California leads on climate policy, says Governor Newsom

California also leads on increases in residential electricity prices, with a 43% price hike over the past decade

Compare this to a slight decline in US kWh price

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bls.gov/cpi/data.htm

It seems dubious whether renewables will dominate the 21st century.
When measuring renewables in percent of global energy, almost all energy was renewable in 1800

Read my peer-reviewed article:

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Unaffordable climate policies have consequences

Scotland promised unrealistic 75% cut by 2030

This year it became obvious they couldn't be reached

And now, it has led to the resignation of Scotland's first minister

bbc.com/news/uk-scotla…

Much of the world lacks land tenure security: A billion people believe they will be evicted from their land or their property in the next five years.

New, peer-reviewed #SDGs research published by Cambridge University Press:

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Greenpeace's campaign to get golden rice banned in the Philippines will result in the blinding and killing of vitamin A–deficient children. reason.com/2024/04/25/gre…

Let's examine this chart in a bit more detail. While the fossil fuel minimum load has fallen, the maximum has barely changed since 2016, despite lower overall demand. The volatility has also increased, meaning gas plants are cycling up and down more to cover for when the wind…

California celebrating 🍾 major accomplishment: electricity rates on par with Hawaii for most expensive.

Rates have doubled in 5 years. Of course, no one said tackling climate change would be cheap.

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You think housing prices will keep going up because you've seen it all your life. But this is a historic anomaly that is likely to reverse soon: Prices might start shrinking in many places.

This thread is the case against investing in housing:

Focus on bang for buck to end global poverty and disease

The UN's global development agenda is failing the world’s poor due to a lack of prioritization.

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News are erupting in Germany that the parliament's decision to go through with the nuclear phase-out was partly based on false information that seems to have been deliberately falsified.

cicero.de/innenpolitik/r…

Clean tech is not China's most significant export

bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
archive.ph/4Ouqh

I stand with Mark Lynas, who writes: Activists against Golden Rice are ignoring decades of scientific peer-reviewed research which shows conclusively that genetically-engineered crops and foods are safe. Still, they continue to spread myths and misinformation, claiming that GM…

Sometimes the climate models work, other times they don't. But it doesn't really matter because our conclusions would remain the same.

More pseudoscience from the attribution crowd.

worldweatherattribution.org/heavy-precipit…

Note to journalists covering extreme events (or citizens grappling with them): When someone flashes the shiny word unprecdented in front of you, always ask, 'Since when?' As true for atmospheric rivers as it is for hurricanes and wildfire smoke, extreme droughts and the rest.…

Occasional reminder that there are no low energy, rich countries

Vietnam is calling for more coal production to avoid blackouts this summer 🇻🇳⛏️

💦 Low water reserves threaten to curb hydropower
🚢 Recent jump in LNG prices made it too expensive
🪨 Asian emerging nations are relying on coal to boost energy security

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New paper from Norway: Banning smartphones in school

- significantly decreased doctors visits for psychological symptoms and diseases among girls
- reduced bullying among both genders
- improved girls’ GPA and attendance rates
- largest effect sizes were among the poorest kids

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