for 15 years ARPA-E has quietly backed successful cleantech companies at the earliest stages. i chatted with ARPA-E director Evelyn Wang about this behind-the-scenes bipartisan bastion of climate tech innovation heatmap.news/technology/arp…

🧵We finally have some data on how many Americans are using the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits to use clean energy at home and make their homes more energy efficient. Here's what we learned from the data: (1/6) heatmap.news/economy/ira-ta…

In this column, Akshat Rathi argues it's time to retire the phrase 'hard to abate sectors.' I agree! They're just 'we havent tried hard enough to abate yet' sectors, but as we do try, (often severa) pathways to decarbonize each at <$200/t CO2 are emerging bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

trump's not exactly wrong that nuclear power has a branding problem, although his rebranding concept (name it after musk?) leaves something to be desired... by Jeva Lange 🫎 heatmap.news/technology/tru…

A new report by Climate Jobs National Resource Center estimates the # of clean energy jobs likely covered by the IRA's prevailing wage/apprenticeship rules. I tried to find out whether those provisions are really working to turn these jobs into "good" (or at least better) jobs. heatmap.news/economy/ira-an…

ok so my take is… there’s a difference between “can capitalism deal with climate change” and “will capitalism *have* to deal with climate change” the answer to the former is we don’t know. the answer to the latter is yes.

another! methane! satellite! check out what makes this one from CarbonMapper particularly useful 👇 heatmap.news/sparks/carbon-…

the perfect headline doesn’t exist— heatmap.news/economy/us-man…

sometimes i don’t feel like writing because everything is connected and i can’t get into all that right now

I spent several weeks earlier this summer learning everything I could about the cow microbiome, gene editing, and a fascinating experiment going on in California's East Bay. It involves this adorable baby calf named Sushi. A quick thread:

Why Really Tiny Nuclear Reactors Are Bringing In Big Money Last Energy just raised a $40 million Series B. By katie brigham via Heatmap News heatmap.news/sparks/last-en…

controlling wildfires is likely to involve an interesting mix of historical forestry practices and, well, ai and big data analytics. i talked with AiDash, Rhizome Data, and Bill Clerico of Convective Capital about the latter heatmap.news/technology/ai-…

🤭 months of work, finally set for launch! tomorrow’s a huge day.

I got a sneak peak at a report on the first year of the new Low Income Communities Bonus Credit Program, which supported nearly 50k solar projects. It's a success story, but a complicated one. (1/3) heatmap.news/economy/low-in…

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