Dan Lashof
@danlashof.bsky.social
Senior Fellow, WRI
Posts are my own and don't necessarily reflect WRI's position.
Posts are my own and don't necessarily reflect WRI's position.
Wait, if coal is so cheap and clean, why does it need $625 million in subsidies and the repeal of clean air rules? Fact: Wind and solar generated more electricity than coal in the U.S. in 2024. Wind and solar will keep growing and coal will continue to decline. Trump may slow, but won't stop this.
September 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Wait, if coal is so cheap and clean, why does it need $625 million in subsidies and the repeal of clean air rules? Fact: Wind and solar generated more electricity than coal in the U.S. in 2024. Wind and solar will keep growing and coal will continue to decline. Trump may slow, but won't stop this.
I would rate the package at least "very good." It includes several significant improvements to the cap-and-trade (aka cap-and-invest) program, including deducting offsets from the cap, phasing out free allowances to gas utilities, and potentially reducing free allowances to other industries.
September 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I would rate the package at least "very good." It includes several significant improvements to the cap-and-trade (aka cap-and-invest) program, including deducting offsets from the cap, phasing out free allowances to gas utilities, and potentially reducing free allowances to other industries.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
September 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Add the electricity market regionalization and the wildfire mitigation finance measures and this is a huge win for climate policy and consumers.
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Add the electricity market regionalization and the wildfire mitigation finance measures and this is a huge win for climate policy and consumers.
A simple extension of California’s emissions cap to 2045 would have been significant but the legislature significantly improved the program in several ways. See thread by @dave.bzky.team for details.
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A simple extension of California’s emissions cap to 2045 would have been significant but the legislature significantly improved the program in several ways. See thread by @dave.bzky.team for details.
This is a huge deal and deserves far more attention than it’s getting. While federal climate policy is being systematically crippled by Trump and Congress California—the 4th largest economy in the world is making real progress.
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is a huge deal and deserves far more attention than it’s getting. While federal climate policy is being systematically crippled by Trump and Congress California—the 4th largest economy in the world is making real progress.
It also includes SB 237, which is characterized as stabilizing oil production in California to lower gasoline prices. It may have some provisions that make sense (reducing the isolation of California's gasoline market), but others are troubling. @michaelwara.bsky.social What say you?
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It also includes SB 237, which is characterized as stabilizing oil production in California to lower gasoline prices. It may have some provisions that make sense (reducing the isolation of California's gasoline market), but others are troubling. @michaelwara.bsky.social What say you?
The package includes AB 825, which will allow California's electricity system to integrate more fully with the Western market.
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The package includes AB 825, which will allow California's electricity system to integrate more fully with the Western market.
The Governor's office has now come out in support of AB 1207 and SB 840, as part of a larger legislative package aimed at increasing energy affordability. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/10/g...
Governor Newsom, legislative leaders announce major deal to save money on electric bills, stabilize gas market, cut pollution | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
September 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The Governor's office has now come out in support of AB 1207 and SB 840, as part of a larger legislative package aimed at increasing energy affordability. www.gov.ca.gov/2025/09/10/g...
$1 billion is reserved for annual appropriations by the legislature, with intent language for next fiscal year, including $85 million for a new climate technology innovation fund.
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
$1 billion is reserved for annual appropriations by the legislature, with intent language for next fiscal year, including $85 million for a new climate technology innovation fund.