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Opinion | One Nuclear War Can Ruin the Whole Climate

1 month ago | wsj.com | Ted Nordhaus |Mark Lynas

Greenhouse-gas emissions get all the attention, but their effect is manageable and unfolds over decades. The world is on the brink of a climate apocalypse—one caused not by gradual greenhouse emissions but by a sudden exchange of nuclear weapons, a possibility made more salient by the current conflict between India and Pakistan. While the long-term effects of emissions are uncertain, we know that a nuclear war would result in an immediate nuclear winter.
9 Takeaways from the JP Morgan Chase Energy Study You Won't Want to Miss

Mar 15, 2025 | energybadboys.substack.com | Isaac Orr |Robert Bryce |Alex Epstein |Ted Nordhaus

On March 4th, JP Morgan Chase released its 15th Annual Energy Paper. The report, written by Michael Cembalest, is a 55-page analysis with hundreds of graphs and charts on the state of the energy industry. It spans most aspects of the energy industry, discussing costs for wind and solar, conventional fuels, electrification and heat pump adoption, a status update on the deindustrialization of Europe, and the use of green hydrogen.
Opinion | Save the Inflation Reduction Act (in Part)

Jan 15, 2025 | wsj.com | Ted Nordhaus |Alex Trembath

WSJ Opinion: Biden’s Battered Legacy0:00Paused0:00 / 5:14The second coming of Donald Trump will bring another head-spinning shift to U.S. energy and climate policy. Climate catastrophism and green industrial policy are out. Energy dominance is in. Mr. Trump campaigned on killing the Inflation Reduction Act and expanding America’s hydrocarbon production. But transforming the nation into a global energy superpower will require more than simply expanding oil and gas production.
Understanding NEPA Litigation

Jul 11, 2024 | thebreakthrough.org | Nikki Chiappa |Ted Nordhaus |Alex Trembath |Elizabeth McCarthy

Between 2013 and 2022, circuit courts heard approximately 39 NEPA appeals cases per year, a 56% increase over the rate from 2001 to 2015. Agencies won about 80% of the 2013-2022 appeals cases, 11% more per year than from 2001 to 2004, 8% more than from 2001 to 2008, and 4% less than from 2009 to 2015. The rate at which agencies’ reviews are upheld is high, meaning these environmental reviews are seldom changed as a result of litigation.
Yes, We Should Try to Control the Weather

Jul 10, 2024 | thebreakthroughjournal.substack.com | Ted Nordhaus

By Ted NordhausLast month, the city council in Alameda, California voted to cancel a geoengineering experiment underway at a converted naval station that the city owns. The purpose of the experiment was to see if making clouds more reflective might be an effective way to keep a handle on global warming, at least until the world gets its act together to deeply cut emissions.
It’s the Nuclear Regulation, Stupid

Jun 12, 2024 | thebreakthroughjournal.substack.com | Ted Nordhaus

By Ted NordhausIt’s not that surprising, I suppose, that both pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear progressives are in full agreement that the current nuclear regulatory regime is necessary and requires no substantial reform. But the result of that shared and underlying ideological commitment is that it has turned the usual orientation of nuclear supporters and opponents toward the cost of regulation on its head.
It's the Regulation, Stupid

Jun 12, 2024 | thebreakthrough.org | Ted Nordhaus

It’s not that surprising, I suppose, that both pro-nuclear and anti-nuclear progressives are in full agreement that the current nuclear regulatory regime is necessary and requires no substantial reform. But the result of that shared and underlying ideological commitment is that it has turned the usual orientation of nuclear supporters and opponents toward the cost of regulation on its head.
Gaslighting Intergenerational Equity

May 29, 2024 | thebreakthroughjournal.substack.com | Ted Nordhaus

By Ted NordhausFor many years, it has been a standard claim of the climate movement that the issue is centrally one of intergenerational equity. Current generations owe it to future generations to cut emissions quickly, in order to assure a livable climate for those who come after.
Will The Inflation Reduction Act Beat Business as Usual?

May 28, 2024 | thebreakthrough.org | Seaver T. Wang |Juzel Lloyd |Alex Trembath |Ted Nordhaus

It has been less than two years since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Early indications suggest that IRA’s tax incentives, together with other key macroeconomic advantages enjoyed by US manufacturers, have stimulated impressive flows of new capital investments in clean technology manufacturing and production. Trends in deployment of clean technology and infrastructure, however, have not yet shown similar upticks.
What Climate Advocates Could Learn From US Soccer's Effort To Win the…

May 15, 2024 | thebreakthrough.org | Ted Nordhaus

In 1998, the US Soccer Federation announced a bold initiative to win the men’s World Cup by 2010. Comparing the effort to the Apollo moon landing, the federation launched Project 2010, a $50 million program to professionalize youth soccer development through a national residency academy along with other initiatives to identify world class talent and train it to compete at the highest level. The idea was, to put it kindly, outlandish.