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@janrosenow.bsky.socialReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.socialBIG NEWS: Up to 75% of global energy demand could be electrified by 2050 with technologies we already have.
Progress is slow and the barriers are mostly political and institutional.
Today we launch the Oxford Martin Electrification Accelerator to change that.
@climatesollab.bsky.socialThe G7 is releasing 100 million barrels of emergency fuel reserves. CSL Director @jeffcolgan.bsky.social tells @time.com that "American consumers are unlikely to see much of a price drop from this policy move unless the diesel share... is very large." Read more on what the experts are saying here.
@smithschool.ox.ac.ukReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.socialFor @samfankhauser.bsky.social the 2026 heatwaves represent an opportunity to accelerate adaptation: investment made now can reduce both future damage and the cost of retrofitting infrastructure later.
Read the @politicshome.bsky.social article: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
@ecojusticecanada.bsky.socialReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.socialGreat news! 🎉
Following the federal government’s attempt to stop the youth and NGO-led climate accountability case from proceeding, the court has sided with litigants, finding no legal or factual basis to throw out the case. Onward.
Support youth climate litigants now
ecojustice.ca/take-action/...
@climatesollab.bsky.socialRead more on how CSL's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker compares to other estimates: www.aei.org/commentary/t...
@noahzucker.comReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.social🚨 Workforces exposed to globalization and decarbonization are often overwhelmingly male. New article at @ajpseditor.bsky.social with @rickyclark.bsky.social and @rkhoban.bsky.social asks how layoffs of these men shape voting: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@climatesollab.bsky.socialThermal batteries are happening
janrosenow.substack.com/p/thermal-ba...
@climatesollab.bsky.socialThe extra cost of diesel between the start of the Iran War is ~$375 per US household. Read more on the Iran War Energy Cost Tracker's diesel findings in this article:
www.vox.com/today-explai...
@climatesollab.bsky.social@climatesollab.bsky.socialCSL Director @jeffcolgan.bsky.social spoke with NBC Washington on how the Iran War Energy Cost Tracker captures the increased costs American drivers are paying at the pump. Check it out here. @nbcwashington.com
www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/l...
@jeffcolgan.bsky.socialReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.socialChina is the key reason why the Strait of Hormuz oil 🛢️ crisis hasn't been considerably worse. But China's situation carries with it some important lessons for global climate policy and the reasons why countries go green 🌍 🔌. My talk yesterday @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
youtu.be/KSd63SKWl5M
@climatesollab.bsky.socialCSL Director @jeffcolgan.bsky.social talks to the @wsj.com about the ballooning fuel costs of the US war with Iran
@markgongloff.bsky.socialReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.social“The Iowa Environmental Council’s report documented noticeable impacts to air quality from just one year of increased coal combustion.”
@jeffcolgan.bsky.socialReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.socialThe dark implications of the "medium" climate scenario here seem to be the buried lede of this 🌎 report. We are on a very bad path. "We are unlikely to see +4C by 2100" is a bit like saying that the conveyor belt carrying you towards a blast furnace probably won't get you fully in today.
@jeffcolgan.bsky.socialReposted by @climatesollab.bsky.socialOn Monday I will talk on the subject "China and the War in the Middle East: Consequences for the Global Energy Economy" @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social
@climatesollab.bsky.socialCSL Director Jeff Colgan was interviewed by Mother Jones on Trump's Venezuela oil deal. The winner of the deal "is not going to be the average American consumer... But it it is going to line the pockets of some American companies." Learn why in the interview!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
@climatesollab.bsky.socialMost Americans don't buy diesel directly, but the high costs of trucking and shipping goods have cost the average household over $350 since the beginning of the Iran War, according to CSL's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker. Read more on the diesel impacts here:
grist.org/economics/wh...
@climatesollab.bsky.social"There's a real national security advantage to having an electrified economy that isn't so vulnerable to the ups and downs of the global oil market," said CSL Director Jeff Colgan to Inside Climate News.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0809202...
@climatesollab.bsky.socialThe $100B in added fuel costs for American households from the Iran War is roughly the same as the federal government's annual spending on SNAP. Read more on CSL's findings and and the Iran War Energy Cost Tracker in this Huffpost article.
www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps...
@climatesollab.bsky.socialAs gas prices in the US hit a national high over Labor Day weekend, so did CSL's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker: $100B in extra energy costs for Americans since the start of the war. See how the Independent is featuring the Tracker's data in this recent article.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
