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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 12h

My question is not what would be the most effective lever, but do we see any evidence of any of those levers in the real world? I see:
Regulations? 🤣
Shareholder activism? 🤣 🤣
Public pressure? Yeah there is some of that that seems to be working. www.tmj4.com/news/racine-...

Microsoft pulls plug on plans for 244-acre data center in Caledonia after community pushback

Microsoft has decided not to move forward with its proposed site for a data center in the Village of Caledonia after facing significant community pushback from residents.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 13h

Well let me put the question back to you: What do you think would get them to change it?

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Deb Friesen @omadeb.bsky.social · 7d

A very informative and inspiring episode. Listen to it!

Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social · 14d

It’s our 10th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, we are rejoined by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and Daan Walter of @ember-energy.org for 2.5 hrs of deep thoughts on what the past decade of our work has been about, and what the next ten years will require.

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[Episode #259] – 10th Anniversary: New Marching Orders | The Energy Transition Show

For our 10th anniversary, we reflect on what the past decade of our work has been about and consider what the next ten years might require.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 13h

You think you know how much China is absolutely SMOKING the OECD in electrotech? I think you'll be surprised.

Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social · 13h

In Ep. 260, Muyi Yang and @sambutl3r.bsky.social of @ember-energy.org detail how China has become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition, and is helping developing countries to decarbonize far more rapidly than the economic powerhouses of the West.
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[Episode #260] – China Energy Transition Review 2025 | The Energy Transition Show

China has far surpassed the West to become the undisputed global leader in the energy transition.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 1d

The first serious research project & paper I wrote (as a junior in high school) was on the protest music of the Vietnam War. Never imagined that would turn out to be so relevant 45 years later.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 1d

That's the one yep

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 2d

I have a number of comments about that very thing in the current episode of @transitionshow.bsky.social (Ep. 259) and the one that follows (launching this Wednesday)

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent work! Great to have this hard-to-find data all nicely aggregated in one place.

Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 2d

Check out the "China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer" out today and explore all the data yourself.

Fantastic work by my colleagues @euangraham.bsky.social and @libbycopsey.bsky.social

ember-energy.org/data/china-c...

China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer | Ember

A tool to uncover insights from the latest clean technology export data from China, including solar PV, batteries and electric vehicles. Explore by electrotech type, country or region.

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 4d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not in the US right now, so just curious: Did any of the major US news networks report on the ICE raid in Chicago at all? Anyone report that they dragged screaming, naked children out of their homes and into the street in handcuffs? And held US citizens in zipties for hours, with no warrants?

Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Pertissue Fisher came out to the hallway of her apartment in her nightgown to find armed agents yelling “police.”

She had a gun pointed in her face.
She was handcuffed.
She was held until 3 AM before being released.

Fisher isn’t suspected of any crime.
She lives in the building.

Alicia Brooks […]

Original post on c.im

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 3d

Look at this massive parking lot in China, all covered in solar and equipped with EV chargers. Utterly dwarfing anything like it in the US, AFAIK. english.news.cn/20250918/85a...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not in the US right now, so just curious: Did any of the major US news networks report on the ICE raid in Chicago at all? Anyone report that they dragged screaming, naked children out of their homes and into the street in handcuffs? And held US citizens in zipties for hours, with no warrants?

Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Pertissue Fisher came out to the hallway of her apartment in her nightgown to find armed agents yelling “police.”

She had a gun pointed in her face.
She was handcuffed.
She was held until 3 AM before being released.

Fisher isn’t suspected of any crime.
She lives in the building.

Alicia Brooks […]

Original post on c.im

c.im

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 5d

Yes they do. Which is why America should be transitioning to the cheapest sources of energy around--wind and solar--just as the rest of the world is.

This administration, on the other hand, wants to keep America hooked on the *most expensive* sources of energy: oil, gas, and nuclear.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: "Reducing the CO2 emissions, that's expensive but really wholly unnecessary. Extremely expensive, very little benefit from that. Again, it's just returning common sense. Americans want affordable energy."

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 5d

“You’ve got to stop the tyranny, not try and make a better case for why science should exist.” 🎯

Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 7d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 6d

@banditelli.org Egrets… I‘ve seen a few…but then again, too few to mention

Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 6d

I vividly remember the same conclusion being reached in 2014…

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 9d

Cheers Daan, thanks for making the effort. Great fun!

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Daan Walter @daanwalt3r.bsky.social · 9d

Honored and excited to be on the 10th anniversary podcast of the Energy Transition Show with @chrisnelder.bsky.social to talk electrotech with @kingsmillbond.bsky.social.

By far my favorite podcast I've done!

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[Episode #259] – 10th Anniversary: New Marching Orders | The Energy Transition Show

For our 10th anniversary, we reflect on what the past decade of our work has been about and consider what the next ten years might require.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah a lot of it was like reading Leviticus

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 10d

I (cough) read the whole thing.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 12d

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Sara Hastings-Simon 🇨🇦 @shastingssimon.bsky.social · 12d

This program is great for @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social students, but its also personally meaningful and an accomplishment I'm (as much as this word gets overused I think) really proud to be a part of in bringing what I believe in to life. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Exciting to see this program moving forwards. Co-leading the team that developed the curriculum was one of my last roles before my leave so its extra
special to be coming back just as these students are starting. The article says "This is not your grandfather's science degree, by design." and this has a special meaning to me as in fact my grandfather's science degree was in chemistry, and he later ran into pushback as a research as the funding agencies felt his work had too much physics in it to be considered chemistry research. Of course now there is a well established field of physical chemistry, another illustration of how looking back, established fields all had some point at
which they were new or different. It has been less than a decade since he passed away and while he didn't live long enough to see his granddaughter help establish this degree program there is no doubt that his influence - in science, and as a staunch feminist - contributed to it in some ways. So while it very much isn't the kind of degree he was granted, l like to think that for me it is in some small way, it is exactly my grandfather's
science degree.

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 12d

We are throwing the climate under the bus because a handful of tech billionaires are gamblers, betting that they’re not going to be the ones holding the bag when this bubble pops.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12d

ZUCKERBERG: “If we end up misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars, I think that that is going to be very unfortunate, obviously. .. But what I’d say is I actually think the risk is higher on the other side.”

$META
youtu.be/23FyskyFoP8?...

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 12d

Tales of woe from Climate Week got you down? Join us in this deep look at an "electrotech revolution" outside the US that is reshaping geopolitics. There is MUCH to be optimistic about!

Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social · 14d

It’s our 10th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, we are rejoined by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and Daan Walter of @ember-energy.org for 2.5 hrs of deep thoughts on what the past decade of our work has been about, and what the next ten years will require.

xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

[Episode #259] – 10th Anniversary: New Marching Orders | The Energy Transition Show

For our 10th anniversary, we reflect on what the past decade of our work has been about and consider what the next ten years might require.

xenetwork.org

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Transition Show @transitionshow.bsky.social · 14d

It’s our 10th Anniversary! To mark the occasion, we are rejoined by @kingsmillbond.bsky.social and Daan Walter of @ember-energy.org for 2.5 hrs of deep thoughts on what the past decade of our work has been about, and what the next ten years will require.

xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

[Episode #259] – 10th Anniversary: New Marching Orders | The Energy Transition Show

For our 10th anniversary, we reflect on what the past decade of our work has been about and consider what the next ten years might require.

xenetwork.org

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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you!