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…

A patchwork of gov't programs and recent technology advances are helping to propel efforts to decarbonize food & bev factories. And, as firms like Oatly take the first steps, their real-world experiences could ease the qualms of reluctant manufacturers 6/6

Still, if it was simple to do, more facilities would’ve installed electric systems by now. But the costs, complex logistics, & cultural hurdles involved with switching mean that most manufacturers have been using the same kind of fossil fuel-burning boilers for over a century 5/

Food & beverage plants occupy something of a sweet spot when it comes to industrial heat. Whereas steel & cement facilities need scorching heat, places that make snacks & drinks use relatively low temps—making it easier to adopt existing tech like electric boilers & heat pumps 4/

Companies like @oatly are grappling with how to ditch gas and use electricity instead. I visited Oatly’s plant in New Jersey to learn how the oat milk-maker is working to solve this challenge, including potentially by installing industrial heat pumps & other solutions 3/

U.S. food & beverage plants need lots of heat and steam to produce supermarket staples, nearly all of which is made using gas-fired boilers. About 13% of the country's total planet-warming emissions come from the use of thermal energy across the broader manufacturing sector 2/

Look inside your pantry or fridge. Chances are it's stocked with goods that were made by burning fossil fuels. My new @CanaryMediaInc feature looks at how food & beverage firms are trying to decarbonize the tastiest slice of U.S. manufacturing 🧵 1/ https://t.co/PfVKhvQoA9

New feature just dropped! 👇A tastier twist on industrial decarbonization than my usual fare

The federal Buy Clean initiative was meant to boost US manufacturing of low-carbon steel & other building materials. That effort ended this week when Trump rescinded the program. But state Buy Clean initiatives will continue, @mariagallucci reports:

Geothermal startups hit funding and project milestones this year, buoyed by growing demand for carbon-free energy from data centers, factories, and EVs. Reporting by @MariaGallucci:

It's been a bit since I've revisited the shipping beat, but this week I have a @CanaryMediaInc piece on harnessing wind power for cargo ships—elegant schooners & gargantuan freighters alike. Upcoming climate regs could help the old tech gain more momentum:

If you blissfully ignored social media late last week, as I did, then check out our Thanksgiving round-up of 5 clean energy bright spots today ☀️

~72M people traveled by car over Thanksgiving last week, crisscrossing US highways, bridges & tunnels — infrastructure that was likely built w carbon-intensive materials. I wrote about a $1.2B federal initiative to curb emissions from concrete, steel, etc https://t.co/K6Oi2tWPUW

…Also like the lasers of my imagination. Nice piece by Sarah Shemkus/@energynews_US on high-tech ways to clean up Maine’s CO2-intensive pulp and paper industry—which accounts for about 1/2 of the state’s industrial emissions https://t.co/GR4hWWm1Gf

And yet another Texas clean energy story from @CanaryMediaInc this week: The world's largest grid storage project using old EV batteries is now online near a West Texas wind farm

If you missed today’s super-informative #SEJWebinar with @CanaryMediaInc, “Covering the Tough Stuff: How to Report on Industrial Decarbonization,” you can catch the recording, chat log and resources here at your convenience: https://t.co/EqWdr2md43

With record-breaking air travel expected in the U.S. for Thanksgiving next week, we figured it'd be a good time for a useful primer on "sustainable aviation fuel." Here are my (long) answers to 5 key questions on this squishy industry term @CanaryMediaInc https://t.co/tjaXF5bJAU

Good morning! There's still time to register for our webinar today at 1PM ET with @sejorg, where we'll talk about the key materials that fortify & infuse our modern world (and that are super CO2-intensive to produce)

Texas may be the country’s oil & gas heartland, but it’s also the most dynamic market for clean energy — hence why a Google Nest spinout wants to build a 1GW "virtual power plant" there that turns smart thermostats into grid resources. By @jeffsaintjohn

Last week, Massachusetts lawmakers signed a long-awaited climate bill that: limits gas pipeline expansion, makes it easier to site & build renewables, and allows utilities to use geothermal energy to heat & cool homes. @carrie_klein_ has the details!