Emily Pontecorvo

🧵Today, @heatmap_news is releasing a big project we've been working on for the past year — a series of extremely in-depth guides to help individuals take the "highest-leverage" actions to tackle climate change. This is not just about carbon footprints. heatmap.news/decarbonize-yo…

But the company, apparently anticipating this, was already planning to move the project to a different Northern California location. (Unclear if the method of h2 production will change.) prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

I received an update on this story about a new grey hydrogen plant that was planned at the Port of Stockton. The Port just rescinded its approvals after enviro groups won a settlement to require a full environmental review. heatmap.news/economy/hydrog…

Activists in Newton, MA discovered a point of leverage to try and slow the barrage of natural gas pipe replacements in the city. Then, after a year of challenging every inch of new pipe, National Grid came back with a proposal - let's work together. heatmap.news/energy/newton-…

NY State is scaling back Empower+, which funds home energy retrofits. These boom and bust cycles will set us back on building an experienced workforce to electrify homes. Same thing happened after the Recovery Act. nysfocus.com/2025/07/18/hoc…

I wrote about this possibility back in May: heatmap.news/politics/doe-g…

The latest on Cleveland Cliffs' Middletown plant, which was awarded up to $500 million by the Biden admin to replace its blast furnace with a green steel setup. Still unclear if DOE will use industrial decarbonization money to fund a new coal blast furnace.

New: A look at the what (could be) the legacy of the historic climate law, the IRA. Post-OBBB, here's a detailed accounting of which programs survived, and how much $ Biden actually got out the door (or at least obligated) before Congress killed the rest. heatmap.news/politics/ira-f…

I mostly report on clean energy these days and am so steeped in it that I don't read about climate impacts or science as much as I used to. I appreciate a lede like this to grab my numbed attention. Hope it works for others as well. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The clean energy tax credits may have been hobbled by the reconciliation bill, but $20 billion in IRA green bank funds are still in the balance. Here's the latest. heatmap.news/politics/obbba…

“At stake is nearly $20 billion to fight climate change.” What on earth is going on with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund? @emilypont walks you through the latest developments below: heatmap.news/politics/obbba…

the Big Beautiful Bill has left the Loan Program's Office a shadow of its former self, hollowing out many of its core programs and greatly reducing its ability to place big bets heatmap.news/climate-tech/o…

Congress gave wind and solar developers 12 months to start construction and still claim tax credits. But Trump made a side deal w/ House Freedom Caucus members to cut it short, and now he’s acting on it. Here’s how. heatmap.news/politics/trump…

House conservatives seem to have gotten some kind of commitment from Trump that the energy subsidies included in the bill are not what they seem

What is a Watt? What's the difference between a Joule and a jewel? Is a kilowatt-hour bigger than a million British thermal units? This week on SHIFT KEY, class is in session as we kick off our Summer School series and demystify the basics of energy, power and their units. Dive…

fascinated by the live chat on the house floor youtube stream

I cannot believe after all of that, they lost MethaneSAT in space.

Once again, here are the proposed changes to the clean energy tax credits, per the latest version of the reconciliation bill that passed the Senate this morning. heatmap.news/politics/senat…

A new tax credit for coal in the OBBA “has American taxpayers pay to send metallurgical coal to China so they can make more dirty steel and dump it on the global market” heatmap.news/politics/megab…

OBBBA, 8:42 am ET Tuesday. Multiple sources sense we are nearing a make-or-break moment for the July 4 deadline. The bottom line at this moment is simple: Senate Republicans currently do not have the votes for the OBBBA.   1/