Lauren Wolahan
lwolahan.bsky.social
Lauren Wolahan
@lwolahan.bsky.social
forever finding things hitched to everything else in the universe

US/global climate comms and narrative strategy
A look into the kind of manufacturing tariffs intend to boost, but it's really not "Nippon or nothing." The Nippon deal would mean doubling down on a horrible business-as-usual, but there is still potential to invest in a different, more modern direction www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | What I learned about ‘America First’ in a Pennsylvania steel mill
On the ground with U.S. Steel workers lobbying Trump to approve a foreign deal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"efficiency brings down costs—and emissions" from @justinworland.com: on the recession as a test of whether businesses understand the near-term financial opportunity of climate and sustainability (not the mention the very real cost of climate impacts)

time.com/7274930/corp...
Do Climate Goals Matter in a Bad Economy?
The anxiety about Trump's tariffs poses a key test for climate targets. But sticking to these goals could help business weather a recession.
time.com
April 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
great listen - important discussion on how blanket tariffs can be a bit of an “own goal” by increasing the prices of the very materials needed to build out more domestic manufacturing
Today on Volts: a timely discussion of global trade & clean energy! Who's trading with who, the effort to diversify supply chains, how all those "onshoring" efforts are going, the effects of tariffs ... and more, with Antoine Vagneur-Jones of #BloombergNEF.
What's up with clean-energy supply chains and global trade?
How trade barriers and tariff threats are creating investment uncertainty in global clean energy markets.
www.volts.wtf
April 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM