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Rebecca Dell
@rebeccawdell.bsky.social
Working to make stuff without baking the planet. Penchant for well-informed opinions. Industry Program Director, ClimateWorks Foundation. Views my own.
South Korea just made an important policy move to protect the future of the country’s steel industry with a $700+ billion investment through the Korea Green Transformation (K-GX) Strategy. 1/5 www.linkedin.com/posts/unpack...
US carbon emissions exploded last year, rivaling the rest of the world combined. What a disgrace. www.unep.org/en/publicati...
Nepal passed 5% battery electric vehicle share in August 2021 and is at 75%. The U.S. passed 5% in October 2022 and is at 6%.
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About Industrious Labs Heavy industry is the foundation of modern society. We need materials like cement, steel, and aluminum more than ever to rebuild our bridges and roads, construct wind and solar ...
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New from me and @jmijin.bsky.social: the third in our series arguing for and explaining how to do a governance demonstration of public acquisition of US fossil fuel assets for managed decline. We focus on Powder River Basin (PRB) coal assets and find market value is ~$0
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I have resigned from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Independent Standards Board. The Protocol is openly violating its own rules and has effectively delegated forest carbon accounting standards to a secret, industry-led working group. ghgpolicy.org/s/2026-06-08...
"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally." Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
Elite Cognitive Dissonance and the Asian Energy Disruption
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
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This -- autonomous vehicles leading to vastly more congestion, more total vehicle miles driven -- is very predictable, and frequently predicted. Far as I can tell, none of the enthusiasts, in industry or in the cities opting for this stuff, gives a shit. It's maddening.
David Zipper@davidzipper.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew research examines Waymo's California robotaxi trips btw Aug 2023 and Dec 2025. Conclusion: 46% of miles driven involved no one inside the car. That's 40 million miles of deadheading, with Waymo vehicles using road space w/o transporting a human. doi.org/10.32866/001...
The morning sunrise reveals Tropical Storm Amanda over the Pacific Ocean.
Sharing a fascinating graph of fuel use by the global cement industry, made by my colleague, Christy Stanker. We often think of the cement industry as running on coal. After all, the only coal-burning facilities left in California are cement kilns. But the truth is more complex and interesting.
"Data from the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) short-term energy outlook projects that solar generation in California will top gas generation for the first time this year, with the gap widening in 2027." ieefa.org/resources/ca... via @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social 🔌💡
California’s gas use for power falls to record low
The state’s effort to wean its grid from gas is succeeding after years of effort
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The Trump administration is going to spend tens of millions of dollars to remove and presumably destroy hugely valuable oceanographic observing systems, more than a decade before the end of their service life. Don't teach us, we don't want to learn. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System
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#EnergySky Any recommended introductory resources on electricity prices for masters students? Bright but untrained, so I need to explain the major components of the system (E/T&D/&c), financial costs, cost allocation, bonus for some int'l comparison. The basics of why power costs what it costs.
Our latest Corporate Climate Assessment of @nippon-steel.bsky.social reveals its recent global expansion has not been matched by responsible climate action.
“We deserve the same modernization investments that are happening elsewhere,” Councilwoman Latham said. “Green steelmaking and cleaner technologies are possible, and they’re worth discussing. … The future of steel must include us. It must include our voices.” via @chicagotribune.com
More than 100 gather for Gary green steel town hall
Northwest Indiana has carried the environmental burden of creating steel for decades, Gary Councilwoman Lori Latham, D-1st, said. Now, she believes it’s time for a change in the city. “We deserve ...
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Kind of feel like we especially don’t need fancy law explainers at the moment. “Can the president just take money when he wants?” A third grader could answer this. A Yale law prof is likelier to write the wrong answer so their 2L can work for Alito
California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra just took half a million dollars from the fossil fuel industry. This on top of the max contribution from Chevron. When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
You can get to a high-warming world without high emissions . That's the part of this week's "RCP 8.5 is implausible" discussion that's getting missed. A short thread on why the relief is premature 🧵
302/ "Economists & traders warn the next phase of the crisis could bring another sharp jump in energy prices, broader fuel rationing, industrial shutdowns & a significant slowdown in global growth" Why not already? Read this great thread - Inventory burn then prices surge bsky.app/profile/rebe...
Rebecca Dell@rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhile chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵
This really is quite something. In the 15 years @carbonbrief.org have tracked UK media, 2025 was first ever year where more newspaper editorials opposed #climate action than supported it. Meanwhile, the *actual* climate crisis deepens by the month. Go figure.
If electricity prices went up 76% to subsidize the solar industry, people would completely lose their shit. But doing it to subsidize the Slop Industry is apparently kosher.
The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv)@theserfstv.bsky.social · 5mo agoData centers are responsible for a 76% increase in the cost of electricity in the largest US grid www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Great thread. Thoroughly explains the mystery of the not-catastrophic oil prices.
Rebecca Dell@rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhile chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵
"This makes the Chinese reserve bigger than all the other national reserves combined. For comparison, this is ~90 days of Chinese demand, while U.S. reserves are about 40 days of U.S. demand" Please read this clear thread. Upshot: Inventory draw down then prices surge up! bsky.app/profile/rebe...
Rebecca Dell@rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhile chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵
"Why are oil prices not higher? In short, America’s selling while China ain’t buying" "the US has responded by cranking up exports, while China has slashed imports" www.ft.com/content/ae62...
Great thread from @rebeccawdell.bsky.social on what is actually happening with oil and gas. Yes, the #StraitofHormuz closure cut off a lot of exports; but those have been partially compensated by drawing down reserves. That can't last much longer.
Rebecca Dell@rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhile chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵
Great thread. One amongst several upshots is within a few weeks to a month China’s willingness to deploy its strategic oil reserve or save it for later, with all that implies for its net imports and global oil prices, will be the global oil price maker on a scale of $10s to a $100+/barrel.
Rebecca Dell@rebeccawdell.bsky.social · 5mo agoWhile chatting with some friends, it occurred to me that other people could benefit from a summary understanding of what's going on in the oil and gas markets. Here are some little pictures to give you the big picture. 🧵