# The Instigator Scaling and Accelerating Environmental Progress Page: Feed: --- ## [Promising Words](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/promising-words) _2026-08-16 · Mark Tercek_ Big tech’s reckoning with data center opposition ## [Team Kangaroo Wins the World Cup](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/team-kangaroo-wins-the-world-cup) _2026-08-02 · Mark Tercek_ A Conversation with Wayne Pacelle ## [Blame Canada?](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/blame-canada) _2026-07-26 · Mark Tercek_ Smoke, Fire, and Who Actually Owns This Problem ## [Start with the Four Essentials](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/start-with-the-four-essentials) _2026-07-19 · Mark Tercek_ How to Scale Investments in Nature ## [A Refreshing Summer Read](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/a-refreshing-summer-read) _2026-07-12 · Mark Tercek_ Drayton and Mackenzie gets the clean tech grind right ## [Powered by the People](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/powered-by-the-people) _2026-07-05 · Mark Tercek_ Why Eugene Kirpichov believes mobilizing human talent is the key to solving climate change ## [Formula E Is Not What You Think](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/formula-e-is-not-what-you-think) _2026-06-21 · Mark Tercek_ Clean Speed Has Come a Long Way ## [Paying Polluters Twice](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/paying-polluters-twice) _2026-06-14 · Mark Tercek_ How Washington is Undermining Markets, Clean Energy, and Public Health ## [Setting a New Bar for AI Infrastructure](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/setting-a-new-bar-for-ai-infrastructure) _2026-06-07_ Google’s Water Pledge ## [PixelRift — Platforming with Level Editor (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zhDChVhCTQZ0) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Includes a built-in level editor, campaign with elemental heroes, and boss encounters. ## [The River That Made the West Is In Trouble](https://marktercek.substack.com/p/the-river-that-made-the-west-is-in) _2026-05-24 · Mark Tercek_ We can’t let the Colorado River run dry