Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 22/01/2026www.iisd.org/articles/dee...iisd.orgIISD Trade and Sustainability Review, December 2025This edition of the IISD Trade and Sustainability Review highlights five distinct and often underexplored dimensions of industrial policy, focusing on services, agriculture, digitalization, and inclus... 000
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 31/08/2025June 2025 Climate Scientists: "new oil and gas fields licenses in the UK would break the Paris climate deal" August 2025 Leader of the Conservatives: "We are going to get all our oil and gas out of the North Sea” 🤦♂️ 33520
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoFred Shaia @fredshaia.bsky.social · 23/11/2023On November 27, the Climate Social Science Network is hosting a virtual event commemorating the life's work of Professor Saleemul Huq, including his remarkable efforts to advance adaptation and loss and damage in the UNFCCC. Register here: brown.zoom.us/meeting/regi... PoliSky ClimateSky GreenSky 03220
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoClean Energy Wire | CLEW @cleanenergywire.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Climate activists call EU-US trade deal “disastrous signal for climate action” - Agreement would massively increase EU imports of US fossil fuels - Chancellor Merz says deal avoids hardship for German economy www.cleanenergywire.org/news/climate... 243
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoHeatmap News @heatmap.news · 23/07/2025The Department of Energy just canceled a nearly $5 billion loan guarantee for the Grain Belt Express, a massive transmission project, following a phone call from Trump. @zeitlin.bsky.social has more below.heatmap.newsAfter Trump Phone Call, DOE Cancels $5 Billion for Grain Belt ExpressThe Department of Energy announced Wednesday that it was scrapping the loan guarantee. 0137
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/07/2025I just received a very interesting email from a reader who worked in nuclear power plant inspection and security for many years during the 1990s and 2000s. His basic point is that Microsoft's plan to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant is ludicrous on its face. 1726952
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/07/2025His basic point is that getting everything back up into safe running shape is going to be a *huge* money suck. He's convinced Constellation and/or Microsoft are involved in some kind of Madoff-esque scam -- that they know this thing can't really happen. 310910
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 16/06/2025www.foundation.org.uk/Blog/2025/Ho... Social science research is critical in supporting such systemic changes, aimed at redesigning how we live, travel and produce and consume goods and services.foundation.org.ukFST Blog - FST 010
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 11/06/2025For @climateconnections.bsky.social today I went through 8 different reports on the impacts House Republicans' big budget bill's IRA repeal and summarized 10 different ways they found it would subvert Trump's promises and hurt Americans 🧵 (1/14)yaleclimateconnections.org10 ways that Trump’s tax bill would undermine his energy promises » Yale Climate ConnectionsFor starters, it contains a hidden gas tax. 12821
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoSara Baldwin-Griffin @sarabaldwin.bsky.social · 11/06/2025🥜In a nutshell...One Big Beautiful Bill Act is ONE BIG BAD BILL for American households, workers, the economy, and climate. Full analysis is available here, along with State impact sheets. energyinnovation.org/report/one-b...energyinnovation.orgAssessing Impacts Of "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" On U.S. Energy Costs, Jobs, Health, Emissions • Energy InnovationThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act would cut GDP $1.1 trillion, add $170 billion to household energy bills, and cut hundreds of thousands of jobs. 031
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 11/06/2025NEW: Per a source with knowledge, the directors of all of EPA's Office of Research and Development research centers resigned this week. Their last days will be Thursday or Friday. 711067
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoChris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Also, if there's anyone whose beliefs about how to best construct an energy system you can safely ignore, it's anyone leading the AI charge. They really, truly, do not care about where they get the energy they want, and they will get it any way they can--including on the backs of captive ratepayers. 0196
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoHeatmap News @heatmap.news · 12/05/2025Everything you need to know about the “widespread cuts” to the Inflation Reduction Act and other clean energy programs in House Republicans’ budget proposal 👇heatmap.newsHouse Republicans Plan Big Cuts to the IRA’s Clean Energy GrantsThe Energy and Commerce Committee dropped its budget proposal Sunday night. 1119
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 03/05/2025money well spent, excellent work nuclear advocates. you can get back to blaming every blackout on renewables now 26614
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoProf Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Increasing urban vegetation by 30% could have prevented 30% of all heat-related deaths, potentially saving up to ~1.1 million lives globally from 2000 to 2019, according to a study of over 11,000 urban areas. Any lessons for the future… www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comEstimating the urban heat-related mortality burden due to greenness: a global modelling studyThis modelling study suggests that increased greenness could substantially reduce the heat-related mortality burden. Preserving and expanding greenness might be potential strategies to lower ambient t... 14418
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoLisa Fischer @factfisching.bsky.social · 24/04/2025The #IEA-#UK Future of Energy Security summit kicks off today. We are fast heading to a mainstream #renewables, margin #fossils system. > 60 countries attending, showing the big appetite to talk about the energy transition & #energysecurity. Business and civil society have been very clear: 124
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoJay Turner @jayturner.bsky.social · 22/04/2025What is happening to US clean energy manufacturing investments? Since Trump took office, 14 projects totaling $12.2 billion in investment and 14,115 jobs have slowed. My students @wellesley.edu and I are tracking it. Details 🧵 below. 🔌💡🔌🚗 www.the-big-green-machine.com/post-trump-s... 28743
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Pls join me in wishing Trump a beautiful #EarthDay as he repeals regulations that - - protect our environment - offset Climate Change - regulate toxic emissions - clean our air & water Our kids & grandkids will be forever grateful for the love & kindness Trump has shown our planet. - @pbsnews.orgpbs.orgHow the Trump administration is dismantling climate protectionsA federal judge has temporarily blocked the EPA from canceling $14 billion in climate grants approved by the Biden Administration. It marks a setback to President Trump's agenda to freeze climate spen... 24303102
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoSabin Center for Climate Change Law @sabincenter.bsky.social · 17/04/2025🚨🗓️ On April 24, join us for a #webinar on the aftermath of key climate decisions. Drawing on comparative insights and case studies, speakers will explore the drivers & barriers behind the (non-)implementation of leading climate cases across the🌏.⚖️ Register: events.columbia.edu/go/TheDayAfter 001
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoBen Ross @benross.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.” 11016604411332
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDamian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Rightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts say - Net zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out Story by Helena Horton www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comRightwing media falsely blame Ed Miliband for UK steel crisis, experts sayNet zero and clean energy can actually help save the steel industry, experts point out 04016
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoUnion of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 10/04/2025On April 11, the Trump administration will remove Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) implementing regulations for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which requires federal agencies to assess environmental impacts of their actions and ensure community input.federalregister.govRemoval of National Environmental Policy Act Implementing RegulationsThis interim final rule removes the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) from the Code of Federal Regulations. In addition, this... 52821
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoSexy Unrestricted Launch Authority @tayloraloy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Yes. This includes the NRC. The global gold standard for nuclear regulation. 14511
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/04/2025One of the most rigorous meta-studies trying to estimate global data centre energy consumption by reviewing existing studies Ends up at ~300 to 400 GWh ish (~1% of total global power, a bit bigger than all of Australia's total power demand) www.iea-4e.org/wp-content/u... 23310
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoEmily Pontecorvo @emilypont.bsky.social · 09/04/2025A timely study from @stanforddoerr.bsky.social researchers published today finds that net-zero energy economies will have fewer trade risks compared with today's fossil-based economy. Energy transition minerals are less geographically concentrated than oil, gas, and coal heatmap.news/energy/net-z...heatmap.newsA Net-Zero World Will Have Fewer Trade WarsThat’s according to new research published today analyzing flows of minerals and metals vs. fossil fuels. 14922
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoRuthy Gourevitch @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Tenants aren’t just organizing through crises. They're also looking ahead to greener futures, setting their sights on energy efficiency and decarbonization goals. One great example of this in SAJE's work to advance decarbonization without displacement. Examples from NY, RI, CT, NC too in the piece.shelterforce.orgWe Need a Plan for Decarbonization That Doesn't Displace RentersMore and more cities and states have plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in housing. Here's how we can avoid possible harms to renters. 14414
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoEnergy Innovation @energyinnovation.org · 04/04/2025Pueblo, CO's Comanche 3 #coalplant is scheduled to retire in 2031, a #renewable 'energy park' could be the replacement. www.coloradopolitics.com/opinion/repl... by our @silviomarcacci.bsky.social and @michelle-solomon.bsky.social #energysky #greenskycoloradopolitics.comReplace Comanche coal with renewable 'energy park', not unproven nuclear | PODIUMPueblo made headlines in 2022 when EVRAZ built a massive solar array to power its Rocky Mountain Steel plant, creating the world’s first solar-powered steel mill, ending 140 years of 061
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoHis Skeletoncy, the Ghoul of Hell @timhodgson.bsky.social · 02/04/2025It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis. It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a— 404262138281
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoOil Change International @oilchange.org · 03/04/2025How will Trump's #tariffs impact oil, gas, & our climate? They threaten to lock in fossil fuel dependency & a cost-of-living crisis. Amid the volatility, it's worth remembering that true energy security & affordability will come from a just transition to renewable energy. ✨ bit.ly/41VOJXLbit.lyMost effective retaliation against Trump tariffs? A fair fossil fuel phase-out - Oil Change InternationalThe sweeping tariffs Trump announced on Wednesday 2 April risk locking in fossil fuel dependency and a cost-of-living crisis. As countries around the world move to build pressure on Trump and respond… 12312
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 31/03/2025US LNG full lifecycle emissions delivered to Europe are 48% of the coal equivalent www.woodmac.com/press-releas...woodmac.comUS LNG full lifecycle emissions delivered to Europe are 48% of the coal equivalentThe global leader in commercial intelligence for the energy, metals and mining industries, providing objective analysis and advice on assets, companies and markets. 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 31/03/2025www.iss.europa.eu/publications...iss.europa.euReimagining European energy security: Towards a whole-of-system approachThe EU must redefine energy security by moving beyond a narrow focus on supply and adopting a holistic system-wide approach. Reliance on fossil fuels makes Europe vulnerable to external pressures and ... 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 26/03/2025www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/g...cleanenergywire.orgGerman onshore wind power – output, business and perspectives 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 20/03/2025www.bcg.com/about/partne...bcg.comBCG-WEF Project: CEO Climate LeadersThe BCG-WEF report explores how companies can gain competitive advantage by turning the net-zero challenge into a business opportunity. 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 19/03/2025youtube.com/watch?v=dmKx...youtube.com#betd25 Dr Robert Habeck - Ministerial AddressYouTube video by Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 000
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoBill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 15/03/2025The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB 22995015309
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoInternational Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 13/03/2025Meanwhile, wind and solar delivers cheaper power than gas-fired generation in most cases. The #CERAWeek venue itself was running on 75% renewables earlier this week. bsky.app/profile/davi... 5/6 131
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoInternational Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 13/03/2025Oil & gas executives are meeting in Houston, 🇺🇸 for #CERAWeek. Keynote speakers downplayed the climate threat and insisted the world is crying out for more fossil fuels. The data tell a different story 👇 🧵 1/6 194
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoMichael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 13/03/2025It's unhealthy to freak out about everything Trump does that's terrible for the climate, but gutting the observatory at Mauna Law would be particularly terrible. It's the best documentation on Earth of all the carbon we've spewed into our atmosphere. www.staradvertiser.com/2025/03/11/b...staradvertiser.comTrump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii | Honolulu Star-AdvertiserThe Trump administration is considering canceling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaii climate research station, sources said, raising fears for the future of key work tracking the im... 64725
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoJohn Smillie @johnsmillie42.bsky.social · 12/03/2025www.politico.com/news/2025/03... This is super illegal. A DOJ attorney resigned rather than bring an evidence-free case against one of the awardee to justify this maneuver. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...politico.comEPA's Zeldin terminates $20B in Biden climate grantsThe move comes just one day before a federal judge will hold a hearing in a lawsuit brought by one of the grant recipients seeking access to the funds the Trump administration had frozen while it prob... 1146
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 09/03/2025You might have heard the term budget reconciliation float around. What is it, and what does it have to do with clean energy programs and tax credits? @EvergreenAction.bsky.social has the answers. www.evergreenaction.com/blog/the-gop...evergreenaction.comThe GOP is Coming for Our Climate ProgramsThe GOP has made it clear they want to use the budget reconciliation process to cut climate programs that lower costs, reduce pollution, and create good jobs. Here’s what’s happening and what we can d... 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 09/03/2025library.wmo.int/records/item...library.wmo.int 2023 Year in Review: Climate-driven Global Renewable Energy Potential Resources and Energy Demand 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 08/03/2025US Crafting Plan to Stem Coal-Plant Closures, Energy Chief Says www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comUS Crafting Plan to Stem Coal-Plant Closures, Energy Chief SaysThe Trump administration is working on a “market-based” plan to stem the closure of US coal-fired power plants as it seeks to supply more electricity before an expected boom in demand from artificial ... 000
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 06/03/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/c...nytimes.comSome Green Groups Are Running Out of Cash After Trump Freezes $20 BillionThe Justice Department and F.B.I. are investigating $20 billion in climate funds, despite a top prosecutor’s decision that there was not sufficient evidence of wrongdoing. 000
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoSharon Lerner @fastlerner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025NEW: While all eyes are on Trump and DOGE, a bill recently introduced in both the House and Senate would cripple the EPA's ability to regulate. It's a very serious threat and experts told me it could pass www.propublica.org/article/legi...propublica.orgIndustry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental ProtectionsTwo bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or enforcement. 24606415
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoAmy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Yet another impact of the Trump tariff roller coaster: locking in decades-long deals for U.S. LNG that no one actually wants or needs. @roycerk2.bsky.social broke it down for Drilled: drilled.media/news/japan-gasdrilled.mediaIn Attempt to Avoid Trump Tariffs, Japan and Europe Make Questionable Gas DealsHoping to avoid 25% tariffs, Japanese and European officials have agreed to deals analysts are describing as financially questionable. Meanwhile, Trump seems prepared to impose tariffs on them anyway. 47826
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoIPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social · 05/03/2025📢NEW BLOG📢 The closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery is our first big test of a just transition. If it is to mean anything, we need to see it bear fruit now. Read this excellent blog by @caseysmithippr.bsky.social on the lessons we can learn from our history⤵️ www.ippr.org/articles/gra...ippr.orgGrangemouth after the refinery: lessons from history in how we make a just transition real | IPPRAnyone who lives in or passes through central Scotland must have seen it – the Grangemouth oil refinery dominates the landscape. An industrial behemoth on 073
Chia-Wei Chao @chiaweichao.bsky.social · 03/03/2025www.eenews.net/articles/tru...eenews.netTrump hands off NEPA to agenciesThe White House issued plans to ax decades worth of regulations for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act. 000
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoE3G - Third Generation Environmentalism @e3g.bsky.social · 03/03/2025📌 Save the Date! Join E3G & partners for the launch of The State of the European Steel Transition on 25 March, 10AM-1PM CET at the Press Club Brussels & online. 🔗 Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/report-lau... Why does this matter? A thread 🧵👇eventbrite.co.ukReport launch : The State of the European Steel TransitionJoin us on March 25 at 10:00 AM for the launch of our report on the current state of the European steel transition! 173
Reposted by Chia-Wei ChaoDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 02/03/2025"We present five key principles requiring fundamental cognitive, behavioral, and cultural shifts including rethinking growth, rethinking efficiency, rethinking the state, rethinking the commons, and rethinking justice needed together to radically transform neighborhoods, cities, and regions."nature.comRadical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene - npj Urban Sustainabilitynpj Urban Sustainability - Radical changes are needed for transformations to a good Anthropocene 2367