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Dana Nuccitelli

@dananuccitelli.bsky.social
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Research Manager for @cclusa.org, environmental scientist, climate journalist for @climateconnections.bsky.social. Views my own.

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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
While I understand this sentiment, these laws did not prevent the creation of Cancer Alley to begin with, and there are countless communities around the world being devastated by climate change.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 02/10/2026
BAAJA is our best bet to lower people’s electricity costs and make sure data centers pay their fair share AND more.
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The Senate Permitting Deal Contains a Data Center Double Tap
The bill would let states and utilities discriminate against data centers and crypto miners, requiring them to pay higher rates to cover the full cost of any system upgrades.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 02/10/2026
✅ We're in on permitting reform! "We’re proud to endorse the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, and we’re excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support," said CCL’s Executive Director Ricky Bradley. citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/...
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CCL endorses Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
Citizens' Climate Lobby is excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support of this bipartisan permitting reform package.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For @climateconnections.bsky.social today I wrote about America's potential impending power grid crisis. Power demand is rising fast from AI data centers, etc. and we're in danger of failing to meet it if we can't figure out how to build transmission faster. #BAAJA is well-timed.
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America is hurtling toward a power grid crisis » Yale Climate Connections
Electricity demand is skyrocketing, utility bills are spiking – but it could take years to build the new transmission lines that would address the problem.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We @cclusa.org are proud to endorse the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act #BAAJA "For too long, an outdated and inefficient permitting system has slowed the clean energy projects and transmission infrastructure we need to cut emissions and build a cleaner, more reliable energy system."
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CCL endorses Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
Citizens' Climate Lobby is excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support of this bipartisan permitting reform package.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We @cclusa.org are proud to endorse the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act #BAAJA "For too long, an outdated and inefficient permitting system has slowed the clean energy projects and transmission infrastructure we need to cut emissions and build a cleaner, more reliable energy system."
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CCL endorses Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act
Citizens' Climate Lobby is excited to mobilize our grassroots volunteers in full support of this bipartisan permitting reform package.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For @climateconnections.bsky.social today I wrote about America's potential impending power grid crisis. Power demand is rising fast from AI data centers, etc. and we're in danger of failing to meet it if we can't figure out how to build transmission faster. #BAAJA is well-timed.
yaleclimateconnections.org
America is hurtling toward a power grid crisis » Yale Climate Connections
Electricity demand is skyrocketing, utility bills are spiking – but it could take years to build the new transmission lines that would address the problem.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Happening now: www.youtube.com/live/p44FhZT...
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Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal
YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Permitting reform deal press conference at 12:30pm ET 🥳: www.youtube.com/live/Z-za_Yq...
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Heinrich, Lee, Capito and Whitehouse Press Conference to Discuss Bipartisan Permitting Reform Deal
YouTube video by Senate Energy Dems
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
EVs are a surprising beneficiary of the Trump presidency – at least outside of the US. For @climateconnections.bsky.social today I examine an @iea.org report and some other EV sales data. There's a clear surge in EV sales virtually everywhere starting in March 2026. 🧵 [1/8]
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Trump’s Iran war supercharged EV sales everywhere except the U.S. » Yale Climate Connections
As the Iran conflict pushed gas past $4 a gallon, EV sales spiked worldwide – with Chinese automakers winning the race U.S. policy handed them.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Are you including standard hybrids in that prediction?
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Unless innovation efforts achieve success soon, the formerly dominant American auto industry will be relegated to fighting over the scraps of a shrinking ICE vehicle market as the world transitions to an electrified future, unintentionally supercharged by the consequences of Trump’s Iran war [8/8]
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Trump’s Iran war supercharged EV sales everywhere except the U.S. » Yale Climate Connections
As the Iran conflict pushed gas past $4 a gallon, EV sales spiked worldwide – with Chinese automakers winning the race U.S. policy handed them.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here EV sales plummeted when Republican axed the IRA's federal tax credit. They've rebounded a bit since gas prices have spiked, and used EV sales are surging, but EVs have represented <7.5% of new American car sales in each of the 10 months since the federal tax credits were eliminated [7/8]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A recent forecast by JD Power predicted that EVs will comprise a majority of new global car sales by 2033, reaching over 80% of the new car market by 2040. The @iea.org is only a little less bullish, projecting around a 50% EV sales share by 2035. The country dragging that share down is the US [6/8]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
That's important because the internal combustion engine is going the way of the dinosaurs. Global ICE vehicle sales reached their apex in 2017. Fewer cars with internal combustion engines are being sold around the world today than were in 2011. The future auto market is indisputably electric [5/8]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Those sales were made possible by a surge in Chinese exports of affordable, advanced EVs. In 2022–2024, one-quarter of Chinese auto exports were EVs. That rose to 35% in 2025, and 45% so far this year. Chinese automakers were responsible for 60% of global EV sales last year [4/8]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
In total, 50 countries set records for EV sales in 2Q26. Since March, EV sales have surged in Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. In Europe they now represent nearly 30% of new car sales. Policy changes also play a role, but the Iran war undoubtedly spurred global EV sales [3/8]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
China is especially interesting as the biggest global market (38% of car sales in 2025). They had been rapidly transitioning to EVs, but government subsidies were slashed in January, and EV sales slumped. But since the Iran conflict, EV sales surged back to record levels, >60% of new car sales [2/8]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
EVs are a surprising beneficiary of the Trump presidency – at least outside of the US. For @climateconnections.bsky.social today I examine an @iea.org report and some other EV sales data. There's a clear surge in EV sales virtually everywhere starting in March 2026. 🧵 [1/8]
yaleclimateconnections.org
Trump’s Iran war supercharged EV sales everywhere except the U.S. » Yale Climate Connections
As the Iran conflict pushed gas past $4 a gallon, EV sales spiked worldwide – with Chinese automakers winning the race U.S. policy handed them.
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
The problem is that this is going to turn out to be true for so very many things that were previously unaccounted for in IAMs and SCC estimates. Wildfire smoke is a clear example, but likely one of many (perhaps innumerably so) that we seem destined to learn about only once they get bad enough.
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Citizens' Climate Lobby @cclusa.org · 01/07/2026
#Europe is in the midst of a record-breaking and deadly heatwave. The scientists at @wwattribution.bsky.social studied the event to estimate global warming's contribution.
Map from World Weather Attribution of Europe's historic week of heat stress. Data shows that 45% of 854 cities analyzed have broken or are forecased to break historic heat stress records.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
"Time to turn up the heat on action" | My commentary for @chinadaily.bsky.social (largest English-language paper in China): www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/08/...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Breaking: Judge Jackson blocks NSF from dismantling NCAR. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72496...
For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction,
ECF No. 18, is hereby GRANTED. Defendants are hereby PRELIMINARY
ENJOINED from divesting UCAR or NCAR of any rights, resources, or
responsibilities related to the NWSC.
SO ORDERED this 1st day of June, 2026.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trump posted that scenario RCP8.5 no longer being plausible is an admission that the IPCC was "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!". That's of course incorrect and also ironic, since RCP8.5 envisioned a very Trumpian future. It's also a bit of good news, as I explore for @climateconnections.bsky.social (🧵 1/7)
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Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done.
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Twenty years ago, scientists feared a future dominated by exploding coal use and runaway emissions. Today, solar panels and electric vehicles have changed the math, but climate change is far from solved:
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Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
To sum up, the scenarios were updated for the upcoming 7th IPCC report, because the RCPs are outdated. We've made enough progress since then to make RCP8.5 implausible, but the new worst case scenario would still be a catastrophe, and our progress needs to accelerate to meet the Paris targets (7/7)
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Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
And the new best case scenario shows that the Paris targets are close to slipping out of reach. We have to curb emissions much faster than we did in the previous RCP2.6, when we had a much longer runway. The Paris targets are still plausible, but require a rapid reduction in climate pollution (6/7)
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The new worst case scenario 'only' reaches ~3.5°C above pre-industrial temperatures by 2100, as opposed to ~5°C in RCP8.5. Progress is good! But of course 3.5°C would still be a climate catastrophe, i.e. with widespread extreme weather-related mortality and species extinctions (5/7)
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Especially since the 2015 Paris agreement, countries around the world have passed climate policies and rapidly deployed clean technologies. That culminated in all global electricity demand growth in 2025 being met by clean sources, mostly solar energy, per @ember-energy.org & @iea.org (4/7)
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trump claiming that the implausibility of RCP8.5 today proves that climate scientists were wrong is akin to an anti-vaxxer gloating that the official end of the pandemic proved that COVID was never a problem. Despite their best efforts, solutions succeeded in averting the worst case scenario (3/7)
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Circa 2007, RCP8.5 was developed as a 90th percentile, effectively worst case scenario with lots of continued coal and fossil fuel consumption, slow progress in energy efficiency, and high population growth – all goals of the Trump administration. But the world has moved away from this path (2/7)
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Trump posted that scenario RCP8.5 no longer being plausible is an admission that the IPCC was "WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!". That's of course incorrect and also ironic, since RCP8.5 envisioned a very Trumpian future. It's also a bit of good news, as I explore for @climateconnections.bsky.social (🧵 1/7)
yaleclimateconnections.org
Solar, wind, and EVs have knocked out a doomsday climate scenario » Yale Climate Connections
Explosive growth in clean technologies has pushed an old coal-heavy scenario out of the realm of plausibility, according to a recent study. But there’s more work to be done.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This month is the 20th anniversary of Al Gore's climate documentary. It was a watershed moment for public awareness of the climate crisis, and a life-changing event for me. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I revisited the film to see how it has held up and how much progress we've made 🧵 [1/9]
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A look back at ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ 20 years later » Yale Climate Connections
Al Gore’s famous documentary has mostly stood the test of time.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I think that if Al Gore’s 2006 self were to visit 2026, although we still have a long way to go, I think he would be encouraged by the progress humanity has made in addressing the climate crisis [9/9]
yaleclimateconnections.org
A look back at ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ 20 years later » Yale Climate Connections
Al Gore’s famous documentary has mostly stood the test of time.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Toward the end of the film, Gore seemed discouraged by the lack of progress in addressing climate change. But a decade later we signed the Paris climate agreement, and we've subsequently erased about a degree from our future global warming path thanks to clean technology progress [8/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Gore did oversimplify his discussion of some glaciers, specifically on Mount Kilimanjaro and Glacier National Park. But it's true that global warming is causing glaciers around the world to decline rapidly, and that this poses water security threats to 2 billion people [7/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Gore talked about @naomioreskes.bsky.social's seminal paper on the expert climate consensus, and the 'merchants of doubt.' Subsequent research confirmed that the expert consensus on human-caused global warming exceeded 97% and now is likely over 99%, though some figures still call it a hoax [6/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
He accurately warned about a number of climate change impacts, including worsening heatwaves, droughts, floods, hurricanes, sea level rise, vector-borne diseases, shifting seasons and ecosystem ranges, even a disruption of the AMOC. All of these impacts have continued to worsen since 2006 [5/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Gore famously climbed aboard a scissor lift to illustrate the rapid rise in CO2. “Within less than 50 years, it will be here,” he said, pointing to the top of a graph where projected concentrations reached around 500 ppm. Today we're still on that exact same trajectory [4/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Spoiler alert: That’s not right. Gore never said we would all be dead by now; Rogan made that up. Despite a few oversimplifications, the scientific descriptions in the film have largely withstood the test of time, and the climate impacts Gore highlighted have continued to worsen [3/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It also retains cultural significance. In one episode of his podcast with >1M views on YouTube, Joe Rogan and his guests mentioned Gore and his film 12 times. Rogan said, “What Al Gore predicted in this stupid movie, which is so far off. He thought we were all going to be dead today, right?” [2/9]
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This month is the 20th anniversary of Al Gore's climate documentary. It was a watershed moment for public awareness of the climate crisis, and a life-changing event for me. For @climateconnections.bsky.social I revisited the film to see how it has held up and how much progress we've made 🧵 [1/9]
yaleclimateconnections.org
A look back at ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ 20 years later » Yale Climate Connections
Al Gore’s famous documentary has mostly stood the test of time.
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Bob Henson @bhensonweather.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Solid and thoughtful take from @dananuccitelli.bsky.social, including what's gone right and wrong since 2006: "...despite a few oversimplifications, the scientific descriptions in “An Inconvenient Truth” have largely withstood the test of time..." yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/05/a-lo...
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A look back at ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ 20 years later » Yale Climate Connections
Al Gore’s famous documentary has mostly stood the test of time.
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Rebecca Hersher @rhersher.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NYC people! Come learn about climate denial with me, @billmckibben.bsky.social and Ricky Bradley from @cclusa.org. Thursday, April 30th @6:30pm at the Center for Brooklyn History. @bklynlibrary.bsky.social Sign up here: www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/cbh...
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CBH Talk | Confronting Climate Change Part 1: Understanding Deniers | Brooklyn Public Library
Confronting Climate Change is a three-part series that explores one of the most urgent issues of our times. Join leading thinkers, scientists, journalists, and advocates for these vitally important co...
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
EIA forecasts that even if the Strait of Hormuz begins opening soon, the conflict will increase price of US gasoline alone by ~65 cents/gallon (23%, $700/year per family) over the next two years. The gas tax politicians have been too scared to increase since 1993 is 18 cents/gallon 😳
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Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis
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Karin Kirk @karinkirk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The US average price to charge an EV at home is equivalent to paying $1.57 per gallon of gas. That's a 62% discount on today's gas price. Explore the savings in all 50 states - interactive map at the link below ⤵️ yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/what... @climateconnections.bsky.social
A map of the USA with states shaded various colors of green. Darker colors show states where charging an EV is cheaper, such as North Dakota, Idaho, Nebraska, and Missouri. Pale green colors show states where charging an EV is more expensive, such as Hawaii, Massachusetts, California, and Maine. In every state, home charging an EV is much cheaper than gasoline.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, I dive into the implications of the Iran conflict for clean energy and the climate. The downstream implications are largely positive in these areas, with clear lessons that reliance on fossil fuels is dangerous, but there are some complicating factors [1/8]
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What the Iran conflict means for gas prices, clean energy, and the climate » Yale Climate Connections
U.S. gas prices could hit $7 a gallon if the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted through June. Here’s how that could affect EVs, wind, and solar.
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Yale Climate Connections @climateconnections.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
What do soaring oil prices mean for clean energy’s prospects?
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What the Iran conflict means for gas prices, clean energy, and the climate » Yale Climate Connections
U.S. gas prices could hit $7 a gallon if the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted through June. Here’s how that could affect EVs, wind, and solar. 
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The transition to EVs, already rapidly underway, will also accelerate. Even in the US, especially when it comes to used EVs, which are significantly newer and have fewer miles driven than equally-priced used gasoline cars. So, the outlook for the climate is positive. Read on for more details [8/8]:
yaleclimateconnections.org
What the Iran conflict means for gas prices, clean energy, and the climate » Yale Climate Connections
U.S. gas prices could hit $7 a gallon if the Strait of Hormuz remains restricted through June. Here’s how that could affect EVs, wind, and solar.
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Dana Nuccitelli @dananuccitelli.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
But coal is still expensive, and polluting, so cleaner sources still have the advantage. It will just be more of a challenge to deploy enough solar & wind, especially in poorer developing countries, if interest rates are higher & we enter a global recession. But the long-term trajectory clear [7/8]
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