Jordan Haedtler
@jordanhaedtler.bsky.social
Excellent overview of our report recommending policy levers for state governments to advance climate action and exercise economic power. As the conclusion notes, state leadership helped lay the groundwork for the New Deal institutions that fought fascism
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
How to Fill the Climate Void Left by the White House
Regardless of your party affiliation, it was hard to feel too jazzed about California Governor Gavin Newsom representing the US at the COP30 climate talks in Belem, Brazil. Democrats will grouse that ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Excellent overview of our report recommending policy levers for state governments to advance climate action and exercise economic power. As the conclusion notes, state leadership helped lay the groundwork for the New Deal institutions that fought fascism
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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State lawmakers can grow local economies, cut costs, and tackle climate.
Our new report breaks down concrete tools like green banks, better pension fund management, and stronger insurance regulation to lower bills and build resilient communities.
Read the full report today ⬇️
Our new report breaks down concrete tools like green banks, better pension fund management, and stronger insurance regulation to lower bills and build resilient communities.
Read the full report today ⬇️
State Economic Power Project Resources - Climate Cabinet Education
Check this page for policy resources related to insurance regulation, disaster recovery policy, and more.
climatecabineteducation.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
State lawmakers can grow local economies, cut costs, and tackle climate.
Our new report breaks down concrete tools like green banks, better pension fund management, and stronger insurance regulation to lower bills and build resilient communities.
Read the full report today ⬇️
Our new report breaks down concrete tools like green banks, better pension fund management, and stronger insurance regulation to lower bills and build resilient communities.
Read the full report today ⬇️
““Without protections, AI data centers could leave us holding the bag,”
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As data center boom hits Michigan, utilities hedge against a bust - Bridge Michigan
As utilities field dozens of inquiries from companies looking to build energy-hungry data centers in Michigan, they’re grappling with a thorny question: Who’ll cover the electricity bill if the boom g...
bridgemi.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
““Without protections, AI data centers could leave us holding the bag,”
bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
This is an excellent rebuttal to the electoral theories of the abundance popularists www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Here’s Why, and What to Do Instead.
www.weekendreading.net
October 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is an excellent rebuttal to the electoral theories of the abundance popularists www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
As our fossil fueled insurance crisis continues to escalate, FAIR plans should be considered an important plank of public policy. They should truly become “state run” rather than being operated for and by insurance companies. player.captivate.fm/episode/475c...
FAIR Plans with Jordan Haedtler
Quickly and easily listen to Public Money Pod for free!
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October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
As our fossil fueled insurance crisis continues to escalate, FAIR plans should be considered an important plank of public policy. They should truly become “state run” rather than being operated for and by insurance companies. player.captivate.fm/episode/475c...
Great stuff here!
As insurance prices balloon & companies refuse renewals, state “insurers of last resort” (FAIR plans) are often the only coverage option left for many homeowners. Our new report explains how they often prioritize cost savings for companies, not affordability for families.
October 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Great stuff here!
“And then Nordhaus and Schelling wrote….sweet talk [that] reframed the dangerous-sounding reports from scientists into an excuse to look away. Their narrative contributions may be among the most influential paragraphs in human history.”
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probablefutures.org/perspective/...
Equinox greetings: what is it worth to you? · Probable Futures
Spencer Glendon shares why “How much will climate change cost?” is a question that economic models cannot answer well.
probablefutures.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“And then Nordhaus and Schelling wrote….sweet talk [that] reframed the dangerous-sounding reports from scientists into an excuse to look away. Their narrative contributions may be among the most influential paragraphs in human history.”
probablefutures.org/perspective/...
probablefutures.org/perspective/...
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📣 Launching the Public Renewables Project! 📣
1/ We’re a new climate organization advancing publicly financed, publicly developed clean energy to accelerate the renewables transition, lower costs, and increase worker power.
🔗 www.publicrenewables.org
1/ We’re a new climate organization advancing publicly financed, publicly developed clean energy to accelerate the renewables transition, lower costs, and increase worker power.
🔗 www.publicrenewables.org
Public Renewables Project
It’s time for publicly financed, publicly developed renewable energy.
www.PublicRenewables.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📣 Launching the Public Renewables Project! 📣
1/ We’re a new climate organization advancing publicly financed, publicly developed clean energy to accelerate the renewables transition, lower costs, and increase worker power.
🔗 www.publicrenewables.org
1/ We’re a new climate organization advancing publicly financed, publicly developed clean energy to accelerate the renewables transition, lower costs, and increase worker power.
🔗 www.publicrenewables.org
“Congress is on the verge of becoming totally irrelevant, in ways not imagined by the Founders.”
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prospect.org/politics/202...
What Would a No Kings Budget Look Like?
Democrats are publicly conditioning a budget agreement on health care changes. But they also have powerful options to arrest the slide to authoritarianism.
prospect.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Congress is on the verge of becoming totally irrelevant, in ways not imagined by the Founders.”
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
Very well put by @nathantankus.bsky.social:
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
Powell Will Hang Separately: The Federal Reserve Has Already Failed its Duty to Lisa Cook and the Constitution
This is a free Notes on the Crises article. A reminder to readers that the various activities run out of the still-new Notes on the Crises office cost money, while an enormous amount of time and effor...
www.crisesnotes.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Very well put by @nathantankus.bsky.social:
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
“Powell must do everything in his power to compel the conventional wisdom of market traders to more adequately “price in” the degradation of the rule of law.”
www.crisesnotes.com/powell-will-...
What were the DFL candidates for US Senate up to last Thursday? A contrast.
August 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
What were the DFL candidates for US Senate up to last Thursday? A contrast.
The fossil fueled insurance crisis is not just a coastal problem. I went on KUNM to discuss climate and insurance in New Mexico, the state with the nation’s highest rate of uninsurance
www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
Let's talk about insurance premiums and climate change
Thanks to growing financial risks from climate change, property insurance premiums are ballooning, and not just in areas inundated with wildfire and subsequent burn scar flooding. On the next Let’s Ta...
www.kunm.org
August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The fossil fueled insurance crisis is not just a coastal problem. I went on KUNM to discuss climate and insurance in New Mexico, the state with the nation’s highest rate of uninsurance
www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
www.kunm.org/show/lets-ta...
“At a military history museum, origami cranes from Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park are recycled into paper fans emblazoned with the Yamato, Japan’s “unsinkable” World War II battleship…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...
Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“At a military history museum, origami cranes from Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park are recycled into paper fans emblazoned with the Yamato, Japan’s “unsinkable” World War II battleship…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/w...
Never forget Yglesias’ argument that Powell’s regulatory record should be overlooked because there are other financial regulators… like the FCC?
therevolvingdoorproject.org/matt-yglesia...
therevolvingdoorproject.org/matt-yglesia...
August 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Never forget Yglesias’ argument that Powell’s regulatory record should be overlooked because there are other financial regulators… like the FCC?
therevolvingdoorproject.org/matt-yglesia...
therevolvingdoorproject.org/matt-yglesia...
The Abundance/Effective Altruist crowd doesnt care about the role of finance in housing. In fact, they don’t even want to examine the role of finance within…the Federal Reserve! www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-abundan...
An Abundance of Sleaze: How a Beltway Brain Trust Sells Oligarchy to Liberals
How did a debate over housing become a call to end the anti-monopoly movement? Abundance co-author Derek Thompson used slimy tactics to protect wealth and power in America. It's worth examining how.
www.thebignewsletter.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Abundance/Effective Altruist crowd doesnt care about the role of finance in housing. In fact, they don’t even want to examine the role of finance within…the Federal Reserve! www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-abundan...
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Suddenly everyone is all "oops all this climate change is having tangible consequences like my house is on fire and I can't get insurance anymore?"
YOUR state legislature can do something about it!
@climateaf.bsky.social's @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social brings you: The State Economic Power Project
YOUR state legislature can do something about it!
@climateaf.bsky.social's @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social brings you: The State Economic Power Project
State Economic Power Project Resources - Climate Cabinet Education
Check this page for policy resources related to insurance regulation, disaster recovery policy, and more.
climatecabineteducation.org
July 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Suddenly everyone is all "oops all this climate change is having tangible consequences like my house is on fire and I can't get insurance anymore?"
YOUR state legislature can do something about it!
@climateaf.bsky.social's @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social brings you: The State Economic Power Project
YOUR state legislature can do something about it!
@climateaf.bsky.social's @jordanhaedtler.bsky.social brings you: The State Economic Power Project
July 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
👀”We understand how difficult it has been for homeowners who lost coverage when certain insurers that Demotech rated became insolvent.” The failures…were driven by “complex and fast-moving pressures” that developed faster than most people in the industry expected.”
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www.wsj.com/finance/smal...
A Tiny Company Is Vouching for Risky Insurers in Hurricane Country
As major home insurers flee storm-ravaged markets, Demotech’s ratings enable smaller ones to step in. A string of failures has left homeowners in the lurch.
www.wsj.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
👀”We understand how difficult it has been for homeowners who lost coverage when certain insurers that Demotech rated became insolvent.” The failures…were driven by “complex and fast-moving pressures” that developed faster than most people in the industry expected.”
www.wsj.com/finance/smal...
www.wsj.com/finance/smal...
“..it rarely gets mentioned that the architect of housing changes in Austin is the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.”
prospect.org/politics/202...?
prospect.org/politics/202...?
Greg Casar Is Organizing to Win
The new chair of the Progressive Caucus wants to do for Democrats what he did for construction workers in Texas.
prospect.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
“..it rarely gets mentioned that the architect of housing changes in Austin is the head of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.”
prospect.org/politics/202...?
prospect.org/politics/202...?
The Illinois Insurance Association acknowledges it has been a hard market for several years, but not to worry, it’s just a natural cycle. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/s...
After State Farm rate hike, legislators are pressured to provide relief. Here’s what could be on the table.
Illinois legislators are looking at ways to regulate homeowners insurance after State Farm announced it was raising rates by 27.2%.
www.chicagotribune.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Illinois Insurance Association acknowledges it has been a hard market for several years, but not to worry, it’s just a natural cycle. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/21/s...
“..limitations of any technology-based business model need to be considered together so that our critiques focus on real harms – not just the dark side of the dreams the industry is selling – and aren’t derailed by excitement over unrealistic industry promises.” fintechdystopia.com/chapters/int...
Fintech Dystopia - Introduction
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July 19, 2025 at 5:17 AM
“..limitations of any technology-based business model need to be considered together so that our critiques focus on real harms – not just the dark side of the dreams the industry is selling – and aren’t derailed by excitement over unrealistic industry promises.” fintechdystopia.com/chapters/int...
What an incredible quote futurism.com/openai-inves...
July 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
What an incredible quote futurism.com/openai-inves...
It has taken half of 2025 for the record for catastrophe bond issuance (set in 2024) to be surpassed
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www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
Catastrophe bond sales hit record as insurers offload climate risks
Investors attracted by high yields, while recent natural disasters have failed to trigger losses for bondholders
www.ft.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It has taken half of 2025 for the record for catastrophe bond issuance (set in 2024) to be surpassed
www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
www.ft.com/content/fcaf...
“The BLS had to estimate prices using backup methods 35% of the time in June, up from 30% in May and well above the ~9% level that was typical before the agency was impacted by the Trump administration laying off federal workers”
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5 Key Pieces of Economic Data You Should Know About This Week
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senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“The BLS had to estimate prices using backup methods 35% of the time in June, up from 30% in May and well above the ~9% level that was typical before the agency was impacted by the Trump administration laying off federal workers”
senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/5-key-piec...
senatebankingdemocrats.substack.com/p/5-key-piec...
“From what I saw, I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today.”
heated.world/p/he-helped-...
heated.world/p/he-helped-...
He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil.
A former Microsoft project manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.
heated.world
July 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“From what I saw, I believe that finding and extracting more oil is one of the biggest use cases of AI today.”
heated.world/p/he-helped-...
heated.world/p/he-helped-...