Trump Dumps On Heat Pumps, But They’re Coming Anyways
President Trump revoked support for heat pumps under the Defense Production Act last week, but new cold climate heat pumps are already happening.
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Can Underground Thermal Batteries Warm Northern Cities in Deep Winter?
Having grown up in Canada’s north and spent far too many winters trudging through snowy downtown streets in Toronto, Ottawa, and Edmonton, I know firsthand just how brutal Canadian winters can be—and how urgently our cities need practical, scalable, low-carbon heating solutions. Even if you haven’t spent months navigating icy … [continued]
Big Oil Lobbying Congress For Immunity From Climate Lawsuits
Big Oil knows it faces huge financial penalties for the harm it has done. Now it wants Congress to give it immunity for its sins.
Europe’s Electricity Crisis: From Heathrow’s Blackout to a Continental Wake-up Call
The fire that shut down Heathrow Airport in March 2025 didn’t just cancel flights. It cancelled illusions. A single substation failure near one of the busiest transport hubs in the world brought European air traffic to a standstill. Thousands of flights were grounded. Digital systems failed. Backup systems didn’t. All … [continued]
Trump Is Powerless To Stop The Community Solar Movement From Spreading
The dictator-adjacent Commander-in-Chief who occupies the Oval Office has eliminated federal funding for cleantech allocated through the Defense Production Act. The sweeping gesture, which took place on March 21, generated the usual juicy headlines for the uniquely attention-seeking 47th President of the United States. However, the reality behind the headlines … [continued]
Tesla: King of Meme Stocks? Putting Retail Investors at Major Risk?
There are meme stocks and then there are meme stocks. A key element of a meme stock is that it has a huge amount of decentralized, retail, normal-folk fans and investors. A hot social media trend is rolling, and the meme stock benefits. Another element is typically that the stock … [continued]
Solar Manufacturing Accelerates In Texas … With Freyr Battery In The Mix (?!?)
Solar manufacturers and investors continue pour cash into the US solar market, regardless of the anti-renewable hot air blown by state and federal policy makers.
China Is Scaling Geothermal District Heating & The World Should Pay Attention
When China starts scaling a technology at massive levels, the rest of the world should take notice. That’s not a geopolitical statement, it’s a thermodynamic and logistical one. China doesn’t mess around when it comes to heat, power, and infrastructure. And in the case of ground-source heat pumps used for … [continued]
Bill McKibben Sees Trouble Ahead For Tesla & Big Oil
Dedicated climate activist Bill McKibben in a post on Substack suggested that Tesla and Big Oil have a common weakness. He says both are way behind the technological curve. The proof? The announcement a few days ago by BYD that it has developed a battery for an electric car that … [continued]
Could Microplastics Become A Thing Of The Past With New Supramolecular Plastics?
Supramolecular chemistry, also known as “chemistry beyond the molecule,” focuses on the study of molecular recognition and high-order assemblies formed by noncovalent interactions. It’s in the news lately due to a study that focuses on solving the problem of plastic degradation into microplastics. Supramolecular plastics — polymers with structures held … [continued]
