Sarah Finnie

Earth Day 2026; on a planet where warming is accelerating, Earth loses resilience, 7 of 9 planetary boundaries breached - is a reminder we cannot exclude pushing our "blue dot" along a Hothouse Earth path, drifting towards a less and less liveable home. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@aseitzwald @nancygibbs I think will love hearing this news. @Kennedy_School

An objectively wild career move and one I couldn’t be happier with or prouder of. The world needs more local reporters more than it needs more national ones and even if I go back to national reporting one day, I’ll be a much better reporter for this experience.

How many ways are there to say: “Wake the F up”?

With #Milton2024 bearing down on FL, I wrote about how the new normal is there's not going to be a new normal. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

@JohnMoralesTV Cc @CoveringClimate @wx_tiger @WeatherProf @BernWoodsPlacky @juliettekayyem @ReedOmary @TimmonsRoberts @NickAtNews @JesseJenkins @Sander_vdLinden @meighenspeiser @CatClifford @IGS_BU @MaibachEd @Ginger_Zee @theAGU #trustedmessenger

This is what it's all about: “Many, many people have reached out to me to say that if they hadn’t watched that, they would have not properly prepared. They’ve thanked me for ‘saving their lives.’ ... it’s been extremely heartening.” nytimes.com/2024/10/08/cli… 🎁🔗

I did a deep dive into why #Helene had such a staggering impact. We delve into the meteorology and climate's impact too. What turned this storm from disaster to devastation... @WFLA wfla.com/weather/climat…

If everyone was aware of how many flood disasters are ravaging the planet lately, people would have a much better awareness and understanding of the climate challenge humanity faces. This is just the beginning. The below thread compiles many of them.

#Geothermal is so hot right now. This week on SHIFT KEY, we drill in on enhanced geothermal systems with @FervoEnergy's Sarah Jewett and ZERO Lab's @wilson_ricks! Get your geofluids flowing with us, wherever you find your pods... 🌎🌋⚡

A corn field has essentially zero pollinating insects A solar field with native plants between the rows has about 300x as many newyorker.com/culture/the-le…

Great update w/ stats @douglewinenergy! 🙏 Perfect timing: just watched latest @MLiebreich interview w/ Jenny @solar_chase. Together they explain the big picture so well: youtu.be/Fq0CaM1LX2M?si… @BloombergNEF #Texas #Electric #Energy #solar @SEIA @JigarShahDC @C3E_EnergyWomen

Private and public investment in clean energy rose to a total of $147B in the first half of this year — a record-setting figure ow.ly/qZu850SZlXJ

A lot of people are scared of growing energy demand from data centers, but @ArushiSF is completely right. Data centers are great for the grid, and DERs (distributed energy resources) can make them even more valuable. Traditional data centers are large, consistent power users. Demand on the grid varies a lot. We have to build transmission, generation, etc. to support peak load, but we only get to spread those costs over the power that's actually consumed. In ERCOT in 2023, demand varied from a minimum of 34 GW to a maximum of 86 GW. We need 86 GW of capacity (+ reserve margin), but we only have 51 GW of average demand paying for that capacity. Adding 5 GW of consistent data center demand would increase peak demand by ~6%, but it would increase average demand by ~10%. That means better utilization and lower unit costs. DERs can take that to another level. Adding a battery to a data center further increases off-peak demand without adding to peak demand. With a big enough battery, a data center can cover its own needs and export power to the grid during peaks. This can often be done using infrastructure that data centers need anyways. Mission critical data centers require redundant power capacity to ensure uptime. Most of the time that capacity sits idle, but batteries can leverage that idle capacity. Adding battery storage to a data center lets the data center better utilize its own infrastructure while also improving the utilization of grid infrastructure at large. Big data centers are paying for big grid infrastructure. That's a huge opportunity. If you're interested in energy and data centers, I highly recommend checking out Arushi's panel at SXSW. This is a hot topic for good reason. Data centers and DERs are a window into the future of energy.

“The survey found 72% of people wanted a “quick transition” away from fossil fuels, including majorities in the countries that produce the most coal, oil and gas.”

More than a dozen House Republicans wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson asking him NOT to axe clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) if the GOP maintains or expands its House majority next year. thehill.com/policy/energy-…

Climate change has had a major impact on everyone's electricity bills; 4 in 10 are aware of it. #txlege #energytwitter

Major climate action move: China will set hard targets for overall emissions from 2026 China has already (most likely) hit peak emissions this year, 6 years ahead of its 2030 goal. Hard targets will accelerate its decarbonization as it continues to add 5 large nuclear power plants in new renewables every week bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Most of us love #cleanenergy but don't hear enough good news. @JesseJenkins explains the IRA is like Black Friday shopping: it's 10-50% off all the clean tech we need to build. Great story @CoveringClimate @JigarShahDC @YaleClimateComm @pewresearch @IGS_BU @JerusalemDemsas

Dear @TheEconomist you might want to update your US Politics newsletter signup page. #AnswerTheCall2024 @KamalaHarris 🥥🌴@emilyslist

At @FervoEnergy we currently have 12 open positions across a variety of roles right now. We are at a major inflection point and you could not find a more exciting time to join the Geothermal Decade. Take a look at these roles and help me get the word out! fervoenergy.com/careers/

🥁 📣 We are THRILLED to announce the 2024 CCNow Journalism Award winners! 👀 this thread to see this year’s best of the best in climate journalism. We’re starting off strong with our esteemed Journalists of the Year...