Carolin Schellhorn

Finance prof with an interest in ecological economics, Saint Joseph's University. Views expressed are my own. #decarbonization #JustTransition #NoWar

[Carolin Schellhorn @schellhor]

Advancing corporate social responsibility by delaying high-carbon projects https://t.co/yXzdrw6m1U #CSR #finance #carbon #climate #AI

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

7 states sue to stop Trump’s offshore wind deal with TotalEnergies | Canary Media https://t.co/u2ReOnrfDp

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Trump believes climate change is a “hoax,” and he and his Big Oil friends want more fossil fuel and carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, the planet is warming at dangerous levels and Europe is facing a record-breaking heatwave.

We must break our fossil fuel addiction & save the planet.

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

Fife residents & conservationists are campaigning to prevent plans for a giant AI data centre in rural Fife. It’s one of the world’s biggest AI data centres. It has been calculated that it would use the energy of more than 50% of Scotland's households. No one voted for this.

[Jay Inslee @JayInslee]

Hundreds of turbines delivering 3.5 GW of electricity to 3 million people.

Clean energy is unstoppable. https://t.co/zy93PkgkkJ

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

The experiment is over – we know what does and doesn’t work to address climate

If we look at what has been proposed to address global warming, air pollution, and energy security during the past 25 years, only one solution – electrification of all energy sectors and generation of the electricity with wind, solar, geothermal, and hydro sources -- has made an impact. This solution has reduced enough world emissions and technology costs for the @IPCC_CH, to eliminate its worst-case climate scenario. What are the proposed climate solutions that never worked? (1) Fossil gas replacing coal, (2) ethanol replacing gasoline, (3) carbon capture, (4) direct removal of CO2 from the air by equipment, (5) blue hydrogen, 6) nuclear, and (7) geoengineering. We knew these were poor solutions back in 2009, when they were first evaluated. But, it has taken 17 years to overcome lobbyists pushing these techs. On the other hand, electrification of world transport, buildings, and industry and using clean renewables to provide the electricity while growing energy efficiency, also proposed in 2009, has worked, as evidenced by the world growth in electric vehicles, heat pumps, electric furnaces, and clean, renewable electricity generators. All-of-the-above policies, or let’s try everything and hope something works policies, have failed. Given the short time we have, we should never see another IPCC scenario that includes biofuels, carbon capture, direct air capture, nuclear, geoengineering or their derivatives, blue hydrogen, electo-fuels, or sustainable aviation fuels. We know what works. Let's focus on that going forward.

References

Elimination of most extreme IPCC scenario
https://t.co/y2F2mAbCTU

Components of a WindWaterSolar system
https://t.co/viWz8mbv3v

2009 paper evaluating energy technologies
https://t.co/QzjG2d417e

2009 paper proposing to transition the world to 100% WWS
https://t.co/axJJKhHr5n

More details here: "Still No Miracles Needed"
https://t.co/K6Yd0rGJ9e

Video
https://t.co/2U4FMPUC6l

[Robert D. Bullard @DrBobBullard]

What’s in the water? What we know and don’t know about data center water discharge in Virginia • Virginia Mercury https://t.co/MzHNNHiqvY

[Amber Woods @AmberWoods100]

Think of data centers as the nuclear power plants of the digital age.

They consume massive amounts of power and water, reshape entire communities, attract government support, create environmental hazards, and are increasingly treated as critical national infrastructure.

The difference is that nuclear plants generate power.

Data centers consume it.

[Global Goals @GlobalGoalsUN]

“Three-fourths of humanity lives in countries that are net importers of fossil fuels, dependent on energy they do not control, at prices they cannot predict.” @AntonioGuterres
Discover why transitioning sustainable power is a vital step for our planet 🔗 https://t.co/yzZqGnTClN

[Laiken Jordahl @LaikenJordahl]

The people who want to wall off Big Bend have never set foot here. Instead of listening to local sheriffs, border security experts, rural Texas businesses, and pretty much every single person who calls this region home, DHS is pushing to butcher Big Bend National Park with completely unnecessary walls and roads.

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

The EU carbon price on imports #CBAM could incentivise EU trade partners to adopt carbon pricing as well. With this response, global emissions reduction is 73% over and above the impact of the EU #ClimatePolicy alone.

PIK-led modelling study @JaereAere.

https://t.co/1lmqCxIHFa

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

“Data-centre boom” driving surge in gas investment in the US, pushing its fossil-power spending ahead of China, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
https://t.co/wSgMEvU7xO

[NRDC 🌎🏡 @NRDC]

The rapid growth of AI data centers is raising public health concerns in Virginia, where most facilities rely on diesel backup generators that release soot and other harmful pollutants linked to serious health risks like respiratory illness and heart disease. https://t.co/9BhdAjgFSg

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

You can’t embargo the sun or sanction the wind.

As more countries invest in renewables, energy systems become more stable and resilient to global shocks.

This shift is already underway: https://t.co/bK9qYWhJc0

#WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Vean el megacampo para IA que Amazon está construyendo en Indiana (EEUU), esta instalación de 11.000 millones de dólares, consumirá por sí sola 2.2 gigavatios, como 1 millón de hogares, y gastará 1.100 millones de litros anuales de agua.

Mientras los capitalistas consumen recursos masivamente y exprimen el planeta hasta destruirlo, a ti te dicen que bebas en pajita de cartón y ponen una cuerda de plástico en el tapón de la botella para salvar al planeta.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

AI is built on humanity’s collective knowledge.

The wealth it generates must benefit humanity — not just Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other AI oligarchs.

That’s why I’ll be introducing the American AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Act — to give the public a direct ownership stake.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

Families living next to data centers are facing nonstop noise, pollution, and higher utility bills.

Over the last five years, electricity costs are up as much as 267% for families near these data centers.

Enough is enough.

[Carolin Schellhorn @schellhor]

Week in Review https://t.co/n5ejqE9Fzm @AliceRothchild

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

This is about a thousand more people than died in the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001, yet hardly a mention in news bulletins. Extreme heat is becoming so frequent to the point where it’s no longer noteworthy, while some say we should slow down on emissions reductions…

[Tangwa Abilu.🌿🌏🌾🍀🍃.SDG's. @AbiluTangwa]

The antidote to arrogance is not ignorance, but profound humility. It’s the understanding that a whale’s migration, a mycorrhizal network, and a mangrove’s root system represent a wisdom we are only beginning to decode. Our role is student, not master.

[Tangwa Abilu.🌿🌏🌾🍀🍃.SDG's. @AbiluTangwa]

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.