Ilmi
@ilmi.bsky.social
Climate fixer, finance wrangler, many-hat wearer, & Overton defenestrator. Hats: Sabin Center, Grantham Research Institute, Climate Technology Group, Adventure Capital, Carbon Tracker, CFRAC
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It is interesting to me how the media seems far less interested in Trump's Murder Memo than you'd expect. Only a few reporters seem to be even trying to get a hold of it, and very few commentators are talking about it. Contrast that with Bush's torture memo, which was a national obsession. Weird.
Trump's illegal murders in the Caribbean just got worse. An internal DOJ memo on the bombings says the victims are waging war on the US, but per NYT, it extensively cites the WH's *own claims* to this effect as evidence!
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
It gets even darker than that. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
Trump Boat Bombings Take Dark, Unnerving Turn with Leaked Memo Stunner
A new Trump administration memo argues that those carrying out the boat attacks can’t be prosecuted. Why? Because the administration says so!
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It is interesting to me how the media seems far less interested in Trump's Murder Memo than you'd expect. Only a few reporters seem to be even trying to get a hold of it, and very few commentators are talking about it. Contrast that with Bush's torture memo, which was a national obsession. Weird.
Hey @badlegaltakes.bsky.social, this one's for you.
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hey @badlegaltakes.bsky.social, this one's for you.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
So.....did no one else notice that Pennsylvania just dropped RGGI?
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ok apparently this is actually not widely known: Gov. Shapiro withdrew Pennsylvania from RGGI today as part of a deal to pass a now-4month overdue budget.
Does this mean if you're in financial services you can only give advice one client at a time?
These folks basically advise to investor clients whether they should be voting for or against various items put to a vote of shareholders.
"ocused on the firms’ competitive practices and how they steer clients on hot-button issues such as climate- and social-related shareholder proposals"
"ocused on the firms’ competitive practices and how they steer clients on hot-button issues such as climate- and social-related shareholder proposals"
Exclusive | Proxy Advisers ISS and Glass Lewis Are Facing Antitrust Probes
An FTC investigation is focused on how proxy advisers steer investors on climate and ESG. issues
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Does this mean if you're in financial services you can only give advice one client at a time?
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"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
Silos for Sunshine: we've mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger | Ember
The shift to renewables represents an agricultural revolution for energy, moving from searching and extracting scarce fuels to harvesting abundant sunlight in place.
ember-energy.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Much as granaries and refrigeration transformed food markets, storage will turn electricity from perishable to persistent, unlocking a new era of energy abundance."
"Gork, is loving the Iliad woke?" - Patroclus's ghost, probably
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"Gork, is loving the Iliad woke?" - Patroclus's ghost, probably
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Dead on arrival.
Trump officials are planning to propose oil drilling off the California coast for the first time in decades, according to a draft map reviewed by The Post.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
The move is sure to antagonize Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats in California.
Trump administration plan would open California to offshore oil drilling
A draft five-year plan for offshore oil development proposes selling leases on the West Coast, Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Dead on arrival.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
This, more than any other data set anywhere right now, matters for climate. This thread contains the signal from the noise.
NEW from me: CO2 emissions in China have now been flat or falling for 18 months, the first time that energy demand growth at or above historical averages doesn't drive emissions up, thanks to the clean energy boom. 🧵👇
🇨🇳 📰 NEW | Analysis: #China’s #CO2 #emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-18-months/
@laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social w/ @carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
This, more than any other data set anywhere right now, matters for climate. This thread contains the signal from the noise.
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China's power sector emissions have been falling for the past 18 months, but it has taken extremely large additions of clean energy to achieve this. This year will highly likely see a record amount of clean power added, sufficient to drive emissions down well into next year.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
China's power sector emissions have been falling for the past 18 months, but it has taken extremely large additions of clean energy to achieve this. This year will highly likely see a record amount of clean power added, sufficient to drive emissions down well into next year.
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Emissions from power generation, construction materials, transportation and steel all fell in January-September, but two major obstacles to emission reductions in China stand out: the chemical industry and lack of progress on switching to electric steelmaking.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Emissions from power generation, construction materials, transportation and steel all fell in January-September, but two major obstacles to emission reductions in China stand out: the chemical industry and lack of progress on switching to electric steelmaking.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The CO₂ₑ emissions cuts since Paris are nothing to scoff at.
And more needs to be done. Much more. Early investments matters.¹
But the long-term trend is quite a bit better than the NYT/ClimateActionTracker pathways show.
¹ gwagner.com/scenarios
And more needs to be done. Much more. Early investments matters.¹
But the long-term trend is quite a bit better than the NYT/ClimateActionTracker pathways show.
¹ gwagner.com/scenarios
Early Investment in Decarbonization Can Help Save Trillions in…
A net-zero world by 2100 is likely inevitable, but the next decade will be critical for securing a livable future.
gwagner.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The CO₂ₑ emissions cuts since Paris are nothing to scoff at.
And more needs to be done. Much more. Early investments matters.¹
But the long-term trend is quite a bit better than the NYT/ClimateActionTracker pathways show.
¹ gwagner.com/scenarios
And more needs to be done. Much more. Early investments matters.¹
But the long-term trend is quite a bit better than the NYT/ClimateActionTracker pathways show.
¹ gwagner.com/scenarios
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HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
It feels crazy to watch this and think about the Biden manufacturing boom stats. Just crazy.
Bessent: "I think that we're at the cusp of the liftoff. In 2026 and 2027 -- President Trump was committed to bringing manufacturing jobs back to America and this is the start."
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It feels crazy to watch this and think about the Biden manufacturing boom stats. Just crazy.
If this is really the incentive package necessary to motivate Elon then that would make him an extremely difficult-to-motivate person.
If Musk meets all the benchmarks of his new $1 trillion pay package from Tesla he will be paid $274 MILLION EVERY DAY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS
This is his part-time job
This is his part-time job
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
If this is really the incentive package necessary to motivate Elon then that would make him an extremely difficult-to-motivate person.
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Your daily dose of climate hope. From the team at RMI: rmi.org/wp-content/u...
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Your daily dose of climate hope. From the team at RMI: rmi.org/wp-content/u...
I feel like humanity's "immiseration," rather than "demise," is bad enough to warrant an urgent response, don't you?
Ahead of this month's COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming "will not lead to humanity’s demise."
Is he right?
Is he right?
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I feel like humanity's "immiseration," rather than "demise," is bad enough to warrant an urgent response, don't you?
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The *size of the state is a residual in the process* because you can't know what the denominator you are working with ultimately is. But you can ensure that the system for funding your policy goals is efficient and robust, your goals are well-specified and that risks around them are monitored.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The *size of the state is a residual in the process* because you can't know what the denominator you are working with ultimately is. But you can ensure that the system for funding your policy goals is efficient and robust, your goals are well-specified and that risks around them are monitored.
Mashallah
أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك
November 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Mashallah
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Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Obama: "They never miss a chance to scapegoat minorities and blame DEI for every problem under the sun. You got a flat tire? Must be DEI. Your wife kicked you out? DEI. Who knew?"
This is the nut of it.
For decades we have had climate technologies that save money now and climate technologies that are in need of commercialization. He was at the forefront of convincing everyone to focus on the ones that have a “green premium” which is just a “technology premium” that has nothing to do with green.
November 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This is the nut of it.