Gernot Wagner
Gernot Wagner is an Austro-American climate economist at Columbia Business School. He holds an AB and a PhD in political… more

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"Why green growth needs more destruction"
Yup.
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"Hiring is at its lowest level since 2009"¹
¹ @cnbc.com, via @unusualwhales.bsky.social
by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Daniel Huppmann
Reposted by Gernot Wagner, Aaron Sojourner, Anthony Burke
The math couldn't be clearer.
Yeah, there's the occasional meet up, where standing in line is the point. But in general, the fewer cars, the more enjoyable the experience.
For bicycles, it's the opposite: the more of them on any given street, the more enjoyable the experience.
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VANCE: No, George, I sai--
STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back
CH₄ als "Das unterschätzte Problem der Stahlproduktion – und wie man es lösen könnte"
www.derstandard.at/story/310000... mit @rolandkupers.bsky.social im @derstandard.at
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I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.
This week’s piece:
by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by Peter Thorne
Reposted by Gernot Wagner, Brendan Nyhan, Aaron Sojourner
by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by Gernot Wagner
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Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
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Other universities should do the same.
Decarbonizing steel and cement with electrochemistry, green hydrogen, and a "geological hack"
business.columbia.edu/insights/cli...
by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by Will Lowe
Brain drain = missing brain gain
Won't make for splashy headlines, but let's just say I'm writing a lot of recommendation letters in A4 instead of Letter-sized format these days.
by Thijs Heus — Reposted by Gernot Wagner
Much of the US brain drain is going to be a lack of brain gain.
by Gernot Wagner — Reposted by Gernot Wagner
🇺🇸 → 🇨🇭
by Daniel Huppmann — Reposted by Gernot Wagner
Für 🇪🇺 „droht doppelte Abhängigkeit von fossilen Importen aus dem Westen & grünen Technologien aus dem Osten.”
📰 gwagner.com/zeit-industr...
Reposted by Gernot Wagner, Richard S.J. Tol, David M. Schultz , and 12 more Gernot Wagner, Richard S.J. Tol, David M. Schultz, Mary Feeney, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dustin Mulvaney, Silvia Secchi, Bessma Momani, Henry Farrell, James Goodwin, Dana R. Fisher, Mark Rice, Leah Stokes, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, David Darmofal
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Reposted by Gernot Wagner