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Hey there, Hope you had a nice weekend. Not to bring the vibes down but a lot of people across North America and Europe certainly didn’t have great weekends as fires in France, Spain, as well as in Canada and most recently the Pacific Northwest either sparked or intensified. Almost 300,000 people in France and Spain have now been displaced by fires this summer.

Hello hello, Been a minute since I put together a longer post for you all. This synthesis covers a few topics I hadn’t seen covered comprehensively in any one place, though this Carbon Brief article is great and gets close.

Hello from Germany, Hope you’re all keeping cool out there. It’s hot here in Europe but not as hot as the heatwave a few weeks ago that killed 10,000+ people. Grim opener, sorry, but sometimes we gotta remember the urgency of what’s at stake in a world with an actively, acceleratingly changing climate. • U.S. oil production has continued to hit new all time highs last year (and likely this year_, preserving the country’s status as the world’s largest oil producer. Link.

Hello hello, Halfway through the year! Can’t believe it. Hope all of you in Europe are surviving the brutal heatwave, certainly helps cast all the updates and work we’re focused on in these pages in starker relief. I’ll be heading out to Europe on Thursday myself, with my first stop in Berlin.

Hey there, Thanks for the patience on this one; been a bit busier of late and anticipate being so for much of the summer and fall. As such, I may start sending the news roundups on a biweekly versus weekly basis. TBD. Figured I’d still get this one out as there’s notable movement on the Iran war and its impact on oil market dislocations, plus some sunnier updates on solar power as it continues ‘eating the world,’ as the saying goes. All that and more below.

Hello hello, Sadly I did not succeed in spotting a jaguar last week in Belize, but night hikes in the jungle were still replete with scorpions, tarantulas, toads and frogs, possums, many a bird, and much more. In lieu of a successful jaguar sighting, what I can offer four more new poems of mine, published in various online lit mags → here, here, here, and here.

Hi there, Happy June. I’m writing to you from the jungle in Belize, where I’m happily camped out in a hut for a week. Nice to slow things down a bit and turn inward a bit. Wish me luck this week as I make efforts to see a jaguar; that’s my main goal this week; i’ll report back. Today, let’s check out at what went down last week across the climate, energy, and sustainability circles I keep myself apprised of.

Hey folks, Hope all those in the U.S. had a great Memorial Day Weekend. I’m back in New York for a bit for work and to catch up with some folks before I get back on the international travel circuit with my next destination being Belize. I’m sure I’ll learn some cool stuff about susatainability out there, particularly / at minimum on the conservation front. I’ll report back. Before that, let’s round up the news from the past couple weeks across energy, climate, sustainability and more.

Hello, Hope you all had a lovely Mother’s day yesterday, especially if you’re a mom!! One quick heads up: I’ll be in Hawaii this week for a friend’s wedding, so it’s unlikely I’ll publish a roundup this time next week. I’ll get back to post a few more articles and regular roundups for the rest of May after this week.

Hello hello, May, already. Plenty to catch up on from the past week in energy, climate tech, and sustainability news, so let’s hop right into it today. • Chinese domination of clean and climate tech supply chains is accelerating amidst the ongoing war in Iran and the pressure it has put on international oil and gas prices; exports of solar, batteries, and EVs reached a record 68 GW in March, according to Ember. Link.