🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #156

This week: geothermal firsts, a parrot comeback, and why even Trump is retiring coal.

Mar 2 • George Wade

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February 2026

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #155

From EVs as batteries to tortoises returning home, stability is the new climate strategy.

Feb 23 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #154

Trump repeals the endangerment finding, but does that mean the end for climate action? Absolutely not.

Feb 16 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #153

I bought a company, wintering and all the positive news you could need for a Monday morning.

Feb 9 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #152

What’s actually changing on climate, while the media argues about everything else

Feb 2 • George Wade

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January 2026

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #151

Grids straining, clean power scaling, and climate solutions quietly becoming harder to undo.

Jan 26 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #150

The 150th episode, and first of 2026!

Jan 19 • George Wade

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December 2025

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #149

The last Grumpy Optimist of 2025...

Dec 22, 2025 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #148

Shortest day of the year is this week...let this be a great way to begin yours.

Dec 15, 2025 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #147

Your weekly dose of climate optimism, music, and mildly grumpy honesty.

Dec 8, 2025 • George Wade

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November 2025

🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #146

The good, the surprising and the thought-provoking in climate this week

Nov 24, 2025 • George Wade

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🌱 The Grumpy Optimists #145

My trip to Japan and a roundup of the most uplifting climate wins, policy shifts and sustainability stories from the past two weeks.

Nov 17, 2025 • George Wade

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