Pete Sikora
@petesikora.bsky.social
The climate crisis & inequality. Married, two kids. Lifelong NYCer.
With nychange.bsky.social, directing climate/jobs campaigns. We get wins via people power. Previous: 10 yrs CWA D-1, 7 yrs NYPIRG. On climate only, my takes are NYCC “official”. 🇵🇸
With nychange.bsky.social, directing climate/jobs campaigns. We get wins via people power. Previous: 10 yrs CWA D-1, 7 yrs NYPIRG. On climate only, my takes are NYCC “official”. 🇵🇸
Conservatives are dragging the USA backward, as the rest of the world moves forward. Albania.
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Conservatives are dragging the USA backward, as the rest of the world moves forward. Albania.
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Among heavy truck sales in China in 2025, 22% were battery electric
More Chinese #electrotech "propaganda" - the diesel freight truck is dying a quick death in China, and what's replacing it is simpler, more reliable, costs less in terms of CAPEX and OPEX, and doesn't emit local air pollutant nor GHGs. cleantechnica.com/2025/11/26/c...
China’s BEV Trucks and the End of Diesel’s Dominance - CleanTechnica
China’s electric heavy truck boom signals a freight transition as low cost BEVs outpace diesel and gas across short haul markets. Exports are rising.
cleantechnica.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Among heavy truck sales in China in 2025, 22% were battery electric
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
Under Hochul, New York state badly lags in building utility-scale solar & wind. A dirty grid.
Otoh, NY did well with residential solar. Yet now Hochul’s cutting the programs that boosted residential solar. Higher bills & job losses loom.🤦
She’s terrible… owned by the oil & gas interests.😡
Otoh, NY did well with residential solar. Yet now Hochul’s cutting the programs that boosted residential solar. Higher bills & job losses loom.🤦
She’s terrible… owned by the oil & gas interests.😡
CA and NV have DECREASED their year-on-year grid electricity demands by growing roof PV more than new grid demands (datacenters, EVs, heat pumps) have increased
CA has the 3rd-most data centers and by far the most EVs
Other states could take a lesson in how to avoid increases in grid demand
CA has the 3rd-most data centers and by far the most EVs
Other states could take a lesson in how to avoid increases in grid demand
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Under Hochul, New York state badly lags in building utility-scale solar & wind. A dirty grid.
Otoh, NY did well with residential solar. Yet now Hochul’s cutting the programs that boosted residential solar. Higher bills & job losses loom.🤦
She’s terrible… owned by the oil & gas interests.😡
Otoh, NY did well with residential solar. Yet now Hochul’s cutting the programs that boosted residential solar. Higher bills & job losses loom.🤦
She’s terrible… owned by the oil & gas interests.😡
Mamdani should not have kept Tisch, but since he is, I really hope he comes through on his reform promises:
NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street With Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
NYPD Clears a Path for Federal Agents on Canal Street With Violent Arrests and Pepper Spray
An immigration crackdown was scheduled for Saturday afternoon on Canal Street, but was abandoned after demonstrators and vendors caught wind of it.
hellgatenyc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Mamdani should not have kept Tisch, but since he is, I really hope he comes through on his reform promises:
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I think overconfidence in a technological, free-market and autopilot energy transition also inspires a follow-on dismissiveness around governments approving, supporting or encouraging fossil fuel infrastructure (on the grounds that it won't compete with cheap renewables and therefore isn't a worry)
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I think overconfidence in a technological, free-market and autopilot energy transition also inspires a follow-on dismissiveness around governments approving, supporting or encouraging fossil fuel infrastructure (on the grounds that it won't compete with cheap renewables and therefore isn't a worry)
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@BradLander.bsky.social @NYCComptroller.bsky.social can build a major legacy by passing the 11th hour climate action proposal he’s made at the December 17th pension fund board meeting,
If he doesn’t, it merely adds to years of cheap talk.
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www.responsible-investor.com/in-the-loop-...
@BradLander.bsky.social @NYCComptroller.bsky.social can build a major legacy by passing the 11th hour climate action proposal he’s made at the December 17th pension fund board meeting,
If he doesn’t, it merely adds to years of cheap talk.
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www.responsible-investor.com/in-the-loop-...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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@BradLander.bsky.social @NYCComptroller.bsky.social can build a major legacy by passing the 11th hour climate action proposal he’s made at the December 17th pension fund board meeting,
If he doesn’t, it merely adds to years of cheap talk.
👀👀👀
www.responsible-investor.com/in-the-loop-...
@BradLander.bsky.social @NYCComptroller.bsky.social can build a major legacy by passing the 11th hour climate action proposal he’s made at the December 17th pension fund board meeting,
If he doesn’t, it merely adds to years of cheap talk.
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www.responsible-investor.com/in-the-loop-...
I almost went in but then remembered: no dawg there’s a strike on ‘em. Bye!
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I almost went in but then remembered: no dawg there’s a strike on ‘em. Bye!
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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THIS IS WHAT ABUNDANCE LOOKS LIKE (ABUNDANCE BROS 2025 VISION ACHIEVED)
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI.
Data centers’ hunger for electricity is prompting some states to keep their coal-burning power plants from closing — while DC relaxes air pollution limits.
politi.co
November 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
THIS IS WHAT ABUNDANCE LOOKS LIKE (ABUNDANCE BROS 2025 VISION ACHIEVED)
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
Pollution from coal plants was dropping. Then came Trump and AI. politi.co/4iyX8Hh
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There’s no affordability in a city that’s 20% underwater because sea levels rose 3-5 feet.
And that’s where we’re headed, right now.
Avoiding that fate is imperative AND also an opportunity for lower energy bills, more good jobs, and cleaner air!
And that’s where we’re headed, right now.
Avoiding that fate is imperative AND also an opportunity for lower energy bills, more good jobs, and cleaner air!
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There’s no affordability in a city that’s 20% underwater because sea levels rose 3-5 feet.
And that’s where we’re headed, right now.
Avoiding that fate is imperative AND also an opportunity for lower energy bills, more good jobs, and cleaner air!
And that’s where we’re headed, right now.
Avoiding that fate is imperative AND also an opportunity for lower energy bills, more good jobs, and cleaner air!
✅ implement & enforce Local Law 97 (city’s made huge progress since it passed in 2019)
✅ fast & free buses
✅ cut energy bills & pollution from small buildings
✅ protect the pension funds from climate risk
Lower pollution. Good jobs. Lower energy bills. Let’s go!
✅ fast & free buses
✅ cut energy bills & pollution from small buildings
✅ protect the pension funds from climate risk
Lower pollution. Good jobs. Lower energy bills. Let’s go!
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
✅ implement & enforce Local Law 97 (city’s made huge progress since it passed in 2019)
✅ fast & free buses
✅ cut energy bills & pollution from small buildings
✅ protect the pension funds from climate risk
Lower pollution. Good jobs. Lower energy bills. Let’s go!
✅ fast & free buses
✅ cut energy bills & pollution from small buildings
✅ protect the pension funds from climate risk
Lower pollution. Good jobs. Lower energy bills. Let’s go!
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Amtrak's plan to privatize the operation of the massive transit hub could open the door to sticking transit riders with extra fees.
Trump's Penn Station Plan Could Saddle New York Commuters With New Fees - Streetsblog New York City
Amtrak and Andy Byford's plan to privatize the operation Penn Station could open the door to sticking transit riders with extra fees.
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Amtrak's plan to privatize the operation of the massive transit hub could open the door to sticking transit riders with extra fees.
The sort of thing that gets big money and will be a total fail
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The sort of thing that gets big money and will be a total fail
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"The Trump administration’s war on the [IRA] and all things climate embodies the horrors of Republican rule: a paranoid, lawless crusade waged by…ideologues who are using their control over every branch of government to stoke culture wars, settle scores, and please their deep-pocketed donors."
Worth reading as a summary and history of what happened. Cc: @katearonoff.bsky.social
I’ll add: aside from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social push there was NO nat’l big campaign for a federal green new deal style push. No big grassroots effort for what became IRA. No fight for. No fight to save it, either.
I’ll add: aside from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social push there was NO nat’l big campaign for a federal green new deal style push. No big grassroots effort for what became IRA. No fight for. No fight to save it, either.
"The IRA’s survival was premised on the logic that a loose alignment of corporations would support climate policies in exchange for subsidies and convince Republicans to get on their side. That didn’t work." newrepublic.com/article/2027...
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"The Trump administration’s war on the [IRA] and all things climate embodies the horrors of Republican rule: a paranoid, lawless crusade waged by…ideologues who are using their control over every branch of government to stoke culture wars, settle scores, and please their deep-pocketed donors."
They don’t want to build a multiracial organized base and also don’t understand how.
(also: I don’t think you can build a big base if your goal is some program that doesn’t really challenge corporate America, rich people or entrenched interests… one that maybe only some of that mildly objects to)
(also: I don’t think you can build a big base if your goal is some program that doesn’t really challenge corporate America, rich people or entrenched interests… one that maybe only some of that mildly objects to)
If the “big” entities want a different result the next time, it would sure help to build an organized base that would be mobilized for such a campaign.
But that’s NOT repeat NOT what big greens and their funders do.
But that’s NOT repeat NOT what big greens and their funders do.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
They don’t want to build a multiracial organized base and also don’t understand how.
(also: I don’t think you can build a big base if your goal is some program that doesn’t really challenge corporate America, rich people or entrenched interests… one that maybe only some of that mildly objects to)
(also: I don’t think you can build a big base if your goal is some program that doesn’t really challenge corporate America, rich people or entrenched interests… one that maybe only some of that mildly objects to)
Worth reading as a summary and history of what happened. Cc: @katearonoff.bsky.social
I’ll add: aside from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social push there was NO nat’l big campaign for a federal green new deal style push. No big grassroots effort for what became IRA. No fight for. No fight to save it, either.
I’ll add: aside from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social push there was NO nat’l big campaign for a federal green new deal style push. No big grassroots effort for what became IRA. No fight for. No fight to save it, either.
"The IRA’s survival was premised on the logic that a loose alignment of corporations would support climate policies in exchange for subsidies and convince Republicans to get on their side. That didn’t work." newrepublic.com/article/2027...
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
It was far too easy for Republicans to kill the Inflation Reduction Act. Where did those who crafted it go wrong?
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Worth reading as a summary and history of what happened. Cc: @katearonoff.bsky.social
I’ll add: aside from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social push there was NO nat’l big campaign for a federal green new deal style push. No big grassroots effort for what became IRA. No fight for. No fight to save it, either.
I’ll add: aside from @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social push there was NO nat’l big campaign for a federal green new deal style push. No big grassroots effort for what became IRA. No fight for. No fight to save it, either.
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I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
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POLITICO: “Israeli soldiers on Thursday appeared to kill a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they had surrendered to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed “in cold blood.”“ www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
POLITICO: “Israeli soldiers on Thursday appeared to kill a pair of Palestinian men in the occupied West Bank after they had surrendered to troops, drawing Palestinian accusations that the men were executed “in cold blood.”“ www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Breaking: Canadian Prime Minister and Alberta Premier sign deal that will quash Indigenous rights, provoke a wave of backlash and opposition unlike anything every seen in Canada, and roll back big climate protections to benefit a handful of foreign owned oil and gas companies.
#oil #cdnpoli
#oil #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If @nyccomptroller.bsky.social @bradlander.bsky.social applies himself to passing the major climate action proposal he’s now made, instead of just gesturing and then claiming to be applying himself and we should all applaud anyway when it goes nowhere, it will pass.
Get it done!
Put another way…
Get it done!
Put another way…
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
If @nyccomptroller.bsky.social @bradlander.bsky.social applies himself to passing the major climate action proposal he’s now made, instead of just gesturing and then claiming to be applying himself and we should all applaud anyway when it goes nowhere, it will pass.
Get it done!
Put another way…
Get it done!
Put another way…
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Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It’s pretty weird how a giant development on finance affecting a NYC-based company (BlackRock) gets near-zero attention from NYC’s msm. Meanwhile, it’s running on the front page of the financial times. Hi yes, it’d be a big deal for NYC to move $42 BILLION over climate change!
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It’s pretty weird how a giant development on finance affecting a NYC-based company (BlackRock) gets near-zero attention from NYC’s msm. Meanwhile, it’s running on the front page of the financial times. Hi yes, it’d be a big deal for NYC to move $42 BILLION over climate change!
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It's not every day, you get really close to seeing $42 billion move from the world's largest asset manager because of their lack of credible climate action.
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
NYC comptroller push to drop BlackRock creates test for Mamdani
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging city pension fund officials to rebid $42.3 billion managed by BlackRock over climate concerns, the first major move by a
finance.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's not every day, you get really close to seeing $42 billion move from the world's largest asset manager because of their lack of credible climate action.
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...