"5 years ago the general mood in Houston toward decarbonization bordered on open hostility. Today, I’m more likely to overhear a conversation at the coffee shop about an energy transition deal than one in oil and gas." - @JohnArnoldFndtn nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opi…

This phenomenal idea could revitalize and transform SF for the better. A spark from Kim-Mai Cutler A report by Gensler & SPUR A dinner with Bilal Mahmood 馬百樂, Cristina Cordova, & Zach Klein An article by Josh Koehn & Kevin Truong Support by London Breed & @AaronPeskin

It’s one thing to announce a net zero target. It’s a another thing entirely to sign contracts to deliver on it. Huge props to JPMorgan for inking some major carbon removal purchases. We’re stoked to go put another 28,585 tCO₂ underground Charm Industrial wsj.com/articles/jpmor…

In fall 2010 I took Founder’s Journey at MIT. It was a turning point for me: Erika Reinhardt and I started dating, and Ilya Volodarsky Calvin French-Owen & I started what became Segment. It was taught by Ken Zolot & Hemant Taneja, so I couldn’t be more thrilled that Hemant is leading Charm’s Series B:

Air pollution & plastics are warming our planet. Who knew it was harming our fertility too? My dear friend Leslie Schrock's book launches today. In Fertility Rules she masterfully weaves in science with real talk. So proud of her! So thankful she wrote this. amazon.com/Fertility-Rule…

Solid progress and a great trend-line!

Ironmaking for steel is a full 8% of global emissions, and is considered a "hard to abate" emissions source by many. A year ago Calvin French-Owen challenged me to make fossil-free iron in my back yard using bio-oil in just 4 days. I laughed at him: making iron isn't like making software.

We are launching our Speed & Scale 2024 Global Climate Tracker 🌍 speedandscale.com/tracker/ Don't let anyone tell you the climate crisis is too big to solve. This update is a story of hope and progress, but it’s also a stark reminder of the work to be done. We can do this!

"The climate story isn't yet written. And I think sometimes we tend to talk about it like it is." - Anjali Grover, Speed & Scale Watch Grover and Ryan Panchadsaram's TEDCountdown conversation with David Biello where we are with climate solutions — what comes next: ted.com/talks/ryan_pan…

1/ I wrote about how to start an advance market commitment, drawing largely on our experience starting Frontier: worksinprogress.co/issue/how-to-s…

The New Yorker did a long-form piece sharing some of the gritty fun we've had getting Charm up and running! It gives a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to put carbon underground.

"That's it??" -Ryan Panchadsaram This is about 40 years of spent fuel that powered~ 9% of California's electricity, and > 50% of its carbon-free energy (and could even be recycled to retrieve the >90% of energy left in it). After being told over and over in media headlines with absolutely

"The bottom line? In all 50 states, it’s cheaper for the everyday American to fill up with electrons — and much cheaper in some regions such as the Pacific Northwest, with low electricity rates and high gas prices." washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

The KP Fellows 2025 application is now open through January 31st! We are searching for the next generation of up and coming leaders to join this KP Fellows cohort. If you are an engineering student eager to work on meaningful problems, apply to the KP Fellows Program: ⭐️

Developers, our skills can help cut emissions from the grid! Proud to team up with GitHub on the Climate Action Plan for Developers — a roadmap to take real climate action through open source. Watch to learn how you can get involved ↓

Two monster charts from EIA on U.S. electric generating capacity. If all 64 GW come online this year, it'll break the record set over 20 years ago. Almost 90% of the additions will be from solar, storage, and wind. Which states are adding the most? Texas is #1. California

🫡🇺🇸⚡️

NEW: the Climate Tech Atlas, a comprehensive effort to map out the opportunities and innovation imperatives most critical to the energy transition, launched today! core collaborators include Breakthrough Energy, McKinsey & Company, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and others heatmap.news/climate-tech/c…

This wonderful article by katie brigham captures the energy behind this crazy, collaborative, open-source effort to catalog the trillion-dollar frontier of climate innovation. heatmap.news/climate-tech/c…

For scale, that "central park" running through California Forever is larger than Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Central Park in New York City.