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@justinworland.com previews COP30 and how shifting global dynamics may play out during this year's event

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COP30 Preview (w/ TIME's Justin Worland)

Podcast Episode · The Climate Pod · 11/05/2025 · 54m

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November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM

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Ketan Joshi

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oof, @justinworland.com....

"economics and the growing demand for energy should continue to create opportunities for solar power and battery storage. But the speed and scale of the attempt to diminish wind power should underscore that nothing is safe"

Great piece:

time.com/7315119/trum...

But, if we step outside the climate bubble a bit, the full-throated push against wind is more than an anti-climate move. By targeting investments that are already in train and in some cases close to completed, Trump’s move strikes against the core of the free market and private enterprise. While past administrations have certainly changed subsidies and tightened or loosened regulatory requirements, targeting projects with active construction represents an unprecedented level of regulatory uncertainty that threatens the foundation of how major infrastructure gets built in America and puts government whims in the driver’s seat.

In climate and energy circles these days, it’s taken as almost a given that wind power has become the ugly duckling of clean energy even as other renewable sources face bright futures despite a hostile administration. Indeed, economics and the growing demand for energy should continue to create opportunities for solar power and battery storage. But the speed and scale of the attempt to diminish wind power should underscore that nothing is safe.

Trump’s anti-wind posture originates long before he took office for the second time in January. In his real estate developer days, he complained that wind turbines off the coast of Scotland were hurting business at his seaside golf course. And over the last decade he has offered tirade after tirade condemning the power sources for everything from killing birds to simply being ugly. In other words, whatever policy justifications the administration may offer, the opposition is at least in part personal.

September 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM

Justin Worland

@justinworland.com

In Georgia, a political storm is brewing over ballooning electricity bills.

The fight is just the beginning as electricity prices become a national issue with implications for climate change, AI and the broader economic landscape.

time.com/7311613/ai-e...

Backlash to High Electric Bills Could Transform U.S. Politics

Across the U.S., electricity bills are on the rise thanks, in part, to AI data centers. Voters aren't happy about it.

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August 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Canary Media Inc.

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We're excited to announce @justinworland.com will be speaking at Canary Live Washington D.C. on June 4!

Learn more and get your ticket today: canarylivedc.eventbrite.com

April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Katharine Hayhoe

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As @justinworland.com reminds us, "Francis paid special attention to the disproportionate impact of climate change on the world’s poorest and critiqued the economic structures that make this a reality."

Remembering Pope Francis's Climate Legacy

Pope Francis served as a voice of moral clarity, speaking and writing about the social consequences of human influence on the planet.

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April 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM

Justin Worland

@justinworland.com

The DeepSeek news is just the beginning: for better or worse, AI could reshape everything we know about the future of global emissions.

time.com/7210942/deep...