Dec 10, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
As Democrats point fingers of blame for the November election results at each other and all manner of other villains, one consistent bogeyman for the progressive wing of the party over the years has been “corporations.” So perhaps it is worth thinking...
Nov 20, 2024 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking
I have learned that there is one sentence in Climate of Contempt that, more than any other, seems to grate on the the ears of some in the climate coalition. It is found on page 166: “[O]ur economy’s deep reliance on petroleum products is due less to that industry’s...
Nov 15, 2024 | Blog, Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
While we anxiously awaiting the inevitable MAGA assault on climate policy progress and the regulatory state, it doesn’t do much good to react to or comment on it until it actually takes shape. So let me distract you with another observation about a type of...
Nov 9, 2024 | Blog, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate, Partisanship, Elections and the Energy Transition
[NOTE: This is the first of two posts about taking care when drawing political lessons from the election results. The second will appear here on 11/11. — DS] ———- When Democrats lose elections it is common to see immediate, impulsive “takes”...
Oct 10, 2024 | Energy Transition Policy & Policymaking, Framing and the Energy Transition Debate
[Reader warning: This is a wonky post that is aimed at people who have read Climate of Contempt or who otherwise have a deep and granular understanding of how electricity markets work.] —— Chapters 3 and 5 of Climate of Contempt discuss expert disagreement...
