Jake Schmidt - NRDC
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Sr. Strategic Director, International Climate at NRDC. Working around the world to tackle the climate crisis. https://www.nrdc.org/bio/jake-schmidt
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NRDC @nrdc.org · 15d
Anyone looking outside their window knows that climate change is here. The real question is why any responsible leader would try so hard to convince us otherwise.
Trump Calls Climate Change 'Con Job' and 'Scam' in UN Speech
'If you don’t get away from this green scam, your country is going to fail,' Trump told more than 150 world leaders.
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The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know.

It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda.

1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling.
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What Could a New Adaptation Finance Goal Look Like? At COP30 countries should set an int'l adaptation finance goal. Here is analysis of the 7 potential scenarios that have been proposed. www.nrdc.org/bio/joe-thwa... from @joethwaites.bsky.social @adellethomas.bsky.social
Analysis of 7 int'l adaptation finance goals that could be set at COP30.
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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals: My take: “You see a more systematic attempt to be a fossil fuel first strategy to everything that they do”@nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
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NEW: What’s new with national renewable targets? Not much!

At COP28, every country agreed to work to triple global renewable capacity. But many countries have yet to update their 2030 targets..
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NRDC @nrdc.org · Jul 11
Deep-sea mining must be paused until its environmental, sociocultural, and economic risks are understood and alternatives like recycling are explored. We must reduce demand for new mining.
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E2 @e2.org · Jul 9
Trump wants America to be affordable and energy dominant, but this new bill "is economic malpractice,” says E2’s Zach Amittay.

As demand surges from AI, manufacturing, and population growth, it cuts credits for the fastest and cheapest energy we have: solar.
on.e2.org/3Gpad7u
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My colleagues and I took a trip last month to the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) in Mexico to see the location of a proposed LNG facility and path of the associated 900+ foot tankers. As our post states - 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜’𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐋𝐍𝐆: 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐖𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. www.nrdc.org/bio/joel-rey...
Mexico Pacific’s Saguaro LNG: Wrong Project, Wrong Place
A massive project falters under the weight of high-cost, low-demand LNG and growing condemnation of the risks to the region’s biodiversity.
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E2 @e2.org · Jun 2
Solar and batteries are the quickest, cheapest way to solidify the nation’s ​“energy dominance,” a frequently stated goal of Pres. Trump.

But North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy credits become law.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
In N.C., all eyes on Senator Tillis as IRA tax credits hang in balance
North Carolina will lose big if cuts to clean energy incentives become law. Will Tillis, on record against "wholesale repeal" of the credits, go to bat…
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A reminder that impoundment and careless contract terminations are illegal, despite how accustomed to them folk are growing. And if DOI is RIF’ing people right now, that’s illegal too - they are under a 2-week TRO in the AFSCME case.
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Unfortunately, federally funded climate adaptation science and services are being cut well ahead of the FY26 budget.

We've been doing our best to speak up for what would be lost if the Climate Adaptation Science Centers are eliminated.
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The White House is proposing to eliminate funding for climate adaptation science in the next federal budget.

Researchers explain the federally-funded work they’ve been doing to help reduce the harm climate change is causing to lives and livelihoods. buff.ly/Pr7lEVG 🌎 #climatesky
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NRDC @nrdc.org · May 12
Big polluters are proposing a dangerous fossil fuel project in the heart of a World Heritage site—putting imperiled species and neighboring communities at risk.
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NRDC @nrdc.org · May 9
Pope Francis recognized the need to act on climate change—especially the wealthiest and biggest polluters. We hope to see Pope Leo XIV follow these footsteps in bringing environmental issues to the forefront.
The new pope, Leo XIV, has spoken out about urgent need for climate change action
As a cardinal, Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was aligned with Pope Francis's views on the environment.
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I've read a lot of legally binding trade "agreements" over the years. This is an MOU / plan of what they agree. It isn't a trade deal, trade agreement, or anything binding.
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Freedom of Information Act documents for EPA’s greenhouse gas inventory. www.edf.org/freedom-info...

"Gross [U.S. greenhouse gas] emissions decreased
from 2022 to 2023 by 2.3%, driven largely by a decrease in CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion."

Trump's EPA is busy reversing that progress.
Freedom of Information Act documents for the EPA’s greenhouse gas inventory
This year, for the first time in almost three decades, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency failed to publicly release its greenhouse gas inventory.
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As the #netzero transition accelerates, the EU will have an LNG surplus by 2027, allowing the total phase-out of Russian gas imports without becoming overdependent on US LNG imports.

Explore this data in our new #EUGasInsight 👇
strategicperspectives.eu/eu-gas-insig...
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The rules of the game should be set by the best in class, says Shruti Shukla, the @nrdc.org Senior Advocate for International Energy, when asked about the outlook of the EU's energy investments in the U.S.
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Reuters-US Ex-Im Bank votes to reverse ban on overseas coal lending. As I said: "Ex-Im's decision to allow U.S. taxpayer money to be used to finance overseas coal projects is an economic and climate disaster.
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Our forecast for China PV build in 2025 is 369GW(DC), up from 339GW(DC) in 2024, and growing slowly to peak at 428GW(DC) in 2030.

But who knows, really. We do think the phase of heady PV new build growth is over, just because the sector got really big.
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@solarchase.bsky.social with China shifting away from fixed price payment/feed-in tariffs to market pricing for solar, will we see annual PV additions in China taper or continue to grow? Curious your read on the market there. Obviously a hugely important trend either way. Thanks!