Paasha Mahdavi
UCSB prof, researching climate politics and the oil industry. EGAPE Lab Director and 2035 Initiative co-founder. Wrote a book on oil nationalization (https://tinyurl.com/2zyaf8bd). Working to transition from the fossil fuel era. Posts expire after 30 days.
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- If you care about the climate crisis, who should you support for California governor? I moderated a forum with the top four candidates and explained where they agreed, where they diverged and who stood out: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/california...
- Australian Broadcasting has a new pod on the history of global oil politics with an emphasis on Venezuela. Based on interviews with the great Terry Lynn Karl and others incl me 🛢️💡🌎 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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- California seems to be building a massive amount of renewable energy and storage while not building a massive volume of new data centres. That seems to be having the effect of actual drops in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly as batteries cut deep into gas
- wow, this event looks interesting! www.civitasinstitute.org/events/power...
- CA's Gubernatorial Candidates Focus on Affordability at Climate Forum “If you’re not going to be bold in an EnviroVoters convo, where are you gonna be bold? It’s not enough to be singing in the shower, get out on stage.” @kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social www.kqed.org/science/1999...
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- Had a great time tonight talking climate with some of the leading candidates for California governor! Thanks to @envirovoters.bsky.social for hosting. Full video here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsLc... I’ll have a full analysis soon in my newsletter. Sign up: climatecoloredgoggles.com
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- Livestream of California Environmental Voters' climate forum with candidates for governor (Katie Porter, Tom Steyer, Xavier Becerra, and Eric Swalwell) happening now: www.youtube.com/live/OsLcWGl...
- Any oil company that invests in the production, refining or distribution of Venezuelan oil is exposing their shareholders to significant long term credit liability. We raised that point in a letter to the oil majors today, but want to dive into why: casten.house.gov/media/press-...
- We are at a tipping point on ICE and immigration enforcement. The shootings are so unpopular that Trump appears to have lost his edge on both deportations and immigration more broadly. Abolishing ICE is net popular with independents. & Bovino is out! 2026≠2024 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-imm...
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- Inside Climate News: The Cost of Ignoring Fossil Fuel Pollution’s Health Impacts insideclimatenews.org/news/2401202...
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- Brilliant work by these young scholars at @sciencespo on the importance of symbolic policies (meaningful messaging with low material compensation) in boosting support for ambitious stringent climate action!
- 🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access) The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social (1/6)
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- "This is the reality that infuses 'Landman' with its most poignant pathos: It is a hell of the [oil] industry’s own making." For the New York Times, I wrote about Taylor Sheridan's hit TV show, which captures the death, destruction, and war of the oil business. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
- What a brilliant and heartbreaking piece in @nytimes.com by @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social reminding us of oil’s destructive forces. “Landman” is a frustrating glorification of the industry—but also deeply revealing of the costs we as a society pay for oil. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
- Thank you, Pasha.
- Trump administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools - Los Angeles Times www.latimes.com/environment/...
- Do you like charts? Oh yes you do. I've just published hundreds of them, as I do every year. www.nathanielbullard.com/presentations
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- This is literally the perfect sound bite, perfectly delivered
- The U.S. should be leading the charge on technologies of today and tomorrow, not running a 20th century playbook to prop up fuels of the past. Here's me on @cbsnews.com talking about geopolitics of ramping up Venezuela's oil industry youtu.be/I-OEo5n6uU0?...
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- The U.S. should be leading the charge on technologies of today and tomorrow, not running a 20th century playbook to prop up fuels of the past. Here's me on @cbsnews.com talking about geopolitics of ramping up Venezuela's oil industry youtu.be/I-OEo5n6uU0?...
- Go Paasha go!!!
- In her first piece for Drilled, our new global climate justice reporter @ninalakhani.bsky.social looks at how the U.S. invasion of #Venezuela and takeover of its oil industry intersects with the International Court of Justice's climate ruling last year drilled.media/news/Venezue...
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- "If the greatest lie the devil ever told was to convince us that he wasn’t real, the greatest lie the oil industry ever told us is to convince us that they don’t want oil" @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social interviewed by @emdashsanders.bsky.social, on the fossil fuel industry's latest big lies:
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- "Just this week, The Guardian quoted Sharon Wilson, a former oil and gas worker who has documented methane releases for more than a decade, saying that xAi’s Colossus data center in Memphis is spewing more emissions than a large power plant."
- It's unclear how US oil majors will respond to Trump’s plans of regime change and increased oil extraction in Venezuela. Any expansion would be “terrible for the climate, terrible for the environment”, said UCSB prof Paasha Mahdavi @paashamahdavi.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Trump: “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President”
