Lisa Hymas
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Executive editor at @CanaryMediaInc. Formerly at @grist & @mmfa & @GRIDArendal. Climate & energy nerd. Runner. Traveler. Flâneur.
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Joined February 2009
This makes as much sense as mandating that gas stations start selling leaded gasoline again so that a handful of old Dodge Darts that haven't been driven in 30 years can hopefully solve our nation's transportation needs.
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Utilities are already paying to keep aging coal plants open under DOE emergency orders. New demands to revive nonfunctioning units add costs and legal…
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Wow - @ClareFieseler's magnum opus on this offshore wind foe's evolution into a central player in the falsehood-fueled movement undermining a key source of reliable clean energy for the Eastern U.S., is a must-read! (It's also a great beach read... ;-)
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David Stevenson has solar on his roof and drives a hybrid. How did he become the leader of the movement that helped Trump crush offshore wind farms?
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Want to get your climate and energy news updates and insights in one neat package? Check out this newsletter bundle from the Climate News Task Force, the new collaborative of 12 nonprofit newsrooms and regional collaboratives (including @CanaryMediaInc): https://t.co/i4lyxFoCtc
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Twelve climate newsrooms joined forces in 2025 to create the Climate News Task Force, to increase and improve climate journalism collaborations and innovate new solutions to current challenges.
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Greece has made an astoundingly quick transition from coal to solar power. But in the historic energy-producing region of Western Macedonia, the economy has struggled to keep up. https://t.co/CiK0jdIZm0
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Next year, Greece will complete its coal phaseout, a success for the energy transition. But Western Macedonia residents feel left behind.
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Do you love Canary Media? Or even just like us a lot, as a friend? If so, please throw a little something our way this Giving Tuesday. Thanks!
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Ambitious, nonprofit journalism on the clean energy transition, economy-wide decarbonization, and climatetech markets.
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Time's running out - don't delay! Get your ticket to our Canary Live Bay Area event on Nov. 6 in Berkeley. We'll have live music and energy transition strategizing with energy and climate leaders, activists and entrepreneurs. It's a party with a purpose! https://t.co/rqc5BchP7i
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Join the Bay Area's clean energy community for an evening of expert insights, networking, drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and live music.
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Realizing that people in Germany could just go to the supermarket and spend $550 on a balcony solar panel that they could install themselves vs. $30K for a rooftop system was, uh, mildly radicalizing.
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The country’s residents installed 200MW of balcony solar during the first half of 2024. It’s becoming an increasingly popular way to take climate action…
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Hey, D.C. people: Come hang out w/ @CanaryMediaInc and @drvolts on June 4. We're hosting a live event featuring @MartinHeinrich, @RepBuddyCarter, @LFFriedman, @JustinWorland, and @shannonosaka. Get your ticket today! https://t.co/R3LpKmlvAV
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Join D.C. energy players and journalists for an evening of expert insights, networking, drinks, and hors d'oeuvres.
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If Trump wants to bring back coal, he’s failing miserably. Renewables + storage = cheaper/cleaner/faster/better
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But emissions from the power sector still ticked up last year amid rising demand and more fossil-fuel use.
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We're excited to have Mike back writing his column for us. Check it out!
I wrote about how the climate story in the Trump era will be not only depressing but boring - with the convenient exception of the part of the story I write about! @CanaryMediaInc
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Chicago folks, come join us on 3/27!
Don't miss our live event series in Chicago on Thursday, March 27! Join Chicagoland's clean energy community for a day of expert insights from @RepCasten, @NaomiDavisBIG, @drvolts, and more. Get your ticket today:
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Grateful thanks to the MacArthur Foundation @macfound for providing more than $6M in grants — including support for @CanaryMediaInc! Canary and our fellow climate journalists continue to speak truth to power.
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Are you following @CanaryMediaInc yet? If you care about the energy transition, you should be! Let me demonstrate with the help of this week’s stories…
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Such a good on-the-ground @mariagallucci dispatch from Oatly's New Jersey plant where the alternative milk company is trying to find ways to cut back on how much gas it uses to generate the heat needed for its operations. https://t.co/AXfYYE9kI0
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Factories that make processed foods need lots of heat — and most burn gas to supply it. Companies like Oatly are grappling with how to decarbonize instead.
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"2024 heat pump sales through November show the clean-heat transition is speeding up in the U.S." https://t.co/kJg11fkg1L
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Calling all energy nerds in #Houston: @CanaryMediaInc is taking the show on the road, and we're onstage @GreentownLabs next Thurs 1/30. I'm running a panel of top TX energy journalists, and @drvolts will interview @TimMLatimer on the rise of advanced geothermal @fervoenergy
Don't miss expert panelists @clairehao_, @HBJNaomi, @douglewinenergy, @TimMLatimer, @JulianSpector, and @drvolts. Join Houston's climate community at our live event on January 30! See the agenda and save your seat today:
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I love how @ClareFieseler brings clarity to the complexity of the Trump admin's executive order seeking to pause (end?) OSW development — and I love the interactive map and precise permitting status for the projects in question to show us what and WHERE we're talking about!
Trump pressed the pause button on offshore wind. Projects that have secured their permits may be unscathed, but those in earlier stages face a tough road:
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The energy storage beat kicks off 2025 with a bang: Moss Landing, the biggest grid battery built thus far, burst into flame (again) Thursday night and has kept burning. My story here @CanaryMediaInc
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Vistra’s flagship energy-storage project in California turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about large battery…
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Some jerk wrote a NYT essay claiming industrial agriculture is actually good for forests and the climate. That jerk is me! Here’s a free link:
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Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.
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Hey, journalists who report on decarbonization: My smart Canary Media colleagues will be sharing tips and insights on covering efforts to clean up heavy industry at this webinar on Weds., Nov. 20:
Join us for the next #SEJWebinar, in partnership with @CanaryMediaInc, to hear expert reporters discuss industrial decarbonization, the significant challenges posed by heavy industries, emerging technologies, policy solutions and more. Nov 20 at 1p ET: https://t.co/EqWdr2mKTB
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