The Startup Trying to Put Geothermal Heat Pumps in America’s Homes
Simply operating America’s buildings uses more than a third of the country’s energy. A major chunk of that is temperature control — keeping the indoors cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Heati...
22 Okt 202559min
How Julian Brave NoiseCat Changed His Mind About Climate Politics
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a writer, Oscar-nominated filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. His first book, We Survived the Night, was released this week — it uses mem...
15 Okt 202552min
How China’s Power Grid Really Works
China announced a new climate commitment under the Paris Agreement at last month’s United Nations General Assembly meeting, pledging to cut its emissions by 7% to 10% by 2035. Many observers were disa...
8 Okt 20251h 12min
Heatmap’s Reporters Talk About Electricity, Inflation, and the New Era in Climate Politics
It’s been a busy few weeks for climate and energy. New York Climate Week brought hundreds of events — and thousands of people — to the city to discuss decarbonization and energy policy. The New Jersey...
1 Okt 20251h 1min
Live From New York Climate Week: The AI and Electricity Moment
Artificial intelligence is helping to drive up electricity demand in America. Energy costs are rising, and utilities are struggling to adjust. How should policymakers — and companies — respond to this...
26 Sep 20251h 4min
Nobody in the West Knows How to Respond to the ‘Electrotech Revolution’
A new stack of electricity technologies — including solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, and power electronics — seem to be displacing fossil fuels across China and the developing world. Are we...
24 Sep 20251h 12min
What J.P. Morgan’s Chief Climate Advisor Is Telling Energy Startups
We live in a new energy era — one in which the inputs and technologies key to clean electricity production are at the heart of international politics. What will that mean for decarbonization? And how ...
17 Sep 202546min
Utility Regulation Really Sucks
Electricity is getting more expensive — and the culprit, in much of the country, is the poles and wires. Since the pandemic, utility spending on the “last mile” part of the power grid has surged, and ...
10 Sep 20251h 7min
