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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · 11d

Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/c...

Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · 21d

U.N. General Assembly Updates: China, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

U.N. General Assembly Updates: China, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · 21d

Climate Forward Live Updates: Responding to Trump’s Retreat From Climate Action
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Climate Forward Live Updates: Responding to Trump’s Retreat From Climate Action

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · 21d

Europe Needs Active Demand Management, Not Business As Usual www.socialeurope.eu/europe-needs...

Europe Needs Active Demand Management, Not Business As Usual

As tariff wars and industrial crises mount, Europe must abandon austerity for investment-driven internal demand.

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · 21d

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/c...

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Sep 5

Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Sep 5

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Sep 5

Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/c...

Watchdog Warns Trump’s Cuts at FEMA Pose a ‘Major Challenge’

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Sep 5

Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Humans Are Altering the Seas. Here’s What the Future Ocean Might Look Like.

Some marine ecosystems could soon be unrecognizable, according to new research. We mapped the possibilities.

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 27

What to Know About India’s Oil Trade With Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/b...

What to Know About India’s Oil Trade With Russia

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 25

How China became an innovation powerhouse
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How China became an innovation powerhouse

Its state-led model has generated impressive results. But the costs are mounting

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 23

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China’s bio-based future - World Bio Market Insights

In 2021, the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) unveiled a new method for making animal feed from CO and nitrogen with Beijing Shoulang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. From 2021, the team partner...

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 21

Why Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/c...

Why Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost)

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 20

Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/c...

Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 20

It’s happening: People are starting to talk like ChatGPT

Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 16

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/b...

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 16

Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...

Big Tech’s A.I. Data Centers Are Driving Up Electricity Bills for Everyone

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 16

Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/c...

Plastic Pollution Talks Collapse as Oil States Oppose Tough Treaty

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 16

I.R.S. Makes It Harder for Wind and Solar Projects to Claim Tax Breaks www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/c...

I.R.S. Makes It Harder for Wind and Solar Projects to Claim Tax Breaks

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 13

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21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work

Yes, it still makes plenty of mistakes, but it has become part of the job for many.

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 13

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/b...

America’s Clean Hydrogen Dreams Are Fading Again

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 10

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/s...

Fraudulent Scientific Papers Are Rapidly Increasing, Study Finds

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 10

Elon Musk’s Tesla applies to supply electricity to households in Great Britain

Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 10

Low-income and minority ethnic people in England most at risk from dangerously hot homes

Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Fraudulent scientific papers are booming

A subset of journal editors may be partly responsible

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 5

Norway’s Hedged Bet on Europe’s Energy Future: A Garbage Disposal for Emissions www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/b...

Norway’s Hedged Bet on Europe’s Energy Future: A Garbage Disposal for Emissions

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 4

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/c...

Inside the ‘Radical Transformation’ of America’s Environmental Role

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Stefan Schleicher @stefanschleicher.bsky.social · Aug 2

Overturning the Global Trade System, Trump Puts His Ideas to the Test www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...

Overturning the Global Trade System, Trump Puts His Ideas to the Test

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