Tony Blair’s oil lobbying is a misleading rehash of fossil fuel industry spin - Ex-PM’s thinktank urges more drilling and fewer renewables, ignoring evidence that clean energy is cheaper and better for bills #climatecrisis By @fionaharvey.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Recent talk recorded with slides. Available at: climateuncensored.com/a-velvet-or-... The presentation builds on and expands my short contribution to last November’s National Emergency Briefing. climateuncensored.com/national-eme... Duration: 50-minute talk followed by a 30-minute Q&A.

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Hoppsan! Vem kunde ha anat detta ?? Växjö bromsar koldioxidinfångning – riskerna är för stora www.di.se/nyheter/vaxj... #CCS #carboncapture #svpol #klimat #whiteelephant

Who could have seen this coming? Carbon capture was never the plan, it was the comfort blanket: “Don’t worry, we’ll fix it later". A story to delay real cuts while drilling rolls on. When the industry feels powerful & secure, the fairy tale goes back on the shelf.

“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.” Sounds accurate to me.

‘Point-of-no-return’: Lock-in of a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, warn scientists - Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Sprickor och korrosion pga lastföljning? - bara under 2020-23 kostade trasig fransk kärnkraft ägaren EDF över 400 Mdkr www.lecanardenchaine.fr/economie/530... #nuclear #elpris #modulation Oklart hur mycket de trasiga reaktorerna kostat EUs elkunder, inkl svenska, i form av kraftigt höjda elpriser

Cancer risk may increase with proximity to nuclear power plants | Harvard THChan hsph.harvard.edu/news/cancer-... #nuclear #kärnkraft #SMR #svpol

Refreshing to see criminal and journalistic investigations go forward in Norway. The scandal is meaningful and there is a meaningful response. All of us should do so well. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Despite the hype from the #nuclear industry and its boosters, the latest status report shows that its renaissance remains a mirage, and reactor numbers are falling.

The worst people in the world doing evil and stupid things.

These US states want polluters to pay for the rising insurance costs of climate disasters. Proposals by California, Hawaii and New York lawmakers aim to hold fossil fuel industry accountable for soaring rates. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I bought all seven, just to own the libs www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice.

We just interviewed Epstein survivor Anouska de Georgiou. This is one of the most powerful and important interviews we have ever posted on the channel. Everyone needs to hear Anouska's story and what she has to say about Epstein, Maxwell, Trump, the DOJ, and more.

Many people assume solar PV degrades quickly. Long-term evidence suggests otherwise. This paper in EES Solar uses rare multi-decade field data to show that PV systems can retain a high share of their initial performance after 30 years, with lower degradation than often assumed. Link in comments.

Stark warning’: #pesticide harm to wildlife rising globally, study finds - Toxicity from farm chemicals increased for most species groups between 2013 and 2019, with #insects worst affected www.theguardian.com/environment/...

(FT) - Canada will open a consulate in Greenland on Friday in a show of support for the Arctic island after US threats to take control of the country. @financialtimes.com 🇨🇦 www.ft.com/content/7c78...

💯 Ungdomsföreningen Aurora ger sig inte – stämmer staten för klimatpolitiken igen! Hjältar som kämpar. Nu ger vi dem fullt stöd 👏 omni.se/a/M714zm

Indeed he is, as I reported on last year for @desmog.com. www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...

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Bjørn Lomborg har kritiserats för att tona ned hotet från klimatkrisen och skriver ledartexter hos SvD. När hans tankesmedja behövde pengar träffade han Epstein. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/bO...

Jörgen Warborn (M) ledde EU:s arbete för att lätta upp bolagsregler. I samarbete med Der Spiegel kan Aftonbladet nu avslöja att hans kontakter med amerikanska organisationer som velat påverka EU:s klimatlagar varit fler och djupare än vad som tidigare varit känt. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/aJ...

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A reminder! George Lakoff came up with the 'truth sandwich' concept during Trump's first term. It's not magic but it's good basic information hygiene and should be the default when fighting against bullshit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_s...

Ultra-processed foods should be treated more like cigarettes than food – study

Good morning with good news: US Virtual Power Plant capacity rose 21% in 2025, reaching 38.6 GW! VPPs "deploy capacity faster and at a lower cost than fossil-fueled generation." VPPs include battery storage & thermostat programs. 21752392.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/217523... #energysky

The perfect greenwashing tool - Actually exists somewhere else - Expensive enough to justify a shitload of subsidies - Lengthy enough in timeline to always be 'around the corner' perpetually

Kommentar: Riksdagsvalet avgör vad Vattenfall ska satsa på

FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s push to lift the ban on Russia reveals a complete and total moral rot. As Russia continues to slaughter Ukrainian athletes and footballers daily, FIFA is prepared to welcome the murderers back to the field. Lifting this ban doesn’t just let Russia compete;

Is tyre pollution causing mass deaths in vulnerable salmon populations? Research suggests a chemical tyre additive is harming endangered fish species www.theguardian.com/environment/... #TyreRubberChemicals #cartyres #bildäck #cars #6PPD #quinone #mikroplast #microplastics

Moving more electricity use off-peak could save the country up to $3 billion and transform the energy system in the process. The study found New Zealand could, through fully exploiting modern technologies, lower electricity use at the busiest times by up to 25%. www.eeca.govt.nz/about/news-a...

Right now, the jet stream is bulging far north over the western U.S. while plunging deep south over the east, allowing Arctic air to spill unusually far south. The pattern is becoming more common as the Arctic warms faster than the rest of the planet.

Today we won. A U.S. District Court ruled that the administration violated federal law when it secretly convened a group of climate contrarians to produce a thoroughly debunked report to overturn the Endangerment Finding. The science still matters. We won't stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...

Solar panels installed on rooftops of 175,000 Puerto Rican homes, 160,000 have storage - first operational virtual power plant (VPP) in Latin America and Caribbean, delivering electricity to three million residents. www.theenergymix.com/puerto-ricos...

Small amounts of radioactive substances have been detected in air samples in Finland. STUK said that the radioactive substances did not originate from Finnish #nuclear power plants, though it did not offer an explanation for their detection. armenpress.am/en/article/1...

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

Our new paper is out in @nature.com "Pesticide residues alter taxonomic and functional biodiversity in soils" Largest in field assessmnt of pesticide effects on soil life🧬🇪🇺🦠🍄 www.nature.com/articles/s41... @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @panospanagos.bsky.social @mvanderheijden.bsky.social

Yes, who wrote this email to Jeffrey Epstein — and why did DOJ redact his name?

Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.

"We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled." That's from a group of more than a dozen prominent climate scientists. Probably nothing.

#EDF has found more than 80 cases of stress corrosion cracking across its French #nuclear reactor fleet since 2021, France’s nuclear safety authority ASNR said on Tuesday. montelnews.com/fr/news/a5e4...

The headlines of top 6 stories currently on the NY Times homepage: “Trump expected to announce” “Can Trump Really Give” “Trump Sues…Demands” “Trump Threatens” “Trump Weighs” “Trump Confronts” Good example of the media reinforcing what @donmoyn.bsky.social calls the “personalist presidency.”

In August 2021, I started running weekly simulations of Australia's main electricity grid to show that it's possible to get very close to 100% renewable supply with just enough storage to supply average demand for 5 hours. Here are learnings from 4 years of simulations: /1

Med Trump är det bara att glömma att köpa ny kärnkraft från USA Glöm amerikanska Westinghouse:s AP1000 och General Electric:s SMR-reaktor BWRX300 #nuclear #kärnkraft #SMR #GE #BWRX #AP1000 #Kärnfull #Vattenfall #ebbabusch #niklaswykman #säkpol #svpol

Europe’s nuclear industry “is dead” and the region should prioritise renewables, batteries and demand response instead, analysts told Montel, in the wake of the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warning of a capacity shortfall. montelnews.com/news/d7a7a32...

France must plan now for the closure of some nuclear reactors or face investment barriers “that would be impossible to overcome” in replacing them, the head of the ASNR nuclear safety authority said on Tuesday. montelnews.com/news/4dfe028...

Pesticide cocktails’ polluting apples across Europe, study finds. Pan Europe found several pesticide residues in 85% of apples, with some showing traces of up to seven chemicals. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

NEW: An Oxford study finds nearly half the world could face extreme heat by 2050 if warming hits 2.0°C - a scenario scientists say is increasingly likely. Researchers call it 'a wake-up call.' 🧵 [1/7]