Lisa Cohn

New blog: Raising River: A Puppy Mom's Diary bashandlucybooks.com/raising-rive...

New podcast: With Voltpost, an #electricvehicle (EV) driver can park in front of a utility pole or lamppost and, using a phone app, lower a charger from it. The company says its system lowers installation costs for communities by up to 70%. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

A report from Wood Mackenzie found that total #electricvehicle ownership costs could reach parity with total gasoline vehicle ownership costs by 2031. #EV Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

"Bash and Lucy Say, 'Love, Love, Bark!' is a story that will make you feel good inside." Stay tuned for a new #dogbook series! bashandlucybooks.com/love-love-ba...

GridCARE runs a grid MRI to Identify unused capacity for #datacenters and other large loads. The company found 400 MW of existing infrastructure in Portland General Electric (PGE) territory to meet the needs of five #datacenters, Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Kids' #Dog #Book Review: "I Want to Live on Woof-Woof Nation" bashandlucybooks.com/review-weave...

New podcast: Sprocket Power's founders describe the "unpredictable and shocking" demand charges car dealerships & other businesses experience when they install #electricvehicle charging, and how to slash those charges with #solar & #storage. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

New podcast: What does it take to scale disruptive #energy technologies? Dr. Mathias Schlecht, president and CEO at ColdStream Energy, has built and scaled disruptive energy technologies from lab to field. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

New podcast: At a conference in Bend, Oregon in July, a panel focused on how much the creation of the new #grid will be in the hands of utilities versus the customers. A wide-ranging discussion moderated by @elisawood.bsky.social #distributedenergy Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

New podcast: ZincFive's nickel-zinc #energystorage provides short, high-power dischages for #datacenters to address AI power surges. The company's annual revenue doubled from 2024 to approximately $66.9 million in 2025 and has plans to go public. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

In Iceland, which has vast #geothermal resources, @syntholene.bsky.social is testing #synfuel production that combines geothermal heat with high-temperature #electrolysis that it says is 70% cheaper than synfuel produced with other clean energy options. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

NJ lawmakers approve new protections for transgender and reproductive healthcare www.newsfromthestates.com/article/nj-l... This is what is happening in most all the Republic. The Pervonator in Chief and his Neo-Nazi Cohort are phonies at the microphonie as they seek to hurt Trans people....

Reader's note: There is a kind of #children’sbook that does something quietly remarkable. It wraps a real message inside so much warmth and humor and personality that kids absorb it completely without feeling like they are being taught anything. #kidsdogbook bashandlucybooks.com/kids-dog-boo...

Juan Shannon's plans for Parker Village in Highland Park, Michigan, a disadvantaged community: create resilience and wealth with two #solar #microgrids, an electric transportation loop and net-zero homes. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

New Podcast: Oregon is cracking down on #datacenters, requiring them to pay for their share of energy. Investor-owned utilities can't add data centers unless there's enough #cleanenergy on their systems to meet state #climate goals. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

New #CleanEnergy Today podcast: How do altitude, snow, wind, sunshine, temperatures and road surface affect an #electricvehicle’s range? As an #EV driver, I was surprised to learn just how much these issues lower or increase mileage. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

The loss of our #goldenretriever, Hudson, on April 28 was a reminder of what's important in life. And it's not ballrooms, wars, racism and hate: bashandlucybooks.com/grieving-the...

New #CleanEnergy Today podcast: A global perspective on the effects of high oil prices on #renewables and #EVs, including China's aggressive solar installations, Pakistan's residential #solar uptick and large companies installing renewables. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

New #CleanEnergy Today podcast: 270 MW #Solar, Sheep Grazing, #Beekeeping: Enel's Blue Jay #agrivoltaics project. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

#Portland #NoKings protest March 28

This #Ukrinian #grandma is a voice-over artist in our new #kids' #audiobook Bash and Lucy Say, "Love, Love, Bark!" Check out a sample on Audible: www.audible.com/pd/Bash-and-...

#Giveaway: #Kids' #audiobook read by #teens, #tweens and a #Ukrainian grandma. Enter by March 25: www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

The SAVE Act and its more extreme version, the SAVE America Act, could shut millions of eligible citizens out of our democracy. Tell Congress to reject these attacks on our freedom to vote at aclu.org/stop_anti_voter_

How can PSE&G get more chargers installed at multi-family housing complexes? How much do #demandresponse programs for #EV drivers help out in the summer? How might a new #timeofuse rate save money for people who charge at home? Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Hudson, 13, was diagnosed with #canine #cancer a month ago. He's improving, thanks to Turkey Tail mushrooms, Max's Teapills, Brutus Bone Broth , GI Fortify and love. bashandlucybooks.com/our-super-tr...

People who immigrate to the U.S. come here to find safety and opportunity and contribute to our communities. We should be welcomed with dignity, not demonized.

I'm seeing these #AntiIce posters all over #Portland...this one at a #Beaverton park.

Elliott Steele, a researcher at the UC Davis @wildenergy.bsky.social Center, is studying how a #floatingsolar array at the Nelson Family Vineyards affects birds. In Florida, alligators and other animals hang out on the #solar systems. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

The government’s arrests of journalists @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and @bygeorgiafort.bsky.social are attacks on freedom of the press. Two federal courts flatly rejected prosecuting Lemon, but instead of accepting that humiliating defeat, the government has now doubled down. Read our statement:

I don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down

New Podcast: Nelson Family Vineyards in Mendocino County, Calif., will soon power up its #floatingsolar system, deployed on pontoons on an irrigation pond, expecting to cut utility costs — up 180% over the last three years — by about $90,000 annually. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/v...

The University of Arkansas rescinded a job offer for Emily Suski, a prospective law school dean, after she signed an amicus brief in our Supreme Court case supporting a transgender teen banned from playing sports. State officials can't punish public employees for their opinions and legal advocacy.

It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by. Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?

"No More Wars for Oil," "Melt Ice," #NoKings Protest

this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

Auchincloss: "When you have a badge & gun and you are interacting with a citizen who has committed no crime, the onus of responsibility is on you to exercise good judgment. Nobody watching that video will buy the argument that he had no other resort other than to shoot her in the face 3 times."

New #podcast: Itanna and Yosafe Murphy plan to use #agrivoltaics to supply their community with local, fresh food by co-locating agricultural activities with #solar panels. Community members will also get #energyresilience via a #microgrid. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

What Falling Sales? BEVs Jump 37% YoY in November in Europe! cleantechnica.com/2025/12/31/w...

BREAKING: Nicolas Maduro Captured - Now What? krassencast.com/p/breaking-n...

BREAKING: The National Institutes of Health has agreed to evaluate grant applications that were wrongfully frozen due to the Trump administration’s ideological purge of biomedical research.

Volkswagen Renaissance Begins In China cleantechnica.com/2025/12/27/v...

Millions took to the streets this year to defend our fundamental rights, and over 80,000 people joined one of our Know Your Rights trainings beforehand to be better prepared to protest. We’re keeping up this momentum in 2026.

A 15-Ton Rooftop Heat Pump Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels cleantechnica.com/2025/12/27/a...

We all have a role to play in the fight for our civil liberties, and focusing on the solutions, not just the problems, is a good way to remain hopeful.

Charting The Changes That Will Lead To Renewable Energy Dominance In 2026 cleantechnica.com/2025/12/26/c...

Switching hats here to our #kidsbooks, we've released 4 Bash and Lucy #kidsaudiobooks read by kids, #tweens, #teens and a #goldenretriever (bark). Here's our first audiobook, read by kids age 6-8: bashandlucybooks.com?p=352