Pete Olivier
@peterolivier.bsky.social
profitable decarbonization
climate, CDR, techno-permaculture
founder, Arc
climate dad
blog: peterolivier.substack.com
climate, CDR, techno-permaculture
founder, Arc
climate dad
blog: peterolivier.substack.com
Stop deadnaming The Gulf of America!!
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Stop deadnaming The Gulf of America!!
best decarbonization events in 2025, go
January 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
best decarbonization events in 2025, go
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I have a new analysis over at The Climate Brink exploring how rates of warming have changed over the past century.
Post-1970, GHGs (CO2, CH4, etc.) would have led to just under 0.2C per decade, but falling aerosols (SO2) have increased that rate to 0.25C. www.theclimatebrink....
Post-1970, GHGs (CO2, CH4, etc.) would have led to just under 0.2C per decade, but falling aerosols (SO2) have increased that rate to 0.25C. www.theclimatebrink....
January 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I have a new analysis over at The Climate Brink exploring how rates of warming have changed over the past century.
Post-1970, GHGs (CO2, CH4, etc.) would have led to just under 0.2C per decade, but falling aerosols (SO2) have increased that rate to 0.25C. www.theclimatebrink....
Post-1970, GHGs (CO2, CH4, etc.) would have led to just under 0.2C per decade, but falling aerosols (SO2) have increased that rate to 0.25C. www.theclimatebrink....
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These kind of anecdotes risk turning me into a Price Sicko. Yes, I have read (and written) a thousand different warnings about how solving climate change isn’t as simple as pricing the externality*, and yet when one beholds the shining glory of a fully operational Pigouvian battle tax in action…
January 6, 2025 at 12:34 AM
These kind of anecdotes risk turning me into a Price Sicko. Yes, I have read (and written) a thousand different warnings about how solving climate change isn’t as simple as pricing the externality*, and yet when one beholds the shining glory of a fully operational Pigouvian battle tax in action…
end of the Should Era in climate
January 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
end of the Should Era in climate
the climate finance companies that define the 2030s get founded right now
And more banks Exiting the Net Zero Banking Group. So much about #CSR as a driver for a sustainable society. www.esgtoday.com/citi-bofa-jo...
Citi, BofA Join Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo in Exiting Net Zero Banking Group - ESG Today
Financial giants Citigroup and Bank of America (BofA) have decided to exit the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a UN-backed coalition of banks dedicated to advancing global net zero goals through the...
www.esgtoday.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
the climate finance companies that define the 2030s get founded right now
I think this framing "x won't solve climate change" is over. Progress is the only thing that matters, and all progress is valuable.
If the argument is that solar paint won't ever matter and is absorbing money and attention that *is transferable* into other tech/product/interest, then say that.
If the argument is that solar paint won't ever matter and is absorbing money and attention that *is transferable* into other tech/product/interest, then say that.
January 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I think this framing "x won't solve climate change" is over. Progress is the only thing that matters, and all progress is valuable.
If the argument is that solar paint won't ever matter and is absorbing money and attention that *is transferable* into other tech/product/interest, then say that.
If the argument is that solar paint won't ever matter and is absorbing money and attention that *is transferable* into other tech/product/interest, then say that.
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No minced words in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's latest, driving home what the carbon capture boom is really about for the oil industry: a way to get government subsidies to pad the industry's increasing reliance on enhanced oil recovery as oil reserves decline.
drilled.ghost.io/on-peak-oil-...
drilled.ghost.io/on-peak-oil-...
What's Coming: Peak Oil, Maximum LNG and Ethanol, State Violence, the CCS Boom, and a Lot More Climate Litigation
I haven't sent out a newsletter for a couple of weeks, partly because I'm working on a book that's due in February, which is keeping me even busier than usual, but also because I didn't want to write ...
drilled.ghost.io
December 4, 2024 at 2:56 PM
No minced words in @amywestervelt.bsky.social's latest, driving home what the carbon capture boom is really about for the oil industry: a way to get government subsidies to pad the industry's increasing reliance on enhanced oil recovery as oil reserves decline.
drilled.ghost.io/on-peak-oil-...
drilled.ghost.io/on-peak-oil-...
eyyyy congrats @peterminor.bsky.social on the launch!
🚨 Big news from Absolute Climate! 🚨
We’re thrilled to announce the adoption of the Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS) by @EvidentGlobal , a trusted leader in sustainability certification.
Together, we’re bringing **transparency**, **trust, and scientific rigor** to carbon removal. 🌍 👇
We’re thrilled to announce the adoption of the Absolute Carbon Standard (ACS) by @EvidentGlobal , a trusted leader in sustainability certification.
Together, we’re bringing **transparency**, **trust, and scientific rigor** to carbon removal. 🌍 👇
December 4, 2024 at 3:28 PM
eyyyy congrats @peterminor.bsky.social on the launch!
great start. would love to see the financed emissions vs financed emissions reductions math tho
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
JPMorgan gives green energy finance ratio for the first time
The United States' biggest lender JPMorgan provided $1.29 in financing to green energy for every dollar backing high-carbon energy supply in 2023, executives told Reuters, the first time it has released the figure.
www.reuters.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:14 PM
great start. would love to see the financed emissions vs financed emissions reductions math tho
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
November 19, 2024 at 1:25 PM
our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse. stay locked in.
how likely do you think it is that Trump will nationalize homeowners insurance to transfer costs of climate change from the rich and less at-risk urban north to the poorer and more disaster-exposed southeast?
November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
how likely do you think it is that Trump will nationalize homeowners insurance to transfer costs of climate change from the rich and less at-risk urban north to the poorer and more disaster-exposed southeast?
goals:
- decouple: GDP and emissions
- couple: emissions measurement and emissions reductions
- decouple: GDP and emissions
- couple: emissions measurement and emissions reductions
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 PM
goals:
- decouple: GDP and emissions
- couple: emissions measurement and emissions reductions
- decouple: GDP and emissions
- couple: emissions measurement and emissions reductions
imo, faith in Elon as a savior of climate policy is misplaced, and would bet he's set on getting two things that would be much more valuable to him than subsides in the EV market he's rapidly losing:
1) dereg for his driverless cars
2) dereg for spacex launches
1) dereg for his driverless cars
2) dereg for spacex launches
November 18, 2024 at 10:37 PM
imo, faith in Elon as a savior of climate policy is misplaced, and would bet he's set on getting two things that would be much more valuable to him than subsides in the EV market he's rapidly losing:
1) dereg for his driverless cars
2) dereg for spacex launches
1) dereg for his driverless cars
2) dereg for spacex launches
while mitigation is hard to pay for, it's clear that there is an opportunity to do large-scale wildfire mitigation and fuel reduction in the northeast.
we don't have to make the same mistakes we made in the West.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
we don't have to make the same mistakes we made in the West.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
Opinion | Ladies and Gentlemen, the Northeast Is Burning
We are being reminded the hard way that we share this world. Smoke knows no boundaries, and neither does fire.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
while mitigation is hard to pay for, it's clear that there is an opportunity to do large-scale wildfire mitigation and fuel reduction in the northeast.
we don't have to make the same mistakes we made in the West.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
we don't have to make the same mistakes we made in the West.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/o...
ebikes rock
this this this
November 18, 2024 at 7:38 PM
ebikes rock
anyone got a corporate decarbonization starter pack for me?
or, should I make one?
or, should I make one?
November 18, 2024 at 5:20 PM
anyone got a corporate decarbonization starter pack for me?
or, should I make one?
or, should I make one?
what are some career-making trades in decarbonization? who made their company a massive amount of money, and what did they do?
maybe early PPAs?
maybe early PPAs?
November 18, 2024 at 4:58 PM
what are some career-making trades in decarbonization? who made their company a massive amount of money, and what did they do?
maybe early PPAs?
maybe early PPAs?
taking submissions for the name for the last person to formally include 1.5C in a speech
The battle to keep global warming within 1.5C has been a rallying cry for #climate action for nearly a decade. Now, with the planet almost certain to blow past the target, many people at #COP29 have found themselves awkwardly clinging to a goal that no longer makes sense.
My latest @bloomberg.com:
My latest @bloomberg.com:
The 1.5C Climate Goal Is Dead. Why Is COP29 Still Talking About It?
Politicians and green advocates want to keep the focus on limiting global warming to 1.5C, even though scientists say the planet is already on track to soon breach the target.
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 PM
taking submissions for the name for the last person to formally include 1.5C in a speech
what are the most viral forms of decarbonization?
resi solar has an R value right?
what about for commercial?
resi solar has an R value right?
what about for commercial?
November 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
what are the most viral forms of decarbonization?
resi solar has an R value right?
what about for commercial?
resi solar has an R value right?
what about for commercial?
anyone have a read out on how COP outcomes around 6.2 and 6.4 would interact with emissions reductions (vs, say CDR or afforestation)?
November 18, 2024 at 3:20 PM
anyone have a read out on how COP outcomes around 6.2 and 6.4 would interact with emissions reductions (vs, say CDR or afforestation)?
now more than ever:
scale profitable climate action
scale profitable climate action
November 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
now more than ever:
scale profitable climate action
scale profitable climate action