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Vincent Thivierge

@vthivierge.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at l'Université d'Ottawa trying to improve unilateral climate policies. Originaire de Wakefield, Québec. vthivierge.github.io

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Jacob Gellman @jacobgellman.com · 29/09/2026
What is the cost of hurricane evacuation? We structurally estimate a travel cost model using data on hurricanes, evac. orders, and billions of obs of cell phone movement. Welfare costs average 55% as a share of mortality costs. (w/ Hennighausen, Watson, Berry.) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ugggh humans!!! we are now gonna endogenize sunlight.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Exactly (much less eloquently put) my contribution during family dinner discussion yesterday. These are no benevolent dictators!
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Alexandre Shields @alexandreshields.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Congé de taxe sur l’essence: «c’est vraiment une mauvaise décision. On va plomber les finances publiques et la transition énergétique pour aider les ménages aux revenus élevés et des pétrolières. Ça ne fait aucun sens.» www.ledevoir.com/economie/100...
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Prolonger le congé de taxe sur l’essence pourrait nuire à l’environnement et aux finances publiques
La suspension a eu un effet modéré sur les finances des ménages, soulignent des experts.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Faculty of Social Sciences @uottawa.ca is hiring 4 assistant/open rank professors this fall: 1 in Arctic governance, 2 in Defence & security, and 1 in Democracy & technology. Discipline open. The Arctic position is chaired, deadline Sept. 28; the other 3 have an Oct. 31 deadline. Links below 👇
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I've organized an event that may be of interest to anyone curious about the Alto high-speed rail project: What can we learn from other countries' experiences with high-speed rail development? www.cips-cepi.ca/event/the-in...
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The International Political Economy of High-Speed Rail: Lessons for Canada from Abroad – Centre for International Policy Studies
Canada's leading centre for analysis and debate of international affairs.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Divide et impera
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Guerre commerciale | Lutnick accuse Carney de vouloir empêcher l’élection du Parti québécois
La protection du français se retrouve au cœur de la bataille pour l’opinion publique lancée par l’administration Trump dans la foulée de la rebuffade canadienne. Le secrétaire américain au Commerce, H...
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Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
News so big that Donald Trump had to upstage it by renaming Lake Ontario: ethanzuckerman.com/2026/08/27/m... (TL;DR) I will be starting a new lab at McGill University in Montreal next summer as Goldenberg Chair in the Digital Public Sphere.)
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My personal contribution to the US/Canada trade war - Ethan Zuckerman
I've accepted a position at McGill University and will be moving my lab there from UMass in summer 2027... with excitement and some sadness.
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My cross-appointed department is hiring a tenure track Assistant Professor in Urban Sustainability. Check it out and apply if that's you! uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uOttawa_Exte...
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Assistant professor - Urban Sustainability
Posting Reason: New Position Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty Union affiliation: APUO Faculty/Department: Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics_Professors and Researchers Campu...
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
2025-26: the first year Canadian universities employed more tenured/TT professors over the age of 70 than under the age of 35.
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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
cansim v0.5.0 is now on CRAN. This update by @dshkol.bsky.social and I packs lots of performance and other improvements. Get it while it's hot!
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Retrieve and work with public Statistics Canada data tables in R
Searches for, accesses, and retrieves Statistics Canada data tables, as well as individual vectors, as tidy data frames. This package enriches the tables with metadata, deals with encoding issues, all...
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Vote!
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I had missed this extremely pragmatic and compelling economic case against a new pipeline in Canada by Werner Antweiler *without* needing to invoke external costs or climate damages. Bravo. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: No, despite Iran oil shock, Canada still doesn’t need more pipelines
Energy security is important, yes. Here’s what Canada really needs to do to secure its future
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Thank you Paul Beaudry and David Green.
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 23/07/2026
MARK CARNEY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! ottawacitizen.com/public-servi...
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Carney government cut nearly half the jobs at nerve centre for managing wildfires: union
The Carney government cut about 50 positions from the federal nerve centre responsible for managing forest fires, the union says.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
New NBER WP provides an interesting warning as we transition away from fossil fuels: "The green transition reduces strategic dependence on hydrocarbon exporters but reconstitutes it around mineral supply chains." www.nber.org/papers/w3549...
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Exorbitant Privilege of the Periodic Table? Geoeconomics, Endogenous Centrality and Strategic Minerals for the Green Transition
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hmm. Europe, Canada and Australia can once again win from this if we avoid being just absolutely bottom of the barrel stupid.
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 03/07/2026
Carney confirms he was delayed by the (climate linked) "biblical weather" in Ottawa on his way to announce a new oil pipeline
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It is great that the federal government is proposing to add a price floor to it's large emitter carbon price. However, it should be a credible floor price.
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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Check out this table from the paper @vthivierge.bsky.social shared. Canada's oil fares worst not just under a Paris-compliant scenario of net zero in 2050, but also under current pledges, which are a path of ~2.3-2.5C. We are banking on disaster.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"Had carbon been priced properly and production been optimal, *78% of the oil that Canada extracted between 1992 and 2018 should have stayed underground.*" academic.oup.com/restud/artic...
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“Bad” Oil, “Worse” Oil, and Carbon Misallocation
Abstract. Not all barrels of oil are created equal: their extraction varies in both private cost and carbon intensity. Leveraging a comprehensive micro-dat
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 20/05/2026
I invite everyone to imagine the federal government behaving this way towards other provinces. "Today, Mark Carney and Doug Ford signed an MOU concerning a vital new energy project in Quebec. The Quebec premier was not in attendance."
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Moebius Stripper @moebiusstripper.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Do you live in Ottawa? Do you like graphs? Is your blood pressure too low? Then this article is for you!
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Québec remboursera aux fermes leurs coûts carbone. SVP remboursez un montant fixe par unité de production ou par travailleur, et non selon les émissions. On peut maintenir l’incitatif de réduction d’émissions à la marge et diminuer les pressions concurrentielles ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225...
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The Québec gov just announced they will reimburse farms their cap-and-trade carbon costs. PLEASE reimburse it fixed per output or per worker and not on their emissions. We can maintain the marginal incentive to reduce emissions & reduce competitive pressures. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225...
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Very cool version of this monthly global average surface temperature anomaly chart showing both El Niño and La Niña years
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Keep US GHG reporting alive!
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Nate Hultman @natehultman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Robust GHG data are central for making good policy at national, subnational, and international levels. @ctrglobsust.bsky.social's new annual GHG inventory and analysis for the United States provides needed clarity on emissions tracking. Learn more at: ghgi.cgs.umd.edu
Five hexagons, each with a different image: large pools with equipment to handle waste, an aerial view of green land, an energy powerplant, several cows on a green field, and a large bucket pouring heated metal into a mold. The text, "Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Analysis for the United States 1990-2024" is in the top left corner.
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We Are RLadies+ @weare.rladies.org · 01/05/2026
While it’s standard in software dev, #codereview is noticeably lacking in academia (which can lead to ⬆️ errors & ⬇️ reproducibility/reliability of our work). At @emlab.ucsb.edu, we’re addressing this by building code review into our lab's Standard Operating Procedures. Here’s a look at our plan 👇️
A meme of Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar as an astronaut, with the title "Let's do a quick code review" and the caption "This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years"
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I hope artisanal research becomes a thing.
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Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦 @blakeshaffer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
As Canada accelerates nation-building projects, ensuring Indigenous Nations are leading — not just being consulted — will be paramount to their success. Proud to support the launch of the Indigenous Power Coalition today. www.indigenouspowercoalition.ca/updates/cana...
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Hill Times: Canada’s electricity buildout needs Indigenous leadership — Indigenous Power Coalition
Modernizing Canada’s electricity system to meet the demands of our collective future must become a turning point for economic reconciliation.
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Emily Grubert @gruberte.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Amidst real tragedies, I'm so glad to have been able to send some folks good news this week -- announcing $450k in funding for 6 projects researching transition in fossil fuel host communities through the Resilient Energy Economies Initiative. I'm so excited about this work to make transition better
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The Resilient Energy Economies Initiative Announces Six Research Grants to Support Fossil Fuel–Dependent Communities
The projects will use a variety of methods to explore timely issues in fossil-dependent regions across the country.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
My awesome colleague Abel Brodeur and his Replication Games (@i4replication.bsky.social) made it on NPR's Planet Money (@planetmoney.bsky.social): www.npr.org/2026/02/27/n... Check whether a game is coming up near you: i4replication.org/games/
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Don't hate the replicator, hate the game : Planet Money
The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...
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Sharat Ganapati @sganapati.com · 02/03/2026
Yeah. Americans didn’t pay all of Trump’s 2018 tariffs. Foreigners paid half. You got to look at the transactions data and remember classic supply and demand to see why. www.nber.org/papers/w34901
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Did Foreigners Pay America's Tariffs? Quantity Discounts, Scale Economies and Incomplete Pass-Through
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
À noter @gatineau.ca !
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
"The debate is evolving... and that's OK." Insightful conceptualization of climate skepticism @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social !
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
a speech that invokes Thucydides *and* Vaclav Havel? You have my attention sir
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
From our hydro dams to your homes! If New England were to tightens climate policy on its power producers, this new line could lead to "negative" carbon leakage. One social benefit of trading with a decarbonized partner.
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) @apen4ej.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
“We represent communities living next to refineries and the workers who operate them. Together, we are sounding the alarm - California must not allow oil billionaires and their lobbyists to rewrite refinery safety rules.”-@apen4ej.bsky.social & #USWLocal5 Read more: calmatters.org/commentary/2...
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Opinion | California shouldn't let oil companies rewrite refinery safety rules
Regulators will hold a hearing Jan. 15 at the OSHA Standards Board in Sacramento on changes that will weaken safety standards for refineries.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Awesome workshop, great papers and people, beautiful city.
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Sefi Roth @sjroth.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📢 Call for Papers! The 9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Econ. will be held in London June 8-9 ✅ Submissions by Feb 1 📄 Full papers only (no abstracts) 🎤 Keynote: Prof. @rmetcalfe.bsky.social 🔗 more details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...
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9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics
Information about the LSE Department of Geography and Environment's Environmental Economics Workshop.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Congestion pricing seems like a great example of a policy where the effects are immediately legible to the public in a way that changes their views. Before, people were unsure; after, most people see the benefits and don't want to go back (see also smoking in bars).
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Forest Futures at the University of Ottawa is hiring a postdoctoral fellow and a senior research associate to study forest conservation and management in Canada. (www.linkedin.com/company/fore...)
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Forest Futures | LinkedIn
Forest Futures | 119 followers on LinkedIn. Research & partnerships driving next-gen forest stewardship for climate, nature, communities, and the economy in Canada | Forest Futures Canada is a new...
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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Re-upping this position before the December 1st application deadline. I'm looking to hire a post-doc - could be a climate scientist or environmental economist. Ideal start early 2026 but could be later. Please circulate!
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Jacquelyn Pless in Toronto! Awesome news for Canada. I was starting to get jealous of Switzerland and their recent fancy hires.
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Vincent Thivierge @vthivierge.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
@alexandreshields.bsky.social je crois que ce nouveau cahier de recherche (de @eyalfrank.bsky.social et al) sur la réduction des risques d'accidents de la route grâce à la présence des loups sur la rive nord versus sud du Saint-Laurent saura certainement vous intéresser: www.nber.org/papers/w34377
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Option Value of Apex Predators: Evidence from a River Discontinuity
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
OK, here we go... I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game. Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The only questions you ever need to ask of people who want to peddle this issue are: "What do you mean by merit? How do you measure it? Is there only one definition of merit?" They will not be able to answer The Qs because they haven't thought about it. Because, in turn, IT'S NOT ABOUT MERIT.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a
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