| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| "green" metal mining vs Indian tribes. | 2021-12-28 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1475735062381432833 | 1475735062381432833 |
| Arctic myths | 2021-12-25 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1474781511052263424 | 1474781511052263424 |
| Gas stoves are the next front in culture wars! | 2021-12-21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1473355021026672640 | 1473355021026672640 |
| Is nuclear power worse than burning gas? Is California | 2021-12-20 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1472932689141452802 | 1472932689141452802 |
| Climate crisis is now. | 2021-12-14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470571219745329152 | 1470571219745329152 |
| Humans flatter themselves when they think they are in | 2021-12-14 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1470565242153230336 | 1470565242153230336 |
| "Sierra Nevada" means "snowy mountain range". Maybe not | 2021-12-02 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1466258580101730305 | 1466258580101730305 |
| Court-ordered oil and gas lease auction goes forward - | 2021-11-18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1461153002996203521 | 1461153002996203521 |
| Inflation increasing and all Biden wants to do is talk | 2021-11-17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460981189959819265 | 1460981189959819265 |
| Why nuclear power is not an attractive solution to global | 2021-11-15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1460050319988064260 | 1460050319988064260 |
| What does the rest of the world owe to nations sinking | 2021-11-10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458438143112146949 | 1458438143112146949 |
| Switching from coal to natural gas helps a little, but | 2021-11-10 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1458239828462505985 | 1458239828462505985 |
| A practical plan for climate. | 2021-11-05 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456649004700164113 | 1456649004700164113 |
| The resurrection of nuclear energy | 2021-11-04 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1456247919061786631 | 1456247919061786631 |
| Democracies aren't good at dealing with exponential growth | 2021-11-02 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1455367901872103425 | 1455367901872103425 |
| Why it's so easy to be pessimistic about climate change. | 2021-10-29 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1454151040014508035 | 1454151040014508035 |
| A majority of American voters support taking steps to | 2021-10-27 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1453479662064070656 | 1453479662064070656 |
| We knew that climate change was a military and political | 2021-10-22 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451346904621535233 | 1451346904621535233 |
| What's the energy transition strategy? | 2021-10-21 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451337096795361301 | 1451337096795361301 |
| Has this scenario played out in other places? | 2021-10-21 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1451216625256964101 | 1451216625256964101 |
| Why Biden can't do much about global warming - West | 2021-10-17 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449870619512696833 | 1449870619512696833 |
| There's a reason China banned cryptocurrency. In the | 2021-10-17 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449618100517699586 | 1449618100517699586 |
| Raking and thinning aren't nearly as efficient as | 2021-10-15 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1449154271891496960 | 1449154271891496960 |
| Another reason GOP senators find it easy to support | 2021-10-13 | 63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1448278545004830723 | 1448278545004830723 |
| Global energy politics | 2021-10-10 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447322565937037316 | 1447322565937037316 |
| Do Tesla and Texas REALLY want each other? | 2021-10-10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1447266187520327683 | 1447266187520327683 |
| Homeowners in high-risk areas - like California, Florida, | 2021-09-28 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442652363567734788 | 1442652363567734788 |
| You really want to do something about global warming? | 2021-09-28 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1442650369163595778 | 1442650369163595778 |
| It's not a crisis. It's the new normal. Emergency | 2021-09-23 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1441121891163328512 | 1441121891163328512 |
| If you want to live in a natural environment, fire | 2021-09-21 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1440106890545950720 | 1440106890545950720 |
| How climate change kills small towns. | 2021-09-02 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1433435848368787467 | 1433435848368787467 |
| Bad moon rising! | 2021-07-15 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415548871397183490 | 1415548871397183490 |
| Ways that climate change is wreaking havoc in the arid | 2021-07-15 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1415531030212079617 | 1415531030212079617 |
| Here's a Sacred Lost Cause - trying to get Trumpists to | 2021-07-13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1414819202951643138 | 1414819202951643138 |
| At least two ways this story can end. Which shall | 2021-07-08 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1412987110500429824 | 1412987110500429824 |
| "condo and HOA developments are a huge experiment in | 2021-07-06 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1412209668508684309 | 1412209668508684309 |
| "the unbearable present is only a preview of the extreme | 2021-06-30 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1410089086933553159 | 1410089086933553159 |
| It's not easy being green. So many ways to go bad. | 2021-05-31 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1399449949922725890 | 1399449949922725890 |
| You can't keep draining the aquifer forever. | 2021-05-25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397302654817079297 | 1397302654817079297 |
| Elon Musk's bitcoin hustle. | 2021-05-25 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1397301202589687810 | 1397301202589687810 |
| Deterring a very cold war. | 2021-05-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396869868423585794 | 1396869868423585794 |
| 50 years ago it was the sheiks of Araby. Now it's the | 2021-05-24 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1396861534433779715 | 1396861534433779715 |
| Delusional Trumpists! | 2021-05-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1389020487611678724 | 1389020487611678724 |
| Stopping the leaks of Trump methane. | 2021-04-28 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1387541213964693504 | 1387541213964693504 |
| A Gordian knot - Chinese solar technology. | 2021-04-26 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1386775096749027332 | 1386775096749027332 |
| What next for coal? | 2021-04-23 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1385399278881755142 | 1385399278881755142 |
| A preview of the future! | 2021-04-14 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1382468460404375554 | 1382468460404375554 |
| Biofuels vs climate controversy. | 2021-04-09 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1380519639893995524 | 1380519639893995524 |
| They're hoping for fewer mistakes this time around. | 2021-03-29 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1376606280027156489 | 1376606280027156489 |
| The American Petroleum Institute backs carbon tax. | 2021-03-25 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1375209704494755841 | 1375209704494755841 |
| Biden administration moves forward on offshore wind. | 2021-03-09 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1369164197582413833 | 1369164197582413833 |
| Sounds like the renewable energy industry needs to unionize | 2021-03-07 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1368634762651312128 | 1368634762651312128 |
| Historic climate changes can be very sudden - in one | 2021-03-04 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1367264820840464386 | 1367264820840464386 |
| "Cooperation is humanity's superpower". But Republicans | 2021-02-26 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1365120376011845637 | 1365120376011845637 |
| Accelerating and interacting effects of climate change | 2021-02-21 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1363535425353043973 | 1363535425353043973 |
| Bad math in Texas power planning. And not just Texas. | 2021-02-18 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362505380048199683 | 1362505380048199683 |
| Previews of propaganda campaigns to come. | 2021-02-18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362242069104783362 | 1362242069104783362 |
| It doesn't have to be true if you feel it! | 2021-02-18 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1362208020235579395 | 1362208020235579395 |
| An appreciation of oil-field workers. | 2021-02-06 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1357863725261230080 | 1357863725261230080 |
| It isn't easy being green! | 2021-01-24 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1353227797565640707 | 1353227797565640707 |
| Just another souvenir of Trumpism! | 2021-01-14 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1349854452182728705 | 1349854452182728705 |
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========== "green" metal mining vs Indian tribes. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/27/us/mining-clean-energy-antimony-tribes.html For some reason they don't trust mining companies. #PS1climate ===== impress 30 time 2021-12-28 07:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1475735062381432833 ========== Arctic myths https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-the-arctic/2021/12/22/b99f7aa6-62a8-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.html #PS1climate ===== impress 35 time 2021-12-25 16:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1474781511052263424 ========== Gas stoves are the next front in culture wars! Climate deniers - and natural gas producers - want to convince you that natural gas is clean and it should be YOUR CHOICE whether to moderate or exacerbate the global effects of climate change. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/climate/gas-stoves-climate-change.html #PS1climate ===== impress 32 time 2021-12-21 18:09 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1473355021026672640 ========== Is nuclear power worse than burning gas? Is California willing to deal with the the toxic waste of nuclear power? It's much more localized than greenhouse gases, and in that way easier to deal with. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/18/mathews-give-the-diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant-more-to-do/ #PS1climate ===== impress 36 time 2021-12-20 14:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1472932689141452802 ========== Climate crisis is now. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/13/opinion/nyt-climate-change.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/opinion/climate-change-effects-countries.html But throughout the world, rich and powerful old men still make most of the decisions, and they have much to lose if anything changes the status quo. And everybody is afraid of change. #PS1climate ===== impress 35 time 2021-12-14 01:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470571219745329152 ========== Humans flatter themselves when they think they are in control. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/books/review/a-natural-history-of-the-future-rob-dunn.html #PS1climate ===== impress 40 time 2021-12-14 01:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1470565242153230336 ========== "Sierra Nevada" means "snowy mountain range". Maybe not much longer - and the entire arid West could endure major downsizing. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sierra-nevada-snowpack-could-largely-vanish-by-2040s-as-climate-warms-scie/ #PS1climate ===== impress 26 time 2021-12-02 04:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1466258580101730305 ========== Court-ordered oil and gas lease auction goes forward - as if there were no climate crisis. https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-science-business-environment-and-nature-cc0deca6a28aab21cd4e0aa35ea7b6af #PS1climate ===== impress 22 time 2021-11-18 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1461153002996203521 ========== Inflation increasing and all Biden wants to do is talk about climate! https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/11/17/holiday-pies-climate-change/ But GOP has the fix - to this and every problem - lower taxes, deregulate, bust unions, reduce social safety net spending! That's what they always can all agree on. #PS1climate ===== impress 24 time 2021-11-17 14:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460981189959819265 ========== Why nuclear power is not an attractive solution to global warming https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/politics/tribal-lands-flooding-nuclear-waste.html Everybody wants the clean energy, and nobody wants the dirty waste, so the least powerful are saddled with the risks of other people's power. #PS1climate ===== impress 15 time 2021-11-15 01:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1460050319988064260 ========== What does the rest of the world owe to nations sinking beneath the sea? https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/09/cop26-tuvalu-underwater/ #PS1climate ===== impress 18 time 2021-11-10 14:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458438143112146949 ========== Switching from coal to natural gas helps a little, but not enough. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/climate-emissions-developing-countries.html #PS1climate ===== impress 19 time 2021-11-10 01:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1458239828462505985 ========== A practical plan for climate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/04/climate-we-need-run-fast-not-run-scared/ Practical in the technical sense, but is the political will there? The status quo benefits so many powerful interests that don't look beyond their lifetimes. #PS1climate ===== impress 117 time 2021-11-05 15:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456649004700164113 ========== The resurrection of nuclear energy https://apnews.com/article/climate-science-business-environment-accidents-b334c5cddc50c620d53674a5b32518dd No greenhouse gases, but can you name even one American state willing to have uranium mining, ore processing, power generation, and waste disposal within its boundaries? #PS1climate ===== impress 106 time 2021-11-04 13:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1456247919061786631 ========== Democracies aren't good at dealing with exponential growth until it's too late. https://www.political-scrapbook.net/theory.html#exponentials Dictatorships aren't much better. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/01/cop26-glasgow-climate-summit-ugly-start/ After all, unborn generations will not vote in the NEXT election. #PS1climate ===== impress 29 time 2021-11-02 02:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1455367901872103425 ========== Why it's so easy to be pessimistic about climate change. https://nytimes.com/2021/10/13/business/china-electricity-shortage.html Politicians would rather revert to coal than deal with climate change. #PS1climate ===== impress 41 time 2021-10-29 18:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1454151040014508035 ========== A majority of American voters support taking steps to reduce global warming. https://apnews.com/article/climate-joe-biden-science-environment-and-nature-only-on-ap-1e48e3315d2e0b618ccaa4a8d466e057 But a majority of major GOP campaign donors do not, so expect no bipartisanship here. #PS1climate ===== impress 28 time 2021-10-27 21:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1453479662064070656 ========== We knew that climate change was a military and political risk. It's also a financial risk. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/politics/climate-change-us-financial-system.html #PS1climate ===== impress 80 time 2021-10-22 00:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451346904621535233 ========== What's the energy transition strategy? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/21/were-headed-global-energy-crisis-what-we-need-is-transition-strategy/ Nuclear offers less pollution and global warming... but name one state that is willing to have a uranium fuel plant, nuclear power plant, and a radioactive waste disposal site within its boundaries. #PS1climate ===== impress 101 time 2021-10-21 23:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451337096795361301 ========== Has this scenario played out in other places? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ "Mitigating climate-related disasters may call for solutions that some countries cannot afford and political will that some leaders cannot muster" https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/intelligence-pentagon-climate-change-warnings/2021/10/21/ea3a2c84-31d3-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html #PS1climate ===== impress 83 time 2021-10-21 15:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1451216625256964101 ========== Why Biden can't do much about global warming - West Virginians would rather replace their houses every few years than stop the coal train. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/climate/manchin-west-virginia-flooding.html Are the few with flood insurance subsidized by the rest of the country? #PS1climate ===== impress 85 time 2021-10-17 22:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449870619512696833 ========== There's a reason China banned cryptocurrency. In the fight against air pollution and climate change, crypto mining is not in the public interest. https://apnews.com/article/bitcoin-mining-new-york-power-plant-climate-change-516dbd319394a6a30f83d94947abad20 #PS1climate ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% impress 114 replies 1 time 2021-10-17 06:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449618100517699586 ========== Raking and thinning aren't nearly as efficient as fortifying houses against wildfires. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/10/15/opinion-californias-wildfire-dilemma-put-houses-or-forest-first/ The houses are the problem, not the forest. #PS1climate ===== impress 89 time 2021-10-15 23:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1449154271891496960 ========== Another reason GOP senators find it easy to support burning hydrocarbons. Some of their major donors do, and senate campaigns cost millions of dollars. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/13/climate/private-equity-funds-oil-gas-fossil-fuels.html #PS1climate ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 63 likes 1 time 2021-10-13 13:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1448278545004830723 ========== Global energy politics https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/09/energy-crisis-global/ In a democracy, it's more important to save your seat this year than to make sure that there's anything saved for your grandchildren. #PS1climate ===== impress 16 time 2021-10-10 22:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447322565937037316 ========== Do Tesla and Texas REALLY want each other? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/business/tesla-texas-headquarters.html Musk is driving toward an electric future with himself in command, while Abbott is driving toward a hydrocarbon past with himself in command. But they agree on low taxes. #PS1climate ===== impress 21 time 2021-10-10 18:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1447266187520327683 ========== Homeowners in high-risk areas - like California, Florida, or Texas - can expect higher home insurance premiums, if they can get it at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/your-money/extreme-weather-homeowner-insurance.html #PS1climate ===== impress 96 time 2021-09-28 00:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442652363567734788 ========== You really want to do something about global warming? Enact a carbon tax. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/09/27/carbon-tax-biden-reconciliation/ But few politicians are willing to sacrifice their careers to do the right thing if it's unpopular. All their donors would switch their support to primary opponents. #PS1climate ===== impress 98 time 2021-09-28 00:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1442650369163595778 ========== It's not a crisis. It's the new normal. Emergency thinking won't work for long. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/09/21/west-drought-disaster-permanent/ #PS1climate ===== impress 87 time 2021-09-23 19:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1441121891163328512 ========== If you want to live in a natural environment, fire insurance is going to be naturally expensive. https://calmatters.org/commentary/2021/09/california-wildfires-ignite-an-insurance-crisis/ California is naturally designed to burn. Global warming makes it worse. #PS1climate ===== impress 67 time 2021-09-21 00:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1440106890545950720 ========== How climate change kills small towns. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/climate/climate-towns-bankruptcy.html For those that were already dying, floods are the coup de grace. #PS1climate ===== impress 58 time 2021-09-02 14:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1433435848368787467 ========== Bad moon rising! https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2021/07/14/moon-wobble-climate-change-could-mean-double-whammy-flooding-2030s-nasa-warns/ Note that water damage contributed to the Florida condo collapse. Expect more of the same. #PS1climate ===== impress 49 time 2021-07-15 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415548871397183490 ========== Ways that climate change is wreaking havoc in the arid West. https://apnews.com/article/science-environment-and-nature-climate-change-1ab13a82a8581f745aac18cab475e5d5 #PS1climate ===== impress 21 time 2021-07-15 04:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1415531030212079617 ========== Here's a Sacred Lost Cause - trying to get Trumpists to act on climate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/conservative-coalition-fighting-global-warming/2021/07/08/a05633ba-cd2e-11eb-8014-2f3926ca24d9_story.html You're not going to get anywhere fast enough with consensus incrementalism. #PS1climate ===== impress 29 time 2021-07-13 05:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1414819202951643138 ========== At least two ways this story can end. Which shall it be? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/opinion/climate-change-congress.html #PS1climate ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 time 2021-07-08 04:09 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412987110500429824 ========== "condo and HOA developments are a huge experiment in privatization of local government functions" https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/surfside-condo-climate-change-cost/2021/07/01/b6699a98-da76-11eb-9bbb-37c30dcf9363_story.html Local governments are overwhelmed by long-term crises. Condo boards are worse. Nobody wants to pay now to protect future residents. #PS1climate ===== impress 15 time 2021-07-06 00:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1412209668508684309 ========== "the unbearable present is only a preview of the extreme climate to come" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/06/29/heat-wave-pacific-northwest-climate-anxiety-coping/ You can thank your GOP legislators who deny anthropogenic climate change as a matter of political principle. #PS1climate ===== impress 27 time 2021-06-30 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1410089086933553159 ========== It's not easy being green. So many ways to go bad. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html #PS1climate ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-31 19:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1399449949922725890 ========== You can't keep draining the aquifer forever. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-05-24/skelton-water-drought-newsom-budget-california Especially if the climate is tending drier. #PS1climate ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-25 21:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397302654817079297 ========== Elon Musk's bitcoin hustle. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/25/opinion-california-air-board-should-force-tesla-divestment-of-bitcoin/ #PS1climate ===== impress 51 time 2021-05-25 21:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1397301202589687810 ========== Deterring a very cold war. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/22/world/russia-us-arctic-military.html #PS1climate ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-24 16:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396869868423585794 ========== 50 years ago it was the sheiks of Araby. Now it's the crooks of Muscovy. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/18/business/energy-environment/colonial-pipeline-security-weather.html And the energy industry's own reluctance to deal with the climate change that it's done so much to cause. #PS1climate ===== impress 35 time 2021-05-24 16:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1396861534433779715 ========== Delusional Trumpists! https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-of-the-united-states-wyoming-business-government-and-politics-environment-and-nature-861109e37c5cf8f08edabc71df6fd4a9 Thermal coal is not coming back. It's cheaper to burn natural gas produced by other Trumpists. But cheaper yet, in the not very much longer run, to not burn anything containing carbon. #PS1climate ===== impress 36 time 2021-05-03 00:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1389020487611678724 ========== Stopping the leaks of Trump methane. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/04/28/methane-congressional-review-act/ #PS1climate ===== impress 38 time 2021-04-28 22:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1387541213964693504 ========== A Gordian knot - Chinese solar technology. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/business/economy/china-biden-solar-panels.html Trump thought US should be self-sufficient in strategic materials - but he thought coal and steel were still strategic. An Operation Warp Speed for US solar power materials might help. #PS1climate ===== engage 5 engage-rate 5% impress 103 likes 1 replies 1 retweets 1 time 2021-04-26 20:12 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1386775096749027332 ========== What next for coal? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/opinion/coal-mine-workers-climate.html #PS1climate ===== impress 38 time 2021-04-23 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1385399278881755142 ========== A preview of the future! https://apnews.com/article/fish-droughts-lakes-oregon-environment-c113d9a6a963cf461fab15441b3b2628 Long ago the Feds promised Klamath water to everybody who wanted it. Now there's not enough for everybody. Expect these conflicts as climate change advances. When international we can expect water wars. #PS1climate ===== impress 60 time 2021-04-14 22:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1382468460404375554 ========== Biofuels vs climate controversy. https://grist.org/energy/biofuels-are-a-controversial-climate-solution-could-they-still-help-save-the-planet-negative-emissions-direct-air-capture/ What's not controversial is that biofuel subsidies are a pillar of the GOP in states like Iowa. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-technology-climate-climate-change-biodiesel-b425b1d1cfc2977e62122cab67506500 But shouldn't croplands be growing food? https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1climate ===== impress 67 time 2021-04-09 13:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1380519639893995524 ========== They're hoping for fewer mistakes this time around. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/29/climate/biden-climate-stimulus.html But one of the maxims of Silicon Valley is if you never miss then you are never pushing the envelope very far. #PS1climate ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 41 likes 1 time 2021-03-29 18:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1376606280027156489 ========== The American Petroleum Institute backs carbon tax. https://apnews.com/article/oil-industry-backs-feds-price-carbon-emissions-724b59003e45755c145072d93f406f1e The big oil companies seem to be getting the message at last. #PS1climate ===== impress 45 time 2021-03-25 22:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1375209704494755841 ========== Biden administration moves forward on offshore wind. https://apnews.com/article/oceans-wind-power-william-koch-4555944f245ad2cea4ed975a999cc2c2 #PS1climate ===== impress 30 time 2021-03-09 05:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1369164197582413833 ========== Sounds like the renewable energy industry needs to unionize as quickly as possible. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/03/07/biden-climate-change-unions-environment/ Everybody needs to understand - burning carbon has got to stop. #PS1climate ===== impress 26 time 2021-03-07 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1368634762651312128 ========== Historic climate changes can be very sudden - in one human generation. How close are we to the next one? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/02/climate/atlantic-ocean-climate-change.html #PS1climate ===== impress 37 time 2021-03-04 00:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1367264820840464386 ========== "Cooperation is humanity's superpower". But Republicans want nothing to do with it. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/25/opinion/texas-climate-change.html There isn't any way out except cooperation. https://www.liberty-and-justice.net/ #PS1climate ===== impress 40 time 2021-02-26 02:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1365120376011845637 ========== Accelerating and interacting effects of climate change on infrastructure. To reduce the catastrophe is going to raise taxes but create lots of jobs. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/20/climate/united-states-infrastructure-storms.html #PS1climate ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-21 17:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1363535425353043973 ========== Bad math in Texas power planning. And not just Texas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/18/texas-power-grid-failure-weather/ When it gets colder or hotter than what equipment was designed for, it all tends to fail at once rather than randomly. #PS1climate ===== impress 36 time 2021-02-18 20:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362505380048199683 ========== Previews of propaganda campaigns to come. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/17/insane-gop-lies-about-texas-offer-depressing-preview-coming-climate-debates/ But lots of hydrocarbon billionaires are major Republican donors. What they say goes. #PS1climate ===== impress 29 time 2021-02-18 03:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362242069104783362 ========== It doesn't have to be true if you feel it! https://apnews.com/article/media-social-media-steve-daines-texas-f9e24976e9723021bec21f9a68afe927 Maybe Texas needs more nuclear power, if they are willing to store the waste - say in Jeff Davis County. First they could winterize their existing energy systems. https://apnews.com/article/climate-climate-change-oklahoma-city-oklahoma-storms-6ec7596e027b94e52d1748032e9d9078 #PS1climate ===== impress 42 time 2021-02-18 01:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1362208020235579395 ========== An appreciation of oil-field workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/fossil-fuel-oil-climate-change.html With ideas how to apply their skills toward a cleaner future. #PS1climate ===== impress 32 time 2021-02-06 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1357863725261230080 ========== It isn't easy being green! https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-technology-us-news-nevada-a045e1cb9e5be5d010186720143e4d54 #PS1climate ===== impress 68 time 2021-01-24 06:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1353227797565640707 ========== Just another souvenir of Trumpism! https://apnews.com/article/environment-us-news-pollution-fa378a3daf1f73e168afc1312bf4fe75 #PS1climate ===== impress 26 time 2021-01-14 23:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1349854452182728705