harness the university’s collective knowledge to help tackle the climate crisis, however some fear potential funding from fossil fuel companies could compromise the project’s objectives. insideclimatenews.org/news/1303202...

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“It’s showtime.” After 9 years of preparation, a methane monitoring satellite developed by the Environmental Defense Fund, Harvard, and others, has launched and will begin tracking emissions from oil and gas fields worldwide. insideclimatenews.org/news/0403202...

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I hadn't heard about the chronic mold issues and high cleaning costs with heat pumps described here, but I also don't own a heat pump. Has anyone else had experience with this? www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/21/r...

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A “Hail Mary” legal tactic by pipeline giant Enbridge to overturn shutdown orders for an oil pipeline beneath tribal land in northern Wisconsin could have wide ranging implications. insideclimatenews.org/news/2002202... My latest, with Noel Lyn Smith

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Sort of like me, minus the "elite runner" and "got faster" parts. 😉
They Were Elite Runners. Then They Stopped Training, Gained 30 Pounds—and Got Faster. www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

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Joe Manchin promises to “get sh*t done!” Here’s what a potential 3rd party presidential campaign from the fossil-fuel friendly senator might mean for clean energy and the climate. insideclimatenews.org/news/2301202...

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As New Hampshire voters head to the polls, Sen. Manchin is mulling a possible 3rd party run for President. Here's what a Manchin campaign could mean for the climate. www.loe.org/shows/shows.... My latest for Inside Climate News and Living on Earth.

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Qoute of the day: “Diesel was like a college wrestler, and the electric is like a ballet dancer.” --Marty Boots, a 66-year-old truck driver in South El Monte, Calif., on the lightness and the smoothness of his Freightliner eCascadia semi-truck. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

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Curious how Nikki Haley would approach climate change if elected president? I headed to The Granite State to find out. www.loe.org/shows/shows.... My latest for Living on Earth and Inside Climate.

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California’s flagship agriculture emissions reduction program counts greenhouse gas reductions in other sectors, reductions some say don’t exist. Is the state overestimating the climate benefit of dairy digesters? insideclimatenews.org/news/3012202... My latest, for Inside Climate News

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Before 2023 ends, please consider supporting Inside Climate News and our incredible reporting on climate change. I’m so proud to work here and of the work that we do. Your support--currently matched 3x--helps make that possible. insideclimate.fundjournalism.org/donate/?amou...

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All sectors of the U.S. economy have to report greenhouse gas emissions at the facility-level except agriculture. Here's how Ag. got a pass in 2009 and how the industry remains exempt today. insideclimatenews.org/news/2212202... A look at agricultural exceptionalism with Georgina Gustin

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Exclusive: UC researchers were tasked with finding carbon offsets the university system could rely on to cancel out emissions. But they couldn't. Now, all 10 campuses are being charged a carbon fee that will be invested into direct emissions reductions instead.

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As a Black woman, a breast cancer survivor and a journalist, I have often wondered about the connection between beauty products and public health. I am so thankful to Inside Climate News and USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism for supporting me while I explore this important question

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The world has made real progress in bending down the curve of future emissions.

While we remain far from on track to meet our climate goals, the positive steps we’ve made should reinforce that progress is possible and despair is counterproductive.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...

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