Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito

Been ruminating on this thread for a few days now… I don’t like its implications. The blue “supply” curve might not bounce back as quickly as forecast, and even if it does, we could be knee deep in energy quicksand by midsummer.

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California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra just took half a million dollars from the fossil fuel industry. This on top of the max contribution from Chevron. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions . That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed. A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵

302/ "Economists & traders warn the next phase of the crisis could bring another sharp jump in energy prices, broader fuel rationing, industrial shutdowns & a significant slowdown in global growth" Why not already? Read this great thread - Inventory burn then prices surge bsky.app/profile/rebe...

This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.

If electricity prices went up 76% to subsidize the solar industry, people would completely lose their shit. But doing it to subsidize the Slop Industry is apparently kosher.

Great thread. Thoroughly explains the mystery of the not-catastrophic oil prices.

"This makes the Chinese reserve bigger than all the other national reserves combined. For comparison, this is ~90 days of Chinese demand, while U.S. reserves are about 40 days of U.S. demand" Please read this clear thread. Upshot: Inventory draw down then prices surge up! bsky.app/profile/rebe...

Very useful thread

"Why are oil prices not higher? In short, America’s selling while China ain’t buying" "the US has responded by cranking up exports, while China has slashed imports" www.ft.com/content/ae62...

Great thread from @rebeccawdell.bsky.social on what is actually happening with oil and gas. Yes, the #StraitofHormuz closure cut off a lot of exports; but those have been partially compensated by drawing down reserves. That can't last much longer.

Great thread. One amongst several upshots is within a few weeks to a month China’s willingness to deploy its strategic oil reserve or save it for later, with all that implies for its net imports and global oil prices, will be the global oil price maker on a scale of $10s to a $100+/barrel.

read this whole thread

Extremely helpful & illuminating thread about the state of global oil & gas markets. IMHO, the fact that global oil reserves could be exhausted within weeks & the price of oil could then *double* kinda seems like something that Americans should be more worried about!

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

When I was a teenager, I loved driving through the museum of discarded wind turbine technologies that was the Altamont Pass: 2 blades! 20 blades! Egg beaters! Upwind! Downwind! Vertical axis! You name it! But that wind is too good to waste. Great story:

While chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵

Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year. Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx

A foreign policy for the working class is one where states collaborate to discipline capital instead of working with capital to discipline our democracies. Kitchen table conversation about anti-fascist economics with the one and only @aoc.bsky.social in Berlin.

2025 Vibes. 🎨 Amos Paul Kennedy, Citizen Printer 📍San Francisco Letterform Archive

Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him. “When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."

This is bad too.

THREAD. Is the problem with global warming that Exxon executives need to get "better training" on the science of climate change?

to the extent that there is a “carrot” to trumpism it is the same carrot that slaveholders offered to lower class white men: “you can be an overseer”

This is really great.

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis. It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents. This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

I'm so excited to be introducing TWO new energy affordability bills today!

Hyundai is building a pilot iron production facility that runs on hydrogen in advance of constructing its much larger project in Louisiana. Fascinating. biz.chosun.com/en/en-indust...

I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

Here's our reporting on the proposed dismantling of the jewel of US atmospheric science, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social. The plan is to break NCAR apart and disburse some parts to other locations (like the research aircraft fleet) and eliminate others. www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪 #AGU25 #climate

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

We have the technologies we need to cut pollution from the industrial sector. In our new report, we take a deep dive into an immediate, practical opportunity: electrifying low- and medium-temperature process heat in manufacturing food, beverage, paper and chemicals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Critical work on a sector that used to be considered hard to decarbonize. Key takeaway-- electrification with clean energy can replace process heat for many industries cost-effectively. @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

This is a really important analysis of the consequences of continuing to ignore climate change. Florida continues to allow and even encourage high-density development on exposed, unstable barrier islands. Some people will die and many will lose their life savings.

Most people do not realize that California got electricity from coal in 2025. Got. As of last week, it is past tense. Finally, finally. We are so far behind but we are moving forward thanks to so many people who never give up.

Cato Hernandez at @LAist.com highlights a new map showing where SoCal’s largest industrial boilers are located — and why advocates want @southcoastqmd to adopt zero-emission rules before we lock in decades more pollution. Read it here: laist.com/news/climate...

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

I just finished reading this article and it's very, very good. Corporate power is the problem underneath so many other problems. newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Some news. My book on climate and security for Cambridge University Press is the winner of the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Advancing World Order. Thrilled to be among the august company of previous winners. www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...

May be seeing the end of an iconic European steel company. www.ft.com/content/2fec...

Serious question: where would any of these pipelines be coming from? The West Coast doesn't have pipeline connections to the rest of the country because it's not close to other oil supply centers and there are inconvenient things like the Rocky Mountains in the way. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Climate Action 100+, a climate investor-led initiative, recognised Nippon Steel's progress in terms of disclosures & announced additional investment in EAFs in 2025. They also pointed out a few areas to continue engagement to strengthen the company’s #climate transition strategy👇 #GreenSteel #Coal

This year's tariff madness has an interesting structural feature. What @jonasnahm.com is calling an "inversion" is that Trump has higher tariff rates on intermediate goods and basic materials (esp. steel and aluminum) than finished goods. He points out one consequence. There are others. A short🧵.

1/4 California refineries are closing faster than gas demand is declining. Two facilities shutting down could eliminate another 18% of the state's refining capacity. Gasoline consumption has fallen 16% over 20 years. buff.ly/26t8H5J

@industriouslabs.bsky.social just released a powerful new tool that analyzes health, demographic, economic, and pollution data in communities impacted by industrial pollution across the US. industriouslabs.org/issues/indus... 1/2