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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Heading to Fresno on the new Gold Runner @amtrak.com line (replaced the San Joaquins). This is the route that #HighSpeedRail will eventually take and as usual it's full of SJV commuters and families. Loving the new trains and free Cheez-Its!

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Definitely a good time to be leaning into policies to support clean energy production/alternatives to the global oil market...

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I've often noted that you can't effectively drive an energy transition without understanding not only where you want to transition to, but where you are transitioning from. I think the TV series Landman is a pretty good window into the latter. khgordon.substack.com/p/learning-f...

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Learning from Landman

The inherent volatility of oil

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Hi all, I am HIRING for a Director of Carbon Management at California Forward, recognizing the critical importance of aligning industry operations with our energy transition and carbon removal goals. See my recent LinkedIn post for details and application link! www.linkedin.com/posts/katego...

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Director of Carbon Management - Job | Kate Gordon

Hi folks, I am HIRING for a Director of Carbon Management to work with our amazing team at California Forward! Why carbon management, you ask? 💸 We know that a strong California economy requires n...

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Economic Speakers Bureau @econspeakers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

@katenrg.bsky.social joined the Market to Market podcast to break down how policy choices and rising electricity use, especially from data centers, are slowing renewable energy deployments, driving up utility bills, & limiting affordable energy options for Americans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xDF...

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Energy Demand Surges, Sources Shrink in Energy Transition in Coal v. Renewables Debate

YouTube video by Market to Market

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New poll echoes what we heard recently in focus groups across CA--ppl living paycheck to paycheck, hustling with 2+ jobs to afford housing and health care, feeling uncertain about the future. This isnt the kind of thing captured in macro econ numbers but it's real. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/p...

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Trump 2.0: The President’s Affordability Problem

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Chart from @insideclimatenews.org of the world's largest carbon emitters is a good reminder of the major role state owned entities play in the oil markets. Top 5 all state owned, equal 18 percent of emissions last year.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A good friend of mine in MN just shared this website with videos and lists of incidents of ICE brutality. It's far, far more widespread and violent than even what we're seeing in the news. Please share, and please support orgs and individuals trying to stand up and fight back. mn-ice-witness.org

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A Sourced Listing of ICE Abuse Incidents in MN

A sourced listing of ICE abuse incidents in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

In his Jan 3 presser on Venezuela, the president promised "We're going to run the comp...the country right". He nearly gave away the truth: This is no pro democracy move, it's a simple corporate takeover for oil assets. More in my new Substack: khgordon.substack.com/p/a-hostile-...

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A Hostile Takeover of Venezuela

The corporate-ification of American energy policy

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

The US lost 5K manufacturing jobs in November. Stopping wind projects means more job loss and less energy production, just in time for Xmas. American workers & ratepayers are the ones who suffer as the manufacturing incentives of the Biden-Harris admin are unwound. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

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Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Loved talking to @danielraimi.bsky.social, who is one of my all-time favorite people in the energy/climate world, not least because he truly cares about energy communities. Give us a listen over the break if you have a long drive and want to tune out the in-laws. www.resources.org/resources-ra...

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California’s Revamped Energy and Climate Policies, with Kate Gordon

Kate Gordon discusses California’s recent raft of climate policies, specifically those policies that aim to balance energy affordability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the state.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The othet day I spoke on a Sweep webinar about why its so important for companies to treat climate risk--especially physical risk to operations and supply chains--as material. That continues to be true despite new delays in #SB261 disclosure rules. Watch here: go.sweep.net/3LLhikV

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California SB 253 & SB 261: latest updates and critical deadlines

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Prices and political winds have the climate community and broader political class discovering--again!--that climate is fundamentally an economic development issue. New Substack up today: khgordon.substack.com/p/its-the-cl...

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It's the (Climate) Economy, Stupid

Prices and political winds have the climate community discovering economic development...again.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Just in time for #COP30, here's my new @carnegieendowment.org piece on the arc of green industrial policy from 2000 through the Biden era. My takeaway on lessons learned from the trenches: don't overpromise, and do be honest about tradeoffs. carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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From Green Jobs to Bidenomics: The Arc of Green Industrial Policy

Energy transition is as important as ever—despite the current administration’s disruptive approach to U.S. energy production.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Place matters--to people, communities, the economy, democracy. Local media is how people learn what's happening in places, not just in the scrum of national clickbait news. But as we highlighted @ the #CAEconimicSummit in Stockton last month. More here w a killer map. www.axios.com/2025/11/08/l...

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New local outlets are booming, but not where they're needed most

Nearly half are nonprofits that rely on philanthropy.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

And now that I'm back -- hot take from last night/#Prop50! Thinking @governor.ca.gov @pelosi.house.gov need to think about donating a big chunk of leftover cash from the campaign to national efforts to do independent redistricting commissions. Walk the walk on this one.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Finally getting back onto this platform after nearly a year of head-down organization rebuilding! Happy to be back.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Really important measure to get CA on the road to clean energy supply chain and manufacturing jobs, across all regions. Let's get it passed to turn ambution to action.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Yes, US is less vulnerable to Middle Eaat oil shocks than it once was, due to production and electrification. But CA is an islanded gasoline mkt quite dependent on Saudi Arabia. www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...

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🟡 Semafor Net Zero: Iran’s missing energy crisis is a win for ‘drill, baby, drill’ | Semafor

Oil prices tumbled as Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

These pictures could be from the Kent State massacre 55 years ago -- National Guard in full riot gear facing off against protesters exercising a fundamental Constitutional right to express opinion and outrage. Praying it does not end the same way. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/u...

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What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

I'm excited too, should be a fascinating discussion.

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Tyler Norris @tnorris.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Look forward to speaking here next week alongside @duncamp.bsky.social @katenrg.bsky.social @bharatramamurti.bsky.social & others - come say hi! siepr.stanford.edu/events/polic...

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 27/04/2025

Job opportunity 👇

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Hope to see my media friends in the a.m.!

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Hi friends -- just arrived in Tempe AZ where I'm excited to be speaking at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference tomorrow morning! Worth getting up at 8am I promise: "Clean Energy Projects in the West: Who Benefits?" @sejorg.bsky.social

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I loved this interview with a recent Skadden lawyer who quit over their capitulation to the administration's demands. Made me proud to be a lawyer & and American. open.spotify.com/episode/0i07...

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‘I Felt Ashamed.’ Why One Lawyer Resigned When His Firm Caved to Trump

The Daily · Episode

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Proud to stand with other climate and energy nerds in a call for a new approach to CA climate strategy that provides real gains for our economy. open.substack.com/pub/khgordon...

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We Need a Climate-Smart Economic Agenda

Addressing climate through regulation is critical, but it's not enough to bring real change.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Of all the things I’ve done in my career, I’m perhaps proudest of the many students, staffers, and other young professionals I’ve convinced to go into public service. Last week, most of them were fired. khgordon.substack.com/p/the-purge-...

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The Purge of Public Servants

The "Red Wedding" for federal employees undermines more than public trust.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

This new year, I'm finding hope in the legacies of Presidents Carter and Biden, and in the slowly emerging green shoots of a new and more resilient kind of economic growth. Read more in my most recent Substack, and Happy New Year! khgordon.substack.com/p/faith-in-t...

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Faith in the Future

Playing the long game and finding hope at the dawn of a new year

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 03/11/2024

Pounding the pavement and getting out the vote in rural WI this weekend! Touched/humbled by the level of knowledge and thoughtfulness of these voters. I credit good public schools.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Friends! Sorry I've been MIA as I ramp up at CA FWD. Here's a piece I just published for Carnegie CA, arguing for "place-based" policy approaches to energy transition--not just climate policy but econ & community development policy as well. Enjoy! carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

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Managing the Energy Transition: A Place-Based Approach

Communities will soon be hammered by climate impacts or hollowed out by declining consumer demand. U.S. policymakers need to make the energy transition equitable.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Best line from #SOTU and my stock answer to all the doubters: “It doesn’t make news, but in a thousand cities and towns, the American people are writing the greatest comeback story never told.”

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Excited to see the new CA Jobs First Council stood up at the state level to catalyze #highroadjobs in every region of this great state. Proud to have been involved from Day 1 in critical push toward sustainable and equitable economic development. www.gov.ca.gov/2024/03/08/c...

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

Some of you may remember "Kate's Cliffnotes," my irreverent and occasional blog from my Next Generation days. It's back & on Substack! This week, talking about #roads2removal and why I still think #carbonremoval is necessary. More at open.substack.com/pub/khgordon...

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Kate's Cliffnotes is Back!

New location, same honest commentary on energy, climate, & economics

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 24/01/2024

So glad the economists finally realized climate change affects everything! Us planners and economic development types have known about this for a while. :-) ‘We’re All Climate Economists Now’ www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/b...

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‘We’re All Climate Economists Now’

With climate change affecting everything from household finances to electric grids, the profession is increasingly focused on how society can mitigate carbon emissions and cope with their impact.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 07/12/2023

Re-watching Love Actually as I do most Decembers, and I continue to be highly amused by the British take on Milwaukee culture. Also, who knew January Jones was one of the girls in the bar? #OnWisconsin

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Biden has signed 4 major bills, 3 bipartisan, all moving the ball far & fast on a revitalized, more sustainable American economy. He's managing the delicate dance of Middle East diplomacy against all odds. Frankly, if this is "quiet competence" I'll take it. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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Quiet Competence Could Cost Joe Biden the Election

Americans may claim to want less drama, but they’re addicted to it.

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

I just read this: "Land use change has contributed to about 35% of total anthropogenic emissions in the last 150 years." Urban sprawl increases emissions (more driving) + decreases carbon sinks (more concrete). Isn't it time we took land use change seriously as part of our US climate strategy?

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Kate Gordon @katenrg.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

Hi friends, happy to be over here in the new space! Slowly building back followers and posts and am always looking for ideas.

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