Arvind Ravikumar
@arvindpawan1.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA) studying greenhouse gas emissions measurements and carbon accounting across global energy supply chains.
Co-Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Systems Analysis (CEESA) studying greenhouse gas emissions measurements and carbon accounting across global energy supply chains.
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You've heard of #methane super-emitters at oil and gas facilities.
But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?
Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.
Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
But have you heard of super-emitting LNG supply chains?
Our latest work uses satellite data on 12 LNG exporting countries to assess their GHG intensity.
Paper: chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I keep seeing regular Americans taking more risks every day to fight tyranny, want, and cynicism than I see from the opposition party, and I imagine many of those regular Americans are asking themselves what the value proposition of such an opposition party is, really
I repeat - a basic requirement for any Dem 28 nominee is to abolish ICE & aggressively prosecute criminality, all the way to the top!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I repeat - a basic requirement for any Dem 28 nominee is to abolish ICE & aggressively prosecute criminality, all the way to the top!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
ICE is acting outside the law as a private goon squad for Trump! Any collaboration with this admin now is at best indifference to American values & constitution!
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The AP tracked down details of some of the people killed in President Trump's military strikes on drug smugglers he describes as narco-terrorists.
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
They were, with one exception, not high-level criminals. One was a fisherman. One was a bus driver; another a taxi driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
These videos are so brutal that it shocks your conscience. Every single one of these ICE officers & their leaders should be behind bars for the rest of their lives.
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
ICE grabs father by the neck—send him into violent seizure while his arms lock up around his toddler.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
"He's having seizure and they're trying to rip the baby out of his hands!"
Agents then handcuff him—before putting in ambulance with his child.
Mother is detained by agents as target of arrest.
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
These videos are so brutal that it shocks your conscience. Every single one of these ICE officers & their leaders should be behind bars for the rest of their lives.
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
And anyone that works with this admin that conducts daily human rights abuses should rightfully be shunned from civil society!
Most people* who claim to care a lot about energy poverty in the Global South couldn't give two shits about it if it challenged their preconceived views.
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Most people* who claim to care a lot about energy poverty in the Global South couldn't give two shits about it if it challenged their preconceived views.
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
As someone who has lived that reality,
i) these people have no idea what they're talking about, &
(ii) it's all bad faith.
*with some exceptions
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM
A pro-affordability, anti-Trump-corruption message unites the party. Every candidate can run on that, and every candidate can have their own take to fit that to their constituents. There's really no need to find fights to pick when the party agrees on more than it disagrees
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Indicting Democratic candidates on transparently pretextual charges is the latest sign that things are getting very bad.
NEWS: Federal prosecutors indict Kat Abughazaleh, congressional candidate, county board candidate Cat Sharp and Dem committeeman Michael Rabbitt over September Broadview protest
October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Indicting Democratic candidates on transparently pretextual charges is the latest sign that things are getting very bad.
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I’ve never been shy nor ashamed of the fact that the core of my research is around SRM. I think there is merit in research: if we can show there are ways to ameliorate current and future climate change, we should know. If there aren’t, or if SRM could be used to make things worse, we should know.
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’ve never been shy nor ashamed of the fact that the core of my research is around SRM. I think there is merit in research: if we can show there are ways to ameliorate current and future climate change, we should know. If there aren’t, or if SRM could be used to make things worse, we should know.
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I will repeat this every single day for the next three years: Any Democrat running for president in 2028 must pledge to immediately tear down/bulldoze/demolish Trump’s ballroom and fully restore the East Wing and any other piece of the People’s House Trump has or will destroy.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I will repeat this every single day for the next three years: Any Democrat running for president in 2028 must pledge to immediately tear down/bulldoze/demolish Trump’s ballroom and fully restore the East Wing and any other piece of the People’s House Trump has or will destroy.
A basic integrity test for anyone running for President in 2028 is to declare unequivocally that they would demolish whatever Trump admin builds over the East Wing.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
Breaking news: The East Wing of the White House is gone.
Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
Wrecking crews completely removed the decades-old annex by midday Thursday, just three days after they started, to make way for a pet project of President Trump: a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
The East Wing is gone, and Trump turns to damage control
Demolition crews appeared to finish taking down the bulk of the White House wing Thursday, while President Donald Trump defended the project.
wapo.st
October 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A basic integrity test for anyone running for President in 2028 is to declare unequivocally that they would demolish whatever Trump admin builds over the East Wing.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
And anyone involved in the destruction of 120-yr American heritage, including contractors, will be investigated & prosecuted.
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After I saw the wrecking crew, I'd hoped this patently unlawful destruction would stop with the East Wing structure itself. But that dumb, selfish, grifting thug also destroyed the East Garden Room, East Colonnade, Family Theater, and Visitors Lobby.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
After I saw the wrecking crew, I'd hoped this patently unlawful destruction would stop with the East Wing structure itself. But that dumb, selfish, grifting thug also destroyed the East Garden Room, East Colonnade, Family Theater, and Visitors Lobby.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
It's all gone. Without authority.
Criminal.
I can only hope that the 2028 primary season selects for those candidates that will swiftly investigate and prosecute every member of the Trump administration for all crimes they committed in office.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I can only hope that the 2028 primary season selects for those candidates that will swiftly investigate and prosecute every member of the Trump administration for all crimes they committed in office.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
One of the root causes this country's problems is a complete lack of elite accountability.
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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The Oklahoma City Declaration, a defense of a pluralistic society.
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
At Site of Oklahoma City Bombing, Bipartisan Mayors Sign Declaration Against Political Violence
“Oklahoma City Declaration” is signed by dozens of mayors at site of deadliest domestic terror attack in U.S. history, reaffirms commitment to American values of pluralism, compromise, truth and civil...
www.usmayors.org
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Oklahoma City Declaration, a defense of a pluralistic society.
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
Signed by over 40 Republican, Democratic, and Independent mayors. Led by OKC Mayor David Holt, a Republican in a red state.
www.usmayors.org/2025/09/26/a...
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The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”
Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.
Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.
Rutgers TPUSA officers slam petition to shut down chapter, ‘Blatantly defamatory’
Alexander Di Filippo accuses Turning Point USA of inciting violence against Antifa handbook author Mark Bray.
www.foxnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Rutgers TPUSA chapter — whose characterization of a historian there as a “outspoken, well-known antifa member” led to death threats and moving his family to Europe — think *other* people are being “blatantly defamatory.”
Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.
Not them, though. They’re doing politics the right way.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I aspire to this level of chill.
"...he liked to keep his phone in airplane mode while on vacation."
"...he liked to keep his phone in airplane mode while on vacation."
His Off-the-Grid Vacation Was Interrupted by Winning a Nobel Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I aspire to this level of chill.
"...he liked to keep his phone in airplane mode while on vacation."
"...he liked to keep his phone in airplane mode while on vacation."
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My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
October 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
The solution to protect Americans from the harms of protectionism is to get rid of protectionist policies that drive up prices, reduces economic growth, and results in job losses!
Yet another handout is not the answer. We just want a government that’s not stupid or evil.
Yet another handout is not the answer. We just want a government that’s not stupid or evil.
What do people think about giving working class Americans a $2000 tariff relief check for the unfair tax that has driven their grocery and housing prices up?
BREAKING: Representative Ro Khanna, a California Democrat, is proposing $2,000 payments to Americans making under $100,000
October 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The solution to protect Americans from the harms of protectionism is to get rid of protectionist policies that drive up prices, reduces economic growth, and results in job losses!
Yet another handout is not the answer. We just want a government that’s not stupid or evil.
Yet another handout is not the answer. We just want a government that’s not stupid or evil.
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Nope, Energy Sec'y Wright, offshore winds in fact blow in winter. 1st year of operational data from NY's South Fork Wind project shows a 47% capacity factor in the year ending June 2025, with performance highest in the winter. Coal's avg capacity factor: 42%.
Wright says it’s not windy in winter. Data says otherwise.
Stats from South Fork Wind's first year undermine the Energy secretary's assertions that offshore turbines don't operate well in the winter.
www.eenews.net
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Nope, Energy Sec'y Wright, offshore winds in fact blow in winter. 1st year of operational data from NY's South Fork Wind project shows a 47% capacity factor in the year ending June 2025, with performance highest in the winter. Coal's avg capacity factor: 42%.
China shows what energy dominance might look like. Not only does China export more clean tech than US does fossil fuels, Chinese exports are (i) accelerating, and (ii) highly diversified across products & destinations.
This is a major warning sign for the US!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is a major warning sign for the US!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
China shows what energy dominance might look like. Not only does China export more clean tech than US does fossil fuels, Chinese exports are (i) accelerating, and (ii) highly diversified across products & destinations.
This is a major warning sign for the US!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is a major warning sign for the US!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...