visited the House of European History recently and found a small section that's all about https://t.co/omalTn60UH pic.twitter.com/liYKjDkQKO— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) August 2, 2023
visited the House of European History recently and found a small section that's all about https://t.co/omalTn60UH pic.twitter.com/liYKjDkQKO
a potential transition pathway for O&G, but one with a very long history – @odinnmelsted https://t.co/xMYxPefhAo— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) July 18, 2023
a potential transition pathway for O&G, but one with a very long history – @odinnmelsted https://t.co/xMYxPefhAo
Great talk, @GaraviniG – really happy that @ChristofMauch invited you and that we could combine the "Black and Green?" workshop with the @CarsonCenter colloquium series. https://t.co/taSLmyWjle— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) June 27, 2023
Great talk, @GaraviniG – really happy that @ChristofMauch invited you and that we could combine the "Black and Green?" workshop with the @CarsonCenter colloquium series. https://t.co/taSLmyWjle
The "family picture" from our workshop "Black and Green? Towards an Environmental History of the Oil Industry" @CarsonCenter/ LMU Munich @ccmmody @moneschleper @DollyJorgensen @fignatov @Bron_Michiel @charlotte_leib @renaudbecot @rdlosreyes @KuijtMarin pic.twitter.com/D63XfjIYve— Óðinn Melsted (@odinnmelsted) June 16, 2023
The "family picture" from our workshop "Black and Green? Towards an Environmental History of the Oil Industry" @CarsonCenter/ LMU Munich @ccmmody @moneschleper @DollyJorgensen @fignatov @Bron_Michiel @charlotte_leib @renaudbecot @rdlosreyes @KuijtMarin pic.twitter.com/D63XfjIYve
Thanks, Dolly (also on behalf of @moneschleper & @odinnmelsted) https://t.co/sZNEC4sxAH— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) June 15, 2023
Thanks, Dolly (also on behalf of @moneschleper & @odinnmelsted) https://t.co/sZNEC4sxAH
oilman & diplomat George McGhee alluding to climate change ("environmental factors such as the composition of the atmosphere, which would threaten man's ability to survive") in his 1970 letter to Aurelio Peccei accepting an invitation to join the Club of Rome – @marcsrhudson pic.twitter.com/PSfdwkVZqv— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) June 9, 2023
oilman & diplomat George McGhee alluding to climate change ("environmental factors such as the composition of the atmosphere, which would threaten man's ability to survive") in his 1970 letter to Aurelio Peccei accepting an invitation to join the Club of Rome – @marcsrhudson pic.twitter.com/PSfdwkVZqv
with @odinnmelsted 's help, I've updated the matrix of oil industry takeover bids from the late 1960s to the early 1990s in the Harvard B-School "Records of hostile tender offers collection." outsize role of Mesa Petroleum (T Boone Pickens) even more evident. https://t.co/gTezJ7WWHo pic.twitter.com/cNmrmMDgP3— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) May 26, 2023
with @odinnmelsted 's help, I've updated the matrix of oil industry takeover bids from the late 1960s to the early 1990s in the Harvard B-School "Records of hostile tender offers collection." outsize role of Mesa Petroleum (T Boone Pickens) even more evident. https://t.co/gTezJ7WWHo pic.twitter.com/cNmrmMDgP3
1969 article in The Lamp (Exxon shareholder magazine) on the Business History & Economic Life program (sponsored by Exxon's philanthropic arm) to get more business history into K-12 education – perhaps of interest to @historiandan @andrewpopp6 @RrjohnR pic.twitter.com/bZJnzCmMJ7— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) May 24, 2023
1969 article in The Lamp (Exxon shareholder magazine) on the Business History & Economic Life program (sponsored by Exxon's philanthropic arm) to get more business history into K-12 education – perhaps of interest to @historiandan @andrewpopp6 @RrjohnR pic.twitter.com/bZJnzCmMJ7
hey, i know that guy! maybe of interest to @Bron_Michiel @Siegfriedevens @HBrookhuis https://t.co/PqK1pSH3X0— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) April 20, 2023
hey, i know that guy! maybe of interest to @Bron_Michiel @Siegfriedevens @HBrookhuis https://t.co/PqK1pSH3X0
congratulations @moneschleper – as we discussed yesterday, I'm really curious to learn more about Hanne Strong. maybe there will be a little room in the project for John and Magda McHale and/or Russell and Aileen Train as well? https://t.co/3FbkUtDOXQ— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) April 20, 2023
congratulations @moneschleper – as we discussed yesterday, I'm really curious to learn more about Hanne Strong. maybe there will be a little room in the project for John and Magda McHale and/or Russell and Aileen Train as well? https://t.co/3FbkUtDOXQ
hmm – Drew Faust & Rob Kohler teaching an early '80s course on War & the American Experience sponsored by the Exxon Education Foundation. early harbinger of Faust's disappointing position on fossil fuels & climate activism while president of Harvard? … pic.twitter.com/lEahm1GLsU— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) April 19, 2023
hmm – Drew Faust & Rob Kohler teaching an early '80s course on War & the American Experience sponsored by the Exxon Education Foundation. early harbinger of Faust's disappointing position on fossil fuels & climate activism while president of Harvard? … pic.twitter.com/lEahm1GLsU
on March 16, I MCed a public conversation @SciHistoryOrg b/t @neelaeast & @paulesabin ab/ the overlapping work of journalists & academic historians in presenting the history of energy, environment & climate to various publics. it's now viewable at:https://t.co/AkBL3dORi0— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) April 11, 2023
on March 16, I MCed a public conversation @SciHistoryOrg b/t @neelaeast & @paulesabin ab/ the overlapping work of journalists & academic historians in presenting the history of energy, environment & climate to various publics. it's now viewable at:https://t.co/AkBL3dORi0
If you're at #ASEH2023 tomorrow, come see my talk (10:30 session) based on work coauthored with @moneschleper in a great panel on the 1972 Stockholm conference. Simone & I look at network- and institution-building by a circle of oilmen & their allies before & after Stockholm… pic.twitter.com/dxggszCbnu— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) March 24, 2023
If you're at #ASEH2023 tomorrow, come see my talk (10:30 session) based on work coauthored with @moneschleper in a great panel on the 1972 Stockholm conference. Simone & I look at network- and institution-building by a circle of oilmen & their allies before & after Stockholm… pic.twitter.com/dxggszCbnu
last week Maarten van Gistel of @trouw interviewed me about the @NWO_SSH Managing Scarcity project. his article based on that interview is out today – I'm really happy with the result. wonderful summary of the project:https://t.co/50IXYDlB5y— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) January 23, 2023
last week Maarten van Gistel of @trouw interviewed me about the @NWO_SSH Managing Scarcity project. his article based on that interview is out today – I'm really happy with the result. wonderful summary of the project:https://t.co/50IXYDlB5y
Hear, hear! Opinion piece by Melle v Maanen in Volkskrant calling for Shell to grant access to its archives. Focuses on Shell's participation in colonial regime in Caribbean and Indonesia, but also notes climate change as a reason to demand transparency.https://t.co/ux6nx93imD— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) January 6, 2023
Hear, hear! Opinion piece by Melle v Maanen in Volkskrant calling for Shell to grant access to its archives. Focuses on Shell's participation in colonial regime in Caribbean and Indonesia, but also notes climate change as a reason to demand transparency.https://t.co/ux6nx93imD
fantastically clear public talk (and published booklet) on climate change by Walter Orr Roberts from *1978* – sponsored (mainly) by Atlantic Richfield, one of the larger US oil firms of its day, now part of BP. pic.twitter.com/ktxhHhYhVV— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) January 4, 2023
fantastically clear public talk (and published booklet) on climate change by Walter Orr Roberts from *1978* – sponsored (mainly) by Atlantic Richfield, one of the larger US oil firms of its day, now part of BP. pic.twitter.com/ktxhHhYhVV
look at that gorgeous poster! https://t.co/uWEHPtPx3l— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) December 15, 2022
look at that gorgeous poster! https://t.co/uWEHPtPx3l
we're throwing a conference! with the @CarsonCenter in June in Munich! aim is to historicize oil industry "greenwashing" and put past oil industry dabbling in green technologies/environmentalism into context. send us your abstracts by February 20. https://t.co/FdakjNDEZA— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) December 14, 2022
we're throwing a conference! with the @CarsonCenter in June in Munich! aim is to historicize oil industry "greenwashing" and put past oil industry dabbling in green technologies/environmentalism into context. send us your abstracts by February 20. https://t.co/FdakjNDEZA
in-depth profile of the Managing Scarcity project by Edo Beerda on the website of our funder, @NWO_SSH https://t.co/VngBsVKs2r— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) December 14, 2022
in-depth profile of the Managing Scarcity project by Edo Beerda on the website of our funder, @NWO_SSH https://t.co/VngBsVKs2r
wonderful summary of the recent joint NanoBubbles-Managing Scarcity workshop by @FedericoBoem – really conveys the open-ended, exploratory nature of the event. thx, Federico! https://t.co/Q69qcAVz2t— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) November 30, 2022
wonderful summary of the recent joint NanoBubbles-Managing Scarcity workshop by @FedericoBoem – really conveys the open-ended, exploratory nature of the event. thx, Federico! https://t.co/Q69qcAVz2t
new data relevant to the 🧵👇lately been looking through Boston-area finding aids & turns out Marshall Goldman was a consultant for ARCO, one of the oil company's we focus on in https://t.co/omalTn60UH from late '70s to late '90s. what did they want from a star kremlinologist? https://t.co/0hf3UVa2Ip— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) November 18, 2022
new data relevant to the 🧵👇lately been looking through Boston-area finding aids & turns out Marshall Goldman was a consultant for ARCO, one of the oil company's we focus on in https://t.co/omalTn60UH from late '70s to late '90s. what did they want from a star kremlinologist? https://t.co/0hf3UVa2Ip
thx to @odinnmelsted vy much enjoying pics of Henry Kissinger at the Aspen Institute in 1977. here w/ Bob Anderson (pres of Aspen and Atlantic Richfield Oil), Ardeshir Zahedi (Iranian ambassador to US) & unidentified hippiehttps://t.co/BwnZG5kyOc— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) November 17, 2022
thx to @odinnmelsted vy much enjoying pics of Henry Kissinger at the Aspen Institute in 1977. here w/ Bob Anderson (pres of Aspen and Atlantic Richfield Oil), Ardeshir Zahedi (Iranian ambassador to US) & unidentified hippiehttps://t.co/BwnZG5kyOc
In Rome for this fantastic conference on the occasion of 50 years since the Club of Rome's #limitstogrowth report 1972, exploring its origins, meanings and legacy, organized by @GaraviniG @FasanaroLaura pic.twitter.com/dpTgUK8Kgj— Óðinn Melsted (@odinnmelsted) November 12, 2022
In Rome for this fantastic conference on the occasion of 50 years since the Club of Rome's #limitstogrowth report 1972, exploring its origins, meanings and legacy, organized by @GaraviniG @FasanaroLaura pic.twitter.com/dpTgUK8Kgj
good grief – The Guardian pushing Solar Power Satellites as the answer to our energy needs. we've been here before, $/kg-to-orbit surely isn't the biggest problem with this boondoggle:https://t.co/ysmuvT12yv pic.twitter.com/orKKVPjQNl— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) October 10, 2022
good grief – The Guardian pushing Solar Power Satellites as the answer to our energy needs. we've been here before, $/kg-to-orbit surely isn't the biggest problem with this boondoggle:https://t.co/ysmuvT12yv pic.twitter.com/orKKVPjQNl
will be rejoining the History of NASA and the Environment symposium (thx @brianodom018; watch at https://t.co/yn8X7PFBBv) in an hour and wanted to share this document, which reminds us that lots of space history isn't (or shouldn't be) about space in any narrow sense pic.twitter.com/ZrTnhJEF8S— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) September 30, 2022
will be rejoining the History of NASA and the Environment symposium (thx @brianodom018; watch at https://t.co/yn8X7PFBBv) in an hour and wanted to share this document, which reminds us that lots of space history isn't (or shouldn't be) about space in any narrow sense pic.twitter.com/ZrTnhJEF8S
will be nice to point to this paper to compare to the range of views present in O&G discourse from the '70s@odinnmelsted @Bron_Michiel https://t.co/kPXs5TAkPO— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) September 10, 2022
will be nice to point to this paper to compare to the range of views present in O&G discourse from the '70s@odinnmelsted @Bron_Michiel https://t.co/kPXs5TAkPO
for all attending @ESHSBrussels22 #ESHS2022 come see session 47 "Geoscience Spillover" organized by @odinnmelsted featuring Odinn, @Bron_Michiel Candida Sanchez Burmester commentary by @thomabr on *Friday* 16:30-18:30 (*not* Thursday 16:30-18:00 as in some versions of program)…— Cyrus Mody (@ccmmody) September 6, 2022
for all attending @ESHSBrussels22 #ESHS2022 come see session 47 "Geoscience Spillover" organized by @odinnmelsted featuring Odinn, @Bron_Michiel Candida Sanchez Burmester commentary by @thomabr on *Friday* 16:30-18:30 (*not* Thursday 16:30-18:00 as in some versions of program)…
Had a phenomenal time at #petrocultures22 in Stavanger, with conference venues at the petroleum museum and aboard the MS Sandnes, a coast liner from 1950. Really excellent places to discuss past and present petroleum cultures. pic.twitter.com/fBtKZ1DFpn— Óðinn Melsted (@odinnmelsted) August 27, 2022
Had a phenomenal time at #petrocultures22 in Stavanger, with conference venues at the petroleum museum and aboard the MS Sandnes, a coast liner from 1950. Really excellent places to discuss past and present petroleum cultures. pic.twitter.com/fBtKZ1DFpn
Spent the week at the World Economic History Congress #wehc2022 at the new humanities campus in Aubervilliers/Paris. Learned a lot and had great discussions about my paper "The oil in the renewable: how incumbent oil constellations have shaped renewable energy systems" pic.twitter.com/gldH7M3BMy— Óðinn Melsted (@odinnmelsted) July 29, 2022
Spent the week at the World Economic History Congress #wehc2022 at the new humanities campus in Aubervilliers/Paris. Learned a lot and had great discussions about my paper "The oil in the renewable: how incumbent oil constellations have shaped renewable energy systems" pic.twitter.com/gldH7M3BMy