Blake Shaffer 🇨🇦
@blakeshaffer.bsky.social
Associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary. Former energy trader.
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Electricity Camp — Net Zero Electricity Research Initiative
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🚨Call for Speakers🚨
⚡5th Electricity Camp in the Rockies
🗓️May 20-22, 2026
⛰️Banff, Alberta
👪Academics, policymakers, and practitioners talking about all things electricity (and hiking!)
✉️Email abstracts to: electricity.centre@ucalgary.ca by Dec 15
Past programs here: nzeri.ca/electricity-camp
⚡5th Electricity Camp in the Rockies
🗓️May 20-22, 2026
⛰️Banff, Alberta
👪Academics, policymakers, and practitioners talking about all things electricity (and hiking!)
✉️Email abstracts to: electricity.centre@ucalgary.ca by Dec 15
Past programs here: nzeri.ca/electricity-camp
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#EconSky My university is recruiting world-leading researchers (not currently at Canadian universities) to nominate through the federal government’s recently announced Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program
www.tru.ca/research/res...
www.tru.ca/research/res...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs | Thompson Rivers University
www.tru.ca
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#EconSky My university is recruiting world-leading researchers (not currently at Canadian universities) to nominate through the federal government’s recently announced Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program
www.tru.ca/research/res...
www.tru.ca/research/res...
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Trump taking "anti-woke" a little too literally.
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Trump taking "anti-woke" a little too literally.
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Calling all economists! Want to work with us in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. We are hiring a tenure track position in economics. Here is the ad mtroyalca.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posti...
MRU Talent Management -
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December 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Calling all economists! Want to work with us in the Department of Economics, Justice, and Policy Studies at Mount Royal University. We are hiring a tenure track position in economics. Here is the ad mtroyalca.hua.hrsmart.com/hr/ats/Posti...
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you simply can't put RFK Jr in charge of your dairy supply and expect other countries to accept your exports.
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
you simply can't put RFK Jr in charge of your dairy supply and expect other countries to accept your exports.
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Just went back and found this tweet from @scottycameron.bsky.social from September.
Good chance it starts looking **very*** prescient.
Good chance it starts looking **very*** prescient.
November 20, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Just went back and found this tweet from @scottycameron.bsky.social from September.
Good chance it starts looking **very*** prescient.
Good chance it starts looking **very*** prescient.
Among the list of demands from Trump (to extend CUSMA) is resolving a dispute on the Montana/Alberta power line.
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Among the list of demands from Trump (to extend CUSMA) is resolving a dispute on the Montana/Alberta power line.
If you want optimism on EVs, and the Ford news has got you down, look beyond North America (for now)
More than 1 in 4 new cars sold globally this year have been electric, according to new @ember-energy.org analysis.📈⚡️
Countries with rising EV market share ⬇️
🔹China: +50%
🔹Vietnam: ~40%
🔹UK: 33%
🔹EU: 26%
🔹Thailand: +20%
🔹Indonesia: 15%
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Countries with rising EV market share ⬇️
🔹China: +50%
🔹Vietnam: ~40%
🔹UK: 33%
🔹EU: 26%
🔹Thailand: +20%
🔹Indonesia: 15%
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
If you want optimism on EVs, and the Ford news has got you down, look beyond North America (for now)
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this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
As Alberta completes its first full year without coal in its power supply mix, renewables (wind, solar, and hydro) have reached 22% of total generation and natural gas makes up 78%.
December 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
As Alberta completes its first full year without coal in its power supply mix, renewables (wind, solar, and hydro) have reached 22% of total generation and natural gas makes up 78%.
On this first night of Hanukkah I’m thinking about Ahmed al Ahmed, the brave Lebanese-Australian who reminds us that despite all the terrible horror—in Bondi today, in Gaza, in Ukraine, in Darfur…—that there is still decency and goodness in this world.
Thank you Ahmed.
Thank you Ahmed.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
On this first night of Hanukkah I’m thinking about Ahmed al Ahmed, the brave Lebanese-Australian who reminds us that despite all the terrible horror—in Bondi today, in Gaza, in Ukraine, in Darfur…—that there is still decency and goodness in this world.
Thank you Ahmed.
Thank you Ahmed.
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But when Doug Ford runs a Reagan ad during the World Series they scream foreign interference…
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
But when Doug Ford runs a Reagan ad during the World Series they scream foreign interference…
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If you do not have to go, you do not go.
December 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you do not have to go, you do not go.
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Cisco has officially recovered from the dot-com crash
December 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Cisco has officially recovered from the dot-com crash
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Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Wow... NYC's congestion pricing has led to big drops in PM2.5 and real improvements in local air quality.
This is great to see! 🇨🇦
And I’ll echo Juan’s pledge: Willing do what I can to help international researchers come to Canada
And I’ll echo Juan’s pledge: Willing do what I can to help international researchers come to Canada
It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers.
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +)
Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders.
I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up.
www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...
The Government of Canada introduces new programs for international researchers - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This is great to see! 🇨🇦
And I’ll echo Juan’s pledge: Willing do what I can to help international researchers come to Canada
And I’ll echo Juan’s pledge: Willing do what I can to help international researchers come to Canada
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Nobel Committee should declare the winner of the World Cup.
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Nobel Committee should declare the winner of the World Cup.
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Justice Colin Feasby was not pleased: "Changing legislation to circumvent a valid legal process commenced by the independent officer of the Legislative Assembly ... is the antithesis of the stable, predictable, and ordered society that the rule of law contemplates, and democracy demands."
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Justice Colin Feasby was not pleased: "Changing legislation to circumvent a valid legal process commenced by the independent officer of the Legislative Assembly ... is the antithesis of the stable, predictable, and ordered society that the rule of law contemplates, and democracy demands."
It will soon be easier to count how many MLAs are *not* facing a recall petition #ableg
calgary.citynews.ca/2025/12/05/u... Now 18 UCP MLAs and the first NDP MLA (Amanda Chapman from Calgary).
Four more Alberta MLAs face recall petitions, bringing total to 19
Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer has approved four new recall petitions targeting 3 United Conservative Party (UCP) members and 1 NDP.
calgary.citynews.ca
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It will soon be easier to count how many MLAs are *not* facing a recall petition #ableg
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Just one week after signing an MOU with the federal govt agreeing to strengthen industrial carbon pricing, Alberta has changed its regulations, making the agreement harder to achieve.
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Alberta’s latest changes to industrial carbon pricing make MOU commitments harder to achieve - Canadian Climate Institute
Seven days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with federal government, Alberta changes regulations that make the $130 minimum effective carbon credit price harder to achieve
climateinstitute.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Just one week after signing an MOU with the federal govt agreeing to strengthen industrial carbon pricing, Alberta has changed its regulations, making the agreement harder to achieve.
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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Great breakdown of the details of "the price" when it comes to carbon pricing by @robsonfletcher.com
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Why a tonne of industrial carbon costs $95 in Alberta but credits sell for less than $20 | CBC News
A key part of the pipeline deal between Alberta and Ottawa is a “minimum effective credit price of $130 per tonne” on industrial carbon emissions, but already the two levels of government are talking ...
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Great breakdown of the details of "the price" when it comes to carbon pricing by @robsonfletcher.com
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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How do we connect data centers to the grid quickly and avoid driving up costs for other electricity consumers?
The solution: a 2-part combo of flexible interconnection agreements & bring-your-own-capacity (BYOC) arrangements, according to a new report out today from Camus, my ZERO Lab, and encoord.
The solution: a 2-part combo of flexible interconnection agreements & bring-your-own-capacity (BYOC) arrangements, according to a new report out today from Camus, my ZERO Lab, and encoord.
December 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
How do we connect data centers to the grid quickly and avoid driving up costs for other electricity consumers?
The solution: a 2-part combo of flexible interconnection agreements & bring-your-own-capacity (BYOC) arrangements, according to a new report out today from Camus, my ZERO Lab, and encoord.
The solution: a 2-part combo of flexible interconnection agreements & bring-your-own-capacity (BYOC) arrangements, according to a new report out today from Camus, my ZERO Lab, and encoord.
The always thoughtful Alex Stubb, Finnish President, writing in Foreign Affairs on the new world order www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The West’s Last Chance
How to build a new global order before it’s too late.
www.foreignaffairs.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The always thoughtful Alex Stubb, Finnish President, writing in Foreign Affairs on the new world order www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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1) The editor of Cell Reports Sustainable, a new open-access journal from Cell Press, graciously invited me to do a short Q&A about our new paper, "Distribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrification." Pasting the Q&A in a short 🧵 if anyone's interested.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Distribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrification
Replacing fossil-fueled machines with electric alternatives can reduce emissions,
but Priyadarshan et al. find that reinforcing United States distribution grids to
accommodate complete home and vehicl...
www.cell.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1) The editor of Cell Reports Sustainable, a new open-access journal from Cell Press, graciously invited me to do a short Q&A about our new paper, "Distribution grids may be a barrier to residential electrification." Pasting the Q&A in a short 🧵 if anyone's interested.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...