Aimee Witteman
@aimeewitteman.bsky.social
Pro-housing decarb strategist. Hastening clean electrification and transformed built environments.⚡️
Also into democracy, bikes, and Lake Superior shipwrecks. Personal Account.
Also into democracy, bikes, and Lake Superior shipwrecks. Personal Account.
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Electrification + efficiency — not rolling back climate policy — is the real path to a competitive European industry.
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Electrification + efficiency — not rolling back climate policy — is the real path to a competitive European industry.
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
High fossil fuel prices hit industry hardest, not the Green Deal. Undermining clean-energy commitments would only push investment elsewhere.
euobserver.com/green-econom...
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Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
November 24, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Most people hear “heat pump” and think of small air-source units at home. But Germany is building one of the world’s largest heat pumps in Mannheim: a 162 MW river-source system using heat from the Rhine.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
Big reminder that heat-pumps scale far beyond households — they can decarbonise whole cities.
City of Lights, City of Bikes 🇫🇷 🚲
November 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
City of Lights, City of Bikes 🇫🇷 🚲
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Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Impossible how good reading is. You mean I just point my face at the paper for a bit and it does a whole update on my brain?
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We don't really know how bicycles work.
November 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
We don't really know how bicycles work.
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Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
The Trump Admin’s War on Data Is Compromising Major Health Advancements for Black Americans
Thanks to a 2009 medical breakthrough, researchers could be on the precipice...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Really important article about how the White House's anti-DEI crusade is cutting off data for new potential breakthroughs for African-Americans who disproportionately suffer from end-stage kidney disease. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-m...
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
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"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"We have a 2000s housing bubble level of financial engineering on top of a 1920s level of private unregulated lending on top of something bigger than a 1990s internet (or 1870s railroad) level of technology and infrastructure build-out." prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
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Can PJM, the country's biggest energy market, require new data centers to submit to power cutoff during grid emergencies? Data center developers say no. But some lawmakers and consumer groups say it's the only sure way to curb skyrocketing energy costs:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
#energysky
Will PJM do what it takes to get data-center costs under control?
Advocates say new data centers in the biggest U.S. power market should have to stop using electricity when demand peaks to help rein in costs. Tech…
www.canarymedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Can PJM, the country's biggest energy market, require new data centers to submit to power cutoff during grid emergencies? Data center developers say no. But some lawmakers and consumer groups say it's the only sure way to curb skyrocketing energy costs:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
#energysky
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And yes, getting housing right gets lots of other things right, too.
The best thing New York City can do for the climate? Create more New Yorkers.
gwagner.com/cities-cut-carbon
The best thing New York City can do for the climate? Create more New Yorkers.
gwagner.com/cities-cut-carbon
Cities cut carbon
The pandemic has led to some obituaries for urban living, but metropolises are still the most desirable and climate-friendly places to reside
gwagner.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
And yes, getting housing right gets lots of other things right, too.
The best thing New York City can do for the climate? Create more New Yorkers.
gwagner.com/cities-cut-carbon
The best thing New York City can do for the climate? Create more New Yorkers.
gwagner.com/cities-cut-carbon
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Just preaching my message of "wanting to do less more often" we all have our reasons.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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How about this: NO
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
How about this: NO
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Nice piece on ecargo bikes
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Nice piece on ecargo bikes
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
(note the author specifies "smug" is under the more ambiguous British meaning).
"Convenience, more than, say, environmentalism, is driving the boom. " - this is the key to unlocking it at scale. As well as the option of the second car replacement
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HELLO. REALLY SPECIAL JOB ALERT at @climatecabinet.org
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
Senior Development Director
San Francisco, California, United States
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
HELLO. REALLY SPECIAL JOB ALERT at @climatecabinet.org
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
We’re looking for a Senior Development Director. Maybe it is you. Maybe it is someone you know.
Details here 👇👇👇
Reliability ≠ propping up uneconomic coal. Let’s spend $80M on demand response, storage, and transmission instead of must-run orders. #grid #energy
The Trump admin seems set to force two Colorado coal plants to stay open past their planned closure this year, even as the costs of keeping an aging, unnecessary Michigan coal plant running through the summer top $80M. Are more must-run orders coming?
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
www.canarymedia.com/articles/fos...
#energysky
Trump’s DOE may soon force more coal plants to stay open
Colorado coal plants are likely to face DOE orders to keep running past planned closure dates, even as the costs of keeping an old Michigan plant open…
www.canarymedia.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
amusing chart. it turns out New York City built more housing units in the 1920s than in the 1970s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s put together www.nyc.gov/content/plan...
Got a chance to talk to Dan Kraker about the power of Lake Superior and how the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald suffuses the lives of everyone that grows up near the Big Lake. #edmundfitzgerald #galesofnovember
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 men.
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News guest host Dan Kraker talks with a Great Lakes historian about the ship’s final, fateful voyage and what the ore carrier’s shocking sinking means to Minnesotans.
Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News guest host Dan Kraker talks with a Great Lakes historian about the ship’s final, fateful voyage and what the ore carrier’s shocking sinking means to Minnesotans.
The Edmund Fitzgerald sinking: Remembering the Great Lakes shipwreck 50 years later
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 men. Coming up at 9 a.m. on Monday, MPR News guest host Dan Kraker talks with a Great Lakes historian about the ship’s final, fate...
www.mprnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Got a chance to talk to Dan Kraker about the power of Lake Superior and how the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald suffuses the lives of everyone that grows up near the Big Lake. #edmundfitzgerald #galesofnovember
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The shutdown put incredible strain on so many families and dedicated civil servants, but at least it was all for fucking nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The shutdown put incredible strain on so many families and dedicated civil servants, but at least it was all for fucking nothing.
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I’m not surprised that they caved, but I am surprised that they waited until after gaining electoral momentum to do it.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I’m not surprised that they caved, but I am surprised that they waited until after gaining electoral momentum to do it.
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Amazing, let’s do Baltimore County next!
Way to go TKPK and @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social 👏⚡️🍁
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Amazing, let’s do Baltimore County next!
Way to go TKPK and @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social 👏⚡️🍁
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Way to go TKPK and @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social 👏⚡️🍁
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This is great news and a rare display of bipartisanship on a clime related issue. Because at its core, Energy Star is just a common sense way to lower bills for consumers and everyone can get behind that messaging.
E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is great news and a rare display of bipartisanship on a clime related issue. Because at its core, Energy Star is just a common sense way to lower bills for consumers and everyone can get behind that messaging.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
To take the mind off of politics for a beat and also because the 50th anniversary is coming up (a week from today, but who is obsessively looking their calendar?): what is a question or curiosity you’ve had about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald? #edmundfitzgerald #galesofNovember
November 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
To take the mind off of politics for a beat and also because the 50th anniversary is coming up (a week from today, but who is obsessively looking their calendar?): what is a question or curiosity you’ve had about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald? #edmundfitzgerald #galesofNovember