Associate Attorney @cleanaircatf. Mostly energy/enviro/legal stuff. Tweets are my own.
New York, NY
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EPA rules may push power plants to capture carbon. Is… | Canary Media canarymedia.com/articles/car…
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The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has achieved net energy gain from fusion! This is incredibly exciting scientifically, but what does it mean for the future of energy?
In all likelihood, very little.
A thread:
SCOOP: Net energy gain in a fusion reaction has been a holy grail in science for decades. Now I’m told US scientists have done it. A massive breakthrough with revolutionary potential for clean power. US Energy Secretary to hold a press conference Tuesday on.ft.com/3PgDdya
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“After screening recently retired and active coal plant sites, the study team identified 157 retired coal plant sites and 237 operating coal plant sites as potential candidates for a coal-to-nuclear transition.” energy.gov/ne/articles/doe-r…
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BREAKING: The #SCOTUS opinion on West Virginia v @EPA removes a key tool from EPA's regulatory toolbox to limit emissions from power plants, but multiple options remain for the agency to regulate climate pollution. Our statement: catf.us/2022/06/supreme-cour…
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We must decarbonize transportation, and that includes cleaning up heavy duty trucking. CATF expert Tom Walker explains why #hydrogen could be critical to that effort, providing many of the benefits of diesel without the harmful emissions. #zerocarbonfuels catf.us/2021/05/why-the-futu…
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NEW VIDEO: How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
youtu.be/Jzfpyo-q-RM
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In 2007, McKinsey published an iconic Greenhouse Gas emission abatement curve that shaped countless discussions on cost-effective climate mitigation for more than a decade.
In 2020, they have revised their figure for Net-Zero Europe. Oh, how times change.
mckinsey.com/business-functi…
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As we enter a new decade, here's our Fed Policy Director @lindsey_baxter on what we'll need to get U.S. to #netzero GHGs 👇 #climate #Thread catf.us/2020/11/our-federal-…
It's a good read.
This entire thread reminds me of the excellent early episode of @chrislhayes's #WITHpod w/@drvox on the nature of conservative knowledge production, and the epistemic crisis it represents to our systems of politics.
nbcnews.com/think/opinion/as…
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The editor-in-chief of Science, the top US scientific journal:
The president “deliberately lied about science in a way that … directly led to widespread deaths of Americans.”
“This may be the most shameful moment in the history of US science policy.” science.sciencemag.org/conte…
Alan Masinter retweeted
Air pollution doesn’t take weekends off. You can sign up to tell @EPA you are sick of smog at public hearings on Aug 31 and Sept 1. #Ozone #CleanAir4Kids
See also: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies is a mainstream position in the Democratic party, and was in Biden and Harris' climate plans. There's no reason it shouldn't be included in the platform. huffpost.com/entry/democrati…
Setting up electric, PG&E rep recommends a narrower-peak TOU plan (5-8pm weekdays) for "large" homes but broader one (4-9pm, 7d) for "small" ones. #energytwitter folks know why? Would think DR opportunities scale linearly with home size, but maybe not.
Great to read sophisticated discussion of VSL at theregreview.org/2020/08/05/…. The valuation of marginal risk reduction in the short-term is an important part of the case for aggressive action on climate for the long-term – see vox.com/energy-and-environme…
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Some good news out of @cleanaircatf -- wins for the environment and public health catf.us/2020/07/when-is-a-wi…
Wow, these year-over-year photos. A leading indicator.
The record heat in Siberia has spilled over to Svalbard, Norway, where an all-time record high was set, as well as the all-time record for warmest overnight low temperature. Sea ice vanished by July, and glacial surface melt spiked to a record high. washingtonpost.com/weather/2… 1/2
