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Jan Fichtner

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Senior Research Fellow SuFi Project @UniWH & @UvACorpnet | Global finance, age of passive investing, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, greenwashing, decarbonization | www.jfichtner.net

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · Jan 30

🚨New paper by the Uni Witten SuFi Project in @finandsoc.bsky.social

Channels of influence in sustainable finance:
A framework for conceptualizing how private actors shape the green transition

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A 🧵 on our main arguments:

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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 3h

Hop not Hate

Three protesters in Portland Oregon in inflatable frog suits. One holds a placard reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 20h

7/And this is not just a concern for US as third countries (read Europe) will get caught up in the crossfire. Which is in part China strategy ie get US allies to feel the pressure of US tech controls on China.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Germany Calls New China Rare Earth Curbs a ‘Great Concern’

China’s expansion of export controls to production facilities outside of China is a concern being discussed in Germany and at the EU level, a spokesperson for the German Economic Ministry said in an e...

www.bloomberg.com

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 21h

1/ New rare earth restrictions mark escalation in China’s weaponization of interdependence — adopting US extraterritorial permission structures. This is not just an export ban but regulated how global firms use Chinese equipment and material.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China expands rare earth restrictions, targets defence, semiconductor users

China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, saying it planned to limit exports to overseas defence firms and semiconductor users and adding five rare earth elements to its list.

www.reuters.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 1d

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 1d

NEW – IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @iea.org

Read here: buff.ly/moV7Tge

Share of national electricity supplies that depend on imported fossil fuels in 2023, actual (left) and in the IEA’s “low renewable-energy source” scenario (right), in 31 countries that are net importers of coal and gas. Source: IEA.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 2d

A fossil fuel dominated economic power will lose in the 21st century.

Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 2d

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal & other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... 🔌💡

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 2d

Bingo! The coalition just agreed to roll out a new EV support scheme for low- and middle-income households.

The fiscal envelope isn’t huge - but it’s something to work with.

Now the focus has to be on getting the design right and coordinating as closely as possible with EU partners.

Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 2d

This is the way. The German car industry’s problem isn’t 2035 - it’s the demand crash happening right now.

And while we can’t stop U.S. tariffs or Chinese subsidies, we certainly can ramp up demand at home.

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 2d

German auto summit tomorrow.

The sole focus on the EU combustion engine phase-out, which is 10 years away, is baffling because German cars have a demand problem today

Berlin worries a new EV subsidy scheme would be fiscally too expensive.

But demand-side support is a fiscal no-brainer here.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 2d

Remember when dense networks of strategic cross-shareholdings among firms, native to coordinated market economies, went the way of the dodo?

The Rhenish model, Germany, Inc. undone by Anglo institutional investors?

Well, the dodo is back. Say hello to USA, Inc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 2d

🌍 For the FIRST TIME on record, renewables generated more electricity than coal in H1-2025.

Renewables rose 363 TWh (+8%) to supply 34.2% of global power, while coal’s share fell to 33.1%.

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 2d

Iconic.

America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 4d

The Portland Frog

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 5d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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SilverMoon FAFO 💙🦋💙 @silvermoonfafo.bsky.social · 2d

The Antiphibian of Portland is gearing up to be an iconic symbol of resistance

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Part of the transition from conservatism to authoritarianism is the shift from lies with some veneer of plausibility (wink wink) to lies that are demonstrably, obviously lies, such that accepting them involves an almost total subjugation of individual discernment or judgment.

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Christopher Wright @chriswrightau.bsky.social · 2d

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

More than 40 Trump administration picks tied directly to oil, gas and coal, analysis shows

Report looks at White House nominees and appointees and agencies dictating energy, environment and climate policy

www.theguardian.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

The historically volatile Texas grid was entirely stable this summer, despite extreme temperatures. Grid operators never once had to ask Texans to conserve energy or shut off their air conditioners.

Why? Solar & batteries. Want a stable grid? Try solar & batteries.

Solar and batteries had a record-setting, grid-stabilizing summer in…

Solar has set 17 power generation records in Texas so far this year, shoring up the grid alongside batteries as some gas plant developers step back.

www.canarymedia.com

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Henrik Larsen @henriklarsen.bsky.social · 4d

The future of renewable electricity is here.
85-97% of electricity in Denmark comes from renewable sources.
This will grow in the coming years, as new wind and solar plants are constructed.
Here's fine explanation about the role of mega heat pumps use in district heating.
youtu.be/-RQSRq-KcLs?...

World's Largest Heat Pump: Denmark’s Seawater Heating Revolution

YouTube video by German Science Guy

youtu.be

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 2d

Political parties' positions on climate, conservation + pollution often seem to align more closely with their donors' wishes than voters'.

Remind me who Reform's big funders are...

Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 2d

Most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy:

"Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts"
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Poll suggests most Reform UK voters back investment in renewable energy

Research by YouGov showed some politicians had ‘grossly misjudged voters’ views amid criticism of net zero efforts, according to investment body.

www.independent.co.uk

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 2d

Policy relevance: Excess profit taxes could make fossil fuel profits less volatile in the low-carbon transition. Revenues could finance investments or alleviate inflation impacts: taxing incremental 2022 US profits as excess could've doubled clean energy investments or paid each US household $1,715.

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 2d

Fossil fuel profits also sharply increase inflation inequality.
Incremental 2022 fossil fuel profits over 2021 compensate several percent of 2022 inflation for the richest groups (triangles and squares), dwarfing differences in inflation due to differing consumption baskets (disks). 10/

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 2d

The stock market consequences could not have been starker: The MSCI World Energy Index (ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell etc) doubled in 2021-2022, while the Global Alternative Energy index (Vestas, First Solar, Orsted etc) fell by half in 2021-2024. 4/

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 2d

📢 must-read new paper! 👇

Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 2d

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Jesse Griffiths @jesselgriffiths.bsky.social · 3d

RIP the Net Zero Banking Alliance, & effectively RIP GFANZ & the idea that big financial institutions would lead us in the just transition.
Only governments can provide this leadership, with support from financial sector allies & impetus from active citizens:
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch | Jesse Griffiths

RIP GFANZ. The hope that large financial sector companies would lead the green transition is dead, but it was never realistic. Only governments - through policy and regulation - can push the financial...

www.linkedin.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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