Sarah T. Fischell
@sfischell.bsky.social
Climate action advocate. Born at ~310 ppm. @estee_nj on Twitter etc. Climate solutions & #energytwitter fan. Unitarian Universalist, @cclusa.org, Cornell. She/her/hers. Band person.
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We kicked off 2026 with our January Monthly Meeting on Saturday!
In his State of the Organization update, Executive Director Ricky Bradley explained how we’re pushing for climate progress in today’s challenging political landscape — and why we’re sticking with it.
Watch: youtu.be/_GhyI__eGo8?...
In his State of the Organization update, Executive Director Ricky Bradley explained how we’re pushing for climate progress in today’s challenging political landscape — and why we’re sticking with it.
Watch: youtu.be/_GhyI__eGo8?...
January 15, 2026 at 8:15 PM
We kicked off 2026 with our January Monthly Meeting on Saturday!
In his State of the Organization update, Executive Director Ricky Bradley explained how we’re pushing for climate progress in today’s challenging political landscape — and why we’re sticking with it.
Watch: youtu.be/_GhyI__eGo8?...
In his State of the Organization update, Executive Director Ricky Bradley explained how we’re pushing for climate progress in today’s challenging political landscape — and why we’re sticking with it.
Watch: youtu.be/_GhyI__eGo8?...
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“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.”
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Tech Workers Are Condemning ICE Even as Their CEOs Stay Quiet
The killing of George Floyd in 2020 prompted a wave of statements from tech companies and CEOs. Today, pushback against ICE is largely coming from employees, not executives.
www.wired.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.”
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
Bloomberg has an opinion piece that says to CEOs:
“Silence is no longer an option…You can be a loyal Republican & still believe that dismantling stable capital mkts or rupturing America’s relationshp with Europe is so dangerous that it demands public opposition.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
“Silence is no longer an option…You can be a loyal Republican & still believe that dismantling stable capital mkts or rupturing America’s relationshp with Europe is so dangerous that it demands public opposition.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
CEOs Staying Silent Is No Longer an Option
This week the Trump administration threatened a two-front war, with one against America’s allies and another against its own central bank. The White House’s threats to use force to seize Greenland fro...
www.bloomberg.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Bloomberg has an opinion piece that says to CEOs:
“Silence is no longer an option…You can be a loyal Republican & still believe that dismantling stable capital mkts or rupturing America’s relationshp with Europe is so dangerous that it demands public opposition.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
“Silence is no longer an option…You can be a loyal Republican & still believe that dismantling stable capital mkts or rupturing America’s relationshp with Europe is so dangerous that it demands public opposition.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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‘As soon as this Friday’
Nearly 10 years after Massachusetts announced plans to buy 1.2 gigawatts of carbon-free hydropower from Canada, the clean electrons are finally set to start flowing.
Finally, New England’s clean-energy transmission line is ready to go
A controversial project that will bring 1.2 GW of Canadian hydropower into the region is slated to come online this week after nearly a decade of work.
www.canarymedia.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:36 PM
‘As soon as this Friday’
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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Firmed solar power with battery backup in India is now at $0.035/kWh. There are no thermal sources that can touch that price. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/12/i...
India’s SECI awards 1.2 GW of solar, 600 MW/3,600 MWh of storage at $0.035/kWh
Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) has concluded a tender for 1.2 GW of interstate transmission system-connected solar projects paired with 600 MW/3,600 MWh of energy storage, with tariffs as low as I...
www.pv-magazine.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Firmed solar power with battery backup in India is now at $0.035/kWh. There are no thermal sources that can touch that price. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 #FossilFuelsAreStrandedAssets www.pv-magazine.com/2026/01/12/i...
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If you think nuclear (fission) is expensive, lemme tell you about nuclear fusion.
@financialtimes.com Energy Source: "Do not wait around for nuclear fusion"
www.ft.com/content/129b...
@financialtimes.com Energy Source: "Do not wait around for nuclear fusion"
www.ft.com/content/129b...
January 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM
If you think nuclear (fission) is expensive, lemme tell you about nuclear fusion.
@financialtimes.com Energy Source: "Do not wait around for nuclear fusion"
www.ft.com/content/129b...
@financialtimes.com Energy Source: "Do not wait around for nuclear fusion"
www.ft.com/content/129b...
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Source:
Photos Capture the Breathtaking Scale of China's Wind and Solar Buildout
e360.yale.edu
January 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Additionality is terrible jargon, until Meta tries to claim it’s powering data centers with carbon free electricity that will just take existing generation off the grid.
January 12, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Additionality is terrible jargon, until Meta tries to claim it’s powering data centers with carbon free electricity that will just take existing generation off the grid.
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#NewWord
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
When We Suffer Political Grief
Sociopolitical losses can shatter our assumptions and worldviews.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
#NewWord
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
Straight from my minister’s sermon today to you: “political grief.” Useful concept. 😔
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/navi...
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Shut down X. Shut down Grok.
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Shut down X. Shut down Grok.
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
Periodic reminder that Elon Musk is polluting a poor, mostly black, Memphis community to power Grok with unpermitted gas generators.
The residents get asthma - the world gets child porn and Hitler worship. Oh brave new world .::
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Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Welcome to Minnesota, fuckers. Also this is super disturbing because the ICE agent's assault rifle appears to fire as he falls down.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
This was filmed by a friend near Chicago and Lake last night.
Waiting for the sun to come back. 🔌💡
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Waiting for the sun to come back. 🔌💡
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Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
January 8, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
- file impeachment articles every day in the House
- withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee
- be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable
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Right now, someone’s heart aches. The pit in their stomach pains. They cannot stop their tears. They cannot fathom going on with their days. Their love broken.
“When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
“When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
January 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Right now, someone’s heart aches. The pit in their stomach pains. They cannot stop their tears. They cannot fathom going on with their days. Their love broken.
“When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
“When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
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electrek.co/2025/12/15/f...
I have heard of electric mining trucks that never need charging because they carry heavy loads downhill and then go back up light.
But now they are doing it with a 685 mile train journey. Amazing.
I have heard of electric mining trucks that never need charging because they carry heavy loads downhill and then go back up light.
But now they are doing it with a 685 mile train journey. Amazing.
Fortescue Infinity Train gets 14.5 MWh battery that never needs charging [update]
Fortescue Infinity Train made its first 685 mile trip from Perth to the Pilbara, marking a major milestone in decarbonization.
electrek.co
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
electrek.co/2025/12/15/f...
I have heard of electric mining trucks that never need charging because they carry heavy loads downhill and then go back up light.
But now they are doing it with a 685 mile train journey. Amazing.
I have heard of electric mining trucks that never need charging because they carry heavy loads downhill and then go back up light.
But now they are doing it with a 685 mile train journey. Amazing.
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Between lying about COVID, pushing anti-vax lunacy, cutting cancer research funding, ending ACA subsidies, bombing seven countries in just the last year, Trump will go down as one of the most prolific homicidal maniacs in world history.
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Between lying about COVID, pushing anti-vax lunacy, cutting cancer research funding, ending ACA subsidies, bombing seven countries in just the last year, Trump will go down as one of the most prolific homicidal maniacs in world history.
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Less traffic, less noise, fewer crashes, more economic activity, higher quality of life.
Econ 101 FTW🥊
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Econ 101 FTW🥊
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing after one year: How life has changed. (Gift Article)
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Less traffic, less noise, fewer crashes, more economic activity, higher quality of life.
Econ 101 FTW🥊
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Econ 101 FTW🥊
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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During the startup periods of various energy sources in the USA, researchers have found that fossils have gotten 15X what renewables have received from the feds, and 10X what nuclear has gotten.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
During the startup periods of various energy sources in the USA, researchers have found that fossils have gotten 15X what renewables have received from the feds, and 10X what nuclear has gotten.
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I published an op-ed in Newsday highlighting how successful South Fork Wind Farm's first year of operation in New York has been. 💡 🔌 ⚡
We need more of these proven resources — with no associated ongoing fuel costs — on the grid ASAP.
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
We need more of these proven resources — with no associated ongoing fuel costs — on the grid ASAP.
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
New York's offshore wind keeps the lights on
Decades-old electricity infrastructure is struggling to meet our state's energy needs.
www.newsday.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I published an op-ed in Newsday highlighting how successful South Fork Wind Farm's first year of operation in New York has been. 💡 🔌 ⚡
We need more of these proven resources — with no associated ongoing fuel costs — on the grid ASAP.
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
We need more of these proven resources — with no associated ongoing fuel costs — on the grid ASAP.
www.newsday.com/opinion/comm...
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The @bloomberg.com Green gang put our heads together and highlighted Climate/Energy Stories to Watch in 2026:
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Climate Change Key Trends To Follow in 2026
Happy New Year (plus one day)! Today’s newsletter is your climate cheat sheet for the rest of the year.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The @bloomberg.com Green gang put our heads together and highlighted Climate/Energy Stories to Watch in 2026:
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Humanity emitted more Greenhouse Gases in 2025 than any year ever
January 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Humanity emitted more Greenhouse Gases in 2025 than any year ever
🔌💡 So…will we get decent permitting reform in 2026?
I just finished re-reading @russellgold’s “Superpower” (2019). It’s a good book to revisit as we head into 2026.
So little has changed.
Thoughts:
- “return on equity” regulation = a huge barrier to new entrants w few proposals for solns (note: Rep. Casten’s got some)
1/
So little has changed.
Thoughts:
- “return on equity” regulation = a huge barrier to new entrants w few proposals for solns (note: Rep. Casten’s got some)
1/
January 2, 2026 at 12:50 AM
🔌💡 So…will we get decent permitting reform in 2026?
I just finished re-reading @russellgold’s “Superpower” (2019). It’s a good book to revisit as we head into 2026.
So little has changed.
Thoughts:
- “return on equity” regulation = a huge barrier to new entrants w few proposals for solns (note: Rep. Casten’s got some)
1/
So little has changed.
Thoughts:
- “return on equity” regulation = a huge barrier to new entrants w few proposals for solns (note: Rep. Casten’s got some)
1/
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I just finished re-reading @russellgold’s “Superpower” (2019). It’s a good book to revisit as we head into 2026.
So little has changed.
Thoughts:
- “return on equity” regulation = a huge barrier to new entrants w few proposals for solns (note: Rep. Casten’s got some)
1/
So little has changed.
Thoughts:
- “return on equity” regulation = a huge barrier to new entrants w few proposals for solns (note: Rep. Casten’s got some)
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