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Emily Pontecorvo
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Emily Pontecorvo
@emilypont
Joined September 2010
- ⚡️On Friday night, Washington state quietly became the first state in the country to ban gas heating in new residential buildings. The new building codes will go into effect quickly, starting next July.⚡️
- XR protesters interrupted opening night at the Met last week, shouting "There will be no opera on a dead planet!" My friend was there & said a German man sitting near him kept shouting back "There VILL be opera! There VILL be opera!"Climate change protests strike tonight at Met Opera! Tannhäuser is a great opera btw!
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00:00 - NYCHA has asked companies to compete to design an induction stove that doesn't require an electric upgrade. It will buy 10,000 stoves from the winner. The contest could lowers the barriers to induction stoves for everyone. My latest:
- A Massachusetts gas company broke ground on the first utility-owned geothermal heating/cooling network in the U.S. yesterday. "I would say it's not just being watched nationally, it's being watched globally," @zeynebmagavi told me.
- Homeowners are struggling to find electricians. Contractors are swamped with calls and struggling to find workers. Voc schools are tight on funds and short on teachers. And what might be inconvenient today could soon hamstring attempts to cut carbon.
- Brand new building in Brooklyn that seems to have a heat pump in every apt. Kind of surprised each one has its own outdoor unit rather than a more central system for the building. Would love to learn more about when/why you would design multifamily this way vs the other 🤓
- Did you know that all but 4 states are currently refining, or making their first-ever, climate action plans, because of the IRA? Some states don't even track their emissions! Now they will! heatmap.news/climate/state-…
GIF - 🧵We finally have some data on how many Americans are using the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits to use clean energy at home and make their homes more energy efficient. Here's what we learned from the data: (1/6)
- My last story for @grist (🥲) is out today, and it's quite different than anything I've written before. I hope you'll give it a read.
- Love to learn about distinctly British energy challenges washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
- Is Colorado's ballot measure to reintroduce grey wolves the closest race in the country?
- A new report by @climatejobs estimates the # of clean energy jobs likely covered by the IRA's prevailing wage/apprenticeship rules. I tried to find out whether those provisions are really working to turn these jobs into "good" (or at least better) jobs. heatmap.news/economy/ira-an…
