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Dan Kammen

@dankammen.bsky.social
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Husband & father of two amazing daughters, former Obama and Biden Administration(s) energy, climate and justice team member. Decarbonization and climate justice. Pilot. Astrophotographer. Very concerned US resident. Professor: rael.berkeley.edu

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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
www.pbs.org/video/solar-... Comments? Other key points that needed to be made? @pbs.org @jhu.edu
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Energy Switch | Solar and Wind: Success or Failure? | Season 8 | Episode 10
Experts debate the future of solar and wind energy, with surprising takeaways.
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Very cool that this early in the Spring, @chesapeakebay.bsky.social @DolphinWatch_CB #DolphinWatch had a sighting of 5 - 10 dolphins just 'around the corner' Thank you dolphins, spring, and @chesconserv.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Amazing team working out of Goma, DR Congo to bring aid and health services to communities in need. @congoeye.com @who.int @coveringclimatenow.org
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
And greed And ignorance Lets not leave out those other defining features of @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social Do comment if you disagree @maryltrump.bsky.social @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social ...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Need some help explaining this bird-walk in Princess Anne, MD. Was playing @tinariwen.bsky.social from @Mali, but don't think this bird heard. Any ideas on this bird steppin' out on a cold day?
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
To friends and colleagues in Hong Kong, please join us for an afternoon seminar and dialog at @hongkongfp.com the Hong Kong Polytechnic University: "Innovation and cooperation for the Just and Inclusive Energy Transition" @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We need this in Washington, DC, too to show @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @nokings-albany.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
@solarfund.bsky.social does such amazing work -- do consider a 2025 year end donation (which you can still do!) to support energy access, gender equity and justice! @iea.org @seforallorg.bsky.social @sdgactioncampaign.org @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Dear Friends and fellow resisters of the current US descent into stupidity, welcome to: RENEW: the Renewable Energy and Equity Worldwide Laboratory, kammen.wse.jhu.edu @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Welcome and watch this space as we add projects!
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
@bobfreling.bsky.social is way too kind and generous, but giving to @solarfund.bsky.social is a massively impactful way to provide critically needed electricity access. If you can, please join me in a year-end gift! Here: secure.qgiv.com/for/selfwebs...
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SELF Website
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
When @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social is working hard to rename @NREL away from a world-leading mission to advance clean energy & create more jobs than in the fossil sector You are playing checkers while others play chess... Meanwhile in Asia ....
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Congratulations to Alexandra and thank you Collington School! @johnshopkinsiaa.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
The @billgates.bsky.social post on @cop30brazil.bsky.social raised a fire-storm for its false either-or view on climate change My friend @michaelmann.bsky.social captures this brilliantly in @nature.com today. Echoes our joint Sept 19 2014 piece in @huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ga...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Join us this weekend, November 15 & 16 @technologyreview.com for TEDx Boston, Planetary Action @tedxbrighton.bsky.social Our session on energy challenges and solutions is Sunday morning: @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social To register: www.luma.com/ideas-in-action
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
So sad that the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social attack on the @usatoday.com demands this response, but California, @gavinnewsom.bsky.social @barackobama.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @tomsteyer.bsky.social won @houserepublicans.bsky.social need a mirror @erica-newyorktimes.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Very, very exciting OPEN LEVEL faculty position in Civil and Systems Engineering and Data Science @jhu.edu apply.interfolio.com/176542 ROSEI, the Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute & the Institute of Data Science and AI (DSAI @hopkinsdsai.bsky.social can both be hubs for this position
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
For all the bad news and damage that @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social is doing to the US economy, the CA @cayimby.bsky.social clean energy @governor.ca.gov path is worth a read greenearthinsights.substack.com/p/can-califo... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Rest in power and peace @janegoodallcan.bsky.social I had the honor to first meet her at @anv-cop21.org in @france24.com What a force for something so lacking today ... observation, reflection and communication. #JaneGoodall a force for humanity
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
A new podcast episode in the Energy Matters with Claire & Dan series just dropped today: East Coast vs. West Coast policies Not quite the 1990s #rapper battle ..., but available on our website, energymatters.world and most podcast outlets.
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In this episode, Claire and Dan dive into the long-standing East Coast vs. West Coast debate... Thi...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Urban (un-)affordability ... now vs. 5 years ago Important reporting from @cnn.com It is not complicated: we need a wealth tax. @realtomsteyer.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social
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JHU Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships @jhu-bdps.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
BDP @dankammen.bsky.social recently published a blog post with the @ox.ac.uk that argues for the centrality of science, research, and innovation in the public sphere in order to uphold climate and social justice. www.oxfordclimatealumni.org/post/an-anti...
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An Antidote to the Ongoing Suicide of a Superpower
In this OxCAN blog, Dr Daniel M Kammen, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Justice at Johns Hopkins University and Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Institute for New Economic ...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Nice to see Grist reporter @kateyoder laying out the 'flipped economics' of clean energy -- now cheaper, faster and more jobs than fossil energy -- in advance of @climateweeknyc.bsky.social @theclimategroup.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social grist.org/culture/sun-...
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The politics of renewables are getting stranger. ‘Sun Day’ celebrates them anyway.
The national day of action on September 21 arrives at a time when clean energy is becoming more polarized.
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Our latest episode, out today, is on innovation and learning, 'Moore's Law' ('Swanson's Law), and technological change. Check out #EnergyMatters on all the usual podcast services. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @energyinnovation.org
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
www.oxfordclimatealumni.org/post/an-anti... @neildegrassetyson.com @lisafriedman.bsky.social @jigarshahdc.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social @vrubinobs.bsky.social @naomioreskes.bsky.social @elizkolbert.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
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An Antidote to the Ongoing Suicide of a Superpower
In this OxCAN blog, Dr Daniel M Kammen, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Justice at Johns Hopkins University and Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Institute for New Economic ...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
#ArsenioHall Things that make you go ’hmmm’ @housedemocrats.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov @aoc.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
May every member of the US Congress @housedemocrats.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social will read this open letter from the @nationalacademies.org about the critical role that true science and technology plays in our lives and future. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social drive.google.com/file/d/1G9mN...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
madness.ghost.io/trump-worse-... @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @maryltrump.bsky.social
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Trump is setting us up for a far worse climate future
How Donald Trump's actions have made the climate fight more difficult.
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Hi All, Claire and I hope that you will give our new podcast, EnergyMatters a listen We'll be covering nuclear power, energy startups, Moore's Law, energy efficiency, energy access and justice ... @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social sites.libsyn.com/589665/why-e...
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Energy Matters with Claire and Dan: Why Energy Matters
Hosts Dan Kammen and Claire Broido Johnson kick off Energy Matters with a candid look at the science, business, and urgency of the climate crisis. From clean cooking in Kenya ...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
We must do more than just say it @forabettertomorrow.bsky.social @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @maryltrump.bsky.social @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @workingclasshistory.com
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New work on @sustainableenergy.bsky.social for healthcare in @africa.theconversation.com from our @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social and #DRCongo based offgridbox.com and www.rcha-rdc.org Download here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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The Power to Breathe: Electricity, Oxygen and Mortality in the Medical System of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Background: Oxygen is considered an essential medicine with no substitute to treat and/or prevent hypoxemia, associated with conditions accounting for approxima
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
This fantastic science & engagement by @setiinstitute.bsky.social is such a double win: important work (see, for example the @unistellar.bsky.social @nasaexoplanets.extwitter.link @nasawebb.extwitter.link work with SETI) and a way for the public to see science in action. @jameswebbdiscovery.com
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This would be a great term, "Trumpanzee", ... but it does a huge disservice to our genetic relatives among the great apes. Respect to (removed) @usarmy.bsky.social General Mark Milley
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Irrespective of your politics, this saves money, creates jobs, on-shores technology capacity, and should be considered by all states (why California has not done this already is a mystery). @calacademy.bsky.social @governor.ca.gov
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
A useful & insightful assessment of the current status at the climate-development nexus. www.dkn-future-earth.org/imperia/md/i... Section 4.28 focuses on @cjaourpower.bsky.social @climate.skyfleet.blue climate & UN SDG goals @futureearth.bsky.social @dfg.de @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
As usual, @rbreich.bsky.social is spot on the greed at the top. But is is only half the story. The depressingly accurate work by @gabrielzucman.bsky.social and Emmanuel Saez highlights how the ultra-rich now pay lower taxes than the poor. Society koyaanisqatsi www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Several people have asked for the earlier paper (2 decades ago!) with @natehultman.bsky.social & @jgkoomey.mastodon.energy.ap.brid.gy at @atap.lbl.gov and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on nuclear costs in the US. The key figure is fellow. doi.org/10.1021/es07... @ferc.gov @nti.org @iea.org
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
We just published on clean cooking: "Powering the Future: Policies to Advance Equitable Clean Cooking Access for Health, Well-Being & Climate" @cleancooking.bsky.social @sdgactioncampaign.org @cleanaircatf.bsky.social @hopkinspress.bsky.social Open access at @acs.org doi.org/10.1021/acs....
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
That is a key: the industry-regulatory bond is tight in @chinadigitaltimes.net - short-term benefit possible long-term concern? The related question is over cost dynamics: these are overnight costs and those of operation of young plants very different from later in life and of course at end of life
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
www.kqed.org/science/1997... @kqednews.kqed.org @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
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Forget Rooftops — Bay Area Residents Are Plugging Solar Into the Wall | KQED
A movement is growing to bring small, portable, affordable solar to a balcony or backyard near you. But before you see them everywhere, advocates must break through significant barriers.
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Out today in @nature.com with Shangwei Liu, Gang He, and Minghao Qin our paper on nuclear power construction and (early) plant lifetime operation costs. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social @harvard.edu @baruch.cuny.edu Nature 643, 1186-1188 (2025) doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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China reins in the spiralling construction costs of nuclear power — what can other countries learn?
Strengthening regulations and domestic supply chains could be key to making nuclear power more economically viable.
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I am so pleased to see this recognition of the work that @NativeRenewables does for energy access, local capacity building & energy justice An honor to serve on the board: www.nativerenewables.org/who-we-are/o... @nativeamericans.bsky.social @iwrising.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Comments today on @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcscience.bsky.social on the true cost of clean versus dirty energy and the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social rhetoric. The data is all available at @iea.org. @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Comments and thoughts in @nature.com on the new Chinese Antarctic research station and the key need to share data, particularly in the face of US retreat from civility and science. @bas.ac.uk @tsinghuauniversity.bsky.social @scar-antarctic.bsky.social doi: doi.org/10.1038/d415...
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China is boosting its Antarctic research. What does that mean for the world?
With US investment in polar science under threat, scientists hope that China’s interest in the region will benefit research.
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Last day (July 7) to apply for the LabStart 2025 Cohort! lnkd.in/gSAg-KkU LabStart empowers entrepreneurs to commercialize breakthrough climate technologies with - $100K in funding for entrepreneurs - Access to frontier climate technologies - Expert mentorship and guidance for climate innovators
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Thank you @freemark7.bsky.social ... it’s absolutely amazing and disgusting how many people act surprised that @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social and minions are doing exactly what they said they would do. @democracydocket.com
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Beware ... The worst of the @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social mess is set for post 2026 mid-term elections... IF we have meaningful elections Y’all need ro read this planned crurlty and totalitarian-sh&! www.project2025.observer @hcrichardson.bsky.social @thedanrather.bsky.social
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Project 2025 Tracker
Track the progress on Project 2025
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
And let’s not forget how anti-American are the core actions of @HR1 - the Big Bastardized Bill of greed, @rbreich.bsky.social
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
#TexasFloods are awful, but there is no doubt that events like this massive marine heat wave are human-caused. Votes for HR1 must be remembered as willful acts destroying the future of their own kids. @senatebudget.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
MAGa: Running a strong 3rd place, getting lapped, in North America @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov
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Dan Kammen @dankammen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Primate tool ‘use’ … Truly, one of the best videos ever, with Sir David Attenborough’s expression priceless! @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @orangutanlandtrust.bsky.social @nature.com @natgeoclassics.bsky.social
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