Emily Grubert
@gruberte.bsky.social
civil engineer / environmental sociologist. energy, water, climate, buildings, justice. fossil phaseout / universal programs. she / her. bunnies.
you can tell i'm doing a revision because i am poasting but i just suddenly realized this fucking review is AI
the copyright / IP implications of a confidential MS going into these models aside, what a waste of my one wild and precious life politely explaining the critiques are bad
the copyright / IP implications of a confidential MS going into these models aside, what a waste of my one wild and precious life politely explaining the critiques are bad
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
you can tell i'm doing a revision because i am poasting but i just suddenly realized this fucking review is AI
the copyright / IP implications of a confidential MS going into these models aside, what a waste of my one wild and precious life politely explaining the critiques are bad
the copyright / IP implications of a confidential MS going into these models aside, what a waste of my one wild and precious life politely explaining the critiques are bad
i appreciate the volunteer labor of my colleagues who peer review my work but also i am very tired of having to do point-by-point responses to comments like
"you need a citation for the claim that fossil fuel combustion drives climate change"
and
"an LLM would probably make your paper better"
"you need a citation for the claim that fossil fuel combustion drives climate change"
and
"an LLM would probably make your paper better"
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
i appreciate the volunteer labor of my colleagues who peer review my work but also i am very tired of having to do point-by-point responses to comments like
"you need a citation for the claim that fossil fuel combustion drives climate change"
and
"an LLM would probably make your paper better"
"you need a citation for the claim that fossil fuel combustion drives climate change"
and
"an LLM would probably make your paper better"
but ... markets!
NO
profitability is not the right sorting mechanism for asset phase-out!
NO
profitability is not the right sorting mechanism for asset phase-out!
Tfw what you, and many others, have been screaming about finally gets traction: "a big and growing number of countries recognise that a managed, collectively navigated route to fossil fuel phaseout is preferable to the chaotic absence of planning we currently have"
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
but ... markets!
NO
profitability is not the right sorting mechanism for asset phase-out!
NO
profitability is not the right sorting mechanism for asset phase-out!
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Tfw what you, and many others, have been screaming about finally gets traction: "a big and growing number of countries recognise that a managed, collectively navigated route to fossil fuel phaseout is preferable to the chaotic absence of planning we currently have"
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tfw what you, and many others, have been screaming about finally gets traction: "a big and growing number of countries recognise that a managed, collectively navigated route to fossil fuel phaseout is preferable to the chaotic absence of planning we currently have"
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
cc: @gruberte.bsky.social
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I cannot even begin to unpack how disappointed I have been that so many colleagues doing research on how to mitigate and adapt to climate change in US agriculture have been squandering their time to produce small science that just parrots and validates industry talking points. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
Not doing 💩 science that benefits the fossil fuel lobby and big ag would not hurt too in my field lol
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I cannot even begin to unpack how disappointed I have been that so many colleagues doing research on how to mitigate and adapt to climate change in US agriculture have been squandering their time to produce small science that just parrots and validates industry talking points. Yuck. Yuck. Yuck.
Dispatches from being an editor: having a full professor tell me that my writing is "unworthy of a Stanford graduate" when I politely explained that his paper was not currently publishable
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Dispatches from being an editor: having a full professor tell me that my writing is "unworthy of a Stanford graduate" when I politely explained that his paper was not currently publishable
🚨job alert🚨
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🚨job alert🚨
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
I'm looking to hire at least one PhD student for next year, looking at decarbonization-oriented technology deployment within an ethical frame of resource allocation and justice outcomes.
Full ad attached! Pref for CEEES admissions; deadline is 1 January.
LLMs are high on my list of Not Worth the Resource Allocation, but I am worried about how worried we are about the power demand. the US needs to go from ~1 TW of dirty and/or old capacity now to 2? 6? 7? TW of clean new cap by 2050 to keep us warm, cool, and transported. AI is a rounding error.
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
LLMs are high on my list of Not Worth the Resource Allocation, but I am worried about how worried we are about the power demand. the US needs to go from ~1 TW of dirty and/or old capacity now to 2? 6? 7? TW of clean new cap by 2050 to keep us warm, cool, and transported. AI is a rounding error.
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The fossil fuel industry has a long, sordid history of leaving behind toxic sites for taxpayers to clean up. State policy makers now need to protect taxpayers from the costs of stranded data centers and the gas plants and pipelines built to power them.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The fossil fuel industry has a long, sordid history of leaving behind toxic sites for taxpayers to clean up. State policy makers now need to protect taxpayers from the costs of stranded data centers and the gas plants and pipelines built to power them.
literally anyone who has ever been in a room where they weren't the most powerful person understands why "all of the above" energy doesn't work
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
literally anyone who has ever been in a room where they weren't the most powerful person understands why "all of the above" energy doesn't work
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Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
Exclusive: report by Stand.earth says subsidiary of power plant received truckloads of whole logs at biomass pellet sites
Drax power plant has continued to burn 250-year-old trees sourced from some of Canada’s oldest forests despite growing scrutiny of its sustainability claims, forestry experts say.
A new report suggests it is “highly likely” that Britain’s biggest power plant sourced some wood from ecologically valuable forests as recently as this summer. Drax, Britain’s single biggest source of carbon emissions, has received billions of pounds in subsidies from burning biomass derived largely from wood. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Drax still burning 250-year-old trees sourced from forests in Canada, experts say
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challenge difficulty for chatbot-using applicants: impossible
November 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
challenge difficulty for chatbot-using applicants: impossible
a protip is not to plagiarize my paper in your application if you want me to fund you
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
a protip is not to plagiarize my paper in your application if you want me to fund you
It would seem they're still flaring in the Bakken.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It would seem they're still flaring in the Bakken.
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Elsevier just published an article advocating more AI-use in peer-review... that was written with the assistance of AI.
Abolish predatory journals (Elsevier).
www.elsevier.com/connect/reth...
Abolish predatory journals (Elsevier).
www.elsevier.com/connect/reth...
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Elsevier just published an article advocating more AI-use in peer-review... that was written with the assistance of AI.
Abolish predatory journals (Elsevier).
www.elsevier.com/connect/reth...
Abolish predatory journals (Elsevier).
www.elsevier.com/connect/reth...
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It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.
October 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's been really, really nice seeing the Catholic social justice tradition in the US feel like it's empowered to spread its wings again without risking censure after a long time of being suppressed by US Catholic leadership, and it's exactly what I was hoping for from Pope Bob.
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🌧️ Correlation distances of precipitation gauges vary in both space and time! New work out in @agu.org's GRL, led by @alexayeo.bsky.social (with @lakeographer.bsky.social and me) examines precip correlation distances over the US. Check it out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
October 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
🌧️ Correlation distances of precipitation gauges vary in both space and time! New work out in @agu.org's GRL, led by @alexayeo.bsky.social (with @lakeographer.bsky.social and me) examines precip correlation distances over the US. Check it out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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It’s a good thing Texas installed so much reliable solar, wind, and battery capacity to shoulder the load in the event the state’s unreliable coal generation suffered a catastrophic failure.
Because apparently it did.
🔌💡
ieefa.org/resources/ne...
Because apparently it did.
🔌💡
ieefa.org/resources/ne...
Newest big U.S. coal-plant offline until 2027
The newest major coal-fired power plant in the U.S. is expected to be offline until March 2027 after a major failure in April.
ieefa.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s a good thing Texas installed so much reliable solar, wind, and battery capacity to shoulder the load in the event the state’s unreliable coal generation suffered a catastrophic failure.
Because apparently it did.
🔌💡
ieefa.org/resources/ne...
Because apparently it did.
🔌💡
ieefa.org/resources/ne...
At the risk of angry-posting, I hope we learn something from this given the *extensive* environmental justice and environmental concessions that were made to "protect" the programs
🚨 Breaking: Heatmap has obtained a new internal DOE grant termination list that includes the two major DAC hub awards — Oxy/1PointFive's South Texas DAC Hub and Heirloom/Climeworks' Project Cypress in Louisiana.
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
heatmap.news/politics/doe...
Trump to Cancel Direct Air Capture Hubs in Texas, Louisiana
A new list of grant cancellations obtained by Heatmap includes Climeworks and Heirloom projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
heatmap.news
October 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
At the risk of angry-posting, I hope we learn something from this given the *extensive* environmental justice and environmental concessions that were made to "protect" the programs
Reposted by Emily Grubert
DOE appears set to terminate tens of millions in funding for Project Cypress and South Texas Direct Air Capture Hub, the two big projects in the US DAC Hubs program.
The US is set to cancel funding for two major direct-air capture plants
he terminations cut tens of millions of dollars that Climeworks, Heirloom, Oxy and others were depending on to develop carbon removal projects in Louisiana and Texas.
www.technologyreview.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
DOE appears set to terminate tens of millions in funding for Project Cypress and South Texas Direct Air Capture Hub, the two big projects in the US DAC Hubs program.
This is a privileged complaint, but one thing I find really, really insidious about search-embedded LLMs that affects my life is that summaries make me sound way less technical than I am, and also basically claim that I advocate for really problematic technologies as social justice tools.
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This is a privileged complaint, but one thing I find really, really insidious about search-embedded LLMs that affects my life is that summaries make me sound way less technical than I am, and also basically claim that I advocate for really problematic technologies as social justice tools.
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Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve.
Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years
my kingdom for the research community to stop bemoaning the need to "overbuild" renewables while smiling magnanimously upon the economically efficient choice to have peaker gas plants running at 10% cap factors.
it's not overbuilding if we need that much to meet demand!
it's not overbuilding if we need that much to meet demand!
October 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
my kingdom for the research community to stop bemoaning the need to "overbuild" renewables while smiling magnanimously upon the economically efficient choice to have peaker gas plants running at 10% cap factors.
it's not overbuilding if we need that much to meet demand!
it's not overbuilding if we need that much to meet demand!
Give all research faculty support for 1 student/year challenge
Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
sites.stat.columbia.edu
October 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Give all research faculty support for 1 student/year challenge
So I assumed this was coming and/or happening but I just found my first actual record of using LLMs instead of people in a participatory decision making process. Tbc I support doing work to figure out what likely problems are before using people's time, but actually *subbing* the people...smdh
October 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So I assumed this was coming and/or happening but I just found my first actual record of using LLMs instead of people in a participatory decision making process. Tbc I support doing work to figure out what likely problems are before using people's time, but actually *subbing* the people...smdh