Rachel I. Jacobson
@rachelijacobson.bsky.social
Climate policy for social transformation. State climate policy lead @centeronbudget.bsky.social
States are pulling back climate commitments in the name of affordability (heatmap.news/politics/dem...) while doing little to rein in utility costs (heatmap.news/energy/calif...)
heatmap.news
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
States are pulling back climate commitments in the name of affordability (heatmap.news/politics/dem...) while doing little to rein in utility costs (heatmap.news/energy/calif...)
PA passed a budget that barely accounts for inflation while also killing its membership in the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This move will eliminate a revenue-raising tool while harmful federal cuts strain the state’s finances. pennpolicy.org/research_pub...
Statement on the 2025–2026 Pennsylvania State Budget
Pennsylvania schools, social service providers, and local governments are grateful today that the General Assembly is poised to adopt a state budget for the fiscal year that began on July 1, 2025. …
pennpolicy.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
PA passed a budget that barely accounts for inflation while also killing its membership in the multi-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This move will eliminate a revenue-raising tool while harmful federal cuts strain the state’s finances. pennpolicy.org/research_pub...
All the info policy nerds need on how states can use pre- and post-disaster funding for climate resilience, all in one place.
TWO new pieces from me + @rachelijacobson.bsky.social
on pre- & post-disaster funding are out today! First is a paper on how states can use these funds for climate resilience, with an interactive map on disaster costs + a history of disaster funding programs: www.cbpp.org/research/cli...
on pre- & post-disaster funding are out today! First is a paper on how states can use these funds for climate resilience, with an interactive map on disaster costs + a history of disaster funding programs: www.cbpp.org/research/cli...
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
All the info policy nerds need on how states can use pre- and post-disaster funding for climate resilience, all in one place.
Human health, and the social services that support it, are at the heart of climate policy - whether it's reducing climate pollution, adapting to impacts, or addressing disaster losses. Anyone who suggests otherwise is missing the point. open.substack.com/pub/cccllc/p...
Some Thoughts after Health Day at COP30
The Belém Health Action Plan meets Bill Gates
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Human health, and the social services that support it, are at the heart of climate policy - whether it's reducing climate pollution, adapting to impacts, or addressing disaster losses. Anyone who suggests otherwise is missing the point. open.substack.com/pub/cccllc/p...
We can fight hunger and climate change at the same time. floodlightnews.org/reducing-foo...
The climate solution sitting in America’s trash
Cutting food waste is a huge potential climate win. Why are we ignoring it?
floodlightnews.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
We can fight hunger and climate change at the same time. floodlightnews.org/reducing-foo...
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It is illegal to not follow a court order and it is just wrong to delay food assistance to children, seniors, veterans, working parents, and people with disabilities.
The president says he will defy court orders and illegally withhold SNAP benefits despite there being money in the SNAP contingency fund that the Trump is required to use.
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It is illegal to not follow a court order and it is just wrong to delay food assistance to children, seniors, veterans, working parents, and people with disabilities.
the energy transition means thinking and acting differently, not just using different energy sources www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Australia to offer three hours free solar per day to millions
Australia will offer at least three hours of free solar power every day to households including those without solar panels under an energy-saving programme that is expected to go live in 2026, energy minister Chris Bowen said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
the energy transition means thinking and acting differently, not just using different energy sources www.reuters.com/business/ene...
@npnewamericans.bsky.social Climate Displaced Leaders series not only introduces you to incredible people, it also deftly illustrates that climate-related migration is due to multiple factors. partnershipfornewamericans.org/climate-disp...
Climate Displaced Leaders - Partnership for New Americans
Partnership for New Americans - Climate Displaced Leaders
partnershipfornewamericans.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
@npnewamericans.bsky.social Climate Displaced Leaders series not only introduces you to incredible people, it also deftly illustrates that climate-related migration is due to multiple factors. partnershipfornewamericans.org/climate-disp...
On November 1, over 40 million people will lose the #SNAP assistance they count on to cover the rising cost of groceries and feed their families. Leaders must step up and call on President Trump to ensure that families’ food assistance is funded through November.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
On November 1, over 40 million people will lose the #SNAP assistance they count on to cover the rising cost of groceries and feed their families. Leaders must step up and call on President Trump to ensure that families’ food assistance is funded through November.
let's get real about the fundamental tensions between pricing people out and subsidizing risk. and let's not look away from how devastating FAIR plans can be to state budgets. I don't think we're anywhere close to getting this right but still worth reading www.nrdc.org/resources/in...
Insurance for a FAIR Future
States must leverage insurance markets to encourage climate adaptation.
www.nrdc.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
let's get real about the fundamental tensions between pricing people out and subsidizing risk. and let's not look away from how devastating FAIR plans can be to state budgets. I don't think we're anywhere close to getting this right but still worth reading www.nrdc.org/resources/in...
“These are families who have buried their loved ones in the same ground where they hunted, fished and gathered for generations. Their displacement is not just a loss of land; it is a loss of language, tradition, and the rhythm of life itself.” www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Opinion: The world needs to know about what the storm did to Western Alaska
Entire villages face impossible choices to leave the lands their ancestors have called home for thousands of years.
www.adn.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“These are families who have buried their loved ones in the same ground where they hunted, fished and gathered for generations. Their displacement is not just a loss of land; it is a loss of language, tradition, and the rhythm of life itself.” www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Cell phones don’t cause cancer and nuclear power is only safe with a very high level of knowledge-based regulation. Not even sending this to my spouse the nuclear navy vet because he’d lose his mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/s...
Radiation Fears Bring MAHA and MAGA Movements Into Conflict
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Cell phones don’t cause cancer and nuclear power is only safe with a very high level of knowledge-based regulation. Not even sending this to my spouse the nuclear navy vet because he’d lose his mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/s...
If the shutdown doesn’t end before nov 1, LIHEAP will be in trouble. States should increase shutoff protections.
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If the shutdown doesn’t end before nov 1, LIHEAP will be in trouble. States should increase shutoff protections.
Indigenous groups are split on ANWR drilling, demonstrating the need for significant revenue transition as a key part of the energy transition www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Indigenous groups are split on ANWR drilling, demonstrating the need for significant revenue transition as a key part of the energy transition www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
Only 2 of 98 appointees in the Trump White House are Black. "You don't need a very sohpisticated analysis to read into what this means" www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
October 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Only 2 of 98 appointees in the Trump White House are Black. "You don't need a very sohpisticated analysis to read into what this means" www.brookings.edu/articles/tra...
N.O.P.E. - Not On Page, Evidence Still Exists
NIJ study vanished, truth didn't
Far-right extremists have committed more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists
Far-right: 227 events/520 lives
Far-left: 42 attacks/78 lives
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NIJ study vanished, truth didn't
Far-right extremists have committed more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists
Far-right: 227 events/520 lives
Far-left: 42 attacks/78 lives
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence
Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
N.O.P.E. - Not On Page, Evidence Still Exists
NIJ study vanished, truth didn't
Far-right extremists have committed more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists
Far-right: 227 events/520 lives
Far-left: 42 attacks/78 lives
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
NIJ study vanished, truth didn't
Far-right extremists have committed more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists
Far-right: 227 events/520 lives
Far-left: 42 attacks/78 lives
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Last month Treasury released new guidance that will further restrict which wind and solar projects can claim tax credits. What do these new rules mean? ⬇️⬇️ collaborative.evergreenaction.com/blog/what-th...
What the New Tax Credit Guidance Means for Clean Energy Projects
The Trump administration has put up yet another roadblock to adding more low-cost wind and solar energy to the grid, forcing families to pay more for energy. States and utilities must take four key st...
collaborative.evergreenaction.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Last month Treasury released new guidance that will further restrict which wind and solar projects can claim tax credits. What do these new rules mean? ⬇️⬇️ collaborative.evergreenaction.com/blog/what-th...
so, here's the thing about racial profiling - you can actually teach 9 year olds not to do it.
this is indeed what i did the other day when my kid asked why someone who looked east asian didn't speak with an accent the way her art teacher does.
this is indeed what i did the other day when my kid asked why someone who looked east asian didn't speak with an accent the way her art teacher does.
September 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
so, here's the thing about racial profiling - you can actually teach 9 year olds not to do it.
this is indeed what i did the other day when my kid asked why someone who looked east asian didn't speak with an accent the way her art teacher does.
this is indeed what i did the other day when my kid asked why someone who looked east asian didn't speak with an accent the way her art teacher does.
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"The carbon pollution from ExxonMobil’s fossil fuels, for example, made 51 heatwaves at least 10,000 times more likely than in an unheated world."
— @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
— @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time
Study shows how individual fossil fuel companies are making previously impossible heatwaves happen and could have to pay compensation
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"The carbon pollution from ExxonMobil’s fossil fuels, for example, made 51 heatwaves at least 10,000 times more likely than in an unheated world."
— @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
— @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why did I wait so long to read station eleven? I could bask in @emilymandel.bsky.social's writing for forever
September 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why did I wait so long to read station eleven? I could bask in @emilymandel.bsky.social's writing for forever
Excellent summary from @stateline.org of state actions from to fast-track renewable energy projects and take advantage of federal tax credits before harsh new restrictions kick in from the harmful Republican megabill stateline.org/2025/08/27/s...
States fast-track wind, solar permits and contracts to beat Trump’s deadline • Stateline
Across the country, state leaders are racing to fast-track wind and solar projects before the expiration of federal tax credits to support clean energy.
stateline.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Excellent summary from @stateline.org of state actions from to fast-track renewable energy projects and take advantage of federal tax credits before harsh new restrictions kick in from the harmful Republican megabill stateline.org/2025/08/27/s...
In less terrible wind power news... Also, my guilty pleasure is being into minimalist chic
www.cnn.com/style/wind-t...
www.cnn.com/style/wind-t...
Wind turbines are tough to recycle. This firm wants to transform them into micro homes | CNN
Sitting inside the minimalist-chic interior of Nestle, you’d never guess its former life.
www.cnn.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In less terrible wind power news... Also, my guilty pleasure is being into minimalist chic
www.cnn.com/style/wind-t...
www.cnn.com/style/wind-t...
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How has climate change shaped your lifetime of heat?
Younger people today are experiencing more extremely hot days during their childhood compared to previous generations.
Check out the new interactive tool by @climatecentral.org: climatecentral.observablehq.cloud/generational...
Younger people today are experiencing more extremely hot days during their childhood compared to previous generations.
Check out the new interactive tool by @climatecentral.org: climatecentral.observablehq.cloud/generational...
September 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
How has climate change shaped your lifetime of heat?
Younger people today are experiencing more extremely hot days during their childhood compared to previous generations.
Check out the new interactive tool by @climatecentral.org: climatecentral.observablehq.cloud/generational...
Younger people today are experiencing more extremely hot days during their childhood compared to previous generations.
Check out the new interactive tool by @climatecentral.org: climatecentral.observablehq.cloud/generational...
curious how Sec. Wright is defining "energy" ... does it include my farts, because those are pretty potent and perhaps he's right, could be tough to replace with renewables.
It's really quite a thing to have a Secretary of Energy who does not understand, ummm... energy.
September 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
curious how Sec. Wright is defining "energy" ... does it include my farts, because those are pretty potent and perhaps he's right, could be tough to replace with renewables.
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American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.
grist.org/indigenous/a...
grist.org/indigenous/a...
American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.
The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C.
grist.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.
grist.org/indigenous/a...
grist.org/indigenous/a...