Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sawed the head off a whale and drove it home, daughter says trib.al/5D1Ggd6

On hot days, utilities tap a sea of distributed devices in New England homes and businesses -- ie, a virtual power plant -- to reduce peak energy demand. This summer, they cut demand by 375 MW on one afternoon, which is the output of a medium-gas plant! wbur.org/news/2024/08/2…

This is truly an inspiring story, and I applaud my friends Zeyneb Magavi Audrey Schulman for their tenacity + persistence in turning this wild-eyed idea into reality, which will benefit us all. 🌎

Back by popular demand, "In the Whale" will be showing for a week -- twice a day -- at the Plimoth Cinema at the Plimoth Patuxet Museums. Screenings start *tomorrow* and will be every day at at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. until next Thursday, Sept. 5. plimoth.org/explore/cinema

Turbine Blades Have Piled Up in Landfills. A Solution May Be Coming. nytimes.com/2024/08/30/cli…

If only someone had warned us about spreading toxic fertilizer all over our farmland. WeaponsOfMassDeception #ToxicSludgeIsGoodForYou David Abel nytimes.com/2024/08/31/cli…

Totally legit to try to clarify Kamala (and Trump!) policies on fracking. Would be cool if political reporters also cared about solar, wind, EVs, the IRA, the SPR, transmission, methane, biofuels, food waste, alt proteins, etc. Plenty of energy & climate policies to clarify!

Massachusetts got billions in federal clean energy dollars. What if Trump is elected? bostonglobe.com/2024/09/02/sci… via The Boston Globe

Over 250 schools & playgrounds near gas leaks in Boston & Chelsea: ow.ly/xwbO50TeyUb

Right on. The ‘sanewashing’ of Donald Trump:

I don't know who thought it up, but "sane-washing" is my favorite new coinage. It describes the journalists who take Trump's weird mutterings and pretend to string together coherent policy positions from them.

Hottest summer on record could lead to the warmest year ever measured bostonglobe.com/2024/09/06/wor…

Federal report OKs Gulf of Maine for offshore wind leases mainepublic.org/climate/2024-0…

Shocked by storms, Maine fishing town tries to save its waterfront bostonglobe.com/2024/09/07/nat… via The Boston Globe

"Trump Vows To Pull Back Climate Law’s Unspent Dollars" sej.org/headlines/trum…

Methane emissions are rising, despite global pledge bostonglobe.com/2024/09/10/sci… via The Boston Globe

‘Two incredible extreme events’: Antarctic sea ice on cusp of record winter low for second year running theguardian.com/world/article/…

Not worried that immigrants will eat my dog RFK Jr on the other hand…

“I have concepts of a plan.” He’s probably working on it with Abdul.

Trump has been staggeringly dishonest and Harris has been overwhelmingly (though not entirely) factual.