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Allison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 1d

Renewables deal flow is ramping back up, but developers and financiers remain apprehensive about the longer-term fallout from disappearing wind and solar incentives. My latest: 🔌💡
www.spglobal.com/market-intel...

A bar chart showing US clean energy tech investments in billions from 2020 through 2030

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 5d

“As Washington has left friends and foes grappling with how to respond to its volley of tariffs and insults, China presents itself as a serious country with predictable, consistent policies.”

Opinion | As America fumbles, China races ahead

Xi is building the future while Trump pushes tariffs and fights Harvard.

www.washingtonpost.com

Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 5d

2025 has seen a significant drop in "high-priority violations" that the EPA issues under the Clean Air Act, suggesting that companies are getting a break. Such violations involve pollution that can endanger public health. tinyurl.com/b8prn5py

Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 12d

The Trump administration's plan to rescind the 2009 greenhouse gas endangerment finding is fraught with legal risks for oil and gas companies hoping for a regulatory break. As of this morning, EPA staff had logged 351,300 public comments on the controversial proposal.
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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · 15d

In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".

Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 17d

You can’t make this stuff up.

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 17d

Trump officials shut down bribery probe of border czar Tom Homan.

Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in September 2024, according to people familiar with the matter and a government document.
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Trump officials shut down bribery probe of border czar Tom Homan

Tom Homan was caught on tape accepting a bag filled with $50,000 in cash from an undercover FBI agent in Texas in September 2024, according to people familiar with the matter and a government document...

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 17d

@hausfath.bsky.social and David Keith note that geoengineering would be a temporary “Band-Aid.” But some worry that by focusing attention and funding on geoengineering — like spending billions on CCS for coal plants — we focus less on dealing with the actual problem: our dependency on fossil fuels.

Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 17d

A piece in the New York Times brings up a “zombie” proposal to combat climate change — basically using smoke & mirrors to cool the planet.

No matter how many times people kill the idea, it seems to come back to the headlines.

Don’t let it. It’s not a good idea.

globalecoguy.org/solar-geoeng...

Solar Geoengineering: Ineffective, Risky, and Unnecessary

Some people are proposing to counteract climate change by artificially dimming the Sun. But it’s ineffective. It’s risky. And it’s…

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 19d

Posting this for no particular reason -->

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 21d

UNREAL… Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.

www.nytimes.com

Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 21d

I listened to Ezra Klein’s show and read about Newsom’s speech. The point both Klein and especially Newsom made was that Kirk managed to connect with young, lost American men in a way Democrats have completely failed to do. He had skills and savvy. Acknowledging that isn’t whitewashing.

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 21d

”Charlie Kirk built one of the most effective youth mobilization machines in recent memory. He helped elect a president. Unless Democrats respond, the next generation of young men will belong to someone else. And the future of American democracy may go with them.” @nytimes.com

Opinion | What Democrats Can Learn From Charlie Kirk

www.nytimes.com

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 23d

The Trump administration is censoring signs, exhibits and photos related to slavery at US national parks, The Washington Post reports. Anyone who studied 20th century European history will recognize the push to erase and rewrite history. 🤔

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · 29d

I never thought I’d live in a military state where people with machine guns try to intimidate people just going about their lives. These soldiers were at the NoMa-Gaullaudet station in Washington, DC, the other day. Photo courtesy of my friend Lisa.

Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Sep 3

Some good news from our (dark) corner of the world! 🌞 via ‪@ember-energy.org‬

Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · Sep 3

Latest US power data 🇺🇸⚡

US solar power is on track to surpass TOTAL 2024 output by September ☀️

As of August, solar generated 273 TWh of electricity in the US, a 29% increase compared to Jan-Aug 2024.

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yes!!!

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 30

My best day of staycation this past week was biking down the Capital Crescent trail to Georgetown and Theodore Island. Reminded me of what a great city Washington, DC, is!

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CNN @cnn.com · Aug 30

Days after filing a whistleblower complaint claiming that DOGE put Americans’ Social Security data at risk, the agency’s chief data officer “involuntarily” resigned.

Social Security whistleblower resigns ‘involuntarily’ | CNN Politics

Days after filing a whistleblower complaint claiming that the Department of Government Efficiency put Americans’ Social Security data at risk, the agency’s chief data officer “involuntarily” resigned.

www.cnn.com

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 28

Let’s not lose sight of this: The Trump administration’s Medicaid cuts will deprive an estimated 156,000 Americans of treatment for opiod addiction. Researchers say it will lead to some 1,000 more fatal overdoses annually, reversing a recent decline.

ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’: Mortality from MOUD Loss

Zachary Meisel’s research memo to House Speaker Mike Johnson & Majority Leader John Thune estimates excess overdoses from the One Big Beautiful Bill’s Medicaid cuts.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Aug 27

On the same day the FDA restricted access to COVID vaccines, the CDC director was sacked and top CDC scientists are resigning.

And it’s barely been two weeks since an antivax conspiracy theorist fired 180 bullets at CDC headquarters.

None of this is making America healthier. What a disaster.

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 26

Finally, a forecast with sunny days for the foreseeable future. Dry warm days to enjoy!

Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s official: We now live in a military state where civil and constitutional rights no longer matter. Remember how this went down in Germany 90 years ago?

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Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 26

Just had a conversation with a friend about “civil courage,” or standing up for what’s right — even if it may hurt you. This is such courage. www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...

Support the FEMA Katrina Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

www.standupforscience.net

Karin Rives @karinrives.bsky.social · Aug 25

An analysis found that real-time monitoring of hazardous pollutants from coal-fired power plants can yield nine times higher emission rates than traditional stack tests. Power sector trade groups and electric utilities say the systems are too costly, asking the EPA for relief. tinyurl.com/4jec49d6

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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · Aug 25

"For a party that talks about state rights, it's amazing how they're having such a big government approach." - Governor Wes Moore on Trump's unconstitutional ICE actions

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 22

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Through the recent FBI raid on John Bolton’s home, “the president has given all Americans reason to believe that justice is now applied selectively and unfairly,” the editorial board writes.

Opinion | Trump’s Revenge Campaign, Live on Morning TV

The recent F.B.I. raid on John Bolton’s home makes clear that President Trump is perverting the justice system to intimidate his critics.

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