Chris Turner
@theturner.bsky.social
Author of HOW TO BE A CLIMATE OPTIMIST. Writer & talker about the energy transition. Baseball (in season). Nova Scotia resident.
Five classes I took in University:
Conspiracy and Dissent in 20th Century America
Revolution and Unrest in Latin America
20th Century Canadian Political History
Creative Writing
Macroeconomics
Conspiracy and Dissent in 20th Century America
Revolution and Unrest in Latin America
20th Century Canadian Political History
Creative Writing
Macroeconomics
Five classes I took in University:
The Gothic Cathedral
The Medieval Village
Children’s Literature of the 1800s
Advanced Spanish Vocabulary
…and a dozen classes that ended in Physics. Modern, Thermal, Radiation, Quantum, Atmospheric, Cloud, Experimental, you name it I took it 😅
The Gothic Cathedral
The Medieval Village
Children’s Literature of the 1800s
Advanced Spanish Vocabulary
…and a dozen classes that ended in Physics. Modern, Thermal, Radiation, Quantum, Atmospheric, Cloud, Experimental, you name it I took it 😅
Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
Philosophy of Social Science
History of Economic Thought
Linear Algebra
Radical Political Economics
International Monetary Theory
Philosophy of Social Science
History of Economic Thought
Linear Algebra
Radical Political Economics
International Monetary Theory
January 31, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Five classes I took in University:
Conspiracy and Dissent in 20th Century America
Revolution and Unrest in Latin America
20th Century Canadian Political History
Creative Writing
Macroeconomics
Conspiracy and Dissent in 20th Century America
Revolution and Unrest in Latin America
20th Century Canadian Political History
Creative Writing
Macroeconomics
New records across the board! China deservedly gets the most attention as the energy transition's pacesetter, but the EU was its birthplace and continues to set its own impressive pace
#GraphicOfTheWeek: In 2025, wind and solar hit a record 30% of EU electricity – overtaking fossil fuels (29%) for the first time. This map shows many of the national milestones that made it happen.
Explore other graphics: https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/graphic-of-the-week/
Explore other graphics: https://ember-energy.org/latest-updates/graphic-of-the-week/
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 PM
New records across the board! China deservedly gets the most attention as the energy transition's pacesetter, but the EU was its birthplace and continues to set its own impressive pace
Big bucket of gravy has an angle on the political efficacy of the term “fascist” in a midterm year that’ll really challenge your whole worldview
New CBS News contributors: Aaron Rodgers, Roseanne Barr, Anton Chigurh, Stephen Miller, Stephen Miller (the other one), Stephen Miller (found a third one), a smokin' hot babe with huge bazongas, Walter White, Tom (not Jerry), big bucket of gravy, Budd Dwyer (deceased), Thomas Chatterton Williams.
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Big bucket of gravy has an angle on the political efficacy of the term “fascist” in a midterm year that’ll really challenge your whole worldview
"At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds."
Videos verified by The New York Times show the man federal agents shot and killed in Minneapolis on Saturday was holding a phone, not a gun, before the agents took him to the ground and shot him. At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 AM
"At least 10 shots appear to have been fired within five seconds."
There's no way around this now, America. You've been there awhile now, but it may not have been clear enough at close range for many of you until around now. The only way out is through. Godspeed.
“President Trump is using all the instruments: the reported quotas for ICE arrests; the paramilitary force made up of thugs drunk on their own brutality; the spectacle of random violence, particularly in city streets; the postmortem vilification of the victims.” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 AM
There's no way around this now, America. You've been there awhile now, but it may not have been clear enough at close range for many of you until around now. The only way out is through. Godspeed.
I don't post a lot of this stuff generally, because it's everywhere and too much and not enough. But there's a very simple request in that last paragraph
Today has been a very rough day.
But it‘s important to share Alex’s parents message.
But it‘s important to share Alex’s parents message.
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I don't post a lot of this stuff generally, because it's everywhere and too much and not enough. But there's a very simple request in that last paragraph
Wait so you're telling me then-premier Jason Kenney of oil-drunk Alberta wasn't entirely accurate in his prognostication on this topic five years ago?
January 24, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Wait so you're telling me then-premier Jason Kenney of oil-drunk Alberta wasn't entirely accurate in his prognostication on this topic five years ago?
Even if you give them a mulligan on where penguins live … why would you bring penguins to the place where they’re from? And how does embracing a native species imply surrendering to a foreign power?
The hazards of failing first-year biology: you invade the wrong pole.
🇦🇶 🐧 🇬🇱 🐻❄️
🇦🇶 🐧 🇬🇱 🐻❄️
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Even if you give them a mulligan on where penguins live … why would you bring penguins to the place where they’re from? And how does embracing a native species imply surrendering to a foreign power?
This is the best essay I’ve read to explain how the technical reports about Chinese dominance in electrotech fit with a much broader intellectual reckoning with China’s emergent stature in all global affairs
"We have witnessed not merely the rise of another great power, but a fundamental challenge to assumptions long embedded in Western thought—about development, political systems, and civilizational achievement itself. We simply haven’t yet found the intellectual courage to face it."
The Great Reckoning - The Ideas Letter
The world feels unsettled, as if history itself were changing tempo. The familiar landmarks of the modern age are blurring, slipping away, and the stories we once told ourselves about…
www.theideasletter.org
January 23, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This is the best essay I’ve read to explain how the technical reports about Chinese dominance in electrotech fit with a much broader intellectual reckoning with China’s emergent stature in all global affairs
Another very good week for good dogs. As a Great Dane owner, I particularly related to the possibly world's tallest dog at No. 3 being afraid of tape measures
January 23, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Another very good week for good dogs. As a Great Dane owner, I particularly related to the possibly world's tallest dog at No. 3 being afraid of tape measures
January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Aided and abetted by Danielle Smith and her Merrie Band of Grievance Quislings!
This is the administration’s Plan B:
Can’t make Canada the 51st state, so stoke secession. 🤡
Can’t make Canada the 51st state, so stoke secession. 🤡
Bessent pushes Albertan independence from Canada: "Albertans are very independent people. There's a rumor they may have a referendum on whether they want to stay in Canada or not. People are talking. People want sovereignty. They want what the US has got."
January 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Aided and abetted by Danielle Smith and her Merrie Band of Grievance Quislings!
Driven by huge growth in solar installations, renewable energy clears another milestone I was told was likely impossible when I first landed in Germany to report on the fledgling Energiewende in 2005
NEW | Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU power sector 🇪🇺⚡️
Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels.
Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels.
Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Driven by huge growth in solar installations, renewable energy clears another milestone I was told was likely impossible when I first landed in Germany to report on the fledgling Energiewende in 2005
Lol I just walked to the grocery store and back in weather colder than this and didn't even need an expedition weight parka or anything
Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 22, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Lol I just walked to the grocery store and back in weather colder than this and didn't even need an expedition weight parka or anything
Reposted by Chris Turner
I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."
Right on cue, here are the push alerts from the 3 major newspapers lmao
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I love my profession deeply, but some of them are not covering themselves in glory these days. If a mob boss draws a sharp blade languidly across your palm and says it would be a real shame for you to lose your pinky, your headline isn't "Godfather rules out hacking off finger to settle debt."
The BlueSky reply people who don’t understand sarcasm, but make it a news agency
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - Trump in Davos speech says he won't use force to acquire Greenland.
@apnews.com
@apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The BlueSky reply people who don’t understand sarcasm, but make it a news agency
China smiles cunningly, content in the knowledge that its stealth turbine technology is working as planned
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
China smiles cunningly, content in the knowledge that its stealth turbine technology is working as planned
Such a relief to hear Jon got home safe and sound. What an ordeal!
a few nights ago i rode a bus for about 15 minutes or so. once it got close to the stop near my home i hit the button to request a stop. soon after, the bus driver stopped the bus and let me off
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Such a relief to hear Jon got home safe and sound. What an ordeal!
I left Alberta just ahead of the best snow year in living memory and the Lake Louise social media feeds will not stop taunting me about it
January 21, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I left Alberta just ahead of the best snow year in living memory and the Lake Louise social media feeds will not stop taunting me about it
<wipes away tear, salutes>
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
<wipes away tear, salutes>
This could be the teaser trailer for a Paul Verhoeven movie
Melania is delivering a speech on AI that sounds like it was written by AI
January 16, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This could be the teaser trailer for a Paul Verhoeven movie
Why was Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil cancelled before it even made it on the air? Because it became too woke (cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social)
everyone is making the whiskey friday joke so I am sorry to inform you that they have, in fact, tucked their tail between their legs
January 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Why was Whiskey Fridays with Tony Dokoupil cancelled before it even made it on the air? Because it became too woke (cc @nytpitchbot.bsky.social)
Speaking of @nathanielbullard.com's annual year-in-review chartapalooza, here's the whole package, always an essential read. Look for slides copied from it in every half-decent energy analyst presentation the rest of the year (including mine)
Do you like charts? Oh yes you do. I've just published hundreds of them, as I do every year. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Speaking of @nathanielbullard.com's annual year-in-review chartapalooza, here's the whole package, always an essential read. Look for slides copied from it in every half-decent energy analyst presentation the rest of the year (including mine)