Look what just arrived!! So cool to see Climate Fault Lines in print after working on it the last 6 years. We show how climate change's unequal burdens are reshaping both domestic and international politics You can preorder your copy here: www.amazon.com/Climate-Faul...
Paasha Mahdavi
@paashamahdavi.com
UCSB prof, researching climate politics and the oil industry. EGAPE Lab Director and 2035 Initiative co-founder. Wrote a book on oil nationalization (https://tinyurl.com/2zyaf8bd). Working to transition from the fossil fuel era. Posts expire after 30 days.
Honored to join 20 members of congress, led by @carbajal.house.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov, in filing this Amicus brief challenging Trump's forced restart of Sable Offshore oil off the coast of Santa Barbara. Full brief here: carbajal.house.gov/UploadedFile...
Honored to join 20 members of congress, led by @carbajal.house.gov @whitehouse.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov, in filing this Amicus brief challenging Trump's forced restart of Sable Offshore oil off the coast of Santa Barbara. Full brief here: carbajal.house.gov/UploadedFile...
Lots of media on oil, 🇻🇪, nationalization (by 🇺🇸!), but it’s key not to lose the big picture: ramping up new oil is a climate catastrophe. While the planet burns, Chevron & Trump are doubling down on a fossil-fueled future. My latest w/ @npr.org's @juliaradio.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2026/09/02/n...
Chevron's expansion in Venezuela has implications for the oil industry and the planet
Chevron is expanding its current operations in Venezuela. The deal expands the company's footprint at a time of political and economic uncertainty in Venezuela.
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“Rubio said on X that the agreement would… lead to lower gas prices in the United States.” No. No, it would not. Oil reserves that will take years (perhaps a decade!) to develop will have no impact on gas prices. Can someone, anyone, with basic training in oil markets talk to the White House??
President Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil reserves, at cost. n.pr/4qRoLQ8
👉 Wanna know what the worst energy policy in the world is? In an op-ed for @science.org, @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I talk about the dangers of fossil fuel subsidies during a once-in-a-generation opportunity to accelerate the transition away from oil and gas. www.science.org/eprint/8VEX5...
The worst energy policy in the world
The Iran war could serve as a turning point in accelerating the global transition away from fossil fuels: Every additional day that oil and gas prices are high and future supplies are uncertain, wind ...
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