Paul Sabin
@paulsabin.bsky.social
American historian @Yale, energy and environmental politics and policy, author of "Public Citizens," "The Bet," and "Crude Politics" https://history.yale.edu/people/paul-sabin
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Paul Sabin
@paulsabin.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Public Citizens
The story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society., Public Citizens, The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism, ...
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"Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism" will come out in paperback on December 3. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
A victory for public access to land-- and a conflict between stock raisers and private landowners vs hunters and anglers www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
‘Corner-crossing’ to reach public lands is legal, appeals court rules
The decision, in a case that pitted four Missouri hunters against a millionaire Wyoming landowner, protects public access to millions of acres across the West.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A victory for public access to land-- and a conflict between stock raisers and private landowners vs hunters and anglers www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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The best way to fight back against Musk: Don’t buy a Tesla. (And if you own one, sell it.)
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
Don’t Buy a Tesla. Sell Your Tesla. Refuse a Tesla at the Rental Counter. Yes—It Will Help.
Elon Musk’s car company is in a precarious spot.
slate.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The best way to fight back against Musk: Don’t buy a Tesla. (And if you own one, sell it.)
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
The company was already in a precarious position before Musk launched his assault on democracy. A Tesla boycott would be devastating – and richly deserved.
Me, in Slate 🧵
What to make of the grid/wildfire nexus as we lean into electrification? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
New Data Shows Major Electrical Disruption Ahead of Eaton Fire
A private lab found evidence of two massive electrical faults in the Eaton Canyon area just before a fire erupted there and spread through much of Altadena, Calif.
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January 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
What to make of the grid/wildfire nexus as we lean into electrification? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Investigators are still trying to determine what started the Eaton fire, which raged through Altadena, California, and killed 17 people. A new video appears to show sparking on a power line near the origin of the blaze. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u...
January 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Investigators are still trying to determine what started the Eaton fire, which raged through Altadena, California, and killed 17 people. A new video appears to show sparking on a power line near the origin of the blaze. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/u...
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New Zero episode! 🎧 travelling back in time with @paulsabin.bsky.social and Reagan-era environmental lawyer Jonathan Lash to better understand what may come in the Trump years ahead www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New Zero episode! 🎧 travelling back in time with @paulsabin.bsky.social and Reagan-era environmental lawyer Jonathan Lash to better understand what may come in the Trump years ahead www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Imagine what we might have done w nine more IQ points
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January 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Imagine what we might have done w nine more IQ points
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RIP Jimmy Carter at 100. Here's a look back at Carter's efforts to balance govt regulation and govt reform. Carter believed that making government more efficient and effective would build public support for active, liberal governance. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
Perspective | Government regulation is vital, but it also needs to be efficient
Jimmy Carter's vision for protecting the environment and consumers — while cutting wasteful regulations.
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December 29, 2024 at 10:43 PM
RIP Jimmy Carter at 100. Here's a look back at Carter's efforts to balance govt regulation and govt reform. Carter believed that making government more efficient and effective would build public support for active, liberal governance. www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021...
Read this @washingtonpost article back in June and thought it was an excellent use of audio and graphics in storytelling: www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
Why restaurants are so loud, and what science says we can do about it
Complaints about noise continue to dominate restaurant reviews. Here’s what experts say about how sound affects our bodies and what we can do to mitigate it.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Read this @washingtonpost article back in June and thought it was an excellent use of audio and graphics in storytelling: www.washingtonpost.com/science/inte...
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The newly-announced DOGE could help institute these reforms. Unfortunately, Vivek and Elon’s expressed interest in cutting personnel would only exacerbate out state capacity problems – a point I expand on in my op-ed in @TheHill today:
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DOGE could help fix our infrastructure problems — or make them far worse
They’re dead wrong that taking a meat axe to the federal government’s workforce will make things better; in fact, that’s more likely to make things worse.
thehill.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:23 PM
The newly-announced DOGE could help institute these reforms. Unfortunately, Vivek and Elon’s expressed interest in cutting personnel would only exacerbate out state capacity problems – a point I expand on in my op-ed in @TheHill today:
thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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thehill.com/opinion/fina...
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🚨New paper: State Capacity for Building Infrastructure
US infrastructure construction (transportation, energy, etc.) is often costly & slow.
I discuss the data & propose reforms. 🧵
Here is the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
US infrastructure construction (transportation, energy, etc.) is often costly & slow.
I discuss the data & propose reforms. 🧵
Here is the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 5, 2024 at 8:12 PM
🚨New paper: State Capacity for Building Infrastructure
US infrastructure construction (transportation, energy, etc.) is often costly & slow.
I discuss the data & propose reforms. 🧵
Here is the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
US infrastructure construction (transportation, energy, etc.) is often costly & slow.
I discuss the data & propose reforms. 🧵
Here is the paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism" will come out in paperback on December 3. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
Public Citizens
The story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society., Public Citizens, The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism, ...
wwnorton.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:33 PM
"Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism" will come out in paperback on December 3. wwnorton.com/books/978039...
"New Perspectives in Energy History" Conference-- Free registration is now open. Saturday, March 2, 2024 in New Haven, CT environmentalhistory.yale.edu/programs/con...
February 6, 2024 at 6:23 PM
"New Perspectives in Energy History" Conference-- Free registration is now open. Saturday, March 2, 2024 in New Haven, CT environmentalhistory.yale.edu/programs/con...
Join Yale Environmental History for a virtual talk by Dr. Anto Mohsin on "The Politics of Electrification in Indonesia Post World War II." Thursday 2/8, 4pm ET. #energyhistory environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/anto-m...
February 6, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Join Yale Environmental History for a virtual talk by Dr. Anto Mohsin on "The Politics of Electrification in Indonesia Post World War II." Thursday 2/8, 4pm ET. #energyhistory environmentalhumanities.yale.edu/event/anto-m...
Join Jiat-Hwee Chang and Yale Environmental History to learn about the technopolitics of cooling infrastructure in Singapore and Doha next Wednesday, Jan 31 @ 7:00pm ET yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 26, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Join Jiat-Hwee Chang and Yale Environmental History to learn about the technopolitics of cooling infrastructure in Singapore and Doha next Wednesday, Jan 31 @ 7:00pm ET yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi...