Fede Holm
@federicoholm.bsky.social
Research Scientist @progressivereform.bsky.social - PhD Env&Nat Resources (OSU SENR), former postdoc UMich, CSU. Clean energy, socio-ecological systems, climate change.
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Pundit supporters of "permitting reform" sweep aside (& do not understand) ecology & community.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Pundit supporters of "permitting reform" sweep aside (& do not understand) ecology & community.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
In their ignorance, they seek to confine the decision-making space to energy infrastructure.
This invariably leads to doomed conflict btw/energy infrastructure + ecological & community systems.
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Absolutely perfect to see Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese at the G20 together: both fossil fuel expansionists cosplaying as brave climate heroes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39D...
Anthony Albanese, Mark Carney Warn G20: Climate Action Must Protect People and Growth | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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November 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Absolutely perfect to see Mark Carney and Anthony Albanese at the G20 together: both fossil fuel expansionists cosplaying as brave climate heroes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39D...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39D...
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To emphasize: The SPEED Act’s relevance is not confined to energy, to the fight btw/fossil fuels & renewables. Its implications are expansive, covering all federal action that may harm the environment.
Whole ecological systems at risk under the false notion that building fast is building well.
Whole ecological systems at risk under the false notion that building fast is building well.
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 AM
To emphasize: The SPEED Act’s relevance is not confined to energy, to the fight btw/fossil fuels & renewables. Its implications are expansive, covering all federal action that may harm the environment.
Whole ecological systems at risk under the false notion that building fast is building well.
Whole ecological systems at risk under the false notion that building fast is building well.
End of @enlit-europe.bsky.social. I'm amazed at the the creativity of folks trying to address grid flexibility, consumer empowerment, optimization, and streamlining processes. Still, there was a lot less interest in other dimensions of the energy transition #Enlit
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
End of @enlit-europe.bsky.social. I'm amazed at the the creativity of folks trying to address grid flexibility, consumer empowerment, optimization, and streamlining processes. Still, there was a lot less interest in other dimensions of the energy transition #Enlit
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Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules.
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How Trump EPA's Rewrite of US Water Definitions Would Affect Climate Change
The agency wants to change the definitions of waterways protected under the Clean Water Act.
www.bloomberg.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Trump's EPA is proposing rule changes that if approved would result in fewer ponds, streams and wetlands being protected from development and pollution under clean water rules.
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read all about this proposal and what it means @bloomberg.com (w/a gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Center research scientist Fede Holm is attending this year's #EnlitEurope. We look forward to his insights and learning more about how Europe is decarbonizing energy!
Some interesting insights after the first morning at @enlit-europe.bsky.social. The first relates to solar power's "winning formula". In terms of scalability, flexibility, co-location with other technologies, and price, solar is unbeatable. Co-location of solar and storage is a no-brainer.
November 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Center research scientist Fede Holm is attending this year's #EnlitEurope. We look forward to his insights and learning more about how Europe is decarbonizing energy!
sous prétexte de “simplification”, l'UE envisage de laisser passer l'usage de pesticides nocifs. C’est anti-environnement et anti-science.
Extrêmement grave et choquant: sous couvert de simplification la Commission propose d'accorder des autorisations illimitées pour les pesticides et donc de supprimer les réévaluations périodiques permettant de tenir compte des nouvelles données scientifiques www.generations-futures.fr/actualites/o...
Omnibus sur la sécurité alimentaire : nous réagissons ! - Générations Futures
Générations Futures alerte face aux affaiblissements majeurs que la Commission européenne veut mettre en place dans le domaine de l’évaluation et de
www.generations-futures.fr
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
sous prétexte de “simplification”, l'UE envisage de laisser passer l'usage de pesticides nocifs. C’est anti-environnement et anti-science.
Some interesting insights after the first morning at @enlit-europe.bsky.social. The first relates to solar power's "winning formula". In terms of scalability, flexibility, co-location with other technologies, and price, solar is unbeatable. Co-location of solar and storage is a no-brainer.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some interesting insights after the first morning at @enlit-europe.bsky.social. The first relates to solar power's "winning formula". In terms of scalability, flexibility, co-location with other technologies, and price, solar is unbeatable. Co-location of solar and storage is a no-brainer.
“The Congo basin may be the world’s most important rainforest – why is it the least researched?”
Geez, I don’t know… take a wild fucking guess??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Geez, I don’t know… take a wild fucking guess??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Congo basin may be the world’s most important rainforest – why is it the least researched?
It is the second-largest tropical forest on Earth, and one of the most vital carbon sinks, but is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“The Congo basin may be the world’s most important rainforest – why is it the least researched?”
Geez, I don’t know… take a wild fucking guess??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Geez, I don’t know… take a wild fucking guess??
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
🌎 Who really holds the power at COP30?
🚨 More than 1,600 lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry attended #COP30 in Belém, outnumbering almost all national delegations.
👉 Read more: bit.ly/4rdvP9x
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Bayer's sponsorship of the agriculture pavilion at COP30 is "a golden opportunity to greenwash its image" says @corporateeurope.org
I Challenge Thee
www.corporateeurope.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Bayer's sponsorship of the agriculture pavilion at COP30 is "a golden opportunity to greenwash its image" says @corporateeurope.org
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Moderates:
(1) Seek to turn the U.S. into an AI-centered petrostate; by
(2) Exploiting the "affordability" zeitgeist; as
(3) A pretext to embrace the fossil fuel industry's "all of the above" energy rhetoric & "technology neutral permitting reform."
(1) Seek to turn the U.S. into an AI-centered petrostate; by
(2) Exploiting the "affordability" zeitgeist; as
(3) A pretext to embrace the fossil fuel industry's "all of the above" energy rhetoric & "technology neutral permitting reform."
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Moderates:
(1) Seek to turn the U.S. into an AI-centered petrostate; by
(2) Exploiting the "affordability" zeitgeist; as
(3) A pretext to embrace the fossil fuel industry's "all of the above" energy rhetoric & "technology neutral permitting reform."
(1) Seek to turn the U.S. into an AI-centered petrostate; by
(2) Exploiting the "affordability" zeitgeist; as
(3) A pretext to embrace the fossil fuel industry's "all of the above" energy rhetoric & "technology neutral permitting reform."
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All the folks who contend we do not need to directly challenge the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry—and that we can accommodate their policy priorities (e.g., federal “permitting reform”)—are either lying or deluding themselves that this is an effective climate strategy. Root. Them. Out.
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
All the folks who contend we do not need to directly challenge the entrenched power of the fossil fuel industry—and that we can accommodate their policy priorities (e.g., federal “permitting reform”)—are either lying or deluding themselves that this is an effective climate strategy. Root. Them. Out.
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The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The problem with the climate regime in one article: With fewer people attending COP30 "one in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist." It is "the largest concentration of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP" and up 12% from COP29 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
So.....did no one else notice that Pennsylvania just dropped RGGI?
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
In less than a week, I'll be headed to Bilbao for @enlit-europe.bsky.social as part of the Future Energy Workforce programme. If you or anyone you know that’s attending is working at the intersection of energy democracy, community development and just transitions, or land use, I'd love to meet!
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In less than a week, I'll be headed to Bilbao for @enlit-europe.bsky.social as part of the Future Energy Workforce programme. If you or anyone you know that’s attending is working at the intersection of energy democracy, community development and just transitions, or land use, I'd love to meet!
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Disastrous votes in European Parliament this morning including on #Omnibus1 changes to #DueDiligence rules:
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Legality of Omnibus Legislation Under EU Law:
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A Preliminary Analysis of Omnibus I Simplification Directive of CSRD and CSDD and its Legal Consequences on the EU Legal Order
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This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the legal issues arising from the European Union's use of the Omnibus as the privileged legislative technique to '
papers.ssrn.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Disastrous votes in European Parliament this morning including on #Omnibus1 changes to #DueDiligence rules:
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
⚠️Fewer companies reporting
⚠️Scrapping of mandatory climate transition plans
This is just days after 100+ legal experts said Omnibus 1 could be illegal
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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We’re on track for 2.5°C of global warming by 2100. The worst impacts are already falling on communities that contributed the least to the crisis. To achieve energy justice, we need alternatives to investor-owned utilities.
📘 Read our new brief. → bit.ly/Alternatives...
📘 Read our new brief. → bit.ly/Alternatives...
Advancing a Clean, Equitable Energy Transition through Alternatives to Investor-Owned Utilities - Center for Progressive Reform
The energy sector needs creative solutions for addressing the worsening and unevenly distributed impacts of climate change. There is growing scientific consensus that we have already surpassed 1.5 deg...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We’re on track for 2.5°C of global warming by 2100. The worst impacts are already falling on communities that contributed the least to the crisis. To achieve energy justice, we need alternatives to investor-owned utilities.
📘 Read our new brief. → bit.ly/Alternatives...
📘 Read our new brief. → bit.ly/Alternatives...
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The critical thing is that "gross emissions" go down rapidly, to near zero in 2050 or so, for ~1.5°C. This is how you solve the climate problem.
That green slither of carbon dioxide removal is a nice to have, not a do-or-die requirement.
Focus on reducing emissions.
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That green slither of carbon dioxide removal is a nice to have, not a do-or-die requirement.
Focus on reducing emissions.
6/
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The critical thing is that "gross emissions" go down rapidly, to near zero in 2050 or so, for ~1.5°C. This is how you solve the climate problem.
That green slither of carbon dioxide removal is a nice to have, not a do-or-die requirement.
Focus on reducing emissions.
6/
That green slither of carbon dioxide removal is a nice to have, not a do-or-die requirement.
Focus on reducing emissions.
6/
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Once again, an opposition party instigated a shutdown but failed to win a big-time White House concession.
Why did the "Invertebrate Eight" sacrifice leverage for a deal that forfeited their main demands? –– @billscher.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/10/d...
Why did the "Invertebrate Eight" sacrifice leverage for a deal that forfeited their main demands? –– @billscher.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/10/d...
The Democratic Shutdown Capitulation: A Perfect and Unnecessary Failure
Once again, an opposition party instigated a shutdown but failed to win meaningful concessions. Democrats had leverage—and threw it away.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Once again, an opposition party instigated a shutdown but failed to win a big-time White House concession.
Why did the "Invertebrate Eight" sacrifice leverage for a deal that forfeited their main demands? –– @billscher.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/10/d...
Why did the "Invertebrate Eight" sacrifice leverage for a deal that forfeited their main demands? –– @billscher.bsky.social
washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/10/d...
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Tonight Democrats proved that old quip.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Tonight Democrats proved that old quip.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
If a genie gave Democrats 3 wishes, they'd negotiate it down to 1, and then wish for something they think Republicans will like.
We need a true opposition party now more than ever. Because this aint it.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
So here's the favour I want to ask: if this post crosses your feed, please take this chance to support the Gitxsan and Gitanyow by watching our latest HGA and passing it on.
Help us put Ksi Lisims and PRGT on the map 🙏
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Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Official data from government of British Columbia, along with satellite monitoring, backs claims that a Canadian subsidiary owned by Drax sourced 250-year-old trees to manufacture biomass pellets as recently as this year
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...