Ted Nordhaus
@tednordhaus.bsky.social
Founder and Executive Director Breakthrough Institute. www.thebreakthrough.org. An original ecomodernist.
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Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist. by @tednordhaus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/08/13/w...
Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist
Recently, in an exchange on X, my former colleague Tyler Norris observed that over the years, my views about climate risk have evolved substantially. Norris posted a screenshot of a page from the book
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August 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why I Stopped Being a Climate Catastrophist. by @tednordhaus.bsky.social www.realclearscience.com/2025/08/13/w...
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Bracing advice from @tednordhaus.bsky.social on climate philanthropy.
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/dont-set-y...
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Don’t Set Your Money On Fire
My Advice to New Climate Philanthropists
www.breakthroughjournal.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Bracing advice from @tednordhaus.bsky.social on climate philanthropy.
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/dont-set-y...
www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/dont-set-y...
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"Secretary Kennedy reiterated misguided and unscientific ideas that would upend the livelihoods of American farmers, increase food prices for American consumers, and compromise the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture globally" as @tednordhaus.bsky.social told the Hagstrom Report.
February 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"Secretary Kennedy reiterated misguided and unscientific ideas that would upend the livelihoods of American farmers, increase food prices for American consumers, and compromise the competitiveness of U.S. agriculture globally" as @tednordhaus.bsky.social told the Hagstrom Report.
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This sucks. The Breakthrough Institute’s ag program is terrific, someone needs to fund it. @tednordhaus.bsky.social @danbr.bsky.social
More fallout from the USAID shutdown: Bill Gates is slashing his grants to climate organizations to focus on public health.
Great scoop from @kbrigham.bsky.social heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Great scoop from @kbrigham.bsky.social heatmap.news/climate-tech...
February 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This sucks. The Breakthrough Institute’s ag program is terrific, someone needs to fund it. @tednordhaus.bsky.social @danbr.bsky.social
“If confirmed, Kennedy would undermine decades of progress in agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, and food security.”
www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/belt...
RFK Jr. wants to ‘go wild’ on agriculture. That’s a big problem - Washington Examiner
With the Senate now considering the nomination, we all need to take a hard look at Kennedy’s fringe points of view, including on agriculture.
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February 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
“If confirmed, Kennedy would undermine decades of progress in agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, and food security.”
www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/belt...
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Missed this piece from Vijaya Ramachandran and @tednordhaus.bsky.social when it came out. I have some disagreements with it but it's interesting and worth reading for those of us working on development and international climate policy foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
Trump Is Quitting the Paris Agreement. Poor Countries Should, Too.
Decades of hypocritical climate policies have failed the global south.
foreignpolicy.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Missed this piece from Vijaya Ramachandran and @tednordhaus.bsky.social when it came out. I have some disagreements with it but it's interesting and worth reading for those of us working on development and international climate policy foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
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“Energy Austerity for thee but not for me.”
COP is a bad deal for developing countries says @tednordhaus.bsky.social and they should quit.
It’s supposed to be a deal: developing countries leapfrog fossil fuels with aid. But the deal isn’t working.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
COP is a bad deal for developing countries says @tednordhaus.bsky.social and they should quit.
It’s supposed to be a deal: developing countries leapfrog fossil fuels with aid. But the deal isn’t working.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
Trump Is Quitting the Paris Agreement. Poor Countries Should, Too.
Decades of hypocritical climate policies have failed the global south.
foreignpolicy.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“Energy Austerity for thee but not for me.”
COP is a bad deal for developing countries says @tednordhaus.bsky.social and they should quit.
It’s supposed to be a deal: developing countries leapfrog fossil fuels with aid. But the deal isn’t working.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
COP is a bad deal for developing countries says @tednordhaus.bsky.social and they should quit.
It’s supposed to be a deal: developing countries leapfrog fossil fuels with aid. But the deal isn’t working.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/06/t...
"There are, in short, no global energy transitions, only local and national transitions. Skeptics who argue that the world has never undergone an energy transition make the same mistake as proponents who claim that the world is in the midst of one." www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/has-there-...
Has There Really Never Been An Energy Transition?
By Ted Nordhaus
www.breakthroughjournal.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:06 PM
"There are, in short, no global energy transitions, only local and national transitions. Skeptics who argue that the world has never undergone an energy transition make the same mistake as proponents who claim that the world is in the midst of one." www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/has-there-...
Courageous essay from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social
in NYT. Kudos to Mike for writing it and NYT for publishing it. nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
in NYT. Kudos to Mike for writing it and NYT for publishing it. nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
December 13, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Courageous essay from @mikegrunwald.bsky.social
in NYT. Kudos to Mike for writing it and NYT for publishing it. nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
in NYT. Kudos to Mike for writing it and NYT for publishing it. nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Congrats to Matthew Marzano on confirmation to NRC
by vote of 50-45. Manchin yes. Sinema no. Multiple R Senators out. I sincerely hope he is better commissioner than I have feared and will work to advance the far reaching modernization that we need. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
by vote of 50-45. Manchin yes. Sinema no. Multiple R Senators out. I sincerely hope he is better commissioner than I have feared and will work to advance the far reaching modernization that we need. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: Senate confirms Nuclear Regulatory Commission nominee
Matthew Marzano’s approval secures a Democratic majority on the panel.
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December 12, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Congrats to Matthew Marzano on confirmation to NRC
by vote of 50-45. Manchin yes. Sinema no. Multiple R Senators out. I sincerely hope he is better commissioner than I have feared and will work to advance the far reaching modernization that we need. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
by vote of 50-45. Manchin yes. Sinema no. Multiple R Senators out. I sincerely hope he is better commissioner than I have feared and will work to advance the far reaching modernization that we need. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
Nice David Wallace Wells write up of BTI's @patricktbrown31.bsky.social report on the massive cost of CA wildfires and massive benefits of fuel reduction. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Opinion | Reckoning With the Scale of California Wildfires
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December 12, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Nice David Wallace Wells write up of BTI's @patricktbrown31.bsky.social report on the massive cost of CA wildfires and massive benefits of fuel reduction. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
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I KNEW we weren’t getting out of this without a manifesto.
December 9, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I KNEW we weren’t getting out of this without a manifesto.
"The groups" are anti-abundance. Alex Trembath
on the backlash from progressives and environmentalists against the abundance movement. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/progressiv...
on the backlash from progressives and environmentalists against the abundance movement. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/progressiv...
Progressives Against Abundance?
No Representation Without Differentiation
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December 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM
"The groups" are anti-abundance. Alex Trembath
on the backlash from progressives and environmentalists against the abundance movement. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/progressiv...
on the backlash from progressives and environmentalists against the abundance movement. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/progressiv...
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@gbrumfiel.bsky.social @npr.org All Things Considered this morning talking about nuclear and AI. Long story short, net-zero commitments X 24 hour clean energy matching don't leave many options for firm generation. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social @npr.org All Things Considered this morning talking about nuclear and AI. Long story short, net-zero commitments X 24 hour clean energy matching don't leave many options for firm generation. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
Artificial Intelligence wants to go nuclear. Will it work?
The nuclear industry and big tech companies think they can solve each other's problems, but critics are skeptical the marriage can last.
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December 9, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I'm featured in
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social @npr.org All Things Considered this morning talking about nuclear and AI. Long story short, net-zero commitments X 24 hour clean energy matching don't leave many options for firm generation. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social @npr.org All Things Considered this morning talking about nuclear and AI. Long story short, net-zero commitments X 24 hour clean energy matching don't leave many options for firm generation. www.npr.org/2024/12/09/n...
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In recent years, there's been a push to do 24/7 matching of demand with clean energy supply. @tednordhaus.bsky.social says that change has forced companies to think about non-GHG sources of energy differently.
Solar and wind just aren't running enough to match demand day and night.
Solar and wind just aren't running enough to match demand day and night.
December 9, 2024 at 3:14 PM
In recent years, there's been a push to do 24/7 matching of demand with clean energy supply. @tednordhaus.bsky.social says that change has forced companies to think about non-GHG sources of energy differently.
Solar and wind just aren't running enough to match demand day and night.
Solar and wind just aren't running enough to match demand day and night.
Having witnessed aftermath of Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire at my family's ranch, I can attest these forests hadn't burned for 120+ years. Fire was intense. Damage extensive. @hannahnordhaus.bsky.social wrote about it in @nationalgeographic.bsky.social. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
December 6, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Having witnessed aftermath of Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon fire at my family's ranch, I can attest these forests hadn't burned for 120+ years. Fire was intense. Damage extensive. @hannahnordhaus.bsky.social wrote about it in @nationalgeographic.bsky.social. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Wait… what???
“.. ‘It’s going to be very easy,’ Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, told Fox News on Tuesday, after she sat in on some of her son’s meetings.” 🙄
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Musk’s Slashing of the Federal Budget Faces Big Hurdles
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with Elon Musk as co-leader, has advantages that past budget-cutters did not, but laws and court challenges can still make change slow and difficult.
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December 3, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Wait… what???
This is the key tell in the endless debate around the trade offs between mitigating short term forcings like methane and carbon. If the trade off requires use of 20 year warming values to justify, it is not a serious climate mitigation action.
If you are addressing short term forcers in a way that doesn’t undermine long term warming, there is no need to use 20 year warming values to justify.
December 3, 2024 at 5:52 AM
This is the key tell in the endless debate around the trade offs between mitigating short term forcings like methane and carbon. If the trade off requires use of 20 year warming values to justify, it is not a serious climate mitigation action.
20 year warming value is either appropriate in eyes of climate movement if justifying natural gas phaseouts and bans or inappropriate if justifying mitigation. thebulletin.org/2023/12/mass...
'Mass delusion and wishful thinking': Why everything you think you know about methane is probably wrong
What’s really damaging is fooling yourself into thinking that eliminating methane has as big an impact as eliminating carbon dioxide.
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December 3, 2024 at 1:13 AM
20 year warming value is either appropriate in eyes of climate movement if justifying natural gas phaseouts and bans or inappropriate if justifying mitigation. thebulletin.org/2023/12/mass...
There is no statutory prohibition against @NRCgov
"promotion" of nuclear energy. Even were there, accounting for benefits of nuclear to society in mission and regulatory proceedings isn't promotion. Important new whitepaper from
@TheBTI
@Dr_A_Stein
.
thebreakthrough.imgix.net/NRC-Mission-...
"promotion" of nuclear energy. Even were there, accounting for benefits of nuclear to society in mission and regulatory proceedings isn't promotion. Important new whitepaper from
@TheBTI
@Dr_A_Stein
.
thebreakthrough.imgix.net/NRC-Mission-...
thebreakthrough.imgix.net
December 2, 2024 at 9:05 PM
There is no statutory prohibition against @NRCgov
"promotion" of nuclear energy. Even were there, accounting for benefits of nuclear to society in mission and regulatory proceedings isn't promotion. Important new whitepaper from
@TheBTI
@Dr_A_Stein
.
thebreakthrough.imgix.net/NRC-Mission-...
"promotion" of nuclear energy. Even were there, accounting for benefits of nuclear to society in mission and regulatory proceedings isn't promotion. Important new whitepaper from
@TheBTI
@Dr_A_Stein
.
thebreakthrough.imgix.net/NRC-Mission-...
"Nominating junior Senate staffer who has worked as policymaker for three scant years and has no senior management experience in the industry, is an insult to women in the sector."
Brooke Morrison has had enough of the gaslighting from Marzano supporters. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/gender-equ...
Brooke Morrison has had enough of the gaslighting from Marzano supporters. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/gender-equ...
Gender Equity at the NRC Should Not Be Optional
A guest essay from Brooke Morrison
www.breakthroughjournal.org
December 2, 2024 at 8:28 PM
"Nominating junior Senate staffer who has worked as policymaker for three scant years and has no senior management experience in the industry, is an insult to women in the sector."
Brooke Morrison has had enough of the gaslighting from Marzano supporters. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/gender-equ...
Brooke Morrison has had enough of the gaslighting from Marzano supporters. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/gender-equ...
Two good papers in response to my question suggest that calling it a climate crisis or emergency does not increase concern or urgency and leads readers to view news sources as less credible. Thanks @revkin.bsky.social @brossard.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Two good papers in response to my question suggest that calling it a climate crisis or emergency does not increase concern or urgency and leads readers to view news sources as less credible. Thanks @revkin.bsky.social @brossard.bsky.social
According to the ClearSky app, almost 50% of active accounts on Bluesky are blocked by at least one other account and 40% of active accounts block at least one account. Seems remarkable. A function allowing users to block any account that blocked them could be the end of the entire platform...
November 30, 2024 at 2:16 AM
According to the ClearSky app, almost 50% of active accounts on Bluesky are blocked by at least one other account and 40% of active accounts block at least one account. Seems remarkable. A function allowing users to block any account that blocked them could be the end of the entire platform...
Left critics of abundance brand it as neoliberal. Right critics brand it as communist. As I wrote a couple of months ago, what is disruptive about abundance movement is it cuts across both party coalitions, comprising upwing factions in both parties. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/will-the-c...
November 27, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Left critics of abundance brand it as neoliberal. Right critics brand it as communist. As I wrote a couple of months ago, what is disruptive about abundance movement is it cuts across both party coalitions, comprising upwing factions in both parties. www.breakthroughjournal.org/p/will-the-c...
Wondering if anyone on here is aware of any research that has tested whether use of the term “climate crisis” by scientists, journalists, and other experts leads people to perceive claims that they make as more or less credible?
November 25, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Wondering if anyone on here is aware of any research that has tested whether use of the term “climate crisis” by scientists, journalists, and other experts leads people to perceive claims that they make as more or less credible?