Shannon Osaka

@shannonosaka.bsky.social

Posts

climate *zeitgeist* reporter for @washingtonpost.com past: proudly @grist, @UniofOxford. fan of the usa women's gymnastics team. views mine!

Posts Replies Media

As the decarbonization rubber hits the road in Europe, studies show a new and worrying trend: High energy prices and other climate policies are boosting the vote share of the far right. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

How climate policies can drive voters to the far rightwww.washingtonpost.com Studies show that as energy prices rise, so do right-wing movements against green policies.

I might get some angry emails, but gratified to see discussion of the duck curve on A1 of the Washington Post!

Once again I have waded (ha) into the duck curve and solar in California. Solar "duck curves" are getting deeper and deeper in California as more solar power gets added onto the grid - with consequences for transmission, batteries, and rooftop PV. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem.t.co As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power.

Was thrilled to appear on the Climate Pod this week, chatting with Brock about the scary diversity of microplastics, our slumping insurance system, and why (some) people are afraid to say we are going to hit 1.5C. Give it a listen! www.theclimatepod.com/episodes/epi...

Episodes | The Climate Podwww.theclimatepod.com New episodes of The Climate Pod, a climate change podcast, with expert guests on the latest environmental and climate issues.

"And yet, the idea of interfering with nature is so contentious, organizers of Tuesday’s test kept the details tightly held, concerned that critics would try to stop them." I have yet to hear of geoengineering research involving community input that went ahead. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/c...

Warming Is Getting Worse. So They Just Tested a Way to Deflect the Sun.www.nytimes.com A trial in California is testing a machine designed to reflect sunlight back into space. “All my colleagues hope that we never use these things,” one researcher said.

More than 2 years after the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law was signed, the NEVI program has installed just 7 charging stations. Experts say that states are learning to install charging stations for the first time -- and permitting remains a challenge. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two yearswww.washingtonpost.com The network of fast chargers promised by the Biden Administration has had a painfully slow rollout.

"And when it’s acute, when there’s a crisis, a wildfire or a hurricane that was made worse by climate change, it still wasn’t exactly _caused_ by climate change. You have that agency problem, and stories demand agency." Love Elizabeth Kolbert interviewed by Kate Yoder. grist.org/culture/eliz...

Elizabeth Kolbert wants us to rethink the stories we tell about climate changegrist.org In the new book

I wrote about why car dealers don't seem to love electric cars -- and how it could be adding to the dent in EV sales. a quick thread: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

How car dealers could derail America’s EV boomwww.washingtonpost.com Some customers say auto dealers have steered them away from buying electric cars and trucks.

Oil and gas companies are capturing an estimated 18 million metric tons of CO2 every year in the U.S. But most of it is _still_ going into new oil. My latest: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Companies capture a lot of CO2. Most of it is going into new oil.www.washingtonpost.com The government is still funding the controversial practice of “enhanced oil recovery.”

End of feed.