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Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Even Without Hurricanes, U.S. Disaster Costs Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/c...
Even Without Hurricanes, U.S. Disaster Costs Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Even Without Hurricanes, U.S. Disaster Costs Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/c...
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"60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled those plans this year"
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled those plans this year"
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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"AI companies’ press releases are anchored in long-term power-purchase agreements for wind, solar, and increasingly nuclear. But the backup systems that underwrite data center reliability—and determine what happens during outages—are overwhelmingly diesel"
AI’s Dirty Secret: Why Diesel Still Powers the Digital Age
AI’s demand for data centers relies on diesel generators because outdated permitting and reliability rules make cleaner backup power too slow to deploy.
nationalinterest.org
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
"AI companies’ press releases are anchored in long-term power-purchase agreements for wind, solar, and increasingly nuclear. But the backup systems that underwrite data center reliability—and determine what happens during outages—are overwhelmingly diesel"
Hey all I’m trying to put together a Bill of Rights for a Safe and Affordable Climate. Here’s a first take — please comment (title included)!
**Bill of Rights for a Safe and Affordable Climate**
Right to protection from a dangerous climate
Right to access clean energy
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**Bill of Rights for a Safe and Affordable Climate**
Right to protection from a dangerous climate
Right to access clean energy
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December 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hey all I’m trying to put together a Bill of Rights for a Safe and Affordable Climate. Here’s a first take — please comment (title included)!
**Bill of Rights for a Safe and Affordable Climate**
Right to protection from a dangerous climate
Right to access clean energy
1/2
**Bill of Rights for a Safe and Affordable Climate**
Right to protection from a dangerous climate
Right to access clean energy
1/2
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This Admin has been a Big Tech coup from Day 1.
Now 5 Europeans who have regulated or monitored big tech for hate and disinformation are barred from the US.
Chilling stuff.
According to Rubio, the infraction is: "targeting American speakers and American companies.”
Now 5 Europeans who have regulated or monitored big tech for hate and disinformation are barred from the US.
Chilling stuff.
According to Rubio, the infraction is: "targeting American speakers and American companies.”
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This Admin has been a Big Tech coup from Day 1.
Now 5 Europeans who have regulated or monitored big tech for hate and disinformation are barred from the US.
Chilling stuff.
According to Rubio, the infraction is: "targeting American speakers and American companies.”
Now 5 Europeans who have regulated or monitored big tech for hate and disinformation are barred from the US.
Chilling stuff.
According to Rubio, the infraction is: "targeting American speakers and American companies.”
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
WASHINGTON—Touting his latest executive order as a historic win for the U.S. economy, President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was mandating a 5,000% increase in all numbers nationwide. “Effect...
theonion.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers
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With all due respect, when did the US ever
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
"As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void" | New op-ed by Benjamin Horton & myself for the @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
As Trump abdicates U.S. leadership on climate change, Asia is filling the void
OPINION: The U.S. once led the charge in confronting the planet’s most pressing challenges. But today, that leadership is eroding. Nowhere is this loss more visible than in climate science.
www.sfchronicle.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
With all due respect, when did the US ever
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
"lead the charge" on confronting climate change, even rhetorically, let alone in terms of actual energy policy?
Given the compute power required to do this, this is a climate disaster in the making.
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Given the compute power required to do this, this is a climate disaster in the making.
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...
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🔸The top 0.001%—fewer than 60,000 individuals—owns three times more wealth than the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.
👇Share this thread, share the report!
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👇Share this thread, share the report!
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World Inequality Report 2026
YouTube video by World Inequality Lab
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December 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🔸The top 0.001%—fewer than 60,000 individuals—owns three times more wealth than the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
Smartphones are a Chinese ploy too. And actually manufactured goods altogether.
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E&E News: Republicans’ new EV narrative: China made US do it
Sen. Bernie Moreno argues that encouraging the U.S. electric vehicle industry only helps America’s biggest geopolitical adversary.
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December 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Smartphones are a Chinese ploy too. And actually manufactured goods altogether.
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I hope it's clear why sometimes hearing from some of my colleagues in the climate movement that this issue is a 'nothing-burger' is deeply stunning to me
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I hope it's clear why sometimes hearing from some of my colleagues in the climate movement that this issue is a 'nothing-burger' is deeply stunning to me
If people really wanted to save money on cars, they’d just buy smaller cars.
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM
If people really wanted to save money on cars, they’d just buy smaller cars.
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
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yet again, carbon pricing (in the form of the EU CBAM) is proving to be a poison pill -- this time in the COP30 negotiations.
as I explain in Existential Politics, the politics of carbon pricing are generally terrible -- limited emissions reductions but a lot of pissed off people.
as I explain in Existential Politics, the politics of carbon pricing are generally terrible -- limited emissions reductions but a lot of pissed off people.
EU trade tensions threaten to hold UN climate talks hostage
China and India among exporters to challenge carbon border tax
www.ft.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
yet again, carbon pricing (in the form of the EU CBAM) is proving to be a poison pill -- this time in the COP30 negotiations.
as I explain in Existential Politics, the politics of carbon pricing are generally terrible -- limited emissions reductions but a lot of pissed off people.
as I explain in Existential Politics, the politics of carbon pricing are generally terrible -- limited emissions reductions but a lot of pissed off people.
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This is a BIG deal and a hopeful message: countries can cooperate to avoid a race to the bottom.
New OECD data, just out today:
For the third year running, the average global corporate tax rate *increased* - and more countries now *raise* than lower their corporate taxes.
This follows the adoption of the global minimum tax and essentially reverses four decades of racing to the bottom.
For the third year running, the average global corporate tax rate *increased* - and more countries now *raise* than lower their corporate taxes.
This follows the adoption of the global minimum tax and essentially reverses four decades of racing to the bottom.
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This is a BIG deal and a hopeful message: countries can cooperate to avoid a race to the bottom.
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remember folks, this is all fine and harmless because a single query sounds like not much energy or water use
Mind-blowing post detailing how xAI is not only building a massive new fossil fuelled power station for the second data centre to power X's Grok, it is doing it across state lines to avoid regulation
Remind me again how it's all fine bc a single query is small...
semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/x...
Remind me again how it's all fine bc a single query is small...
semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/x...
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
remember folks, this is all fine and harmless because a single query sounds like not much energy or water use
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In an effort to win this contest, China is building hegemony by exporting not just its green products but also in a structural shift exporting its technology, engineering, supply chains, and financing.
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.ft.com/content/e517...
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.ft.com/content/e517...
China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says
Beijing is dominating construction of renewable energy sources, according to Global Energy Monitor
www.ft.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
In an effort to win this contest, China is building hegemony by exporting not just its green products but also in a structural shift exporting its technology, engineering, supply chains, and financing.
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.ft.com/content/e517...
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.ft.com/content/e517...
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6/ "1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history. 2) Kills solar industry, raising prices 3) almost a trillion dollar cut to Medicaid 4) nursing homes shutting down 5) energy shortages 6) 4.5 trillion in NEW DEBT. — I promise you this bill is worse than you think." - @brianschatz.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
6/ "1) Biggest wealth transfer in American history. 2) Kills solar industry, raising prices 3) almost a trillion dollar cut to Medicaid 4) nursing homes shutting down 5) energy shortages 6) 4.5 trillion in NEW DEBT. — I promise you this bill is worse than you think." - @brianschatz.bsky.social
“Delivery workers at Amazon receive significantly lower wages than at UPS and FedEx, we found. Wage gaps are especially large between the delivery workers at Amazon, who earn US$19 an hour on average, and the unionized drivers at UPS, who make $35.”
portside.org/2025-11-07/u...
portside.org/2025-11-07/u...
The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers: A Tale of 2 Workplace Models
American households have become dependent on Amazon. The numbers say it all: In 2024, 83% of U.S. households received deliveries from Amazon, representing over 1 million packages delivered each day an...
portside.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“Delivery workers at Amazon receive significantly lower wages than at UPS and FedEx, we found. Wage gaps are especially large between the delivery workers at Amazon, who earn US$19 an hour on average, and the unionized drivers at UPS, who make $35.”
portside.org/2025-11-07/u...
portside.org/2025-11-07/u...
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calling for a climate reset reset
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
calling for a climate reset reset
Israel Cannot Go On Winning Like This www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Opinion | Israel Cannot Go On Winning Like This
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Israel Cannot Go On Winning Like This www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...
Reacting at the Trump/Hegseth warrior summit
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reacting at the Trump/Hegseth warrior summit
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Now this is Content
September 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Now this is Content
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It's good Microsoft "reviewed" whether it's technology was being used for mass surveillance (and military targeting & genocide). It's good they pulled the plug. Apparently, Israel just moved everything over to AWS. So, Amazon going to host a genocide? Might be good for more companies to "review".
Israel's use of AI and massive surveillance data has not been effective. They have not eliminated Hamas nor recovered the hostages. And Israel has killed massive numbers of civilians. They're either incompetent, or unethical, or both. It's a moral atrocity. Microsoft pulls the plug.
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's good Microsoft "reviewed" whether it's technology was being used for mass surveillance (and military targeting & genocide). It's good they pulled the plug. Apparently, Israel just moved everything over to AWS. So, Amazon going to host a genocide? Might be good for more companies to "review".