Ben Beachy
@ben-beachy.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Global Fund for a New Economy. Previously: White House Climate Policy Office, BlueGreen Alliance, Sierra Club, Public Citizen. Personal account.
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Ben Beachy
@ben-beachy.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Blueprint for a Popular Climate Agenda
The path forward is climate policy written not about impacted workers and communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org
Want a blueprint for pivoting from climate rollbacks to a strategic climate offense?
That's my focus in a new article out today in Democracy Journal.
The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
That's my focus in a new article out today in Democracy Journal.
The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
If you'd like a break from doomerism, @mdebolle.com & I had a good time recording this new @piie.com podcast to explore potential paths forward for clean energy industrial policy.
We touched on IRA lessons learned, abundance, bottom-up policy design, & yes...bagels.
www.piie.com/experts/podc...
We touched on IRA lessons learned, abundance, bottom-up policy design, & yes...bagels.
www.piie.com/experts/podc...
Can climate efforts create jobs? (Episode 20)
Is it possible to pursue climate efforts, create jobs, and achieve social justice at the same time? That was the challenge that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was designed to meet. Ben Beachy (Gl...
www.piie.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you'd like a break from doomerism, @mdebolle.com & I had a good time recording this new @piie.com podcast to explore potential paths forward for clean energy industrial policy.
We touched on IRA lessons learned, abundance, bottom-up policy design, & yes...bagels.
www.piie.com/experts/podc...
We touched on IRA lessons learned, abundance, bottom-up policy design, & yes...bagels.
www.piie.com/experts/podc...
It's Climate Week in NYC, home of the everything bagel.
Time for an everything bagel-themed take on the path forward for climate policy.
Check it out:
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
Time for an everything bagel-themed take on the path forward for climate policy.
Check it out:
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
Blueprint for a Popular Climate Agenda
The path forward is climate policy written not about impacted workers and communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's Climate Week in NYC, home of the everything bagel.
Time for an everything bagel-themed take on the path forward for climate policy.
Check it out:
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
Time for an everything bagel-themed take on the path forward for climate policy.
Check it out:
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
It's Climate Week. How can the climate community move from dysphoria to action?
For a proposed path forward, see my new article below
We need a climate agenda that:
1. Cuts costs
2. Expedites clean energy
3. Is written not about workers/communities, but by them
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
For a proposed path forward, see my new article below
We need a climate agenda that:
1. Cuts costs
2. Expedites clean energy
3. Is written not about workers/communities, but by them
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
Blueprint for a Popular Climate Agenda
The path forward is climate policy written not about impacted workers and communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's Climate Week. How can the climate community move from dysphoria to action?
For a proposed path forward, see my new article below
We need a climate agenda that:
1. Cuts costs
2. Expedites clean energy
3. Is written not about workers/communities, but by them
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
For a proposed path forward, see my new article below
We need a climate agenda that:
1. Cuts costs
2. Expedites clean energy
3. Is written not about workers/communities, but by them
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
Want a blueprint for pivoting from climate rollbacks to a strategic climate offense?
That's my focus in a new article out today in Democracy Journal.
The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
That's my focus in a new article out today in Democracy Journal.
The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
Blueprint for a Popular Climate Agenda
The path forward is climate policy written not about impacted workers and communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Want a blueprint for pivoting from climate rollbacks to a strategic climate offense?
That's my focus in a new article out today in Democracy Journal.
The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
That's my focus in a new article out today in Democracy Journal.
The path forward is a new climate agenda written not about impacted workers & communities, but by them.
democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...
What's the path forward for climate & clean energy policy?
Tune in to this symposium tomorrow, where a few of us will offer ideas for what comes next.
Livestream link below. Climate panel starts at 11:20am.
Tune in to this symposium tomorrow, where a few of us will offer ideas for what comes next.
Livestream link below. Climate panel starts at 11:20am.
🎙️ NEW: Join us for the 2nd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium!
📍 U of California Washington Center
📅 Thurs, July 17
🕑 10 am - 6 pm ET
Lawmakers, movements, experts, and activists will go in depth on building our progressive future — ft. @raskin.house.gov, @jayapal.house.gov, and more. Register now:
📍 U of California Washington Center
📅 Thurs, July 17
🕑 10 am - 6 pm ET
Lawmakers, movements, experts, and activists will go in depth on building our progressive future — ft. @raskin.house.gov, @jayapal.house.gov, and more. Register now:
Bold Ideas For A New Progressive Majority - Institute for Policy Studies
The Institute for Policy Studies, The Nation, and Public Citizen in partnership with the Wallace Global Fund present the 2nd Annual Henry A. Wallace Symposium.
ips-dc.org
July 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What's the path forward for climate & clean energy policy?
Tune in to this symposium tomorrow, where a few of us will offer ideas for what comes next.
Livestream link below. Climate panel starts at 11:20am.
Tune in to this symposium tomorrow, where a few of us will offer ideas for what comes next.
Livestream link below. Climate panel starts at 11:20am.
If you're in DC and abundance-curious, you might like this panel & happy hour tomorrow evening.
We'll discuss policies that would deliver abundance vs. those that would take us backwards, moderated by Claire Jones of the Financial Times.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abundance-...
We'll discuss policies that would deliver abundance vs. those that would take us backwards, moderated by Claire Jones of the Financial Times.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abundance-...
July 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If you're in DC and abundance-curious, you might like this panel & happy hour tomorrow evening.
We'll discuss policies that would deliver abundance vs. those that would take us backwards, moderated by Claire Jones of the Financial Times.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abundance-...
We'll discuss policies that would deliver abundance vs. those that would take us backwards, moderated by Claire Jones of the Financial Times.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/abundance-...
Today's vote is a gut punch.
But it's not over. Our generational task of building a more just, clean energy economy will outlive this political cycle.
We'll fight – in the states, courts, & streets. When we win a gov't that reps the majority, we’ll pick up the baton the GOP dropped & keep running.
But it's not over. Our generational task of building a more just, clean energy economy will outlive this political cycle.
We'll fight – in the states, courts, & streets. When we win a gov't that reps the majority, we’ll pick up the baton the GOP dropped & keep running.
July 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Today's vote is a gut punch.
But it's not over. Our generational task of building a more just, clean energy economy will outlive this political cycle.
We'll fight – in the states, courts, & streets. When we win a gov't that reps the majority, we’ll pick up the baton the GOP dropped & keep running.
But it's not over. Our generational task of building a more just, clean energy economy will outlive this political cycle.
We'll fight – in the states, courts, & streets. When we win a gov't that reps the majority, we’ll pick up the baton the GOP dropped & keep running.
The "abundance" debate has been long on narrative, but short on precise solutions.
What would a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance look like?
In many cases, it'd mean more policy, not less — despite some "abundance" claims.
My piece in @heatmap.news offers examples: 🧵
What would a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance look like?
In many cases, it'd mean more policy, not less — despite some "abundance" claims.
My piece in @heatmap.news offers examples: 🧵
June 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The "abundance" debate has been long on narrative, but short on precise solutions.
What would a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance look like?
In many cases, it'd mean more policy, not less — despite some "abundance" claims.
My piece in @heatmap.news offers examples: 🧵
What would a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance look like?
In many cases, it'd mean more policy, not less — despite some "abundance" claims.
My piece in @heatmap.news offers examples: 🧵
Despite some "abundance" claims, many clean energy delays point not to an excess of policymaking, but an absence.
I lay out a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance in this new piece for @heatmap.news.
In many cases, we need more policy, not less.
heatmap.news/ideas/abunda...
I lay out a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance in this new piece for @heatmap.news.
In many cases, we need more policy, not less.
heatmap.news/ideas/abunda...
The Energy Transition Needs More Policy, Not Less
In defense of “everything bagel” policymaking.
heatmap.news
June 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Despite some "abundance" claims, many clean energy delays point not to an excess of policymaking, but an absence.
I lay out a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance in this new piece for @heatmap.news.
In many cases, we need more policy, not less.
heatmap.news/ideas/abunda...
I lay out a data-backed agenda for clean energy abundance in this new piece for @heatmap.news.
In many cases, we need more policy, not less.
heatmap.news/ideas/abunda...
Reposted by Ben Beachy
"The data suggests that clean energy growth, union jobs, and equitable investments — like garlic, onion, and sesame seeds — can indeed pair well together," writes @ben-beachy.bsky.social.
Why "everything bagel" energy policy is a win-win-win:
Why "everything bagel" energy policy is a win-win-win:
The Energy Transition Needs More Policy, Not Less
In defense of “everything bagel” policymaking.
heatmap.news
June 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"The data suggests that clean energy growth, union jobs, and equitable investments — like garlic, onion, and sesame seeds — can indeed pair well together," writes @ben-beachy.bsky.social.
Why "everything bagel" energy policy is a win-win-win:
Why "everything bagel" energy policy is a win-win-win:
The Trump admin offers pro-manufacturing pablum while gutting funding for actual manufacturers.
The Department of Energy just rescinded 24 grants worth $3.7 billion. @emilypont.bsky.social has the full breakdown of impacted projects ⬇️
The Department of Energy Is ‘Giving Away the Future of Manufacturing’
Secretary of Energy Chris Wright canceled 24 decarbonization grants worth $3.7 billion.
heatmap.news
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Trump admin offers pro-manufacturing pablum while gutting funding for actual manufacturers.
If we asked ChatGPT to outline a cartoonishly cruel spending bill, it'd be hard pressed to do better than this:
A dead-of-night vote to offer handouts to the rich by slashing health insurance, increasing energy costs, cutting food aid, and kneecapping a clean energy manufacturing boom.
A dead-of-night vote to offer handouts to the rich by slashing health insurance, increasing energy costs, cutting food aid, and kneecapping a clean energy manufacturing boom.
House Republicans are apparently trying to pass the bill tonight at like 5:30am
Without knowing: how many people lose health insurance, how many people lose food assistance, how many Americans come out ahead/behind, which types of Americans come out ahead/behind, or even what the bill costs.
Without knowing: how many people lose health insurance, how many people lose food assistance, how many Americans come out ahead/behind, which types of Americans come out ahead/behind, or even what the bill costs.
May 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
If we asked ChatGPT to outline a cartoonishly cruel spending bill, it'd be hard pressed to do better than this:
A dead-of-night vote to offer handouts to the rich by slashing health insurance, increasing energy costs, cutting food aid, and kneecapping a clean energy manufacturing boom.
A dead-of-night vote to offer handouts to the rich by slashing health insurance, increasing energy costs, cutting food aid, and kneecapping a clean energy manufacturing boom.
America: We want cheap energy. And more manufacturing. And good jobs.
House GOP: What if, and hear us out, we got rid of those things but gave some nice tax breaks to the rich?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/c...
House GOP: What if, and hear us out, we got rid of those things but gave some nice tax breaks to the rich?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/c...
A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
America: We want cheap energy. And more manufacturing. And good jobs.
House GOP: What if, and hear us out, we got rid of those things but gave some nice tax breaks to the rich?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/c...
House GOP: What if, and hear us out, we got rid of those things but gave some nice tax breaks to the rich?
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/c...
"I don't think it's hyperbole to say that eviscerating NIOSH, as they have, will cause people to die."
Coal miners need black lung screenings, not another empty sales pitch from a politician who doesn't give a shit about them.
www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
Coal miners need black lung screenings, not another empty sales pitch from a politician who doesn't give a shit about them.
www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH
The Trump administration's cuts to NIOSH have gutted crucial programs affecting millions of workers across the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"I don't think it's hyperbole to say that eviscerating NIOSH, as they have, will cause people to die."
Coal miners need black lung screenings, not another empty sales pitch from a politician who doesn't give a shit about them.
www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
Coal miners need black lung screenings, not another empty sales pitch from a politician who doesn't give a shit about them.
www.cbsnews.com/news/west-vi...
Under Trump's new trade framework with the UK, the cheapest Rolls Royce could now sell for as low as $309,000.
What a great bargain for the middle class.
What a great bargain for the middle class.
May 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Under Trump's new trade framework with the UK, the cheapest Rolls Royce could now sell for as low as $309,000.
What a great bargain for the middle class.
What a great bargain for the middle class.
In the fight to replace lead pipes, Donald Trump has taken the side of the lead pipes.
Trump's new budget proposes a $2.5 billion cut to federal programs that fund clean water.
Trump's new budget proposes a $2.5 billion cut to federal programs that fund clean water.
May 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In the fight to replace lead pipes, Donald Trump has taken the side of the lead pipes.
Trump's new budget proposes a $2.5 billion cut to federal programs that fund clean water.
Trump's new budget proposes a $2.5 billion cut to federal programs that fund clean water.
Remind us again how the Trump admin is supporting manufacturing?
May 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Remind us again how the Trump admin is supporting manufacturing?
Reposted by Ben Beachy
Trump’s absurd war on clean energy is crushing American manufacturing
NEW today from @climatepower.bsky.social: clmtpwr.us/April2025Job...
NEW today from @climatepower.bsky.social: clmtpwr.us/April2025Job...
April 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump’s absurd war on clean energy is crushing American manufacturing
NEW today from @climatepower.bsky.social: clmtpwr.us/April2025Job...
NEW today from @climatepower.bsky.social: clmtpwr.us/April2025Job...
The Trump Admin wants to eliminate the office that's enabling U.S. manufacturers of steel, cement, & aluminum to cut costs & pollution, boosting industrial competitiveness.
Helluva manufacturing agenda you've got there.
Helluva manufacturing agenda you've got there.
April 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The Trump Admin wants to eliminate the office that's enabling U.S. manufacturers of steel, cement, & aluminum to cut costs & pollution, boosting industrial competitiveness.
Helluva manufacturing agenda you've got there.
Helluva manufacturing agenda you've got there.
A number of us have suggested the abundance narrative needs precise policy asks to avoid being co-opted by fans of wholesale deregulation.
If anyone thought that was silly, Elon Musk would like a word:
bsky.app/profile/ben-...
If anyone thought that was silly, Elon Musk would like a word:
bsky.app/profile/ben-...
March 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A number of us have suggested the abundance narrative needs precise policy asks to avoid being co-opted by fans of wholesale deregulation.
If anyone thought that was silly, Elon Musk would like a word:
bsky.app/profile/ben-...
If anyone thought that was silly, Elon Musk would like a word:
bsky.app/profile/ben-...
I just read Abundance. Yes, we need to build faster. To do so, we need to be precise about what causes delays.
Imprecision risks a co-opting of "abundance" by deregulation fans – a smokescreen to jettison labor & equity standards that aren’t the source of delay.
For example:🧵
Imprecision risks a co-opting of "abundance" by deregulation fans – a smokescreen to jettison labor & equity standards that aren’t the source of delay.
For example:🧵
March 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I just read Abundance. Yes, we need to build faster. To do so, we need to be precise about what causes delays.
Imprecision risks a co-opting of "abundance" by deregulation fans – a smokescreen to jettison labor & equity standards that aren’t the source of delay.
For example:🧵
Imprecision risks a co-opting of "abundance" by deregulation fans – a smokescreen to jettison labor & equity standards that aren’t the source of delay.
For example:🧵
Hello Bluesky. I finally made the switch from that other site.
Looking forward to your insights and hot takes.
Looking forward to your insights and hot takes.
March 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hello Bluesky. I finally made the switch from that other site.
Looking forward to your insights and hot takes.
Looking forward to your insights and hot takes.