What is Tempests and Terawatts about?

Tempests and Terawatts focuses on covering the latest climate science, emerging clean technology trends and calling out when both governments and corporates are greenwashing/cutting corners on climate action.

The goal is to provide deeper analysis of issues than you would normally expect from the daily reporting of major outlets, as well as bringing attention to important but under-reported stories.

Why subscribe?

I write about climate change, clean energy, policy and politics - with the odd piece of law. We’re in a climate emergency, I think there’s no greater urgency than to be tackling these issues.

I have a habit of sharing all my best hot-takes on social media, before fleshing them out into a more thoughtful and detailed piece of analysis - much to the annoyance of multiple previous employers.

This Substack is motivated by a desire to ensure I actually dig deeper and deliver more than a 280-character thought bubble and share it with an interested audience.

Who am I?

This substack is written by Michael Mazengarb - I have spent more than 15 years studying and working on climate and energy policy.

I have worked for federal and state governments on climate and clean energy programs, not for profits, and recently spent three years as a journalist with RenewEconomy.

Places I’ve been published include The Saturday Paper, RenewEconomy, The Driven, The Canberra Times, Huffington Post, The Australian, ABC’s The Drum, The Sydney Morning Herald, Medium, Climate Home News and New Matilda.

I’ve also regularly appeared as a commentator for outlets that include ABC News, Seven News, ABC Radio National, AFP and Al Jazeera.

I have a Science degree from the Australian National University, with majors in physics, and climate change science and policy and a Juris Doctor from the University of Technology Sydney, with a strong focus on environmental and climate law.

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