Kathleen Kennedy
@kmkennedy6.bsky.social
Assistant Research Professor at UMD's Center for Global Sustainability. Researching state-level decarbonization pathways in Maryland and beyond. Views my own. She/her.
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Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
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Did You Know???…
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
November 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Did You Know???…
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
The conviction of police deputy Sean Grayson for the murder of Sonya Massey is *the first time in US history* a cop was convicted of murdering a Black woman
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Once again, yes, I'm familiar with the different revenue streams involved. And yet once again, I want to point out that the entire federal budget for area studies & foreign language fellowships was $86 million.
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Show me your budget, & I'll show you your values.
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Show me your budget, & I'll show you your values.
with the firing of Hugh Freeze at Auburn, US universities now owe nearly $200 million to ex-football coaches
the amount US universities are paying non-working football coaches will soon top $140 million, if you thought we were gonna cure cancer or something any time soon
November 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Once again, yes, I'm familiar with the different revenue streams involved. And yet once again, I want to point out that the entire federal budget for area studies & foreign language fellowships was $86 million.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Show me your budget, & I'll show you your values.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Show me your budget, & I'll show you your values.
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“ ‘A lot of academic research on AI currently is also funded by the AI industry, which creates the risk of distorting scientific knowledge.’ ”
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 11:32 AM
“ ‘A lot of academic research on AI currently is also funded by the AI industry, which creates the risk of distorting scientific knowledge.’ ”
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The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
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Good news. NY Court orders the State (finally) to implement our climate law and follow the Final Scoping Plan from the Climate Action Council, passed 18-3 in Dec 2022.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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MSN
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October 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Good news. NY Court orders the State (finally) to implement our climate law and follow the Final Scoping Plan from the Climate Action Council, passed 18-3 in Dec 2022.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
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No words
May 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
No words
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For your Sunday reading consideration
Three newly published books argue that cars are destroying society as well as the planet.
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
Is the world finally ready to rein in the automobile?
My essay, in @bloomberg.com (gift link below)
‘Car Brain’ Is Making the US Unhealthy and Dangerous. EVs Won’t Fix It.
A trio of new books argue that we need to confront the full range of costs that car-based living has imposed on our cities, our health and our society.
www.bloomberg.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
For your Sunday reading consideration
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Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls.
Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.
Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.
October 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Massive escalation at the ICE facility. Federal agents made multiple arrests (at least 4), threw out gas, and shot tons of pepper balls.
Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.
Heard one of the people arrested screaming minutes later. Not possible to get a visual.
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In cities, street space is a really scarce (and under-valued) commodity. Increasing vehicle size costs everyone.
And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities.
So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.
And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities.
So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.
On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
October 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In cities, street space is a really scarce (and under-valued) commodity. Increasing vehicle size costs everyone.
And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities.
So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.
And vehicle weight determines your impact on the wear-and-tear of cities.
So this kind of public policy is really just common sense.
The best week of the year! #FatBearWeek
September 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The best week of the year! #FatBearWeek
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breaking from me: the trump administration just suffered its first major loss in court over its onslaught on offshore wind
the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work
@heatmap.news
the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work
@heatmap.news
Trump Just Suffered His First Loss on Offshore Wind
A judge has lifted the administration’s stop-work order against Revolution Wind.
heatmap.news
September 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
breaking from me: the trump administration just suffered its first major loss in court over its onslaught on offshore wind
the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work
@heatmap.news
the revolution wind project can now resume construction after a federal judge found its developer orsted was likely to win against the trump order to stop work
@heatmap.news
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Just launched 📣
CGS's new flagship website on Country Climate Ambition offers critical insight for the Paris process through in-depth analyses and policy recommendations for major-emitting countries, as they set and seek to achieve ambitious 2035 #NDCs: www.country-ambition.cgs.umd.edu
CGS's new flagship website on Country Climate Ambition offers critical insight for the Paris process through in-depth analyses and policy recommendations for major-emitting countries, as they set and seek to achieve ambitious 2035 #NDCs: www.country-ambition.cgs.umd.edu
September 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Just launched 📣
CGS's new flagship website on Country Climate Ambition offers critical insight for the Paris process through in-depth analyses and policy recommendations for major-emitting countries, as they set and seek to achieve ambitious 2035 #NDCs: www.country-ambition.cgs.umd.edu
CGS's new flagship website on Country Climate Ambition offers critical insight for the Paris process through in-depth analyses and policy recommendations for major-emitting countries, as they set and seek to achieve ambitious 2035 #NDCs: www.country-ambition.cgs.umd.edu
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A belief of mine that I’ve not only questioned but almost completely reversed is that people respond politically to their materiel conditions. Since COVID I think most people live in a world mostly mediated by what they see on TV or their phones and respond more to that than to reality
October 3, 2024 at 9:43 PM
A belief of mine that I’ve not only questioned but almost completely reversed is that people respond politically to their materiel conditions. Since COVID I think most people live in a world mostly mediated by what they see on TV or their phones and respond more to that than to reality
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She’s beauty, she’s grace, and she just won the whole Junior Villa race.
IT'S BIGGIE 🎉
We'll see you next week for the big Fat Bear Week bracket reveal.
IT'S BIGGIE 🎉
We'll see you next week for the big Fat Bear Week bracket reveal.
September 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
She’s beauty, she’s grace, and she just won the whole Junior Villa race.
IT'S BIGGIE 🎉
We'll see you next week for the big Fat Bear Week bracket reveal.
IT'S BIGGIE 🎉
We'll see you next week for the big Fat Bear Week bracket reveal.
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Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy 71st Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama.
The past isn’t past.
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Thinking of this quote again in light of the Korea / ICE debacle at the Georgia auto plant.
I thought this passage from Karl Polyani's "The Great Transformation" (1944) was particularly apt for our time.
"The outstanding discovery of recent historical and anthropological research is that man’s economy, as a rule, is submerged in his social relationships." 1/4
"The outstanding discovery of recent historical and anthropological research is that man’s economy, as a rule, is submerged in his social relationships." 1/4
September 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thinking of this quote again in light of the Korea / ICE debacle at the Georgia auto plant.
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⛵️JUST IN | “The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has begun the final leg of its historic journey to help break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. Yesterday, 18 boats set sail from Catania, Italy.
September 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
⛵️JUST IN | “The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has begun the final leg of its historic journey to help break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. Yesterday, 18 boats set sail from Catania, Italy.
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One of my sources of hope and inspiration is the growing Indigenous-led buffalo rematriation movement.
It combines ecological restoration and cultural reconciliation to begin addressing the legacy of genocide to both Native cultures and the land. We can remember our way forward...
🎁🔗 #ClimateSky
It combines ecological restoration and cultural reconciliation to begin addressing the legacy of genocide to both Native cultures and the land. We can remember our way forward...
🎁🔗 #ClimateSky
In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape
www.nytimes.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
One of my sources of hope and inspiration is the growing Indigenous-led buffalo rematriation movement.
It combines ecological restoration and cultural reconciliation to begin addressing the legacy of genocide to both Native cultures and the land. We can remember our way forward...
🎁🔗 #ClimateSky
It combines ecological restoration and cultural reconciliation to begin addressing the legacy of genocide to both Native cultures and the land. We can remember our way forward...
🎁🔗 #ClimateSky
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This is all just being said out loud now on the air on Fox “News”, instead of away from the cameras like before. That’s what’s changed. They’re testing the response and normalizing the idea at the same time.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is all just being said out loud now on the air on Fox “News”, instead of away from the cameras like before. That’s what’s changed. They’re testing the response and normalizing the idea at the same time.
September 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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would you believe they are DOING THIS in the Finger Lakes region of NY? because they are!
check it out: carbon “offsets” that aren’t tree planting or sketchy high tech schemes, they’re funding insulation and heat pumps for households to help them get off fossil fuels
fingerlakesclimatefund.org
check it out: carbon “offsets” that aren’t tree planting or sketchy high tech schemes, they’re funding insulation and heat pumps for households to help them get off fossil fuels
fingerlakesclimatefund.org
September 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
would you believe they are DOING THIS in the Finger Lakes region of NY? because they are!
check it out: carbon “offsets” that aren’t tree planting or sketchy high tech schemes, they’re funding insulation and heat pumps for households to help them get off fossil fuels
fingerlakesclimatefund.org
check it out: carbon “offsets” that aren’t tree planting or sketchy high tech schemes, they’re funding insulation and heat pumps for households to help them get off fossil fuels
fingerlakesclimatefund.org
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Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East.
Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:
Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:
Van Hollen, Merkley Release Report Detailing Findings on Humanitarian Situation in Gaza
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today @merkley.senate.gov and I released a report on our recent trip to the Middle East.
Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:
Our inescapable conclusion: the Netanyahu government is engaged in a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Tune in as we discuss what we saw and where we go from here:
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New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free child care for all families regardless of income starting in November. 👶
www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
New Mexico to launch universal free child care in November
New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free child care for all families regardless of income starting in November. New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) joins Ana Cabrera to sha...
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September 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New Mexico is set to become the first state to offer free child care for all families regardless of income starting in November. 👶
www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...
www.msnbc.com/ana-cabrera-...