#COAL

Zaid Jilani

ZaidJilani

I don't see how these two things are incompatible, social leaders can preach individual responsibility and positive social values while also supporting government safety nets and investment. Obama presided over

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Yep, that is a key take-away. He's going to make energy more expensive by moving away from fossil fuel. Germany did this & we can use it as a case

Molly E

millkylemmons

A thread of weird things that happened when I went to catholic school The Jesus doll. Every class had a Jesus doll and every weekend someone had to bring it

Davenant 📸

MarcDavenant

Easington in 1984 by Keith Pattison. Josie Smith, a retired and disabled miner, is arrested outside his home and his distraught wife tries to stop the police taking him away.

wri2raj / SaveDehingPatkai

Wri2raz

DEHING PATKAIDehing Patkai rainforest, known as "Amazon of the East" is about to lose its existence after NBW approval for coal mining activities in Saleki region of the forest. It

Ramez Naam

ramez

Why do carbon taxes fall short? Here's a quick tweet thread on their limitations. For context, I am a carbon tax advocate, was on the board of WA's 2016 revenue-neutral

Johannes Urpelainen

jurpelai

THREAD: Biden's new climate plan has a number of good ideas for international engagement on #ClimateAction - a brief summary (1/N): Let's clear the obvious first, just like Joe

Jim Stanford

JimboStanford

Canada is now part of an international cartel to cut oil output & drive up prices. Canada and Alberta have already nationalized pipelines; the feds are subsidizing wages for oil

💧simon holmes à court 🕯

simonahac

currently, most of the world's steel is produced with coal — a lot of it with australian metallurgical coal.(some steel is produced with biochar, some with gas.)to reduce emissions, several

Ember

EmberClimate

Thread What does the EU’s new 55% emissions target mean for #coal power?[TL;DR It will be almost gone by 2030, but Germany & Poland are in denial] 1/EC models show

James Hutt

JamesRHutt

Before the power inevitably goes out in Nova Scotia today, I'd like to remind everyone that NS Power should be seized and brought back into public ownership. The crooks who

jon “airships” kudelka

jonkudelka

It’s the casual contempt for 3 million jobs that rankles a bit. Next time those pricks bleat about jobs to wave through their good m8s’ coal mine or similar, best

Ilaria Mazzocco

mazzocco_ilaria

THREAD: yesterday the latest @macropolo project came out forecasting China’s political, economic, tech, and energy landscape in 2025.Here's my take on some of the trends in energy and climate policy

Evan Beaver

evcricket

"More renewables leads to more gas!" they said, forgetting that maths is a real thing. A quick explanation of why this isn't happening and won't.Consider our grid right now, some

Glen Peters

Peters_Glen

THREAD: The @IEA now has an aggressive 1.5°C scenario, reaching net-zero by 2050.It builds on the Sustainable Development Scenario, strengthening reductions in power & end-use, but with new behavioural measures.The

David Fickling

davidfickling

Australia's Carmichael coal mine is unlikely ever to make money, according to its own published accounts -- so why is Adani Group still pursuing it? Quick thread:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-27/australia-s-carmicha