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This is not about gas stoves
January 19, 2023
Just the pipes that help them work
How Michigan residents are talking about their utility's climate plan
January 12, 2023
When will the state's largest utility shut down its heavily-polluting coal plant?
A quiet, local climate disaster
January 5, 2023
Electric cars in the U.S. had a banner year in 2021, doubling the number sold from the year before. But in early November 2022, an unrelated, largely...
Resource of the Month: A ranking of each country's emitters
Premium post · December 29, 2022
Thanks for being a member and welcome to this month’s bonus newsletter. This edition looks at one of the more comprehensive maps of sources of planet-warming...
Electrifying in a 100-year-old neighborhood
December 15, 2022
Plus: An electric car share in the Midwest and a Louisiana election surprise.
Different ways to avoid food waste, Hawai'i's changing how they charge for electricity
December 8, 2022
Plus: Breaking old ground for chesnut trees, and a coal plant becomes a battery
Boston behind, retrofitting NYC schools and the city with 30 projects at once
December 1, 2022
What's caught your eye this year?
Resource of the Month: Talking to kids about climate change
Premium post · November 23, 2022
They may have a lot to teach *you*
What did the midterms mean for state and local climate action?
November 17, 2022
From Arizona to Michigan to Houston.
Q&A: North America's backyard tropical fruit
November 10, 2022
It's somewhere between a mango and a banana, and for one writer, its a bit of joy when it comes to food
The big (electric) bus story
November 3, 2022
Plus: Your questions answered
Special Edition: Climate Election Links
November 1, 2022
Yes,
Resource of the Month: Zero Cities, Part Two
Premium post · October 27, 2022
A beginner’s guide to understanding – and acting on – your city’s emissions pledge
Which fossil fuel coalition group is advertising to you this election season?
October 20, 2022
I too can use Canva
The most important state election for climate
October 13, 2022
Dockets rule everything around me
Q&A edition: Planning buildings in a climate emergency
October 6, 2022
(Ann Arbor Midnight Madness 2017 by Vanseka Photography on Flickr) A few weeks ago I wrote about Ann Arbor’s planning commission’s frustration over a much-...
Resource of the Month: Zero Cities
Premium post · September 29, 2022
A beginner’s guide to understanding – and acting on – your city’s emissions pledge
The EV learning curve
September 22, 2022
A guide for the curious and the confused
Who gets the energy transition first?
September 15, 2022
Or: the time I caught a gas leak in a house for sale.
Unsightly landfill? Put some solar on it.
September 8, 2022
As the little girl says: Por qué no los dos?
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