Interesting take on the hydrogen rules by Mathias Zacarias of CSIS — if the AI data center boom is as big as hyped, there'll be a scramble for 24/7 clean power, and hydrogen producers using electrolysis may struggle to win out, even with hefty subsidies: linkedin.com/posts/mathias-…

Wild story: A TVA dam was famously halted in the 1970s over fears that it'd threaten a rare endangered fish known as the snail darter. (Congress later approved the dam anyway.) Now, genetic evidence suggests the snail darter was never even a real species: nytimes.com/2025/01/03/sci…

Pretty big setback for early efforts to make low-carbon steel in the U.S. (Also raises the question of whether that $500 million will be repurposed by Trump's DOE or just go unspent.) canarymedia.com/articles/green… by Maria Gallucci

More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception. nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a great article from Mira Rojanasakul and brad plumer at The New York Times. Some important nuggets: "Between 1990 and 2020, the number of homes in fire-prone parts of California grew

Desalination for drinking water is surprisingly affordable. Desalination for agriculture probably doesn't make a ton of economic sense apart from some high-value crops. Really interesting post by Hannah Ritchie sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-ene…

NYT has openings for two climate reporter positions — descriptions/how to apply at the links: 1) Climate policy reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/deta… 2) Climate adaptation reporter: nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/deta…

More than 300 workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration were told they were fired on Thursday. Now at least some of them are getting contacted and told to please come back to their jobs: nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/…