Alison F. Takemura
@alisontakemura.bsky.social
Staff Writer, @Canarymediainc | Clean energy journalism and compassion enthusiast. Reporting on building decarbonization, home electrification, heat pumps, and workforce. Fan of yoga and wandering. Opinions: just mine. @alisontakemura
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It’s not too late to tap federal tax credits to make clean and energy-efficient home improvements! Let @alisontakemura.bsky.social be your guide.
Electrify your home with our handy roundup before tax credits expire
You could save thousands of dollars on heat pumps, solar, and other home energy updates if you act before Dec. 31. Our explainers and guides will get you…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It’s not too late to tap federal tax credits to make clean and energy-efficient home improvements! Let @alisontakemura.bsky.social be your guide.
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More climate backsliding in New York, with Gov. Kathy Hochul pausing the state's first-in-the-nation ban on gas in most new buildings: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social
New York pauses its landmark gas ban in new buildings
The state will delay enforcement until a legal dispute is settled, the latest in a string of moves from Gov. Hochul to “govern in reality” around energy.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
More climate backsliding in New York, with Gov. Kathy Hochul pausing the state's first-in-the-nation ban on gas in most new buildings: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... via @alisontakemura.bsky.social
'A betrayal': NY lawmakers lambast the Hochul administration's decision to delay gas ban in new buildings www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... @canarymedia.com @rewiringamerica.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
New York pauses its landmark gas ban in new buildings
The state will delay enforcement until a legal dispute is settled, the latest in a string of moves from Gov. Hochul to “govern in reality” around energy.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
'A betrayal': NY lawmakers lambast the Hochul administration's decision to delay gas ban in new buildings www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... @canarymedia.com @rewiringamerica.bsky.social @earthjustice.org
Several analyses indicate that all-electric buildings are more affordable. So why is New York's Gov. Hochul considering delaying the state's trailblazing standard for zero-emissions construction? www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... @canarymedia.com @earthjustice.org @rewiringamerica.bsky.social
Is New York backpedaling on its pledge to electrify new buildings?
The state’s all-electric building standard is set to take effect Dec. 31. Gov. Hochul is considering delaying its implementation after pushback from some…
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November 11, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Several analyses indicate that all-electric buildings are more affordable. So why is New York's Gov. Hochul considering delaying the state's trailblazing standard for zero-emissions construction? www.canarymedia.com/articles/car... @canarymedia.com @earthjustice.org @rewiringamerica.bsky.social
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"Boston is racing to decarbonize its public housing by 2030. The latest tool it’s deploying to reach that goal? Window-straddling heat pumps." - @alisontakemura.bsky.social
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Boston is piloting window heat pumps in affordable housing
Housing authorities in Boston and two nearby cities are installing plug-in heat pumps from startup Gradient to try to swiftly and affordably cut emissions.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Boston is racing to decarbonize its public housing by 2030. The latest tool it’s deploying to reach that goal? Window-straddling heat pumps." - @alisontakemura.bsky.social
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Take a tour of Atmos Zero's new facility with @alisontakemura.bsky.social, where it's building steam-producing heat pumps to replace gas-burning boilers that companies rely on to make everything from Cheez Whiz to notepaper.
Inside the Colorado factory where AtmosZero is electrifying steam
Many facilities need steam, but making it is CO2-intensive. AtmosZero is working to scale production of its heat-pump boiler to help decarbonize…
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October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Take a tour of Atmos Zero's new facility with @alisontakemura.bsky.social, where it's building steam-producing heat pumps to replace gas-burning boilers that companies rely on to make everything from Cheez Whiz to notepaper.
Love how this article by Sarah Shemkus clearly lays out what states are legislating around plug-in solar — and what the industry needs to do for its systems to be certified safe. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Plug-in solar bills are in the works in New Hampshire and Vermont
DIY "balcony" solar kits, which can save residents money and give them more independence, are piquing interest from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
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September 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Love how this article by Sarah Shemkus clearly lays out what states are legislating around plug-in solar — and what the industry needs to do for its systems to be certified safe. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
🤯 This heat pump startup says its vertically integrated approach can, in some cases, make the climate-friendly appliance cheaper to install than a fossil-gas furnace. That would be a mind-blowing development in HVAC.
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This startup says it can halve the cost of a heat pump — here’s how
The Vancouver-based Jetson has a simple cost-cutting formula: lots of tech, no middlemen. Today, it’s launching its own heat pump product.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🤯 This heat pump startup says its vertically integrated approach can, in some cases, make the climate-friendly appliance cheaper to install than a fossil-gas furnace. That would be a mind-blowing development in HVAC.
My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/hea...
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It’s use-it-or-lose-it time for federal energy efficiency tax credits.
This @rewiringamerica.bsky.social campaign aims to make sure everyone takes advantage before it's too late.
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This @rewiringamerica.bsky.social campaign aims to make sure everyone takes advantage before it's too late.
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This campaign will help you go electric before federal tax credits end
As the GOP kills incentives, Rewiring America is offering free online tools and weekly calls to get more clean energy and efficient appliances into homes.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s use-it-or-lose-it time for federal energy efficiency tax credits.
This @rewiringamerica.bsky.social campaign aims to make sure everyone takes advantage before it's too late.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
This @rewiringamerica.bsky.social campaign aims to make sure everyone takes advantage before it's too late.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...
We're in the midst of a clean energy revolution. Why doesn't everybody know it? Catch climate journalist and activist Bill McKibben discussing the rise and ongoing challenges of solar and wind energy in a Canary Media webinar tomorrow, Wed 8/27, at 2:30 pm ET! forum.canarymedia.com/canary-media...
Bill McKibben on the tremendous rise of renewable power
Join a live online conversation with climate journalist and activist Bill McKibben, author of a new book on the promise of clean energy, <i>Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fres...
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August 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We're in the midst of a clean energy revolution. Why doesn't everybody know it? Catch climate journalist and activist Bill McKibben discussing the rise and ongoing challenges of solar and wind energy in a Canary Media webinar tomorrow, Wed 8/27, at 2:30 pm ET! forum.canarymedia.com/canary-media...
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Catch @billmckibben.bsky.social discussing renewables’ rise and ongoing challenges in our webinar on Wednesday. It’s a perfect primer for his new solar-boosting new book:
Bill McKibben on the tremendous rise of renewable power
Join a live online conversation with climate journalist and activist Bill McKibben, author of a new book on the promise of clean energy, <i>Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a…
forum.canarymedia.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Catch @billmckibben.bsky.social discussing renewables’ rise and ongoing challenges in our webinar on Wednesday. It’s a perfect primer for his new solar-boosting new book:
The antiquated industrial boilers that help make our cheese, beer, and clothes belch pollution into neighborhoods. Swapping this equipment for heat pumps over several years could prevent more than 70,000 early deaths, according to the American Lung Association: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Heat pumps can help clean up factories — and save lives
Americans could save $1.1 trillion in public health costs by replacing thousands of industrial boilers that burn gas, oil, and other fuels nationwide.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The antiquated industrial boilers that help make our cheese, beer, and clothes belch pollution into neighborhoods. Swapping this equipment for heat pumps over several years could prevent more than 70,000 early deaths, according to the American Lung Association: www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Gas stoves come with often-ignored health risks. Colorado’s new first-in-the-nation law is making sure buyers know what noxious carcinogens they have in store.
Colorado now requires health warning labels on gas stoves
The state is the first to put labels on the appliances pointing consumers to evidence about the harms of cooking with gas. Appliance manufacturers are…
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August 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Gas stoves come with often-ignored health risks. Colorado’s new first-in-the-nation law is making sure buyers know what noxious carcinogens they have in store.
🪢 San Francisco looks to close a loophole in its all-electric building code before California freezes code updates statewide. My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
San Francisco fast-tracks all-electric standard for major renovations
With the state set to pause code updates in October, the city is racing to close what some saw as a loophole in its existing all-electric building code.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
🪢 San Francisco looks to close a loophole in its all-electric building code before California freezes code updates statewide. My latest for @canarymedia.com: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
California lawmakers have decided to pause updates to carbon-pollution-slashing building codes — for six years. So what's next? Advocates highlight some exceptions in the law that might allow localities to push forward on their climate goals anyway. www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
California halts building code updates in a blow to electrification
Local jurisdictions may still be able to adopt ambitious codes that help homes ditch gas and promote heat pumps under exceptions in the new law, AB 130.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
California lawmakers have decided to pause updates to carbon-pollution-slashing building codes — for six years. So what's next? Advocates highlight some exceptions in the law that might allow localities to push forward on their climate goals anyway. www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
Electrifying news! New York is the first state to adopt an all-electric building code prohibiting fossil fuels in new construction. A federal district court judge recently upheld the law requiring the standard, slamming a prior judgement on gas bans. My latest: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
New York becomes first state to commit to all-electric new buildings
The state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving…
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July 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Electrifying news! New York is the first state to adopt an all-electric building code prohibiting fossil fuels in new construction. A federal district court judge recently upheld the law requiring the standard, slamming a prior judgement on gas bans. My latest: www.canarymedia.com/articles/car...
⚡ Fellow Americans, we have a chance to use federal home energy and EV tax credits before they're gone. But the window of opportunity will soon slam shut. Dive into my latest guide to taking advantage of all of the federal incentives you can claim to get heat pumps, solar panels, and more:
July 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
⚡ Fellow Americans, we have a chance to use federal home energy and EV tax credits before they're gone. But the window of opportunity will soon slam shut. Dive into my latest guide to taking advantage of all of the federal incentives you can claim to get heat pumps, solar panels, and more:
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Air-quality regulators for SoCal rejected a plan to phase down new gas furnaces and water heaters.
It's a blow to efforts to clean up harmful, planet-warming emissions from buildings, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
It's a blow to efforts to clean up harmful, planet-warming emissions from buildings, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
SoCal rejects plan to phase down new gas furnaces and water heaters
After an opposition campaign waged by SoCalGas and others, regulators tanked rules that would’ve encouraged, but not required, a transition to electric…
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June 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Air-quality regulators for SoCal rejected a plan to phase down new gas furnaces and water heaters.
It's a blow to efforts to clean up harmful, planet-warming emissions from buildings, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
It's a blow to efforts to clean up harmful, planet-warming emissions from buildings, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
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After an opposition campaign waged by SoCalGas and others, regulators tanked rules that would’ve encouraged, but not required, a transition to electric heat pumps in Southern California.
Reporting by @alisontakemura.bsky.social:
Reporting by @alisontakemura.bsky.social:
SoCal rejects plan to phase down new gas furnaces and water heaters
After an opposition campaign waged by SoCalGas and others, regulators tanked rules that would’ve encouraged, but not required, a transition to electric…
ow.ly
June 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
After an opposition campaign waged by SoCalGas and others, regulators tanked rules that would’ve encouraged, but not required, a transition to electric heat pumps in Southern California.
Reporting by @alisontakemura.bsky.social:
Reporting by @alisontakemura.bsky.social:
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200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
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May 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
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“Gas stoves increase the chances of getting cancer, with nearly double the risk for kids than for adults.” !!
New study, story by @alisontakemura.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
New study, story by @alisontakemura.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
Gas stoves increase cancer risk, especially for kids, new study finds
The appliances emit benzene, a potent carcinogen. Exposure varies depending on ventilation and other factors, but there’s no safe level.
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May 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“Gas stoves increase the chances of getting cancer, with nearly double the risk for kids than for adults.” !!
New study, story by @alisontakemura.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
New study, story by @alisontakemura.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
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The Trump admin’s moves threaten to upend decades of progress on making appliances do more with less energy.
Trump’s actions could undercut his own promise to halve energy bills during his first 18 months in office, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
Trump’s actions could undercut his own promise to halve energy bills during his first 18 months in office, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
Trump’s all-out war on energy efficiency
From targeting Energy Star to pausing more obscure rules, the Trump administration is derailing measures that help save money by reducing energy use.
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May 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Trump admin’s moves threaten to upend decades of progress on making appliances do more with less energy.
Trump’s actions could undercut his own promise to halve energy bills during his first 18 months in office, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
Trump’s actions could undercut his own promise to halve energy bills during his first 18 months in office, @alisontakemura.bsky.social reports:
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...if you add up the tiny fires in our internal combustion engines and our stoves and furnaces, in our coal and gas-fired power plants, in our container ships and airplanes, you see billions of small fires that add up to a conflagration, a world on fire.
We are here to put out the fire....
We are here to put out the fire....
We Are Firefighters: A Talk About the Climate and the Trees
This is a slightly edited version of a talk I gave at last Saturday's benefit concert by the adventurous and world-renowned Kronos Quartet for Oil Change International, a climate group on whose board ...
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April 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
...if you add up the tiny fires in our internal combustion engines and our stoves and furnaces, in our coal and gas-fired power plants, in our container ships and airplanes, you see billions of small fires that add up to a conflagration, a world on fire.
We are here to put out the fire....
We are here to put out the fire....
She said “in a blink of my eyes” shallow reefs became white landscapes, with widespread death among staghorn corals used in restoration projects. Spectacular sea fans and soft corals died quickly. -- Graham Readfearn @theguardian.com
More than 80% of the world’s reefs hit by bleaching after worst global event on record
An ashen pallor and an eerie stillness all that remains where there should be fluttering fish and vibrant colours in the reefscape, one conservationist says
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May 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
She said “in a blink of my eyes” shallow reefs became white landscapes, with widespread death among staghorn corals used in restoration projects. Spectacular sea fans and soft corals died quickly. -- Graham Readfearn @theguardian.com
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I spoke with Claire Sneed, a fired US Forest Service hydrologic technician, about what we lose when we dismantle national forests (clean water, avalanche warnings, usable trails, wildfire crews, happy beavers) and what we gain (more wildfires and rich Airbnbs)
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An Interview With A Fired U.S. Forest Service Hydrologic Technician | Defector
As a child, Claire Sneed had a morbid fascination with natural disasters. In first grade, she followed NOAA’s online storm tracker. Later she witnessed Hurricanes Irene and Sandy sweep past her home i...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I spoke with Claire Sneed, a fired US Forest Service hydrologic technician, about what we lose when we dismantle national forests (clean water, avalanche warnings, usable trails, wildfire crews, happy beavers) and what we gain (more wildfires and rich Airbnbs)
defector.com/an-interview...
defector.com/an-interview...