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Each week, Supercool CEO & host Josh Dorfman shares climate solutions accelerating the low-carbon economy in towns and cities across the globe and delivering real-world results.

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Previous Newsletters

January 2025

🌐  Cutting Carbon with a Side of Fries: Budderfly Lowers Energy Consumption by 40%

Budderfly makes customers an offer they can’t refuse: zero-money down, risk-free energy efficiency upgrades.

🌐  The Hidden Problem Wasting 10% of the World’s Energy—And Its Ingenious Fix

Goodbye, elbow grease and caulking guns. Startups are reimagining energy efficiency with quick, convenient, and cost-effective solutions.

December 2024

🌐 Low-Stress Cities are on the Rise

The decarbonization / de-stress connection is more evidence that solving climate change improves modern life.

🌐 The Underground Climate Economy: Modernizing Cities from Below

Cities have nowhere to go but down to tap new renewable energy, strengthen climate resilience, cut costs, and enhance urban life for their residents above.

🌐 In Iowa, Wind Energy Sees No Red or Blue, Only Green

Iowa generates enough wind power to meet 77% of its energy demand. That’s beneficial for local farmers, towns, and the overall economy.

🌐 Breakthrough Climate Tech Marketing: Rising Above a Sea of Same

Even the best climate tech startups must build great products and excel at communicating them.

November 2024

🌐 No Grid, No Problem: d.light Transforms 180 Million Lives with Solar Power

This solar startup scaled operations across 72 countries.

🌐 Walk This Way: Redesigning Cities with Jeff Speck

What moves people to ditch their cars and use their own feet?

🌐 Climate Meets Crypto: CleanSpark’s Clean Energy Bitcoin Revolution

The company’s renewable energy roots predate its entry into Bitcoin mining.

🌐 Election Special: Deputy Secretary David Turk of the U.S. Department of Energy

900 manufacturing facilities across the U.S. are accelerating the low-carbon economy.

October 2024

🌐 Crime Fighters & Therapists: The Low-cost, High-Value Roles of Urban Trees

Startling research from the U.S. Forest Service reveals that urban trees are more than just climate champions.

🌐 Clean Streets: Piping Out Trash Below Cities

Cities are turning to innovative underground infrastructure to tackle climate challenges.

🌐 He’s The World’s Greenest Home Builder, That Wasn’t The Plan

Defying Hurricanes And Eliminating Energy Bills on Florida’s Coast

🌐 The Global Race to Decarbonize Cities, From Toronto to NYC to Addis Ababa and Beyond

Cities are responsible for 70% of global emissions. The stakes are understandably high; 55% of humans live in cities–projected to grow to 70% by 2050.

🌐 Masterfully Planned: Hurricane-Proof, Zero-Energy Homes on Florida’s Coast

Defying Hurricanes And Eliminating Energy Bills on Florida’s Coast

🌐 Cities on the Move: Safe, Connected Bike Lanes Built 3X Faster

70% of Americans say they support building safe, complete bicycle networks. Here’s how to do it.

September 2024

🌐 Denver Public Schools Cut Carbon, Save Millions, and Inspire Future Leaders

How a leading national school system drives its climate agenda, boosting student engagement and saving millions of dollars annually

🌐 Wind, Water & Solar: 100% Clean Renewable Energy by 2035

Stanford professor Mark Jacobson wasn’t just dreaming of a world powered by 100% renewable energy back in 2009—he was doing the math and architecting the plan.

🌐 Net Zero Energy Schools: Lower Emissions, Higher Standards in Baltimore

Students and teachers thrive in a brand-new school building with extensive daylighting, superior air quality, and non-standard classroom settings.

🌐 Geothermal is having a moment, or in Boise, a century

Wash your clothes in a geothermal-heated laundromat, swim at the YMCA geothermal-heated pool, and stroll snow-free streets on geothermal-heated sidewalks.

🌐 Robots make the cut, the low-carbon future of lawn care

Autonomous, zero-emission mowers are rolling out across the U.S.