Kevin Reynolds
@kevinreynolds.bsky.social
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December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing.
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel age
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing.
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
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What this pipeline does is basically socialize infrastructure costs and privatize most of the per barrel gains through higher Hardisty prices. Bring an end to fossil fuel subsidies, they said ...
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What this pipeline does is basically socialize infrastructure costs and privatize most of the per barrel gains through higher Hardisty prices. Bring an end to fossil fuel subsidies, they said ...
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BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
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'These findings “underscore the need for stricter journal policies to screen and retract ghostwritten papers, in order to safeguard science integrity, as well as public health and safety,” Kaurov and @naomioreskes.bsky.social wrote'
Landmark glyphosate safety study retracted for Monsanto ghostwriting, other ethics problems
A scientific study that regulators around the world relied on for decades to justify continued approval of glyphosate was quietly retracted last Friday.
usrtk.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 AM
'These findings “underscore the need for stricter journal policies to screen and retract ghostwritten papers, in order to safeguard science integrity, as well as public health and safety,” Kaurov and @naomioreskes.bsky.social wrote'
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What a shambles!
First Luxon’s lot spent $671m cancelling the first ferry contract.
Now, rather than paying $551m for nice big new ferries to be delivered in 2026, they’re going to pay $596m for smaller ferries in 2029.
#nzpol
First Luxon’s lot spent $671m cancelling the first ferry contract.
Now, rather than paying $551m for nice big new ferries to be delivered in 2026, they’re going to pay $596m for smaller ferries in 2029.
#nzpol
New Cook Strait ferries won't cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows
Peters says taxpayers have saved $2.3 billion while still getting the ferries and infrastructure they want.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
What a shambles!
First Luxon’s lot spent $671m cancelling the first ferry contract.
Now, rather than paying $551m for nice big new ferries to be delivered in 2026, they’re going to pay $596m for smaller ferries in 2029.
#nzpol
First Luxon’s lot spent $671m cancelling the first ferry contract.
Now, rather than paying $551m for nice big new ferries to be delivered in 2026, they’re going to pay $596m for smaller ferries in 2029.
#nzpol
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Pipelines that will be obsolete before completed is a waste of taxpayer money
The Asian market we're aiming those pipelines for are using less oil every year and converting their industries to electric
Solar and wind farms are where the action is
The Asian market we're aiming those pipelines for are using less oil every year and converting their industries to electric
Solar and wind farms are where the action is
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Pipelines that will be obsolete before completed is a waste of taxpayer money
The Asian market we're aiming those pipelines for are using less oil every year and converting their industries to electric
Solar and wind farms are where the action is
The Asian market we're aiming those pipelines for are using less oil every year and converting their industries to electric
Solar and wind farms are where the action is
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"Most voters don’t need convincing the system is broken – they need inspiration that it can be fixed. The ideas dismissed as “undeliverable” are the very ones we most require."
Hope you're listening, Mr Hipkins. You need to work with the Greens, not against them.
#nzpol
Hope you're listening, Mr Hipkins. You need to work with the Greens, not against them.
#nzpol
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"Most voters don’t need convincing the system is broken – they need inspiration that it can be fixed. The ideas dismissed as “undeliverable” are the very ones we most require."
Hope you're listening, Mr Hipkins. You need to work with the Greens, not against them.
#nzpol
Hope you're listening, Mr Hipkins. You need to work with the Greens, not against them.
#nzpol
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One thing to say: #AxeDrax
No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
One thing to say: #AxeDrax
No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
No. Cutting down trees, grinding them up, shipping them across the Atlantic and then burning them is NOT "green".
#ClimateEmergency #NatureCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Anyone else catch Seymour stating on Breakfast this morning that we don’t need a new tax because the government has more money than most?
The same government that tells us it has no money for anything that isn’t a road. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
The same government that tells us it has no money for anything that isn’t a road. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Anyone else catch Seymour stating on Breakfast this morning that we don’t need a new tax because the government has more money than most?
The same government that tells us it has no money for anything that isn’t a road. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
The same government that tells us it has no money for anything that isn’t a road. 🤦♂️ #nzpol
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📍 NEW 📍Did you know that major meat and dairy producers emit more greenhouse gases than the nation of Saudi Arabia? They also rival emissions of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies. Read DeSmog's latest from Joe Fassler. buff.ly/G4ZMlV5
Top Meat and Dairy Companies Have Same Climate Impact as Biggest Oil and Gas Firms
New study shows top producers responsible for more carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions than all of oil giant Saudi Arabia.
www.desmog.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
📍 NEW 📍Did you know that major meat and dairy producers emit more greenhouse gases than the nation of Saudi Arabia? They also rival emissions of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies. Read DeSmog's latest from Joe Fassler. buff.ly/G4ZMlV5
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New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance
The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.
newsroom.co.nz
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Mind blowing.
The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol
The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol
October 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Mind blowing.
The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol
The Luxon Government has confirmed it will rewrite NZ’s once bipartisan climate change law to dilute methane reduction targets and PERMANENTLY exclude dairy from the Emissions Trading Scheme – a move Greenpeace says amounts to full-blown climate denial.
#nzpol
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In one of her final interviews before she died, Jane Goodall emphasized that we know what’s killing the planet: industrial agriculture, including livestock, and burning fossil fuels.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
Jane Goodall’s final, urgent, message
"Intelligent creatures don’t destroy their only home.”
www.motherjones.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In one of her final interviews before she died, Jane Goodall emphasized that we know what’s killing the planet: industrial agriculture, including livestock, and burning fossil fuels.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
She also reminded us that we don't have much time to save our planet.
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Stupidity in a nutshell. Spending $200m to subsidise the most expensive fuel for a power plant - diesel. And remember we as consumers pay for the most expensive power generated at the time it is produced.
$200m would have been better spent on residential solar and battery schemes...
$200m would have been better spent on residential solar and battery schemes...
Big new diesel power plant will help in energy crises, says Marsden Point chief
Once, govt looked to build a zero carbon green power plant at the Northland oil terminal; now things have changed. Jonathan Milne reports.
newsroom.co.nz
October 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stupidity in a nutshell. Spending $200m to subsidise the most expensive fuel for a power plant - diesel. And remember we as consumers pay for the most expensive power generated at the time it is produced.
$200m would have been better spent on residential solar and battery schemes...
$200m would have been better spent on residential solar and battery schemes...
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The first politician on Gary's Economics
YouTube video by Garys Economics
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September 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
September 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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Last year, 15 independent, union & university economists wrote to Nicola Willis & Luxon to call on them to change their economic strategy, highlighting the economic risks & short- termism.
Chris Bishop proudly told media that Willis would rather listen to penguins. #nzpol #kiwi
Chris Bishop proudly told media that Willis would rather listen to penguins. #nzpol #kiwi
September 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Hear a progressive case for fair taxation and robust public investment in our communities and learn how declining revenues—not overspending—created our fiscal challenges.
A webinar with senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, Sept. 17, noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/events/
A webinar with senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, Sept. 17, noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/events/
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Hear a progressive case for fair taxation and robust public investment in our communities and learn how declining revenues—not overspending—created our fiscal challenges.
A webinar with senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, Sept. 17, noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/events/
A webinar with senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social, Sept. 17, noon PT.
bcpolicy.ca/events/
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If Jones and Luxon are serious about dealing with the energy crisis they will cancel the seabed mining consenting process which is blocking major new offshore wind generation.
September 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If Jones and Luxon are serious about dealing with the energy crisis they will cancel the seabed mining consenting process which is blocking major new offshore wind generation.
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The “National does better for the economy” myth busted.
$8.5 billion hole revealed in Budget documents www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
$8.5 billion hole revealed in Budget documents www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
Budget documents find $8.5 billion gap between costs and savings
Treasury has released a suite of documents, showing how the Budget came together over the course of one year.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The “National does better for the economy” myth busted.
$8.5 billion hole revealed in Budget documents www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
$8.5 billion hole revealed in Budget documents www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol
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We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Idle — The Wealth Race
Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!
therichdont.work
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work