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Boston Metal, the MIT spinout working to curb CO2 from steelmaking, raised $120M to build its first green steel plant. Its process doesn't use coal, which today's furnaces gobble up, or rely on hydrogen like other emerging techs do. Me for
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Awesome interview with , one of the smartest conversations I’ve heard about DER landscape!
Also, gives the best 30 second explanation of FERC 2222 at ~27 min mark that everyone should memorize.
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In this episode, @shaylekann talks to @Reed_Sachs of DER aggregator @CPowerEnergy.
They talk about where we are on the long and winding path to large-scale deployment of DERs and what it takes to monetize them.
Listen: link.chtbl.com/rtASFxWA
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ICYMI: our interview with is up on YouTube! 📺
We hear about her advocacy work, how she champions thrifting + vintage, and what she learned from last year's campaign on behalf of her husband, Sen. John Fetterman.
But we got so much more! youtu.be/wTnO5y8qkEQ
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I was not aware that flaring was a thing one did for cows...
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Treating bloat in Cows.
Bloat is a digestive disorder that results from the build up of excessive gas,which can can ultimately lead to death. This method of treatment helps the cow by releasing methane & the flames help the vet gauge the remaining gas left in the cow.
Bloat is a digestive disorder that results from the build up of excessive gas,which can can ultimately lead to death. This method of treatment helps the cow by releasing methane & the flames help the vet gauge the remaining gas left in the cow. 
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I’m not a damned glacial expert but this is really bad right?
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BREAKING 
: An iceberg the size of London has broken off the Antarctic ice shelf
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Great stuff in here on America's clean energy job boom—including how nearly half of the jobs created in 2021 didn't require a Bachelor's degree AND that most of those jobs had salaries above the national median. ' clean energy agenda = JOBS JOBS JOBS
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"EVs will ruin the climate" is the message of this new clickbait piece, focussing on how electric vehicle batteries need lithium, while mining is bad for the planet.
I think this crusade is unhelpful and the number for lithium mining presented 1000x too high.
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By me... Revealed: how US transition to electric cars threatens environmental havoc theguardian.com/us-news/2023/j
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New: I sat down with Richard Trumka Jr., the member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission who unwittingly triggered the war over gas stoves.
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At the buffet of life,
we don't need to fill our plate
with every opportunity
that comes our way.
If you leave some space,
you'll feel better.
hara hachi bu.
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Excited to see our #podcasts with on this list!
Please vote for @Catalyst with and hosted by . 🎉 🗳
You can vote 5 times every 5 minutes and voting is unlimited. Thank you for all your support!
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This drought in Africa is absolutely horrific. And a new forecast says it'll only get worse.
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Listen to the episode at . Ed is also co-host of . You can listen to that pod for all things autonomy, without the BS and overhype.
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What comes next? We'll enter the slope of enlightenment, w/ more rational use cases for level-4 tech: supply chain logistics, public transit, etc. "A lot of people still fundamentally misunderstand this technology because the 'car thing' obfuscated its true nature."
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"When the car companies ended up at the steering wheel, once the hype started to subside, I think the conclusion was simple: This is fundamentally different than the car business and we don't really have any good reason to invest in it," explains Niedermeyer.
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The narrative is that investments in autonomy were a waste. Yes, we were in a bubble. But it's more complicated. "The progress has been remarkable. On the other hand, we have this roller coaster relationship entirely in our minds based on very poorly informed perceptions."
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Niedermeyer: "I think it's very easy to look at this and say, 'shutting down Argo AI was an admission that this technology doesn't work or was a scam.' And I think that's the wrong lesson." So what's the right lesson?
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In October, Ford and VW abandoned plans for a level-4 autonomous car, with Ford writing down $2.7B from its investment in Argo AI. It marked a pop for the AV bubble. It's a big deal. But says on we shouldn't misread it:
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I just had to strongly chastise a homeowner in the Electrify Everything Facebook group.
Don't suck as a client. It's consistent enough from climate focused clients that my walls go up.
Here's a video from my electrification course about how to be great.
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Hey, , this is the book my 3-year-old enthusiastically wanted to bring on a ski trip today so she could look at the pictures. 😂
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Get your wonkiest questions in!
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Hey #EnergyTwitter and @CatalystPod fans! Here's a word from our host @shaylekann... 
We're hosting an 'Ask Me Anything' episode where Shayle will answer all of your questions! 
Use #AskCatalyst, or send us an 
email or voice memo 
to catalyst@postscripaudio.com.
We're hosting an 'Ask Me Anything' episode where Shayle will answer all of your questions!
Use #AskCatalyst, or send us an email or voice memo to catalyst@postscripaudio.com.
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ICYMI: Jigar Shah, Katherine Hamilton, and Stephen Lacey reunite
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What will it take to turn insurers, a critical pillar of the fossil fuel industry, into a vanguard of corporate climate action? Please listen in as and I explore this question on the latest #InsuranceCovered podcast!
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More torrential rain here in the Berkshires. It's been spring since November. I realize lack of snow is low on the list of climate extremes, but this perpetual-March in New England is 🚨🚨🚨! This is the new "winter" in America's fastest-warming region:
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This week, we shift from the “what” to the “how” of ushering in mass adoption. You can listen to the episode at , along with a complete transcript:
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On the stakes: “The IRA really does put a lot of benefits in the hands of consumers. And that means we have to design the programs correctly,” says , "and make sure that the results go to the communities in the ways in which it was intended.”
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On the work ahead: “Sometimes you're in charge of putting together a trip…and then you realize the trip is actually to scale a mountain,” explains . “It was like a lot of logistical work to get everyone to the base of the mountain, and now we gotta go climb it.”
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Don’t get distracted by the gas stove sideshow! This week on , we tackle the real policy story of the year: implementing the $370B climate bill. Thrilled to reunite with and to riff on this historic moment: bit.ly/3J0fQYI
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“Gas ovens leak nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane, even when they’re not on.”
A first look at Chasing Carbon Zero, a new documentary coming this spring, on what it will take to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050:
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The methane released into the atmosphere this year will have a bigger effect on global temps over the next decade than CO2 from all fossil-fuel use in 2023. Food we eat is a major methane source & solutions can be wins for farmers, people, the planet. working on it (🧵)
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For past two years, & co have been secretly cooking their first startup since Nest. So stealthy they didn't share the company name or what it did.
It's called Mill, and here's what they intend to do (my latest for )
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Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and one of the largest individual donors in US politics, just referred to Greta Thunberg as part of the “autistic children’s brigade” in his Oxford address.
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Psyched to see with get a strong call-out in this list of top VC podcasts. It's definitely the show that money movers in the climatetech space should have in their steady rotation:
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I have never thought about it exactly like this, but it’s spot on. Definitely why I prefer very early mornings.
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i asked my former professor why he wakes up at 4am every day to do 3 hours of focused work and he said:
“the ego is quietest in the morning”
and that has stuck with me ever since
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A snowless Switzerland in January should tell the world's elite all they need to know bloomberg.com/news/features/
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Seriously… #nosnow enroute to @Davos only a few patches high up in the mountains… I have never seen this in all the years I’ve gone to this event #climateemergency #seeingisbelieving @AkshatRathi @climate @ArcticBasecamp @UniofExeterNews
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. is releasing rules for the new clean hydrogen tax credit soon. The stakes are very high. If bows to industry pressure & adopts weak standards, it risks a massive scandal that could tarnish the nascent sector & the IRA as a whole. Here's how to avoid that:
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What's the most climate-consequential decision the US federal government will make this coming year?
It might just be about hydrogen.
Today, the ZERO Lab contributes to the conversation with a new paper published in Environmental Research Letters: doi.org/10.1088/1748-9
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We're doing a second mailbag episode! 📬 Submit any and all questions you have for and he may answer them on the podcast.
Send us your questions by using #AskCatalyst. Or drop them below. 👇
We want to hear them all #EnergyTwitter!
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It’s cutting car prices. It’s struggling in China. The stock price is falling. GM? Ford? No, Tesla.
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📰 : "In 100 or 200 years, everything will look radically different," says researcher to . "Folks will look back and be blown away by how we used energy today. They’ll say, 'Wait, you just burned it?'"
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