Jim Ball
@jimballcht.bsky.social
Climate activist and thinker since ‘92. Husband, hiker. www.climatehopetogether.com
“When the El Paso facility’s power plant is complete, it could emit as much planet-warming carbon dioxide in a year as 360,000 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles over the same period.” #climateaction #climatemvt #datacenters www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/c...
Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Potential good news. But I don’t put anything past this “Supreme” Court. We’ll see. #climateaction #epaclimate www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/c...
Appeals Court Says E.P.A. Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grants
The funds have been frozen since early in President Trump’s second term.
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Making climate action a top priority helps candidates win. So Democrats can be smart, courageous, and victorious — or not. They can be leaders with guts and win, or wimps and lose. #climateaction #climateelections #midterms www.climatehopetogether.com/p/climate-co...
Climate Courage Can Win Elections. Climate Cowardice Will Lose Them
Climate Hushing Is Both Stupid and Deadly
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“Follow the money.” The fossils won’t have a slow financial decline. Their collapse will come like a tipping point. Investors better get out before each fossil crash. Coal first. #climateaction #climatehope #coalcrash oilprice.com/Energy/Energ...
The Bank of England Is Moving Away From Coal | OilPrice.com
The Bank of England has tightened its collateral rules to reduce its exposure to thermal coal, reinforcing the growing view among financial institutions that coal poses increasing long-term financial ...
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The future of electricity — distributed energy — has been here for awhile. Now the economics are so good that state-sanctioned monopolies, aka utilities, can’t hold it back with all their political power. Some are starting to see the light. #climateaction energychangemakers.com/distributed-...
Distributed Energy's Economic Moment
Distributed energy is having an economic moment and investors are noticing, as the conversation shifts from what it does to what it saves.
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Africa utility solar this year is blowing the roof off! And this doesn’t include rooftop, mine, & community solar, which is probably considerable (according to Ember). Thanks Fix The News for sharing this graph. #climateaction #climatehope substack.com/home/post/p-...
Honeybun, agrivotaics are the bee’s knees. “A landmark five-year study in Minnesota showed that converting solar sites into pollinator habitats tripled total insect abundance and yielded a 20-fold increase in native bees.” #climateaction #climatemvt #agrivoltaics substack.com/@theecorevol...
The Sweet Agrivoltaics Revolution Saving America’s Farmland
How solar honey is saving dying pollinators, boosting crop yields, and ending the battle over rural land use.
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Absolutely terrific piece by Leah Stokes highlighting positive polling. Yes, climate is a political winner. #climateaction #climatemvt #climatepolling open.substack.com/pub/electric...
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate.
Talking about Climate Change is a Political Winner.
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Power, politics, religion, & climate action. I’d love to discuss this & more on your podcast or favorite podcasts you listen to. Be in touch! #climateaction #climatemvt www.climatehopetogether.com/p/power-poli...
Power, Politics, Religion, & Climate Action
Conversation starters to spice up a podcast; invite me on to discuss!
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“This climate emergency is exceeding every threshold & scale that scientists have long warned…about” — Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. Despair? Blame? No. Build the Climate Mvt to push speed & scale of transformation? Yes. #climateaction #climatemvt #wildfires www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
Europe Wildfires Live Updates: Spain and France Fight to Contain Blazes as Extreme Heat Threatens New Fires
Firefighters in eastern Spain were working to hold back a worsening wildfire on Monday. The crisis has forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate in central Spain and southwest France.
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Two of my favorite people, President Obama and (future President) Paige Bueckers! #paigebueckers #Obama #ObamaBueckers
Grateful for the climate action leadership of athletes like Russell Westbrook and others! Time for all of us to become part of The Climate Movement & push for action! #climateaction #climatemvt #climatehope open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
These athletes refuse to stay silent about global warming
Russell Westbrook is not down with climate hushing.
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All the challenges of our current political moment & some misperceptions are holding faith communities back from fulfilling their climate action potential. Time to become what our values call us to be. #climateaction #climatemvt #climatehope #climatefaith www.climatehopetogether.com/p/faith-comm...
Faith Communities Must Lead on Climate Action
An Open Message to Faith Adherents and Faith Communities on Climate Change
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Almost half of Republicans say climate change makes heat waves worse. #climateaction #climatemvt www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time to get our climate action mojo back. Love, justice, beauty, freedom, & the passion they create will ignite our potential. #climateaction #climatemvt #climatehope open.substack.com/pub/jimball/...
Climate Movement: How to Get Our Intensity Back! Part Two
Getting Our Climate Action Mojo Back
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Brought to you by climate change and the Big Producers of Polluting Products. #climateaction #climatemvt
Just in time for Trump’s non-news speech tonight. You can deny climate change, but it will kick your butt anyway. Time to get back to climate action as we also say NO to rigging the midterms. #climateaction #climatemvt #defenddemocracy
We haven’t yet built The Climate Movement that is to become the greatest and most long-lasting social change movement in the history of the world. That’s our destiny. We haven’t yet claimed it. It’s time. #climateaction #climatemvt www.climatehopetogether.com/p/we-lack-in...
We Lack Intensity for Climate Action. So Let’s Do Something About It! Part One
Our Current Political Moment for Climate Action
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Soccer is slippin’ & slidin’ in Saudi oil as the players roast in the heat. #climateaction #aramcosoccer #aramco open.substack.com/pub/climatec...
'Aramco is a supervillain': How the Saudis weaponized soccer
Mohammed bin Salman has a master plan to make you love Saudi Arabia. Trump and FIFA are helping.
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Nix the “Net”! “Net-Zero” has become a con job by many companies. Clean tech is already winning on profits and price. So let’s go gangbusters on current tech even as we continue to invent & innovate our way to 100% clean, non-polluting energy. #climateaction #cleanenergy substack.com/@jimball/not...
Jim Ball (@jimball)
Nix the “Net”! Exactly right! “Net-Zero” has become a con job by many companies. Clean tech is already winning on profits and price. So let’s go gangbusters on current tech even as we continue to inve...
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Why transition to 100% clean energy? Here are reasons people give in the latest Yale/GM poll, with global warming #1. #climateaction #climatemvt #climatehope
Polls show we have plenty of potential to grow both The Climate Mvt and supporters of action to impact elections & pass legislation. The catch? They need to be asked. What are we waiting for? #climateaction #climatehope #climatemvt www.climatehopetogether.com/p/growing-th...
Growing the Climate Movement & Finding Allies: Good News from Polling, Part Two
First Take
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My analysis of a recent Pew poll shows at Climate Mvt Potential of 28%. We only need 5% of a population to make needed change. We’ve got the potential people power, so let’s get busy! #climateaction #climatemvt #climatepolling www.climatehopetogether.com/p/growing-th...
Growing the Climate Movement & Finding Allies: Good News from Polling, Part One
First Take: A Two-Part Series on Climate Polling, People Power, & Politics
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Battery advances just keep chugging along. #climateaction #batteries www.livescience.com/technology/e...
New sodium metal battery design charges in just 4 minutes and retains its capacity for years
Chinese researchers say they have overcome one of the trickiest problems of battery chemistry by developing a special gel.
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