This also reminds me of the guardian article about Curtis Yarvin in December

The full paper is available, open access here: doi.org/10.1080/0964...

I also discuss how coal companies were using 'temporal strategies' to counter the 2022 reinstatement of the coal mining ban, by calculating their financial losses not based on money spent, but on anticipated future returns. These lawsuits seem to play a part in the current reversal of the ban.

In it, I explore how decades after the closure of the last mine, coal continued to have a promissory power for some in the local community, embodying hope for a better future.

The provincial government in Alberta has (once again) lifted the moratorium on coal mining . They previously did this in 2020, before reinstating it the following year. I discuss this in the second part of this recently published paper, exploring coal's lingering promise doi.org/10.1080/0964...

It feels somewhat frivolous to post this with everything going on in the world, but nonetheless I feel very fortunate to be back at @uvic.bsky.social, spending the next two months reading, writing, and connecting with some of my favourite Canadian energy scholars.

Sorry, seems like we forgot to include our contact details 🤦‍♀️. If anyone would like to attend, please send you title+abstract to these email addresses:

Workshop / Call for papers
Green Jobs: Exploring labour within shifting energy regimes
Lund University, June 3-5 2025

Deadlines:
- Abstract submission: 25 January
- Acceptance notification: early February
- Paper submission (5-7000 words): 23 May

We'll pay for your food and accommodation :).

Paper: An urban ‘age of timber’? Tensions and contradictions in the low-carbon imaginary of the bioeconomic city
doi.org/10.1177/2514...

For the Swedish speakers: one of my research projects, Changing Places of Work, is featured in the latest Forte magasin. The report (and project) explores what the transition towards fossil-free steel making means for old industrial towns. forte.se/wp-content/u...