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Judge Rejects US Department of Justice Opposition to Millions in Investments for Vulnerable Communities in Southeast Michigan #BeyondCoal https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2020/judge-rejects-us-department-of-justice-opposition-to-millions
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1/This excellent NYT piece covers the shift in decarbonization to gas as coal gets phased out. We’ve been arguing for so long about if gas can be a “bridge fuel”,
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This may be an unpopular opinion but we heard a lot about white people collecting their racist relatives four years ago and... I don’t think that did a lot.White people,
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I think most people who don't live in Ohio don't get how big the Larry Householder scandal is.Yes, Householder allegedly laundered a $60 million bribe from lobbyists through a dark
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Nice article in Caixin Global today about Chinese power rationing. It's paywalled, so I will summarize the key points for the curious with notes in parentheses. (1/15 thread).https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-12-28/cover-story-why-the-l
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Finally had a chance to read this VERY IMPORTANT piece by @MaxCRoser from @OurWorldInData on the evolution of global energy prices.Let me summarize my most important take aways:https://ourworldindata.org/cheap-renewables-growth As the
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Ignore the diplomatic angst and wine embargoes. Australia's trade with China is booming, and exports will hit a record (again) next year:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-03/aussie-is-soaring-despite-australia-china-tra
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Why do carbon taxes fall short? Here's a quick tweet thread on their limitations. For context, I am a carbon tax advocate, was on the board of WA's 2016 revenue-neutral
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South Africa's power grid has long been in a deadlock of extremely unreliable and polluting power, corruption and pro-coal special interests that kneecap the entire economy. Now a utility death
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Why are millions of Americans in Texas without power and heat for days amid extreme winter weather? Blame bad energy policy. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-political-making-of-a-texas-power-outage-11613518653?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitt
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Minister @SeamusORegan announces today federal $ for SMR action plan. @cc_nb gets zero GHG is a heavy lift. All options must be on the table. But like fossil fuel based
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By now you've seen panicked posts about Coal Mines being approved in the Rocky Mountains with no public consultation. Where? What? WHY?Here's a short breakdown along with a great map
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Replies to this thread just confirm how crucial it is to highlight the policies that are actually driving investment, energy and emissions in China. The news I tweeted about 2030
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Minister @SeamusORegan announces today federal $ for SMR action plan. @cc_nb gets zero GHG is a heavy lift. All options must be on the table. But like fossil fuel based
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The FBI is raiding the farm of the sitting speaker of the Ohio House, Larry Householder https://daytondailynews.com/news/breaking-news-fbi-agents-are-at-ohio-house-speaker-larry-householders-farm/JCKHFEK4ZFH5HJF5O4MCP3BY2M/…It’s investi
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I read Wyoming stories because I grew up there, my dad’s job and my education financed by taxes on carbon. There are ways it is still home. All of #energytwitter
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