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Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures “This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.” open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

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Synthetic direct air capture (DAC) and carbon capture (CC) are NOT carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techs. They only increase CO2, air pollution, fossil mining+infrastructure, pipes, energy costs, health costs, climate costs & total social costs. Here's why web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

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Climeworks: The carbon capture company that emits more than it captures “This tech perpetuates the business model of oil and gas companies. This is what this tech is designed to do. None of this is doing any good for climate..it is making things worse.” open.substack.com/pub/reddmoni...

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US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated". #climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

submitted 2 days ago • 15 comments

Wow! South Dakota generated enough renewable energy to meet all of its energy demand and then an additional 21% on top. I assume that excess energy was exported to other states. The vast majority of the renewable energy generation was wind. And Montana met almost 94% with renewables. Amazing.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

Kaiser Permanente launches largest hospital-based renewable US microgrid, in Ontario, Calif 2 MW onsite PV 9MWh flow batteries 1 MW H2 fuel cell Supplies 100% of hospital power for 9h Feeds electricity to grid but goes off-grid when grid down iecn.com/kaiser-perma...

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

This makes Trump & Energy Secretary Wright look silly One of these powers 10,000 US homes, takes 0 land, and reduces hurricane damage Yet, US want to cede ingenuity & pretend coal and gas are better China Unveils World's Largest (26 MW) Offshore Wind Turbine www.iflscience.com/china-unveil...

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Even on the hottest day of the year that raised electricity demand to its highest so far in 2025, WindWaterSolar met more than 100% of demand for 2 hours on California's main grid - the 77th straight and 118th out of 150 (79%) days this year with > 100% WWS for part of the day

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Even on the hottest day of the year that raised electricity demand to its highest so far in 2025, WindWaterSolar met more than 100% of demand for 2 hours on California's main grid - the 77th straight and 118th out of 150 (79%) days this year with > 100% WWS for part of the day

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This makes Trump & Energy Secretary Wright look silly One of these powers 10,000 US homes, takes 0 land, and reduces hurricane damage Yet, US want to cede ingenuity & pretend coal and gas are better China Unveils World's Largest (26 MW) Offshore Wind Turbine www.iflscience.com/china-unveil...

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76 straight and 117 of 149 (79%) days in 2025 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the California ISO grid for part of the day. Averaging 4.9 h/day (20.4% of all hours) >100% WWS and 55.6% WWS in all of 2025 Vs 3.2 h/day & 52.9% in 2024 Vs 0.85 h/day & 46.2% in 2023 Gas is down 43% vs '23 and 21% vs '24.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

South Dakota & Montana blaze to new renewable records from Q2-24 to Q1-25 with electricity prices 3.5 cents/kWh below US average SD met 121.3% of demand with WWS 88.8% wind 29.9% water 2.7% solar MT met 93.8% of demand 38.3% wind 53.2% water 2.3% solar web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Stop saying it can't be done. Can you imagine 74 straight days in 2025 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the California ISO grid? Well it has happened. Plus 115 of 147 (78%) days in 2025 have experienced >100% WWS, for an average of 4.9 h/day among all 147 days.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Despite new EPA claims, CO2 & black carbon both damage health+climate Mark Z Jacobson Responds To EPA War On Science "he was involved in processes that led to 2009 Endangerment Finding & EPA waiver allowing CA to set own CO2 limits" cleantechnica.com/2025/05/29/m... @cleantechnica.bsky.social

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Proud to be an expert witness in new Our Children's Trust lawsuit against 3 Trump Exec Orders Declaring a National Energy Emergency Unleash American Energy Reinvigorating America's Beautiful Clean Coal boosting oil, gas, coal & stymying clean, renewable energy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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New data: Wind supplied 50-89% of demand in 6 U.S. states from Q2-24 to Q1-25 SD: 88.8% IA: 78.0% KS: 68.9% WY: 58.1% ND: 50.5% OK: 50.0% web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

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New UCB study: California could double its generation capacity of clean, renewable energy and save $billions by adding 53 GW of wind/solar + 23 GW of storage at underutilized interconnections for existing fossil gas power plants. www.utilitydive.com/news/califor...

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New data: Wind supplied 50-89% of demand in 6 U.S. states from Q2-24 to Q1-25 SD: 88.8% IA: 78.0% KS: 68.9% WY: 58.1% ND: 50.5% OK: 50.0% web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

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South Dakota & Montana blaze to new renewable records from Q2-24 to Q1-25 with electricity prices 3.5 cents/kWh below US average SD met 121.3% of demand with WWS 88.8% wind 29.9% water 2.7% solar MT met 93.8% of demand 38.3% wind 53.2% water 2.3% solar web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

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Stop saying it can't be done. Can you imagine 74 straight days in 2025 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the California ISO grid? Well it has happened. Plus 115 of 147 (78%) days in 2025 have experienced >100% WWS, for an average of 4.9 h/day among all 147 days.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

1) The new political appointees leading the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are attempting to erase science at the expense of increasing death and illness to unsuspecting U.S. children and adults.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

1) The new political appointees leading the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are attempting to erase science at the expense of increasing death and illness to unsuspecting U.S. children and adults.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Records are meant to be broken One day after records set on CA grid, they are broken Sun, May 25, 2025: 82% of 24-h demand met by WindWaterSolar 10.5 h of >100% WWS WWS met a peak of 158.2% of demand 72nd straight & 113 of 145 (78%) of all days in '25>100% Gas down 44% v '23

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

This is true. I wrote about this for @sciam.bsky.social at the time and all the experts swore to me that with >20% renewables the world would come to an end.

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Records are meant to be broken One day after records set on CA grid, they are broken Sun, May 25, 2025: 82% of 24-h demand met by WindWaterSolar 10.5 h of >100% WWS WWS met a peak of 158.2% of demand 72nd straight & 113 of 145 (78%) of all days in '25>100% Gas down 44% v '23

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"Geoengineering to redirect sunlight is 'a hare-brained scheme' that will have unintended consequences - eg, reducing sunlight and photosynthesis that could lead to loss of crops & mass starvation" Florida bill would ban 'chemtrails' & 'geoengineering.' phys.org/news/2025-05...

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According to utilities and skeptics in 2009, when this paper came out, web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j... it was impossible to keep the grid stable with more than 20% WindWaterSolar on the grid, let alone 80%.

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Multiple records set in California Sat May 24, 2025 Most hours ever with 100% WindWaterSolar: 10.33 h Highest % of 24-h demand met with WWS: 80.2% Most electricity going to battery charging: 44.6 GWh Plus WWS met a peak of 155% of demand 71st straight and 112 of 144 days in 2025 with >100% WWS

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Pleased to announce "Still No Miracles Needed How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air" "What if we don't need 'miracle technologies' to solve the climate problem?" available Jan 2026 @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

70 straight and 111 of 143 (78%) days in 2025 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the main grid of CA for an average of 4.7 h/day among all days in '25. WWS has supplied 55% of all demand in '25. Batteries up 207%, solar up 51%, wind up 7%, and gas down 44% v same period in '2023.

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Pleased to announce "Still No Miracles Needed How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air" "What if we don't need 'miracle technologies' to solve the climate problem?" available Jan 2026 @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

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70 straight and 111 of 143 (78%) days in 2025 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the main grid of CA for an average of 4.7 h/day among all days in '25. WWS has supplied 55% of all demand in '25. Batteries up 207%, solar up 51%, wind up 7%, and gas down 44% v same period in '2023.

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New battery record of 10.03 GW peak discharge rate on the California ISO grid on Tuesday, May 20, 2025! 10 GW=41% of the yearly average 24.3 GW of demand on the grid in 2024 Batteries are 4-h, so 10 GW = 40 GWh of storage = 6.9% of 582 GWh average daily demand on grid in '24

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67 straight and 108 of 140 (77%) days in 2025 with >100% WindWaterSolar on the California ISO grid for part of the day, for an average of 4.7 h/day (v 2.9 in '24 and 0.7 in '23). 55% of all demand in '25 has been met by WWS v 51.5% in '24 and 45.3% in '23. Gas is down 22.4% v '24 and 44% v '23

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