Beth Chajes
@bchajes.bsky.social
Climate advocate with @citizensclimate.bsky.social.
Writer, science geek, bird watcher, choral singer, political junkie, feminist, word lover, avid reader, Grobanite, proud Delawarean and mom. Born at 319. (she/her)
Writer, science geek, bird watcher, choral singer, political junkie, feminist, word lover, avid reader, Grobanite, proud Delawarean and mom. Born at 319. (she/her)
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Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
What's the deal with balcony solar?
Cora Stryker joins me to explain how "plug-in" solar took Europe by storm and is finally, via Utah (?), making its way to America.
www.volts.wtf
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today on Volts: I've had more requests to cover this than almost any other topic in the pod's history, so now, at long last, balcony solar! We dig into how "plug-in solar" took off in Europe & how it's making its way to the US, starting in Utah. Backyard DIY types rejoice!
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If you _do_ want to know the true science on the environmental consequences of offshore wind development, we did a story based on two different systematic reviews, plus a bunch of other studies, in this piece:
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
Environmentally, Offshore Wind Is … Fine | Hakai Magazine
How often can you say that about an energy generation system?
hakaimagazine.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
If you _do_ want to know the true science on the environmental consequences of offshore wind development, we did a story based on two different systematic reviews, plus a bunch of other studies, in this piece:
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
hakaimagazine.com/news/offshor...
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The Trump regime wants to make us less healthy and more dead.
Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution
The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on p...
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Trump regime wants to make us less healthy and more dead.
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One more lobby meeting to report! Many thanks to Alexandra and Montgomery from @bluntrochester.senate.gov's office for a great conversation about fixing our forests and our energy permitting process in the U.S. We appreciate your time and your dedication! #GrassrootsClimate
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
One more lobby meeting to report! Many thanks to Alexandra and Montgomery from @bluntrochester.senate.gov's office for a great conversation about fixing our forests and our energy permitting process in the U.S. We appreciate your time and your dedication! #GrassrootsClimate
It gives me hope to work with this great team of citizen advocates and meet with such dedicated congressional staffers!
Many thanks to @coons.senate.gov's amazing energy and environment staff — Chris, Jenna, Megan, and Mike — for meeting with us today and for their tireless work to create viable and lasting climate solutions! #GrassrootsClimate
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It gives me hope to work with this great team of citizen advocates and meet with such dedicated congressional staffers!
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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It's unbelievable how hard this administration is fighting to keep millions of Americans hungry.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's unbelievable how hard this administration is fighting to keep millions of Americans hungry.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
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As results roll in from yesterday’s Election Day, take a look at this article from @heatmap.news about the role clean energy played in key races nationwide 👇
🗳️ It's election day on Tuesday! This may be an an off-off-cycle year, but there are still a handful of important races for the climate.
@emilypont.bsky.social points out a handful for you to pay attention to tomorrow ⤵️:
@emilypont.bsky.social points out a handful for you to pay attention to tomorrow ⤵️:
The Climate Races to Watch on Tuesday
It’s an off-off-cycle election year, but there are still a handful of key elections going on in Georgia, New Jersey, and Virginia.
heatmap.news
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
As results roll in from yesterday’s Election Day, take a look at this article from @heatmap.news about the role clean energy played in key races nationwide 👇
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How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
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"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
How's this for energy abundance? Millions of Aussies will start receiving three hours of free power each day in 2026. This is what happens when you make rooftop solar less than a buck a watt!!
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
"Rooftop solar installations cost about $840 (U.S.) per kilowatt of capacity before rebates." 🤯
🔌💡
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It has been 60 years, to the day, since LBJ released a report to the public about pollution. I wrote about appendix Y4 of that report.
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
This Whole Thing Really Snuck Up On Us
Looking back, and ahead, on the anniversary of a White House warning.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
It has been 60 years, to the day, since LBJ released a report to the public about pollution. I wrote about appendix Y4 of that report.
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
"The climatic changes that may be produced by the increased CO2 content could be deleterious from the point of view of human beings."
Good thread!
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Good thread!
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Listen to Jigar Shah. Gates has been misguided in his climate messaging for some time now, and some of us having been calling him out on this for more than a decade:
www.livescience.com/53861-bill-g...
www.newsweek.com/right-path-f...
www.livescience.com/53861-bill-g...
www.newsweek.com/right-path-f...
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Listen to Jigar Shah. Gates has been misguided in his climate messaging for some time now, and some of us having been calling him out on this for more than a decade:
www.livescience.com/53861-bill-g...
www.newsweek.com/right-path-f...
www.livescience.com/53861-bill-g...
www.newsweek.com/right-path-f...
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The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
grist.org/transportati...
#Shipping #Ships #Transportation #Climate #Geopolitics
grist.org/transportati...
#Shipping #Ships #Transportation #Climate #Geopolitics
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
grist.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
grist.org/transportati...
#Shipping #Ships #Transportation #Climate #Geopolitics
grist.org/transportati...
#Shipping #Ships #Transportation #Climate #Geopolitics
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social asked us to pitch in with 11/4 elections. If you have one of the 52,000 elections in the ballot - vote. And help out!
🚨 Calling all CCLers!
Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!
Sign up and spread the word!
cc: @cclusa.org
www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025
Join CCL New Jersey this coming Tues., Oct. 28th to mobilize environmental voters for the New Jersey general election!
Sign up and spread the word!
cc: @cclusa.org
www.environmentalvoter.org/cclnjoct282025
Hosted by CCL NJ: Phone bank into New Jersey
Join the Environmental Voter Project and Citizens' Climate Lobby New Jersey to turn out low propensity environmental voters in New Jersey ahead of their November 4th gubernatorial election!
www.environmentalvoter.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social asked us to pitch in with 11/4 elections. If you have one of the 52,000 elections in the ballot - vote. And help out!
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Please read 👇👇👇
The destruction of the East Wing is a reminder that America has violated the only check-and-balance that actually ends up mattering: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-c...
The only check-and-balance that actually matters
www.doomsdayscenario.co
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Please read 👇👇👇
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The economics are clear: The push to build fossil fuels to power data centers is going to hurt people and one way to address that harm is by demanding these centers be built with clean, cheap, fast-to-build energy sources like wind and solar. From @profgalloway.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The economics are clear: The push to build fossil fuels to power data centers is going to hurt people and one way to address that harm is by demanding these centers be built with clean, cheap, fast-to-build energy sources like wind and solar. From @profgalloway.com
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This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
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🌱🌻🌾Sadly, extra carbon dioxide often doesn't mean better crops. Here is a fact-check from our own @dananuccitelli.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/fact...
Fact-checking a Trump administration claim about climate change and crops » Yale Climate Connections
A recent Department of Energy report falsely states that rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere will boost agricultural yields. In fact, climate change is much more likely to make food scarcer...
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
🌱🌻🌾Sadly, extra carbon dioxide often doesn't mean better crops. Here is a fact-check from our own @dananuccitelli.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/fact...
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We're disappointed that the Trump administration took such a strong oppositional stance to the IMO's exploration of a carbon price on global shipping.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
US helps sink world’s first global carbon tax | CNN
A fierce Trump administration push to stop the global shipping industry from paying for its own climate pollution appears successful.
www.cnn.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We're disappointed that the Trump administration took such a strong oppositional stance to the IMO's exploration of a carbon price on global shipping.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
Pricing carbon pollution is smart, effective policy, and we remain committed to building more support for it in the U.S.
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Yesterday, 7 million Americans marched in history’s biggest protest. But while the world watched, some of the U.S. media looked away. A battle over truth and democracy.
The Day 7 Million Americans Marched and Their Media Looked Away
A European’s View on American Media’s Crossroads Moment
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Yesterday, 7 million Americans marched in history’s biggest protest. But while the world watched, some of the U.S. media looked away. A battle over truth and democracy.
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A thousand writers: “SEE IF I WRITE THIS YOU TELL ME IT’S TOO ON THE NOSE”
A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild
#NoKings #Minnesota
#NoKings #Minnesota
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A thousand writers: “SEE IF I WRITE THIS YOU TELL ME IT’S TOO ON THE NOSE”
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