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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 day ago

📚 And Regardless of federal rhetoric, blue and red states add climate to curriculum. (Photo: The Guardian)

For grounded confidence in chaotic times, check out the (free) Good Newsletter. rachellincolnsarnoff.substack.com

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 days ago

Endangered Flat-Headed Cats Were Just Photographed In Thailand For The First Time In 30 Years A survey of the species recorded the creatures 16 times in 2025.

🐱 For the first time in 30 years, endangered flat-headed cats are back in Thailand, and they're beautiful. allthatsinteresting.com/thailand-fla...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 days ago

Department of Education Backs Down on Unlawful Directive Targeting Educational Equity | NEA In a victory for academic freedom and education equity, the U.S. Department of Education conceded the end of its February 14, 2025, “Dear Colleague” directive that sought to restrict diversity,…

📘 US Department of Education was recently forced to reverse on restrictions of DEI programs in schools. www.nea.org/about-nea/me...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

3 days ago

'It took a village.' Florida crews rescue 'Melby,' a 410-pound manatee The juvenile manatee was rescued from a Florida storm drain after a public tip and multi-agency effort. He is now recovering at SeaWorld Orlando.

🚨 After getting stuck in a storm drain in Florida, 400-pound Melby the manatee is now safe. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

3 days ago

India budget targets eco boost for textiles India’s budget for 2026/27 features new initiative designed to align the country’s textile industry with EU sustainability standards

🇮🇳 India's new budget intends to align the textiles industry with EU sustainability standards. www.ecotextile.com/202602026154...

#Sustainability #Fashion #SwapDontShop #SlowFashion #GoodNewsletter

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

4 days ago

First of its kind ‘high-density’ hydro system begins generating electricity in Devon Project employs technology that can be used to store and release renewable energy using even gentle slopes

⚡Who needs a dam? First-ever underground hydropower system delivers electricity in Devon, proving that fast and inexpensive production of gently sloped systems is possible. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

5 days ago

Fighting back against climate rage bait Eight of the top 10 online shows and personalities are spreading climate misinformation.

🧠 Ridiculous rhetoric got you steamed up? Check out these great tips to bypass rage bait, which can be applied to climate deniers and so much more. "Grounded confidence" is possible! trellis.net/article/figh...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Pivot Energy and Tapestry, Inc. Announce Completion of Three Illinois Community Solar Projects Pivot Energy and Tapestry, Inc. complete three Illinois community solar projects and are proud to support local workforce development initiatives.

🏙️ Tapestry -- aka Coach and Kate Spade -- announced its partner completed three community solar power project in Illinois. www.pivotenergy.net/news-release...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

This Startup Thinks It Can Make Rocket Fuel From Water. Stop Laughing General Galactic, cofounded by a former SpaceX engineer, plans to test its water-based propellant this fall. If successful, it could help usher in a new era of space travel. That's a big “if.”

🚀 Can you make rocket fuel from water? This former SpaceX engineer says yes. www.wired.com/story/genera...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

China’s air quality policies have swiftly reduced pollution, improved life expectancy Despite significant increases in particulate pollution (PM2.5) in many regions of the world, global pollution has declined since 2013. That decline is due entirely to China’s success in steeply…

🫁 Pollution is down and health is up in China, where the effects of nearly three decades of air quality policies are being felt. epic.uchicago.edu/insights/chi...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Chart: Solar is finally bigger than coal in Texas Sure, coal had a comeback in 2025. But the year also marked the first time Texas got more power from solar than from the increasingly expensive fossil…

🌤️ Last year in Texas, coal came back -- but solar came back bigger. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

🌊 Offshore wind wins again -- for the fifth time. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year: The unstoppable rise of renewable energy Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way

🐟 The world's largest floating solar plant begins operating in China, with a fish farm underneath. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Solar met 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025 | Ember Our core content has been translated to a number of languages.

🌅 In the U.S. solar generation rose by 27% to meet 61% of electricity demand growth in 2025 -- with the biggest increase in Texas, the Midwest, and the Mid-Atlantic regions. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Federal Court Strikes Down Texas Law that Punished Responsible Climate-Conscious Investors - American Sustainable Business Network Austin, Texas – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has struck down Texas’ Senate Bill 13, known as the “business blacklist law.” SB 13 undermined the freedom to invest,…

🛢️ Remember that Texas "business blacklist" law that cost the state $700 million and 3,000 jobs because it prohibited investment in businesses that boycotted fossil fuels? It's out. asbnetwork.org/federal-cour...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Here are three climate wins airlines could unlock tomorrow. No new technology required. A global analysis finds that existing aircraft, flown differently, could deliver dramatic emissions cuts without grounding travelers.

✈️ Want to reduce aviation emissions? Cut business class and optimize routes can reduce emissions by as much as 75% researchers say. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/01/here...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Clean mobile power: What Amazon, Disney and Netflix now know Amazon, Disney and Netflix must change procurement policies to convince production production rental companies to use more clean power units.

🎬 Movie production is typically diesel-powered -- but it looks like stinky gennys may soon be obsolete. trellis.net/article/what...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

‘Autofocus’ glasses can change their lenses in real time | CNN Finnish eyewear company IXI is gearing up to launch smart glasses that look just like ordinary spectacles, but are able to “autofocus” based on the perceived needs of the wearer.

👓 For farsighted people like me, who can't see a dinner companion without glasses but can't read a menu with them, this is the best news ever. edition.cnn.com/science/auto...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

1 week ago

Turning sludge into semiconductors - Canadian Light Source Danish researchers develop method for producing in-demand form of arsenic from groundwater treatment waste

☠️ "The king of poisons and the poisons of kings" might soon upcycle into semiconductors and batteries. www.lightsource.ca/public/news/...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Help bring Plug-In Solar to California Ask your state legislator to support SB 868 (Wiener), the Plug Into the Sun Act. Let's bring Plug-In Solar, aka Balcony Solar to California!

☀️ Fellow Californians please join me in sharing your support for SB 868 (Wiener) which would let us install cheap and affordable "balcony solar" panels -- like they can in Utah (and the EU). solarrights.org/plug-in-1/

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

🚗 Toyota tests an EV vehicle-to-grid pilot program in Texas, predicts V2Gs could rival nuclear as a power source. insideevs.com/news/782968/...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Rare jaguar sighting in Arizona points to progress for endangered species' recovery A rare jaguar sighting is giving conservationists hope in the Grand Canyon State.

🐆 Endangered jaguars are returning to Arizona. www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/rar...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

India’s electrotech fast-track: where China built on coal, India is building on sun | Ember Cheap electrotech is enabling India to industrialise without the long fossil detour taken by China and the West.

🇮🇳 India is on pace to fast-track renewables. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

🏦 For the fourth straight year, "Wall Street's biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies." archive.ph/TFOYV

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Analysis: EVs just outsold petrol cars in EU for first time ever - Carbon Brief Sales of battery electric vehicles (EVs) overtook petrol cars in the EU for the first time in December 2025.

🚗 Last year in the EU, EVs outsold petrol guzzlers for the very first time. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-evs...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

‘It’s Such a Blessing’: The Farmers Embracing Solar Arrays | Atmos From summer squash to sheep’s wool, a variety of agricultural products may grow better beneath an awning of solar panels.

🌾 Agrovoltaics -- where farms add solar panels to fields -- is a win-win. atmos.earth/climate-solu...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Trump is trying to kill clean energy. The market has other plans. The administration has done real damage to climate action, experts say. But in many ways, renewables are unstoppable.

🔋 Plummeting renewables costs, surging demand for electricity, and aggressive regional decarbonization campaigns continue to drive the clean-energy transition, no matter what politicians say on podiums. grist.org/climate-ener...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

More Children Are Powering Their Own Wheels to School as Part of ‘Bike Buses’ - Inside Climate News School kids who ride in packs led by adults to school improve both their health and their grades, reduce traffic and pollution around schools and help cut climate-warming emissions.

🚲 In the Southwest, the wheels on the bike bus go round and round, benefitting families, air quality, and climate. insideclimatenews.org/news/0801202...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Judge rejects Trump DOE grant cancellations in blue states The administration’s move targeted funds slated for states whose residents voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.

🧾 A federal judge ordered the Department of Energy to restore $28 million in environmental project grants for blue states. www.eenews.net/articles/jud...

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Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

@rachellsarnoff.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Just possibly it's the oil? A solar panel is the new peace sign

❤️ "It’s going to be hard to figure out how to fight wars over sunshine." - Bill McKibben, The Crucial Years billmckibben.substack.com/p/just-possi...

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