Nostr notes by Gernot Wagner

Tabloids could do a lot of good, if they choose to: Loire Valley ...

2026-07-11T08:00:14Z

Tabloids could do a lot of good, if they choose to:

Loire Valley without Loire

#climate #energy #france #dailymail

Doesn't get much better than New York City World Cup vibes ...

2026-06-22T12:03:50Z

Doesn't get much better than New York City World Cup vibes 💚🇳🇴🇸🇳

#nyc #worldcup #norway #senegal #running

8 trains in 6 minutes, all on time. Consider me a fan ...

2026-06-04T05:55:07Z

8 trains in 6 minutes, all on time. Consider me a fan

https://gwagner.com/SURED-2026

#trains #switzerland #sbb #climate

You know how, for solar, China dominates >90% of the global ...

2026-05-11T11:23:21Z

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

Trump, Putin, Hanta...lots going on, but here's one of the ...

2026-05-10T08:06:32Z

Trump, Putin, Hanta...lots going on, but here's one of the scarier headlines you'll read this year

#climate #energy #us #trump

The Iran War has once again led to a bout of what ECB board ...

2026-04-15T10:26:21Z

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

Short-term winner: US and Russian oligarchs. Long-term winner: ...

2026-04-12T17:18:30Z

Short-term winner: US and Russian oligarchs.

Long-term winner: China and renewables.

Loser: US households, economy.

#us #iran #trump #vance

Something to be said to put the full quote on the cover. US v UK ...

2026-04-04T19:13:52Z

Something to be said to put the full quote on the cover.

US v UK edition.

#war #israel #gaza #iran

*fossil energy crisis And yes, that means pushing EVs (and ...

2026-04-04T17:02:55Z

*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

Perennial reminder: IKEA sells induction plates for $50. Cap the ...

2026-03-30T10:47:14Z

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

"Experts prefer heat pumps, but homeowners have doubts" I ...

2026-03-24T12:34:57Z

"Experts prefer heat pumps, but homeowners have doubts"

I wonder who sows those doubts, contrary to any evidence.

#heatpumps #Deutschland

The Loneliness of Sonja and Soccer #soccer #literature #reading ...

2026-03-14T13:45:55Z

The Loneliness of Sonja and Soccer

#soccer #literature #reading

I'm no longer quite sure how to do this without just saying ...

2026-03-14T01:32:27Z

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

Keeping this for next time someone says "but the green ...

2026-03-12T15:56:08Z

Keeping this for next time someone says "but the green premium."

Or "sure, climate, but 'value' creation."

Or "intermittency!"

#oil #iran #us #climate #energy

You know how free public transit is basically just an anti-market ...

2026-03-08T22:18:33Z

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

One of the more ironic vestiges of the fossil fuel life: Snow ...

2026-03-06T14:25:06Z

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

You might be a climate wonk, if the first thing you notice on ...

2026-03-01T16:38:44Z

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

Huge since true. "It costs just $33/MWh to transform daytime ...

2026-02-28T22:32:11Z

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

"Mama, you look good. Papa, you look like you're ...

2026-02-28T19:25:45Z

"Mama, you look good. Papa, you look like you're dying."

#nyc #running #kids

Just in case the "batteries and cold don't mix" trope ...

2026-01-16T21:13:43Z

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

“We are at the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel economy. ...

2026-01-12T14:16:52Z

“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

NYC, Foggy City #nyc #weather #fog #photography ...

2026-01-07T11:59:42Z

NYC, Foggy City

#nyc #weather #fog #photography

Nobody ever said the Dead Thrall of the fossil age would be ...

2026-01-03T18:56:39Z

Nobody ever said the Dead Thrall of the fossil age would be pretty or peaceful

#oil #venezuela #us #climate

Remember how EVs could never compete because batteries didn't ...

2025-12-24T09:58:46Z

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

12-year-old riding the rails, reading the paper. Saturday. 😍 ...

2025-12-20T13:32:03Z

12-year-old riding the rails, reading the paper. Saturday. 😍
#news #reading #kids #nyc

Move over, AI. ...

2025-12-19T03:42:06Z

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

"AI could invent free renewable energy." Or, y'know, ...

2025-12-14T18:58:07Z

"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

Where we are ...

2025-12-13T00:40:10Z

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

You know congestion pricing has worked just as advertised, when ...

2025-12-12T12:23:41Z

You know congestion pricing has worked just as advertised, when even POLITICO (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

But how do we know it would work? #nyc ...

2025-12-07T14:37:02Z

But how do we know it would work?

#nyc

Not if, it's when the next super storm hits NYC. Our ...

2025-12-01T01:28:25Z

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

Home insurance premium shooting up within less than a decade ...

2025-11-28T15:15:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…3l5u
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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

I remember long debates on whether "Climate Shock" as ...

2025-11-28T15:14:47Z

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

The worst of New York City… …the best of New York City.¹ ...

2025-11-16T21:04:35Z

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

German taxpayers are handing BMW €273m to once again attempt to ...

2025-11-16T11:36:07Z

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

America, in 25 years: "Many places may become uninhabitable. ...

2025-11-12T13:34:47Z

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

There's clearly some bad news here, too. But, for example, ...

2025-11-08T11:38:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…7yly
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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

The NYT supports as much: "EVs are now normal." Yup. #evs ...

2025-11-08T11:37:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…yyg0
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The NYT supports as much: "EVs are now normal."

Yup.

#evs #climate

In short, once clean techs are in the money and the world starts ...

2025-11-08T11:36:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…k7pu
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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

Compare that to this collection of paths, pulling from IPCC, IEA, ...

2025-11-08T11:35:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…y0as
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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

This graph, based on ClimateActionTracker.org's latest ...

2025-11-08T11:34:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…pqku
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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

Great dissection of where the world stands on climate 10 years ...

2025-11-08T11:33:25Z

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

Another solar power spill inconveniencing hard-working, ...

2025-11-02T15:12:52Z

Another solar power spill inconveniencing hard-working, down-to-earth drivers

#climate #gas #nyc

And so it begins, Musk's Grokipedia is scraping Wikipedia and ...

2025-10-30T00:18:51Z

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

"When your job requires speed and precision…whisper-quiet ...

2025-10-23T12:03:16Z

"When your job requires speed and precision…whisper-quiet thanks to a 230V electric motor"

#climatetech for the win

#climate #louvre

Dunno about the button-up, but the gas not working? Get a $70 ...

2025-10-19T17:31:43Z

Dunno about the button-up, but the gas not working? Get a $70 induction plate and never look back.

#climate #gas

Good climate news headline of the day: "The traffic ...

2025-10-18T14:16:04Z

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

Holy wow, +3.5 ppm CO₂ last year, up from +2.4 ppm average the ...

2025-10-16T07:10:48Z

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

Honey, I invested $100 billion in AI, and all I got was 1 + 2 + 3 ...

2025-10-12T00:20:42Z

Honey, I invested $100 billion in AI, and all I got was 1 + 2 + 3 = 15

#ai #microsoft

One feature of exponential growth: China as the "clear" ...

2025-10-06T12:55:48Z

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 Akshat Rathi (npub1lsa…q0w8)

² Yesterday's [@financialtimes](https://flipboard.com/@financialtimes ) Climate Capital newsletter, by Steven Bernard

#climate #china #us

There is "no room for indifference or resignation." Pope ...

2025-10-03T02:33:38Z

There is "no room for indifference or resignation."

Pope Leo nails the climate message.

#climate #pope

Meanwhile, in the alternate universe occupied by the Trump ...

2025-09-29T13:53:37Z

Meanwhile, in the alternate universe occupied by the Trump administration, via Fox News

#climate #trump #coal

This is how you report on the UN Climate Summit ...

2025-09-28T14:48:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…xeql
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This is how you report on the UN Climate Summit

https://on.ft.com/46Uebzd

#climate #nyc

Yup #climate #china #us #eu ...

2025-09-28T14:25:18Z

Yup

#climate #china #us #eu

Coal is losing to solar + storage on economics alone, ...

2025-09-26T12:11:40Z

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

Monday morning, UN General Assembly week. Road closures, traffic ...

2025-09-22T12:15:05Z

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

Still life with Gameboy, September 2025 ...

2025-09-14T18:03:41Z

Still life with Gameboy, September 2025

Financial Times, not Nature #climate ...

2025-09-14T13:00:47Z

Financial Times, not Nature

#climate

Austrian electricity is 90% renewable. The other 10%? Gas. Last ...

2025-09-13T14:36:53Z

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

I'd like to formally apologize to the 30 or so Viennese for ...

2025-09-11T22:18:23Z

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

In case you're wondering whether it takes gas to power data ...

2025-09-11T08:23:49Z

In case you're wondering whether it takes gas to power data centers

#climate #solar #SaudiArabia #gas

While the Trump administration tries to cancel offshore wind for ...

2025-09-07T23:42:12Z

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

Community factcheck FTW #energy #us #trump #climate ...

2025-09-07T14:32:41Z

Community factcheck FTW

#energy #us #trump #climate

Back to school, Bleecker Street, NYC #nyc #streetphotography ...

2025-09-05T14:45:54Z

Back to school, Bleecker Street, NYC

#nyc #streetphotography

I guess the official US Social Cost of Carbon is now $404 ...

2025-09-03T21:37:43Z

I guess the official US Social Cost of Carbon is now $404

#climate #us #trump #economics

Less asthma, better food. There really is no excuse. And yeah, ...

2025-08-30T10:15:55Z

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

This is how you write a headline. It definitely isn't how you ...

2025-08-29T10:52:22Z

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

This, too, is #climatetech: USB chargers on a local public bus. ...

2025-08-26T10:23:29Z

This, too, is #climatetech: USB chargers on a local public bus. WiFi, too, of course.

#Climate #bus #transit #austria

At this point this is no longer just about wind or renewables, ...

2025-08-25T13:34:13Z

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

A look at what's left of the one remaining glacier on ...

2025-08-24T12:03:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…umra
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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

Gondola up the Zugspitze, marvel of German engineering 🚠 Also ...

2025-08-24T10:42:19Z

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

Adam Smith still gets invoked by the odd "conservative" ...

2025-08-14T14:58:49Z

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

Sometimes I wished I had Sarah Palin's superpowers and liked ...

2025-08-11T13:41:30Z

Sometimes I wished I had Sarah Palin's superpowers and liked the smell of pollution.

'burbanite Midtown fumes are no joke today

#AQI #nyc

"Civilization"

2025-08-10T15:43:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…h725
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"Civilization"

Civilization, visualized Positively mesmerizing: ...

2025-08-10T15:10:24Z

Civilization, visualized

Positively mesmerizing: https://www.chronotrains.com/en/explore/2761369-Vienna

#trains #EU #Vienna #climate

Econ 101: bad news for solar & wind, no 2 ways about it. ...

2025-08-03T01:46:33Z

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

This is how you do climate goals: In 2012, Copenhagen announced ...

2025-07-31T13:01:32Z

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

#climateflation graphic of the day, via ...

2025-07-27T14:03:00Z

#climateflation graphic of the day, via [@financialtimes](https://flipboard.com/@financialtimes )

#climate #economics #inflation #us

Frightening to see how widely applicable this quote is these ...

2025-07-26T21:25:22Z

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

Good climate news of the day: International Court of Justice says ...

2025-07-24T11:25:03Z

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

Someone please explain these calorie counts #coffee ...

2025-07-12T16:38:04Z

Someone please explain these calorie counts

#coffee

Skip the editorial by the director of Trump's Office of ...

2025-07-10T22:08:02Z

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

The further you click in the story, the more truthful the ...

2025-07-08T13:02:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…ep9w
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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

OK, I'm about as negative on Trump's climate arson as it ...

2025-07-08T13:01:03Z

OK, I'm about as negative on Trump's climate arson as it gets, but this framing is way over the top.

#climate #trump

Today, the President of the U.S. declared solar and wind ...

2025-07-07T23:29:00Z

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

Took 6 months and 6 days into the new year for me to learn that ...

2025-07-06T13:37:37Z

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

China v US The difference, it hurts ...

2025-07-05T17:51:29Z

China v US

The difference, it hurts

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/06/30/climate/china-clean-energy-power.html

#climate #china #us

Big interview out today in the Swiss @npub1crq…g0mr «Trump can ...

2025-07-05T14:26:25Z

Big interview out today in the Swiss Tages-Anzeiger (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

One too many takes today asking versions of "is there a ...

2025-07-03T23:03:38Z

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

Where we are as a country: "The funding in the bill will make ...

2025-07-02T12:11:45Z

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

Solar tax credits are key for rapid development. But what this ...

2025-06-26T11:53:48Z

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.

Tim McDonnell (npub1cw4…xyr5)

#climate #texas #solar

Yes, cities cut carbon! NYers have ½ to ⅓ the CO₂ per ...

2025-06-25T15:16:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…yjvj
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Yes, cities cut carbon!

NYers have ½ to ⅓ the CO₂ per capital of the comparable household in the suburban single-family house, for all the obvious reasons.

Smaller apartments, fewer cars. Density, efficiency, the works.

²/ₙ

#climate #nyc

Typing out loud here while training it to work today (again) ...

2025-06-25T15:15:51Z

Typing out loud here while training it to work today (again) because it's too damn hot to bike.

Follow along for a few thoughts on 🌆 cities, 🥵 climate, and yeah, especially🗽 NYC.

¹/ₙ 🧵

https://fediscience.org/@gwagner/114732766262342544

Humidity is a killer. 84°F, RealFeel 96°F, at 8:30 a.m. in NYC, ...

2025-06-23T12:51:18Z

Humidity is a killer. 84°F, RealFeel 96°F, at 8:30 a.m. in NYC, in June.

When it's too hot & humid to bike to the office to spend the day working on climate change.

Stay safe out there.

#Climate

The saddest part here: Iran showing Congress that Parliaments do ...

2025-06-22T15:35:19Z

The saddest part here: Iran showing Congress that Parliaments do have power.

All-important summer math lesson: $20 down for the local ice ...

2025-06-20T22:59:42Z

All-important summer math lesson: $20 down for the local ice cream co.'s key chain today, $3 scoops (down from $7!) for the rest of the summer. 🍦 😎

To write is to think. Using ChatGPT to write leads ...

2025-06-16T01:08:30Z

To write is to think. Using ChatGPT to write leads to..."cognitive debt", which might be one of the better euphemism for somewhat less polite words.

Small n, not yet peer-reviewed, etc https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872

#ai

Watching the footage from the hundreds of #nokings marches around ...

2025-06-15T03:11:54Z

Watching the footage from the hundreds of #nokings marches around the country today gives me hope we can pull this country back from fascism after all, but boy this is going to take a lot of dedicated, focused work.

11-year-old making her own lunch today: sticky rice + kai jeow, ...

2025-06-11T11:48:40Z

11-year-old making her own lunch today: sticky rice + kai jeow, aka Thai omelet 😍

Always reminds me of my out-of-office reply from 14 years ago by ...

2025-06-11T02:34:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…z38d
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Always reminds me of my out-of-office reply from 14 years ago by now:

"I'm on paternity leave. Please expect longer-than-usual response times for the next 18 to 21 years."

Has certainly proven true so far.