Sarah T. Fischell

Really good explanation of BAAJA, the political context, the good parts, and the bad. Thanks @sammyroth.bsky.social

Phasing out fossil fuels is critical to human health & the health of our planet. I encourage all health professionals—& everyone concerned about the health of our planet—to read this important @bmj.com editorial. @howardfrumkin.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social

If you live in Junction City please help to convince your board to approve this biochar production facility.

A propos of almost nothing, here’s a photo of a community solar installation in Maryland that I noticed this weekend on our roadtrip (via EV ofc). 2MW. The Maryland Community Solar Program became permanent in Jan 2025. 👍

Many things are happening that seem more extreme than projected by climate models. Can anybody think of climate outcomes that are milder than what the climate models projected? www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n...

Lawmakers in Washington state and California recently passed legislation aiming to accelerate the construction of new transmission lines needed to decarbonize their grids: www.quittingcarbonmedia.com/these-states... 🔌💡

"Coal is cheap" says Hoosiers for Reliable Energy, ignoring 19-45 cents/kWh just in public health costs.

Oh! Ofc, it reminds me of the XKCD cartoon “Dependency”, except this time the random guy is in Czechia. xkcd.com/2347

Of the 50,000 heat deaths in Europe in the summer of 2026, 32,000 were killed by fossil fuels. Meanwhile, $65 billion in windfall profits for five biggest oil and gas companies in second quarter of 2026. www.npr.org/2026/10/23/g...

Knowing that most people care about the climate is important. We call it one of the “six key truths” about climate change: It’s real It’s us Experts agree It’s bad There’s hope OTHERS CARE In fact, it’s the strongest predictor of many important measures of issue engagement.

State standards have driven about half of renewables deployment since 2000. Simple, effective, politically popular, not theoretical. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle... @canarymedia.com

This statement is incredibly important. We must build out clean energy infrastructure and help other nations to do so too.

Not just the fastest, or the cheapest, or the best, but the *only* possible solution to climate change is a rapid global buildout of clean energy infrastructure. If you're standing in the way of that, you're not working on climate change & should be honest with yourself about your priorities.

2 feet of rain in 24 hours Monday during the Fossil Age

I don't like everything in the bill, but having listened to this, I'm excited about the transmission and geothermal provisions, and satisfied that the downside risks are contained enough to make doing nothing the bigger risk. www.volts.wtf/p/whats-up-w...

@cclusa.org volunteers, self-included, will be lobbying in favor of the new BAAJA permitting reform bill next month. You can write your Senators in support, here: citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak... Endorsement: citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...

Every time we get new science on methane emissions from oil and gas the numbers are far worse than what we were told. Every time. "They estimated about 2% of all natural gas piped into Indianapolis is eventually leaked."

“The solar panel is the new peace symbol pass it on”

Leaded AV gas has got to be one of the dumbest things we are still doing.

Vote Early!!!

Most US electricity distribution grids have headroom between winter demand peaks and grid capacity. Adding heat pumps to these grids could increase energy throughput without requiring new infrastructure. More energy sales, same grid costs --> lower energy prices for all. New RMI report:

Boggles my mind how The New York Times continues to publish article after article ABOUT climate change WITHOUT mentioning climate change. (The ocean is already 1 °C warmer, before El Niño...) Wrote about this recently on my newsletter: electricnotes.news/p/el-nino-di...

Happy #WorldFoodDay! Today is not the day we'll stop eating the earth. But every day is a good day to eat less of it. bookshop.org/p/books/we-a...

No sane person could think that Russia winning the war against Ukraine is a good thing for the world. I leave the remaining inferences to be drawn as an exercise for the student.

This is a great figure for all your normie friends, climate people.

One of the problems of hot October is it bangs into your planned maintenance outages and causes a grid emergency

Palken is speaking at the national CCL webinar next month - 11/14 at 1pm ET. 😁 👍😁

Nice thread with some BAAJA references from @markvmd.bsky.social.

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When this portable, window-mount, heat pump came out it was $4,000-$5,000 to purchase and install. Now it is down to ~$3,000. It's a cold-climate heat pump that operates to -22°F, runs on 120V and you can still see out the window! 🧪💡🔌☀️💨💧🔋

> @dkthomp.bsky.social

I wrote about how no matter what SCOTUS decides in Suncor v. Boulder case, they can't stop climate attribution science. One way or another, accountability is coming. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...

Just gave this conversation a Second listen; it's that good. @djrothkopf.bsky.social and @normornstein.bsky.social in conversation with @timothysnyder.bsky.social davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

By energy, PJM's queue is dirtier (73% fossil) than its current generation mix (61% fossil). If the whole queue got built, PJM would get even dirtier (67% fossil). A permitting bill that sped up buildout of this stuff would sicken and kill more people from air pollution and speed up climate change.

EPA’s proposed elimination of carbon pollution limits for power plants has no basis in science or law. CATF’s Frank Sturges explains why EPA remains legally obligated to regulate this harmful pollution. Watch his testimony: www.youtube.com/live/CQvq_YI...

For those curious about what's in the Senate permitting bill (BAAJA 🌴), this breakdown of what's in the bill for non-policy-experts is a nice place to start. www.policyinnovation.org/insights/wha...

For @climateconnections.bsky.social today I wrote about America's potential impending power grid crisis. Power demand is rising fast from AI data centers, etc. and we're in danger of failing to meet it if we can't figure out how to build transmission faster. #BAAJA is well-timed.

Good discussion of permitting reform leg that just dropped this week. open.substack.com/pub/centrala...

We @cclusa.org are proud to endorse the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act #BAAJA "For too long, an outdated and inefficient permitting system has slowed the clean energy projects and transmission infrastructure we need to cut emissions and build a cleaner, more reliable energy system."

hi energy freaks, as you surely know, the senate has a permitting deal! heatmap explains!

My favourite chart from the @IEA special report on electrification. Electricity is only 23% of Final Energy (No big deal), but it's 37% of Useful Energy (What?) and delivers 46% of GDP (Wow!) And it's going clean, fast. Still think there's no transition? iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696...

The biggest barrier to emissions reductions is increasingly our inability to quickly build clean energy: solar, geothermal, wind, nuclear, transmission, battery storage, etc. Projects are held back by a thicket of regulations and reviews.

Another fossil fuel con job. Any savings on the front end get eaten up and spat out by excess costs of fuel, which go to — oh, right — Trump’s big corrupt fossil fuel donors. Fuel economy standards have saved drivers hundreds of billions of dollars. www.washingtonpost.com/transportati...