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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff
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I post here but don’t check often. Find me on Insta @RachelLincolnsarnoff. Recent pubs, talks & the Good Newsletter: https://linktr.ee/rachellincolnsarnoff
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 1h
If it ain't broke: 30-year-old solar panels are still going strong. www.zmescience.com/ecology/rene...

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Old Solar Panels Built in the Early 1990s Are Still Going Strong After 30 Years at 80% Original Power — And That’s a Big Deal for Our Energy Future
Thirty years later, old-school solar panels are still delivering on their promise.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 2h
🎙️ How do you change an industry from the inside out? I was thrilled to interview Dr. Marsha Dickson, co-founder of the Better Buying Institute, for the @Cascale "Source of Good" podcast. Listen up! cascale.org/resources/po...

#DecentWork #ResponsiblePurchasing #BetterBuying #SustainableBusiness
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 3h
Leaps and bounds: Globally, we installed 380 gigawatts of new solar capacity in the first six month of this year -- 64% more than 2024. ember-energy.org/latest-updat...

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Global solar installations surge 64% in first half of 2025 | Ember
Our core content has been translated to a number of languages.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 1d
📚✨ Big news for readers young and old: Reading Rainbow is returning after nearly 20 years, and the new host is Mychal Threets (aka Mychal the Librarian - must follow), the librarian‑advocate who lives for “library joy.”

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Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 2d
📢 Policy alignment is key to real impact, as Cascale’s Elisabeth von Reitzenstein explains: Excluding SMEs from due diligence obligations could create risks, and thoughtful inclusion matters for sustainable supply chains. www.just-style.com/news/eu-omni...

#SustainableSupplyChain #SMEs
Canopy, Cascale voice concern over MEPs blocking Omnibus package
Cascale and Canopy voice concerns over the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) decision to block the Omnibus compromise package.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 3d
55 years after the first Earth Day, last month Sun Day debuted with 450 events nationwide -- spearheaded by the seemingly inexhaustible Bill McKibben. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/c...

#Sustainability #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround #CleanEnergy
Sunday Was Also Sun Day
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists organized a nationwide celebration of solar power.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 3d
One Republican governor stands up for workers and wind power in Virginia. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/c...

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The Lone G.O.P. Governor Opposing Trump’s War on Offshore Wind
Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Republican of Virginia, has championed a wind farm under construction off the coast of his state. He’s trying to persuade President Trump to leave it alone.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 3d
Yes, follow-through is an issue, but 63% of companies on the Forbes Global 2000 now have net zero targets, representing over $36 trillion in revenue, and these commitments grew in the U.S. by 9% last year. zerotracker.net/analysis/net...

#Sustainability #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables
Net Zero Stocktake 2025
From intent to integrity. We assess the net zero targets and mitigation strategies of all nations, the largest 2,000+ companies, and the worlds's biggest regions and cities.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 4d
Plastic treaty talks recently collapsed in Geneva, but global adoption of policies like EPR and MRC prove there is still a way forward. www.forbes.com/sites/robkap...

#Sustainability #Plastic #Microplastic #CircularEconomy #ZeroWaste #Refill #RefillRevolution #Reuse #Recycling #EPR #GoodNewsletter
No Global Deal? How Coalitions Of The Willing Can Still Fix Plastic Pollution
What happens to all the momentum that’s been building over the last three years? The answer is that it won’t disappear. It will shift.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 4d
EVs are now officially the lowest-carbon ride in town. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/09/a-gr...

#Sustainability #Electric #EV #ElectricVehicle #PlugIn #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround #CleanEnergy #GoodNewsletter
A groundbreaking study finds EVs are now the lowest carbon (car) ride on U.S. roads—everywhere, for everyone
EV benefits are getting a major charge from grid decarbonization and improved efficiency
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 4d
Millennials and Gen Z are now the largest voting block in the U.S. -- and they believe in climate change. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Gen Z, Millennials and Gen X outvoted older generations in 2018 midterms
Midterm voter turnout reached a modern high in 2018, and Generation Z, Millennials and Generation X accounted for a narrow majority of those voters
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 5d
Bison could bring back American ecosystems. www.france24.com/en/live-news...

#Sustainability #Animals #Nature #Conservation #Endangered #Extinction #GoodNewsletter
Bison herds 'reawaken' Yellowstone's prairies
There are few symbols of the American West more iconic than the bison -- shaggy giants that once roamed in the tens of millions before being nearly annihilated by European settlers.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 5d
Solar power has become the world’s cheapest form of energy, with costs declining by nearly 90 percent in the last 15 years. ourworldindata.org/grapher/sola...

#Sustainability #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround #CleanEnergy #GoodNewsletter
Solar power generation
Electricity generation from solar, measured in terawatt-hours.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 5d
Agrivoltaic pilot in Denmark proves crops and solar panels can peacefully coexist. techxplore.com/news/2025-09...

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Double harvest: Vertical solar panels and crops thrive side by side
Imagine a field where solar panels and crops coexist—with no trade-off. It sounds like science fiction, but that's precisely what researchers from Aarhus University have now documented in a…
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 6d
Check, check, check. Ina Garten and I are on the same page when it comes to soup. Message me for my tried-and-true fall favorite posole recipe! www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

#Sustainability #Health #Wellness #Food #Motivation #PlantBased #HealthyLifestyle #GoodNewsletter
Ina Garten's 6 Tips for Making Soup Are Life-Changing
These six tips (plus a bonus) will have you on your way to making better soups.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 6d
They just located renewable's holy grail: A breakthrough in diffractive-type solar concentrators -- basically, a window coating that guides sunlight when you need it -- means even existing windows could become solar panels. www.the-independent.com/tech/solar-p...

#Sustainability #Climate
New discovery could turn any window into a solar panel
Researchers say breakthrough could supercharge clean energy transition
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 6d
New Mexico is enchanted with renewables: 50% of electricity generated last year was wind or solar, well ahead of the state's 2030 target. www.eia.gov/state/analys...

#Sustainability #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround #CleanEnergy #GoodNewsletter
U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 6d
Good news in food! An about-face at the USDA funds farm-to-school grants at the highest level yet. Let's keep looking for those silver linings. Sign up for the (free, monthly) Good Newsletter! rachellincolnsarnoff.substack.com

#Food #SlowFood #Health #HealthyLifestyle #Farm #Regenerative
Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff | Substack
Rachel’s career as a journalist and environmentalist informs her fiction and creative nonfiction. She holds an MFA in fiction and an MA in journalism, and has published the Good Newsletter since…
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 7d
First-ever textile-to-textile recycled kicks bow from Allbirds. trellis.net/article/allb...

#Sustainability #Fashion #SwapDontShop #SlowFashion #SlowFashionMovement #Preloved #Thrift #GoodNewsletter
Allbirds debuts waste-based shoes | Trellis
The $140 sneakers are a shift for the natural fiber-focused brand.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 7d
Because knowledge is power: NASA unfurls a giant satellite antenna, capable of monitoring and improving disaster response, and more. archive.ph/8u2FO

#Sustainability #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround #CleanEnergy #GoodNewsletter
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 7d
At $386 billion, global investment in renewable wind development broke records in the first half of the year. about.bnef.com/insights/cle...

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Global Renewable Energy Investment Still Reaches New Record as Investors Reassess Risks | BloombergNEF
Global investment for new renewable energy development reached a record $386 billion during the first half of 2025, according to BloombergNEF’s 2H 2025 Renewable Energy Investment Tracker.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 10d
Wind does not kill "all the" birds; cats do. www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/s...

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Tweety Was Right: Cats Are a Bird’s No. 1 Enemy (Published 2011)
While public attention has focused on wind turbines as a menace to birds, a new study shows that a far greater threat may be posed by a more familiar antagonist: the house cat.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 10d
Elections are around the corner -- EVP is turning out climate voters, regardless of affiliation. www.environmentalvoter.org/results

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Our Results
We track our results with scientific precision, always focused on having the greatest possible impact on voter turnout.
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 10d
According to the International Energy Agency, of the expected $3.3 trillion in energy investments this year $2.2 trillion will be in renewables. www.iea.org/reports/worl...

#Sustainability #Climate #ClimateJustice #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #KeepItInTheGround #CleanEnergy #GoodNewsletter
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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff @rachellsarnoff.bsky.social · 11d
Decarbonization is a gift from god. insideclimatenews.org/news/0709202...

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A California Network of Black Churches Is Embracing Solar Energy, EV Charging - Inside Climate News
Four Bay Area churches are combining resilience hubs with charging infrastructure in an effort to bring investment to long-overlooked communities and increase their own financial stability.
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