More than one-third of Americans (131.2M people) now live in places with unhealthy levels of air pollution

This is 11.7 million more people breathing unhealthy air compared to last year’s American Lung Association report

lung.org/research/sota/…

Well-written piece by Rogé from The Atlantic conveying the nuances behind Chinese EV decision-making:

'Decarbonizing the U.S. while retaining a thriving auto industry requires a delicate balance between tariffs and subsidies, between protection and competition, between beating…

I don't know what makes this image more DC...

Seeing Robinson Meyer & Jigar Shah hash it out on a random Thursday evening.

Or the fact that this is taking place in the middle of Chaia Tacos 🌮

Happy 1st Anniversary to Heatmap News... can't believe it's only been a year!🍾

Dollo’s Law of Irreversibility is wild 🤯

If an animal evolves to lose its horns, the odds of getting those horns back are nil

Why? Evolution.

'The path that originally gave it horns was so complex – millions of years of selection under specific environmental and competitive…

Everyone has seen the cocoa spike on the commodities market but no one talks about solutions.

Voyage Foods is one of them, and they just partnered with Cargill as a global distributor 🙌🏼

cargill.com/2024/cargill-p…

Glad we're getting some more data on methane...

We will see plenty more under-reporting methane studies coming out in all sectors.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Major milestone unlocked 🔓

Ran a Climate DC gathering last week without being there.

I am proud of the volunteer board coming together and running the show at Astro Beer Hall 💪🏼

Join us in celebrating Earth Day next month on April 24th 🌎

RSVP:
lu.ma/apr24

Friendly reminder:

Don't let perfect be the enemy of good :)

Woah -- talk about impact 🤯

'The first-of-a-kind plant would produce up to 140,000 metric tons per year of industry-standard ordinary portland cement...while avoiding 120,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.'

Talk about conviction... #RDDT

More of this, please!

What if I told you that it's possible to save oil and gas infrastructure while also supplying 24/7 clean power to the grid?

Quaise Energy's deep geothermal tech co-locates with existing fossil fuel assets and re-employs oil and gas crews.

Read more: thecooldown.com/green-tech/qua…

We're entering a golden age of bio-engineering 🧬

It's time we scale up research from the lab to improve material productivity and meet consumer demand for sustainable materials.

That's exactly what Collab Fund is doing in partnership with Wyss Institute.

This 'From the Lab'…

“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they are finished.”
- Daniel Gilbert

The dragon green tea is out of this world good 😍

Congrats Just Ice Tea on launching the cans product and bringing your mission to more shelves! 🐉

We’re so excited to announce the launch of immi cup ramen, the world’s first low carb, high protein, and plant based reinvention of the nostalgic cup noodles you remember and love.

This has been a multi year project that our whole team has dreamed about since the start of immi.…

'We’re convinced that the companies set to lead the charge are those committed not just to sustainability but to regeneration: leaving the planet in a markedly better state than they found it.'

Great piece by Keely Anson and Chris from the team on the lens Collab Fund is taking…

'The world is full of people who are nice; there are many fewer who are effectively kind'
- David Brooks

Thank you all for coming out to Climate DC's gathering last month 🙌🏼

How cool was the rooftop at Whitlow's DC?!

⏩ The next Climate DC gathering will be on Wednesday, March 20th, to kick off the US Tech for Climate Action conference on March 21st.

RSVP:
lu.ma/march2024