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Noah Gordon

@noahjgordon.bsky.social
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I research climate change at the Carnegie Endowment

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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In this age of electricity, the US DFC should focus on clean energy technologies where the nation has comparative advantages: geothermal and nuclear. A drilling insurance program could get geothermal moving. Our new piece for @carnegieendowment.org : carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
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A Geothermal and Nuclear Strategy for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
The DFC should focus on advanced, low-carbon energy sources, prioritizing areas where the United States has comparative advantages.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I wrote the climate chapter for this--really pleased to part of this vision for progressive US foreign policy! Edited by @mattduss.bsky.social published by @orbooks.bsky.social with @thenation.com
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Chris Aylett @chrisaylett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Good reality check from @noahjgordon.bsky.social However appealing, the idea that cheap clean tech and self-interest alone will save us from climate change is a fantasy Some necessary emissions-reducing actions simply don't have clear economic co-benefits www.ft.com/content/1aec...
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The global green transition won’t be driven by self-interest alone
States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too
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Mats Engström @matsengstrom.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Great piece by @noahjgordon.bsky.social: www.ft.com/content/1aec...
ft.com
The global green transition won’t be driven by self-interest alone
States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Self-interest can get people to buy solar panels and EVs. But it can't take the green transition all the way--the state must shut down fossil assets and mandate carbon removal. My piece for the @financialtimes.com on what the Hormuz shock can & can't do for clean energy. www.ft.com/content/1aec...
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The global green transition won’t be driven by self-interest alone
States must actively tilt the playing field on renewable energy too
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 31/07/2026
@noahjgordon.bsky.social: ""Fines deprive companies of the funds they need to invest in the transition"? Look at what EU carmakers did while they were riding high for the last 15 years (this is from Chartbook 460 by @adamtooze.bsky.social)" #alwaysbecharging nitter.net/noah_gordon_...
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Fires, drought, El Niño, pests. Expensive power, food & fertilizer. FEMA facing "chaotic austerity". The US might be facing a perfect summer storm. Join me, @mollytaft.com, @dwallacewells.bsky.social , and @sarahlabo.bsky.social for a @CarnegieEndow conversation on July 14th, 11:30am ET.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Fires, drought, El Niño, pests. Expensive power, food & fertilizer. FEMA facing "chaotic austerity". The US might be facing a perfect summer storm. Join me, @mollytaft.com, @dwallacewells.bsky.social , and @sarahlabo.bsky.social for a @CarnegieEndow conversation on July 14th, 11:30am ET.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
"This is downstream of the Hormuz closure--sulfur/sulfuric acid didn't get out of the Gulf, so phosphate fertilizer is expensive. The US is now taking emergency action" - @noahjgordon.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/70sb...
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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 03/06/2026
New data centers in Lake Tahoe and Virginia are creating headlines due to the impact on electricity supply. @katenrg.bsky.social and @noahjgordon.bsky.social break down the data center debate and explore potential solutions: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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Are Data Centers the Villains in the Battle Over Electricity?
Examples from Virginia and Lake Tahoe reveal complex situations that governments could use to fund critical grid upgrades.
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 20/05/2026
@noahjgordon.bsky.social: "I like to see the spotlight on one of the dumbest gaps in the EU's protective tariffs: it puts tariffs on Chinese EVs but not hybrids, so Europe is importing more vehicles that still depend on imported fossil fuels..." nitter.net/noah_gordon_...
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My new piece for ECFR
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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 12/05/2026
Can Europe avoid the next energy crisis? As the EU accelerates its green transition, this question becomes urgent. The EU is right to raise ambitions on electrification but the target is stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice. - @noahjgordon.bsky.social bit.ly/4tQsein
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Europe’s electrification race: Five ways the EU can avoid the next energy crisis – European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice.
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ECFR @ecfr.eu · 06/05/2026
Can Europe avoid the next energy crisis? As the EU accelerates its green transition, this question becomes urgent. The EU is right to raise ambitions on electrification but the target is stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice. - @noahjgordon.bsky.social bit.ly/4tQsein
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Europe’s electrification race: Five ways the EU can avoid the next energy crisis – European Council on Foreign Relations
The EU is right to raise its ambitions on the electrification rate—but the target is highly stretching. Only a more aggressive approach will suffice.
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David Fickling @davidfickling.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
WOW: The UAE’s decision to quit OPEC looks like one of the biggest crude producers joining the “peak oil demand” camp. Here’s why: 🧵
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Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org · 02/04/2026
The Strait of Hormuz closure has thrown the world into yet another energy crisis. Countries that invested in renewables after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are better prepared to weather it, but they’re still at risk. @noahjgordon.bsky.social explains: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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Some Countries Are Better Prepared for an Energy Crisis This Time
As the Iran war shocks oil prices, countries that have invested in renewables, EVs, and battery development since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine are seeing the value of their investments.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Growing pains: how will the fertiliser crisis affect food supply? I joined Alasdair MacEwen to discuss the fertilizer crisis on the Land and Climate Review podcast. landclimate.org/growing-pains/ @landclimate.bsky.social
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Growing pains: how will the fertiliser crisis affect food supply? - Land and Climate Review
Alasdair and Noah Gordon discuss the international and environmental politics of fertilisers.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The global energy system is on fire, and no one is safe. But the countries that learned from the 2022 oil shock-- China, Spain, Pakistan--have added enough electrotech to offer some protection. My new piece for the @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
carnegieendowment.org
Some Countries Are Better Prepared for an Energy Crisis This Time
As the Iran war shocks oil prices, countries that have invested in renewables, EVs, and battery development since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine are seeing the value of their investments.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
US power grids are missing key pieces: transformers. Permitting reform and tax credits aren't enough without key electrical components. My piece for the National Interest (w/Sia Were) nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
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The Missing Piece of the US Power Grid: Transformers
It’s not just red tape that’s limiting the supply of electricity in America. Grids are physical machines, and they’re short on transformers.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
My piece on the fertilizer crisis
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I wrote about the fertilizer crisis for @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
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Fertilizer shortage Iran war: Hormuz block could create global food crisis.
Even if the Iran war stops, restarting production and transport for fertilizers and their components could take weeks—at a crucial moment for planting.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In most climate fiction Texas doesn't run out of water until the 2030s, but here we are www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Vanuatu wants a UN resolution to urge countries to implement the ICJ ruling on climate action. The climate bully in Washington wants them to back down. I spoke to @olliemilman.bsky.social for this Guardian piece www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
The world's farmers ask: did Israel/the US have to launch this war at the start of spring planting season? left is @mollytaft.com right is @adamtooze.bsky.social
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Dana Drugmand @danad1012.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"Trump is using US power to scare other countries into reducing their climate ambition" @noahjgordon.bsky.social told me. And tariffs are the main tool "the bullies in the White House are wielding." Today #SCOTUS ruled that Trump’s "emergency" tariffs are illegal. But that might not stop him
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Fossil electricity gets huge demand growth and a renewables-hating administration and puts up these weak ass numbers? deeply embarrassing stuff
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Left: ICE plans for a Georgia detention camp, 2026 Right: the slave ship Brooks, 1788 The dots are people.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I've seen this image before
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The US climate bullying continues at the IEA in Paris
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The US has become a climate bully. The sabotage of the IMO shipping levy is the most dramatic example. The pressure on Vanuatu to stop its legal efforts is the most recent. My new piece for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/18/t...
foreignpolicy.com
Trump Is Strong-Arming the World Out of Climate Action
Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
The US has become a climate bully. The sabotage of the IMO shipping levy is the most dramatic example. The pressure on Vanuatu to stop its legal efforts is the most recent. My new piece for @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/18/t...
foreignpolicy.com
Trump Is Strong-Arming the World Out of Climate Action
Washington is leveraging its power to intimidate countries that are trying to protect the planet.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Where do we think Joey Tabula-Rasa is today?
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This lie about Cuba is from the guy DOGE sent to kill USAID
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
What's the minimum viable scale for a fossil energy system? another brilliant edition of The China Lab by @jeremywallace.bsky.social, here highlighting @gruberte.bsky.social and Josh Lappert
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
On projected climate peaks and their instrumentalization
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"When the conversation is about peaks in emissions or fuel consumption, the climate community must always remember to ask whom the discourse serves." @noahjgordon.bsky.social on the politics of promises www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
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Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.
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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
"Who has an interest in claiming a peak is nigh, or too high to reach? If the peak occurs, how fast will the descent be, and where is the bottom of the mountain?" New this week @the-breakdown.bsky.social: @noahjgordon.bsky.social writes on the politics of promises www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
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Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed, or still to come. But who, and what, do those peaks ultimately serve? My first essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social ! Thx @johnmerrick.bsky.social & @adriennebuller.bsky.social www.break-down.org/three-peaks/
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Three Peaks
The story of climate action is one of peaks—promised, assumed or still to come. But who, and what, do those peaks ultimately serve?
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The 51st is a good alternative to the corpse of Bezos' Washington Post if you want local DC news. @51st.news Here @dancharles.bsky.social covers how it costs more to replace a DC home's gas pipes than to electrify the home
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
The US is expropriating fossil assets to keep them running against capital's wishes, tremendous stuff www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-eme... @ethanhowl.bsky.social
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Coal plant owners say DOE ‘emergency’ order to run it violates Constitution
By mandating the generator’s availability to operate, the order “constitutes both a physical taking and a regulatory taking” of property by the government without just compensation or due process, the...
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max nesterak @maxnesterak.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Industrial food can be good, as can the simple pleasures of Waffle House. Looking forward to this one by @gnrosenberg.bsky.social and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social. Some parallels to @mikegrunwald.bsky.social's recent book, I think.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
My favorite part, on the US billionaires who don't like climate tech once it gets too mature
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Against Techno-Optimism, by me and @cathfraser.bsky.social in @jacobinmag.bsky.social jacobin.com/2026/01/capi...
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advait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"Rationalist-optimists lack humility in the face of a planetary system." Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems. Must-read.
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Parallels between the abolition of slavery and the abolition of fossil fuels? Rob Lawlor and Nathan Wood with a thought-provoking paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The Long Heat is one of the most important climate books of the decade. Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis. @cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for @jacobinmag.bsky.social! @versobooks.bsky.social
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Pleasure to write this for Jacobin!
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Catherine Fraser @cathfraser.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
A fun collab with @noahjgordon.bsky.social reviewing one of my top books of 2025. tough to give the book justice in just a couple thousand words! check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
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Noah Gordon @noahjgordon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
These radical climate protestors must be stopped! (Jokes, it's the farmers again)
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