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Energy Security and Climate Change @CSIS | Net-zero by Retirement
Oct 30, 2022 13 tweets 5 min read
A thread appreciating this incredible magazine piece from ⁦@dwallacewells⁩ via @NYTimes 1/ nytimes.com/interactive/20… This is a rarely appreciated point. When I started in climate in 2009, we regularly talked about warming above 5C. Now sub-2C is within reason. I personally think it is more likely than not. 2/
Jul 8, 2021 4 tweets 2 min read
The scary thing about the PNW heatwave, which is climate change manifest, is that such events will only get more common in the next 30 years. Going from basically impossible to several times a lifetime. 1/ carbonbrief.org/pacific-north-… while I was tweeting about it, my sister was passing out water bottles and Gatorade to the homeless population in Seattle. Her org practices harm reduction and direct outreach to get people off the streets, but in an emergency they are a lifeline 2/ etsreach.org
Mar 1, 2019 7 tweets 5 min read
There are a couple insights in this @sullydish piece (referencing @NiskanenCenter) that are being missed by #energytwitter (yay) and #climatetwitter (yikes), which are easily titillated by invocations of nuclear power 1/ nymag.com/intelligencer/… The scale of climate is massive and the empirics—shrinking carbon budget—rising emissions) show we are going in exactly the wrong direction. So even if you have moderate tendencies, there is every reason to demand immediate policy changes and shift action. 2/