Connie Cho
@conniedotcho.bsky.social
Likes climate justice and energy transition rabbit holes • now a research attorney at Stanford • rescue dog mama • Midwest expat in California • views/chaos my own 🌈
Yes, loved this episode w/ @gruberte.bsky.social! If you are confused about what is happening w/ oil refineries in CA right now, listen to this 30 min mini-podcast episode from ~2022~ ! bsky.app/profile/jeff...
The Energy Transition Show episode with @gruberte.bsky.social on this paper is such a smart, illuminating conversation, and it's an even friendlier way in to the topic.
[Episode #185] – Designing the Mid-transition | The Energy Transition Show
Can we coordinate replacing fossil-fueled assets with clean, zero-carbon assets so that both systems remain functional and affordable during the transition?
xenetwork.org
July 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Yes, loved this episode w/ @gruberte.bsky.social! If you are confused about what is happening w/ oil refineries in CA right now, listen to this 30 min mini-podcast episode from ~2022~ ! bsky.app/profile/jeff...
What if we said one citation to rule them all instead of “policy framework”
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July 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
What if we said one citation to rule them all instead of “policy framework”
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
July 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
For sure!
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July 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
For sure!
So, if folks want to chat for more than two minutes about it, off the record, I’m happy to! 😏
July 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
So, if folks want to chat for more than two minutes about it, off the record, I’m happy to! 😏
Also, it’s not the CEC per se, it’s actually the Vice Chair’s office. From a purely technical perspective, they *threw down*.
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July 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Also, it’s not the CEC per se, it’s actually the Vice Chair’s office. From a purely technical perspective, they *threw down*.
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
I was quoted in an article and it was taken out of context. But I think the larger issue is that there’s a battle right now about the future of California climate, environmental, health/ safety protections — and the CEC dropped a super complicated, nuanced framework document…
July 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I was quoted in an article and it was taken out of context. But I think the larger issue is that there’s a battle right now about the future of California climate, environmental, health/ safety protections — and the CEC dropped a super complicated, nuanced framework document…
We’re all humans trying to do complicated things in complicated times. 🤷🏻♀️
July 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
We’re all humans trying to do complicated things in complicated times. 🤷🏻♀️
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The oil industry made this mess. Now, they want permission to continue fleecing California taxpayers and consumers – and, as a bonus, slash regulations, cut corners, and endanger Californians. We can’t let Big Oil shake down California on their way out.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The oil industry made this mess. Now, they want permission to continue fleecing California taxpayers and consumers – and, as a bonus, slash regulations, cut corners, and endanger Californians. We can’t let Big Oil shake down California on their way out.
And stakeholder engagement is not a dusting of powdered sugar, sprinkles, or buttercream on top. =/= 🍩🧁
July 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
And stakeholder engagement is not a dusting of powdered sugar, sprinkles, or buttercream on top. =/= 🍩🧁
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We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like CRPE, CCEJN and CVAQ.
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
We must follow the leadership of EJ groups in the Valley directly impacted by dirty drilling, and the many groups that have spent over a decade facing down threats of unchecked drilling expansion – groups like CRPE, CCEJN and CVAQ.
And for the record: after naming the clear negative health impacts of a Kern drilling-related proposal, I thought I was pretty firmly (but respectfully? I’m Midwestern?) affirmed the need for *more stakeholder engagement.*
July 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And for the record: after naming the clear negative health impacts of a Kern drilling-related proposal, I thought I was pretty firmly (but respectfully? I’m Midwestern?) affirmed the need for *more stakeholder engagement.*
Reposted by Connie Cho
What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org
July 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
What’s happening: In the last year, two refineries in CA have announced plans to close – and Big Oil is taking the opportunity to shakedown taxpayers and maximize profits on their way out, making Californians foot the bill for their pollution ❌❌ stoptheoilshakedown.org