patrick robbins
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@patrickopticon
born and raised in Brooklyn, ecosocialist, works in energy advocacy but tweets all mine, he/they 🦇🔌🏴🏳️🌈
Excellent essay "Utility investments are as reliable as they come, often safer even than an index fund . . . While the average equity-return forecast for Wall Street’s biggest money managers is approximately 6.7%, the average ROE for U.S. electric utilities is about 9.6%."
Lelo is an incredible leader in the Whatcom County farmworker community. Please call TODAY to demand his release from ICE detention: 📲 Ferndale ICE Detention Center: 360-380-2270 📲 WA Attorney General office: 1-800-551-4636 📲 WA State Governor’s office: 360-902-4111
Today on Volts: if the market won't build clean energy fast enough, should the state step in? Advocates believe so, and they convinced the NY legislature, which passed a public-power law over a year ago. How's that law doing? And how's the larger public-power push?
What are the ways forward for climate action under Trump? National policy is foreclosed. But a lot can happen at the state and local level. @aldatweets and I argue that we must embrace green economic populism, tackling the cost-of-living crisis and the climate crisis together 🧵
1. My book Democracy in Power is out today! It examines the history of cooperative and public power in the United States and lays out one possible future. I’m indebted to so many people for their encouragement, support, and wisdom. I’ll highlight a few. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
Groundwork is proud to support these candidates in the @nycDSA leadership elections. Comrades, voting is open NOW!
