What Biden’s IRA Has Done for Job Creation

Current conditions: Tropical Storm Ernesto has left hundreds of thousands of people without power in Puerto Rico • Drought from El Niño created a 3 million ton corn deficit in southern Africa • Greece remains on high alert for fires through tomorrow as temperatures top 100 degree … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Why Treasury’s No. 2 Official Wants Permitting Reform

Two years ago this week, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the largest investment in clean energy and climate mitigation in American history. It contained roughly two dozen new or expanded tax credits that will — if the forecasts bear out — provide hundreds … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Rooftop Solar Has a Big — But Surprising — Racial Disparity

Higher-income people are more likely to have solar panels on their roofs. This fact has underlined the nature of home solar adoption and is responsible for any number of state, local, and now federal programs to give lower-income people access to solar power, either through subsi … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Trump Is Kind of Nuclear-Skeptical

Donald Trump is slipping. I don’t mean in the polls (although he’s slipping there, too), but he’s slipping where it really matters: branding. Dismiss Trump and his gold Stymie Extra Bold font as tacky and tasteless if you want, but you can’t claim that the namesake behind Trump I … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Trump Is Kind of Nuclear-Skeptical

Donald Trump is slipping. I don’t mean in the polls (although he’s slipping there, too), but he’s slipping where it really matters: branding. Dismiss Trump and his gold Stymie Extra Bold font as tacky and tasteless if you want, but you can’t claim that the namesake behind Trump I … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Tropical Storm Ernesto is Headed Toward Puerto Rico

Current conditions: High wind speeds are expected to fan wildfire flames today in Athens • A scorching heat wave in South Korea won’t let up for another 10 days • The aurora borealis has been stunning viewers in the Northern Hemisphere and may be visible again tonight across nort … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Americans’ Top Concern About Renewable Energy Projects

Renewable energy’s biggest political liability? It may be the whales and tortoises, according to Heatmap polling. Conflicts over the environmental impacts of energy transition technologies — some rooted in fact, others founded more in fear — have played out in myriad ways across … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

That One Nice Week of August Is Here

I come bearing good news for a change: Most of the United States will see reasonable summer temperatures this week! With, of course, a few exceptions … Debby brings cooler days across the country Hurricane Debby, which first made landfall in Florida last Tuesday, has set new weat … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Researchers Created A Super Thin Solar Cell That Could Be ‘Painted’ Onto Surfaces

Current conditions: Another tropical storm is brewing in the Atlantic and could bring more devastation to the Caribbean • In North Korea, Kim Jong Un has been visiting victims of recent catastrophic floods • July was California’s hottest month on record. THE TOP FIVE 1. Report: M … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Maui After the Fire

On August 9, 2023, the smoke finally cleared in Lahaina. The scene was shocking. In the course of just a few hours on the afternoon of August 8, winds had fanned a dry grass fire on the northwest coast of Maui into an inferno that trapped fleeing residents and left more than 100 … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

A Quick Roundup of This Week’s DOE Funding News

Current conditions: Japan has issued its first-ever “megaquake” caution after a temblor rattled its southern coast yesterday • The remnants of Tropical Storm Debby could bring tornadoes to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast • India’s record heat has been mentioned at least 80 times i … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

What the YIMBY Movement Can Teach the Climate Movement

Why don’t we build things? Yale Law School professor David Schleicher, who studies local government and land use, has been trying to answer this question for years. While Schleicher typically writes about housing, his latest work — an essay literally called “Why Can’t We Build?” … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Wind Power Capacity Is Growing, But Not Fast Enough

Current conditions: A tsunami advisory is in effect in Japan after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern island of Kyushu • Tropical Storm Debby made landfall over South Carolina • Last month was the second-hottest July ever recorded. THE TOP FIVE 1. Global wind powe … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Feds Are Coming for Solar Scammers

Federal regulators are joining forces on a fresh effort to go after solar energy scams and help the public parse potentially deceptive business practices in the industry. Treasury Department officials said Wednesday they will soon release a consumer advisory warning against decep … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

What to Make of SunPower’s Bankruptcy

Current conditions: Tropical Storm Debby will make landfall again somewhere between Myrtle Beach and Charleston, South Carolina, tonight • Torrential rain brought severe flooding to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where extreme heat killed more than 1,000 pilgrims in June • Non-essential … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The First IRA Tax Credit Data Is In

More than 3 million American households used the Inflation Reduction Act’s subsidies for homeowners last year, collectively saving more than $8 billion on things like solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, insulation, and other clean energy technologies and efficiency upgrades. Tha … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Tim Walz Supercharges Kamala Harris’ Climate Cred

It’s official: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz got the rose. On Tuesday morning, after days of frenzied speculation that floated names including Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, and Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Kamala Harris announced that Walz … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

MAGA World Loves a Cybertruck

By now, there’s a decent chance that you’ve seen a Cybertruck out in the wild — perhaps blocking the visibility at an intersection or surrounded by gawkers in the Whole Foods parking lot. And upon seeing it, I’ll bet you had precisely one question: How does a Cybertruck function … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Downgraded Debby Churns North

Current conditions: At least 11 people have died from extreme heat in South Korea • A fast-moving fire scorched 100 acres in California’s San Bernardino county • The Atlantic’s Saharan dust plume is disappearing, which could make for stronger tropical storms. THE TOP FIVE 1. Sout … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Downgraded Debby Churns North

Current conditions: At least 11 people have died from extreme heat in South Korea • A fast-moving fire scorched 100 acres in California’s San Bernardino county • The Atlantic’s Saharan dust plume is disappearing, which could make for stronger tropical storms. THE TOP FIVE 1. Sout … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Toward a More Perfect Carbon Removal Standard

There’s a new player in carbon removal. It’s not another startup building machines to suck carbon from the air. And it’s not another trade association or consulting firm or marketplace peddling carbon removal credits. Instead, it wants to help establish a different system for adv … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

ARPA-E Is Cleantech’s Favorite Shadow VC

When the George W. Bush administration established the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, better known as ARPA-E, the number one goal for the new agency sounded an ambitious and patriotic note: “To enhance the economic and energy security of the United States through the … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

We’ll Always Have Heat Records

Temperatures may still be scorching, but hey, at least you probably don’t have to swim in the Seine. Don’t get used to cooler temperatures The Midwest cooled off a bit over the weekend — but doesn’t mean extreme temperatures are behind us. More heat is in store this week for the … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Energy Mascot that Electrified America

With all the attention paid to electric vehicles and heat pumps, the 2020s might seem like the decade of home electrification — but nothing might ever rival the boom of the original Roaring Twenties. By 1929, 70% of all American homes had access to electricity, double the figure … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Climate Stakes of the Veepstakes

Current conditions: Cooler weekend weather helped fire crews working to contain the Park Fire, which has now burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles • Two people were killed and 12 were missing after mudslides in China’s Sichuan province linked to record rainfall • Ass … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Chevy Equinox Is the Most Important EV of 2024

Take a quick look at the cars Americans buy and you’ll see the usual suspects that populate our parking lots: Full-size pickup trucks take their place at the top of the podium, while a few well-known sedans — and lots of SUVs and crossovers — round out the top 25. What you won’t … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Fire Condition We Can’t Control For

When a wildfire starts, there is rarely a witness. Deep in the mountains, lightning strikes a tree on the hottest day in millennia. A dragging trailer chain, unnoticed by a driver, sends sparks into the bone-dry roadside brush. Hikers splash water over an illegal campfire, but it … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

A Power Crunch Looms for PJM

Current conditions: July was China’s hottest month since official record-keeping began in 1961 • Chile also experienced a month for the books as its capital, Santiago, had its first rainless July since records began in the 1950s • One death has been reported as multiple fires bla … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

How a Top Climate Scientist Learned to Speak Up

Mornings are my time for thinking about Rob Jackson — specifically, when I am making coffee. Every time I reach for the knob on my gas stove to heat my water kettle, I remember something he told me during our discussion of his new book, Into the Clear Blue Sky: The Path to Restor … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Don’t Live in a Red State

The temperature in Dallas is forecast to reach 104 degrees fahrenheit this Friday, a level that sends most people hiding wherever they can find air conditioning. Now imagine you had to not only stay outside in that heat, but you had to work on a rooftop for hours, with no shade a … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Why Energy Wonks Love the Permitting Deal

Many climate advocates are revolting against Senator Joe Manchin’s permitting deal over its oil and gas industry giveaways. But not all of them. Among the climate wonk set, there’s a growing chorus that supports the bill and says the fossil fuel language is a pill worth swallowin … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Renewable Energy Developers Eye Interest Rate Relief

Current conditions: 192 people are still missing after heavy rains set off a torrent of flash floods in the Indian state of Kerala • Spain’s heat wave is believed to have peaked after an observatory near Barcelona recorded an all-time high • Temperatures in Antarctica soar to mor … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

What If We Just Build More Normal Nuclear Plants?

More than any other form of zero-carbon energy, nuclear energy seems to be stuck between its past and its future. There are currently 94 working reactors in the United States, fewer than there were in 1990. With the country’s growing energy needs in mind, the federal government h … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Labor Protections Are So Hot Right Now

Current conditions: Temperatures are expected to hit 99 degrees Fahrenheit today in Chico, California, hampering efforts to quell the country’s largest wildfire • North Korean state media says over 4,000 homes have been flooded after heavy rainfall near the Chinese border • Stron … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

A Climate Answer to Project 2025

It has been a strange year for the climate left’s relationship with the word “if.” Over the past several months, some activists and advocates had begun to use the word with me in such a way that it started to sound an awful lot like “when.” If Donald Trump is reelected… If Republ … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Climate Cost of the Permitting Deal

Senator Joe Manchin’s new permitting deal is the best shot Congress will get this year to boost transmission and renewables. It may also lock in generations of future fossil fuel production and exports. To many climate activists, that’s not a trade worth making. Tomorrow, the Sen … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

European Energy Is Worried

Current conditions: At least 45 are dead and many more are trapped in the Indian state of Kerala after heavy rainfall triggered landslides • California’s Park Fire, only 14% contained, is now the sixth-largest in the state’s history • Typhoon Gaemi’s death toll continues to climb … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Type One Energy Raised $82.5 Million to Do Fusion For Real

The fusion world is flush in cash and hype, as the dream of near-limitless clean energy inches closer to reality. A recent report from the Fusion Industry Association found that in the last two years, companies in the industry have brought in over $2.3 billion, nearly a third of … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Scientist Warning Against ‘Science-Based’ Targets

Tackling climate change is a complex puzzle. Hitting internationally agreed upon targets to limit warming requires the world to reduce multiple types of greenhouse gases from a multiplicity of sources on diverse timelines and across varying levels of responsibility and control by … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

California Burns, Japan Swoons

For those looking forward to bidding good riddance to a hot July, I have some bad news for you: Get ready for hot August.. Keep sending those 🥵 emojis If you thought it couldn’t possibly get hotter than July — the month that set a new record for warmest day ever — think a … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

California’s Park Fire Is Blanketing the West in Smoke

Current conditions: A heat dome is bringing scorching temperatures to parts of the Great Plains and the American Southwest • Typhoon Gaemi triggered a mudslide in southeast China, killing at least 15 • It’s 70 degrees and humid in Caracas, where both Venezuelan President Nicolás … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Investors Are Betting Clean Energy Tax Credits Will Survive

The Inflation Reduction Act will direct billions of dollars to subsidize clean energy in the form of tax credits. But those tax credits need to be bought and sold, requiring a whole industry to stand up between developers and corporate taxpayers looking to reduce their tax liabil … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Investors Are Betting Clean Energy Tax Credits Will Survive

The Inflation Reduction Act will direct billions of dollars to subsidize clean energy in the form of tax credits. But those tax credits need to be bought and sold, requiring a whole industry to stand up between developers and corporate taxpayers looking to reduce their tax liabil … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Wildfire Season Is Already Devastating North America

Current conditions: Eastern Bolivia declared an extreme weather state of emergency through the end of the year • The Chinese province of Fujian has recorded 1.6 feet of rain since Wednesday • Rain in Paris is threatening to make for a soggy Olympics opening ceremony. THE TOP FIVE … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Trump Is Sort of Right About the Green New Deal

“They’ve spent trillions of dollars on things having to do with the Green New Scam. It’s a scam,” said Donald Trump in his recent convention speech. His running mate J.D. Vance echoed the sentiment, saying in his speech that the country needs “a leader who rejects Joe Biden and K … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

Climate Tech Investors Aren’t Too Worried About Trump

Plenty has changed in the race for the U.S. presidency over the past week. One thing that hasn’t: Gobs of public and private funding for climate tech are still on the line. If Republicans regain the White House and Senate, tax credits and other programs in the Inflation Reduction … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

EPA Union Gets Behind Harris

Current conditions: Typhoon Gaemi made landfall in Taiwan with the force of a Category 3 major hurricane • Large hailstones pelted Verona, Italy • Tropical Storm Bud formed in the Eastern Pacific, but is expected to dissipate by the weekend. THE TOP FIVE 1. Vineyard Wind turbine … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago

The Upside of Tesla’s Decline

Tesla, formerly the golden boy of electric vehicle manufacturers, has hit the skids. After nearly continuous sales growth for a decade, in May sales were down 15% year-on-year — the fourth consecutive month of decline. Profits were down fully 45% in the second quarter thanks to s … | Continue reading


@heatmap.news | 5 months ago