First Takes

Clean Energy: MAGA Conservatives See The Light

First Take: Common Ground on Solar and Enhance Geothermal

Mar 16 • Jim Ball

No Climate Change in Trump’s State of the Union? I Beg to Differ! I’m Seeing Trump in a Whole New Light

First Take: Alternative Facts Are So Liberating, But Be Warned — Satire Ahead

Mar 9 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Demise of Oil & Gas Will Be a Boon for Freedom

First Take: Trump’s War With Iran Reminds Us How Toxic Oil Is to Politics, Economics, and Wellbeing

Mar 2 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Avoiding Irreversible Consequences By Making Our Vision a Reality

First Take: A Hothouse Earth Trajectory Must Push Us Towards Realistic Hope

Feb 23 • Jim Ball

Climate Movement: It’s Phoenix Time

First Take: From Trump’s Climate Policy Destruction We Will Rise to Triumph

Feb 16 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: Silence is Deadly

First Take: “Climate Hushing” is Climate Silencing

Feb 10 • Jim Ball

Climate Action: We Don’t Know How Strong We Already Are, And It’s Hurting Us

First Take: The Climate Movement — Stalled, Skewed, But Not Screwed

Feb 2 • Jim Ball

Democracy, the Rule of Law, and The Climate Movement: A Deep Connection

First Take: A Personal Reflection On Why Growing The Climate Movement Simultaneously Supports Democracy and the Rule of Law

Jan 27 • Jim Ball

Climate Hope From China at Davos? And From Trump’s Lies Too? You Bet.

First Take: Trump Lies, China Leads on Clean Energy and Climate Action

Jan 26 • Jim Ball

China Charges Ahead on Floating PV; the US Dithers

First Take: Floating PV is a Field of Action the Climate Movement Must Sieze

Jan 19 • Jim Ball

Clean Sells, Fossil Smells: We Already Have the Market Conditions We Need for Climate Victory

The Catalytic-4: Markets Are Leading The Way On Climate Action. Time for The Climate Movement to Step Up

Jan 12 • Jim Ball

Happy Holidays From Climate Hope Together

In Climate Action There Is Beauty, Our Gift to Everyone. We Will Make 2026 Our Climate Solstice As We Bring More Light Than Night Into Our World

Dec 23, 2025 • Jim Ball

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