Dear Friends and fellow resisters of the current US descent into stupidity, welcome to: RENEW: the Renewable Energy and Equity Worldwide Laboratory, kammen.wse.jhu.edu @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Welcome and watch this space as we add projects!

@bobfreling.bsky.social is way too kind and generous, but giving to @solarfund.bsky.social is a massively impactful way to provide critically needed electricity access. If you can, please join me in a year-end gift! Here: secure.qgiv.com/for/selfwebs...

When @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social is working hard to rename @NREL away from a world-leading mission to advance clean energy & create more jobs than in the fossil sector You are playing checkers while others play chess... Meanwhile in Asia ....

Congratulations to Alexandra and thank you Collington School! @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social

The @billgates.bsky.social post on @cop30brazil.bsky.social raised a fire-storm for its false either-or view on climate change My friend @michaelmann.bsky.social captures this brilliantly in @nature.com today. Echoes our joint Sept 19 2014 piece in @huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ga...

Join us this weekend, November 15 & 16 @technologyreview.com for TEDx Boston, Planetary Action @tedxbrighton.bsky.social Our session on energy challenges and solutions is Sunday morning: @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social To register: www.luma.com/ideas-in-action

So sad that the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social attack on the @usatoday.com demands this response, but California, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @tomsteyer.bsky.social won @houserepublicans.bsky.social need a mirror @erica-newyorktimes.bsky.social

Very, very exciting OPEN LEVEL faculty position in Civil and Systems Engineering and Data Science @jhu.edu apply.interfolio.com/176542 ROSEI, the Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute & the Institute of Data Science and AI (DSAI @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social can both be hubs for this position

For all the bad news and damage that @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social is doing to the US economy, the CA @cayimby.bsky.social clean energy @governor.ca.gov path is worth a read greenearthinsights.substack.com/p/can-califo... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social

Rest in power and peace @janegoodallcan.bsky.social I had the honor to first meet her at @anv-cop21.org in @france24.com What a force for something so lacking today ... observation, reflection and communication. #JaneGoodall a force for humanity

A new podcast episode in the Energy Matters with Claire & Dan series just dropped today: East Coast vs. West Coast policies Not quite the 1990s #rapper battle ..., but available on our website, energymatters.world and most podcast outlets.

Urban (un-)affordability ... now vs. 5 years ago Important reporting from @cnn.com It is not complicated: we need a wealth tax. @realtomsteyer.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social

BDP @dankammen.bsky.social recently published a blog post with the @ox.ac.uk that argues for the centrality of science, research, and innovation in the public sphere in order to uphold climate and social justice. www.oxfordclimatealumni.org/post/an-anti...

Nice to see Grist reporter @kateyoder laying out the 'flipped economics' of clean energy -- now cheaper, faster and more jobs than fossil energy -- in advance of @climateweeknyc.bsky.social @theclimategroup.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social grist.org/culture/sun-...

Our latest episode, out today, is on innovation and learning, 'Moore's Law' ('Swanson's Law), and technological change. Check out #EnergyMatters on all the usual podcast services. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org

www.oxfordclimatealumni.org/post/an-anti... @neildegrassetyson.com @lisafriedman.bsky.social @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social @vrubinobs.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

#ArsenioHall Things that make you go ’hmmm’ @housedemocrats.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social

May every member of the US Congress @housedemocrats.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social will read this open letter from the @nationalacademies.org about the critical role that true science and technology plays in our lives and future. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social drive.google.com/file/d/1G9mN...

madness.ghost.io/trump-worse-... @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @maryltrump.bsky.social

Hi All, Claire and I hope that you will give our new podcast, EnergyMatters a listen We'll be covering nuclear power, energy startups, Moore's Law, energy efficiency, energy access and justice ... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social sites.libsyn.com/589665/why-e...

We must do more than just say it @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @maryltrump.bsky.social @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @workingclasshistory.com

New work on @sustainableenergy.bsky.social for healthcare in @africa.theconversation.com from our @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social and #DRCongo based offgridbox.com and www.rcha-rdc.org Download here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This fantastic science & engagement by @setiinstitute.bsky.social is such a double win: important work (see, for example the @unistellar.bsky.social @nasaexoplanets.extwitter.link @nasawebb.extwitter.link work with SETI) and a way for the public to see science in action. @jameswebbdiscovery.com

This would be a great term, "Trumpanzee", ... but it does a huge disservice to our genetic relatives among the great apes. Respect to (removed) @usarmy.bsky.social General Mark Milley

Irrespective of your politics, this saves money, creates jobs, on-shores technology capacity, and should be considered by all states (why California has not done this already is a mystery). @calacademy.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov

A useful & insightful assessment of the current status at the climate-development nexus. www.dkn-future-earth.org/imperia/md/i... Section 4.28 focuses on @cjaourpower.bsky.social @climate.skyfleet.blue climate & UN SDG goals @futureearth.bsky.social @dfg.de @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

As usual, @rbreich.bsky.social is spot on the greed at the top. But is is only half the story. The depressingly accurate work by @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Emmanuel Saez highlights how the ultra-rich now pay lower taxes than the poor. Society koyaanisqatsi www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Several people have asked for the earlier paper (2 decades ago!) with @natehultman.bsky.social & @jgkoomey.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy at @atap.lbl.gov and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on nuclear costs in the US. The key figure is fellow. doi.org/10.1021/es07... @ferc.gov @nti.org @iea.org

We just published on clean cooking: "Powering the Future: Policies to Advance Equitable Clean Cooking Access for Health, Well-Being & Climate" @cleancooking.bsky.social @sdgactioncampaign.org @cleanaircatf.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social Open access at @acs.org doi.org/10.1021/acs....

That is a key: the industry-regulatory bond is tight in @chinadigitaltimes.net - short-term benefit possible long-term concern? The related question is over cost dynamics: these are overnight costs and those of operation of young plants very different from later in life and of course at end of life

www.kqed.org/science/1997... @kqednews.kqed.org @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Out today in @nature.com with Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and Minghao Qin our paper on nuclear power construction and (early) plant lifetime operation costs. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social @harvard.edu @baruch.cuny.edu Nature 643, 1186-1188 (2025) doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

I am so pleased to see this recognition of the work that @NativeRenewables does for energy access, local capacity building & energy justice An honor to serve on the board: www.nativerenewables.org/who-we-are/o... @nativeamericans.bsky.social @iwrising.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Comments today on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcscience.bsky.social on the true cost of clean versus dirty energy and the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social rhetoric. The data is all available at @iea.org. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

Comments and thoughts in @nature.com on the new Chinese Antarctic research station and the key need to share data, particularly in the face of US retreat from civility and science. @bas.ac.uk @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...

Last day (July 7) to apply for the LabStart 2025 Cohort! lnkd.in/gSAg-KkU LabStart empowers entrepreneurs to commercialize breakthrough climate technologies with - $100K in funding for entrepreneurs - Access to frontier climate technologies - Expert mentorship and guidance for climate innovators

Thank you @freemark7.bsky.social ... it’s absolutely amazing and disgusting how many people act surprised that @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social and minions are doing exactly what they said they would do. @democracydocket.com

Beware ... The worst of the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social mess is set for post 2026 mid-term elections... IF we have meaningful elections Y’all need ro read this planned crurlty and totalitarian-sh&! www.project2025.observer @hcrichardson.bsky.social @thedanrather.bsky.social

And let’s not forget how anti-American are the core actions of @HR1 - the Big Bastardized Bill of greed, @rbreich.bsky.social

#TexasFloods are awful, but there is no doubt that events like this massive marine heat wave are human-caused. Votes for HR1 must be remembered as willful acts destroying the future of their own kids. @senatebudget.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

MAGa: Running a strong 3rd place, getting lapped, in North America @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov

Primate tool ‘use’ … Truly, one of the best videos ever, with Sir David Attenborough’s expression priceless! @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social @nature.com @natgeoclassics.bsky.social

If you are in Washington DC today, June 25, I hope you will join us at @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social for a @harvard.edu Business School Club of DC event: Climate: A Viewshed for Business - Investment & Policy To register, click here: www.hbsdc.org/s/1738/cc/21...

An honor to meet with @africanunion.bsky.social Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy (I&E) Ms. Lerato Mataboge and her team at #AfricanEnergyForum in @capetownblog.bsky.social to discuss clean energy for health. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

Amidst the massive mess that is the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social and #Project2025 assault on demcracy, do remember that today the White House is telling the @alt-epa-workers.bsky.social NOT to do their job. Per @cnn.com @rbreich.bsky.social @lisafriedman.bsky.social www.cnn.com/politics/epa...

Wow … @pacerstalk.fr over @okcthunder.bsky.social when leading for only 0.3 seconds! @highliburton.bsky.social is on fire late in the @nba.com

Will be watching for the @northernlightsind.bsky.social from Princess Anne, @marylandmatters.org @natastron.nature.com @apod.shinyakato.dev @neildegrassetyson.com

This is total crap No future 'fear' justifies the invasion of @ukraineworld.bsky.social Further, no crap-talk from weak-willed politicians justifies the level of US inaction to defend a country we promised to protect in exchange for their giving up nuclear weapons. @slavaukraine.bsky.social

Sad to hear that the great anti-colonial author and social activists has passed away. Gods Bits of Wood and Devil on the Cross are must-reads. Rest in power Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o @tomiadeyemi.bsky.social @billgates.com @hutchinscenter.bsky.social @ibramxk.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/05/29/n...

Yes, we know the Trump 'playbook' is to sow chaos and divide, but here is a critical example of what is really happening: claiming to go on a diet by cutting brain tissue Please re-post @science.org @rbreich.bsky.social @chronicle.com @timeshighered.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...