We are proud to congratulate Soumya Krishnamurthi, a senior leader in our IT Department, who was recently honored with the Women in Technology Impact Award from the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania!

China has exported $120 billion in green technology for the year-to-date. The US, which has positioned itself as a major fossil fuel exporter, has only sold $80 billion in oil and gas abroad.

The Primary Energy Fallacy is the idea that all primary energy from fossil fuels must be replaced with equivalent amount of clean energy.

BUT: Not necessary because >2/3 of all primary energy is lost as waste heat.

Electrification+renewables are far more efficient.

medium.com/@jan.rosenow...

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91.

Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

Join us for a timely discussion on the impact of the latest tariffs on U.S.-Brazil Bilateral Trade next Monday.

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Researchers at Northeastern and Yale universities ranked states based on risks from extreme heat, flooding, poor air quality, natural hazard risks to health care facilities and greenhouse gas emissions by the health care sector.

From @stateline.org

The organization that manages the electric grid for Pennsylvania and 12 other states has moved too slowly in response to skyrocketing energy demand and consumers are paying for it, Gov. Josh Shapiro said Monday.

From @petehallpa.bsky.social

Utilities are backing legislation in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that would allow them to own power plants. Consumer advocates expect to see a similar proposal in Maryland in 2026.

From @insideclimatenews.org

🔴 🔥 ♨️ ⚠️ Several days after their start, the large #wildfires affecting Portugal and Spain are still active, increasing their size and producing a massive quantity of smoke.⬇️meteosat-12📸 before sunset on Aug.20 showing most of the iberian peninsula covered by smoke,and engulfing Baleares

The attorneys general and governors of 19 states, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, are suing federal energy officials over a new policy meant to cut funding for staff who work on sustainable energy and energy efficiency projects across the country.

From @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

Short piece by Tobias Ide on how horribly wrong AI bots are when asked to analyze research, in this case around climate security.

I found when dealing with environmental security, it keeps referring back to ideas from the 1990s, most long since discredited
www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/08/hall...

"Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world’s biggest insurers, recently outlined how the world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for financial services, such as mortgages and investments."

seems problematic.

My wonderful mentor doing her thing. She is the reason I am where I am. A truly incredible leader and human being!! Go @sheilarose.bsky.social, you rock and we are all so lucky to learn from you, your work and ideas 💡⚖️

Wait. It gets better.

It really is remarkable that we have an opportunity to avert climate disaster and it is also the smart economic choice.

That hasn't always been the case.

Now it is.

Lower energy costs, lower health costs and huge averted climate damages.

And yet still, we let the greedheads win.

On @kqedforum.bsky.social, @michaelwara.bsky.social and I talked about electricity affordability, climate resilience, and how the one big beautiful bill raises taxes on clean electricity. Listen: www.kqed.org/forum/201010... 🔌💡

The Big Beautiful Bill repeals most regulations dealing with climate change including subsidies for the expansion of the cheapest energy sources (wind & solar). This will increase electicity costs for families. (NB: oil & gas receive subsidies too). Below is the price of not addressing the issue.

"The nation’s reliability watchdog recently reported that the risk of a summer grid emergency in Texas dropped from 15% in 2024 to 3% in 2025 — and pointed to new battery energy storage as the sole reason."

Batteries prevent blackouts that were caused by fossil fuel plant failures.

Is decarbonization dead? @janeaflegal.bsky.social & I join Ezra Klein to talk through how Trump just shredded America's most ambitious climate policy, what survived, and where we go from here. Listen @nytimes.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/o...

“New US tariffs could further squeeze farmers abroad, says Stevenson, a senior climate analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence. “It puts producers in an uncomfortable position where the price of beef is too expensive to sell at home but not expensive enough to sell with a 50% tariff,”

Thanks to everyone who picked up a copy of THE MISSION. Reviews have been astonishing. If you haven't yet, please do! The link will send you to booksellers who aren't named Bezos.

www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

I am loving your TV media interviews about your latest book. Please keep doing them and educating us! With deep gratitude, a fan 🤓

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