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Earth Catalyst Updates
Insights to help you advance sustainability, drive growth, and change the world.


Marshall Kirkpatrick
2 days ago27 min read
Friday night update
It's Friday evening and we're publishing 184 updates from around the green tech and sustainability world. We added more than 100...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
4 days ago30 min read
Doing an end run towards opportunities
"There’s always going to be opportunities to improve things. You have to look where the opportunities are and pursue them, and don’t...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
5 days ago28 min read
We Can Still Demand Corporate Social Responsibility in 2025
If Microsoft Can Do it, You Can Too We've got more than 180 updates, good and bad, from across the sustainability world today - but one...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
6 days ago33 min read
Partnerships for Resilient Sustainability Work
How do you advance your sustainability work despite hostility or indifference from the federal government? One powerful strategy is...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
Feb 725 min read
Friday night picks
It's been a busy day but I wanted to send out an evening edition to make sure everyone gets their 3 recommended picks for Friday! If...
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Andrea Gonzales
Feb 625 min read
When faced with increasing pace, consider slowing down
1.75C above preindustrial levels: that's the findings for January 2025 of the globe-watching Copernicus Climate Change Service. The...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
Feb 530 min read
When you see a hole, run through it
Today's a quiet day so far in the climate and sustainability news front as far as I can tell - let's take advantage of that to move our...
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Andrea Gonzales
Feb 429 min read
Ice in Greenland Cracking Faster, Deeper, Wider Than Expected
The top story this morning is new science finding that the giant ice sheets of Greenland are cracking deeper, wider, and faster than...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
Feb 338 min read
Global Choices: Fracking, or Distributed Renewable Energy Investments?
We're sending out an evening edition today. More coming in the morning for those of you who are daily subscribers. Top stories globally...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 3031 min read
What if Scope 3 changes everything?
Politico reports this morning : " The Scottish High Court quashed decisions by the British government to approve drilling in two vast...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 2928 min read
Is there a trade-off between economic growth and net zero?
The former imperial power known as the United Kingdom announced this morning that it will expand the number of runways at London's...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 2828 min read
How to Save an Ecosystem
Good Tuesday. Much of the world is feeling rocked right now by the freeze of federal funds, from researchers to Medicare recipients! I...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 2710 min read
Insights and Ambition in the Face of Complexity
The famous essayist H.L. Mencken (1880-1956) once wrote: "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 2427 min read
Solar Overtakes Coal in Europe
Solar has overtaken coal in Europe, and gas for electricity generation is down for the 5th year in a row. Those are the key findings in...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 2331 min read
How the winds are blowing for renewable energy and green tech
Wind power installations require government permits and in many cases leases in order to be built. The new US presidential administration...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
Jan 222 min read
Free Inspiration & Support: Join Us on Zoom to Advance Your Work
"I'm so grateful for that experience and collaboration. There's been a few themes that have bubbled up in my mind since then that tells...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
Jan 2230 min read
Take Care of Yourself, There's an Emergency
Well, people were asking for a climate related emergency declaration by the US federal government! The new administration's energy...
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Marshall Kirkpatrick
Jan 212 min read
46 more recommended sources we've added to our index
Kiana Kazemi, co-founder of Intersectional Environmentalist , put up a post on LinkedIn yesterday about the news outlets she's going to...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 2123 min read
Finding Flow and Taking Action for Climate
This is my opening intro that goes out to everyone, before the bulk of this email is personalized for each subscriber individually. What...
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Andrea Gonzales
Jan 1730 min read
Big Money for Hydrogen
Today at noon PST we're doing our first Startup Sessions  call: A monthly office hours type conversation for green tech startup to chat...
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