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katie brigham

@kbrigham.bsky.social

climate tech reporter (aka ENERGY DOMINANCE reporter) at @heatmap.news | signal: katieb.40 📍 Seattle, WA

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Jeva Lange 🫎@jeva.bsky.social · 2d ago

Unlike the Ontario wildfires, which were mostly burning in the woods, these fires have now burned through urban areas, making the smoke extra, extra toxic. Take the AQI warnings seriously this week, PNW neighbors.

Matthew Pfab@matthewpfabwx.bsky.social · 3d ago

Heads up, #Seattle...smoke from massive fires in Eastern Washington and Southern British Columbia will move into Western Washington starting early Monday, getting denser through Tuesday and Wednesday. Prepare for an extended period of degraded air quality. #wawx

charjaebug@jael.bsky.social · 2w ago

The first data center approved on federal lands was greenlit through backroom talks, questionable legal arguments and uncertainty around who even engaged with the Trump administration in the first place. What’s happening in Nevada is a national story.

How the Trump Administration Turned a Solar Farm Into a Data Center

The local government of Boulder City, Nevada had previously rejected a proposal for the computing facility, which would draw power from the existing electricity supply.

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katie brigham@kbrigham.bsky.social · 2w ago

good one from @emilypont.bsky.social on a new effort to calculate companies' AI emissions, including both model training and inference. turns out that's a really really hard thing to do (largely because AI providers are keeping relevant data a secret!)

A New Guesstimate for Corporate AI Emissions

Frontier model developers still keep their energy use largely a secret, but Watershed is proposing a new formula that will at least get you close.

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Keith D. Patch@keithdpatch.com · 3w ago

Much progress since 2024 when I attended a Symposium at MIT on #GeologicHydrogen, including #OrangeHydrogen, where manmade catalysts speed production. Katie @heatmap.news updates us on geologic hydrogen startups Anning and Hydrify, as well as Brint Tech. #WhiteHydrogen #hydrogen #H2

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katie brigham@kbrigham.bsky.social · 3w ago

green hydrogen costs $4–12/kg to produce. hunting for natural hydrogen has attracted $400 million+ with little to show for it. now, a new class of startups says it can engineer the subsurface to generate hydrogen for under $1/kg -- no electrolyzers, fossil fuels, or natural deposits required

katie brigham@kbrigham.bsky.social · 3w ago

green hydrogen costs $4–12/kg to produce. hunting for natural hydrogen has attracted $400 million+ with little to show for it. now, a new class of startups says it can engineer the subsurface to generate hydrogen for under $1/kg -- no electrolyzers, fossil fuels, or natural deposits required

The Next Big Thing in Hydrogen

“Geologic hydrogen” companies make up a hefty portion of the latest Activate Fellowship class, announced Tuesday morning — a reliable harbinger of investments to come.

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katie brigham@kbrigham.bsky.social · 3w ago

good graphs as always from Currence’s H1 climate tech investment report: VC investment surged 55% YoY (largely thanks to low-carbon data center deals) even as total deal count fell 25%. meanwhile, the sector continues to consolidate, with energy acquisitions on the rise

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Nicolas Fulghum@nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 4w ago

Solar's sharp rise continues. As of April 2026, global solar capacity now exceeds 3 terawatt. 1 gigawatt → 1 terawatt: 20+ years 1 terawatt → 2 terawatt: 33 months 2 terawatt → 3 terawatt: 19 months

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katie brigham@kbrigham.bsky.social · last mo.

end of an era! here was my sf chronicle office view in sept 2014 (also remember when instagram was like this?)

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Peter Hartlaub@peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 2mo ago

After writing eulogies for so many S.F. icons — from Cliff House to Claude the alligator — how do I feel about @sfchronicle.com leaving 901 Mission St.? Surprisingly OK. My tribute to our century-old "news factory," and how to move on in a changing city. 🗞️ ❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Josh Lappen@jlappen1.bsky.social · last mo.

If I were, say, the ambitious gov of CA, and I saw what a disproportionate amount of enthusiastic coverage this tiny pilot project has gotten, I would pour an absolute waterfall of capital into expanding it - and another into showing people that CA in fact does build things! But what do I know

Justin Gerdes@justingerdes.bsky.social · last mo.

"The pilot program, called Project Nexus, is testing solar canopies that researchers say could generate gigawatts of power and save billions of gallons of water by providing shade that slows evaporation." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/c... by @quinnglabicki.bsky.social 🔌💡

katie brigham@kbrigham.bsky.social · 2mo ago

anthropic, which has built its rep on being the ethical AI company, is finally making some climate-related moves

Emily Pontecorvo@emilypont.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Big news today that Anthropic is joining the carbon removal initiative Frontier... despite doing no clean energy work. Some might call it a textbook example of betting on carbon removal to clean up its mess later. Except Anthropic is now poaching clean energy talent... heatmap.news/climate/anth...