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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 8d

Tomorrow!

Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 9d

Join me to discuss combatting the New Climate Denialism at @carnegieendowment.org this Wednesday, Oct 1 in DC or online, along with my co-panelists @jeremywallace.bsky.social, @cathfraser.bsky.social, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social and more. carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · 9d

Join me to discuss combatting the New Climate Denialism at @carnegieendowment.org this Wednesday, Oct 1 in DC or online, along with my co-panelists @jeremywallace.bsky.social, @cathfraser.bsky.social, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, @noahjgordon.bsky.social and more. carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 9d

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Energy Dept. adds ‘climate change’ and ‘emissions’ to banned words list

It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay climate change.

www.politico.com

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 9d

Free speech is back in the USA 🦅🚀

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 13d

Now including @ben-beachy.bsky.social

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 14d

Want to defeat the New Climate Denialism?
Join us next week in DC or online!
October 1, 3:30-5pm and then drinks.

Speakers include @gretchentg.bsky.social @jeremywallace.bsky.social @cathfraser.bsky.social @leonardom-d.bsky.social
carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...
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Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 14d

China plans once again to underpromise and overdeliver.

Great to have Lili on this beat!

Lili Pike @lilipike.bsky.social · 14d

A double news update after a summer respite from social media: 1) I’ve joined @bloomberg.com
to report on China & climate! 2) Just in time for China’s new climate targets, announced by Xi today. I’m thrilled to cover this special beat—and to be diving right in:

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

China Played It Safe With First Pledge to Cut Greenhouse Emissions

Other nations have achieved larger declines after reaching peak climate pollution — and the world’s biggest emitter has exceeded its own goals

www.bloomberg.com

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 14d

Want to talk about this at a Carnegie event? DM?

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 14d

Want to defeat the New Climate Denialism?
Join us next week in DC or online!
October 1, 3:30-5pm and then drinks.

Speakers include @gretchentg.bsky.social @jeremywallace.bsky.social @cathfraser.bsky.social @leonardom-d.bsky.social
carnegieendowment.org/events/2025/...
@carnegieendowment.org

Climate Clarity: Combatting New Denialism in the United States

A conversation on how to combat denialism and advance climate solutions.

carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you Kate! Polycrisis is full of lines I wish I’d written

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 16d

"The sun may not always shine and the wind may not always blow, but neither can they be halted by an embargo or balance-of-payments crisis." lines I wish I'd thought of
carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

How to Be an “Electrostate”

The term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one.

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks Ben--your FT piece on the topic was very good

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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 21d

This is a useful clarification of the term "electrostate."

Gordon emphasizes consumption, which is important.

But production is what shapes geopolitical power and strategic independence.

This definition of "electrostate" can't include all countries. But it implicates politics more directly.

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 23d

"Electrostate" is the energy buzzword of the year.
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?

My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 21d

The piece is by me, @leonardom-d.bsky.social, and Milo McBride for @carnegieendowment.org

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 21d

A New Climate Denialism is sweeping the USA.
Its proponents misunderstand that clean energy will take over no matter what America does and that it's not possible to adapt to 3°C.

Our alternative approach is called Climate Clarity

carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Climate Clarity: On the Future of Climate Action in the United States

Building a lasting coalition to fight global warming will require taking on the New Denialism and integrating affordability, health, and climate.

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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 23d

“Electrostate” is “the geopolitical buzzword of the year,” says @noahjgordon.bsky.social, especially in regard to China. But when writers say “electrostate,” are they using it right? And why does that matter?

Noah explains, for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

How to Be an “Electrostate”

The term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one.

carnegieendowment.org

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Jeremy Wallace @jeremywallace.bsky.social · 23d

This.

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 23d

"Electrostate" is the energy buzzword of the year.
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?

My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 23d

link: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

How to Be an “Electrostate”

The term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one.

carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 23d

"Electrostate" is the energy buzzword of the year.
But the term has two meanings, and policymakers risk picking the wrong one. Production or consumption?

My new piece for the Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 27d

My piece was on why climate activists are not turning to sabotage or violence. Timely today t.co/1OCa3CqzLJ

https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2025/08/climate-activism-sabotage-protest-tactics?lang=en

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 27d

"Greenlash"? There's a backlash against climate social movements, with citizens turning against regulations in Europe and carbon pricing in Canada & Australia.

Two new pieces today in our @carnegieendowment.org series on the future of climate activism.
carnegieendowment.org/programs/sus...

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · Aug 29

Incisive writing here on the "central bank independence" that Trump is undermining.

Can't help but think about this from a climate perspective, as climate policymaking, like inflation, suffers from a time inconsistency and credibility problem. What would a "climate Fed" do?

New Left EViews @newlefteviews.bsky.social · Aug 28

Re: Trump v Fed: Some (very hastily written and heavily edited) reflections on the nature of central bank–government interdependence in the era of crisis and how financial- not fiscal dominance is what should be keeping us up at night. Also Powell is Thomas Becket.

jacobin.com/2025/08/cent...

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Pakistani solar boom continues to fascinate.
In 2022 gas-hungry Europe outbid Pakistan for LNG, plunging it into blackouts.
In 2025 Pakistan has so much solar it's delaying LNG shipments and trying to sell excess gas.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Pakistan to Ask Qatar to Defer LNG for Years on Weak Demand

Pakistan plans to ask Qatar to delay delivery of liquefied natural gas supply over the next five years as the South Asian country grapples with weak demand and mounting import costs.

www.bloomberg.com

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Aug 13

Wrote this for the Carnegie Endowment on the criminalisation of climate protest

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the first entries in our new series, The Escalation of Global Climate Activism. An excellent companion piece by Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social, on the growing criminalization of climate protests, is out today too: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

The Growing Criminalization of Climate and Environmental Protests

As states and corporations ramp up repression on climate protests, activists and broader civil society are adapting their tactics to reach a wider audience.

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the first entries in our new series, The Escalation of Global Climate Activism. An excellent companion piece by Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social, on the growing criminalization of climate protests, is out today too: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

The Growing Criminalization of Climate and Environmental Protests

As states and corporations ramp up repression on climate protests, activists and broader civil society are adapting their tactics to reach a wider audience.

carnegieendowment.org

Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · Aug 13

Why don't more climate activists turn to sabotage? My new piece for The Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Why Don’t More Climate Activists Turn to Sabotage?

As the climate crisis intensifies, climate activism is ramping up. But climate sabotage remains an unpopular tactic for this movement.

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