Trudy Heller
@trudyheller.bsky.social
I am a bipartisan climate blogger , accelerating market and nature-based solutions. I write with the voice of an innovation enthusiast. A Wharton School alum and former business school professor, I cheer entrepreneurial climate solutions.
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I can honestly say I didn't see Hungary coming 😲
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I can honestly say I didn't see Hungary coming 😲
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Russian propaganda in full force for the Witkoff visit: Putin is claiming to have captured Ukrainian cities that he doesn't control, and having himself photographed in military uniform
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Putin claims Russian capture of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk as Kyiv warns of Kremlin propaganda blitz amid peace talks
"All of this is done exclusively for Western audiences and to raise the stakes in diplomacy," said Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation.
kyivindependent.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Russian propaganda in full force for the Witkoff visit: Putin is claiming to have captured Ukrainian cities that he doesn't control, and having himself photographed in military uniform
kyivindependent.com/putin-claims...
kyivindependent.com/putin-claims...
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Clean tech spending may hit record high in US this year—DESPITE the political climate.
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
Surprise: Cleantech Spending May Hit Record Despite Trump’s Carbon Push
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how AI is ushering in a new nuclear age and investing in developing nations amid a pullback in U.S. aid and private funding
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Clean tech spending may hit record high in US this year—DESPITE the political climate.
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
A structural shift: the transition is increasingly independent from temporary political will. Falling costs, long-term investment cycles & state-level momentum are driving growth.
www.forbes.com/sites/curren...
"Data centers and their supporting power plants, traditionally seen as water-intensive, can now function as localized water generators."
AI’s Data Centers Are Fueling a Hidden Water Crisis www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ais-...
AI’s Data Centers Are Fueling a Hidden Water Crisis www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ais-...
AI’s Data Centers Are Fueling a Hidden Water Crisis - Environment+Energy Leader
AI’s rapid growth is draining more than just electricity. Behind the scenes, data center cooling is shifting water strain to power plants and local communities.
www.environmentenergyleader.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Data centers and their supporting power plants, traditionally seen as water-intensive, can now function as localized water generators."
AI’s Data Centers Are Fueling a Hidden Water Crisis www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ais-...
AI’s Data Centers Are Fueling a Hidden Water Crisis www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/ais-...
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Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good news: more than 50% of the world’s economies have seen carbon emissions from fossil fuel power generation peaking. And with the speed of change in the electricity sector many more will join this growing list in coming years.
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First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran under Immediate Threat of Zero Water Day (taps run dry)…
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran Under Threat
YouTube video by Paul Beckwith
https://youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si…
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
First Emergence of Unprecedented Global Water Scarcity in Anthropocene: Megacity Tehran under Immediate Threat of Zero Water Day (taps run dry)…
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
youtu.be/YABotGcsz90?si… #climatet#droughtht
Image is from video: me with my Selenium Crystal Ball from my neighbourhood witch store
"...premiums from underwriting renewable energy projects were still less than one-third of those from fossil fuel projects."
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As disaster losses mount, US insurers continue betting on adaptation
A landmark Californian bill that could have shifted some wildfire costs on to oil and gas producers was quietly killed in committee Californian governor Gavin Newsom this month signed a package of bil...
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November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"...premiums from underwriting renewable energy projects were still less than one-third of those from fossil fuel projects."
www.sustainableviews.com/as-disaster-...
www.sustainableviews.com/as-disaster-...
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Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
Bill Gates has a new memo out calling for a “strategic pivot” on climate change, downplaying “doomsday” talk to focus on filling enormous post-USAID budget gaps in global health and vaccine funding. I got an early glimpse of his thinking last week:
7 New Takes From Bill Gates on Climate ‘Doomsday’ Talk and Global Health
“I mean, God bless the Europeans for caring about climate.”
heatmap.news
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Bill Gates hasn’t made sense on Climate since he teamed up with Bjorn Lomberg in 2009. This is just a restating of Bjorn’s book from this year about how we have a finite amount of money and we shouldn’t use it for climate. What they get wrong is that climate solutions are now fully profitable.
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We’re not even a full year into Trump’s second term, and we’ve already seen over a MILLION layoffs. His chaos is crushing manufacturing, innovation, and small businesses.
We need to get back to lowering costs and creating jobs.
We need to get back to lowering costs and creating jobs.
November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
We’re not even a full year into Trump’s second term, and we’ve already seen over a MILLION layoffs. His chaos is crushing manufacturing, innovation, and small businesses.
We need to get back to lowering costs and creating jobs.
We need to get back to lowering costs and creating jobs.
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The growing wildfire crisis won't wait, and neither can we. It's why we came together to write bipartisan legislation to protect our communities. www.youtube.com/shorts/FOcqu...
The growing wildfire crisis won't wait, and neither can we.
YouTube video by Senator John Hickenlooper
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October 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The growing wildfire crisis won't wait, and neither can we. It's why we came together to write bipartisan legislation to protect our communities. www.youtube.com/shorts/FOcqu...
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Past 10 Years Were 10 Hottest Years in Recorded History, and Likely 10 Coldest Years of the Future
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Past 10 Years Were 10 Hottest Years in Recorded History, and Likely 10 Coldest Years of the Future
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
1 2024
2 2023
3 2016
4 2020
5 2019
6 2017
7 2015
8 2022
9 2018 (tied)
9 2021 (tied)
(cartoon by David Horsey)
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Electra is using a time-tested method to purify iron — and it has a new location and new deals with Meta and Nucor as it looks to scale up.
Electra announces deals with Meta, Nucor to scale its clean iron tech
The Colorado-based startup unveiled its new demo plant and announced agreements with major steel users. The facility could start churning out clean iron…
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October 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Electra is using a time-tested method to purify iron — and it has a new location and new deals with Meta and Nucor as it looks to scale up.
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If you're not in the ballroom, you're not in their club.
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
If you're not in the ballroom, you're not in their club.
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The EPA says cutting a pollution reporting program will save the oil and gas industry millions. Some companies are pushing back, saying they need it
Why Big Oil Is Asking EPA Not to Cut its Polluter Reporting Program
The oil and gas industry says it needs the program’s data to conduct business.
bloom.bg
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The EPA says cutting a pollution reporting program will save the oil and gas industry millions. Some companies are pushing back, saying they need it
White Flag Democrats
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White Flag Democrats
Schumer and Jeffries Are About To Blow The Shutdown Fight
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September 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
White Flag Democrats
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Reminder that in 2021, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill by Democrats that would have banned partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts.
August 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Reminder that in 2021, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill by Democrats that would have banned partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts.
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This is why clean energy advocates are becoming abundance people, and the defenders of incumbent industries are becoming degrowthers.
It’s a new political landscape.
It’s a new political landscape.
The US is building a record amount of electricity generation capacity in 2025 to meet rapidly growing demand. And its overwhelmingly clean energy, with a bit of gas. Meanwhile the Trump administration wants to stop permitting of new solar and wind projects.
August 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is why clean energy advocates are becoming abundance people, and the defenders of incumbent industries are becoming degrowthers.
It’s a new political landscape.
It’s a new political landscape.
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Federal funding for EV chargers has been frozen for months. The DOT says it’s ready to let the money flow — but is it hiding another delay tactic?
Trump admin reopens $5B EV charging program after losses in court
The Transportation Department says states can reapply for funding under the Biden-era program it had halted. Groups fighting the freeze in court decry the…
www.canarymedia.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Federal funding for EV chargers has been frozen for months. The DOT says it’s ready to let the money flow — but is it hiding another delay tactic?
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This slope on this chart is INSANE
August 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This slope on this chart is INSANE
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The US is on pace to install 2.4X the number of EV charging stations as it did last year
If this pace continues we’ll have 100,000 charging stations by 2027 compared to 145,000 gas stations
The future is ⚡️
If this pace continues we’ll have 100,000 charging stations by 2027 compared to 145,000 gas stations
The future is ⚡️
July 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The US is on pace to install 2.4X the number of EV charging stations as it did last year
If this pace continues we’ll have 100,000 charging stations by 2027 compared to 145,000 gas stations
The future is ⚡️
If this pace continues we’ll have 100,000 charging stations by 2027 compared to 145,000 gas stations
The future is ⚡️
"...when renewables are treated as infrastructure, not ideology, practical policy follows."
This industry is filled with builders—of projects, companies, careers and futures. Now we must build political power too. That means starting small, scaling fast and staying with it for the long haul.
Let’s bring our skills to organizing and show what happens when clean energy fights back.
Let’s bring our skills to organizing and show what happens when clean energy fights back.
Trump is trying to kill renewable energy. Here’s how to fight back
The real fight isn’t in Washington anymore. It’s in statehouses, utility commissions, local permitting battles and public opinion.
trellis.net
July 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"...when renewables are treated as infrastructure, not ideology, practical policy follows."
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Thanks to @canarymedia.com for making this kind of ambitious reporting possible.
And to @motherjones.com for giving it a wide platform.
And to @motherjones.com for giving it a wide platform.
Captain Jack Morris and Kevin Souza voted for Trump.
They are scallopers, and though fishermen tend to be against offshore wind, they work for offshore wind companies part-time.
They share the risks if Trump crushes offshore wind.
They are scallopers, and though fishermen tend to be against offshore wind, they work for offshore wind companies part-time.
They share the risks if Trump crushes offshore wind.
These New England fishermen made peace with offshore wind. Trump wants to end it.
This "is the number one way for scallop guys, captains, mates, deckhands, to make extra money.”
www.motherjones.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks to @canarymedia.com for making this kind of ambitious reporting possible.
And to @motherjones.com for giving it a wide platform.
And to @motherjones.com for giving it a wide platform.
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The U.S. battery supply chain just got a little stronger.
LG Energy Solution, a division of the major Korean battery manufacturer, is now producing battery cells for grid-scale energy storage at a site in Holland, Michigan:
LG Energy Solution, a division of the major Korean battery manufacturer, is now producing battery cells for grid-scale energy storage at a site in Holland, Michigan:
LG opens massive Michigan factory to make LFP batteries for the grid
The $1.4 billion investment onshores production of a popular battery chemistry that had been almost exclusively made in China, amid tariff and tax policy…
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June 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The U.S. battery supply chain just got a little stronger.
LG Energy Solution, a division of the major Korean battery manufacturer, is now producing battery cells for grid-scale energy storage at a site in Holland, Michigan:
LG Energy Solution, a division of the major Korean battery manufacturer, is now producing battery cells for grid-scale energy storage at a site in Holland, Michigan:
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Republicans rolling back #cleanenergy incentives hide behind a myth that our energy economy is a level playing field, ignoring the billions of dollars flowing through tax breaks & subsidies to #fossilfuel companies. @generation180.bsky.social breaks it all down.
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The absurd truth about fossil fuel subsidies
May 2025 Update: As House Republicans attempt to gut clean energy incentives and subsidies it is more important than ever to recognize that subsidizing
generation180.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Republicans rolling back #cleanenergy incentives hide behind a myth that our energy economy is a level playing field, ignoring the billions of dollars flowing through tax breaks & subsidies to #fossilfuel companies. @generation180.bsky.social breaks it all down.
generation180.org/blog/the-abs...
generation180.org/blog/the-abs...