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Maria Gallucci @mariagallucci

Senior Reporter @CanaryMediaInc | TED speaker | Past contributor for @grist, @IEEESpectrum, etc | Hunched-over mom of toddling child

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31 Jan 2025
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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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/ canarymedia.com/articles/cle…

Oatly wants to kick its gas habit. Will other food and beverage firms…

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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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/
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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 canarymedia.com/articles/cle…

Oatly wants to kick its gas habit. Will other food and beverage firms…

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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New feature just dropped! 👇A tastier twist on industrial decarbonization than my usual fare
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29 Jan 2025
Food & beverage plants need lots of heat to make supermarket staples—energy that today comes from burning gas. But companies like @oatly and @KraftHeinzCo are exploring how to decarbonize their facilities, @mariagallucci reports in her new feature: ow.ly/yqFN50UPpR2
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23 Jan 2025
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: ow.ly/T7RZ50UMcR0

Trump rescinds federal program to boost low-carbon building materials

Experts say the move will stymie U.S. efforts to innovate in manufacturing and curb industrial emissions. But state Buy Clean initiatives will continue.

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20 Dec 2024
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: ow.ly/evXV50UuW6J

Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy?

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

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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: canarymedia.com/articles/sea…

Cargo ships turn to ancient tech to curb modern pollution: wind

As shipping companies face mounting pressure to curb CO2 emissions, old-fashioned sails and new designs are helping to reduce the need for fossil fuels.

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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 ☀️
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28 Nov 2024
Happy Thanksgiving! Here are five energy transition bright spots to be thankful for:
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~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 canarymedia.com/articles/cle…

States get $1.2B to build roads, highways with low-carbon materials

The Biden administration awarded grants to 39 state departments of transportation. But the program is vulnerable to cuts under Trump.

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…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 canarymedia.com/articles/cle…
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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 canarymedia.com/articles/lon…

The biggest grid storage project using old batteries is online in…

Startup Element Energy set out to prove that second-life batteries could deliver cheaper energy storage safely and at scale.

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20 Nov 2024
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: sej.org/calendar/sej-webinar…
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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 canarymedia.com/articles/air…

Sustainable aviation fuel is taking off. What is it, exactly?

Aviation experts say SAF is the “only viable option” for curbing emissions from flying in the near term. Here’s what you need to know about these three…

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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) sej.org/calendar/sej-webinar…

SEJ Webinar: Covering the Tough Stuff — How to Report on Industrial Decarbonization

The next #SEJWebinar will explore an essential yet underreported area of energy transition coverage: industrial decarbonization. Canary Media reporters Maria Gallucci, Jeff St. John and Julian...

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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 canarymedia.com/articles/vir…

Google Nest spinout picks Texas for 1GW virtual power plant

NRG Energy and Renew Home think Texas is the place to use millions of smart thermostats to build the country’s biggest virtual power plant. Here’s why.

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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! canarymedia.com/articles/pol…

Massachusetts passes bill to speed clean energy and slow gas expansion

The long-awaited legislation comes as advocates say more state-level climate policy is needed. Governor Maura Healey is expected to sign it into law.

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