Isn't it funny how our institutions were originally built to support massive electricity growth, which they faithfully did for decades, and it was a crisis when demand growth slowed, and it's somehow a crisis now that it's growing again...even though we have so many new options?

As President of the 2024 G20 & COP30 in 2025, Brazil can show the world that fighting climate change, growing the economy, and spreading prosperity are all interconnected. bloombg.org/3Tc5LMZ

Opinion
Carl Pope, Columnist
America Needs Better Air But Businesses Don’t Want to Clean Up
Critics of new EPA regulations seem to think it's fine if Americans are breathing toxins so long as Chinese and Indians are, too.

Ron Desantis should go back and read some Florida history. Under Florida law slaves were prohibited from learning to read and write, or possess any written material , own property or trade-- hardly evidence that they were free to 'benefit' from skills they acquired.

China and India are moving into leadership roles on climate change and the energy transition -- US and EU need to step up their pace if they want to stay ahead.

And yes -- its about competitiveness.

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Floods, fires and hurricanes require insurance companies to make climate related business decisions. Republican AG attacks on those companies are short on facts and weak on the law. Purely designed to intimidate.

Speaker McCarthy is apparently willing to sacrifice America's fiscal reputation to reward the fossil fuel lobby. Biden may have no choice but the 14th Amendment.

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The Texas Republican pay off to gas and power interests rolls on. Two years ago regulators let generators scoop up $16 billion in windfalls in one week. Now they propose $18 billion to make up for the failures of a gas driven grid. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Republicans face a party-splitting choice: cheap, clean renewable energy, jobs and rural tax base, funded by Biden plan, or escalating energy costs and dwindling jobs and tax base from coal, oil and gas. news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…

Bloombergs' editorial, Climate Needs An Ally is spot on. For the decade before the Paris COP, I watched Al Jaber, from the 9th oil producer, be the strongest advocate for renewables in any room; 2012--'We must be agile. We must deploy and demonstrate.' bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

There's good news that the ozone hole is going to heal itself, and rapidly. But the good news also remind us that the Republican party started abandoning reality back in 1992, and the political media cheered them on. salon.com/2023/02/06/moc…

Controversy over Sultan al Jaber's appointment to head UAE hosted COP 28 lacks history. More clean energy iskey to displacing fossils. Al Jaber has been calling for big jumps in clean for a full decade -- when most big consumers were not. He's upping the ante.

Is this the silver bullet that solves climate? Or the new 'clean coal.' Or a bit of both, requiring judgment?

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COP27 broke through by agreeing to negotiate financing costs of climate disruption. It stalled out on how to reduce emissions and avoid catastrophic warming. Russia and Saudi Arabia wielded their veto. Now progress needed before -- and outside -- COP28. salon.com/2022/11/22/cop…

As oil remains above $6 in some places, media keeps saying Biden can't take action. Not true: lame duck Congress could apply anti-trust law to OPEC, and high prices start unraveling. Read how: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Empire Strikes Back -- Rushi Sinak version
Important learning. Britain's financial crisis, borne in Brexiteers' discomfort with immigration, will be bailed out by the son of immigrants from the Empire -- indeed India. The party of Brexit turns to Gandhi's home for leadership.

California's zero emission mandate for new cars was 50 yearns in the forging -- but it shows how regulation can work if the public insists that regulators not be captured by those they are overseeing. salon.com/2022/09/10/cal…

We are not helpless even in the face of climate change we've already unleashed -- well managed ecosystems like forests can resist far more climate chaos than degraded landscapes.

Oil and GOP attacks on telling investors about the risks of fossil fuel investments, or letting investors protect their investments against those risks, are profound attacks on free markets and economic security. Mike Bloomberg explains why:

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We are grateful to have Carl Pope’s support of Prop 30, California’s next big step in environmental justice.

#YesOn30 means more affordable EVs, reduced wildfires, and cleaner air.