Lisa Hymas
@lisahymas.bsky.social
Climate & energy nerd. Curious journalist. Seattleite. Exec editor at @canarymedia.com.
Here's a great new feature by my colleague Dan McCarthy about Greece's stunningly fast transition to solar energy — and the challenges of making sure no one is left behind.
In September, I went to Greece to report on its rapid move away from coal.
Despite getting ~50% of power from coal a decade ago, it'll be coal free next year. Solar is booming.
It's a stunning shift — but not without challenges for Greece's coal region.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
Despite getting ~50% of power from coal a decade ago, it'll be coal free next year. Solar is booming.
It's a stunning shift — but not without challenges for Greece's coal region.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
As solar booms and coal fades, Greece’s mining region struggles to…
Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Here's a great new feature by my colleague Dan McCarthy about Greece's stunningly fast transition to solar energy — and the challenges of making sure no one is left behind.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Next week: Join @canarymedia.com for our Bay Area event on Nov. 6. David Roberts of @volts.wtf will interview @kimmaicutler.bsky.social. CEC Chair David Hochschild and TURN leader Mark Toney will be on stage. Get your tickets today!
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Bay Area folks, get your ticket today for @canarymedia.com's live event on Nov. 6. David Roberts of @volts.wtf will interview @kimmaicutler.bsky.social. Canary's @jeffstjohn.bsky.social will interview David Hochschild of @calenergy.bsky.social. Don't miss out! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bay Area folks, get your ticket today for @canarymedia.com's live event on Nov. 6. David Roberts of @volts.wtf will interview @kimmaicutler.bsky.social. Canary's @jeffstjohn.bsky.social will interview David Hochschild of @calenergy.bsky.social. Don't miss out! www.eventbrite.com/e/canary-liv...
Hey, DC people: Come hang out w/ @canarymedia.com & David Roberts of @volts.wtf on June 4. Our live event features Sen. @martinheinrich.bsky.social, Rep. Buddy Carter, @justinworland.com, @shannonosaka.bsky.social, & @lisafriedman.bsky.social. Get your tickets!
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May 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hey, DC people: Come hang out w/ @canarymedia.com & David Roberts of @volts.wtf on June 4. Our live event features Sen. @martinheinrich.bsky.social, Rep. Buddy Carter, @justinworland.com, @shannonosaka.bsky.social, & @lisafriedman.bsky.social. Get your tickets!
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Perhaps offshore wind and the lobster industry are actually natural allies?
Perhaps offshore wind and the lobster industry are actually natural allies?
Can offshore wind help some fish? Research increasingly says yes.
First shipwrecks. Then oil rigs. Now, it’s offshore wind turbines that are becoming artificial reefs for creatures from haddock to lobster.
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March 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Perhaps offshore wind and the lobster industry are actually natural allies?
Perhaps offshore wind and the lobster industry are actually natural allies?
We're psyched to have Mike back writing his column for @canarymedia.com. Check it out!
I wrote about how the climate story in the Trump era will be not only depressing but boring - with the convenient exception of the part of the story I write about!
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The Trump climate story is boring — except for food and farming
We won’t see national progress on clean energy policy over the next four years. But interesting things could happen in the food-climate nexus.
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March 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We're psyched to have Mike back writing his column for @canarymedia.com. Check it out!
Chicago folks, come join Canary at this IRL event!
Don't miss our live event series in Chicago! Join the clean energy community and these experts on Thursday, March 27:
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March 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Grateful thanks to the MacArthur Foundation @macfound for providing more than $6M in grants — including support for @CanaryMediaInc! Canary and our fellow climate journalists continue to speak truth to power. www.macfound.org/press/press-...
More than $6 Million in Support of Climate Journalism
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January 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Grateful thanks to the MacArthur Foundation @macfound for providing more than $6M in grants — including support for @CanaryMediaInc! Canary and our fellow climate journalists continue to speak truth to power. www.macfound.org/press/press-...
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Are you following @canarymedia.com yet? If you care about the energy transition, you should be!
Let me demonstrate with the help of this week’s stories…
#energysky
Let me demonstrate with the help of this week’s stories…
#energysky
January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Trump’s assault on offshore wind threatens factory jobs in GOP districts. Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data, @canarymedia.com reports
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Trump’s offshore wind assault threatens factory jobs in GOP districts
Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Trump’s assault on offshore wind threatens factory jobs in GOP districts. Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data, @canarymedia.com reports
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We're thrilled to have @clarefieseler.bsky.social joining our team at Canary Media. Check out her first story on offshore wind under Trump, reporting beyond the sound bites! @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
January 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We're thrilled to have @clarefieseler.bsky.social joining our team at Canary Media. Check out her first story on offshore wind under Trump, reporting beyond the sound bites! @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
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Huge scoop from @mariagallucci.bsky.social -- a first-in-the-US effort to make steel with clean hydrogen has fallen apart. Swedish steelmaker SSAB pulled out of negotiations for a grant from the DOE, and hydrogen partner Hy Stor is MIA. www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...
SSAB quietly pulls out of $500M green steel award negotiations
The Swedish company sought to make iron using green hydrogen in Mississippi, as part of the Biden administration's $6B Industrial Demonstrations Program.
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January 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Huge scoop from @mariagallucci.bsky.social -- a first-in-the-US effort to make steel with clean hydrogen has fallen apart. Swedish steelmaker SSAB pulled out of negotiations for a grant from the DOE, and hydrogen partner Hy Stor is MIA. www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...
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December 13, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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