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Texas faces the same reality as the rest of the country: Solar and storage are simply too cheap and easy to deny. Solar grew 7x in Texas in just 5 years from 2020 to 2025! By @danmccarthy.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Chart: Solar is finally bigger than coal in Texas
Sure, coal had a comeback in 2025. But the year also marked the first time Texas got more power from solar than from the increasingly expensive fossil…
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January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Texas faces the same reality as the rest of the country: Solar and storage are simply too cheap and easy to deny. Solar grew 7x in Texas in just 5 years from 2020 to 2025! By @danmccarthy.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
An interesting tale of how Polish towns are slowly transitioning out of mining coal. Stories are layered and have several parallels to coal mining regions in the US such as Appalachia and West Virginia. By @alexckaufman.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
'Win by time’: How Poland is preparing for the death of coal
In the country’s coal region — one of the EU’s biggest — advocates and union leaders are working to ensure the energy transition doesn’t leave miners…
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January 24, 2026 at 11:38 PM
An interesting tale of how Polish towns are slowly transitioning out of mining coal. Stories are layered and have several parallels to coal mining regions in the US such as Appalachia and West Virginia. By @alexckaufman.bsky.social via @canarymedia.com www.canarymedia.com/articles/jus...
The graph says it all about declining investments in clean energy after it peaked in 2024! By @danmccarthy.bsky.social
Clean energy manufacturing investments surged in the U.S. for years. Under Trump, that all changed.
Chart: Trump cratered the clean-energy manufacturing boom
In 2025, companies spent less on U.S. factories for solar panels, EVs, and more. A bonus chart shows why this trend may continue in the year to come.
www.canarymedia.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The graph says it all about declining investments in clean energy after it peaked in 2024! By @danmccarthy.bsky.social
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This clip is one of the reasons why the White House didn’t want Gov. Gavin Newsom to speak at Davos
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This clip is one of the reasons why the White House didn’t want Gov. Gavin Newsom to speak at Davos
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Geothermal startup Fervo may finally go public.
It’s just the latest of 3 big money moves from advanced geothermal firms this week.
It’s just the latest of 3 big money moves from advanced geothermal firms this week.
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy may finally go public
The pioneering firm has reportedly filed for an IPO as it pushes to complete the first part of its massive next-gen geothermal installation later this…
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January 22, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Geothermal startup Fervo may finally go public.
It’s just the latest of 3 big money moves from advanced geothermal firms this week.
It’s just the latest of 3 big money moves from advanced geothermal firms this week.
The speech by Canadian PM @mark-carney.bsky.social at Davos is enlightening, the courage he has shown is refreshing. Will other world leaders show similar courage? If you haven't heard or seen it yet, stop and just listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=izDA...
In full: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos
YouTube video by The Journal
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January 23, 2026 at 4:21 AM
The speech by Canadian PM @mark-carney.bsky.social at Davos is enlightening, the courage he has shown is refreshing. Will other world leaders show similar courage? If you haven't heard or seen it yet, stop and just listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=izDA...
Esmeralda 7 was unique for its size: It would have installed 6.2 gigawatts of solar generation and 5.2 gigawatts of battery capacity across 62,300 acres of Nevada desert. No other solar project in the U.S. comes close to that scale. By @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Canceled solar megaproject reveals new Trump-era threat to renewables
The Esmeralda 7 development would have been the largest solar farm in the U.S. But it was sited on federal land, so it needed an OK from the Trump admin.
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January 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Esmeralda 7 was unique for its size: It would have installed 6.2 gigawatts of solar generation and 5.2 gigawatts of battery capacity across 62,300 acres of Nevada desert. No other solar project in the U.S. comes close to that scale. By @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
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The Trump administration had a tough week in court.
Judges ordered $28 million in clean-energy project grants restored, and allowed three offshore wind farms to restart work.
Judges ordered $28 million in clean-energy project grants restored, and allowed three offshore wind farms to restart work.
Trump suffers clean-energy grant, offshore wind losses
It started with an order to restore climate funding for blue states, and ended today with yet another judge saying Trump can't halt offshore wind…
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January 19, 2026 at 9:39 PM
The Trump administration had a tough week in court.
Judges ordered $28 million in clean-energy project grants restored, and allowed three offshore wind farms to restart work.
Judges ordered $28 million in clean-energy project grants restored, and allowed three offshore wind farms to restart work.
Here's a fact to uplift your day: "In September, for example, solar made up 98% of new capacity. And in 2026, the U.S. Energy Administration projects that all net new generating capacity will come from renewable energy and batteries." via @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91474000/cle...
www.fastcompany.com/91474000/cle...
Clean energy is still booming in the U.S. despite Trump's best efforts
New wind and solar power is still growing, even in the face of political uncertainty and the ending of federal policies designed to help grow renewables.
www.fastcompany.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Here's a fact to uplift your day: "In September, for example, solar made up 98% of new capacity. And in 2026, the U.S. Energy Administration projects that all net new generating capacity will come from renewable energy and batteries." via @fastcompany.com
www.fastcompany.com/91474000/cle...
www.fastcompany.com/91474000/cle...
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My latest piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
One hopes that we have reached “peak Trump,” and that this dystopian era will end with the 2026 and 2028 elections. But the rest of the world cannot rely on hope alone. It must adopt a policy of containment, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social suggests. bit.ly/4pA6y77
America’s New Age of Empire
Joseph E. Stiglitz thinks the rest of the world should plan for the worst and pursue a policy of containment of the US.
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
My latest piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
"No country can truly prosper if large portions of the population suffer from deficiencies in education, health, and nutritious food." A worthwhile essay from Joseph Stiglitz on @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
The End of Progress?
Joseph E. Stiglitz predicts that Donald Trump’s second administration will be defined by its rejection of Enlightenment values.
www.project-syndicate.org
January 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"No country can truly prosper if large portions of the population suffer from deficiencies in education, health, and nutritious food." A worthwhile essay from Joseph Stiglitz on @projectsyndicate.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...
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Let’s see, Venezuela take over, and wanting to take Greenland and at home he’s storming states with shock troops. Clearly we have an idiot in office that will kill us all.
January 11, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Let’s see, Venezuela take over, and wanting to take Greenland and at home he’s storming states with shock troops. Clearly we have an idiot in office that will kill us all.
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This chart.
Damn.
And I've heard not a peep from the GOP lawmakers who went to all those ribbon cutting ceremonies at the factories.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
(chart by @danmccarthy.bsky.social)
Damn.
And I've heard not a peep from the GOP lawmakers who went to all those ribbon cutting ceremonies at the factories.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
(chart by @danmccarthy.bsky.social)
August 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This chart.
Damn.
And I've heard not a peep from the GOP lawmakers who went to all those ribbon cutting ceremonies at the factories.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
(chart by @danmccarthy.bsky.social)
Damn.
And I've heard not a peep from the GOP lawmakers who went to all those ribbon cutting ceremonies at the factories.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
(chart by @danmccarthy.bsky.social)
It scraps tax credits for rooftop solar, EV, and heat pumps. It threatens manufacturers who had chosen to build new factories to make products like solar panels and lithium-ion batteries in the United States, encouraged by IRA. This is a regressive move for clean energy industry in the US.
Wrote about Trump's big, beautiful law and how it dismantles not only U.S. climate policy, but its most effective industrial policy, too.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ law tethers the US to the past
The law takes a sledgehammer to key pieces of American industrial policy, threatening the development of clean energy — a vital 21st century technology.
www.canarymedia.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It scraps tax credits for rooftop solar, EV, and heat pumps. It threatens manufacturers who had chosen to build new factories to make products like solar panels and lithium-ion batteries in the United States, encouraged by IRA. This is a regressive move for clean energy industry in the US.
Renewables are growing at a record-breaking pace and yet emissions are still rising as countries simply use more electricity. To decarbonize, clean energy needs to be high enough for it to displace — and drive down — fossil-fuel use. By @danmccarthy.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Chart: The world is investing more in clean energy than fossil fuels
More than $2.2 trillion will go into clean energy and electrification this year, double that of fossil fuels — but it’s still not enough.
www.canarymedia.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Renewables are growing at a record-breaking pace and yet emissions are still rising as countries simply use more electricity. To decarbonize, clean energy needs to be high enough for it to displace — and drive down — fossil-fuel use. By @danmccarthy.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
With or without the U.S., the global energy transition is happening, and a future that’s powered by solar, wind, batteries, nuclear, and other forms of carbon-free power is on the way. Article by @danmccarthy.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Amid setbacks for the U.S., the global energy transition goes on
Even as Trump hitches the U.S. to fossil fuels, the world is continuing to move quickly toward cleaner sources. Here are some bright spots.
www.canarymedia.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
With or without the U.S., the global energy transition is happening, and a future that’s powered by solar, wind, batteries, nuclear, and other forms of carbon-free power is on the way. Article by @danmccarthy.bsky.social
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Companies had announced investments of $120 billion for battery cell production since 2000, researchers found; $95 billion of that (about 80 percent) was announced in 2022 and 2023, after passage of the infrastructure law and IRA. By @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
The US clean energy manufacturing revolution is real
The country has made major gains in solar panel and battery cell manufacturing over the last four years, but self-sufficiency remains far away.
www.canarymedia.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Companies had announced investments of $120 billion for battery cell production since 2000, researchers found; $95 billion of that (about 80 percent) was announced in 2022 and 2023, after passage of the infrastructure law and IRA. By @canarymedia.com
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Inflation Reduction Act was a strategic legislation with the nation’s first comprehensive policies to support domestic clean energy manufacturing. Several large manufacturing facilities broke ground and hundreds of others were planning to do so soon. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
How Dalton, Georgia, went from Carpet Capital to Solartown, USA
This northwest Georgia community got in early on the national boom in cleantech manufacturing spurred by the climate law, and it's reaping the benefits.
www.canarymedia.com
July 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Inflation Reduction Act was a strategic legislation with the nation’s first comprehensive policies to support domestic clean energy manufacturing. Several large manufacturing facilities broke ground and hundreds of others were planning to do so soon. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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LG just opened a massive factory in Michigan to make LFP batteries for the grid.
The $1.4B investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China.
Reporting by Julian Spector:
The $1.4B investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China.
Reporting by Julian Spector:
LG opens massive Michigan factory to make LFP batteries for the grid
The $1.4 billion investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China, amid tariff and tax policy…
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June 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
LG just opened a massive factory in Michigan to make LFP batteries for the grid.
The $1.4B investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China.
Reporting by Julian Spector:
The $1.4B investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China.
Reporting by Julian Spector:
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Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
US college leaders would do well to reflect on the courage of their counterparts in 1980s El Salvador who opposed injustice despite grave personal risk.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
You may be wondering how much alcohol you can safely drink and avoid risks of cancer. If you ask US Surgeon General, clinicians, and scientists, you might not like the answer: none.
theconversation.com/alcohol-caus...
theconversation.com/alcohol-caus...
Alcohol causes cancer, and less than 1 drink can increase your risk − a cancer biologist explains how
Alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the US, accounting for tens of thousands of cancer deaths per year.
theconversation.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You may be wondering how much alcohol you can safely drink and avoid risks of cancer. If you ask US Surgeon General, clinicians, and scientists, you might not like the answer: none.
theconversation.com/alcohol-caus...
theconversation.com/alcohol-caus...
Particle accelerators are fascinating and it's a crucial tool scientist have to understand mysteries of the Universe! Hopefully, these research programs and construction of such particle colliders can continue despite geopolitical challenges. spectrum.ieee.org/supercolliders
Can the Next Generation of Supercolliders Unlock the Secrets of the Universe?
To understand the smallest parts that make up the universe, engineers are designing the world's biggest experiments. These successors to the Large Hadron Collider will be bigger, more expensive, and r...
spectrum.ieee.org
April 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Particle accelerators are fascinating and it's a crucial tool scientist have to understand mysteries of the Universe! Hopefully, these research programs and construction of such particle colliders can continue despite geopolitical challenges. spectrum.ieee.org/supercolliders