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<p>Interests:<br />Climate and energy ~ fossil fuels and health ~ coffee ~ hiking ~ streams ~ sitting</p><p>Location: <br />The land of Mni Sota Makoce</p><p>&quot;Think of not thinking. How do you think of not-thinking? Beyond thinking. This is the essential art...” - Dogen</p><p>I tend to block accounts that look like bots</p>

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    The Minnesota PUC recently accepted comments on the state&#39;s very first natural gas integrated resource plan. Xcel Energy filed the first one, and comments rolled in end of last week. This one from the City of St Paul provides a few focused critiques and interesting updates on the City&#39;s efforts. #Energy #NaturalGas #Electrification https://efiling.web.commerce.state.mn.us/documents/%7B309A8DA1-0000-CA13-A264-DA5100C16D1E%7D/download?contentSequence=0&amp;rowIndex=1

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    A new report from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) finds that Minnesota has enough unused winter electric grid capacity to support more than 2 million additional heat pumps, lowering electricity rates roughly 18% and saving households an average of $230 a year. #ClimateChange #CleanHeat #Minnesota #HeatPumps https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/heat-pumps-minnesota-energy-bills/

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    This past summer was pretty hectic. I totally forgot about this interview we did on the health impacts of cooking with natural gas: https://kpfa.org/episode/green-street-with-patti-doug-wood-july-6-2026/

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    From today&#39;s Carbon Brief newsletter: &quot;The Financial Times reports that fossil-fuel companies face a “$32bn dilemma” over what to do with their “huge windfalls” from war.&quot; Take a guess as to what they do with that $32bn windfall. https://www.ft.com/content/9d70cd3f-abd3-4e40-b644-156444cec446

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    The current El Nino is in a category all its own. One academic center had to expand the previous chart&#39;s Y axis just to accommodate it. https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/?dm_id=nino3.4 #ElNino #ClimateChange

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    #SilentSunday on the north shore of Lake Superior