Michael Noble

Michael Noble

@nobleideas.bsky.social

Advisor to industry, government and philanthropy on deploying climate solutions at speed and scale of the climate crisis. NobleIdeas LLC, Saint Paul, MN. Speaker Melissa Hortman and me celebrating MN’s 100% clean electricity standard.

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And as someone who is not Muslim, I think of yet another privilege of mine never having been asked to renounce Isis, Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, or terrorism. No one would ask be what Tommy asks @abdulelsayed.bsky.social

Negin Owliaei@neginowl.bsky.social

As a Muslim who has been accused of dual loyalty and asked to denounce everything from ISIS to the Iranian state, I breathed a sigh of relief that I think I’d been holding in for like two decades watching this.

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Heat pumps for 820,000 Canadian homeowners over 8 years. Annual heating bill savings of $1,400 for homeowners. Heat pump rebate varies by income, with maximum rebate $10,000. Electrification of heating is key decarbonization action. www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #energysky

cbc.caOttawa to provide $2B in rebates for homeowners who install heat pumps | CBC NewsThe federal government is launching a $2-billion rebate program that it says will help homeowners in Canada lower their annual heating costs while reducing emissions when they install heat pumps in th...

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A GOP super PAC has pulled their funding from the North Carolina Senate race to redirect it to Kansas. They're that afraid that Marshall will lose in November! 🤸 You have until October 13 to register in Kansas. Go vote for Hamilton and all Ds! 🌻💙 #TurnKansasBlue #BlueOz Creator @ thecaterussell

Even if you are blasé about the regular drumbeat of extreme climate events, this is fucking amazing. Really. Potentially it could have caused devastation to cruise ships in Greenland, but ultimately it was harmless. But it seems the Earth is trying to get our attention.

Mike Sowden@mikeachim.bsky.social

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

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Trump’s illegal war may be happening over there, but we're paying the price right here. My TV ad on rising prices is premiering during the Vikings game today. I hope you’ll tune in.

Wait? What? something good!

Jeff St John@jeffstjohn.bsky.social

The Trump administration has awarded $1.9B to boost projects using transmission grid tech like dynamic line rating and advanced conductors—a big boost for a class of tech experts say could dramatically expand U.S. grid capacity if deployed at scale: www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra... #energysky

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Climate + economy + human systems all intersect. Woodbury needs to take climate resiliency seriously as we plan for the decades ahead. -clean water -energy efficiency -passive home building standards -trees & natives -renewable energy Good environmental policy = good long-term economic policy.

Frank Montoya Jr., a retired career FBI official who held senior counterintelligence roles, put it this way: “If I’m paying for your wedding, at some point, you’re going to owe me something.” #DonaldTrumpJr #corruption #grift

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: On social media and in tabloids, photos from Don Jr. and Bettina Trump’s Bahamas wedding were tightly curated. But sometimes, what — or, who — isn’t pictured is just as important as what is. Let’s go on an investigative, visual tour.

I don’t like the govt banning guests on Jimmy Kimmel but I like that the response is a huge backlash and higher viewership.

James Talarico@jamestalarico.bsky.social

BREAKING: Our banned interview with Kimmel generated 6 million views on YouTube.

Remaking the world with fossil fuel emissions, chapter 82.

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social

Been a while since I studied geology, geomorphology and geoengineering for my undergrad degree, but if I was looking out for additional risk, then these apparent fault lines and planes adjacent and parallel to the combined landslide and glacier collapse would be where I'd look. 🤔 📷 Guoxiong Zheng

Oh what, wait, increased power sales to data centers can deceease electric rates? Who knew? (All the experts knew.) Have not seen this in any headlines.

John Smillie@johnsmillie42.bsky.social

Indiana & Michigan Power is announcing a planned rate decrease - "The plan is made possible thanks to load growth and increased revenue from large customers including data centers." finance.yahoo.com/energy/artic...

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When I say the system is rigged, this is what I mean: Members of Congress are trading stocks related to the legislation and committees they work on and making money from it. That’s corrupt. If you can’t agree to stop trading stocks, you have no business in public office.

Pay attention, people. This is physics, not opinion.

Will Vowell@willvowell.bsky.social

IPCC Chair Sir Jim Skea is crystal clear: “If you want to stop global warming, you must get to net zero carbon emissions." The problem is, with some honourable exceptions as per this @pilitaclark.bsky.social column, most of the UK media isn't being this clear 🧵 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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Yesterday's Texas grid 💪! Total load: 1,805,901 MW. Great news – carbon-free energy made up a whopping 54.6%! ☀️🔋 While "dirty" sources still played a role (45.7%), batteries drew down slightly (-6,489 MW). Let's keep that clean energy trending! ✨ #ERCOT #TexasGrid #RenewableEnergy

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If you ever wanted to read 6500 words on how the Trump Administration is using financial engineering, showmanship, and coercion to underpin its dealmaking...today is your lucky day. Part 2 of "The Trump approach to critical minerals financing" is now live. 🔌💡 tailings.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

tailings.substack.comThe Trump approach to critical minerals financing (Part 2)When dealmaking and the power of positive thinking trump strategy

Yah, Minnesotans will not be impressed. @amyklobuchar.com gonna crush whoever Rs put up, and double crush him if it’s Mike Lindell.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Every single Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota (including Mike Lindell!) makes clear that if Trump tried another Operation Metro Surge in the Twin Cities, they would support his efforts to brutalize residents

Five Straight Years Warmer Than Anything Prior to 2023

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com

I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

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Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...

climatecoloredgoggles.comResearchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.

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we are watching our treasures burn down and still having to convince people that now is the time to take climate action

Hunter Biden, nominating Trump for the Peace Prize because he had ended the war with Iran “at least 38 times.” “No President in History has ended the same war so many times. And he is nowhere near finished ending it. It’s a record worthy of the Nobel committee’s recognition.” That’s how you troll.

Doin’ it. Go, Amy, go.

Amy Klobuchar@amyklobuchar.com

Back when he was Moorhead's Police Chief, Dave Ebinger and I worked together to reduce crime. Now as a Clay County Commissioner, he'll be a great partner as we work to give local leaders more tools to expand housing, child care, broadband, and infrastructure.

#FAFO

Prof Bill McGuire@profbillmcguire.bsky.social

This is absolutely terrifying The Nino 3.4 forecast temperature anomaly mean is now at 4C, when even the biggest historical super ninos have seen less than 3C I really have no idea what this is going to bring over the next 12 months, but it will be very, very, grim

Continuous looney tunes shit from the @whitehouse-47.bsky.social on energy—especially the lunatic jihad against wind power.