Rebecca Dell
@rebeccawdell.bsky.social
Working to make stuff without baking the planet. Penchant for well-informed opinions. Industry Program Director, ClimateWorks Foundation. Views my own.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
I just finished reading this article and it's very, very good. Corporate power is the problem underneath so many other problems.
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newrepublic.com/article/2011...
How I Became a Populist
My time at the Federal Trade Commission—before Donald Trump fired me—totally changed the way I see our political divide.
newrepublic.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I just finished reading this article and it's very, very good. Corporate power is the problem underneath so many other problems.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
newrepublic.com/article/2011...
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Some news. My book on climate and security for Cambridge University Press is the winner of the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Advancing World Order. Thrilled to be among the august company of previous winners. www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...
2026 Grawemeyer world order award winner explores the connection between climate change and security | UofL News
For his work to understand why climate change leads to negative security consequences in some places and not others, Joshua W. Busby, professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, ...
www.uoflnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Some news. My book on climate and security for Cambridge University Press is the winner of the 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Advancing World Order. Thrilled to be among the august company of previous winners. www.uoflnews.com/post/uofltod...
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May be seeing the end of an iconic European steel company.
www.ft.com/content/2fec...
www.ft.com/content/2fec...
Thyssenkrupp agrees steel restructuring with union, paving way for potential sale
Indian magnate Naveen Jindal is continuing to conduct due diligence on steel business
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
May be seeing the end of an iconic European steel company.
www.ft.com/content/2fec...
www.ft.com/content/2fec...
Serious question: where would any of these pipelines be coming from? The West Coast doesn't have pipeline connections to the rest of the country because it's not close to other oil supply centers and there are inconvenient things like the Rocky Mountains in the way.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
California refinery closures spark pipeline race to West Coast
A race is on among energy companies to build a major fuel pipeline to the U.S. West Coast, a potentially lucrative prize as the planned closure of two California refineries threatens to send gasoline ...
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Serious question: where would any of these pipelines be coming from? The West Coast doesn't have pipeline connections to the rest of the country because it's not close to other oil supply centers and there are inconvenient things like the Rocky Mountains in the way.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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Climate Action 100+, a climate investor-led initiative, recognised Nippon Steel's progress in terms of disclosures & announced additional investment in EAFs in 2025. They also pointed out a few areas to continue engagement to strengthen the company’s #climate transition strategy👇
#GreenSteel #Coal
#GreenSteel #Coal
Nippon Steel: Advancing climate policy disclosure and decarbonisation efforts | Climate Action 100+
Nippon Steel, the fourth largest steel producer in the world1, has improved its climate policy engagement disclosures and announced additional investment in electric arc furnaces (EAFs) in 2025.
www.climateaction100.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Climate Action 100+, a climate investor-led initiative, recognised Nippon Steel's progress in terms of disclosures & announced additional investment in EAFs in 2025. They also pointed out a few areas to continue engagement to strengthen the company’s #climate transition strategy👇
#GreenSteel #Coal
#GreenSteel #Coal
This year's tariff madness has an interesting structural feature. What @jonasnahm.com is calling an "inversion" is that Trump has higher tariff rates on intermediate goods and basic materials (esp. steel and aluminum) than finished goods. He points out one consequence. There are others.
A short🧵.
A short🧵.
10/15 This tariff inversion means Toyota pays less to ship a completed Prius from Japan than Ford pays for the inputs to build an F-150 in Michigan.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This year's tariff madness has an interesting structural feature. What @jonasnahm.com is calling an "inversion" is that Trump has higher tariff rates on intermediate goods and basic materials (esp. steel and aluminum) than finished goods. He points out one consequence. There are others.
A short🧵.
A short🧵.
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1/4 California refineries are closing faster than gas demand is declining. Two facilities shutting down could eliminate another 18% of the state's refining capacity. Gasoline consumption has fallen 16% over 20 years.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
1/4 California refineries are closing faster than gas demand is declining. Two facilities shutting down could eliminate another 18% of the state's refining capacity. Gasoline consumption has fallen 16% over 20 years.
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@industriouslabs.bsky.social just released a powerful new tool that analyzes health, demographic, economic, and pollution data in communities impacted by industrial pollution across the US.
industriouslabs.org/issues/indus... 1/2
industriouslabs.org/issues/indus... 1/2
Industrial Equity Mapper
Stories of Industrial Pollution in the U.S.
industriouslabs.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
@industriouslabs.bsky.social just released a powerful new tool that analyzes health, demographic, economic, and pollution data in communities impacted by industrial pollution across the US.
industriouslabs.org/issues/indus... 1/2
industriouslabs.org/issues/indus... 1/2
It really feels like it should be a bigger story that the President of Iran said that their capital must be moved because of environmental degradation, including water shortages and land subsidence of 1 foot per year.
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It really feels like it should be a bigger story that the President of Iran said that their capital must be moved because of environmental degradation, including water shortages and land subsidence of 1 foot per year.
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
www.iranintl.com/en/202511209...
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Shifting away from fossil fuels & fossil-based materials, to biofuels & biomaterials, means reducing one important source of GHG emissions (fossil fuels) but potentially increasing another (land-use change, driven by increased land demand). It’s essential to account for both sides of this equation.
The chemical industry is a huge source of GHG emissions. Decarbonizing the industry will be hard, but as a UNFCCC technology expert said here, there's no way we can avoid it. COP30 reflected that, with what seemed to be more spotlight on chemicals than past summits. cen.acs.org/environment/...
At COP30, chemical companies push biobased climate solutions
But environmentalists are raising concerns about the ecosystem, food security, and other impacts from the fossil fuel alternative
cen.acs.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Shifting away from fossil fuels & fossil-based materials, to biofuels & biomaterials, means reducing one important source of GHG emissions (fossil fuels) but potentially increasing another (land-use change, driven by increased land demand). It’s essential to account for both sides of this equation.
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The chemical industry is a huge source of GHG emissions. Decarbonizing the industry will be hard, but as a UNFCCC technology expert said here, there's no way we can avoid it. COP30 reflected that, with what seemed to be more spotlight on chemicals than past summits. cen.acs.org/environment/...
At COP30, chemical companies push biobased climate solutions
But environmentalists are raising concerns about the ecosystem, food security, and other impacts from the fossil fuel alternative
cen.acs.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The chemical industry is a huge source of GHG emissions. Decarbonizing the industry will be hard, but as a UNFCCC technology expert said here, there's no way we can avoid it. COP30 reflected that, with what seemed to be more spotlight on chemicals than past summits. cen.acs.org/environment/...
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You're going to focus on lowering costs by cutting the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy?
Also, OCED was the coolest thing going. Industrial decarb! This sucks.
h/t @heatmap.news
Also, OCED was the coolest thing going. Industrial decarb! This sucks.
h/t @heatmap.news
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You're going to focus on lowering costs by cutting the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy?
Also, OCED was the coolest thing going. Industrial decarb! This sucks.
h/t @heatmap.news
Also, OCED was the coolest thing going. Industrial decarb! This sucks.
h/t @heatmap.news
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Coal-based steel, it’s a dead end! US Steel planning a new coal-free furnace to make iron for their electric arc furnace in Arkansas. www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/us-s...
US Steel Plans New Facility in Osceola
U.S. Steel announced plans to build a new direct reduced iron plant at its Big River Steel site in Osceola, expanding its northeast Arkansas operations under Nippon Steel’s $11 billion growth plan. Th...
www.arkansasbusiness.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Coal-based steel, it’s a dead end! US Steel planning a new coal-free furnace to make iron for their electric arc furnace in Arkansas. www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/us-s...
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Trump's EPA set up a system whereby corporate polluters could be relieved of the burden of meeting air-quality regulations. How? By, uh, asking.
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
envirodatagov.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump's EPA set up a system whereby corporate polluters could be relieved of the burden of meeting air-quality regulations. How? By, uh, asking.
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
Sure enough, lots of them have asked, with devastating consequences for air quality. New report:
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Which companies benefited when Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the federal government? @sierraclub.org's Environmental Law Program sues under FOIA demanding access to communications between Musk, DOGE and industries about these cuts.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Sierra Club Sues Trump Admin for DOGE Records, Email Communications of Elon Musk, Others
Oakland, CA — The Sierra Club has filed another lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, failed to provide materials in response to a Freedom of...
www.sierraclub.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Which companies benefited when Elon Musk took a chainsaw to the federal government? @sierraclub.org's Environmental Law Program sues under FOIA demanding access to communications between Musk, DOGE and industries about these cuts.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
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"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"At one steel industry plant near Pittsburgh, a potent carcinogen was found at levels more than 30 times higher than estimated."
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
If you read to the end you'll find an asthmatic cat photo 😭
My latest, 📸 by Annie Flanagan. Shocking pics that look like pre-EPA days
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
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What effects does industrial pollution have on health, the environment, and communities? New data from @industriouslabs Industrial Equity Mapper shows that across 24 regions, 4.7 million people are at higher risk for long term respiratory illness. industrialequitymapper.org /1
Industrial Equity Mapper
Stories of Industrial Pollution in the U.S.
industrialequitymapper.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
What effects does industrial pollution have on health, the environment, and communities? New data from @industriouslabs Industrial Equity Mapper shows that across 24 regions, 4.7 million people are at higher risk for long term respiratory illness. industrialequitymapper.org /1
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Watching this Legislative committee hearing in Louisiana. It's pretty wild to hear Hyundai talk excitedly about green steel, cleaner air in disadvantaged communities (their term, not mine), and climate solutions, and the reciprocated enthusiasm from committee members.
LA House On-Demand Video
house.louisiana.gov
October 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Watching this Legislative committee hearing in Louisiana. It's pretty wild to hear Hyundai talk excitedly about green steel, cleaner air in disadvantaged communities (their term, not mine), and climate solutions, and the reciprocated enthusiasm from committee members.
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Total disregard for human life. The end of coal can't come fast enough.
"When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: 'So what?'”
"When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: 'So what?'”
EPA, EES Coke Battery are $135 million apart on Clean Air Act penalties as pollution trial ends
When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: “So what?”
apnews.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Total disregard for human life. The end of coal can't come fast enough.
"When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: 'So what?'”
"When faced with testimony that Zug Island’s EES Coke Battery is one of Michigan’s worst sulfur dioxide polluters, an attorney for the facility said Monday: 'So what?'”
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This short, 7-minute documentary, looking at one slice of racism as it relates to the steel industry, is good. Touches on the role of redlining, unions, and more. None of this is surprising, but it's important to understand how racism permeates the history of industries like steel.
How Race, Class, And Pollution Define | Braddock, PA: Part 2 | Topic
YouTube video by Topic
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October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This short, 7-minute documentary, looking at one slice of racism as it relates to the steel industry, is good. Touches on the role of redlining, unions, and more. None of this is surprising, but it's important to understand how racism permeates the history of industries like steel.
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Thanks so much to @emilypont.bsky.social for covering what might be the most underrated climate battlefield there is. As I say in the piece, in the Trump era, there is no clearer opportunity for state and local elected officials to make a tangible difference on climate than saving transit.
3 of America’s Biggest Public Transit Systems Are Teetering on the Brink
Riders in Chicago, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area are staring down budget crises, with deep service cuts not far behind.
heatmap.news
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thanks so much to @emilypont.bsky.social for covering what might be the most underrated climate battlefield there is. As I say in the piece, in the Trump era, there is no clearer opportunity for state and local elected officials to make a tangible difference on climate than saving transit.
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We need to flood EPA with comments opposing their inane proposal to eliminate reporting requirements for Greenhouse Gases. Most companies already track this information and eliminating the requirement will only deprive the public of critical information. It only takes a minute!
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We need to flood EPA with comments opposing their inane proposal to eliminate reporting requirements for Greenhouse Gases. Most companies already track this information and eliminating the requirement will only deprive the public of critical information. It only takes a minute!
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.