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Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
"people with different political views will magically come to my side on policy if i just phrase it with the right magic words" is a lie people tell themselves because they, understandably, don't want to live in a world where hard choices are necessary.
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Climate guru @SEI_Erickson tells @robinsonmeyer that the "major [environmental] group" for which he consulted during Mountain Valley Pipeline battles basically lied to the public about the pipeline's climate impacts.
They knew it was a nothingburger. They said it was everything.
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
For years, I’ve been working on a simple problem: it takes too long to build the things we need to power America with clean, affordable energy. The bipartisan Senate infrastructure package not only includes my priorities to build more renewable projects, but it also protects ratepayers from rising energy costs.
It’s not perfect, especially with Trump in the White House and his finger on the scale. But he’s a two-year problem. BAAJA solves a three-decade one.
Read my full piece in @SDUT ⬇️
sandiegouniontribune.com/202…
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
Prop 45 Boosts Much Needed Housing Production by Reigning on Much Abused Elements of California’s Environmental Law 1/4
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
Bingo. I’d only add that litigation against projects used to be “good guys against bad guys,” but now is often fossil fuel front groups litigating to delay low-cost clean energy competition. 90% of new power is clean; we know what the market wants.
vox.com/future-perfect/50506…
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The pressure on NRDC to be dishonest must have been immense; thankfully, they have been candid. nrdc.org/media/nrdc-assessme…
Amazing goal post shifting here.
Answer the damn question.
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
Emissions benefits are always hazy, it’s the false precision of models makes us think climate policy is like math equations. Dems underinvested in transmission in the IRA bc its emissions benefits couldn’t (at that time) be modeled separately from wind and solar it enables
Punch NIMBYs wherever on the political spectrum them place themselves.
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
Parking is important, I agree. Which is why I think parking should be paid parking. This way parking is reserved for those who value it most.
Put the quarters in the meter lil bro
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
I’ve been in the clean energy industry as an entrepreneur for 15 years after a prior career in Dem politics as a bona fide progressive. Without changing many of my views I’ve left that community behind. By far the most frustrating experiences I’ve had on the ground developing solar were in counties run by leftie democrats in my home state of Maryland which is behind now on clean energy goals. They always thought they had a better idea or were smarter than the entire solar community combined. I see that same dynamic with @RepHuffman on permitting reform. Jared, your home state of California is BEHIND on the SB 100 goals. Permits, interconnects, transmission are part of the reason why. THIS is the legislation we believe in. We know our businesses and what removes the rate limiters.
We need to elect politicians who want to BUILD the future. (Oh by the way Maryland Dem legislature eventually passed a great permitting bill.)
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
Jared Huffman was an original co-sponsor of a bill with the worst permitting reform idea I've ever seen.
He wanted to use billions of dollars in taxpayer money to subsidize the non-profits and local governments that block energy infrastructure projects.
for the record, @JaredHuffman has not endorsed a single YIMBY bill in the CA state legislature, and has opposed literally every single permitting reform proposed in Congress since 2022, except for the one he authored that would make permitting HARDER
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
My take on the new permitting reform bill @ForeignPolicy. It is among the most important policy measures in decades to advance clean energy, meet rising energy needs, and rein in soaring energy prices--and very likely to lead to a net reduction in carbon emissions. When paired with strong climate policy, it is also necessary to allow the rapid buildout of infrastructure needed to drive emissions sharply down. Rejecting it because it may also benefit oil and gas projects would sacrifice a historic opportunity to advance American security, affordability, and clean energy goals simultaneously.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/10/14…
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
The number of otherwise extremely smart people who seem hellbent on ignoring the thermostatic nature of American politics is really quite astounding to me.
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
This is it.
We put downward pressure on climate emissions (and, when done well, on electricity rates) by making clean electrons the cheapest option.
To achieve that, we need to make it easier & predictable to build clean energy.
It really is that simple.
Paraphrasing @SEI_Erickson: Carbon lock-in analysis can also support the view that the best way to unseat it is to grow what can beat it (low-carbon clean energy) as fast as you can, and for as long as you can.
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
I am also an independent thinker who has devoted my life to climate, with a PhD in environmental policy and experience working in a White House on climate, I'm not some factional soldier.
Public Sector Energy guy retweeted
Paraphrasing @SEI_Erickson: Carbon lock-in analysis can also support the view that the best way to unseat it is to grow what can beat it (low-carbon clean energy) as fast as you can, and for as long as you can.