Instead, we find that pro-climate voters are much more likely to factor the issue into their vote decision than anti-climate voters -- only 11% oppose climate action AND vote on it. This "heat map" shows how climate voters are distributed. [9/13]
Matto Mildenberger
@mattomildenberger.bsky.social
Associate Prof Political Science UCSB. Studies climate and energy politics. Director, UCSB 2035 Initiative.
New survey research released today with @mattomildenberger.bsky.social -- a response to the "don't say climate change" crowd. Many have observed that climate change has moved down voters' list of priorities and have concluded that pro-climate policies would cost votes. That's testable! 🧵[1/13]
Everyone should subscribe to Leah's new substack! And you can read more about the polling research she mentions here: 2035initiative.com/climate-hush/
Politicians Shouldn’t Hide From Climate — The 2035 Initiative
2035initiative.com
Leah Stokes@leahstokes.bsky.social · 3w agoDemocrats have stopped talking about climate. Strategists say that's smart—but they're wrong. Making climate a top priority wins votes, and barely 1 in 10 voters will vote against climate action. Read all about it in my newsletter, "Notes from the Electric Era." electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...
Excited to share the cover and an early endorsement from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for my forthcoming book, "The Carbon Wave." It's out Sept. 1! Preorders help the book travel further. The book is on sale this week with free shipping at Bookshop. Order your copy today! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Clean heat technologies not only slash climate pollution—they also create billions in public health benefits. To learn more about how we can cut pollution and clean up manufacturing, join today's webinar with @heinrich.senate.gov and @whitehouse.senate.gov at 4 ET / 1 PT: bit.ly/industrial-e...
We have the technologies we need to cut pollution from the industrial sector. In our new report, we take a deep dive into an immediate, practical opportunity: electrifying low- and medium-temperature process heat in manufacturing food, beverage, paper and chemicals. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New Roadmap Shows How to Cut a Surprisingly Big Source of Emissions
Electricity can replace natural gas to provide the low- and medium-grade heat needed to make food, paper and chemicals.
bloomberg.com
On a new episode of A Matter of Degrees, the legendary @billmckibben.bsky.social joins the show to talk about the potential of solar power and to get inspired for @sundayofaction.bsky.social - a day of action to celebrate the power of clean energy! Tune in here: www.degreespod.com/episodes/the...
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
CBC has projected a "liberal government" in Canada in which means it's time for my pedantic every four year gripe with Canadian media that you cannot project a government based on seat count until they cross the majority threshold.
Thinking about my mentor and friend Stephen Clarkson, who would be flabbergasted by "North American" politics now. But he'd feel vindicated by our 2011 book Dependent America?, which previewed how much US economic power and security depends on Canada and Mexico. utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Dependent America? - University of Toronto Press
utppublishing.com
We're hiring! We are a "think and do tank" aimed at confronting the climate crisis. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in the politics of Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation to support research on public responses to climate impacts and policies across the world: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02926
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state... This is by far the best, clearest and most realistic analysis of what we're in for that I've seen.
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
foreignaffairs.com
All of this from @pastpunditry.bsky.social. The crisis is not *legible*. Even politically attentive people have no idea - the media are not conveying the scope and magnitude of what's happening. It has to be made legible through political and institutional resistance, not passivity and resignations.
Truly utterly insane. A memory care facility!!
Ken Klippenstein@kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 2y agoDallas Express reports that sitting 81-year-old congresswoman Kay Granger is secretly residing in a memory care and assisted living facility. Granger hasn't cast any votes since July, isn't answering phone calls and vacated her physical office sometime before Thanksgiving.
I'm sorry - they are really thinking about nominating another House Republican for an admin position (Graves to FAA???). I'm sure Johnson can pass a massive reconciliation bill in the first 100 days with a 216-215 house majority, easiest lift for a house speaker ever.
ICYMI (I first learned about this from @prof-b-t.bsky.social's feed): turns out a governor can't unilaterally undo the will of the legislature, in this case for Virginia to be part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI): www.eenews.net/articles/cou...
Court rejects Virginia’s exit from RGGI
The decision is a blow to Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who initiated efforts to withdraw from the carbon trading program.
eenews.net
Can't wait for my native New Brunswick (pop: 775k) to become the new Wyoming and get the same number of Dem Senators as California. Lol. 10 new Canadian states would be a terrific way to break the filibuster!
Drew Harwell@drewharwell.com · 2y ago"Trump suggested to Trudeau that Canada become the 51st state, which caused the prime minister and others to laugh nervously, sources told Fox News. But he continued, telling Trudeau that prime minister is a better title, though he could still be governor” www.foxnews.com/politics/tru...
Post an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free theonion.com/perky-canada...
Perky ‘Canada’ Has Own Government, Laws
It’s Monday morning, and Toronto resident Steve Dorman shares a quick breakfast of “eggs” (a native food) with his “wife” (an officially state-sanctioned mate), and discusses yesterday’s poor showing ...
theonion.com
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 2y agoPost an Onion headline that lives in your head rent-free
This seems like a savvy threat on California's part. Offers some market certainty for EV models in short-term while creating credible stakeholder pressure on Tesla/Musk
Matto Mildenberger@mattomildenberger.bsky.social · 2y agoMobilization against federal retrenchment creates unexpected political coalitions. A California EV tax credit that excludes Tesla is one such example. Will be interesting to see how much states spend and do that can only happen in opposition to federal inaction. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Mobilization against federal retrenchment creates unexpected political coalitions. A California EV tax credit that excludes Tesla is one such example. Will be interesting to see how much states spend and do that can only happen in opposition to federal inaction. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
California Governor Newsom to propose clean vehicle rebate if Trump cuts EV tax credit
California Governor Gavin Newsom will propose a new version of the state's discontinued Clean Vehicle Rebate Project if the incoming Donald Trump administration scraps the federal tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases, his office said on Monday.
reuters.com
While the U.S. is signally a possible retreat on federal climate action, in China it's a different story. "The U.S. does not want to get into a table tennis game with China because that game the U.S. cannot win," says Li Shuo. + @jeremywallace.bsky.social + Alex Wang +Ye Huang More on @npr.org 🌏
How will China impact the future of climate change? You might be surprised
As a new Trump administration signals a retreat on climate action, China is stepping up. China is the biggest producer of climate technologies like electric vehicles and solar panels.
npr.org
Somebody started the type of academic papers meme so here’s my obligatory type of climate politics papers meme
Really excited to host @agazmararian.bsky.social and Helen Milner at UCSB Department of Political Science and @the2035initiative.bsky.social to workshop their book "Climate Fault Lines" and talk about future of climate politics domestically and internationally over two action-packed days.
Climate Fault Lines: The Political Economy of a Warming World | Helen V. Milner
hvmilner.scholar.princeton.edu
Yes! Every time I tell people this, they are shocked. Most are under the impression that nothing has been done: and this literally feeds inaction. Our human bias towards bad news getting the most clicks and shares means that information that builds efficacy remains disproportionately unshared.