Richard Tol
@richardtol.bsky.social
Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE Economist interested in energy, environment, and climate EBS19 (E4 B3 S12), H127 ORCID https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8012-3988
Economics is what economists do.
NBER@nber.org · 7h agoThe 1982 Tylenol recall, which likely reduced acetaminophen use in pregnant women and fetal exposure, was not associated with changes in autism or ADHD among affected cohorts, from Christopher M. Worsham, Charles Bray, Joshua Rothman, Brian Kwan, and Anupam Jena www.nber.org/papers/w35873
Why on earth does this BBC piece on Burnham telling an interviewer the UK security services confirmed Russian interference in the Brexit referendum require a response from a pro Brexit pressure group? It's literally our Prime Minister telling us about election security. It's nothing to do with them.
Seven US senators from both parties say Trump broke the law by greenlighting Russian diesel imports, pointing to a 2022 ban meant to stop American money from bankrolling Russia's war, and accusing the administration of skipping Congress entirely.
We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic.
1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
The push alerts we received from multiple major news channels assured us there was an energy ceasefire. Surely they wouldn’t fall for Trump’s lies this easily.
Economics is what economists do.
NBER@nber.org · 10h agoLong-term air pollution exposure increases chronic disease, especially hypertension, even among young, healthy adults. New evidence from US Army personnel, from Joshua S. Graff Zivin, Johnny Huynh, Timothy Frank Justicz, Adriana Lleras-Muney, and Matthew J. Neidell www.nber.org/papers/w35871
Russia has been at war with Britain for years and the EU referendum was an open goal which they exploited. That doesn't mean that "Putin made Brexit happen" but his troll farms and media operations certainly played a part Brexiters may hate to hear it but to deny it is to deny a dangerous reality.
Peter Stefanovic@peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17h agoAndy Burnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Russian tanker believed to be carrying diesel fuel to the US was actually carrying urea ammonium nitrate instead. x.com/Michellewb_/...
WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · yesterdayThe first Russian diesel shipment is reaching the US East Coast barely 24 hours post announcement, indicating the pact preceded its public reveal as the tanker Minerva Zen departed St. Petersburg back on September 22.
Founder of Yandex (Russian Google) who renounced his RU citizenship, is now building a data center in Alabama. Zuckerberg and Microsoft are Nebius investors.
SanMarcos 🍒🚤⚓ Meme thief@sanmarcos.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe CEO of the Nebius Group that is building the data center in Oxmoor Valley near Homewood, AL, is Arkady Yuryevich Volozh. He is a citizen of Russia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_...
Cloudfare: Russian troll activity on X drops to 49%, after Ukraine strikes Yandex Russian data center. 🤖 🫤 Could this disrupt the midterms for the GOP?
Jay in Kyiv@jayinkyiv.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump serves his Russian master while Ukraine shreds Russia's oil and data centers. youtu.be/vtaUIk2qubE
Only a financial journalist would look at academic publishing and think "what that sector needs is more mergers and private equity" to deal with the mess that financialisation has caused. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Effective altruism: utilitarianism that makes Jeremy Bentham look like a really normal person.
Buoyed by the embrace of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin has supercharged his assassinations bureau and tasked it with murdering Europe's defense chiefs. www.ft.com/content/5da2...
Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Companies increase personal security for top executives as Kremlin orders expansion of sabotage and ‘hybrid’ operations
ft.com
People who do attend church indeed would know better www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Christian nationalism in Britain driven by people who seldom go to church, says report
Research challenges the notion that the growing visibility of crosses and other symbols reflects a revival of Christianity
theguardian.com
peter hull comparing TWFE and modern DIDs & it seems TWFE is OK. people will go "YOU SEE IT DIDN'T MATTER AFTER ALL" but regardless of whether TWFE is ultimately useful or not that all DiD chaos was a net good because it clarified the estimand. tinyurl.com/twfevsdid
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.social · 3d agoThings got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.
All Trump’s overseas assets should be frozen. Hotels. Golf courses. Offshore accounts. Should not be permitted to enter the territories of the countries that are parties to ICC.
Bronwyn Hayward@bmhayward.bsky.social · yesterdayThe USA sanctions on #icc judges are punitive & far reaching, isolating them & their families, disrupting/blocking credit cards/banking services/email/ insurance/travel etc The attack on judges is an attack on a moral International order by USA- where does NZ stand? www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-str...
Trump: “You cannot let a total lunatic have nuclear weapons.”
NYT - DoJ is investigating whether the major TV networks — violated federal antitrust laws when the group briefly suspended their pooled coverage of President Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/b...
Justice Dept. Is Investigating TV Networks Over Trump Pool Coverage (Gift Article)
Major TV networks were notified on Friday that the department was looking into whether they violated antitrust laws when they suspended pool coverage of President Trump.
nytimes.com
Remember when he screamed "No puppet! YOU'RE the Puppet!" in that really panicked way that had a bunch of us like "…uhh… kinda seems a weird way to deny that"? Anyway, we all know Russia doesn't have that much diesel to sell, making this sanctions-avoiding money laundering on a global scale, right?
A sanction-breaker and an oath-breaker. A cheap spiv running black-market goods for the fascists while his purported allies are killed in their beds each night. He, and the US, should be made a pariah.
Olga Lautman 🇺🇦@olgalautman.bsky.social · yesterdayThis is so sick. So a Russian blood diesel vessel is on its way to NC set to arrive tomorrow. It left St Petersburg on Sept 22nd. This Trump-Putin plan has been in the works for weeks can’t picture what allies America will have left after this
Next Thursday, join all the cool kids for the second in this fall's Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics! Katherine Wagner from UBC presenting new work on "Labor Lock-In in the Fossil Fuel Industry" 8am Pacific, 11am Eastern, 5pm Europe cepr.org/events/event...
Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics
The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is open to those interested in academic research on the economic implications of climate-related issues.
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Our long national nightmare of minimizing toxic chemicals in our food is finally over. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are alarmed
Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
theguardian.com
