Environmentalist and author of The End of Nature (1989); co-founder of 350.org and Third Act
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“I think it is very likely that we’re going to temporarily cross the two degree line during the hottest phase of the now-developing El Niño”Climate
“My prediction would be that electric prices are going to be to the 2026 election what egg prices were to the 2024 election”ElectionsPoliticsEnergy
“Prediction: the federal government won’t be able to find private parties to put up serious money for this project. It will be a taxpayer-financed boondoggle if it happens at all”EnergyPolitics
“85% of new electric generation in 2023 came from renewables, and the numbers for 2024 will almost certainly be higher.”EnergyClimate
“But here’s my prediction: this will be one of the first large oilfields that humans decide to leave in the ground because of climate concerns.”EnergyPoliticsClimate
“I think there’s little question this is emerging as the most important question for international climate talks—it will dominate this year’s COP in Baku”ClimateGeopolitics
“if Tuesday’s record isn’t broken today, it will almost certainly fall in the next few weeks, and then again next summer”Climate
“Chances are growing that the air temperature will set a new record this year; if not, then almost certainly next.”Climate
“Germany has demonstrated that it’s doable. They’re going to be at 65% renewable energy within ten years or so, which is almost unbelievable.”EnergyClimate