Noah Gordon
@noahjgordon.bsky.social
I research climate change at the Carnegie Endowment
What's the minimum viable scale for a fossil energy system? another brilliant edition of The China Lab by @jeremywallace.bsky.social, here highlighting @gruberte.bsky.social and Josh Lappert
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 PM
What's the minimum viable scale for a fossil energy system? another brilliant edition of The China Lab by @jeremywallace.bsky.social, here highlighting @gruberte.bsky.social and Josh Lappert
On projected climate peaks and their instrumentalization
February 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
On projected climate peaks and their instrumentalization
Reposted by Noah Gordon
"When the conversation is about peaks in emissions or fuel consumption, the climate community must always remember to ask whom the discourse serves."
@noahjgordon.bsky.social on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
@noahjgordon.bsky.social on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.
www.break-down.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"When the conversation is about peaks in emissions or fuel consumption, the climate community must always remember to ask whom the discourse serves."
@noahjgordon.bsky.social on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
@noahjgordon.bsky.social on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
Reposted by Noah Gordon
"Who has an interest in claiming a peak is nigh, or too high to reach? If the peak occurs, how fast will the descent be, and where is the bottom of the mountain?"
New this week @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
@noahjgordon.bsky.social writes on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
New this week @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
@noahjgordon.bsky.social writes on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.
www.break-down.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 PM
"Who has an interest in claiming a peak is nigh, or too high to reach? If the peak occurs, how fast will the descent be, and where is the bottom of the mountain?"
New this week @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
@noahjgordon.bsky.social writes on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
New this week @the-breakdown.bsky.social:
@noahjgordon.bsky.social writes on the politics of promises
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed, or still to come. But who, and what, do those peaks ultimately serve?
My first essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social !
Thx @johnmerrick.bsky.social & @adriennebuller.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
My first essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social !
Thx @johnmerrick.bsky.social & @adriennebuller.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come. But who, and what, do those peaks ultimately serve?
www.break-down.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed, or still to come. But who, and what, do those peaks ultimately serve?
My first essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social !
Thx @johnmerrick.bsky.social & @adriennebuller.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
My first essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social !
Thx @johnmerrick.bsky.social & @adriennebuller.bsky.social
www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
The 51st is a good alternative to the corpse of Bezos' Washington Post if you want local DC news.
@51st.news
Here @dancharles.bsky.social covers how it costs more to replace a DC home's gas pipes than to electrify the home
@51st.news
Here @dancharles.bsky.social covers how it costs more to replace a DC home's gas pipes than to electrify the home
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The 51st is a good alternative to the corpse of Bezos' Washington Post if you want local DC news.
@51st.news
Here @dancharles.bsky.social covers how it costs more to replace a DC home's gas pipes than to electrify the home
@51st.news
Here @dancharles.bsky.social covers how it costs more to replace a DC home's gas pipes than to electrify the home
The US is expropriating fossil assets to keep them running against capital's wishes, tremendous stuff www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... @ethanhowl.bsky.social
Coal plant owners say DOE ‘emergency’ order to run it violates Constitution
By mandating the generator’s availability to operate, the order “constitutes both a physical taking and a regulatory taking” of property by the government without just compensation or due process, the...
www.utilitydive.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The US is expropriating fossil assets to keep them running against capital's wishes, tremendous stuff www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... @ethanhowl.bsky.social
Reposted by Noah Gordon
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:16 PM
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
Industrial food can be good, as can the simple pleasures of Waffle House.
Looking forward to this one by @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social. Some parallels to @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's recent book, I think.
Looking forward to this one by @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social. Some parallels to @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's recent book, I think.
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Industrial food can be good, as can the simple pleasures of Waffle House.
Looking forward to this one by @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social. Some parallels to @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's recent book, I think.
Looking forward to this one by @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social. Some parallels to @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's recent book, I think.
My favorite part, on the US billionaires who don't like climate tech once it gets too mature
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
My favorite part, on the US billionaires who don't like climate tech once it gets too mature
Against Techno-Optimism, by me and @cathfraser.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2026/01/capi...
jacobin.com/2026/01/capi...
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Against Techno-Optimism, by me and @cathfraser.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2026/01/capi...
jacobin.com/2026/01/capi...
Reposted by Noah Gordon
"Rationalist-optimists lack humility in the face of a planetary system."
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"Rationalist-optimists lack humility in the face of a planetary system."
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
Parallels between the abolition of slavery and the abolition of fossil fuels? Rob Lawlor and Nathan Wood with a thought-provoking paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Parallels between the abolition of slavery and the abolition of fossil fuels? Rob Lawlor and Nathan Wood with a thought-provoking paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
The Long Heat is one of the most important climate books of the decade.
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Long Heat is one of the most important climate books of the decade.
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
Pleasure to write this for Jacobin!
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis. But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
jacobin.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Pleasure to write this for Jacobin!
Reposted by Noah Gordon
A fun collab with @noahjgordon.bsky.social reviewing one of my top books of 2025. tough to give the book justice in just a couple thousand words!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis. But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
jacobin.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A fun collab with @noahjgordon.bsky.social reviewing one of my top books of 2025. tough to give the book justice in just a couple thousand words!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
These radical climate protestors must be stopped!
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
These radical climate protestors must be stopped!
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
Can't wait until the US is so desperate to extract Venezuela's oil that it nationalizes ConocoPhillips. climate fam we are so back
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once Maduro is toppled, per sources familiar with the discussions.
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can't wait until the US is so desperate to extract Venezuela's oil that it nationalizes ConocoPhillips. climate fam we are so back
Reposted by Noah Gordon
Great @carnegieendowment.org series on climate conflict that I contributed to with a chapter on criminalisation and how movements respond to it. Watch the video @noahjgordon.bsky.social made to introduce it.
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
Why Climate Social Movements Are Heating Up
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Great @carnegieendowment.org series on climate conflict that I contributed to with a chapter on criminalisation and how movements respond to it. Watch the video @noahjgordon.bsky.social made to introduce it.
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
Great report here by @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great report here by @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
The EU grid package is out--great summary here by @carokyllmann.bsky.social of @cleanenergywire.bsky.social. Map is by @nkurmayer.bsky.social for @euractiv.com !
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The EU grid package is out--great summary here by @carokyllmann.bsky.social of @cleanenergywire.bsky.social. Map is by @nkurmayer.bsky.social for @euractiv.com !
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
Green hydrogen remains much more expensive than blue hydrogen.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Green hydrogen remains much more expensive than blue hydrogen.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
Another COP ends in disappointment. They all will until we admit that decarbonization entails creating winners—and losers. It's economic conflict; some people will and must lose money.
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another COP ends in disappointment. They all will until we admit that decarbonization entails creating winners—and losers. It's economic conflict; some people will and must lose money.
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
Reposted by Noah Gordon
Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
Reposted by Noah Gordon
Capitalism and Its Critics--crib notes!
"Practical Men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slave of some defunct economist"- J.M. Keynes
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Capitalism and Its Critics--crib notes!