Caleb Heeringa
@calebheeringa.bsky.social
Climate, energy, insurance, political change. Holding Big Oil accountable at @climateintegrity.org - I like my cities dense, my wilderness wild and my baseball teams winning. He/him.
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Note how all the fossil fuel requirements in Inflation Reduction Act were written into statute, like it literally says six lease sales in the Cook Inlet over 10 years.. and most of the renewable energy and climate implementation in the IRA relied on rule-making and agency discretion.
These lease sales are required under the Big Beautiful Bill. The last Cook Inlet sale in 2022 was mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act; that one was overturned under the national environmental policy act. Now we’ll see what happens with a weaker NEPA. www.marinelog.com/offshore/boe...
BOEM moves ahead on Gulf of America and Cook Inlet offshore lease sales
Helping Maritime Professionals Make Informed Decisions
www.marinelog.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Note how all the fossil fuel requirements in Inflation Reduction Act were written into statute, like it literally says six lease sales in the Cook Inlet over 10 years.. and most of the renewable energy and climate implementation in the IRA relied on rule-making and agency discretion.
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"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"Fossil demand has been flat for industrial energy since 2014, for buildings since 2018, for road transport since 2019, & may peak for electricity this year. 2/3 of countries have already seen peak fossil demand in end-use sectors, & half the world has seen a peak in fossil fuels for electricity."
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Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Who is Katie Wilson?
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
She’s head of the Seattle Transit Riders Union.
Her platform proposes to massively increase funding for affordable housing, cut red tape for development, shift away from single occupancy cars, & develop the transit network.
And she may well be the next mayor of the city.
In my spreadsheet (which makes assumptions about fall off, write-ins, probably has mistakes, etc.), Katie needed to average 54.6% to win by a little over 100 votes.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
Today she got 54.85%.
A friend says she needs 54.2% from here on out--will do my own math shortly.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Wilson is now leading in the vote count for Seattle mayor by 91 votes. There are still several thousand ballots to count, likely—based on historical examples—to favor Wilson.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
Wilson may be the most truly "urbanist" mayoral candidate in the country.
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Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Filling out a banking form that asks for my occupation, and in what I am choosing to consider as a sign of the times, "journalist" is not a selectable option, but "cryptocurrency" is
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for God’s sake
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
for God’s sake
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Seattle's Mayoral race (between a progressive and a centrist) may come down to a few dozen votes and is expected to be among the closest in Seattle's history
According to ex-mayor Greg Nickels, Seattle's mayoral election could be decided by 65 votes
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell went to bed Thursday night with a comfortable lead. By Friday afternoon, that all changed. Katie Wilson has surged to within 4,300 votes.
mynorthwest.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Seattle's Mayoral race (between a progressive and a centrist) may come down to a few dozen votes and is expected to be among the closest in Seattle's history
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Credit where due, fucking with air travel was genius MAGA move. It impacts upper & middle class and, more importantly, a powerful business interest. Starving millions of poor people doesn't piss off Wall St.
Now the House has to open up and vote on The Files, right? Right?
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Now the House has to open up and vote on The Files, right? Right?
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As someone who has been a Sierra Club volunteer for 8 years, I find that NYT hit piece extremely sus. It just feels like some disgruntled person has an axe to grind. So much of it misrepresents reality.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
As someone who has been a Sierra Club volunteer for 8 years, I find that NYT hit piece extremely sus. It just feels like some disgruntled person has an axe to grind. So much of it misrepresents reality.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Stopped here for al pastor last time I was in town & it was legitimately some of the best Mexican food I’ve ever had in Seattle, a town infamous for lacking good Mexican food.
Street food is one of the things that makes cities great. Vested interests &bureaucracy keep Seattle from doing the basics.
Street food is one of the things that makes cities great. Vested interests &bureaucracy keep Seattle from doing the basics.
SPD out here on Northgate shutting down the taco stand between 8th and Roosevelt due to "multiple licensing and health code violations" that they wouldn't provide anymore info about.
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Stopped here for al pastor last time I was in town & it was legitimately some of the best Mexican food I’ve ever had in Seattle, a town infamous for lacking good Mexican food.
Street food is one of the things that makes cities great. Vested interests &bureaucracy keep Seattle from doing the basics.
Street food is one of the things that makes cities great. Vested interests &bureaucracy keep Seattle from doing the basics.
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Federal judge in Oregon sides with state and city of Portland in suit against Trump over attempted Guard deployment. Finds Trump violated U.S. code and Constitution. Feds likely to appeal:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...
#146 in State of Oregon v. Trump (D. Or., 3:25-cv-01756) – CourtListener.com
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: For the reasons provided, this Court GRANTS declaratory relief and permanent injunctive relief, as stated herein, and in the accompanying Judgment. See attache...
www.courtlistener.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Federal judge in Oregon sides with state and city of Portland in suit against Trump over attempted Guard deployment. Finds Trump violated U.S. code and Constitution. Feds likely to appeal:
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71481...
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So the story goes:
1-Trump sees high beef prices
2-Decides to quadruple Argentine imports
3-Gets condemned by ranchers saying that's not the problem
4-after being dogwalked, decides to do what the Biden admin was already doing on meatpackers (there's an active lawsuit)
1-Trump sees high beef prices
2-Decides to quadruple Argentine imports
3-Gets condemned by ranchers saying that's not the problem
4-after being dogwalked, decides to do what the Biden admin was already doing on meatpackers (there's an active lawsuit)
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So the story goes:
1-Trump sees high beef prices
2-Decides to quadruple Argentine imports
3-Gets condemned by ranchers saying that's not the problem
4-after being dogwalked, decides to do what the Biden admin was already doing on meatpackers (there's an active lawsuit)
1-Trump sees high beef prices
2-Decides to quadruple Argentine imports
3-Gets condemned by ranchers saying that's not the problem
4-after being dogwalked, decides to do what the Biden admin was already doing on meatpackers (there's an active lawsuit)
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this week has made me the most optimistic that I've been since the election that we're going to get out of this intact, or some vague approximation thereof
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
this week has made me the most optimistic that I've been since the election that we're going to get out of this intact, or some vague approximation thereof
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
(whether we can successfully rebuild from there, I am more skeptical about, but first things first)
a thread
More and more people are saying, Lina Khan Was Right All Along. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
More and more people are saying, Lina Khan Was Right All Along. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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This is an excellent thread that largely tracks my own experience from my time at the Club (granted, I left right before Jealous started). There is just no scenario where attempting to reckon with the organization's history and build a more inclusive vision of environmentalism was the problem.
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is an excellent thread that largely tracks my own experience from my time at the Club (granted, I left right before Jealous started). There is just no scenario where attempting to reckon with the organization's history and build a more inclusive vision of environmentalism was the problem.
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I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I was at the Sierra Club during the period described in this article and although I have my criticisms, it gets the issues in the Club fundamentally wrong. A 🧵
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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DEMOCRATS GET ON TELEVISION AND TAKE CREDIT FOR SAVING THANKSGIVING RIGHT NOW OH MY GOD
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
DEMOCRATS GET ON TELEVISION AND TAKE CREDIT FOR SAVING THANKSGIVING RIGHT NOW OH MY GOD
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Exxon is — again — asking the Supreme Court to help the oil giant escape trials over its climate lies.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
Exxon’s Latest Supreme Court Hail Mary - The American Prospect
Oil companies insist that if cases are allowed to proceed, it could have major ramifications for the future of their industry. Will a Supreme Court willing to grant Trump immunity for his crimes do th...
prospect.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Exxon is — again — asking the Supreme Court to help the oil giant escape trials over its climate lies.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
Several justices have "past or present financial or familial ties to the oil industry that could raise questions about their impartiality," @hannahstoryb.bsky.social reports in @prospect.org.
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You (a fool): The LLM is an all-knowing oracle, on its way to godlike intelligence
Me (dumber): The LLM is Indra’s Net, each fundamentally empty token a multifaceted jewel in whose surfaces the reflections of every other jewel arise in mutual interdependence
The LLM: You can eat that rock
Me (dumber): The LLM is Indra’s Net, each fundamentally empty token a multifaceted jewel in whose surfaces the reflections of every other jewel arise in mutual interdependence
The LLM: You can eat that rock
August 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
You (a fool): The LLM is an all-knowing oracle, on its way to godlike intelligence
Me (dumber): The LLM is Indra’s Net, each fundamentally empty token a multifaceted jewel in whose surfaces the reflections of every other jewel arise in mutual interdependence
The LLM: You can eat that rock
Me (dumber): The LLM is Indra’s Net, each fundamentally empty token a multifaceted jewel in whose surfaces the reflections of every other jewel arise in mutual interdependence
The LLM: You can eat that rock
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I'll keep repeating this truth. There are few industries that understand the complex realities of how climate change is affecting the world today more than insurance.
Physical risk. Non-physical risk. Liability risk. Reputational risk. Etc.
We see it.
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/brea...
Physical risk. Non-physical risk. Liability risk. Reputational risk. Etc.
We see it.
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/brea...
Climate slips down the agenda, but insurers warn it's the "risk that amplifies all others"
Polycrisis pressures have pushed this exposure down the corporate priority list
www.insurancebusinessmag.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I'll keep repeating this truth. There are few industries that understand the complex realities of how climate change is affecting the world today more than insurance.
Physical risk. Non-physical risk. Liability risk. Reputational risk. Etc.
We see it.
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/brea...
Physical risk. Non-physical risk. Liability risk. Reputational risk. Etc.
We see it.
www.insurancebusinessmag.com/uk/news/brea...