Joan Bolets
@bolets.bsky.social
A curious mind interested in a little bit of everything.
US blackmails the world against what they call "European-led neocolonial export of global climate regulations".
The anti-climate thughs are back in town.
#climate #COP30 #shipping
The anti-climate thughs are back in town.
#climate #COP30 #shipping
Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Welcome to the age of stupid:
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Welcome to the age of stupid:
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Collecting Emissions Data From Polluters
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...
The fascinating fossil fuel Norwegian wicked problem: politics, #geopolitics & #climate
#Norway #netzero
www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
#Norway #netzero
www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Norway says pump it up on oil and gas for now
The country has seen a return to a more unapologetic stance of producing energy to help wean Europe off its dependence on Russia
www.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
The fascinating fossil fuel Norwegian wicked problem: politics, #geopolitics & #climate
#Norway #netzero
www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
#Norway #netzero
www.ft.com/content/5ea1...
Like everything else, Trump is pushing progress a couple of generations back. Hopes are the the comeback and rebound will be quicker than expected.
Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
#environment #climate #EPA
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/c...
Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
#environment #climate #EPA
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/c...
Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Like everything else, Trump is pushing progress a couple of generations back. Hopes are the the comeback and rebound will be quicker than expected.
Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
#environment #climate #EPA
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/c...
Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
#environment #climate #EPA
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/c...
Have @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and its @governor.ca.gov team found the soft spot of Trump's social media dominance?
Trolling back the troller-in-chief might actually work to energise the Democrats base and the Never Trump
#socialmedia
www.ft.com/content/eb33...
Trolling back the troller-in-chief might actually work to energise the Democrats base and the Never Trump
#socialmedia
www.ft.com/content/eb33...
Gavin Newsom holds mirror to Maga by trolling Trump
California governor’s social media campaign peps up Democrats and positions him for 2028 White House bid
www.ft.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Have @gavinnewsom.bsky.social and its @governor.ca.gov team found the soft spot of Trump's social media dominance?
Trolling back the troller-in-chief might actually work to energise the Democrats base and the Never Trump
#socialmedia
www.ft.com/content/eb33...
Trolling back the troller-in-chief might actually work to energise the Democrats base and the Never Trump
#socialmedia
www.ft.com/content/eb33...
Reposted by Joan Bolets
Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
This seems to me a fairly good account of how the EU-US negotiation has folded out since April.
Pick the side you want to blame, the path not taken back in April or anything could have leveraged EU bargaining stance.
My (sad) take: not much the EU could have done better
www.ft.com/content/85d5...
Pick the side you want to blame, the path not taken back in April or anything could have leveraged EU bargaining stance.
My (sad) take: not much the EU could have done better
www.ft.com/content/85d5...
How the EU succumbed to Trump’s tariff steamroller
Relief at avoiding trade war is tinged with regret at not taking firmer stand from the start
www.ft.com
July 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This seems to me a fairly good account of how the EU-US negotiation has folded out since April.
Pick the side you want to blame, the path not taken back in April or anything could have leveraged EU bargaining stance.
My (sad) take: not much the EU could have done better
www.ft.com/content/85d5...
Pick the side you want to blame, the path not taken back in April or anything could have leveraged EU bargaining stance.
My (sad) take: not much the EU could have done better
www.ft.com/content/85d5...
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
(with the tacit cooperation of social media platforms)
#disinofmtaion #generativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
(with the tacit cooperation of social media platforms)
#disinofmtaion #generativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy
(with the tacit cooperation of social media platforms)
#disinofmtaion #generativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
(with the tacit cooperation of social media platforms)
#disinofmtaion #generativeAI
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/t...
As long as the Kremilin willl bankroll the region with lavish subsidies, un uprising is unlikely.
Hopefully, the Kremlin will be soon unable to do so, unless it lets its grip on Ukrane
Once Russia’s Most Volatile Region, Chechnya Is Bracing for Succession www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
Hopefully, the Kremlin will be soon unable to do so, unless it lets its grip on Ukrane
Once Russia’s Most Volatile Region, Chechnya Is Bracing for Succession www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
Once Russia’s Most Volatile Region, Chechnya Is Bracing for Succession
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
As long as the Kremilin willl bankroll the region with lavish subsidies, un uprising is unlikely.
Hopefully, the Kremlin will be soon unable to do so, unless it lets its grip on Ukrane
Once Russia’s Most Volatile Region, Chechnya Is Bracing for Succession www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
Hopefully, the Kremlin will be soon unable to do so, unless it lets its grip on Ukrane
Once Russia’s Most Volatile Region, Chechnya Is Bracing for Succession www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/w...
China uncompromising on all dossiers, asking the #EU to mind their business regarding support to Russia, using ears earths export ban as a bargaining tool.
If it wasn't for the climate, there would be little difference with Trump's US.
#dragonbear
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
If it wasn't for the climate, there would be little difference with Trump's US.
#dragonbear
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
Chinese and European Leaders Agree on Climate but Not Much Else
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
China uncompromising on all dossiers, asking the #EU to mind their business regarding support to Russia, using ears earths export ban as a bargaining tool.
If it wasn't for the climate, there would be little difference with Trump's US.
#dragonbear
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
If it wasn't for the climate, there would be little difference with Trump's US.
#dragonbear
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/b...
Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom
(spoiler: Americans have become highly attentive to threat, risk-averse and self-doubting about the national project. Their competitive advantage of high intellectual dynamism is dwindling)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
(spoiler: Americans have become highly attentive to threat, risk-averse and self-doubting about the national project. Their competitive advantage of high intellectual dynamism is dwindling)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Trump Is Winning the Race to the Bottom
(spoiler: Americans have become highly attentive to threat, risk-averse and self-doubting about the national project. Their competitive advantage of high intellectual dynamism is dwindling)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
(spoiler: Americans have become highly attentive to threat, risk-averse and self-doubting about the national project. Their competitive advantage of high intellectual dynamism is dwindling)
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
EU Big tech& digital independence?
Yes, but how?
Protectionism? Subsidies?
Is it possible to recover the US first mover advantage?
Many burning questions
#bigtech
search.app/8vTp4
Yes, but how?
Protectionism? Subsidies?
Is it possible to recover the US first mover advantage?
Many burning questions
#bigtech
search.app/8vTp4
Can Europe break free of American tech supremacy?
The continent’s dependence on US groups for digital infrastructure is causing growing concern among executives and policymakers
search.app
July 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
EU Big tech& digital independence?
Yes, but how?
Protectionism? Subsidies?
Is it possible to recover the US first mover advantage?
Many burning questions
#bigtech
search.app/8vTp4
Yes, but how?
Protectionism? Subsidies?
Is it possible to recover the US first mover advantage?
Many burning questions
#bigtech
search.app/8vTp4
Frosty meeting expected on Thursday.
How asymmetrical is the EU- China relationship?
How much can geopolitics and economic be decoupled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...
How asymmetrical is the EU- China relationship?
How much can geopolitics and economic be decoupled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Frosty meeting expected on Thursday.
How asymmetrical is the EU- China relationship?
How much can geopolitics and economic be decoupled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...
How asymmetrical is the EU- China relationship?
How much can geopolitics and economic be decoupled?
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/w...
Unnecessarily giving in to #Trump sketchy foreign policy.
The EU trumpist brigade is undermining the EU.
@nathalietocci.bsky.social , I would have also mentioned the nationalist left in some countries doing the same thing (from Fico to M5S, BSW and so on)
www.ft.com/content/6ef9...
The EU trumpist brigade is undermining the EU.
@nathalietocci.bsky.social , I would have also mentioned the nationalist left in some countries doing the same thing (from Fico to M5S, BSW and so on)
www.ft.com/content/6ef9...
Trump’s foreign policy is succeeding in dividing Europe
As far-right parties become more influential across the continent, it becomes easier for Washington to weaken the EU
www.ft.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Unnecessarily giving in to #Trump sketchy foreign policy.
The EU trumpist brigade is undermining the EU.
@nathalietocci.bsky.social , I would have also mentioned the nationalist left in some countries doing the same thing (from Fico to M5S, BSW and so on)
www.ft.com/content/6ef9...
The EU trumpist brigade is undermining the EU.
@nathalietocci.bsky.social , I would have also mentioned the nationalist left in some countries doing the same thing (from Fico to M5S, BSW and so on)
www.ft.com/content/6ef9...
Crises exist even if you ignore them.
"The truly “ideological” decision is to think that the pressures on our planet and our public finances can be deferred in favour of easier topics and smaller challenges."
#climate #netzeo
www.ft.com/content/c40f...
"The truly “ideological” decision is to think that the pressures on our planet and our public finances can be deferred in favour of easier topics and smaller challenges."
#climate #netzeo
www.ft.com/content/c40f...
How magical thinking came for net zero critics
Badenoch shows the temptation of just putting all this climate unpleasantness behind us
www.ft.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Crises exist even if you ignore them.
"The truly “ideological” decision is to think that the pressures on our planet and our public finances can be deferred in favour of easier topics and smaller challenges."
#climate #netzeo
www.ft.com/content/c40f...
"The truly “ideological” decision is to think that the pressures on our planet and our public finances can be deferred in favour of easier topics and smaller challenges."
#climate #netzeo
www.ft.com/content/c40f...
And yet, in Europe, we're still complaining that moving to a complete shift towards an #EV industrial model will wreck the economy. #BYD #transitions
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
Opinion | Why Americans Can’t Buy the World’s Best Electric Car
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
And yet, in Europe, we're still complaining that moving to a complete shift towards an #EV industrial model will wreck the economy. #BYD #transitions
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/o...
Putin Has Lost Something Worse Than a War www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
Opinion | Putin Has Lost Something Worse Than a War
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Putin Has Lost Something Worse Than a War www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/o...
Mutual loathe
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/w...
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/w...
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
www.nytimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Mutual loathe
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/w...
The U.S. Right Loathes the E.U. How Are They Going to Negotiate Trade?
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/w...
The geopolitical pendulum is swinging back to something more akin to the Congress of Vienna than the Yalta conference: the return of 'spheres of influence' (which is, historically, a lull of harmony before the quest for hegemony)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
@enricjuliana.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
@enricjuliana.bsky.social
Trump’s Vision: One World, Three Powers?
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The geopolitical pendulum is swinging back to something more akin to the Congress of Vienna than the Yalta conference: the return of 'spheres of influence' (which is, historically, a lull of harmony before the quest for hegemony)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
@enricjuliana.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...
@enricjuliana.bsky.social
"Unlike in Canada or Australia, where Maga populists were humiliated by voters, in Europe being pro-Trump still pays some dividends."
www.ft.com/content/d74e....
www.ft.com/content/d74e....
Three elections, one message: Europe’s Maga populists are on the rise
Being pro-Trump pays dividends as European politics swings sharply to the right
www.ft.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
"Unlike in Canada or Australia, where Maga populists were humiliated by voters, in Europe being pro-Trump still pays some dividends."
www.ft.com/content/d74e....
www.ft.com/content/d74e....
Reposted by Joan Bolets
8 May 1945 - 8 May 2025
80 years from the morning that changed the course of Europe's history.
Today we honour the fallen and renew the promise of hope.
#WeRemember #VE80
80 years from the morning that changed the course of Europe's history.
Today we honour the fallen and renew the promise of hope.
#WeRemember #VE80
May 8, 2025 at 5:22 AM
8 May 1945 - 8 May 2025
80 years from the morning that changed the course of Europe's history.
Today we honour the fallen and renew the promise of hope.
#WeRemember #VE80
80 years from the morning that changed the course of Europe's history.
Today we honour the fallen and renew the promise of hope.
#WeRemember #VE80
Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
Morocco, bound to be China's Mexico to access European markets when the US market will become inaccessible
(estrets, geoeconomia @enricjuliana.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
Morocco, bound to be China's Mexico to access European markets when the US market will become inaccessible
(estrets, geoeconomia @enricjuliana.bsky.social )
Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
Morocco, bound to be China's Mexico to access European markets when the US market will become inaccessible
(estrets, geoeconomia @enricjuliana.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/b...
Morocco, bound to be China's Mexico to access European markets when the US market will become inaccessible
(estrets, geoeconomia @enricjuliana.bsky.social )
Com sempre, molt clar, mesurat i pedagògic @daniperezr.bsky.social
www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...
www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...
“La gran incógnita del apagón es por qué no actuaron los cortafuegos en Extremadura”
Después del histórico apagón de este pasado lunes, todo son incógnitas: ¿qué ocurrió? ¿por qué? ¿quién fue el responsable? Las preguntas se acumulan, de ahí
www.lavanguardia.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Com sempre, molt clar, mesurat i pedagògic @daniperezr.bsky.social
www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...
www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...
Reposted by Joan Bolets
Opinion: The message of climate failure does not play well with an administration that has consistently minimised or rubbished the threat of global warming and which rejected the Paris climate accord. As a result, environmental data now hangs in the balance. www.ft.com/content/9ac5...
April 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Opinion: The message of climate failure does not play well with an administration that has consistently minimised or rubbished the threat of global warming and which rejected the Paris climate accord. As a result, environmental data now hangs in the balance. www.ft.com/content/9ac5...