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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · 7h

Many factories need steam, but making it is carbon-intensive. @alisontakemura.bsky.social visited AtmosZero's new-ish manufacturing site in Colorado to learn how the startup is working to decarbonize steam with its novel heat-pump boiler @canarymedia.com
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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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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · 1d

DOE's Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations was meant to
be a launchpad for ambitious projects that could help the U.S. lead on everything from decarbonizing factories to boosting rural energy resiliency. Now it's a shell of itself. My latest for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

How Trump gutted the team meant to build America’s energy future

The Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations had over $25 billion to help companies scale novel low-carbon technologies. Trump is working to erase it.

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · Aug 5

My friend Alec is missing. Please share this widely incase it reachers any hikers who have seen him over the past 5 days during his solo hike in a Norwegian national park.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Aug 5

I’m sharing this hoping that someone hiking the same route in Norway might see this. Let’s find @alecluhn.bsky.social!

American climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier

A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.

www.cbsnews.com

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Aug 5

Loved this profile by @danhaugen.bsky.social on a couple who turned a pandemic-era hobby — electric coffee roasting — into a business determined to kick gas out of the coffee shop. (His swan song for @canarymedia.com!) www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...

Meet Minnesota’s electric coffee roasting pioneers

Minneapolis-based Coffeewomple is one of the first U.S. roasters to use a commercial-scale electric coffee roaster, navigating higher costs for climate…

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Canary Media Inc. @canarymedia.com · Jul 30

It’s getting harder to secure clean power. That’s a problem for aluminum producers looking to build two new smelters in the U.S. From @mariagallucci.bsky.social:

US aluminum producers need cheap, clean power. That may be tough to…

Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium want to build the nation’s first smelters in decades, but must compete with data centers for a limited…

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Jul 9

Also, what a totally chill and normal time to return from leave 🫠

Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Jul 9

Geothermal energy was largely spared in Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which made deep cuts to incentives for wind, solar & residential projects. But developers of the heat-driven energy source may still face difficulties ahead due. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

Geothermal survives in 'big, beautiful' budget bill — but hurdles…

The new law preserves tax credits for geothermal, an industry that’s poised to grow with next-gen tech. But anti-China rules and tariffs still pose risks.

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Jul 9

Geothermal energy was largely spared in Trump’s sweeping budget bill, which made deep cuts to incentives for wind, solar & residential projects. But developers of the heat-driven energy source may still face difficulties ahead due. Me for @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/geo...

Geothermal survives in 'big, beautiful' budget bill — but hurdles…

The new law preserves tax credits for geothermal, an industry that’s poised to grow with next-gen tech. But anti-China rules and tariffs still pose risks.

www.canarymedia.com

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Mar 20

My older kid also nearly shares a birthday with another random story I was working on at the time. (My children respect deadlines but not their due dates.) Precious memories!
grist.org/energy/clima...

Melting ice is a gift to the fossil fuel tankers navigating the Arctic

Good for oil and gas companies. Not so good for the planet.

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Mar 20

My baby and my article both entered the world around the same time on the morning of February 20. So...happy one month to all of us?
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States are moving forward with Buy Clean policies despite Trump…

New York, Washington, and other states are forming coalitions to cut carbon emissions from building materials even as the federal government bows out.

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · Feb 14

Steve Haner used to hate the idea of offshore wind coming to Virginia. For years, he used his conservative think-tank to try and stop America’s largest project from being built.

Now, he’s no longer trying to stop it: “Virginia needs the power.”

My latest 👇

www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...

GOP think tank that tried to stop VA offshore wind now says ‘go ahead’

The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy said canceling America’s biggest offshore wind project under construction no longer makes economic sense.

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James Temple @jtemple.bsky.social · Feb 14

A yikes story from @mariagallucci.bsky.social — and I'll be very curious to see where that bar goes in 2025:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Chart: Global clean industry investment fell sharply in 2024

Money to clean up steel, ammonia, chemicals, and other sectors dropped by more than half compared with 2023.

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Ben Elgin @benelgin.bsky.social · Feb 11

Two recent grim numbers in the quest to decarbonize air travel: Flights jumped 10% last year (reaching an all-time high), while use of cleaner jet fuel (SAF) missed industry expectations, reaching just 0.3% of all jet fuel.

We break it down here (gift link):

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Global Air Travel Surges While Switch to Clean Jet Fuel Lags

To reach 2030 climate targets, airlines will need to increase their consumption of sustainable aviation fuel more than 30-fold.

www.bloomberg.com

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 10

those aluminum tariffs are really meant for Drake

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Harry Stevens @harrystevens.bsky.social · Feb 10

NEW: Trump is freezing money for clean energy — batteries, EVs, renewables, heat pumps, and more.

Nearly 80% of manufacturing investments spurred by the Inflation Reduction Act have flowed to Republican congressional districts.

w/ Lisa Friedman & @bradplumer.bsky.social

👇 Gift link in reply

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🇨🇦 Peter 🌏 Fairley 🇺🇸 @peter.fairley.ca · Feb 7

The interference in clean energy science during Trump 1.0 actually went far deeper, as I showed for Grist in a followup to that initial @theatlantic.com + @investigatewest.bsky.social coproduction. grist.org/energy/trump... @gristnews.bsky.social

The Trump administration is burying renewable-energy studies

“It just goes into a black hole,” said a Department of Energy researcher.

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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · Feb 7

The Trump administration has ordered states to rework their plans for using $5B in federal NEVI funds to build public fast-charging sites along highways across the country, putting hundreds of projects in limbo. Experts say that’s illegal:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-... #energysky

Trump moves to halt $5B EV charging program

The administration ordered states to rework plans for using federal EV charging money, putting hundreds of projects in limbo. Experts say that’s illegal.

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 7

Here's the full list of appointments:
www.energy.gov/articles/us-...

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 7

A few of the Energy Dept's new senior staff appointees also make cameos in @pfairley.bsky.social's excellent 2020 investigative feature on the suppression of a grid-interconnection study during the first Trump admin www.investigatewest.org/investigatew...

Who Killed the Supergrid? Trump appointees short-circuited grid modernization to help the coal industry

In 2018, Trump appointees short-circuited U.S. grid modernization to help the coal industry by suppressing the Interconnections Seam Study.

www.investigatewest.org

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 6

thanks for all your great reporting over those years, wishing you the best on your next chapter!

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 6

Under Biden, DOE’s Loan Programs Office issued 53 loans & loan guarantees worth over $107B for things like EV factories, a nuclear plant restart & aviation biofuel refineries. Now that's all under threat, @jeffstjohn.bsky.social & @danmccarthy.bsky.social report
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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 5

The US imports lots of alumina, a key part of aluminum—the lightweight metal used in everything from soda cans & smartphones to solar panels & (energy) storage systems. Startup Brimstone says it can make alumina at home w cleaner methods. Me for @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Clean cement startup Brimstone can make another key material: alumina

The U.S. imports lots of alumina, which is a key component of aluminum. Brimstone says it can produce the ingredient domestically using cleaner methods.

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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci.bsky.social · Feb 4

At least one nice thing is happening this week: @canarymedia.com's merger with ENN is official! Very excited that we're expanding our regional and state coverage and doubling down on clean energy reporting at this exact moment
www.canarymedia.com/articles/can...

Your guide to the new and improved Canary Media — now teamed up with…

Check out our increased regional and state coverage, new newsletters, and more, all thanks to our merger with the Energy News Network.

www.canarymedia.com

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Jeff St John @jeffstjohn.bsky.social · Jan 31

A Friday morning reminder — the federal funding freeze continues. The Trump administration is still withholding energy and climate funds mandated by Congress in the IRA and IIJA and due to recipients under legally binding contracts. Here's the latest: www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... #energysky

Trump admin’s attack on clean energy and climate funding continues

Federal funding portals are down. Binding contracts are at risk. And a legal battle is sure to come. What happens next?

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Dan McCarthy @danmccarthy.bsky.social · Jan 31

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…

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