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richardtol.bsky.social
Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE
@richardtol.bsky.social
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Economist interested in energy, environment, and climate EBS19 (E4 B3 S12), H126 ORCID https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8012-3988
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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 1h
TFW when you have at last given in to your co-author and spent hours and hours constructing this variable that you know will not be significant

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 4h
Lords Heseltine & Kinnock seem more alive to these self-evident truths than most members of the Commons. Similarly, I find thinkers with direct lived experience of far right dictatorship, Greeks of a certain age for example, crystal clear about what’s happening now.
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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 17h
“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
Bill Jenrick (father) LinkedIn:

"I served a 5 year apprenticeship at AEI Manchester and qualified as a Management accountant. Then I worked as an accountant...."

Robert Jenrick (son) : "...gas fitters like my dad"
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 23h
I know plenty of politicians 'working classify' their backgrounds, but this from Jenrick is taking the piss.

His father's linked in is here: uk.linkedin.com/in/bill-jenr...

He was a managing accountant who ended up as the Managing Director of Cannon Industries
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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · 13h
Your children (or more likely grandchildren) won't get to go to university is a bold pitch to potential tory voters.
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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 13h
Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News
Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 15h
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 12h
JHC. The US fed govt is immolating its nascent clean manufacturing sector.
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Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 12h
Some additional info on the new list of axed DOE projects circulating.
- All 7 H2 Hubs
- All 13 IRA grants to convert at-risk auto plants to EV mfg
- 11 of 15 grants to speed domestic clean energy mfg in former coal communities
- 10 of 38 grants for battery materials
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Trump to Axe All 7 Hydrogen Hubs, Bucking Bipartisan Law
A new list of Department of Energy grants slated for termination will hit clean energy and oil majors alike, including Exxon and Chevron.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 7h
I was completely unprepared for the threat posed by the Antifa super soldiers.
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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 7h
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 13h
Open Science is an incentive for publishers to lower their quality standards.

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Autopsy
Lessons for editors
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Whitehouse: "It obviously makes a big difference when you have a professional DOJ and there's no alleged involvement of the president in a sex trafficking operation. This is different. This is a MAGA DOJ conducting an investigation into a trafficking operation in which POTUS may well be implicated"
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 16h
Micheal Heseltine is a person with principles and a spine.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19h
Michael Heseltine tells @europeanmovement.co.uk event that the Farage's Reform and European populist far right parties are “equivalents to the fascists of the thirties” and adds: ”We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. We don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near No.10.” ~AA 🔥
Robert Peston @Peston Heseltine has just addressed a packed meeting of the European Movement at Tory conference. He does not show the restraint of most party leaders in his critique of Farage and Reform: “right wing equivalents to the fascists of the thirties are back on the march: Le Pen in France, AfD in Germany, Fdl in Italy, Vox in Spain and conspicuously Reform in this country. Much of President Trump's language in America coincides with words here in Europe. The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem which needs a solution although recent events here have cast a dark shadow…We must make clear that we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Nigel Farage. We have to deal with President Trump for the next 3 years. we don't need his mouthpiece anywhere near Number 10.” 4:26 PM · Oct 7, 2025 · 16.2K Views
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 20h
I'm sure this will stem the tide of air traffic controllers calling in sick
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 1d
we need something heavier www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykun...
Niis- "BYD" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Niis Band
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Steve Cicala @stevecicala.bsky.social · 1d
For those keeping track, the government is simultaneously “banning communists” from entering the country and seizing the means of production from private firms. 🙃
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump administration just took yet another equity stake in yet another private company, this time 10% in Alaskan miner Trilogy Metals. Sheesh. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
As Benjin Stark said to Tyrion Lannister, nothing someone says before the word “but” really counts.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 1d
John Stuart Mill failed to consider that creepy loser men would not react well to other people's liberty.
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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d
"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d
NEW: A federal prosecutor in the EDVA has found NO probable cause to indict NYAG Leticia James despite intense pressure from the Trump administration to do so. How long before she’s fired? www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...
Top prosecutor is rejecting Trump pressure to charge New York AG
A key federal prosecutor in Virginia, where James Comey was indicted, is resisting bringing charges against Letitia James.
www.msnbc.com
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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 1d
Second AI video www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWW6...

(they're still not making me dance to Missy Elliott)
BrightLearn - Climate Economics by Richard S.J. Tol
YouTube video by BrightLearn
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d
Why did China stop buying US soybeans, Kevin?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"
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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 1d
We sort through the overlapping environmental policies of China ideas.repec.org/p/arx/papers...
Interactions Between Multiple Environmental Markets: Address
To address the dual environmental challenges of pollution and climate change, China has established multiple environmental markets, including pollution emissions trading, carbon emissions trading, ene
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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 1d
Reinhart and Rogoff are in the mix too
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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
Beth Berman's interview should be read alongside the historical work by Antoinette Baujard on how economists have mostly endorsed, sometimes resisted, utilitarianism, welfarism and consequentialism as a basis for decision making

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 4d
"Dorfman’s intellectual style is based on deep & painstaking mastery of theoretical fundamentals, leading to clear intuitive grasp of analytical questions" (AEA, 1982)

Cool bio of R Dorfman, linear programmer turned environmental Econ, by @juliengradoz.bsky.social

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Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE @richardtol.bsky.social · 2d
the counties tend to have more ditches than the duchies

dutchies, too, are more common in the counties