Brendon Slotterback
@bslotterback.bsky.social
Decarbonization. Likes charts. Helping philanthropy and government advance clean energy. PGH🌲 🚲
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The key to being a good Economics Guy is to constantly, unpredictably, and unreliably change the rates at which your entire country imports necessary household goods for your citizens
BREAKING: President Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee and tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices.
Trump drops tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruit as pressure builds on consumer prices
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to get rid of tariffs on a broad swath of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The key to being a good Economics Guy is to constantly, unpredictably, and unreliably change the rates at which your entire country imports necessary household goods for your citizens
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"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. ... As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | Democrats Sure Taught Trump a Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. ... As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Senator Tina enjoys her fucking weekends and she wants all of us to enjoy our fucking weekends that's someone who understands the people and understands the fucking weekend and understands AMERICA
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Senator Tina enjoys her fucking weekends and she wants all of us to enjoy our fucking weekends that's someone who understands the people and understands the fucking weekend and understands AMERICA
In theory the AI could be programmed to be Reverend Maclean from A River Runs Through It instead of Autopilot from Wall-E youtu.be/36-VQQawpsk?...
A River Runs Through It - "Half As Long" - Tom Skerritt x Joseph Gordon-Levitt
YouTube video by Josh Busfield aka bitterphase
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
In theory the AI could be programmed to be Reverend Maclean from A River Runs Through It instead of Autopilot from Wall-E youtu.be/36-VQQawpsk?...
Endorse!
From Jay Inslee & Sam Ricketts, a Democratic agenda for lower energy prices:
1. deploy more clean energy;
2. expand the grid;
3. hold utilities accountable.
1. deploy more clean energy;
2. expand the grid;
3. hold utilities accountable.
Trump is raising Americans’ energy bills, but states can fight back
State leadership on clean energy can address rising electricity costs
www.theargumentmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Endorse!
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When we submit the existence of essential services to the whims of private companies whose top goal is profit, we inevitably end up with failures like this that leave many people unprotected. This is also what’s happening with home insurance (which I study).
After Republicans refused to extend ACA subsidies, 4 Michigan insurers are dropping out of the ACA marketplace altogether. That’s 200,000 Michiganders who just lost their plans.
Four health insurers are dropping or significantly curtailing individual market offerings in 2026 as insurance pools are predicted to grow sicker. bit.ly/444v08M
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When we submit the existence of essential services to the whims of private companies whose top goal is profit, we inevitably end up with failures like this that leave many people unprotected. This is also what’s happening with home insurance (which I study).
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The admin is drawing up plans for a land war, the president spent thanksgiving with epstein while he was a sitting president, and the vice president wants to make advil illegal. Vibes are off
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The admin is drawing up plans for a land war, the president spent thanksgiving with epstein while he was a sitting president, and the vice president wants to make advil illegal. Vibes are off
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What you see without an OGI camera vs what you see with an OGI camera.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What you see without an OGI camera vs what you see with an OGI camera.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
What you are seeing in a plume of methane and VOCs.
You can see how it is so easy for them to ignore the ongoing systemic methane pollution.
We can have political strategy conversations and also still talk about how 3 degrees of warming (basically close to where we're still headed) is very, very bad
The hardening Beltway conventional wisdom about the tolerability of 3°C of warming (leaving aside the possibility of carbon cycle feedbacks kicking that up to around 4°C) is crazy. thebulletin.org/2022/07/extr...
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We can have political strategy conversations and also still talk about how 3 degrees of warming (basically close to where we're still headed) is very, very bad
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Science is an institution whose legitimacy comes from outside the authoritarian power structure. Thus it could provide meaning about the world that is threatening or counter to that structure, and must be delegitimized.
We are at a point where the vice-President can claim that one of the most widely used and tested medications is "useless" because disregard for science is seen as a virtue.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Science is an institution whose legitimacy comes from outside the authoritarian power structure. Thus it could provide meaning about the world that is threatening or counter to that structure, and must be delegitimized.
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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The solar storm will blast the atmosphere with over 200 gigawatts of energy in the next 30 minutes. This is almost the same level of energy as the peak last night.
When the substorm hits there going to be quite a show
If you’re in line, stay in line
When the substorm hits there going to be quite a show
If you’re in line, stay in line
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The solar storm will blast the atmosphere with over 200 gigawatts of energy in the next 30 minutes. This is almost the same level of energy as the peak last night.
When the substorm hits there going to be quite a show
If you’re in line, stay in line
When the substorm hits there going to be quite a show
If you’re in line, stay in line
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Trump liked doing photo opps in Pittsburgh with hard hats but so far the big steel investments are going to right-to-work states. www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/no...
U.S. Steel to build new facility in Osceola | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Pittsburgh-based steelmaking giant U.S. Steel, the owner of Big River Steel Works in Osceola, plans to build a new metals plant at the Big River site as part of the company's plan to invest $11 billio...
www.arkansasonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Trump liked doing photo opps in Pittsburgh with hard hats but so far the big steel investments are going to right-to-work states. www.arkansasonline.com/news/2025/no...
So, they’re starting impeachment hearings right?
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
So, they’re starting impeachment hearings right?
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trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
Continued climate progress runs through the states, and Climate Cabinet is focused on making sure those states have bold leadership to get it done! This is a great opportunity to work with a rock star team.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Continued climate progress runs through the states, and Climate Cabinet is focused on making sure those states have bold leadership to get it done! This is a great opportunity to work with a rock star team.
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Every single company, government or individual celebrating the IEA's new fossil-explosion scenario is also celebrating the heating of earth by three bloody degrees:
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Every single company, government or individual celebrating the IEA's new fossil-explosion scenario is also celebrating the heating of earth by three bloody degrees:
State PUCs and PSCs are responsible for setting energy rates for consumers. They can protect people against cost-shifts from data centers and ensure compliance with state environmental laws.
Good news: The Michigan Public Service Commission agreed with us that Consumers Energy needs to better protect customers from the high costs of serving data centers. We demonstrated that without further protections, serving data centers could raise household electricity rates by more than 9%.
Michigan regulators move to protect Consumers Energy customers from some data center costs
The Michigan Public Service Commission approves rules to shield Consumers Energy ratepayers from data center costs, while environmentalists seek stronger protections.
planetdetroit.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
State PUCs and PSCs are responsible for setting energy rates for consumers. They can protect people against cost-shifts from data centers and ensure compliance with state environmental laws.
Yeah but at least he doesn't wear tan suits
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yeah but at least he doesn't wear tan suits
Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context.
I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Literally pollution for the hell of it. Costs more, utilities and regulators don't want it, more people will die early deaths and get asthma.
The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
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#energysky
Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
www.canarymedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Literally pollution for the hell of it. Costs more, utilities and regulators don't want it, more people will die early deaths and get asthma.