Immigrant. Poli sci prof at U of Toronto. Politics of climate change, carbon markets, oceans, NGOs, enviro politics. Author of Existential Politics, out now: tinyurl.com/ybephkfb. Occasional ranter. greenprofgreen.com
This might be the cleanest example yet of what @thomasnhale.bsky.social @greenprofgreen.bsky.social and I called the politics of climate-forcing asset holders vs. climate-vulnerable asset holders 🌎
Joshua Basseches👏👏👏 www.eenews.net/articles/haw...
Proposed LNG power plant in Vietnam gets scrapped, as a result of the war on Iran. Will be replaced with a a renewable energy and battery storage project I guess policymakers & pundits touting LNG in Canada aren't reading international news.... www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Exclusive: Vingroup proposes scrapping LNG-powered plant plan for renewables amid Iran war, document showsVingroup has told Vietnam's government it wants to ditch a plan to build the country's largest LNG-fired power plant and embark on a renewable energy project instead, as the Iran war has boosted the...www.reuters.com
if you read one thing today ..... read Jessica Green author of existential politics - pointing out the elephant in the room on #climate policy
A. Zivarts"We know that extreme wealth is associated with carbon emissions, so the more we can chip away at that, the more we can chip away at the power of these asset owners to maintain the status quo." Jessica Green