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Heat pump appreciation account.
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Wolfgang Blau
about 9 hours ago
âThe real surprise from the OECDâs subsidy numbers is that it cost China less than $18bn in sectoral support over 15 years to build an industry that can now provide more clean power than the world can readily absorb.â
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Wasting Chinaâs solar panel surplus is madness
Clean power is within our reach â yet factories sit idle
https://www.ft.com/content/b6cac184-75a4-47ab-94c5-5eb8c92cd407?shareType=nongift
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Tom Quinn
6 days ago
This single shipload of electric vehicles from BYD will cut Australia's annual fuel demand by at least 6 million litres This is what genuine fuel security looks like - not tanks of diesel and rushed trade deals, but cutting our exposure permanently to overseas fossil fuel supply.
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An enormous ship docked in Melbourne on Sunday. Its cargo could permanently change Australian motoring
In a major flex of Chinese industrial muscle, a company has used its own purpose-built ship to respond to rampant demand from Australian consumers.
https://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/an-enormous-ship-docked-in-melbourne-today-its-cargo-could-permanently-change-australian-motoring-20260531-p602f6.html?btis
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"The Americans have created the behemoth tech companies... and we will all use their technology whether we like it or not." Tell me again how we have agency, Tony đ
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Simon Evans
11 days ago
While Tony Blair is trashing UK govt energy policy, NESTA analysis finds "early signs [it] may be working" 2022: Gas prices went up 100%, electricity 83% (roughly 1:1) 2026: Gas +28%, elec 6% (5:1 = "electricity beginning to decouple from gas")
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Jacob Aron
11 days ago
The fact that Blair thinks this is a genuine dichotomy, when in reality renewables have never been cheaper and fossil fuels are increasingly expensive, suggests he really isn't paying attention
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Christabel Cooper
11 days ago
The reactions to this are mainly focused on the move to the right, but what's really striking in reading Blair's essay in full, is how little Labour's most electorally successful politician understands the current electorate.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tony Blair tells Starmer and rivals: abandon net zero and move closer to Trump
In highly unusual intervention, ex-PM says his partyâs âalmost infinite capacity for self-delusionâ makes it likely to lose next election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/26/tony-blair-labour-abandon-net-zero-support-donald-trump
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Andrew Richards
11 days ago
If he had listened to Farming Today 10 minutes earlier, he would have heard East Anglian and Lincolnshire farmers talking about how climate change means spring crops may no longer be viable. And that has knock-ons in terms of crop rotation and soil health for winter crops.
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Leo Hickman
11 days ago
Somewhat incredibly, Tony Blair has chosen the week that the UK's temperature record for May has been smashed by more than 2C to reiterate his hot take on net-zero Job done, though, as all the UK media is now leading with him saying "drill, baby, drill" rather than the exceptionally extreme weather
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Dave Jones
12 days ago
In April, almost twice as many people googled "solar panel" than in any month, everđ€Ż If that's not a sign...;)
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Jack Stilgoe
12 days ago
The Pope has done a rather lovely critique of technological instrumentalism for AI
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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Jonn Elledge
14 days ago
trains - they're good! build more of them! in other cities too!
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Jonathan Portes
18 days ago
- Subsidising consumption in the face of a supply shock - reducing incentives to drive less/switch to EVs - using up limited fiscal space to help better-off drivers rather than the most vulnerable. Hard to think of a worse policy right now.
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ceej
18 days ago
one of my favorite facts about the US coal industry is that it employs less people than Broadway
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John Oxley
18 days ago
The government seems to believe it's main problem is Comms, not policy, but we could now be six weeks into a big "This is what is happening, this is what it means" campaign about oil prices... And we just aren't?
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Andrew Sissons
18 days ago
Got to be honest, loosening sanctions on Russia before weâve even tried any basic demand-side measures is not filling me with pride or joy
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UK loosens Russian oil sanctions as fuel prices rise
The waiver reflects increasing supply concerns over certain fuels due to the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy42x3g7r89o
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Ruth Mottram
22 days ago
Fascinating + beautifully visualised analysis, exploring convincingly why birth rates are crashing everywhere. Spoiler: there are many factors, but the smoking gun is a smartphone. Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once - a limited đ
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Why birth rates are falling everywhere all at once
Homes and phones are part of the reason for the demographic shift changing our world
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/8bf630d4-6e20-42c7-bb33-e98dd6a01571
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cringe at "Londonmaxxing" aside, yay buses!
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I was today years old when I found out "nuclear techniques" are a thing in farming
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absolutely horrific, forensically reported piece. How so much of the western world can turn a blind eye to these systemic abuses is beyond me:
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.-rR5.t51EtVjQ9vdN&smid=url-share
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David Roberts
28 days ago
At this point, solving climate change is cheaper than not solving it -- not only on some grand 50 year time horizon, but tomorrow, today, immediately. Soving climate change *is* affordability. Maybe Dems should tell voters about that.
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Ketan Joshi
30 days ago
âTo switch on that one data center, we would need to shut off power for half the country,â he said of the project. âThatâs when I knew there was a problem.â
www.semafor.com/article/05/0...
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Scott Horton
about 1 month ago
Trump has pulled off an improbable feat: the oilmanâs president has made fossil fuels both expensive and unreliable. People used to worry that addiction to oil made us dependent on Middle Eastern autocracies. We have learnt since 2022 that it also makes us dependent on Trump, Putin and Netanyahu.
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How the oilmanâs president boosted a green transition
Donald Trumpâs Iran war has made fossil fuels expensive and unreliable
https://www.ft.com/content/a55fb3cb-2b04-4608-9b96-6544e8b803df?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Andreas Sieber
about 1 month ago
đšGREAT NEWS đš There is actually significantly more investment into
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crisis. At the same time, this illegal war by the US and Israel is horrible and must stop - we must not forget about the people suffering and who makes them suffer.
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fascinating that UAE is explicitly framing its OPEC exit as a response to the rise of renewables "We are not choosing between oil and the energy transition. We are funding one with the other."
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Why the UAE really left Opec
Leaving the oil cartel is not just a commercial decision â it reflects structural changes in global energy markets
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/61e31c5c-edbb-481a-8b50-7943f63b0e94
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Dave Jones
about 1 month ago
NEW: Confirmation of just how cheap NEAR-BASELOAD solar has ALREADY become. $50-80/MWh for solar+battery firmed to 95% of the year in sunbelt countries (excl US) in 2025 - how can fossil fuels compete with that?!đ€Ż Plus, more falls to come this decadeđȘ
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what a delightfully wholesome fad
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Brazil caught up in craze for whistling-only WhatsApp groups
Some chats can get up to 600 voice notes a day and reach the 1,024-member limit in less than 24 hours
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/brazil-craze-whistling-only-whatsapp-groups?CMP=default&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=LinkedIn#Echobox=1777979985
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David Fickling
about 1 month ago
WOW: The UAEâs decision to quit OPEC looks like one of the biggest crude producers joining the âpeak oil demandâ camp. Hereâs why: đ§”
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wow. a chief constable found in contempt of court surely has to be a resigning matter. kudos to this women for pursuing justice
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Ryan C. Smith
about 1 month ago
Our present energy crisis has opened the door to putting an end to fossil fuels, once and for all. The United Arab Emirates' exit from OPEC has taken that door off its hinges and will likely be seen as the critical point when the shift to renewables went from likely to inevitable. 22/x
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Kate Mackenzie
about 1 month ago
Re UAE's OPEC decision Oil has a different role for UAE's economy to Saudi Arabia's. UAE has lower dependence (oil:population ratio is more favourable) versus the high Saudi "fiscal breakeven" - ie Saudi requires a higher price to keep society content.
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in no world is this a legitimate military target
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Andrew Sissons
about 1 month ago
New Nesta paper by me and colleagues: How to respond to the energy crisis (and make it the last one ever) We set out three key things the UK government should do: 1) A big push on low cost energy efficiency 2) Electrify, fast! 3) Use the crisis to lock in stable energy bills for the long term
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How to respond to the energy crisis
How the government can respond to an energy crisis by reducing reliance on oil and gas
https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/how-to-respond-to-the-energy-crisis/
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Justin Gerdes
about 1 month ago
@iea.org
's Fatih Birol: âThe vase is broken, the damage is done â it will be very difficult to put the pieces back together. This will have permanent consequences for the global energy markets for years to come.â
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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âThe damage is doneâ: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agencyâs Fatih Birol, the worldâs leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol
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Justin Mikulka
about 1 month ago
Head of IEA today: "There will be a significant boost to renewables and nuclear power and a further shift towards a more electrified future,â he said. âAnd this will cut into the main markets for oil.â
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âThe damage is doneâ: global oil crisis has changed fossil fuel industry for ever, IEA chief says
Exclusive: International Energy Agencyâs Fatih Birol, the worldâs leading energy economist, also says UK should largely forgo North Sea expansion
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/24/global-oil-crisis-changed-fossil-fuel-industry-for-ever-iea-chief-fatih-birol
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Josh Gabbatiss
about 1 month ago
A few weeks ago, I published some analysis showing that the UK government had massively underestimated the emissions from the data centres driving the country's "AI revolution". Now, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has published some new numbers and they are... a lot higher.
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John Oxley
about 2 months ago
This is also why universal demand subsidies in rich countries are immoral.
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Alexander Chee
about 2 months ago
Huge fan of food.
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Kate Mackenzie
about 2 months ago
Even if not outbid, spot market prices are so much higher that itâs going to hurt. At least PKâs solar boom makes it a little more cushioned relative to Bangladesh. Poor countries reliant upon LNG imports are in a bad place.
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Paul Boldrin
about 2 months ago
In case there are any left-wing people supporting a universal subsidisation of energy - and unfortunately in the UK it's Green Party policy - this is what it means. The only fair and just thing to do is for rich countries to accelerate decarbonisation and limit fossil fuel use as much as possible.
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đsummer soundtrack just dropped this pan-Caribbean fossil free anthem is a banger
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Bomba Estéreo, Trooko, Walshy Fire, J Noa, Baha Men - Cielo Azul (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bomba Estéreo
https://youtu.be/uAn33LSWo-Q?si=lFPUn-4dPV9elcCd
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Helen Pearson
about 2 months ago
This is absolutely heartbreaking
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/o...
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Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/measles-child-britain-vaccination.html?unlocked_article_code=1.c1A.oKVW.lTjV74zkTL6S&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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renewables literally overtook coal in global electricity generation last year. Solar alone met 75% of demand growth. Update your sources, dude
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
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Thomas I-G
about 2 months ago
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please talk to your boomer uncles about AI-generated rage bait
www.desmog.com/2026/04/17/s...
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Sri Lankan âGriftersâ Pumping Out AI âEnergy Policy Rage Baitâ on UK Facebook Feeds Sri Lankan âGriftersâ Pumping Out AI âEnergy Policy Rage Baitâ on UK Facebook Feeds
Experts say mass-produced AI misinformation is the ânew Cambridge Analytica scandalâ.
https://www.desmog.com/2026/04/17/sri-lankan-grifters-pumping-out-ai-energy-policy-rage-bait-on-uk-facebook-feeds/
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Nicolas Fulghum
about 2 months ago
NEW | Clean power met ALL the growth in global electricity demand in 2025 Solar generation alone met THREE QUARTERS of the demand rise and grew by 30%. Fossil generation stagnated (-0.2%). đ§” A thread on changes in the global power system in 2025...
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Justin Mikulka
about 2 months ago
I know this is true. I've known it for a while. I still have trouble believing it each time I see it because it is so mind boggling. This is the fourth largest economy in the world. "Fossil gas down 60% in 2026 v 2023."
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occasionally I find a news article I wrote cited in an academic paper. Is there a way to find out how many academic citations I have?
about 2 months ago
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David Weiskopf believes in you
about 2 months ago
Car Tailpipes are the largest source of climate pollution in the United States.
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Leah McElrath
about 2 months ago
Israel killed an average of at least 47 girls and women per day in Gaza. A new analysis published by the United Nations shows that more than 38,000 girls and women were killed in between October 2023 and December 2025.
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More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and December 2025 â UN Women | UN Women â Headquarters
Six months after the ceasefire, and as regional developments shift global attention, UN Women warns that women and girls in Gaza remain at critical risk.
https://www.unwomen.org/en/news-stories/press-release/2026/04/more-than-38000-women-and-girls-were-killed-in-gaza-between-october-2023-and-december-2025-un-women?utm_content=buffercacb5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
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Ketan Joshi
about 2 months ago
"Asked by Axios last week at an energy conference in Houston about how natural gas jives with the companyâs clean energy goals and overall strategy, Googleâs head of advanced energy, Michael Terrell, said: âWe donât have anything to say on that.â"
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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