What I'm reading
Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. Ahead of the weekend, here is another roundup of highlights from some of what I've been reading. Enjoy! States lagging on energy efficiency: Far too many
Reporting
At a forum last week in Sacramento, stakeholders from government, industry, and academia made it clear that progress is well underway to curb climate pollution from the aviation sector.
Q&As
Enlisting your EV for double duty as a battery that can power your home when the grid goes down is part of the new climate reality, argues climate advocate Justin Guay.
Commentary
The General Services Administration wants to shutter more than 2 million square feet of Department of Interior office space. Who will be left to help Trump achieve “energy dominance”?
What I'm reading
Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. Because we journalists learn about so many more interesting and notable developments each day than we have time to write about them in stories, here is another roundup
Commentary
The California officials who spoke last Friday at a symposium on ports and offshore wind barely mentioned the biggest threat to the industry: President Donald Trump.
Reporting
Regulators just approved a landmark Clean Heat Plan for Colorado’s second-largest gas utility.
What I'm reading
Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. Ahead of the long holiday weekend, here is another roundup of highlights from what I've been reading – and listening to. Enjoy! Trump kills GSA’s Green
Q&As
In a conversation with Quitting Carbon, the Building Decarbonization Coalition’s Beckie Menten gives an update on the rollout of SB 1221, landmark legislation that authorizes 30 neighborhood decarbonization pilots across California.
What I'm reading
Quitting Carbon is a 100% subscriber-funded publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or making a one-time donation. Ahead of your weekend, here is another roundup of highlights from some of what I've been reading – and watching. Enjoy! Tracking Trump 2.0 climate rollbacks:
Commentary
It is too early to know how much damage Donald Trump's executive actions will do to the U.S. clean energy transition, but Joe Biden's climate investments will be paying off for many years to come.
Q&As
Northern California's largest port will use a $322 million grant from the EPA’s Clean Ports Program to buy hundreds of zero-emissions trucks and cargo-handling vehicles.