Gernot Wagner

Climate economist, Columbia
https://gwagner.com
It’s pronounced juggernaut without the jug.

Website: https://gwagner.com
Bio: https://gwagner.com/bio
email: gwagner@columbia.edu

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2026-10-31 15:44:54 UTC

Internalize profits, externalize pretty much everything else
What a business model
#energy #oil #trump #us #climate
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2026-09-27 14:31:00 UTC

Wrong tool for the job
#cars #energy #climate #nyc #us
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2026-09-21 19:43:01 UTC

The [@financialtimes](https://flipboard.com/@financialtimes ) rings in New York Climate Week with this front-page story: "US drivers face motor oil rationing as prices quadruple and supplies run dry"
Yes, the only answer is to get off fossil fuels, all of them.
Hormuz just made that even clearer: https://gwagner.com/nature-fossilflation
#climate #nyc
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2026-09-12 21:20:29 UTC

Real¹ bread, two blocks from home. New York finally has it all.
¹ Real = rye
#nyc #Austria #rye #bread
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2026-08-27 02:17:59 UTC

I'm old enough to remember when one IPCC statement about Himalayan glaciers "disappearing" by 2035 was some major scandal.
Meanwhile, this today, via AP.
Yes, that's climate change; i.e. us dumping CO₂ into the atmospheric sewer. Hundreds dead.
#climate #energy #nepal
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2026-08-24 11:43:30 UTC

London has been London since it was Londinium some 2,000 years ago. It was built on clay soil then, and still is today.
5 successive heatwaves later, and that clay drying out so fast, it's leaving cracks all over:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-23/londoners-find-horrendous-cracks-in-homes-after-heat-waves [@BloombergGreen](https://flipboard.com/@BloombergGreen )
#climate #uk #london #energy
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2026-08-22 21:16:07 UTC

Let's see whether this survives the editing process
https://gwagner.com/delay
#climate #science #economics
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2026-07-11 08:01:54 UTC

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Not much sensationalizing needed
#climate
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2026-07-11 08:00:14 UTC

Tabloids could do a lot of good, if they choose to:
Loire Valley without Loire
#climate #energy #france #dailymail
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2026-06-22 12:03:50 UTC

Doesn't get much better than New York City World Cup vibes 💚🇳🇴🇸🇳
#nyc #worldcup #norway #senegal #running
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2026-06-12 15:17:00 UTC

The perfect obit headline for this particular climate denier, who knew better but preferred to live a lie
https://heatmap.news/daily/lee-raymond
#oil #climate
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2026-06-04 05:55:07 UTC

8 trains in 6 minutes, all on time. Consider me a fan
https://gwagner.com/SURED-2026
#trains #switzerland #sbb #climate
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2026-05-11 11:23:21 UTC

You know how, for solar, China dominates >90% of the global supply chain, for wind 'only' a bit over 50%?
Trump: Lemme fix that.
#climate #wind #trump #china #us #energy
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2026-05-10 08:06:32 UTC

Trump, Putin, Hanta...lots going on, but here's one of the scarier headlines you'll read this year
#climate #energy #us #trump
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2026-04-15 10:26:21 UTC

The Iran War has once again led to a bout of what ECB board member Isabel Schnabel memorably dubbed 'fossilflation'.
It's en vouge to talk about the solution as some massively complex undertaking. It really isn't. Get off fossil fuels faster.
My latest just out [@nature](https://sciencemastodon.com/@nature )
https://rdcu.be/fdxig
#climate #iran #us #trump #oil #energy #inflation #economics
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2026-04-12 17:18:30 UTC

Short-term winner: US and Russian oligarchs.
Long-term winner: China and renewables.
Loser: US households, economy.
#us #iran #trump #vance
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2026-04-04 19:13:52 UTC

Something to be said to put the full quote on the cover.
US v UK edition.
#war #israel #gaza #iran
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2026-04-04 17:02:55 UTC

*fossil energy crisis
And yes, that means pushing EVs (and cycling, for that matter) to get off oil (even) faster, and pushing renewables and batteries and heat pumps and home retrofits and industrial electrification and … to get off gas.
#energy #oil #iran #eu #climate
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2026-03-30 10:47:14 UTC

Perennial reminder: IKEA sells induction plates for $50.
Cap the gas line, put the induction plate on top of the gas stove, and avoid spewing carcinogens into your home.
Yes, you can also spend $5k on that beautiful high-end stove, while vying for that Michelin star.
https://www.ft.com/content/14f6db0f-43a8-4bd3-baa5-4481e346a4d2
#gas #induction #energy #climate
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2026-03-24 12:34:57 UTC

"Experts prefer heat pumps, but homeowners have doubts"
I wonder who sows those doubts, contrary to any evidence.
#heatpumps #Deutschland
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2026-03-14 13:45:55 UTC

The Loneliness of Sonja and Soccer
#soccer #literature #reading
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2026-03-14 01:32:27 UTC

I'm no longer quite sure how to do this without just saying "Duh!"
Yes, getting people to pay the "green premium" is sometimes tough.
Guess what, the "security premium" is a lot higher.
The answer for both climate and security — and for economic competitiveness, too — is to get off fossil fuels.
True then, true now: https://gwagner.com/german-recovery
#climate #eu #iran #germany
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2026-03-12 15:56:08 UTC

Keeping this for next time someone says "but the green premium."
Or "sure, climate, but 'value' creation."
Or "intermittency!"
#oil #iran #us #climate #energy
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2026-03-08 22:18:33 UTC

You know how free public transit is basically just an anti-market pipedream?
Here's Luxembourg for Finance, leading with free public transport to attract the FT reader.
#transit #trains #urbanism
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2026-03-06 14:25:06 UTC

One of the more ironic vestiges of the fossil fuel life:
Snow covered in such an impenetrable layer of fossil fumes and other city gunk, it'll survive the next apocalypse.
#nyc #climate
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2026-03-01 16:38:44 UTC

You might be a climate wonk, if the first thing you notice on today's front page is the AHUs: "wait, heat pumps in Tehran?!"
#climate #iran
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2026-02-28 22:32:11 UTC

Huge since true.
"It costs just $33/MWh to transform daytime solar into dispatchable solar"
And no, that doesn't yet account for that storied Dunkelflaute. Then again, the typical gas LCOE doesn't account for Putin's whims or other geopolitical vagaries.
#climate #solar #eu
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2026-02-28 19:25:45 UTC

"Mama, you look good. Papa, you look like you're dying."
#nyc #running #kids
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2026-01-16 21:13:43 UTC

Just in case the "batteries and cold don't mix" trope is still alive:
A couple Austrians drive their 40 tonne electric truck to the northernmost point in Europe at -40°C, and back.
Not some kind of experimental truck. Off-the-shelf e-truck.
https://www.electrive.net/2026/01/15/winter-wagnis-oesterreichisches-ehepaar-schafft-es-im-e-sattelzug-zum-nordkap/
#climate #cars #energy
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2026-01-12 14:16:52 UTC

“We are at the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel economy. The U.S. is betting on the wrong horse.”
The perfect kicker quote for this important front-page NYY story:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/under-trump-us-adds-fuel-to-a-heating-planet.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1A.8_xb.KlO6w5gaMSyo&smid=nytcore-android-share [gift link]
#climate #economics #us #trump
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2026-01-07 11:59:42 UTC

NYC, Foggy City
#nyc #weather #fog #photography
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2026-01-03 18:56:39 UTC

Nobody ever said the Dead Thrall of the fossil age would be pretty or peaceful
#oil #venezuela #us #climate
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2025-12-24 09:58:46 UTC

Remember how EVs could never compete because batteries didn't allow them to go far enough, because they couldn't be charged fast enough, because they were too expensive...?
Funny how innovation works.
https://electrek.co/2025/03/26/byds-new-1000-kw-ev-fast-chargers-are-ready-and-could-hit-china-as-early-as-next-week/
#ev #climate #tech

2025-12-20 13:32:03 UTC

12-year-old riding the rails, reading the paper. Saturday. 😍
#news #reading #kids #nyc
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2025-12-19 03:42:06 UTC

Move over, AI. [@sciencemagazine](https://sciencemastodon.com/@sciencemagazine ) Breakthrough of the Year: the explosive, unstoppable growth of renewables.
Well-deserved distinction.
https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
#science #climate #solar #wind #energy
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2025-12-14 18:58:07 UTC

"AI could invent free renewable energy."
Or, y'know, we could deploy the stuff that works and is already cheaper than the fossil alternative, while doing the hard political work of figuring out how to pass the savings on to households, balancing the interests of shareholders and ratepayers.
#ai #climate #energy
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2025-12-13 00:40:10 UTC

Where we are
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/climate/unep-climate-report-trump-administration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.Li_4.OrSVlXGhQtgo
#climate #us #russia #iran #saudiArabia
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2025-12-12 12:23:41 UTC

You know congestion pricing has worked just as advertised, when even @npub1cg0…lexq can't find some controversy to concoct.
And yes, e.g. "the New York City Economic Development Corp. found foot traffic inside the central business district was up 4.8 percent compared to only 1 percent for business districts elsewhere in the city."¹
¹ https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/12/business-may-have-picked-up-in-tolling-area-economic-development-report-says-00685559
#nyc #cars #climate
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2025-12-07 14:37:02 UTC

But how do we know it would work?
#nyc
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2025-12-01 01:28:25 UTC

Not if, it's when the next super storm hits NYC.
Our infrastructure isn't ready: https://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion/100000010524474/new-york-citys-next-super-storm.html
#climate #nyc #economics #insurance

2025-11-28 15:15:44 UTC

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Home insurance premium shooting up within less than a decade
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/19/climate/home-insurance-costs-real-estate-market.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k8.2mhA.eJgG66U9EQss&smid=url-share
#climate #economics #us
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2025-11-28 15:14:47 UTC

I remember long debates on whether "Climate Shock" as book title would come across as catastrophizing.
10 years later, it's an above-the-fold NYT headline.
#climate #economics #insurance
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2025-11-16 21:04:35 UTC

The worst of New York City…
…the best of New York City.¹
¹Fixed by our downstairs neighbor the next day, with a helping and a couple secure metal brackets provided by the super of the building nextdoor. 😍
#nyc #library #reading
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2025-11-16 11:36:07 UTC

German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to push hydrogen-powered cars, when battery prices have once again dropped >50% in the past ~18 month and CATL is on its 5th-gen LFP battery.
CATL, BYD et al must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Sigh.
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/wasserstoff-autos-bmw-erhaelt-staatliche-foerderung-zur-entwicklung-a-47a5e2a4-499e-42a8-a6c3-702e382276c0
#CATL #BYD #BMW #Germany

2025-11-12 13:34:47 UTC

America, in 25 years:
"Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own."
Good reminder what's at stake
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2025/12/trump-climate-change-acceleration/684632
#climate
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2025-11-08 11:38:54 UTC

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There's clearly some bad news here, too.
But, for example, natural gas won't be ascendant for much longer, or stay there through the end of the century.
The forces driving down climate tech costs are just too strong.
Argue with exponential growth at your peril.
#climate #climatechange
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2025-11-08 11:37:23 UTC

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The NYT supports as much: "EVs are now normal."
Yup.
#evs #climate
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2025-11-08 11:36:41 UTC

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In short, once clean techs are in the money and the world starts going down the path of decarbonization, change won't be linear.
It never is.
Even the least ambitious Shell scenario reaches near-zero emissions by 2100(!)
#climate #energy #shell #ipcc #iea
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2025-11-08 11:35:49 UTC

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Compare that to this collection of paths, pulling from IPCC, IEA, and Shell(!).
Forget the title for now and zero in on the paths.
There's IPCC SSP3-7.0 — NYT says that one won't happen. Good.
But more importantly, look at *all* the others, including Shell's most pessimistic.
#climate
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2025-11-08 11:34:47 UTC

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This graph, based on ClimateActionTracker.org's latest projections, has global CO₂ₑ emissions peak right about now-ish and then decline by 2100.
Good, but look at the slope of the decline. It's basically a slow linear decline.
That's...not how the world works.
²/ₙ
#climate
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2025-11-08 11:33:25 UTC

Great dissection of where the world stands on climate 10 years after Paris: better than ever; worse than needed.
Start here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.zU8.gIAx.RCT5dAJ3jVm4&smid=url-share
But lemme quibble a bit with the CO₂ₑ emissions pathways painted here.
A quick 🧵
#climate #cop30
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2025-11-02 15:12:52 UTC

Another solar power spill inconveniencing hard-working, down-to-earth drivers
#climate #gas #nyc
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2025-10-30 00:18:51 UTC

And so it begins, Musk's Grokipedia is scraping Wikipedia and re-writing things in his image.
The entry for climate change?
Let's just say the Wikipedia entry has neither an "Economic and Policy Critiques" section, nor one on the "Role of Media and Advocacy" that accuses both of bias.
Skip the Grokipedia site, go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/climate_change instead.
#wikipedia #musk #climate #media
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2025-10-23 12:03:16 UTC

"When your job requires speed and precision…whisper-quiet thanks to a 230V electric motor"
#climatetech for the win
#climate #louvre
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2025-10-19 17:31:43 UTC

Dunno about the button-up, but the gas not working? Get a $70 induction plate and never look back.
#climate #gas
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2025-10-18 14:16:04 UTC

Good climate news headline of the day:
"The traffic revolution that’s making cities cleaner — and happier:
More cities are finally choosing bikes over cars" 🥊
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/465071/bicycles-cyclists-cities-new-york-traffic-cars-crashes
#climate #cycling #urbanism

2025-10-16 07:10:48 UTC

Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the past decade, and +0.6 ppm in the 1960s.
It gets scarier the closer you look at it. All this is a stress test for the planet, and it's buckling.
Two big reasons for the massive increase: wildfires, and the ocean sinks are shutting down.
#Climate
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2025-10-12 00:20:42 UTC

Honey, I invested $100 billion in AI, and all I got was 1 + 2 + 3 = 15
#ai #microsoft
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2025-10-06 12:55:48 UTC

One feature of exponential growth: China as the "clear" winner "for now" will soon look like an even clearer winner.
The only real question is whether the rest of the world will be buyers or producers, importers or manufacturers.
Sources:
¹ Today's [@bloomberg](https://flipboard.com/@bloomberg ) Green newsletter, by @npub1lsa…q0w8
² Yesterday's [@financialtimes](https://flipboard.com/@financialtimes ) Climate Capital newsletter, by Steven Bernard
#climate #china #us
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2025-10-03 02:33:38 UTC

There is "no room for indifference or resignation."
Pope Leo nails the climate message.
#climate #pope

2025-09-29 13:53:37 UTC

Meanwhile, in the alternate universe occupied by the Trump administration, via Fox News
#climate #trump #coal
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2025-09-28 14:48:50 UTC

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This is how you report on the UN Climate Summit
https://on.ft.com/46Uebzd
#climate #nyc
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2025-09-28 14:25:18 UTC

Yup
#climate #china #us #eu
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2025-09-26 12:11:40 UTC

Coal is losing to solar + storage on economics alone, necessitating Trumpian stay-open orders.
But coal dominates iron production, and will do so for a long time—despite justified excitement about the Stegras and Electras.
Enter: Light Green Steel©®™
My latest syndicated column just out: https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/green-steel-coalbed-methane-can-be-cut-at-little-cost-by-gernot-wagner-and-roland-kupers-2025-09
#climate #steel #coal #us
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2025-09-22 12:15:05 UTC

Monday morning, UN General Assembly week.
Road closures, traffic jams, NYC positively impassable.
Or, y'know, biking, scooting, walking, and trains.
Left: shot from this morning in Lower Manhattan.
Right: Austrian president heading to UNGA in 2023.
#climate #nyc #unga #cycling
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2025-09-14 18:03:41 UTC

Still life with Gameboy, September 2025
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2025-09-14 13:00:47 UTC

Financial Times, not Nature
#climate
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2025-09-13 14:36:53 UTC

Austrian electricity is 90% renewable. The other 10%? Gas.
Last week, Austria celebrated no longer importing any Russian gas! 🎉
Now the warning: the EU exiting Russian gas means higher prices in Austria. 📈
Yup, using *any* gas means dependency on geopolitical vagaries!
The one fix: get off gas!
Link to Matthias Auer story in Die Presse , always worth reading: https://www.diepresse.com/20090855/neue-warnung-eu-plan-zum-ausstieg-aus-russischem-gas-riskiert-hoehere-preise-fuer-oesterreich
#climate #eu #gas #austria
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2025-09-11 22:18:23 UTC

I'd like to formally apologize to the 30 or so Viennese for staring at them from across the street for doing (to them) the most normal thing imaginable: capping an evening out with a 10:00pm tram ride home.
Most fascinating bit: no car passed in the 2min I was standing there.
#climate #vienna #austria #trains
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2025-09-11 08:23:49 UTC

In case you're wondering whether it takes gas to power data centers
#climate #solar #SaudiArabia #gas
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2025-09-07 23:42:12 UTC

While the Trump administration tries to cancel offshore wind for "national security" reasons, here's the CEO of Ukraine's largest private energy company
#ukraine #trump #wind #climate
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2025-09-07 14:32:41 UTC

Community factcheck FTW
#energy #us #trump #climate
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2025-09-05 14:45:54 UTC

Back to school, Bleecker Street, NYC
#nyc #streetphotography
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2025-09-03 21:37:43 UTC

I guess the official US Social Cost of Carbon is now $404
#climate #us #trump #economics
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2025-08-30 10:15:55 UTC

Less asthma, better food. There really is no excuse.
And yeah, induction comes at any price point. The cheapest option used to be the contractor-grade gas stove for $300, now it's the $60 IKEA induction plate.
#ClimateTech FTW
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-29/why-electric-stoves-are-preferable-to-gas-for-some-of-the-world-s-best-chefs?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1NjU0ODgyNCwiZXhwIjoxNzU3MTUzNjI0LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUMVFSQ0pHUEwzV0cwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI3MUVDNkYzQzdCQjc0QTQyQUQwMjUzREY5Qjc5NTkwNCJ9.AFTsUI_bb6WpfPI5VAt9mj3PMUEPiUY68tzxNKD5X8c [gift link]
#climate #gas #ikea #induction
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2025-08-29 10:52:22 UTC

This is how you write a headline.
It definitely isn't how you run the EPA.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/climate/steven-cook-epa-pfas-forever-chemicals.html
#epa #us #trump
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2025-08-26 10:23:29 UTC

This, too, is #climatetech: USB chargers on a local public bus. WiFi, too, of course.
#Climate #bus #transit #austria
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2025-08-25 13:34:13 UTC

At this point this is no longer just about wind or renewables, this is about basic investment certainty.
Lack thereof is why investors demand 20+% return for the same investment in Egypt that gets 6% return in Germany (and yes the US is already at 7 or 8% in this calc)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/25/trump-wind-energy-revolution-orsted-new-england
#climate #economics #us #germany

2025-08-24 12:03:12 UTC

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A look at what's left of the one remaining glacier on Germany's tallest mountain.
This week's Spiegel explains how the glacier is slated to lose its status in the next year or two(!).
#Climate #germany
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2025-08-24 10:42:19 UTC

Gondola up the Zugspitze, marvel of German engineering 🚠
Also witness the massive parking lot at the bottom. Yes, there's an easy train from Munich. Yes, there's the beautiful, almost entirely undeveloped Eidsee. But no, asking Germans to take the train to avoid a 500-car lot would be too much. 😔
#climate #mountains #germany
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2025-08-14 14:58:49 UTC

Adam Smith still gets invoked by the odd "conservative" think tank, pretending that he'd have signed on to their "pro market" policies.
Smith was pro banking regulation, pro firewalls (the pre-Internet kind), and yes, he'd have been pro climate action.
Naomi Oreskes spot on as usual: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/opinion/climate-change-regulation-health.html
#climate #economics #us
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2025-08-11 13:41:30 UTC

Sometimes I wished I had Sarah Palin's superpowers and liked the smell of pollution.
'burbanite Midtown fumes are no joke today
#AQI #nyc
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2025-08-10 15:43:29 UTC

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"Civilization"

2025-08-10 15:10:24 UTC

Civilization, visualized
Positively mesmerizing: https://www.chronotrains.com/en/explore/2761369-Vienna
#trains #EU #Vienna #climate
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2025-08-03 01:46:33 UTC

Econ 101: bad news for solar & wind, no 2 ways about it.
Political Econ 101: Shows how solar & wind are winning, to make these sorts of roadblocks necessary to protect fossil fuel profits.
Clear signs of a the death thrall of the fossil fuel age
https://heatmap.news/sparks/interior-department-wind-solar-land-use
#climate #solar #us #trump

2025-07-31 13:01:32 UTC

This is how you do climate goals:
In 2012, Copenhagen announced it'll be net zero by 2025. Guess what it's at -80%, and it's one of the most livable cities on the planet to boot.
The text:
Mission "net zero" failed?
Yes, but successfully!
#climate #eu #copenhagen #denmark
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2025-07-27 14:03:00 UTC

#climateflation graphic of the day, via [@financialtimes](https://flipboard.com/@financialtimes )
#climate #economics #inflation #us
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2025-07-26 21:25:22 UTC

Frightening to see how widely applicable this quote is these days:
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” —Omar El Akkad
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2025-07-24 11:25:03 UTC

Good climate news of the day: International Court of Justice says states are legally obligated to tackle climate change
Will be interesting to see how this plays out in actual domestic policies around the world
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/07/23/icj-opinion-says-states-are-legally-obligated-to-tackle-climate-change_6743648_4.html
#climate

2025-07-12 16:38:04 UTC

Someone please explain these calorie counts
#coffee
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2025-07-10 22:08:02 UTC

Skip the editorial by the director of Trump's Office of Science and Technology Policy on "sound science."
Read the letter by John Holdren instead: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz9562
#climate #trump #science
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2025-07-08 13:02:02 UTC

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The further you click in the story, the more truthful the description of the "7 billion", and no, the US wasn't going to meet its 2030 Paris pledge.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/chart-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-blows-us-emissions-goal-by-7bn-tonnes/
#climate #trump
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2025-07-08 13:01:03 UTC

OK, I'm about as negative on Trump's climate arson as it gets, but this framing is way over the top.
#climate #trump
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2025-07-07 23:29:00 UTC

Today, the President of the U.S. declared solar and wind "unreliable," "foreign controlled," and — the kicker — "expensive."
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-market-distorting-subsidies-for-unreliable-foreign%E2%80%91controlled-energy-sources/
#climate #us #trump
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2025-07-06 13:37:37 UTC

Took 6 months and 6 days into the new year for me to learn that
(1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9)² = 2025
1³ + 2³ + 3³ + 4³ + 5³ + 6³ + 7³ + 8³ + 9³ = 2025
🤯
#math
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2025-07-05 17:51:29 UTC

China v US
The difference, it hurts
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/climate/china-clean-energy-power.html
#climate #china #us
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2025-07-05 14:26:25 UTC

Big interview out today in the Swiss @npub1crq…g0mr
«Trump can delay the energy transition [in the US], he can't stop it»
https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimapolitik-usa-trump-kann-die-energiewende-nicht-aufhalten-429924872368
#klima #climate
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2025-07-03 23:03:38 UTC

One too many takes today asking versions of "is there a future for climate tech?"
I know, tough day to say this, but: Yes!
US is taking a huge step back. Jobs will be lost, China will pull further ahead.
But oil, gas & coal are on their way out, and cleaner techs will only get better & cheaper.
#climate #us #gop
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2025-07-02 12:11:45 UTC

Where we are as a country:
"The funding in the bill will make ICE the largest jailer in the world, with $200 billion at their disposal."
https://newrepublic.com/article/197508/alligator-alcatraz-trump-concentration-camp
#gop

2025-06-26 11:53:48 UTC

Solar tax credits are key for rapid development.
But what this graph on rooftop solar also shows is just how much *utility-scale* solar has entered the Texas grid, lowering average power prices so much, that rooftop payback periods in Texas are now longer than elsewhere.
@npub1cw4…xyr5
#climate #texas #solar
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