Far too many partisans in the energy fight focus on NEPA and NIMBY as if overcoming those hurdles means full speed ahead. The #scalemonster, #complexitymonster & institutional inertia and capacity gaps are right in there too. More: https://revkin.substack.com/p/when-climate-action-meets-energy-22-08-23 2/2
When Climate Action Meets Energy Friction: Why Permitting Reform is Easier Sought than Done

We look into the thorny, mostly local, challenges impeding efforts to speed a path from U.S. fossil norms to a climate-safe energy future.

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Meet the #scalemonster stalking climate-size #cleanenergy plans: https://revkin.substack.com/p/meet-the-scale-monster-stalking-climate
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RT @revkin
Whether it's #nimby resistance to energy corridors & sources or (as here) corporatization of #cleanenergy, the #scalemonster keeps stalking efforts to transform a fossilized energy system. Hypothesis: Scale is what people resist more than any particular energy system. Testable? https://twitter…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1628418214190321665
Meet the Scale Monster Stalking Climate-Size Clean-Energy Plans

Efforts to change energy systems at a scale the climate system might notice all seem to run up against a common foe.

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Whether it's #nimby resistance to energy corridors & sources or (as here) corporatization of #cleanenergy, the #scalemonster keeps stalking efforts to transform a fossilized energy system. Hypothesis: Scale is what people resist more than any particular energy system. Testable?
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RT @jholz__
🌤️ Big Solar is quietly lobbying to weaken an energy equity tool created under the Inflation Reduction Act that could help diversify the industry’s …
https://twitter.com/jholz__/status/1628416001334296578
jael holzman on Twitter

“🌤️ Big Solar is quietly lobbying to weaken an energy equity tool created under the Inflation Reduction Act that could help diversify the industry’s very white executive class My latest for @axios: https://t.co/E4eknSh8XL”

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