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July 6, 2023USE THIS BUTTON TO TAKE AN EASY CLIMATE ACTION!
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has been one of my favorite sources of accurate, useful climate information for many years. I recently discovered that they have a CLIMATE ACTION BUTTON that you can click on any time to take a simple climate action. I...
Lastest Blog Posts
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December 20, 2024I bid you farewell, and what’s next
There are many extraordinary people who are going to continue to lead the fight to protect our climate in the coming years. While I will remain involved in this work, it’s time for me to close Power Up for Climate Solutions. It became clear to...
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February 19, 2024Why you haven’t been hearing from me lately
My dear blog readers, I’m sorry I’ve been communicating so infrequently in recent months. I think I owe you an explanation. It’s not that there is no climate news to share — haha, wouldn’t that be a nice change? It’s not because of any big...
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November 3, 2023It’s go time for electric vehicles
We humans are terrible at seeing what’s coming, even when the signals are visible. So I’m here to give you some straight talk about electric vehicles (EVs): the transition to electric transportation is underway, and it’s time to jump on! Yes, there is some chaos...
Solutions & Inspiration
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November 1, 2022
Clean energy has a tipping point, and 87 countries have reached it
Tom Randall – Bloomberg Green, 10/18/22 How fast is the world switching to renewables? 87 countries now draw at least 5% of their electricity from renewables. The U.S hit 5% in 2011 and surged past 20% renewable electricity last year. Bloomberg Green has identified tipping...
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June 11, 2020
How South Korea, France and Italy are using the COVID-19 response to fight climate change
Umair Irfan – Vox, 6/8/20 With clear roads, clear skies, oil prices plummeting, businesses needing bailouts, and political capital to spend, countries like South Korea, Italy, and France have decided that the pandemic response is an opportunity to rethink energy, infrastructure, industry, and government in...
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May 21, 2020
Solar’s future is insanely cheap
Ramez Naam – Blog, 5/14/20 Over the past decade, Ramez Naam has made forecasts about the future costs of clean energy technologies, including solar. In this post, he explains that Solar has plunged in price faster than anyone – including he – predicted…