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The little-known, massive advantage that renewables hold over coal
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 7/29/23 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 7/29/23

The little-known, massive advantage that renewables hold over coal

Yale Climate Connections

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How Do We Know Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Measurements Don't Include Volcanic Gases?
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 5/16/23 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 5/16/23

How Do We Know Mauna Loa Carbon Dioxide Measurements Don't Include Volcanic Gases?

NASA Climate Change

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Climate change is scary. Talking about it productively doesn't have to be.
Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/17/23 Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/17/23

Climate change is scary. Talking about it productively doesn't have to be.

USA Today invited Op-ed, January 2020

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Why People Change Their Hard-Rooted Opinions
Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/17/23 Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/17/23

Why People Change Their Hard-Rooted Opinions

Interview on NPR's Here & Now about people who changed their minds on climate change, and how they came to accept mainstream climate science.

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TEDx: Healing the divide on climate change.
Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/13/23 Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/13/23

TEDx: Healing the divide on climate change.

TEDx: Bozeman

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A geologist’s front-row seat to Greenland glacial melt
Geology, Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/13/23 Geology, Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/13/23

A geologist’s front-row seat to Greenland glacial melt

Yale Climate Connections

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What Conversations with Voters Taught Me about Science Communication
Science for Everyone, Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/13/23 Science for Everyone, Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 4/13/23

What Conversations with Voters Taught Me about Science Communication

Scientific American

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Yes, the grid can handle EV charging, even when demand spikes
Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 3/23/23 Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 3/23/23

Yes, the grid can handle EV charging, even when demand spikes

Yale Climate Connections

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Which state is winning at renewable energy production?
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 2/23/23 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 2/23/23

Which state is winning at renewable energy production?

Yale Climate Connections

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Myths about fossil fuels and renewable energy are circulating again. Don’t buy them.
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 1/23/23 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 1/23/23

Myths about fossil fuels and renewable energy are circulating again. Don’t buy them.

Yale Climate Connections

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Energy loss is single biggest component of today’s electricity system
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 10/24/22 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 10/24/22

Energy loss is single biggest component of today’s electricity system

Yale Climate Connections

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Electrifying transportation reduces emissions AND saves massive amounts of energy.
Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 8/7/22 Climate and Energy Tori Pintar 8/7/22

Electrifying transportation reduces emissions AND saves massive amounts of energy.

Yale Climate Connections

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Driving with electricity is much cheaper than with gasoline
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 6/2/22 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 6/2/22

Driving with electricity is much cheaper than with gasoline

Yale Climate Connections

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US coal use on the rise, but renewables continue rapid growth
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 2/25/22 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 2/25/22

US coal use on the rise, but renewables continue rapid growth

Yale Climate Connections

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2020 a COVID-year of major energy industry job losses
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 1/26/22 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 1/26/22

2020 a COVID-year of major energy industry job losses

Yale Climate Connections

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Young adults worldwide have blunt message for governments: ‘We don’t trust you.’
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 10/6/21 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 10/6/21

Young adults worldwide have blunt message for governments: ‘We don’t trust you.’

Yale Climate Connections

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How much do energy industry jobs pay? A look at the data
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 9/12/21 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 9/12/21

How much do energy industry jobs pay? A look at the data

Yale Climate Connections

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The number of lives that clean energy could save, by U.S. state
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 7/14/21 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 7/14/21

The number of lives that clean energy could save, by U.S. state

Yale Climate Connections

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Wind and solar energy are job creators. Which states are taking advantage?
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 4/7/21 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 4/7/21

Wind and solar energy are job creators. Which states are taking advantage?

Yale Climate Connections

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Canada’s oil sands industry is taking a big hit
Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 3/5/21 Climate and Energy Karin Kirk 3/5/21

Canada’s oil sands industry is taking a big hit

Yale Climate Connections

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