Noah Gordon
@noahjgordon.bsky.social
I research climate change at the Carnegie Endowment
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"Rationalist-optimists lack humility in the face of a planetary system."
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
January 7, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"Rationalist-optimists lack humility in the face of a planetary system."
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
Really loved this piece from @cathfraser.bsky.social & @noahjgordon.bsky.social taking aim at naive techno-optimist faith in negative-emissions technologies and laying bare our inevitable stranded asset problems.
Must-read.
Parallels between the abolition of slavery and the abolition of fossil fuels? Rob Lawlor and Nathan Wood with a thought-provoking paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Parallels between the abolition of slavery and the abolition of fossil fuels? Rob Lawlor and Nathan Wood with a thought-provoking paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
@ethicsuntangled.bsky.social
The Long Heat is one of the most important climate books of the decade.
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The Long Heat is one of the most important climate books of the decade.
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
Andreas Malm & Wim Carton savage the "rationalist-optimists" who believe that carbon removal and SRM will solve the crisis.
@cathfraser.bsky.social and I review it for
@jacobinmag.bsky.social!
@versobooks.bsky.social
Pleasure to write this for Jacobin!
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis. But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
jacobin.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Pleasure to write this for Jacobin!
Reposted by Noah Gordon
A fun collab with @noahjgordon.bsky.social reviewing one of my top books of 2025. tough to give the book justice in just a couple thousand words!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
Capitalists Want You to Stop Worrying About Climate Change
In The Long Heat, Andreas Malm and Wim Carton take aim at what they call rationalist-optimists — people who naively believe that market solutions can fix the climate crisis. But their sweeping critique runs the risk of abandoning all hope in the future.
jacobin.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:14 PM
A fun collab with @noahjgordon.bsky.social reviewing one of my top books of 2025. tough to give the book justice in just a couple thousand words!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
check it out, and do check out The Long Heat!
These radical climate protestors must be stopped!
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
These radical climate protestors must be stopped!
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
(Jokes, it's the farmers again)
Can't wait until the US is so desperate to extract Venezuela's oil that it nationalizes ConocoPhillips. climate fam we are so back
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once Maduro is toppled, per sources familiar with the discussions.
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Can't wait until the US is so desperate to extract Venezuela's oil that it nationalizes ConocoPhillips. climate fam we are so back
Reposted by Noah Gordon
Great @carnegieendowment.org series on climate conflict that I contributed to with a chapter on criminalisation and how movements respond to it. Watch the video @noahjgordon.bsky.social made to introduce it.
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
Why Climate Social Movements Are Heating Up
YouTube video by Carnegie Explains
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Great @carnegieendowment.org series on climate conflict that I contributed to with a chapter on criminalisation and how movements respond to it. Watch the video @noahjgordon.bsky.social made to introduce it.
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
youtu.be/j-MHPvP-6Wk
Great report here by @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Great report here by @tobiasgehrke.bsky.social
The EU grid package is out--great summary here by @carokyllmann.bsky.social of @cleanenergywire.bsky.social. Map is by @nkurmayer.bsky.social for @euractiv.com !
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The EU grid package is out--great summary here by @carokyllmann.bsky.social of @cleanenergywire.bsky.social. Map is by @nkurmayer.bsky.social for @euractiv.com !
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/q...
Green hydrogen remains much more expensive than blue hydrogen.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
December 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Green hydrogen remains much more expensive than blue hydrogen.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
And neither of them really exists, which is fun.
Another COP ends in disappointment. They all will until we admit that decarbonization entails creating winners—and losers. It's economic conflict; some people will and must lose money.
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Another COP ends in disappointment. They all will until we admit that decarbonization entails creating winners—and losers. It's economic conflict; some people will and must lose money.
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
From Existential Politics, the new book by Jess Green
@greenprofgreen.bsky.social!
Reposted by Noah Gordon
Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
www.reuters.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Battery export boom: China has exported approximately $60 billion in battery energy storage systems and components in the first three quarters of 2025, up 24% from last year www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
US export comparisons in 2024: Soy, $25b. LNG, $28.9b. Auto exports, $59.2b. 🔌💡
Reposted by Noah Gordon
Capitalism and Its Critics--crib notes!
"Practical Men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slave of some defunct economist"- J.M. Keynes
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Capitalism and Its Critics--crib notes!
"Practical Men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slave of some defunct economist"- J.M. Keynes
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"Practical Men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually the slave of some defunct economist"- J.M. Keynes
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
Capitalism and Its Critics by
@johncassidysays.bsky.social is a tour de force of primary research. Here are some of the best quotes he found:
Extraction by Thea Riofrancos is really good—and beautifully written.
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Extraction by Thea Riofrancos is really good—and beautifully written.
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
It’s refreshing to see a warning about the risks of mining for decarbonization that is neither bad-faith fossil propaganda nor a call for fatalism and hard degrowth. @triofrancos.bsky.social
Reposted by Noah Gordon
🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
🤡OIL DEMAND WILL KEEP RISING🤡
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
What are the IEA assumptions that make rising oil demand so improbable?
No oil peak until 2035, even under stated policies (pink line). No gas peak in sight. Grim stuff
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
No oil peak until 2035, even under stated policies (pink line). No gas peak in sight. Grim stuff
The seat in the British Museum where Karl Marx studied “productive forces”? It was G7.
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The seat in the British Museum where Karl Marx studied “productive forces”? It was G7.
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book
Insightful thoughts here on why capital owners may oppose decarbonization.
It's like opposition to unions: it's not about wages necessarily but about who has the power in the workplace
It's like opposition to unions: it's not about wages necessarily but about who has the power in the workplace
The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Insightful thoughts here on why capital owners may oppose decarbonization.
It's like opposition to unions: it's not about wages necessarily but about who has the power in the workplace
It's like opposition to unions: it's not about wages necessarily but about who has the power in the workplace
The big story we're missing about AI is the opportunity cost of having all the electricians build data centers instead of constructing power plants or electrifying homes.
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The big story we're missing about AI is the opportunity cost of having all the electricians build data centers instead of constructing power plants or electrifying homes.
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
OpenAI claims it needs 20% of US electricians and mechanics! www.latitudemedia.com/news/openai-...
A quarter of the power added in the US this year will be batteries--four times as much batteries as gas. This is your fossil fuel king? www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A quarter of the power added in the US this year will be batteries--four times as much batteries as gas. This is your fossil fuel king? www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
We've made such progress on climate change that we've cleared the very high bar of "less bad than a extinction-level meteor"
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We've made such progress on climate change that we've cleared the very high bar of "less bad than a extinction-level meteor"
A great day for addressing symptoms and not causes
October 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A great day for addressing symptoms and not causes
Reposted by Noah Gordon
We usually assess the climate crisis by a single metric: greenhouse gas emissions. But that’s just one metric, and it’s not enough. Assuming that humans control a “global thermostat,” says @noahjgordon.bsky.social, is dangerous.
Noah explains why for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Noah explains why for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Humans Think They Can Control the Climate Thermostat. That’s a Problem for Climate Policy.
The cessation and mass removal of emissions would not simply turn back the clock.
carnegieendowment.org
October 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We usually assess the climate crisis by a single metric: greenhouse gas emissions. But that’s just one metric, and it’s not enough. Assuming that humans control a “global thermostat,” says @noahjgordon.bsky.social, is dangerous.
Noah explains why for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...
Noah explains why for Emissary: carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...