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Jan Fichtner

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Senior Research Fellow SuFi Project @UniWH & @UvACorpnet | Global finance, age of passive investing, index providers, ESG, sustainable finance, greenwashing, decarbonization | www.jfichtner.net

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · Jan 30

🚨New paper by the Uni Witten SuFi Project in @finandsoc.bsky.social

Channels of influence in sustainable finance:
A framework for conceptualizing how private actors shape the green transition

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A 🧵 on our main arguments:

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David Burbach 🌹 @dburbach.bsky.social · 7h

I do wonder about the effect on rank and file local police forces when top federal officials say on TV their entire force is incompetent and dishonest, a bunch of left-wing America haters, and even assert that patrol cops were in the street chanting "Kill ICE!"

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

trib.al

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 6d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 9h

Kurz und knapp.
Und peinlich für Springer.
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Meinung: Energiewende: Diese Fakten werden Ihr Weltbild verändern

Auch gut informierte Menschen in diesem Land haben eine massiv verzerrte Vorstellung davon, wie sich die Welt gerade entwickelt. Gehören Sie dazu?

www.spiegel.de

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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 12h

I guess this is the personal version of fraud and misrepresentation in gramscian hegemony

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 12h

Part of the US electorate is becoming deeply undemocratic. Alarming.

Maja Göpel @beyond-ideology.bsky.social · 12h

This is thoroughly disturbing.
Retribution as presidential agenda means supporters will do whatever to stop this person from losing power again.

The Economist @economist.com · 12h

Strikingly, over a third of Republicans support deporting citizens who disagree with Donald Trump, according to new polling from The Economist and YouGov

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13h

Former Tory Minister Michael Gove says the post-Brexit Tory trade deals with Australia and New Zealand were bad for UK farmers.

Why did he/Tories Tories sign them?

Brexit hasn't yielded any economic benefits. UK gave up the best trade deals and now scavenges for whatever it can get.

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 13h

Great, I was just about to ask when part 2 will be published.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 15h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

steady.page

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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 6d

If you're trying to make sense of BlackRock's recent buying spree, we have a deep dive into the firm's operations and where it's likely headed.

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 1d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 19h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

When Fox News lies, people die | We explain on PBS Newshour how the antiscience disinformation spread by the Murdoch media empire and especially Fox News, likely lead to hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths in the U.S. And that's just COVID-19. Their fossil fuel disinformation is as deadly.

Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d

"Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science" | My #ScienceUnderSiege co-author @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I spoke with @wbrangham.bsky.social of the @pbs.org #Newshour:
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Authors of 'Science Under Siege' warn of concerted effort to discredit science

From its embrace of dubious research about autism, its skepticism over vaccines and its wholesale rejection of the consensus about climate change, the Trump administration has set off alarm bells with...

www.pbs.org

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Tom Easton @tomeaston.bsky.social · 1d

Hop not Hate

Three protesters in Portland Oregon in inflatable frog suits. One holds a placard reading FROGS TOGETHER STRONG

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 2d

7/And this is not just a concern for US as third countries (read Europe) will get caught up in the crossfire. Which is in part China strategy ie get US allies to feel the pressure of US tech controls on China.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Germany Calls New China Rare Earth Curbs a ‘Great Concern’

China’s expansion of export controls to production facilities outside of China is a concern being discussed in Germany and at the EU level, a spokesperson for the German Economic Ministry said in an e...

www.bloomberg.com

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 2d

1/ New rare earth restrictions mark escalation in China’s weaponization of interdependence — adopting US extraterritorial permission structures. This is not just an export ban but regulated how global firms use Chinese equipment and material.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China expands rare earth restrictions, targets defence, semiconductor users

China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, saying it planned to limit exports to overseas defence firms and semiconductor users and adding five rare earth elements to its list.

www.reuters.com

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Victor Galaz @vgalaz.bsky.social · 3d

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 3d

NEW – IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @iea.org

Read here: buff.ly/moV7Tge

Share of national electricity supplies that depend on imported fossil fuels in 2023, actual (left) and in the IEA’s “low renewable-energy source” scenario (right), in 31 countries that are net importers of coal and gas. Source: IEA.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 3d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over.

BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC

President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as part of crime crackdown, NBC reported on Wednesday

www.mediaite.com

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 3d

A fossil fuel dominated economic power will lose in the 21st century.

Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 3d

The White House is offering “concierge, white glove service” to oil, coal & other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects, according to an energy official, while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... 🔌💡

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 3d

Bingo! The coalition just agreed to roll out a new EV support scheme for low- and middle-income households.

The fiscal envelope isn’t huge - but it’s something to work with.

Now the focus has to be on getting the design right and coordinating as closely as possible with EU partners.

Nils Redeker @nilsredeker.bsky.social · 4d

This is the way. The German car industry’s problem isn’t 2035 - it’s the demand crash happening right now.

And while we can’t stop U.S. tariffs or Chinese subsidies, we certainly can ramp up demand at home.

Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 4d

German auto summit tomorrow.

The sole focus on the EU combustion engine phase-out, which is 10 years away, is baffling because German cars have a demand problem today

Berlin worries a new EV subsidy scheme would be fiscally too expensive.

But demand-side support is a fiscal no-brainer here.

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 4d

Remember when dense networks of strategic cross-shareholdings among firms, native to coordinated market economies, went the way of the dodo?

The Rhenish model, Germany, Inc. undone by Anglo institutional investors?

Well, the dodo is back. Say hello to USA, Inc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Ember @ember-energy.org · 3d

🌍 For the FIRST TIME on record, renewables generated more electricity than coal in H1-2025.

Renewables rose 363 TWh (+8%) to supply 34.2% of global power, while coal’s share fell to 33.1%.

https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/

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Jan Fichtner @janfichtner.bsky.social · 4d

Iconic.

America Is Divided @petrep.bsky.social · 6d

The Portland Frog

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 6d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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