Jaakko Haikonen
@jaakkoha.bsky.social
Climate, energy and all things interesting. Just transition and what it means for workers.
Living in Puotila, Helsinki with wife and three kids. 🇫🇮🇩🇪🇪🇺(🇺🇸 😢)
Working: www.sttk.fi/en
Living in Puotila, Helsinki with wife and three kids. 🇫🇮🇩🇪🇪🇺(🇺🇸 😢)
Working: www.sttk.fi/en
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
Americans bewildered as release of Epstein Files leads to resignations and criminal investigations in democracies around the world.
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Americans bewildered as release of Epstein Files leads to resignations and criminal investigations in democracies around the world.
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
February 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM
NEWS: CBS blocked Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico and ordered him not to mention the cancellation over fear of FCC chair Brendan Carr.
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
Colbert went on air and revealed it anyway.
“He was supposed to be here, but… 1/
Volkswagen on heikossa taloudellisessa tilanteessa ja suunnittelee 20 %n säästöjä vuoden 2027 loppuun mennessä.
20-Prozent-Ziel: Volkswagen-Konzernchef Blume schwört Führungsmannschaft auf massiven Sparkurs ein
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/v...
20-Prozent-Ziel: Volkswagen-Konzernchef Blume schwört Führungsmannschaft auf massiven Sparkurs ein
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/v...
Volkswagen-Chef Oliver Blume fordert 20 Prozent konzernweit Einsparungen
Der Volkswagen-Konzern steht finanziell massiv unter Druck. In einer Krisensitzung stimmte Vorstandschef Blume die Manager aller Marken jetzt auf einen drastischen Sparkurs ein.
www.spiegel.de
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Volkswagen on heikossa taloudellisessa tilanteessa ja suunnittelee 20 %n säästöjä vuoden 2027 loppuun mennessä.
20-Prozent-Ziel: Volkswagen-Konzernchef Blume schwört Führungsmannschaft auf massiven Sparkurs ein
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/v...
20-Prozent-Ziel: Volkswagen-Konzernchef Blume schwört Führungsmannschaft auf massiven Sparkurs ein
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/v...
Stubb on hyvä esiintymään, kielitaitoinen ja laajasti verkostoitunut.
Kaikki tämä tekee hänestä kysytyn keskustelijan maailmalla.
Mutta sitten on vielä yksi asia joka unohtui; Suomi on sijaintinsa vuoksi mahdollinen Venäjän aggression kohde, tai ainakin siinä lähellä.
www.hs.fi/kirjeenvaiht...
Kaikki tämä tekee hänestä kysytyn keskustelijan maailmalla.
Mutta sitten on vielä yksi asia joka unohtui; Suomi on sijaintinsa vuoksi mahdollinen Venäjän aggression kohde, tai ainakin siinä lähellä.
www.hs.fi/kirjeenvaiht...
HS Münchenissä | Stubbin puhetapa oli Münchenissä uusi ja häntä kuullaan
Presidentti Stubbin esiintymisnuotteihin oli Münchenissä ilmestynyt aiempaa kriittisempi tapa puhua Yhdysvaltain nykyhallinnosta, kirjoittavat kirjeenvaihtaja Suvi Turtiainen ja politiikan toimittaja ...
www.hs.fi
February 16, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Stubb on hyvä esiintymään, kielitaitoinen ja laajasti verkostoitunut.
Kaikki tämä tekee hänestä kysytyn keskustelijan maailmalla.
Mutta sitten on vielä yksi asia joka unohtui; Suomi on sijaintinsa vuoksi mahdollinen Venäjän aggression kohde, tai ainakin siinä lähellä.
www.hs.fi/kirjeenvaiht...
Kaikki tämä tekee hänestä kysytyn keskustelijan maailmalla.
Mutta sitten on vielä yksi asia joka unohtui; Suomi on sijaintinsa vuoksi mahdollinen Venäjän aggression kohde, tai ainakin siinä lähellä.
www.hs.fi/kirjeenvaiht...
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"The Trump administration and its well-funded allies in the fossil fuel industry are blocking our ability to put the cheapest, most reliable energy onto the grid."
heatmap.news/ideas/trump-...
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Trump’s Energy Policy Isn’t Just Dirty. It’s Expensive.
And it’s blocking America’s economic growth, argues a former White House climate advisor.
heatmap.news
February 15, 2026 at 3:56 AM
"The Trump administration and its well-funded allies in the fossil fuel industry are blocking our ability to put the cheapest, most reliable energy onto the grid."
heatmap.news/ideas/trump-...
heatmap.news/ideas/trump-...
I don’t need Trump officials preach me about ”western values” nor ”European cultural decline”.
Our values and culture are mainly doing quite all right, thank you for asking.
Some things might need improvements, but present US administration has nothing to teach us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Our values and culture are mainly doing quite all right, thank you for asking.
Some things might need improvements, but present US administration has nothing to teach us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Rubio Stresses Shared History to Europeans but Warns of ‘Civilizational Erasure’ in Munich
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I don’t need Trump officials preach me about ”western values” nor ”European cultural decline”.
Our values and culture are mainly doing quite all right, thank you for asking.
Some things might need improvements, but present US administration has nothing to teach us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Our values and culture are mainly doing quite all right, thank you for asking.
Some things might need improvements, but present US administration has nothing to teach us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
How so many American came to support this politics against basic freedoms is unbelievable.
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
How so many American came to support this politics against basic freedoms is unbelievable.
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Interesting to hear her speech. Alternative to the Trump administration’s viewpoints, to say the least.
AOC to Offer ‘Perspective Not Often Heard’ at Munich Security Conference
The progressive US congresswoman “is expected to decry the influence of billionaires and oligarchic interests at the expense of the working class,” according to one journalist.
Brett Wilkins
Feb 12, 2026
The progressive US congresswoman “is expected to decry the influence of billionaires and oligarchic interests at the expense of the working class,” according to one journalist.
Brett Wilkins
Feb 12, 2026
AOC to Offer 'Perspective Not Often Heard' at Munich Security Conference | Common Dreams
Discover the heart-wrenching tale of love and loss in a war-torn world. Can true love survive amidst chaos and destruction? Dive into this gripping story that will leave you breathless. For those who ...
www.commondreams.org
February 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Interesting to hear her speech. Alternative to the Trump administration’s viewpoints, to say the least.
Tämä on hyvä kysymys.
Siis miten helkkarin näköalatonta on politiikasta tullut Suomessa, jos esitys maksuttoman aamupalan kokeilusta kouluissa johtaa siihen, että niin oikeisto kuin pääkirjoitustoimittajat repivät pelihousunsa? 1/2
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Tämä on hyvä kysymys.
”Polarisaatio” ja ”molemmat osapuolet” jne.
On tahoja jotka haluavat naiset vankilaan, ja sitten on naisia jotka eivät halua vankilaan.
Voi tätä vastakkainasettelua. 🤷🏼♂️
On tahoja jotka haluavat naiset vankilaan, ja sitten on naisia jotka eivät halua vankilaan.
Voi tätä vastakkainasettelua. 🤷🏼♂️
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
”Polarisaatio” ja ”molemmat osapuolet” jne.
On tahoja jotka haluavat naiset vankilaan, ja sitten on naisia jotka eivät halua vankilaan.
Voi tätä vastakkainasettelua. 🤷🏼♂️
On tahoja jotka haluavat naiset vankilaan, ja sitten on naisia jotka eivät halua vankilaan.
Voi tätä vastakkainasettelua. 🤷🏼♂️
Hesari on julistanut laitaoikeiston kuolleeksi viimeiset 15 vuotta aina tasaisin väliajoin. Etuajassa sanoisin.
En vielä huokaise helpotuksesta Trumpin ja eurooppalaisen laitaoikeiston suhteiden viilenemisestä. En etenkään muutaman tanskalaisen perusteella.
Vastahan tämä vyörytys on kunnolla alkanut
En vielä huokaise helpotuksesta Trumpin ja eurooppalaisen laitaoikeiston suhteiden viilenemisestä. En etenkään muutaman tanskalaisen perusteella.
Vastahan tämä vyörytys on kunnolla alkanut
February 13, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Hesari on julistanut laitaoikeiston kuolleeksi viimeiset 15 vuotta aina tasaisin väliajoin. Etuajassa sanoisin.
En vielä huokaise helpotuksesta Trumpin ja eurooppalaisen laitaoikeiston suhteiden viilenemisestä. En etenkään muutaman tanskalaisen perusteella.
Vastahan tämä vyörytys on kunnolla alkanut
En vielä huokaise helpotuksesta Trumpin ja eurooppalaisen laitaoikeiston suhteiden viilenemisestä. En etenkään muutaman tanskalaisen perusteella.
Vastahan tämä vyörytys on kunnolla alkanut
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 AM
NEW ANALYSIS: China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…
www.carbonbrief.org/...
Vihreä siirtymä on valtava globaali teollinen murros, jossa pelimerkit jaetaan nyt ja lähitulevaisuudessa uudelleen.
Panostamalla osaamiseen ja oikeudenmukaisuuteen Suomessa, saamme jalostusastetta korkeammaksi ja varmistamme poliittisen tuen muutokselle.
yle.fi/a/74-20209857
Panostamalla osaamiseen ja oikeudenmukaisuuteen Suomessa, saamme jalostusastetta korkeammaksi ja varmistamme poliittisen tuen muutokselle.
yle.fi/a/74-20209857
EK: Vihreän siirtymän investointeja valmistui yli 8 miljardilla viime vuonna
Viime vuoden ennätystasoon ei luultavasti päästä tänä ja ensi vuonna.
yle.fi
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Vihreä siirtymä on valtava globaali teollinen murros, jossa pelimerkit jaetaan nyt ja lähitulevaisuudessa uudelleen.
Panostamalla osaamiseen ja oikeudenmukaisuuteen Suomessa, saamme jalostusastetta korkeammaksi ja varmistamme poliittisen tuen muutokselle.
yle.fi/a/74-20209857
Panostamalla osaamiseen ja oikeudenmukaisuuteen Suomessa, saamme jalostusastetta korkeammaksi ja varmistamme poliittisen tuen muutokselle.
yle.fi/a/74-20209857
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⚡️Russia targets Kyiv, Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles as Moscow stalls on peace talks.
Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground reported loud explosions and power outages as Russia launched ballistic missiles at the capital overnight.
Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground reported loud explosions and power outages as Russia launched ballistic missiles at the capital overnight.
Russia targets Kyiv, Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles as Moscow stalls on peace talks
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the ballistic missiles were targeting the city's infrastructure facilities.
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:52 AM
⚡️Russia targets Kyiv, Ukrainian cities with ballistic missiles as Moscow stalls on peace talks.
Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground reported loud explosions and power outages as Russia launched ballistic missiles at the capital overnight.
Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground reported loud explosions and power outages as Russia launched ballistic missiles at the capital overnight.
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
One million Europeans are employed in clean tech value chains. Including batteries, bioenergy, geothermal, hydro, heat pumps, solar and wind. Jobs are doubled compared with 2010.
The data are not available, but EV and nuclear jobs would push this even higher.
The data are not available, but EV and nuclear jobs would push this even higher.
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 PM
One million Europeans are employed in clean tech value chains. Including batteries, bioenergy, geothermal, hydro, heat pumps, solar and wind. Jobs are doubled compared with 2010.
The data are not available, but EV and nuclear jobs would push this even higher.
The data are not available, but EV and nuclear jobs would push this even higher.
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
It is so fundamentally obscene and offensive that any data centre developer feels brave enough to tout "jobs created" as selling point when the core selling point of the product they offer is to explicitly cut as many jobs as possible
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Telstra to axe more than 200 jobs amid AI rollout
Some jobs will be moved offshore in wake of telco’s $700m joint venture with tech consultancy Accenture
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM
It is so fundamentally obscene and offensive that any data centre developer feels brave enough to tout "jobs created" as selling point when the core selling point of the product they offer is to explicitly cut as many jobs as possible
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This is what happens when you let money control the politics.
Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is what happens when you let money control the politics.
Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
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Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Using hydrogen as a fuel to replace natural gas has been strongly promoted by vested interest groups.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
Many including myself raised serious concerns about scalability, cost and efficiency.
The more time passes, the more it looks like those concerns were well-founded.
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
I’m surprised by how quickly I become an expert in winter sports I’ve never attempted to do and have almost never seen.
That what a PhD in Economics trained me for.
That what a PhD in Economics trained me for.
February 10, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I’m surprised by how quickly I become an expert in winter sports I’ve never attempted to do and have almost never seen.
That what a PhD in Economics trained me for.
That what a PhD in Economics trained me for.
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“Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
“Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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⚡️Pope Leo sends 80 generators, thousands of medical supplies to Ukraine.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
Pope Leo sends 80 generators, thousands of medicines to Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators along with medicines and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with the effects of freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican...
kyivindependent.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
⚡️Pope Leo sends 80 generators, thousands of medical supplies to Ukraine.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
Pope Leo XIV has sent 80 electric generators and thousands of medical and food supplies to Ukraine to help civilians cope with freezing winter temperatures and constant attacks, the Vatican announced on Feb. 9.
It is amusing (and sad) how some Americans are upset about a show sang in Spanish, that is performed in Santa Clara, California.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento… you see a pattern?
They really should teach more history in school.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento… you see a pattern?
They really should teach more history in school.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Bad Bunny Delivers Joyful Super Bowl Halftime Show
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
It is amusing (and sad) how some Americans are upset about a show sang in Spanish, that is performed in Santa Clara, California.
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento… you see a pattern?
They really should teach more history in school.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento… you see a pattern?
They really should teach more history in school.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...
Reposted by Jaakko Haikonen
Kyiv.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Kyiv.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.
Sunday evening.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today.
I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.