Christian Roselund
@roselund.bsky.social
Analyst, writer, and decarbonization wonk. #YIMBY and #energytransition advocate. @climateactionri.org co-lead: #yestowind campaign. Personal account: these opinions are mine, all mine.
"I know Newport Buzz isn’t exactly ProPublica. But even by the loose standards of today’s online info ecosystem, this was glaringly non-rigorous stuff." Great stuff by @phileil.bsky.social about climate denial propaganda making its way into the news here in #RhodeIsland.
Philip Eil@phileil.bsky.social · yesterdayFor my friends at @ecorinews.bsky.social, I wrote an op-ed about Newport Buzz's decision to publish climate propaganda from the Heartland Institute.
If we like forests - or a livable climate - then we need to address the over-consumption of beef in America and other wealthy countries. It’s a good time to reduce or eliminate red meat in your diet.
Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 2d agoThe largest cause of deforestation is, and has been, the expansion of farmland. But the production of which products, in particular, has been driving this in recent decades? A recent study, published in Nature Food by Chandrakant Singh and Martin Persson, answered this question.
As we approach the Sept 9 primary, bringing back this piece from @roselund.bsky.social on why @dawneuer.bsky.social is the right choice for RI Senate 13. She is the environmental champion we need in the statehouse at this critical time.
Christian Roselund@roselund.bsky.social · 4w agoLast week @whatsupnewp.com published my op-ed on why we need to bring @dawneuer.bsky.social back to the Rhode Island Senate. tldr; Dawn has tremendous technical knowledge of utility & energy matters & is a real fighter in terms of addressing the #climatecrisis. /1 whatsupnewp.com/2026/07/lett...
Fire season out West is no joke this year.
Anthony Edwards@edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 4d agoDisastrous situation in Spokane, Wash. where a wildfire is burning through the northwest side of the city amid extreme dry winds. Gridlock traffic as emergency management rapidly expands evacuation zones eastward. Follow on @watchduty.org: share.watchduty.org/i/112554?ts=...
It's high time that more of our elected officials start to talk about the multifaceted threat the #climatecrisis poses to our lives, our communities, and our future. Thank you @seancasten.bsky.social for stating this directly and openly.
Sean Casten@seancasten.bsky.social · 5d agoClimate change is an “everything” problem. Wildfires, floods and heat waves of course. But also waves of human migration and financial crises for homeowners, insurers and banks. The human pain is real, but ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. thehill.com/opinion/ener...
It’s really nice to see others noticing and calling out the self-destructive #autarky that Trump is subjecting this country to. Especially for those of us who see it up close in our day jobs.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 6d agoSpeaking of “Americans being forced to buy products that are often crappier and way more expensive due to MAGA protectionism concealed by a thin fig leaf of so-called national security concerns”:
So now that the #DemocraticParty primaries are almost over, I’m turning my attention and my donations fully to the general election. In selecting Dems to fund, I mostly have 2 questions: 1. Are you a spineless traitor who will betray us on #ICE & #elections? And do you support Israeli genocide? /2
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2 in 3 MAGA voters say they’d support GOP candidate accused of sexual assault: Poll
More than half of MAGA voters say they would support a Republican candidate accused of sexual assault, according to a new poll. In a recent Politico poll, 66 percent of MAGA voters who cast their b…
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The new #FCC #inverterban appears to be an incredible over-reach/power grab by the FCC to regulate goods (inverters) that it previously did not explicitly regulate. Also, most (all?) previous FCC authorizations (a voluntary process) applied to inverter components and not the inverters themselves./1
TODAY in Newport! Connect with fellow climate action and civically engaged people and get to chat with one of CARI's endorsed candidates @dawneuer.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/events/newpo...
East Bay Local Team: Meet the Candidates
Join the East Bay Local Team for a casual evening of conversation with Climate Action Rhode Island's endorsed candidates! Meet candidates, connect with fellow members, and enjoy some time on the patio...
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Dr. Fauci saved a lot of lives with his courageous leadership. He deserves better than this. Also, this is yet more evidence of the profoundly anti-science orientation of the Republican Party. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment, declines to answer at Rand Paul hearing
Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, invoking his constitutional right against self-incrimination and accusing R...
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This is a really good time to buy all the rare books that you were ever interested in, and build a personal library that can be shared with others and later donated a secure location. I've already started. Icelandic sagas, 19th & 20th century political economy, and other topics.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
The devil is in the details and this is complex. At my day job, we are currently analyzing this. One major problem: these "previously authorized" (by the FCC) models of inverters mostly aren't inverters. They are inverter components. Not clear how existing inverter models will be treated.
Commercial Solar Guy@commercialsolarguy.com · last wk.Even though I buy ‘domestic content’ inverters to get the project wide 10% tax credit, this is going to affect me. From Roth:
US Courts… ‘The Anthropic copyright case set the precedent — the US court ruled that by making a digital copy and destroying the physical in a one-for-one transfer, the process is deemed “transformative” and therefore protected by fair use.’ Unbelievable and unconscionable
Our deeply compromised US courts will not save us. We need to be thinking bigger in terms of stopping #AI.
Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele@drdragases.bsky.social · last wk.No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.
We in #RhodeIsland have suffered many years of bad transportation policy under @govdanmckee.bsky.social. This includes years of Peter Alviti’s extreme bias against active mobility and McKee gutting the budget of #RIPTA, our state transit agency. We are overdue for visionary leadership in transit./1
Providence Streets Coalition@pvdstreets.org · 2w agoProvidence Streets Coalition Endorses Helena Foulkes For Rhode Island Governor “The Providence Streets Coalition does amazing work promoting the importance of making our capital city and state’s roads safer and more people-centric,” said Helena Foulkes. Read the release: tr.ee/EJpvOLF6SC
Hell yes. So much is done at the city & state levels! By just showing up to city meetings, @dariaphoebe.com @melthemartian.bsky.social, I, and others had a big impact on #Providence RI’s Comp Plan, zoning, and housing. You can have a huge impact with limited time commitment.
Jigar Shah@jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 2w agoOne letter saved a wildlife budget from getting zeroed out. Data center siting, electric school buses, EV rules: all decided locally, and almost nobody shows up. Five minutes a month is all it takes to be the voice they're extrapolating from.
A lot of us may have been watching the fires in Northern Minnesota & Ontario, but you might have missed that Oregon & Washington are also having #wildfires of a truly awesome scale. The Kaiser Canyon Fire was 60,000 acres when this article was written. /1 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Kaiser Canyon fire scorches 60,000 acres, surrounds town of Nespelem
Firefighters in northeast Washington are working to save the town of Nespelem and Colville tribal buildings, as evacuees slept on cots Sunday.
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I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m excited to have @troyjackson207.bsky.social as the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine.
Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social · 2w agoNobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her.
13 House Democrats voted for #Trump 's SAVE Act, a transparent ploy to suppress the vote in November: @gluesenkampperez.house.gov @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social @susielee.house.gov @repmoskowitz.bsky.social @repchrispappas.bsky.social /1 zeteo.com/p/trump-is-d...
First Draft: Trump Is Dangerously Unwell. So Why Are These Dems Helping Him?
As the president demonstrates his utter insanity, 13 Democrats vote to help him suppress the vote.
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Hell Yes. As one of the people who closed their Citizens Bank accounts, this is exactly what we were aiming for. People power works.
De-ICE Citizens Bank@de-icecitizensbank.org · 2w ago"Months of pressure, millions pulled, then Citizens suddenly walks. Call it what you want. It worked. They didn’t outspend anyone—they out-organized them. [...] That’s the one thing the regime can’t buy its way out of: people who won’t quit."
Thanks @wpri12.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about #offshorewind & its benefits for #RhodeIsland. Also: I’m happy to set the record straight re: economics & jobs for offshore wind with candidates for office any time, even if they are no-chance Republicans. www.wpri.com/news/politic...
RI congressional leaders push back against offshore wind buyouts in New England
Recently, the Trump administration has argued that wind projects pose a threat to national security, another point that state leaders have argued against.
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Yesterday @sethmagaziner.bsky.social @whitehouse.senate.gov @amo.house.gov and @reed.senate.gov - #RhodeIsland ’s entire Congressional delegation - showed up to denounce the Trump Admin’s sleazy deals to buy back #offshorewind leases. Full transcript & video below. /1 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Rhode Island’s congressional delegation and allies speak out against Trump dirty offshore wind deals
"...they’re trying every scheme possible to stop alternative energy," said Senator Reed. "The administration bought off several wind energy companies by giving them $2.7B to cancel their leases...
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This is what every senator in New England should be doing. #abolishICE
Senator Ed Markey@markey.senate.gov · 3w agoToday I made an unannounced visit to ICE’s facility in Scarborough, Maine. What I heard was unacceptable: no body cameras, no training, and no accountability. Johan Guerrero should be alive. Congress must act. Abolish ICE. End qualified immunity.
Now that's political communication.
Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 3w agoIt just shouldn't be this…sh-hard…
I interviewed a lot of people when I worked at pv magazine. I can't think of anyone I interviewed who was smarter than Sheldon. But at the end of the day, a fully domestic #solar supply chain is the hard part. We do not have enough ingot/wafer or cell capacity to serve the market. /1
Jigar Shah@jigarshahdc.bsky.social · 3w agoSheldon Kimber's point on Energy Empire this week: our industry got too good at tax equity tuning and forgot how to build growth businesses. Intersect ties domestic supply chain, merchant revenue, and cheaper capital into one bet. Not a stack of policy hacks. A growth premium, earned on purpose.
