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Matt Nowlin

@mnowlin.bsky.social

I study energy and environmental policy and politics. All views I express are my own. I repost things I find interesting or funny. Don’t let the bastards grind you down

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Karl Jacoby@karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am not one of those who believes that history repeats, but consider the following from Herodotus: the Oracle at Delphi told the fabulously wealthy King Croesus that if he invaded Persia he would "destroy a great empire." Croesus invaded and lost--the empire he destroyed was his own.

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David Roberts@volts.wtf · 5mo ago

Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).

Why Biden-era clean energy investment policies had limited political returns | PNAS

The Biden Administration enacted the largest federal policy framework to incentivize clean energy and decarbonization in U.S. history. We examine w...

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Alessandro Nai@alessandronai.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The 📚 Encyclopedia of Political Communication 📚 is now out in the wild, and a first awesome batch of entries is available in open access! Read them, love them, use them for your courses! 🔥 Check the 🧵 below to access them Plz repost for maximum diffusion

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Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.

Bar chart titled “Who’s Really Blocking California Development?” showing the share of CEQA lawsuits by plaintiff type. HOAs and NIMBY groups account for the majority at 54%. Business and commercial plaintiffs file 20% of cases, government entities 13%, environmental groups 8%, tribal or cultural groups 4%, and labor unions 2%. The chart notes the analysis is based on 1,234 CEQA court opinions from 1973–2025 using CourtListener data, with HOAs/NIMBYs defined as homeowner associations, neighborhood groups, and ad hoc project-opposition groups.
Drew Scanlon@drewscanlon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 11mo ago

Jocelyn Brooks pursued her dream of working in medicine after she escaped from the World Trade Center on 9/11. “I want to hold somebody’s hands when they’re crying and when they’re at their lowest because I survived,” she said.

She survived 9/11, then began a life of healing others

Jocelyn Brooks said she would’ve regretted not becoming a nurse if she had not survived the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center.

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