Well, I have been laid off! Looking for Chicago-based or remote work in communications, policy advocacy, political/campaign, energy/environmental spaces if you know if anything!

Since CEJA was enacted, enough wind, solar and storage projects to power 1.1 million homes have applied for interconnection in Illinois, but none has yet been approved, according to NRDC 🌎🏡's @JCNRDC chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/2/2389…

CUB's Scott Allen recently told Naperville residents they can help lessen their municipal utility's reliance on coal. “The people of Naperville have a disproportionate amount of power...So that’s a lot of positive change that can be made.” Good job, Scott! bit.ly/3PMFaTS

"...people say, 'Oh, this traffic is so bad.' I'm like, 'You are traffic.' You can't sit there and be like, 'Oh man, the traffic was horrible. I'm sorry, I was late.' You are traffic. You're in it. Without you, there would be no traffic." - donald complex.com/music/a/eric-s…

Great to see both Illinois Attorney General & the IL Pollution Control Board step up in the last month to hold CWLP, the Municipal Utility for Springfield, Ill. accountable for its #coalash pollution in the City of Springfield. Great leadership from Springfield NAACP and Prairie Rivers Network since 2017 to fight coal pollution in our capitol

Join us this Thursday to turn up the (electric) heat🔥on ICC to #StopTheRateHike from Peoples Gas! Then, join us at City Hall to say YES to #CleanHeat—it's time to stop wasting $$ on fossil fuel infrastructure. RSVP: bit.ly/stopPGratehike

How gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations. My latest for NPR with editor Neela Banerjee and documents/research from Rebecca John at CIC. npr.org/2023/10/17/118…

Huge story out this morning by Jeff Brady! It's long, but worth reading every word of this deeply reported article! Congrats as well to Rebecca John, who uncovered so many of these records. You can read her report here: climateinvestigations.org/report-gas-ind…

The fossil gas industry has been running Big Tobacco’s playbook for half a century. They've even used the same PR firms and researchers (some of whom used questionable methods) to spin and skew the science on the health harms of gas stoves. Read more: npr.org/2023/10/17/118…

Newly uncovered documents shed more light on the gas industry's long history of using tobacco industry-style tactics to sow doubt about research linking gas stoves and respiratory illness. It's a campaign that continues today: npr.org/2023/10/17/118… via Jeff Brady

Nations around the world will need to build or upgrade roughly 50 million miles of power lines by 2040 if they want to meet the goals they have set for adding vast amounts of renewable power, according to a new climate report. nyti.ms/46O2FT6

I accidentally got semi-serious about lawn care when I bought a house. I have an electric lawnmower, leaf blower, and string trimmer. They're quiet, work great, and are easy to use. No gnarly fumes, plus approving glances from neighbors. Can't imagine going back to gasoline.

No evidence transition to EV means fewer auto industry jobs; in fact, the opposite may be true: heatmap.news/electric-vehic…

"The world is changing. Our understanding about the gas system should change with it. If it doesn’t, Illinoisans will pay the price." bit.ly/3S51fzI #StopTheRateHike #ElectrifyChi

.ABC 7 Chicago reports that the driver who killed NEIC ceramicist Don Heggemann on his bike Monday in a bike lane at 5115 N. Damen and failed a Breathalyzer was recently released without charges. abc7chicago.com/bicycle-crash-… Our previous coverage of the case: chi.streetsblog.org/2023/10/24/man…

It took a devastating earthquake for San Francisco to turn the Embarcadero into a tree-lined, mobility centric boulevard that returned the waterfront to the people. I choose to believe that it shouldn’t require a natural disaster for us to think big.

Induction stoves, heat pumps, and electric appliances may be the future of new Chicago buildings. wbez.org/stories/will-g… Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco @JCNRDC Matt Martin

We’re official! 🎉💪 Thrilled to share that after a majority of eligible employees showed support for a union, NRDC has recognized our formation! We believe that our collective power will help make progress toward true equity, dignity, and belonging.

Join our coalition and help us create a Minnesota where everyone can heat, cook, and power their appliances with Midwest-produced, affordable, clean energy. CleanHeatMN.org

Despite recent headlines declaring the industry stagnant or moribund, the U.S. electric-vehicle market is actually well past the tipping point for mass adoption — and its healthy sales growth underscores that. Learn more about the #ChartOfTheWeek: bit.ly/47xDfto