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Jessica Green

@greenprofgreen.bsky.social
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Immigrant. Poli sci prof at U of Toronto. Politics of climate change, carbon markets, oceans, NGOs, enviro politics. Author of Existential Politics, out now: tinyurl.com/ybephkfb. Occasional ranter. greenprofgreen.com

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11h
Like I have said many times before, tax policy is climate policy. Data centers are driving a huge demand for natural gas. US tax policy is turbo-charging this demand.
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big ups to @katearonoff.bsky.social for covering this seemingly boring but actually really important story about the GHG Protocol. Standards are technical & opaque AND they’re where the politics happen. This is a classic case of “managing tons.” 🧵
newrepublic.com
Did the Forestry Industry Just Get to Write Its Own Emissions Rules?
Accusations of industry capture, allegedly secret working groups, and the resignations of two researchers—a scandal is rocking the world of carbon emissions accounting.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shout out to @nilskupzok.bsky.social for the thoughtful and generous review of my book, Existential Politics, in @gepjournal.bsky.social! direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Such a blast to host the inimitable @leahstokes.bsky.social for her book event here at @uoftenvironment.bsky.social!
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Many thanks to @green-economy.bsky.social for this great interview abt my book! Excellent reading for the run up to #COP31 corporateknights.com/climate/a-so...
corporateknights.com
A solution for failing climate policy: Make fossil fuels unprofitable | Corporate Knights
INTERVIEW | Trading emissions won’t solve climate change, Jessica Green argues. Instead, we need to go after the owners of fossil assets.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The proposed CA billionaires tax is not just abt CA policy. Taxation is also climate policy. 1/2
giftarticle.ft.com
Nobel economists throw support behind California billionaire tax
Progressive laureates say November ballot measure could ‘start reining in the power’ of ultra-wealthy
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ok, I'm ready for summer!
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@unep.org new report on climate overshoot: shows how UNEP & other enviro int’l orgs have little leverage in accelerating climate action. 🧵 on the good, the bad and the ugly from the report
unep.org
Limiting Overshoot - Navigating exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceedance of 1.5°C is now widely assessed as unavoida...
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Insurance companies are critical to distributing risk in the global economy. Climate catastrophe is destroying the market for risk distribution. Without that market, gov'ts (i.e. taxpayers) will be picking up the tab....if they choose to. This is very dangerous territory.
ft.com
Disasters to cost world $450bn a year from climate change and development
More than half of losses not covered by insurance as carriers carve out risk and cut exposure
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
LOLOLOL
nytimes.com
Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE
Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I have picked up many very nerdy books in sidewalk boxes in Toronto. But this is the nerdiest, hands down.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
hey torontonians! me and my pal @leahstokes.bsky.social are gonna talk about her new book @ UofT on Sept 24. it's gonna be a great event! deets below 👇
lci.utoronto.ca
Dr. Leah Stokes on The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet
The School of the Environment and the Lawson Climate Institute invite you to join us on Thursday, September 24th, 2026, from 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm in Seeley Hall (6 Hoskin Avenue, Toronto, ON M5S 1H8) for...
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Real Climate Info @ditchyourgascar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Recommended
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@diplopolis.bsky.social review of my book is everything an excellent book review should be: concise summary with smart and reasonable critiques that promote further discussion rather than needlessly shut it down. highly recommend!
diplopolis.com
The Politics Beneath the Promise — A Review of Existential Politics by Jessica F. Green
Jessica F. Green argues climate failure is political, not technical. Existential Politics is powerful and necessary. The DiploPolis review asks whether defeating fossil assets is enough — or whether t...
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
hey academics: i need help. i'm 20 yrs into my academic career. that's a lot of documents and data. my filing and back up systems are shit. crowdsourcing on: 1) what you keep from past projects and what you trash 2) how you back things up (UofT only gives you so much space) all ideas wlecome!
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Taxing the ultra-rich is *very effective* climate policy. -- @greenprofgreen.bsky.social
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
14/ Which brings me to @greenprofgreen.bsky.social Existential Politics. Her argument is that thirty years of counting tonnes has let us avoid the real fight, which is over who owns assets worth trillions and what happens to them. That fight is what a licensing decision is.
press.princeton.edu
Existential Politics
A new way to tackle the real politics of climate change through asset revaluation
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Cool cool cool
theglobeandmail.com
On prediction markets, people are betting big money on climate disasters
Weather disaster predictions are on pace to attract a billion dollars by the end of the year on Kalshi alone
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
NO JETS!!!
theglobeandmail.com
Federal government declines to allow jets at Billy Bishop airport ‘at this stage’
Ottawa’s rejection delivers a major blow to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s agenda
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Not enough electricity infrastructure to help address housing crisis but let’s expand #BillyBishop airport lol. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
theglobeandmail.com
Why a multibillion-dollar electricity infrastructure gap is threatening Ontario’s housing goals
The province’s strained grid is already thwarting its ambitious plans to build 1.5 million homes. Who will pay for a massive expansion?
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Anyone who argues that decarbonization is “too expensive” is full of shit.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This thread takes @dandrezner.bsky.social Toddler in chief thread to the NEXT LEVEL
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This 👇
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Today I am grateful that I have the privilege to be in a space that is cool and (relatively) free from the harmful wildfire smoke enveloping Toronto. Many are not so lucky.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Apparently, It's pipeline week in Canada. Like infrastructure under Trump 1, but with more emissions and public subsidies. There is, shockingly, another way to reduce dependence on foreign oil. And reduce emissions. And also create jobs. #greenenergy #renewables
theglobeandmail.com
Alberta, Ontario propose new pipeline in bid to boost Canada’s energy independence
Northern Shield Energy Corridor would carry crude oil across four provinces and end in Sarnia, Ont.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
this went from privately-funded to taxpayer-funded real quick. a climate catastrophe and a political bait and switch all in one.
theglobeandmail.com
Taxpayers asked to foot the bill for another pipeline
Absence of private-sector proponent to lead what is being touted as a nation-building project is striking
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uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
In a recent episode of the podcast 'Business Talk' with @deepakbbhatt.bsky.social, @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social discusses the gaps in global #climategovernance and the urgent reforms needed to bridge them, the subject of her latest book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9bb...
youtube.com
Existential Politics: The Real Reason Global Climate Institutions Are Failing | Dr. Jessica Green
YouTube video by Business Talk
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Listen to me talk about my new book Existential Politics on the Business Talk podcast with Deepak Bhatt! 👇
podcasts.apple.com
Existential Politics: The Real Reason Global Climate Institutions Are Failing | Dr. Jessica Green
Podcast Episode · Business Talk · June 23 · 48m
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
As a former New Yorker, I’m not a Bloomberg fan, but this is exactly the kind of measure I discuss in my new book Existential Politics: $$ will help even the playing field btw green and fossil asset owners — a necessary step in the political process of decarbonzation
giftarticle.ft.com
Michael Bloomberg arms green lobby for fight against oil interests
Billionaire pledges $285mn to renewable industry associations as nations face energy policy decisions in wake of Iran war
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
BWAHAHAHA! It’s a mystery 🤔
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Hey #Toronto: I saw an amazing shirt on a bike rider today that said "If there is no bike lane, this is the bike lane". AND it was pink! Any one know where I can get me one of these? #bikelanes #citybiking
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Makes perfect sense that CDP is literally selling out to a private equity firm. Its continued relevance requires ongoing demand for this voluntary reporting standard. But voluntary disclosure isn’t as important as it once was. But commodifying data to inform investment decisions? That’ll work. 🧵
giftarticle.ft.com
Environmental reporting non-profit group CDP strikes private equity deal
Permira to take majority stake in core operations under energy transition strategy
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Hey #toronto: Federal gov't has officially launched solicitations on the expansion of Billy Bishop airport to support jet planes. This is a terrible idea. Please consider writing in and telling them as much: (1/2)
canada.ca
The Government of Canada launches public consultations on the future of Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is an important part of Canada’s air transportation network. It supports jobs, tourism, business travel, emergency services and greater connectivity to Canada’s regio...
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Anyone who knows anything about the @icao.int agreement, offsets or sustainable aviation fuel knows that nothing has changed here except the aviation industry giving itself permission to say the quiet part out loud
theguardian.com
Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely
Iata boss Willie Walsh blames fuel suppliers, governments and aircraft makers, saying new ‘realistic timeline’ now needed
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Now do fossil fuel subsidies Seven states sue US for paying $1bn to make TotalEnergies exit wind power
giftarticle.ft.com
Seven states sue US for paying $1bn to make TotalEnergies exit wind power
New York leads lawsuit challenging Trump administration’s effort to make French company reinvest in fossil fuels
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Every time a woman asks to get paid for her labor, an angel gets its wings. (Same for BIPOC, indigenous, disabled, trans or otherwise marginalized person.)
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Today is the day! Toronto Climate Week kicks off this morning. Check out all the events here www.tocw.ca #TOCW
tocw.ca
Toronto Climate Week
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
tune into CBC's Just Asking this afternoon to hear me and @profkharrison.bsky.social talk about @mark-carney.bsky.social's alarming anti-climate policies.
cbc.ca
Just Asking with Saroja Coelho | Live Radio | CBC Listen
You’ve got smart questions, we’ve got solid answers. If googling got you nowhere, you can always call your friend Saroja Coelho. With guest experts, Just Asking turns the week’s news and latest trends into tips that help you make better decisions about your life. Whether it’s tech, money, career or health — we’ll hear you out, and help you out. The show takes live calls on CBC Radio every Saturday afternoon, and drops the podcast after the live show. Do you have a question you want Just Asking to explore? Send us a text or voice note at 226-758-8924. You can also e-mail us at justasking@cbc.ca [mailto:justasking@cbc.ca]
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Toronto Climate week starts Monday and the climate community has LOTS of work to do. The state of Canadian climate policy in Canada is worse than you think. 🧵
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Thread 👇
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
There's stiff competition for the scariest shit going on in the world, but this is definitely up there. He is literally failing up.
giftarticle.ft.com
SpaceX IPO set to lock in Elon Musk’s control with Mars-linked pay deal
Investors expected to accept $1.75tn valuation, weak shareholder rights and billionaire’s sci-fi business vision
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This is the kinda shit that normalizes the climate crisis. Do better @theglobeandmail.com
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Price volatility is driving private capital to clean energy. This *should* make it easier for gov'ts to push this transition w/ complementary policies. Libs love to talk abt crowding in private $$ -- this is their moment. Looking at you, Canada...
giftarticle.ft.com
Investors pile into clean power as Iran war drives push for energy security
Renewables funds attract biggest flows for 5 years, as focus shifts from climate change to geopolitical crisis
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Important thread showing yet another way that Canadian oil&gas is pushing for more more more. As @climatekeith.bsky.social notes, he and I debated Martha Hall Findlay two years ago at @rotmanschool.bsky.social when she argued for CCS. Now she thinks pipelines are the solution. Shocking.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This seems...very bad.
theglobeandmail.com
Talk of airport ownership changes in ‘early stages,’ Transport Minister says
Spring fiscal update floated the possibility as a way to generate capital for new sovereign wealth fund
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Canada approving natural gas pipeline expansion the same day it attends intergov'tl meeting on phasing out fossil fuels is the perfect illustration of its approach to climate policy.
cbc.ca
Ottawa approves Enbridge's $4B Sunrise natural gas pipeline expansion project | CBC News
Ottawa has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia, bolstering a West Coast liquefied natural gas project in which the company has a stake, Natural...
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Jeff Colgan @jeffcolgan.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This might be the cleanest example yet of what @thomasnhale.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social and I called the politics of climate-forcing asset holders vs. climate-vulnerable asset holders 🌎
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
There is a huge shift in climate politics happening RIGHT NOW in Santa Marta, Colombia. Countries are meeting to discuss a treaty to phase out fossil fuels -- the one issue that #UNFCCC has studiously avoided for 30 years. 🧵
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
What?? Subway takes + climate change??? Yesssss! @ayanaeliza.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DXbzgO8...
instagram.com
SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma on Instagram: "Episode 688: We have the climate solutions we need, we just need to f*cking implement them!! @ayanaeliza Host: @kareem Created/Produced by Kareem Rahma (@...
73K likes, 1,755 comments - subwaytakes on April 22, 2026: "Episode 688: We have the climate solutions we need, we just need to f*cking implement them!! @ayanaeliza Host: @kareem Created/Produced by ...
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
yes please and thank you. #toronto @waterfront4all.bsky.social
blogto.com
Toronto could restrict jet skis and boats in select waterfront zones this summer
Jet skis and other motorized watercraft could be prohibited from several popular Toronto waterfront areas this summer under a new policy being implem…
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