BREAKING NEWS: In an interview with VTDigger Wednesday night, the senator said his decision “really reflects what I’ve been hearing from Vermonters.” buff.ly/3WgXRmP

Matt's Weather Rapport: For the second July 11 in a row, #Vermont is waking up to a huge #flood disaster. Many of same people victimized last year hit again. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2024/07/anothe… #vtwx

Joe Biden has served our country with honor and dignity. As the first president to ever walk on a picket line with striking workers, he has been the most pro-working class president in modern American history. Thank you, Mr. President, for all you’ve done.

This is a very astute thread from Jesse D. Jenkins. What scares Big Oil the most is their sense that four more years of progress on clean energy will break their political power, and see the rise of a whole different set of forces

Matt's Weather Rapport: It used to be south winds would bring polluted air to #Vermont. Now it's the opposite. Summer Canadian air ain't what it used to be. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2024/08/upside… #vtwx

One month to publication day! 😍 The perfect time to pre-order WHAT IF WE GET IT RIGHT?: VISIONS OF CLIMATE FUTURES. It would mean the world to me — and signal to bookstores that they should stock it! penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645855/w…

Climate change is the kitchen table issue of our lifetimes, threatening the American dream, driving up inflation, food prices, housing costs, healthcare, immigration, utility bills. That it's still treated like a niche side issue is insane. heated.world/p/everyones-he…

Time to make 2024 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon, is new this year. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of Oct. worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/…

Dan Lashof David Roberts 39. The US Inflation Reduction Act includes a licence to print money for solar manufacturers and hydrogen firms. It’s good for clean energy, but it's also like hitting the accelerator on a car with the handbrake on. The handbrake is trade barriers, grid and permitting issues.

Just a reminder that in May Governor DeSantis signed a bill removing consideration of climate change from all state laws. As he explained, ‘I’m not a global warming person.’ search.app/KwHpy7ndZg7293…

Hopefully the corridors making use of this bridge are being considered for other upgrades. The cost of extending the Ethan Allen to Montreal and installing signaling to enable 79mph top speeds would be around $600M.

It’s 70 degrees in New York in the first week of November. Please vote.

I'm struck by the criticism that progressivism is to blame for Harris' loss.. As someone who covered the Harris campaign day in and day out for months, she was not running as a progressive, not on immigration, not on climate, etc. She ran as a centrist, consensus driven

6/ We don't listen enough; we tell people what's good for them. And when progressives like Bernie aggressively go after the elites that hold people down, they are shunned as dangerous populists. Why? Maybe because true economic populism is bad for our high-income base. 😬