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A Startup Enters The Heat Pump Water Heater Space Focused On A Smart Water Heater

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There are a lot of heat pump water heaters (HPWH) that have come to market recently. At the beginning of this decade, only a handful of manufacturers were making this hyper-efficient water heating product, and now we count 13 different brands of just tanked water heaters with more brands and … [continued]

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France Moved First, But Markets Everywhere Are Signaling Electrification

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France has made the first national push for increased electrification tied to the Strait of Hormuz-related energy crisis. Reuters reported that Paris will raise annual state support for electrification from €5.5 billion to €10 billion through 2030, while Le Monde summarized the package as including a ban on gas heating … [continued]

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What Does It Take To Save US Forests From Logging? A Justice Conservation Fund

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The Puritan settlers of New England, steeped in the Old Testament biblical worldview, believed it was their God-ordained destiny to transform the dismal American wilderness into an earthly paradise. Seventeenth century Puritan writing is full of the idea of wild country as the environment of evil, and so they cut … [continued]

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Hormuz, Trump, & The Carbon Paradox

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The idea that Donald Trump might be an accidental climate warrior rests on a narrow and uncomfortable observation. Wars, price shocks, and trade disruptions can suppress fossil fuel demand in the short term. That suppression shows up as lower emissions in the ledger. It does not come from better systems. … [continued]

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