Chris Nelder

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"we should not fear that running on a platform of seismic economic scale will cost us a general election. We’ve already lost enough of them by being afraid to try. The era of half-baked political policy is over.

If you’re a student of history, the French Revolution is in the American wind."

I often disagree with Carville, but I think he nails it here. 🎯https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/opinion/democrats-platform-economic-rage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.308.pyNw.LEIZRTDElS_g&smid=url-share

OpEd: Executive Editor Julie Pace on why AP is standing for your right to speak freely The executive editor of The Associated Press says the news organization is fighting for the right of the press and public to speak freely without being targeted by the government.

Very glad to see @apnews.com standing up to Trump's bullying and not backing down. Because if they didn't, it wouldn't be journalism anymore. I hope that stiffens the spines of the rest of the craven media.
apnews.com/article/asso...

Yes it's a bit in the weeds (you expected something else from us?) but it's an increasingly important question: Should we rebuild the grid from the bottom up (leveraging customer assets) or the middle out (leveraging distribution utility investment)?

Good god

This is a time when we desperately need informed *local* reporting on utility regulation and the components of consumer bills, and intelligent commentary on it. Instead, we get ‘bIlLz Ur hIGh! MUst b AI! 🤷‍♂️’
Do better, reporters!

New analysis shows more US consumers are falling behind on their utility bills A new analysis of consumer data shows that more people in the United States are falling behind on their utility bills.

We’re at another moment when the media’s ignorance about energy meets the political manipulation of narratives, and consumers wind up screwed and more confused than ever. Blaming AI is easy (and it *will* increase utility costs) but that’s not why bills are high NOW. 1/2
apnews.com/article/trum...

A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics

Nice work by @bradplumer.bsky.social and @sominisengupta.bsky.social here, hitting all the important points. For deep dives on this subject, check out @transitionshow.bsky.social Ep. 259 & 260. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...

And just as Toyota is finally launching a full BEV line. Oh the irony.

Wasserstoff-Autos: BMW erhält staatliche Förderung zur Entwicklung Hat der Einsatz von Wasserstoff eine Zukunft bei der Autoentwicklung? BMW glaubt nach wie vor daran. Jetzt erhält der Konzern eine staatliche Förderung für die Weiterentwicklung der Technologie.

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.

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/w...

What an awful sad and tragic end for a truly great artist. Damn. 💔

📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢

Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.

The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’ - Carbon Brief Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025,...

Study by @hausfath.bsky.social et al. for @carbonbrief.org finds that emissions in China and India are projected to grow much less in 2025 compared to the past decade, while emissions in the US and EU are projected to grow this year after years of decline. www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fos...

I call it "Vitamin I"

YouTube video by DRM News FULL PRESSER: Newsom Slams Trump at COP30, ‘Polluted Heart of Climate Crisis is Donald Trump’ | AC1G

Nice to see @governor.ca.gov speaking fluently about climate at #COP30 and representing the continuing state/city climate action in the *real* US, while the Trump team didn't even show up as it tries to deny and ignore reality to please its fossil fuel owners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Cw...

YouTube video by DRM News FULL PRESSER: Newsom Slams Trump at COP30, ‘Polluted Heart of Climate Crisis is Donald Trump’ | AC1G

Nice to see @governor.ca.gov speaking fluently about climate at #COP30 and representing the continuing state/city climate action in the *real* US, while the Trump team didn't even show up as it tries to deny and ignore reality to please its fossil fuel owners. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Cw...

Craven, Cavin' Chuck.

Paddington Bear can't get lost in London today - he's got his own station!

My dad sings in an incredible semi-professional choir in Portland and I’ve heard them sing this so many times and I cannot tell you how jealous I am that I don’t get to be one of the voices you never hear but you couldn’t live without who makes this sound possible

SUV ads 'must go down the tube' Call to stop promoting pollution on London’s transport system.

Read all about it!! theecologist.org/2025/nov/06/...

Brilliant new ad campaign I just spotted at the Southwark tube station in London.

China is making friends and extending its influence while the US is alienating its friends and withdrawing from the world, retreating behind a wall of hostile policies and trade barriers

[Episode #262] – All Transitions are Local | The Energy Transition Show What are the key elements to a successful energy transition project where you live?

In Ep. 262, @nadiabahmad.bsky.social explains how creating a successful energy transition project depends on community engagement and the specific legal and regulatory frameworks of a place. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...

Ah.

We are throwing the climate under the bus in exchange for tech of dubious value. At the end of the day, after all the hype, that’s the actual trade here.

You can’t build a drainage system for that kind of rainfall