Alaina Kinol
@alainakinol.bsky.social
Climate + energy policy PhD candidate at Northeastern U
Absurd
“Occidental Petroleum put out a press release claiming they had produced the world's first zero-carbon barrel of oil.”
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
Listen now: Overshootpod.com
@amywestervelt.bsky.social
Listen now: Overshootpod.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Absurd
Helpful term for a concept I mostly think of re: solar geoengineering research
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Helpful term for a concept I mostly think of re: solar geoengineering research
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Returning to fossil fuels is not a "pragmatic" decision. It is a delusional one.
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Returning to fossil fuels is not a "pragmatic" decision. It is a delusional one.
@governor.ny.gov new gas pipelines are a violation of NYS’s climate law and an act of violence against the public.
Not a good look for the Governor, as she approves a new natural gas pipeline as well as gas for a crypto-mining operation. Both decisions fly in the face of NY's climate law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
@doreenharris.bsky.social @governor.ny.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
@doreenharris.bsky.social @governor.ny.gov
Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
@governor.ny.gov new gas pipelines are a violation of NYS’s climate law and an act of violence against the public.
from a federal agency
If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
from a federal agency
NYS just committed to violating its own climate law to permit this pipeline instead of investing in clean infrastructure to meet energy demand & reliability.
In 2025, we know building fossil energy=enacting violence against current & future gens. Horrible.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...
In 2025, we know building fossil energy=enacting violence against current & future gens. Horrible.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
NYS just committed to violating its own climate law to permit this pipeline instead of investing in clean infrastructure to meet energy demand & reliability.
In 2025, we know building fossil energy=enacting violence against current & future gens. Horrible.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...
In 2025, we know building fossil energy=enacting violence against current & future gens. Horrible.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0711202...
the type of thing that makes you question the integrity of the journalism
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
the type of thing that makes you question the integrity of the journalism
Social science is so cool
We have a paper tracing US Members of Congress' engagement with far-right and questionable sources on Twitter. This correlates with how extreme they are.
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
doi.org/10.1177/1354...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Social science is so cool
Every family dinner as someone who studies policy is like:
"X shouldn't be political." OK but it is. Now what?
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Every family dinner as someone who studies policy is like:
INSANE to write about keystone xl as diplomacy without a mention of why the pipeline was cancelled in the first place: worsening climate impacts of gas.
No, keystone XL won't fix trade. WTF E&E news stop using the admin/industry framing and do some real journalism
www.eenews.net/articles/can...
No, keystone XL won't fix trade. WTF E&E news stop using the admin/industry framing and do some real journalism
www.eenews.net/articles/can...
Can the US and Canada revive Keystone XL?
An earlier push to build the pipeline ended during the Biden administration. Both countries could try again if they settle their trade war.
www.eenews.net
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
INSANE to write about keystone xl as diplomacy without a mention of why the pipeline was cancelled in the first place: worsening climate impacts of gas.
No, keystone XL won't fix trade. WTF E&E news stop using the admin/industry framing and do some real journalism
www.eenews.net/articles/can...
No, keystone XL won't fix trade. WTF E&E news stop using the admin/industry framing and do some real journalism
www.eenews.net/articles/can...
Disturbing & insightful
A year ago, Spain was hit by deadly floods
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
They were supercharged by climate change
Yet in their wake, climate-denying politicians gained influence - which risks undermining climate action, making people less safe
Today we publish new research on this troubling dynamic🧵
www.scri.org.uk/derailment
Welcome to the Strategic Climate Risk Initiative
How can we stop the consequences of climate change from undermining climate action?
www.scri.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Disturbing & insightful
it's wild that the GOP keeps introducing "permitting reform" because headlines don't explicitly say "we're blocking affordable clean energy + building outdated fossil fuels that cost taxpayers $$"
but sure the left is the problem in climate & energy policy
but sure the left is the problem in climate & energy policy
I love how, to centrists / the Abundance faction, “the left” has blocked clean-energy development in America, but also Democrats should not talk about climate change because doing so associates them with “the left.”
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
it's wild that the GOP keeps introducing "permitting reform" because headlines don't explicitly say "we're blocking affordable clean energy + building outdated fossil fuels that cost taxpayers $$"
but sure the left is the problem in climate & energy policy
but sure the left is the problem in climate & energy policy
“As [universities] vie for rankings, grant dollars, and tuition-paying applicants, larger concerns such as the future of higher education* go unaddressed.”
*let us not forget climate change, humanitarian crises, etc
Utterly damning
*let us not forget climate change, humanitarian crises, etc
Utterly damning
"It's past time to recognize that university administrators aren't going to lead the way out of this, [setting] the stage for leadership... from faculty, staff, & students, [where] most if not all progress in higher ed over the past 100 yrs has occurred."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#AcademicSky
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#AcademicSky
Higher education fails at collective action
In the latest development in the ongoing combat between universities in the United States and the Trump administration, the Department of Education has presented them with what it calls a “compact.” I...
www.science.org
October 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“As [universities] vie for rankings, grant dollars, and tuition-paying applicants, larger concerns such as the future of higher education* go unaddressed.”
*let us not forget climate change, humanitarian crises, etc
Utterly damning
*let us not forget climate change, humanitarian crises, etc
Utterly damning
It’s the “will of the people” to overturn the 22nd amendment for the “divinely providential” president
I do think it’s interesting that as soon as bannon receives any pushback on his self-image as mastermind, he immediately reveals the plan. Like a child.
I do think it’s interesting that as soon as bannon receives any pushback on his self-image as mastermind, he immediately reveals the plan. Like a child.
it blows my mind that anyone is still pretending like trump is anything but a dictator, here is steve bannon talking about how they, in clear and certain terms, intends to install trump as president in 2028
October 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It’s the “will of the people” to overturn the 22nd amendment for the “divinely providential” president
I do think it’s interesting that as soon as bannon receives any pushback on his self-image as mastermind, he immediately reveals the plan. Like a child.
I do think it’s interesting that as soon as bannon receives any pushback on his self-image as mastermind, he immediately reveals the plan. Like a child.
I loved listening in on this convo.
A discussion about trump’s hold on the south —> analysis that explains why grassroots-oriented progressive candidates who campaign w/ community-building on hyperlocal econ & social issues are so compelling, eg Wu, Mamdani, Abugazaleh
A discussion about trump’s hold on the south —> analysis that explains why grassroots-oriented progressive candidates who campaign w/ community-building on hyperlocal econ & social issues are so compelling, eg Wu, Mamdani, Abugazaleh
One more note. Someone a lot smarter than me made a similar point in The NY Times this morning. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social argued against democrats trying to run to the middle. It hasn’t worked. Try doing the things suggested by more progressive and populist people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/o...
Opinion | There Is No Trump Without the South
www.nytimes.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I loved listening in on this convo.
A discussion about trump’s hold on the south —> analysis that explains why grassroots-oriented progressive candidates who campaign w/ community-building on hyperlocal econ & social issues are so compelling, eg Wu, Mamdani, Abugazaleh
A discussion about trump’s hold on the south —> analysis that explains why grassroots-oriented progressive candidates who campaign w/ community-building on hyperlocal econ & social issues are so compelling, eg Wu, Mamdani, Abugazaleh
Death cult
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Death cult
@governor.ny.gov GHGs in gas pipelines cannot be removed from the atmosphere and will cause enormous health, safety, and financial costs to NYers & the world.
This is not a good deal for the public (as per usual for trump “deals”)
This is not a good deal for the public (as per usual for trump “deals”)
So embarrassing for NY, used to be an environmental leader next to CA/MA
but now Hochul is working with the White House on bringing back fracked gas against NY climate policy.
Shame @governor.ny.gov
www.ehn.org/new-yorks-bl...
but now Hochul is working with the White House on bringing back fracked gas against NY climate policy.
Shame @governor.ny.gov
www.ehn.org/new-yorks-bl...
New York’s blocked gas pipelines may move forward under Trump-Hochul energy deal
Hundreds of New Yorkers rallied last week as two previously rejected gas pipeline projects resurfaced amid a potential backroom deal between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Trump administration.Deep Vakil r...
www.ehn.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@governor.ny.gov GHGs in gas pipelines cannot be removed from the atmosphere and will cause enormous health, safety, and financial costs to NYers & the world.
This is not a good deal for the public (as per usual for trump “deals”)
This is not a good deal for the public (as per usual for trump “deals”)
Reposted by Alaina Kinol
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's finally here! 100+ scholars, global scope, practical insights. “Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment” shows how organized interests stall policy—and how governance can respond.
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
Open access available now! Or order for paperback and hardcover. cssn.org/wp-content/u...
@massgovernor.bsky.social why are MA police abetting kidnapping across state lines?
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 13, 2025 at 1:57 AM
@massgovernor.bsky.social why are MA police abetting kidnapping across state lines?
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More than 100 top Trump administration officials in charge of energy and environmental policy have ties to the fossil fuel industry. One of them described her job as as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies.
Trump Admin Has Hired 100+ 'Fossil Fuel Insiders' to Fill Top Energy, Environmental Agency Roles
One of them described her job as offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies seeking permits from regulators.
www.commondreams.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
More than 100 top Trump administration officials in charge of energy and environmental policy have ties to the fossil fuel industry. One of them described her job as as offering “concierge, white-glove service” to oil, gas, and coal companies.
Jarring that @harvardkennedy.bsky.social is platforming Total's CEO given the @natsustain.nature.com paper out today showing clearly that oil & gas lies about commitments to green transition (not to mention decades of other research suggesting the same) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Oil and gas industry’s marginal share of global renewable energy
Nature Sustainability - The decarbonization of oil and gas companies may not be as speedy or robust as advertised. This analysis finds that renewable energies make up just a minor fraction of the...
www.nature.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Jarring that @harvardkennedy.bsky.social is platforming Total's CEO given the @natsustain.nature.com paper out today showing clearly that oil & gas lies about commitments to green transition (not to mention decades of other research suggesting the same) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I've been desperate to hear discussions of what building a US gov looks like after this admin and @beaubaumann.bsky.social 's piece was thought-provoking in a parallel direction. Genuinely though, can we do post-trump with current political parties? lpeproject.org/blog/rebuild...
Rebuilding State Authority In A Post-Trump America
In the ruins of the administrative state after Trump, many on the left see an opportunity to design a New Deal-type reconstruction agenda. But building state capacity requires a government that is…
lpeproject.org
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I've been desperate to hear discussions of what building a US gov looks like after this admin and @beaubaumann.bsky.social 's piece was thought-provoking in a parallel direction. Genuinely though, can we do post-trump with current political parties? lpeproject.org/blog/rebuild...
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Yet another day of needless cruelty towards queer kids, who are perfect just the way they are. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yet another day of needless cruelty towards queer kids, who are perfect just the way they are. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
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Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear.
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump’s regime is deploying unaccountable masked men into the hearts of our communities to spread fear.
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
We must stand together against fascist ICE raids. Join an event near you for the biggest day of peaceful protest in American history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings