Noah Gordon
@noahjgordon.bsky.social
I research climate change at the Carnegie Endowment
Self-interest can get people to buy solar panels and EVs. But it can't take the green transition all the way--the state must shut down fossil assets and mandate carbon removal. My piece for the @financialtimes.com on what the Hormuz shock can & can't do for clean energy. www.ft.com/content/1aec...
The global green transition won’t be driven by self-interest alone
States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too
ft.com
@noahjgordon.bsky.social: ""Fines deprive companies of the funds they need to invest in the transition"? Look at what EU carmakers did while they were riding high for the last 15 years (this is from Chartbook 460 by @adamtooze.bsky.social)" #alwaysbecharging nitter.net/noah_gordon_...
Finbarr Bermingham@fbermingham.bsky.social · 5d agoGerman economy minister Reiche's answer to Chinese EV competition is to weaken vehicle emissions rules. What decade does she live in? Reiche: "It is important that Brussels now delivers on making fleet regulation flexible enough to ensure that no fines are imposed"
Fires, drought, El Niño, pests. Expensive power, food & fertilizer. FEMA facing "chaotic austerity". The US might be facing a perfect summer storm. Join me, @mollytaft.com, @dwallacewells.bsky.social , and @sarahlabo.bsky.social for a @CarnegieEndow conversation on July 14th, 11:30am ET.
Fires, drought, El Niño, pests. Expensive power, food & fertilizer. FEMA facing "chaotic austerity". The US might be facing a perfect summer storm. Join me, @mollytaft.com, @dwallacewells.bsky.social , and @sarahlabo.bsky.social for a @CarnegieEndow conversation on July 14th, 11:30am ET.
"This is downstream of the Hormuz closure--sulfur/sulfuric acid didn't get out of the Gulf, so phosphate fertilizer is expensive. The US is now taking emergency action" - @noahjgordon.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/70sb...
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · last mo.DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZATION FOR DUTY FREE IMPORTATION OF PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER FROM MOROCCO "Currently, United States production of phosphate fertilizer is insufficient to support domestic agricultural food production after accounting for exports" www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
New data centers in Lake Tahoe and Virginia are creating headlines due to the impact on electricity supply. @katenrg.bsky.social and @noahjgordon.bsky.social break down the data center debate and explore potential solutions: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Are Data Centers the Villains in the Battle Over Electricity?
Examples from Virginia and Lake Tahoe reveal complex situations that governments could use to fund critical grid upgrades.
carnegieendowment.org
@noahjgordon.bsky.social: "I like to see the spotlight on one of the dumbest gaps in the EU's protective tariffs: it puts tariffs on Chinese EVs but not hybrids, so Europe is importing more vehicles that still depend on imported fossil fuels..." nitter.net/noah_gordon_...
Sander Tordoir@sandertordoir.bsky.social · 3mo agoDie Kosten des Nicht-Handelns werden für Deutschland immer sichtbarer – bei Exporten, Industrieproduktion und Jobs. Unsere Studie hier: www.cer.eu/publications...
My new piece for ECFR
ECFR@ecfr.eu · 3mo agoCan Europe avoid the next energy crisis? As the EU accelerates its green transition, this question becomes urgent. The EU is right to raise ambitions on electrification but the target is stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice. - @noahjgordon.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4tQsein
Can Europe avoid the next energy crisis? As the EU accelerates its green transition, this question becomes urgent. The EU is right to raise ambitions on electrification but the target is stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice. - @noahjgordon.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4tQsein
Europe’s electrification race: Five ways the EU can avoid the next energy crisis – European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice.
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Can Europe avoid the next energy crisis? As the EU accelerates its green transition, this question becomes urgent. The EU is right to raise ambitions on electrification but the target is stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice. - @noahjgordon.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4tQsein
Europe’s electrification race: Five ways the EU can avoid the next energy crisis – European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice.
bit.ly
WOW: The UAE’s decision to quit OPEC looks like one of the biggest crude producers joining the “peak oil demand” camp. Here’s why: 🧵
The Strait of Hormuz closure has thrown the world into yet another energy crisis. Countries that invested in renewables after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are better prepared to weather it, but they’re still at risk. @noahjgordon.bsky.social explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Some Countries Are Better Prepared for an Energy Crisis This Time
As the Iran war shocks oil prices, countries that have invested in renewables, EVs, and battery development since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine are seeing the value of their investments.
carnegieendowment.org
Growing pains: how will the fertiliser crisis affect food supply? I joined Alasdair MacEwen to discuss the fertilizer crisis on the Land and Climate Review podcast. landclimate.org/growing-pains/ @landclimate.bsky.social
Growing pains: how will the fertiliser crisis affect food supply? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair and Noah Gordon discuss the international and environmental politics of fertilisers.
landclimate.org
The global energy system is on fire, and no one is safe. But the countries that learned from the 2022 oil shock-- China, Spain, Pakistan--have added enough electrotech to offer some protection. My new piece for the @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Some Countries Are Better Prepared for an Energy Crisis This Time
As the Iran war shocks oil prices, countries that have invested in renewables, EVs, and battery development since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine are seeing the value of their investments.
carnegieendowment.org
US power grids are missing key pieces: transformers. Permitting reform and tax credits aren't enough without key electrical components. My piece for the National Interest (w/Sia Were) nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
The Missing Piece of the US Power Grid: Transformers
It’s not just red tape that’s limiting the supply of electricity in America. Grids are physical machines, and they’re short on transformers.
nationalinterest.org
My piece on the fertilizer crisis
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 5mo agoWith the Strait of Hormuz almost entirely closed, fertilizer producers face major disruptions during a critical time of planting season. @noahjgordon.bsky.social and Lucy Corthell break down the potential strain on the global food system: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
I wrote about the fertilizer crisis for @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Fertilizer shortage Iran war: Hormuz block could create global food crisis.
Even if the Iran war stops, restarting production and transport for fertilizers and their components could take weeks—at a crucial moment for planting.
carnegieendowment.org
In most climate fiction Texas doesn't run out of water until the 2030s, but here we are www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...
Vanuatu wants a UN resolution to urge countries to implement the ICJ ruling on climate action. The climate bully in Washington wants them to back down. I spoke to @olliemilman.bsky.social for this Guardian piece www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
The world's farmers ask: did Israel/the US have to launch this war at the start of spring planting season? left is @mollytaft.com right is @adamtooze.bsky.social
"Trump is using US power to scare other countries into reducing their climate ambition" @noahjgordon.bsky.social told me. And tariffs are the main tool "the bullies in the White House are wielding." Today #SCOTUS ruled that Trump’s "emergency" tariffs are illegal. But that might not stop him
Fossil electricity gets huge demand growth and a renewables-hating administration and puts up these weak ass numbers? deeply embarrassing stuff
Left: ICE plans for a Georgia detention camp, 2026 Right: the slave ship Brooks, 1788 The dots are people.
I've seen this image before
Eunice Cho@eunicehcho.bsky.social · 6mo agoConcerned about ICE's $45 billion plan to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers? This is what they'll look like inside. From ICE's plan for the Social Circle, GA facility. Each little dot: a person. www.socialcirclega.gov/home/showpub...
The US has become a climate bully. The sabotage of the IMO shipping levy is the most dramatic example. The pressure on Vanuatu to stop its legal efforts is the most recent. My new piece for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/18/t...
Trump Is Strong-Arming the World Out of Climate Action
Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.
foreignpolicy.com
The US has become a climate bully. The sabotage of the IMO shipping levy is the most dramatic example. The pressure on Vanuatu to stop its legal efforts is the most recent. My new piece for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/18/t...
Trump Is Strong-Arming the World Out of Climate Action
Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.
foreignpolicy.com
This lie about Cuba is from the guy DOGE sent to kill USAID
