Mar 27, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
The national GOP has taken a fairly sharp turn against green energy in the last few years, suggesting that persuading GOP politicians to support a lower-carbon energy future is unlikely in the near term. Instead, it looks like the only near term path to stronger...
Feb 20, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Every once in a while, on a whim, I decide to assemble all of the stories in my energy news feed from a single month regarding local opposition to energy transition projects — new wind farms, solar farms, transmission lines, nuclear plants, hydrogen plants,...
Feb 10, 2025 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Journalism, Bias & Censored News, News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
The poet Robert Burns once wrote, “Be merry, I advise. But as we be merry, may we also be wise.” As Republicans aim to roll back climate policy progress it is increasingly difficult for the climate coalition to be merry. The fire hose of frightening news...
Dec 5, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, News, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
Note: This is the third in a series of posts auditing the political analysis (and corresponding prescription) in Climate of Contempt. The first two were here and here.] Longtime denizens of #Climate and #Energy social media communities will be familiar with the...
