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Adrian Deveny

@adriandeveny.bsky.social

Always thinking about the future. Currently President of Climate Vision, formerly Schumer enviro guy.

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Mike Williams@mwilli.bsky.social · 7mo ago

For decades, "competitiveness" has been a foundation of U.S. policymaking—a zero-sum race to dominate others. What if "beating China" isn't the point? What if the goal is… supporting American workers and protecting the environment? Our report, but first a 🧵 www.americanprogress.org/article/no-m...

No More Reacting: An Argument for a Clean Industrial Policy—and Against Competitiveness as an Organizing Economic Principle

Moving beyond the failures of the Trump administration, the United States will need to embrace a strategy for fighting the climate crisis that prioritizes values such as support for working people and...

americanprogress.org

Adrian Deveny@adriandeveny.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have so much appreciation for the thoughtful and humanizing interviews of @codysimms.bsky.social mms, so it was really an honor to join him on Inevitable for this interview. Hope you enjoy it! mcj.news/adeveny

What’s Ahead for U.S. Energy and Climate Policy with Adrian Deveny — MCJ

Adrian Deveny, former Director of Energy and Environmental Policy for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, was a key architect of the Biden-era climate policy agenda, including the landmark Infl...

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Jigar Shah@jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 2y ago

Another loan closed! Qcells is building the largest ingot and wafer plant ever built in the United States — reestablishing critical parts of the domestic solar supply chain By 2026, 80% of all #solar modules deployed in the US will be made here

LPO Announces $1.45 Billion Loan Guarantee to Qcells to Finance a Solar Manufacturing Facility in Georgia

The Qcells facility will enable deployment of PV energy systems and domestic capability for critical parts of the solar supply chain.

energy.gov

Jesse D. Jenkins@jessedjenkins.com · 2y ago

Today, the Biden Admin announced a new goal to cut US greenhouse gases 61-66% below peak levels by 2035. The current target is 50-52% by 2030. Based on several modeling efforts, including our REPEAT Project, the USA is on track to ~40-55% below peak by 2035, before Trump starts dismantling things.🔌💡

A chart shows a range of modeling studies' projections of US greenhouse gas emissions under current policies, showing a roughly 40-55% reduction below peak emissions in 2005 by 2035.
Tim Latimer@timlatimer.bsky.social · 2y ago

A lot of people still don’t realize that dramatic cost reductions in geothermal is something happening *right now*, not theoretically in the future. Here is a look at the cost numbers published by NREL every year for Deep Enhanced Geothermal. A 50% improvement in 2024 with a lot more to come.

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Avi Zevin@azevin.bsky.social · 2y ago

But for all my grid geeks out there, my favorite part of this rule: reducing the cost of interconnecting most clean generators--including network upgrade costs paid to a utility--by 30%! This can help us unlock interconnection queues and get more grid built. A true sleeper provision from IRA.

Jesse D. Jenkins@jessedjenkins.com · 2y ago

When TIME selected me for the Time 100 Climate list this year, they asked me: What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government (other than your own), needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda? Here was my reply... 🧵 🔌💡

Zeke Hausfather@zekehausfather.com · 2y ago

With eleven months of the year now in, 2024 will be the warmest year on record in the ERA5 dataset, at around 1.59C (with a 95% confidence interval of 1.57C to 1.61C given uncertainty in December temperatures).

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