New: the Iran war's price increases on just two products, gasoline and diesel, has already cost American households $130 each (on avg), a total of $17 billion -- and it's rising fast.
We have an Iran War Energy Cost Tracker @climatesollab.bsky.social. Check it out:
iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
Can you share the source? I want to pass this on to my students.
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On CBS Los Angeles talking about Sable Offshore, alongside Alex Katz from EDC, on how ramping up offshore oil in California will have NO effect on gas prices.
At best, it will add to 0.05% global production.
At worst, we’ll have yet another spill from this corroded pipeline.
While Venezuela has recently made headlines for its oil reserves, it’s also uniquely positioned to generate renewable energy - enough to meet 10x its electricity needs. @paashamahdavi.com explains how offshore wind can help power a greener future. www.loe.org/shows/segmen...
This is not just a relief from the relentless gloom. I believe it is also correct.
This is a good example of the argument @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I made in Foreign Affairs last year about how the US becoming the world's largest oil and gas producer facilitates the aggressive behavior of the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/c...
Long-term, we need ↘️ gas demand: think EVs, transit + urban planning. @profmichaelross.bsky.social , @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social, and I make this case in our @thejop.bsky.social from ’22, suggesting demand reduction as a better tool than gas subsidy reform:
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/719272
And after a day of sitting at a computer, there’s nothing like sticking your hands in mud and making something useful out of it
Pottery, definitely. I joined a local studio four years ago and love it. It’s easy to learn, fun, and a great way to connect with other people. plus you can do it in all kinds of weather & not risk life or limb
Bottom line: you can’t fix Venezuela’s resource curse by pumping more oil. Oil is the problem, not the solution.
I spoke with Brazil’s Veja a few days ago about the insanity of Trump’s Venezuela strategy
veja.abril.com.br/economia/tru...
This is literally the perfect sound bite, perfectly delivered
Six months ago @profmichaelross.bsky.social and I wrote in Foreign Affairs that the US is increasingly behaving like a petrostate. Seems relevant today
Next year's Climate Pipeline Project is at Columbia University. Great for junior scholars in PS, across fields. Application deadline is tomorrow!
Ht @nilskupzok.bsky.social
politicaleconomy.columbia.edu/news/call-pa...
These attacks show that you’re making a difference. Hang in there and keep up the great work.
Paul Tobin, @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social and I are delighted to announce our new, open access, edited book ‘Stability and politicization in climate governance’. bit.ly/45Gb6RM. It is packed full of fantastic chapters about different aspects of climate politics. Here’s a short thread. 1/
Recommended read: A @ForeignAffairs essay by two US professors argued that, as the US’s energy exports have grown, it has “begun to behave more like a classic petrostate”.
📝 @profmichaelross.bsky.social and @erikvoeten.bsky.social
IEA: Oil still on track to peak by 2030; oil for fuel to peak in 2027
"annual growth slows…to just a trickle over the next several years, with a small decline expected in 2030, based on today’s policy settings and market trends"
Here are some of the most striking charts 🧵
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When @erikvoeten.bsky.social and I first wrote in 2016 about "petrostates," we thought of places like Venezuela, Iran, Russia, Libya, and Iraq that "actively defy global norms, invade neighboring countries, (and) flout human rights." I never imagined the US would join this list.
Abstract of "Offshore Outlaws: Brexit and Oil Spills in the North Sea" by Anthony Calacino, Federica Genovese, Hayley Pring (University of Oxford)
🚨 WP w/ @acalacino.bsky.social & @hayleypring.bsky.social
It’s been a turbulent decade of globalization backlash. Populist projects wanna take back control everywhere.
Focusing on the case of oil and Brexit, we offer a story of the danger of this narrative and concrete merits of multilateralism: 🧵
We’re grateful that @natclimate.nature.com is featuring a project that the three of us worked so hard on and believe in so deeply!
