I’m the first HHS Secretary to visit an abortion clinic. This issue is personal to me. Doctors, like Carolina, my wife & an OBGYN, are forced to weigh LEGAL opinions before rendering their MEDICAL opinions. My daughters have fewer rights today than their mothers & grandmothers.

Consecutive high electricity demand records set in Western Australia, driven by heatwaves conditions. #energyinsights

Despite today's grim milestone with the world passing 1.5C over the past 12 months, I see some reasons for cautious climate hope. We stand both on the brink of severe climate impacts, but also on the brink of a rapid energy transition away from fossil fuels.

#Breaking: Grid drama in Victoria in midst of heatwave as all four units at Loy Yang trip, transmission lines fail and other generators off line ow.ly/BtYz50QAtge

Interconnection delays are a problem, posing challenges for resource adequacy, economic development, and decarbonization. At @RMI_electricity, we’re all about finding solutions, then speeding and scaling them. A 🧵...

February 2024 was the warmest February on record in the ERA5 dataset, at around 1.79C above preindustrial records. It beat the prior record set during the 2016 super-El Nino by 0.12C: pulse.climate.copernicus.eu

When the collapse of a civilisation begins to visibly manifest and finally register on the human radar, it is already too late to stop what has now become an overwhelming, accelerating cascade of domino effects. The collapse is really only the last stage. It is the result of

thank god everyone is talking about this… oh

Almost 25 years ago, I moved to Las Vegas. The next year, I got a job briefly as a web designer for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. (I was not a good fit. 😂) I took tours of the water system from Lake Mead to take pictures for the website. I was confused.

Warmest June on record. Warmest July on record. Warmest August on record. Warmest September on record. Warmest October on record. Warmest November on record. Warmest December on record. Warmest January on record. And now, yes, warmest February too: latimes.com/environment/st…

Part of my future philanthropy will be starting a fund called "That Shit Won't Work" I'll be the first check into deep tech that has very low probability of commercialization with full intention of it going to zero. Requirements: - It has to be an idea that excites me - I

Ballarat looks at creating its own behind-the-meter network, as it pushes towards its target of 100 per cent renewables ow.ly/FHmA50QVgNO

Rival miners Rio Tinto and BHP Group said they would collaborate on a pilot project to decarbonize steelmaking, which could be commissioned as early as 2027

SDG&E’s rates are so insane. It’s honestly unbelievable. There is no way this makes any sense.

The primary energy fallacy: Critics of the energy transition often point to primary energy to demonstrate that the transition is going to be impossible. But most consumed primary energy is lost after conversion. The problem to solve is a lot smaller than primary energy

The Sun emitted a strong solar flare on May 9, 2024, peaking at 1:44pm ET. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured a composite image of the event, which was classified as X1.1. go.nasa.gov/44EoNjg

Large sunspot groups and strong solar flares led to the issuance of SWPC's first G4 Watch since 2005...

BYD’s small, inexpensive Seagull EV poses major threat to U.S. auto industry: ‘Any car company that’s not paying attention…is going to be lost’ - FORTUNE apple.news/AsPk3DR_2TDmNQ…

What’s the politics around the lone dissent here? “The reforms, approved 2-1 by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with its lone Republican dissenting, come as fraying transmission infrastructure is undermining the economy” apple.news/AJ-FZU3kgSrKiz…