An Oakland, CA-based startup is developing a way to make cement that not only releases zero greenhouse gasses, but can help remove them from the atmosphere.

The trick is to avoid limestone and start instead with basalt and other calcium-bearing silicate rocks instead of calcite-based calcium sources.

They're building their first plant in Reno, NV. Wish them luck. 🤞
#ClimateProgress #ClimateSolutions https://www.dcvc.com/news-insights/brimstone-rock-stars-of-the-cement-industry/

Be a fucking legend! #ClimateSolutions

Yesterday I added a new piece of climate resilience equipment to the house, and am pretty excited what the future of ubiquitous batteries means.

#climate #ClimateSolutions

http://dague.net/2023/09/09/climate-infrastructure/

#Fensterfreitag #ClimateSolutions

ZeroPlace in New Paltz, NY, they using photovoltaic modules to create window awnings.

Now that's one of the more interesting #ClimateSolutions

I wonder what the cost would be to implement it across the entire Metro?

But anyways, converting biopower from the commuters into clean electrons to offset fossil fuel burning just plain has a certain flair to it in my opinion.

200 milliwatts at a time, but every little bit helps.

Another day, another "controversial" toot from me of course. #ClimateSolutions

Direct Air Carbon #DACA is emerging as a uniquely scalable, controllable, durable & verifiable carbon dioxide removal #CDR solution.

However, if we don’t invest effort & resources into addressing DAC’s technical challenges this decade it won’t be ready at scale when we need it.

This latest paper in Royal Society of Chemistry's Energy and Environmental Science Journal provides a roadmap: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/ee/d3ee01008b

#ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction From the Drawdown Review
https://www.drawdown.org/about

Carbon farming activities adopted at larger scale via appropriate land management practices represent great potential in contributing to and reaching our climate objectives.

Great to see that the EU parliament is pushing for BioChar Carbon Removal as one of the most scalable and durable technologies in mitigating climate change. #DAC #CDR #BioChar #ClimateProgress #ClimateSolutions https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AD-746718_EN.pdf

#ClimateProgress

Renewables could overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation for the first time ever as soon as 2024.

This is earlier than expected, but not sooner than it should happen and by reducing your energy use and installing #solar & #batteries if you're at all able you can help reduce fossil fuel burning even more. #ClimateSolutions

@Incognitim ..."Also happens to be an early investor in several plant-based food startups" I don't immediately trust Investment/Profit based solutions. Are we really pursuing #ClimateSolutions when we cater to a Growth Based Economy? I'm not against synthetic foods but I'm for a better solutions model.

Here’s your Friday #CleanEnergy #FactOfTheWeek

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) U.S. Energy and Employment report shows that #EnergyJobs have increased in nearly every county in America! #ClimateProgress #ClimateSolutions #WeCanDoThis
https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-finds-energy-jobs-have-increased-nearly-every-county-america

U.S. GHG emissions from burning coal went down by over a quarter in the first half of 2023 compared to 2022.

Renewables are on track to meet all the growth in global electricity demand over the next two years.

And by 2024, renewables are set to account for over a third of the world’s power generation.
#ClimateProgress #ClimateSolutions #WeCanDoThis https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-update-2023

We've got an incredible line up of Climate Solutions events in the Hudson Valley for our 3rd annual #ClimateSolutions week.

I'll be doing 2 talks on the Clean Energy Future, as well as one sharing policy insights from our CCL work in DC. If you are in the Hudson Valley come find us! #Climate

https://www.hvclimatesolutionsweek.org/events

CarbonCure is hiring!

Want to advance low carbon concrete and help concrete producers “go green” with technologies that benefit the environment and boost their businesses?

They’re currently looking to add a Corporate Counsel to their team.
#ClimateSolutions #GreenJobs

Interested in learning more about what assistance you can get from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act climate legislation to help you decarbonize so that you're no longer warming our globe? Webinar on September 7th.

#IRA #ElectrifyEverything #GlobalWarming #ClimateProgress #ClimateSolutions #decarbonize #HeatPumps #Insulate

The price of solar modules reached "a record low of 17.1 cents per watt in July, according to Bloomberg NEF’s Jenny Chase." @solar_chase
#ClimateSolutions #ClimateProgress #CleanEnergy #MastodonEnergy #Solar

We have so many #ClimateSolutions

We just need for more people to choose them instead of choosing to burn fossil fuels.

Anyways, I've gifted this article from my subscription in case you're interested in learning more about thermal #Batteries

Natural batteries are meant to enable countries to take advantage of prodigious supplies coming from wind turbines and solar panels, when the sun isn’t shining and the wind isn’t blowing. https://wapo.st/3EboCzg

@kathhayhoe
For news and stories to share #ClimateHope, check out the #ClimateProgress or #ClimateSolutions hashtags.

For example, by replacing 15% of the sand typically used in concrete with coffee biochar, researchers find that the addition enhanced the strength by 29.3%.

Sequestering food waste as #BioChar in #Concrete is a way to use an adaptation to #GlobalWarming as a mitigation strategy too! win/win #WeCanDoThis https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2023/aug/23/full-of-beans-scientists-use-processed-coffee-grounds-to-make-stronger-concrete

We didn't take an EV on this trip, but I saw all kinds of infrastructure for them, and look forward to doing it electric in the future. Part 4 of Vacationing in the Age of Climate Solutions

#climate #ClimateSolutions

http://dague.net/2023/08/23/im-so-over-gas-cars-vacationing-in-an-age-of-climate-solutions-part-4/

This view was incredibly striking on Rt 9 from Bar Harbor to NB. As you climb this hill the wind turbines just grow in your field of view.

My heart leapt when I saw these. Wind turbines fulfill kinds of awe. The first is they are great machines, massive in construction and scale. Something is always awe inspiring about that. But second, they are climate solution made manifest. They are proof of progress.

#Climate #ClimateSolutions

Google street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.8291097,-68.2376575,3a,30y,108.66h,97.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJCa-n85zAauOa8bVsKfmuw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu