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Sicily is so hot that the region has just issued an ordinance to suspend various types of agricultural and construction activities on hot days to avoid accidents at work. Essentially these activities will be off at 12:30-16:00pm until 31/8. But let’s talk again how expensive climate mitigation is..

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In a world of bad NYT headlines, one dared to leave facts behind completely.

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The deal didn't fail at all! It was working perfectly until Trump pulled out for no reason www.reuters.com/business/ene...

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I have a new TEDx talk on why climate change is a national security risk. It might provide some helpful points for public audiences. It builds upon my 20 years of scholarship and policy work in this space. #EnergySky www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ne...

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Unfortunately, turning off climate.gov won't turn off climate change. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Are we (educators, the media, others) doing enough to educate the public about the role of False Emergencies in the autocrats' playbook? Not saying a Reichstag Fire equivalent is definitely coming but the risk is there. And the only defense is preparation to counter the inevitable narrative.

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Methane leaks from dormant oil and gas wells in Canada are seven times worse than thought, study suggests phys.org/news/2025-06... via @physorg_com

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Provocative, smart piece by @adamtooze.bsky.social on whether Europeans are getting value for money on military spending. Crucial question, given the vast opportunity costs on.ft.com/4jIjlSj The emperor has no tanks

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NEW A little-noticed provision in the Senate budget bill would gut the government’s long-running CAFE fuel economy program for cars & light trucks. The provision sets all penalties for automakers who run afoul of the rules to zero — essentially repealing the law. heatmap.news/politics/cor...

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OK, I finally gave in. I'm here. Now to migrate a bunch of users.

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My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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I thought I might die from a miscarriage in a Texas ER. The doctors wouldn’t do a D&C — not because I didn’t need it, but because they were afraid of the law after Dobbs. I wrote about that experience last year. Now Trump has gutted EMTALA. More women will face this. That should terrify us all.

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Thanks for having me at ESC and St Anthony, @fgenovese.bsky.social !

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Great oped by @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social

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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

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Robert Keohane and the late Joseph Nye conclude their new @foreignaffairs.com piece with this zinger: "Trump has focused so much on the costs of free-riding by allies that he neglects the fact that the United States gets to drive the bus—and thus pick the destination and the route."

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Glaciers are shrinking fast. Their ice loss affects sea-level rise and water resources for hundreds of millions of people. Learn more about the 2025 International Year for Glaciers' Preservation at the official website: www.un-glaciers.org/en #IYGP2025 #GlacierPreservation

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As the US government is busy putting the wrecking ball to the global institutions it helped create, the Chinese Communist Party is adopting the language of global governance to build new international organizations in its image. Latest addition: The International Organization for Mediation.

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GOP budget bill looks like a triple win for Big Oil billionaires: 1) tax cut for the rich, 2) gutting IRA support for clean energy, their competition, and 3) driving up the US deficit -> upward pressure on interest rates -> disadvantaging renewables like (interest rate sensitive) wind & solar 🌎🔌🛢️

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To international students at US universities: you're not just a "revenue source." You're our students. We care about you. Your presence in the classroom makes it better for everyone. Thank you for choosing a US uni, and we profs will stand with you as best we can.

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According to the Congressional Budget Office: Biden's Inflation Reduction Act was projected to REDUCE the deficit by $238 BILLION. The GOP Budget would INCREASE the deficit by $3.8 TRILLION (and that's not even considering the deceptive sunsets that will never sunset).

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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.

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From Harvard’s lawsuit. All universities are the target of the assault on international students.

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Stipulated that the IRA’s theory has not failed yet — though it is failing — one good theory I’ve seen is that the IRA’s winners have essentially no sway in the current media environment. Line workers, automakers, and industrial SMBs do not generate social media chatter like VCs or influencers.

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Far and away, our most competitive export industry. And we're dismantling it for no good reason, while we pretend to care about trade deficits & international competitiveness & great power rivalry with China. Utter authoritarian madness.

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What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️ 🔌💡

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The wording of the question has changed, but congestion pricing is now at -2 statewide; +10 in NYC in this month's Siena poll. That's a 20 point swing from -22 statewide shortly before launch in December. December poll: scri.siena.edu/wp-content/u... May poll: scri.siena.edu/wp-content/u...

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And to think we were promised peace on Day 1 ... this is my shocked face

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Art standing up for truth and freedom. Preach, Bruce! @brucespringsteen.net youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs

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We have a long way to go on CCS. Hard to know whether this is a case closer to solar power (costs will eventually decline massively) or synthetic oil (never cost-effective despite a century of scientific effort).

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NEW from me: China's CO2 emissions fell ~1.6% in the first quarter and have now been flat or down for more than a year. This is the first time on record that emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand.

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🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨 What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description? We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers. Two main contributions... 🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc

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Two brothers without criminal records, applying for permanent legal status, were deported by ICE anyway.

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On the new Bombshell podcast, I think it was @emsetc.bsky.social who said about the Houthi strikes, “CENTCOM’S gonna CENTCOM.”

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Since the IRA passed, companies have made plans to invest over $843 billion in clean energy projects. But just one-third of that has actually been invested, new data shows. Much of the rest is now at risk. On the new House Republican plan to dismantle the IRA, with @harrystevens.bsky.social

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"No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" - U.S. constitution abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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Andor is like Star Wars with writing from The Wire. So good.

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IR has lost a giant. When skeptics question the value of social sciences to the world, people like Joe Nye are part of the answer. on.ft.com/3SrIlSq Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88

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Page One must have been crowded. So NYT puts it on Page 13. 🤡 @schooley.bsky.social

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The Last of Us, but real. 😱 on.ft.com/3YYvavS Killer fungi to spread as climate heats up

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The left in Germany has embraced more positive messaging. "Bring on the good life!" (higher salaries, more free time).

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Magical, life-affirming May Day in Oxford this morning

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In the future, we will use “Fanjoy” as a verb to describe election outcomes in parliamentary democracies: “After running a terrible campaign, the conservative party leader was decisively fanjoyed by the center-left political novice candidate”

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I mean, as metaphors for American hegemony go ...

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An unprecedented coral bleaching episode has spread to 84 percent of the world's reefs in an unfolding human-caused crisis that could kill off swathes of the essential ecosystems, scientists have warned. u.afp.com/SSrP

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