ryanhansson.bsky.social
@ryanhansson.bsky.social
Just a Midwestern guy in Europe who writes about sustainability, politics, and risk.
When should a city stop fighting the ocean and start working with it? Read my latest to see how NYC is #rewilding its waterfront to mitigate the worst of #climate change
New York Stopped Building Walls and Started Building Wetlands
How New York City plans to fight climate change with miles of parklands
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Good overview from @elizouzts.bsky.social on Virginia's recent embrace of agrivoltaics, and where there is lots of opportunity — for both farmers and clean energy.
Virginia lays groundwork to combine more solar with farming
A new state law aims to spur agrivoltaics projects where crops or livestock thrive amid solar panels, as AI power demand booms and concerns about farmland…
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California just set a record with 50% of it's electricity being produced by #solar! How did a majory economy electrify so quickly to help fight #climate change? Read more in my latest to find out why 👇
Forget Florida: California's the real Sunshine State now.
Solar Just Ran California’s Grid for a Month
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Rising seas are threatening to submerge Tuvalu, forcing an unprecedented choice between territory and human survival. Can a nation lose its land and still exist? Dive into our latest piece on #climate displacement and what Tuvalu’s fight means for the world’s vulnerable coastlines 👇
What It Costs to Save a Sinking State
The uncertain future of nations and cities through the lens of the South Pacific
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Daily Mail readers: Wildfire damage to National Trust properties 😭😧 Climate change increasing wildfires 🙈🙉
Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 4d agoWildlife habitats devastated in UK wildfires could take 25 years to recover, experts warn trib.al/K7xVkfw
Great source of info on CO2 emissions mapping by company and country 👇
Climate Villains
A Premier-League-style table for climate impact, built on open data.
climatevillains.org
In my latest, I look into how we interact with #nature, and how that shapes our understanding of what it can mean for the #environment:
Loving Nature Is Easy. Changing Behavior Is Hard.
Why depth of connection matters more than minutes logged in a park.
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In my latest article, I look at what is going right with the #energy transition in the U.S., even in the face of a #climate catastrophe 👇
Optimism in the Face of a Climate Catastrophe
What is going right with the energy transition in the U.S.?
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How did a single court end up deciding the future of the planet? Check out the latest piece exploring the far-reaching impacts on our #environment:
The Court That Decided the Planet Could Wait
How the US Supreme Court’s continues to dismantle American environmental regulation
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Have you ever felt a sinking feeling when it comes to #elections? In this piece, I dig into why some voters feel left behind by traditional parties and why it is so difficult to solve:
The Rise of the "Everything Is Broken" Voter
How an era of negativity reshaped global politics
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Nature-based climate solutions in action 🌿 #Rewilding restores native ecosystems, boosts #biodiversity, and pulls carbon from the atmosphere naturally, but how do we define (and redefine) what it means to be wild:
Rewilding to Fight Climate Change
How the EU's new nature law could end environmental degradation
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In a place with so many tourists, how can the #electricity grid prove so fragile? In this piece, I discuss the history and issues #Malta has experienced with rising temperatures and energy availability due to #climatechange and #overtourism
Tourism, Energy, and Inequality
Can Malta’s Power Grid Survive Its Success?
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Experts run the numbers and declare Tesla Cybertruck as the biggest flop in US automotive history, overtaking the Ford Edsel flip.it/tBWzsA
Experts run the numbers and declare Tesla Cybertruck as the biggest flop in US automotive history, overtaking the Ford Edsel
The Tesla Cybertruck has been labelled the 'biggest flop in US automotive history', usurping the Ford Edsel - and the numbers are pretty shocking
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The Next Wave of Climate Extremes Is Taking Shape #Climate
The Next Wave of Climate Extremes Is Taking Shape
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Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat #Climate
Here’s how offshore wind helped New England beat record heat
The region has added dozens of turbines off the East Coast since last summer. They and other clean energy sources cut the need for oil power amid recent hot weather.
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Rooftop solar panels saved New England residents $130 million in electricity during a recent heat wave.
New England invested in solar. It saved residents millions in electricity costs during a heat wave this month
A new report found that solar arrays saved $39 million to $54 million in a single day of a recent heat wave.
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State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026 #Climate
State of the climate: Rapidly developing El Niño raises chance of record-warm 2026 - Carbon Brief
The developing El Niño is boosting expectations for global temperatures, both this year and next.
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Electric cars are quietly having a massive moment in Latin America! Five years ago, #EV sales in the region were practically nonexistent, and now, they are nearly surpassing the US. Check out more below:
Electric Cars Are Taking Off Quickly in Latin America
Affordable EVs drive the shift but can progress be too fast?
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Electric cars are having a moment in Latin America:
Nature-based #climatesolutions in action 🌿 #Rewilding restores #nativeecosystems, boosts #biodiversity, and pulls carbon from the atmosphere naturally. Read more about how we define (and redefine) what it means to be wild 👇
Rewilding to Fight Climate Change
How the EU's new nature law could end environmental degradation
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Pakistan is pulling off the world’s fastest clean energy boom and it’s 100% bottom-up. Driven by cheap panels and high grid prices, solar imports skyrocketed from <1GW in 2018 to 51GW in 2026. Grassroots climate win. 👇 #climate #pakistan #solar #climatechange
The Transition Nobody Planned: Pakistan's Solar Boom
Solar is quietly redefining energy & resilience in the South Asian country
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