Jessica Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social
Immigrant. Poli sci prof at U of Toronto. Politics of climate change, carbon markets, oceans, NGOs, enviro politics. Author of Existential Politics, out now: tinyurl.com/ybephkfb. Occasional ranter. greenprofgreen.com
14/ Which brings me to @greenprofgreen.bsky.social Existential Politics. Her argument is that thirty years of counting tonnes has let us avoid the real fight, which is over who owns assets worth trillions and what happens to them. That fight is what a licensing decision is.
Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
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Not enough electricity infrastructure to help address housing crisis but let’s expand #BillyBishop airport lol. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Why a multibillion-dollar electricity infrastructure gap is threatening Ontario’s housing goals
The province’s strained grid is already thwarting its ambitious plans to build 1.5 million homes. Who will pay for a massive expansion?
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Anyone who argues that decarbonization is “too expensive” is full of shit.
Laura Millan@lauramillan.bsky.social · 2w agoThe worst heat wave on record for Europe resulted in over 2,700 excess deaths in England and Wales and cost the whole of the UK $1.5 billion My story via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This thread takes @dandrezner.bsky.social Toddler in chief thread to the NEXT LEVEL
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3w agoI try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.
Today I am grateful that I have the privilege to be in a space that is cool and (relatively) free from the harmful wildfire smoke enveloping Toronto. Many are not so lucky.
Apparently, It's pipeline week in Canada. Like infrastructure under Trump 1, but with more emissions and public subsidies. There is, shockingly, another way to reduce dependence on foreign oil. And reduce emissions. And also create jobs. #greenenergy #renewables
Alberta, Ontario propose new pipeline in bid to boost Canada’s energy independence
Northern Shield Energy Corridor would carry crude oil across four provinces and end in Sarnia, Ont.
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this went from privately-funded to taxpayer-funded real quick. a climate catastrophe and a political bait and switch all in one.
Taxpayers asked to foot the bill for another pipeline
Absence of private-sector proponent to lead what is being touted as a nation-building project is striking
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In a recent episode of the podcast 'Business Talk' with @deepakbbhatt.bsky.social, @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social discusses the gaps in global #climategovernance and the urgent reforms needed to bridge them, the subject of her latest book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9bb...
Existential Politics: The Real Reason Global Climate Institutions Are Failing | Dr. Jessica Green
YouTube video by Business Talk
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Listen to me talk about my new book Existential Politics on the Business Talk podcast with Deepak Bhatt! 👇
Existential Politics: The Real Reason Global Climate Institutions Are Failing | Dr. Jessica Green
Podcast Episode · Business Talk · June 23 · 48m
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As a former New Yorker, I’m not a Bloomberg fan, but this is exactly the kind of measure I discuss in my new book Existential Politics: $$ will help even the playing field btw green and fossil asset owners — a necessary step in the political process of decarbonzation
Michael Bloomberg arms green lobby for fight against oil interests
Billionaire pledges $285mn to renewable industry associations as nations face energy policy decisions in wake of Iran war
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Hey #Toronto: I saw an amazing shirt on a bike rider today that said "If there is no bike lane, this is the bike lane". AND it was pink! Any one know where I can get me one of these? #bikelanes #citybiking
Makes perfect sense that CDP is literally selling out to a private equity firm. Its continued relevance requires ongoing demand for this voluntary reporting standard. But voluntary disclosure isn’t as important as it once was. But commodifying data to inform investment decisions? That’ll work. 🧵
Environmental reporting non-profit group CDP strikes private equity deal
Permira to take majority stake in core operations under energy transition strategy
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Hey #toronto: Federal gov't has officially launched solicitations on the expansion of Billy Bishop airport to support jet planes. This is a terrible idea. Please consider writing in and telling them as much: (1/2)
The Government of Canada launches public consultations on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is an important part of Canada’s air transportation network. It supports jobs, tourism, business travel, emergency services and greater connectivity to Canada’s regio...
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Anyone who knows anything about the @icao.int agreement, offsets or sustainable aviation fuel knows that nothing has changed here except the aviation industry giving itself permission to say the quiet part out loud
Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely
Iata boss Willie Walsh blames fuel suppliers, governments and aircraft makers, saying new ‘realistic timeline’ now needed
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Now do fossil fuel subsidies Seven states sue US for paying $1bn to make TotalEnergies exit wind power
Seven states sue US for paying $1bn to make TotalEnergies exit wind power
New York leads lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s effort to make French company reinvest in fossil fuels
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Every time a woman asks to get paid for her labor, an angel gets its wings. (Same for BIPOC, indigenous, disabled, trans or otherwise marginalized person.)
Today is the day! Toronto Climate Week kicks off this morning. Check out all the events here www.tocw.ca #TOCW
Toronto Climate Week
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tune into CBC's Just Asking this afternoon to hear me and @profkharrison.bsky.social talk about @mark-carney.bsky.social's alarming anti-climate policies.
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Toronto Climate week starts Monday and the climate community has LOTS of work to do. The state of Canadian climate policy in Canada is worse than you think. 🧵
There's stiff competition for the scariest shit going on in the world, but this is definitely up there. He is literally failing up.
SpaceX IPO set to lock in Elon Musk’s control with Mars-linked pay deal
Investors expected to accept $1.75tn valuation, weak shareholder rights and billionaire’s sci-fi business vision
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Price volatility is driving private capital to clean energy. This *should* make it easier for gov'ts to push this transition w/ complementary policies. Libs love to talk abt crowding in private $$ -- this is their moment. Looking at you, Canada...
Investors pile into clean power as Iran war drives push for energy security
Renewables funds attract biggest flows for 5 years, as focus shifts from climate change to geopolitical crisis
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Important thread showing yet another way that Canadian oil&gas is pushing for more more more. As @climatekeith.bsky.social notes, he and I debated Martha Hall Findlay two years ago at @rotmanschool.bsky.social when she argued for CCS. Now she thinks pipelines are the solution. Shocking.
Keith Stewart@climatekeith.bsky.social · 3mo agoCanada's oil lobby just lobbed a bomb at AB-fed pipeline MOU, as former Suncor VP & Pathways Alliance founder Martha Hall Findlay disowns everything she was once the spokesperson for in Globe editorial attacking Carney's carbon capture requirement www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Canada approving natural gas pipeline expansion the same day it attends intergov'tl meeting on phasing out fossil fuels is the perfect illustration of its approach to climate policy.
Ottawa approves Enbridge's $4B Sunrise natural gas pipeline expansion project | CBC News
Ottawa has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia, bolstering a West Coast liquefied natural gas project in which the company has a stake, Natural...
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