Sometimes I just think about how there’s absolutely no silver lining to Shein. The clothes are full of lead. The clothes are made in exploitative conditions. The clothes are contributing to pollution and global warming. The clothing designs are stolen. And the clothes fall apart.

"Every small act, or climate-conscious public utilities commissioner, can bend the trajectory of our emissions. These decision—installing a pipeline, permitting a solar farm—are magnified by the magic of compounding math, buying us time." 🗳️ #vote #climate hothouse.substack.com/p/so-i-voted-w…

Feeling apprehensive about approaching elections? Hothouse has some good suggestions for stretching your donation bucks across climate-forward candidates: hothouse.substack.com/p/so-i-voted-w…

I know this is not the main point, but this startup pumping sulfur into the atmosphere is selling carbon offsets tied to something they know they cannot measure or verify. AND THERE ARE PEOPLE BUYING IT. technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/106…

For the last 9 months, The Guardian analyzed projects from the biggest carbon offset provider in the world. They found "94% of the credits had no benefit to the climate." Some of the biggest corporations in the world are using these offsets to claim they are "carbon neutral."

Hothouse // Solutions: The race and puzzle to fund climate change mitigation 🏎 🏁 🌎 hothouse.substack.com/p/the-race-and…

Happy to get this great coverage in Hothouse! Thanks Cadence Bambenek , and (h/t Michael J. Coren ) hothouse.substack.com/p/the-race-and…

"Annually, still less than 2% of total global charitable contributions go to help the climate. But the tides might be finally starting to shift." Great to speak to Cadence Bambenek of Hothouse about effective climate philanthropy hothouse.substack.com/p/the-race-and…

Only 11% of philanthropic foundation leaders said in a survey they consider their foundation’s strategy for addressing climate change very effective. We are here to help. Thank Hothouse for highlighting effective climate philanthropy: hothouse.substack.com/p/the-race-and…

Another take on visualizing planned 2023 capacity additions in the U.S. Solar + battery taking the map by storm! h/t Jeff Davies, the Energy OG

The UK-based tech company is on a mission to make every tentacle of the energy system as efficient as possible. (via Hothouse) trib.al/iHWwXxE

🗞️ Jobs! 🗞️ 🧵 ...

Taylor can you ride Amtrak

Hayden Our friend sam sklar, who is exasperated. has some food for thought on making High Speed Rail a reality in the U.S.: open.substack.com/pub/hothouse/p…

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🥁 Exciting news! Our Science Writers Database is ~officially~ live! It’s a free, public tool to help people in our global science writing community find one another and diversify their networks. theopennotebook.com/writers/

What a cool resource from The Open Notebook! I had to lurk and scrounge on Facebook group pages to find science writers when I wanted to learn more about the field. Now science writers and editors, can be found in one place The Open Notebook theopennotebook.com/writers/

🧟🚈 Zombie rail? This Halloween season, our friends at Hothouse reflect on doomed high speed rail (HSR) projects, the regions they haunt—and how they might come alive. Part 2/3 of an HSR series! bit.ly/3M51XsW