Vincent Thivierge
@vthivierge.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at uOttawa trying to improve unilateral climate policies. Most recently sailing out of the Berkeley Yatch Club 🌬️⛵. Originaire de Wakefield, Québec.
https://vthivierge.github.io/
https://vthivierge.github.io/
Jacquelyn Pless in Toronto! Awesome news for Canada. I was starting to get jealous of Switzerland and their recent fancy hires.
UofT signs three more US orofs including Mark Duggan as new Director of the Munk School!
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/educa...
U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, plans for 100 new postdocs
New hires include Canadian-born MIT astrophysicist Sara Seager
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Jacquelyn Pless in Toronto! Awesome news for Canada. I was starting to get jealous of Switzerland and their recent fancy hires.
@alexandreshields.bsky.social je crois que ce nouveau cahier de recherche (de @eyalfrank.bsky.social et al) sur la réduction des risques d'accidents de la route grâce à la présence des loups sur la rive nord versus sud du Saint-Laurent saura certainement vous intéresser: www.nber.org/papers/w34377
Option Value of Apex Predators: Evidence from a River Discontinuity
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
@alexandreshields.bsky.social je crois que ce nouveau cahier de recherche (de @eyalfrank.bsky.social et al) sur la réduction des risques d'accidents de la route grâce à la présence des loups sur la rive nord versus sud du Saint-Laurent saura certainement vous intéresser: www.nber.org/papers/w34377
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So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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OK, here we go...
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
OK, here we go...
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
I'm excited to launch Climate-Colored Goggles, a newsletter about climate and culture. I'll be writing about climate solutions in pop culture, media & sports. America's most influential storytellers need to get in the game.
Sign up here: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
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The only questions you ever need to ask of people who want to peddle this issue are:
"What do you mean by merit? How do you measure it? Is there only one definition of merit?"
They will not be able to answer The Qs because they haven't thought about it. Because, in turn, IT'S NOT ABOUT MERIT.
"What do you mean by merit? How do you measure it? Is there only one definition of merit?"
They will not be able to answer The Qs because they haven't thought about it. Because, in turn, IT'S NOT ABOUT MERIT.
Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a
www.thestar.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The only questions you ever need to ask of people who want to peddle this issue are:
"What do you mean by merit? How do you measure it? Is there only one definition of merit?"
They will not be able to answer The Qs because they haven't thought about it. Because, in turn, IT'S NOT ABOUT MERIT.
"What do you mean by merit? How do you measure it? Is there only one definition of merit?"
They will not be able to answer The Qs because they haven't thought about it. Because, in turn, IT'S NOT ABOUT MERIT.
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We have had this precise discussion many times before, with the invention of the book, radio, TV, the internet, etc. Knowledge of these discssions are freely available, but apparently the WSJ can't find it or doesn't understand its relevance.
Might this kind of thing be what professors are for?
Might this kind of thing be what professors are for?
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We have had this precise discussion many times before, with the invention of the book, radio, TV, the internet, etc. Knowledge of these discssions are freely available, but apparently the WSJ can't find it or doesn't understand its relevance.
Might this kind of thing be what professors are for?
Might this kind of thing be what professors are for?
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You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
You might think that the mayor of Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories, would be a fan of giant pickups.
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
Nope. He's disgusted by car bloat.
www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...
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On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
September 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
On Sunday, #Zürich residents voted 52.8% in favor of increasing parking fees for cars according to weight.
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
The owner of a BMW X2 (Diesel), which weighs 1,675 kilograms, will now pay equivalent of €717 Euros per year to park on a public street. (Before, about €321.)
Direct democracy!
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Noise reduction benefits from EV adoption in the US estimated at $77.3 billion, concentrated among low-income families in urban areas
www.nber.org/papers/w34298
www.nber.org/papers/w34298
The Traffic Noise Externality: Costs, Incidence and Policy Implications
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Noise reduction benefits from EV adoption in the US estimated at $77.3 billion, concentrated among low-income families in urban areas
www.nber.org/papers/w34298
www.nber.org/papers/w34298
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Under the UNFCC Canada is not responsible for the downstream combustion emissions of the fossil fuels we export. So we conveniently ignore them (as in Ksi Lisims Assessment and BC and fed announcements today), though those GHGs are more than Canada's territorial emissions to the global atmosphere.
There it is
BC Environment Minister Tamara Davidson and Energy Minister Adrian Dix have given the green light for the Ksi Lisims LNG Facility
Once operational, the plant will be the second largest LNG production facility in BC and may use natural gas to power the liquefaction process #bcpoli
BC Environment Minister Tamara Davidson and Energy Minister Adrian Dix have given the green light for the Ksi Lisims LNG Facility
Once operational, the plant will be the second largest LNG production facility in BC and may use natural gas to power the liquefaction process #bcpoli
Environmental assessment certificate granted for Ksi Lisims LNG project
A B.C. environmental assessment certificate has been issued for the Ksi Lisims LNG project, following a joint decision by provincial ministers.
news.gov.bc.ca
September 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Under the UNFCC Canada is not responsible for the downstream combustion emissions of the fossil fuels we export. So we conveniently ignore them (as in Ksi Lisims Assessment and BC and fed announcements today), though those GHGs are more than Canada's territorial emissions to the global atmosphere.
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Today marks a major development in U.S. climate policy.
Gov. Newsom, the CA Assembly & Senate just released the final cap-and-trade—now called cap-and-invest—reauthorization bill: AB 1207. 1/
#climatesky #energysky
Gov. Newsom, the CA Assembly & Senate just released the final cap-and-trade—now called cap-and-invest—reauthorization bill: AB 1207. 1/
#climatesky #energysky
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
September 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Today marks a major development in U.S. climate policy.
Gov. Newsom, the CA Assembly & Senate just released the final cap-and-trade—now called cap-and-invest—reauthorization bill: AB 1207. 1/
#climatesky #energysky
Gov. Newsom, the CA Assembly & Senate just released the final cap-and-trade—now called cap-and-invest—reauthorization bill: AB 1207. 1/
#climatesky #energysky
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I've been getting requests from reporters about the disbanding of the DOE Climate Working Group. Here are some comments. More to come on my Substack (www.theclimatebrink.com).
September 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I've been getting requests from reporters about the disbanding of the DOE Climate Working Group. Here are some comments. More to come on my Substack (www.theclimatebrink.com).
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Part of me is sad I will never see DOE's attempt to respond to the excellent comments from the scientific and economic community on its awful climate science report
A larger part is relieved this document will be expunged from the administrative record A small but real victory for accuracy and fact
A larger part is relieved this document will be expunged from the administrative record A small but real victory for accuracy and fact
September 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Part of me is sad I will never see DOE's attempt to respond to the excellent comments from the scientific and economic community on its awful climate science report
A larger part is relieved this document will be expunged from the administrative record A small but real victory for accuracy and fact
A larger part is relieved this document will be expunged from the administrative record A small but real victory for accuracy and fact
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DOE's embarrassment of a "climate science" report is 150 pages where as this response from the scientific community is 500.
My take: It takes much more effort to refute nonsense than it does to generate it, a tax on the time of all who care about fact and accuracy
sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doe...
My take: It takes much more effort to refute nonsense than it does to generate it, a tax on the time of all who care about fact and accuracy
sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doe...
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
sites.google.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
DOE's embarrassment of a "climate science" report is 150 pages where as this response from the scientific community is 500.
My take: It takes much more effort to refute nonsense than it does to generate it, a tax on the time of all who care about fact and accuracy
sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doe...
My take: It takes much more effort to refute nonsense than it does to generate it, a tax on the time of all who care about fact and accuracy
sites.google.com/tamu.edu/doe...
The Department of Energy hired five academics to raise doubts about climate change. 85+ climate experts (organized by @andrewdessler.com) reviewed their report. Our conclusion, detailed in 450 pages of analysis: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making.
DOEresponseSite
On July 29, 2025, the Department of Energy (DOE) published a report from its Climate Working Group (CWG). This report features prominently in the EPA's reconsideration of its 2009 Endangerment Finding...
sites.google.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nice chart this week which reminded me of this shocking map that we ran five years ago. Clean energy production can't come to Poland soon enough
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
August 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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trains are such a great example of how the future is here, if we want it and are willing to subsidize it
It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.
And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight
www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...
High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts
The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.
www.euronews.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
trains are such a great example of how the future is here, if we want it and are willing to subsidize it
What an impressive shift from FF to renewables and storage for new generation capacity over the last 2 decades in the US (www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...)
August 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What an impressive shift from FF to renewables and storage for new generation capacity over the last 2 decades in the US (www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...)
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Developing a new method to answer whether environmental markets actually improve allocative efficiency. California's RECLAIM program improved allocative efficiency, but the US's NOx Budget Trading Program did not, from Kyle C. Meng and Vincent Thivierge https://www.nber.org/papers/w34111
August 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Developing a new method to answer whether environmental markets actually improve allocative efficiency. California's RECLAIM program improved allocative efficiency, but the US's NOx Budget Trading Program did not, from Kyle C. Meng and Vincent Thivierge https://www.nber.org/papers/w34111
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A point made insufficiently: nations of the world are lining up to poach US scientists and Harvard-bound students. They are not coming together to think about the hole in global science the Trump administration is creating. That's a problem.
The Canadian equivalent of the NIH should consider funding a bunch of studies monitoring what happens with vaccine-preventable diseases in Canada and the US over the next decade. Because a real-world laboratory is being created.
June 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A point made insufficiently: nations of the world are lining up to poach US scientists and Harvard-bound students. They are not coming together to think about the hole in global science the Trump administration is creating. That's a problem.
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Three issues with the term "decarbonized" oil:
i) It is silly. Oil contains carbon and emits CO2 when combusted.
ii) Doesn't even make sense for production emissions, because carbon capture and storage doesn't capture all emissions (can be <50%)
iii) Our trading partners know (i) and (ii)
i) It is silly. Oil contains carbon and emits CO2 when combusted.
ii) Doesn't even make sense for production emissions, because carbon capture and storage doesn't capture all emissions (can be <50%)
iii) Our trading partners know (i) and (ii)
June 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Three issues with the term "decarbonized" oil:
i) It is silly. Oil contains carbon and emits CO2 when combusted.
ii) Doesn't even make sense for production emissions, because carbon capture and storage doesn't capture all emissions (can be <50%)
iii) Our trading partners know (i) and (ii)
i) It is silly. Oil contains carbon and emits CO2 when combusted.
ii) Doesn't even make sense for production emissions, because carbon capture and storage doesn't capture all emissions (can be <50%)
iii) Our trading partners know (i) and (ii)
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Excited to open the call for papers for the 40th Canadian Econometric Study Group (CESG) conference. The conference will be in Ottawa from October 17 to October 19, this year's theme is `Credible Econometrics'. For more details, see caneconometrics.ca/annualMeetin...
#econtwitter #cdnecon
#econtwitter #cdnecon
May 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Excited to open the call for papers for the 40th Canadian Econometric Study Group (CESG) conference. The conference will be in Ottawa from October 17 to October 19, this year's theme is `Credible Econometrics'. For more details, see caneconometrics.ca/annualMeetin...
#econtwitter #cdnecon
#econtwitter #cdnecon
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GiveWell sought an independent check on the evidence supporting >$1 billion it has granted to its top charities. This fall, Alex Cohen asked whether we could obtain the datasets needed to reproduce the underlying RCTs. We said yes; charging only a modest fee to cover our time.
🧵 + 🐀 + blog post!
🧵 + 🐀 + blog post!
May 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
GiveWell sought an independent check on the evidence supporting >$1 billion it has granted to its top charities. This fall, Alex Cohen asked whether we could obtain the datasets needed to reproduce the underlying RCTs. We said yes; charging only a modest fee to cover our time.
🧵 + 🐀 + blog post!
🧵 + 🐀 + blog post!
#cdnecon do I spy @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social au discours du Trône?
May 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#cdnecon do I spy @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social au discours du Trône?
It's a good sign when Alberta criticizes the pick for Federal minister of the environment! The opposite would be worrisome.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
Alberta premier’s chief of staff criticizes new environment minister
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s chief of staff is sounding the alarm over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick to head up the government’s environment portfolio.
www.ctvnews.ca
May 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's a good sign when Alberta criticizes the pick for Federal minister of the environment! The opposite would be worrisome.
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...