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Everything filed under permitting permitting Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under batteries batteries Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Permitting reform may not significantly reduce carbon emissions if it also enables more fossil fuel projects Permitting reform may not significantlyreduce carbon emissions if it also enablesmore fossil fuel projects Last stated yesterday 1 Oct 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Delay in permitting clean energy kills more Americans every year than the September 11 attacks did. — tap to centre the map on it Delay in permitting clean energykills more Americans every year thanthe September 11 attacks did. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Environmental permitting now causes more environmental harm than it prevents, because what it delays is the clean thing replacing the dirty one. — tap to centre the map on it Environmental permitting now causesmore environmental harm than itprevents, because what it delays isthe clean thing replacing the dirtyone. Last stated 3 years ago 10 Nov 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Getting a data centre permitted in the empty middle of America is far easier than putting one in orbit. — tap to centre the map on it Getting a data centre permitted inthe empty middle of America is fareasier than putting one in orbit. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Small modular reactors have so far underdelivered, remaining as slow to permit as full-scale reactors and more expensive. — tap to centre the map on it Small modular reactors have so farunderdelivered, remaining as slow topermit as full-scale reactors andmore expensive. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 ML Michael Liebreich — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The binding constraint on building anything in America is permitting and litigation, not money. — tap to centre the map on it The binding constraint on buildinganything in America is permittingand litigation, not money. Last stated a year ago 28 May 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-11-10 — tap for who they are JC John H. Cochrane — holds since 2025-04-14 — tap for who they are BP Brian Potter — holds since 2025-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: The price of an open internet is permitting disagreeable speech — tap to centre the map on it The price of an open internet ispermitting disagreeable speech Last stated 4 years ago 31 Oct 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-related cybersecurity damage over the next year or two will fall well short of the harm caused by Covid or global warming — tap to centre the map on it AI-related cybersecurity damage overthe next year or two will fall wellshort of the harm caused by Covid orglobal warming Last stated a month ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Believing that higher yields do not spare land would push investment away from the thing that actually protects wild habitat. — tap to centre the map on it Believing that higher yields do notspare land would push investmentaway from the thing that actuallyprotects wild habitat. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Mar 2024 LB Linus Blomqvist — holds since 2024-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Breaking the trade-off between prosperity and the environment is an opportunity rather than something that will happen on its own. — tap to centre the map on it Breaking the trade-off betweenprosperity and the environment is anopportunity rather than somethingthat will happen on its own. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it About a fifth of the US grid couldbe freed for data centres just bycovering the yearly peak withbatteries or peaker plants. Last stated 7 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it Apple's risk is being reduced tohardware: people keep buying thebest phone while everything they doon it comes from someone else'smodel. Last stated a year ago 2 Sept 2025 BE Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it A spacecraft built to servicesatellites is also a weapon, becausethe same robotic arm that refuelsone can disable one. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Mar 2024 BC Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI coding agents pulling unknown code onto corporate networks will be exploited, and it will take the shape of a supply-chain attack. — tap to centre the map on it AI coding agents pulling unknowncode onto corporate networks will beexploited, and it will take theshape of a supply-chain attack. Last stated 4 weeks ago 4 Sept 2026 BS Bruce Schneier — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Permitting reform may not significantly reduce carbon emissions if it also enables more fossil fuel projects Last stated 1 Oct 2026 · yesterday Holds Bill McKibben Read this korrent →