I'm actually a bit dubious that it currently has 11GW, we have under 2GW citing Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources data. Although one should seldom bet against big solar installation numbers, this seems like a stretch.

One of the reasons I *really* hate populist corruption narratives is because not only are they largely untrue, they provide cover and justification for the properly corrupt 'They all do it. At least he's honest' No, they don't.We're seeing real corruption in the states and it looks very different!

It seems very likely Fox News asked for that photo of the journalist in a military uniform to prove he was a terrorist and the IDF didn't realize Fox would publish the admission that it was fake. IDF: "Unfortunately there isn't really a picture of it, it was photoshopped."

✍️ New article: Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality— Over 20 million electric cars were sold globally in 2025 — some for as little as $10,000. Even just two decades ago, that would have been impossible. The reason it's possible now?

Interestingly and worthwhile ideas in here. The contract-for-differencification of core utilities will continue until morale improves.

USD 200 a barril is the kind of carbon shock therapy that will have devastating social and economic effects across the world. Yes over long run it may shift us faster to public renewable but till then there's a lot of short term pain bsky.app/profile/bloo...

“We will restore peace, stability and harmony throughout the world"-Donald Trump @katemac.bsky.social & I decided it was time for a Polycrisis podcast about the peace, stability & harmony reigning throughout the world Enjoy our first season ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

It is absolutely stupid that a major focus of policy response to the Iran War is on the planned 1p rise in fuel duty in September (watching Trevor Phillips interview Bridget Phillipson). Of no help now to anyone to abandon it. Shows how trivial our political debate has become.

Reviewing a paper, & this is my regularly scheduled rant that while Nordhaus justifiably won the economics Nobel for developing the integrated assessment models upon which much climate work depends, he was completely unqualified to assess climate damage functions and lead us dangerously astray.

🐶♥️🐶 #dogsky

One of the side-effects of the US going maximal (regime & nuclear decapitation) and *missing*, is that there's now nowhere else for them to go as a (low cost) escalation. It's boots or nothing. While Iran now has limited incentives *not to* exploit being the maddest participant in strait-chicken.

Re: Platner - wonder how far we are from a minor BlueSky meltdown when a cartoon focus group avatar called Hank tells us in a speech bubble that: "for me, a totenkopf on a democrat merely reinforces his centrist credentials" 💬 🥲

India sets achievable green electricity and emissions intensity targets - While most analysts hailed the new 2035 goals, some said they are too easy to meet given the progress India is already making #climatecrisis Story by @joeloclimate.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2026/03/25/i...

Congrats to @bretdevereaux.bsky.social (and commiserations to the rest of us given the content) - this is as good as everyone is saying, and as comprehensive a (strategic) analysis of the US-Israeli war in Iran and its implications as is out there atm (imo). acoup.blog/2026/03/25/m...

Really important, concise sub-thread on disinformation and what can be done about it. We're all subjects of this.

Reinventing the rent-seeking-wheel like you wouldn't believe. Chains across the strait. Robert Shiller with tears in his eyes 🥲

Keep thinking of @roryjohnston.bsky.social's point that the industry holding up the US economy is both extremely energy intensive and getting exposed to a world-historical energy shock right now and the financial fallout if this all unwinds badly will be nightmarish.

The number of displaced persons in Lebanon is now over a million. 20% of the population, roughly, is unable to sleep their home tonight.

1/ Yesterday @wmo-global.bsky.social made Earth's Energy Imbalance a headline #climate indicator for the first time. I think this could be a significant reframing of climate discourse, and it's worth paying close attention to why. 🧵

What's really fun is trying to work out which of 'the Iranian state media' or 'the public declarations of the US President' are more likely to have something resembling reality about them.

Great, comprehensive thread on UK energy use and value chain - all through the lens of the distracting debate on North Sea licences, which offer relatively little energy security or consumer benefit in the coming fossil fuel crisis ⛽ Electrification ⚡ is the way.

The world energy shock is coming — it will deepen inequality in ways we've seen before. Our new @newstatesman1913.bsky.social piece argues that without urgent government action, the Strait of Hormuz crisis will ripple through our economies and rip apart our societies. Here's why. 1/

Buckle up! This is gonna cost us. Worth it tho. 💰 💵 - www.ft.com/content/4696...

I'm seeing a lot of these fake Donald Trump truths being posted on BlueSky (and lesser sites) at the moment. Its pretty easy to check, and you owe it to yourself and other people before sharing it.

My colleague Jingyi Wu recently lost her grandmother. She wrote up a short memoir of her which I share here with her permission. I just thought it was very moving and a fascinating little window into social changes in China, worth giving a read if you have a moment. www.jingyiwu.org/blog/relief-...

Dominic Cummings' no.10 command centre idea is finally picked up. Maybe he'll get a job as a bouncer again.

The real challenge for policymakers is not 'green measures or fossil fuel measures', but the need to rebalance the ratio of carrots and sticks towards 🥕 for renewable energy transition - to get there sooner! That has hard fiscal consequences and requires grasping the significance of the moment.

Agree with quite a bit of this thread on the announced UK Green economic programme - but this is the key point: It's not a programme for government, and theres a slightly silly dance between party, media and commentators that have to all act as if it is - for different reasons.

Yesterday morning I stepped outside on my balcony for coffee with my wife and our neighbor. The drone was as low as it has ever been. We saw it over our heads. Below, our alleyway had turned into a parking lot for displaced people’s cars. A school next door is hosting around 1500 people.

Since the Americans have made it relevant, there is a pub in the small town in Ireland where my family are from that has a signed copy of the front page of the GFA, and as corny as it is, you can see why Blair felt the hand of history on his shoulder.

Countries that *did* deploy a lot of renewables & electrification are already faring better than they otherwise would have . Here are some examples: 1/ Pakistan, still highly exposed to Gulf LNG supply crunch BUT estimated to save $12 billion due to solar boom: www.linkedin.com/posts/lauri-...

Nice to see we're back at green conditionality discourse again so soon. Depressing that we need the crisis/contingency to *actually hit us* before we'll consider preventative action and making some green structural reforms...

pmarca reading Scanlon: "oh man, they got this all screwed up!"

1/ Paul Ehrlich died this week at 93. The takes split into hagiography and dismissal. But the interesting question isn't whether he got it right, he didn't, it's why he got it wrong, and who was asking the right questions instead 🧵

This animated globe by @tylermorganwall gives us a rather immersive view of global population. I particularly love how clear the "empty hemisphere" appears.

Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal power #CBarchive ✍️ @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org 🎨 @jjgoodman.bsky.social Read here ➡️ buff.ly/0awDP6d

You can falsify this without even moving to a different shelf in the airport bookshop. What a disappointing antagonist.

It's honestly not hard to imagine a world where Malthusian thinking led to a modern environmentalism that grapples with a basic truth (population is a basic engine of human pressure on the planet) without drawing horrific conclusions. In my mind, the great tragedy of Ehrlich was circumventing this

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

Which country is looking at this chart and saying: "You know what? We need more gas in the system." 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Yes, there's still some way to go on the UK electricity system, but those blue bits of the diagram, showing wind and solar (& biomass) are going to keep rising, perhaps even more steeply The latest renewables auctions mean it's inevitable www.ft.com/content/1342...

It's kinda ironic that many of the fossil giants can't stop beating up on each other & neighbours long enough to consistently maintain the united front of 'the fossil-led order as stability' now in the face of a first viable alternative, from cheap renewables.

I love this joke. You love this joke. We all do. It is hilarious. Buuuuuut...you know we're about to discuss Roman calendars, right? And that this joke isn't quite right? SO! Let's talk about Roman calendars and why the 'number months' (Sept-Dec) do not match their numbers (7-10)! 1/

Gonna start opening reminiscing about how Trent was the cheat code for getting Liverpool through their Strait of Hormuz issues until someone either ask about football analytics, or takes me direct to A&E. #thevalleyofmeh

I'm not sure this is true, but it's got more truth in it than most of the retrograde conventional wisdom on geopolitics of the energy transition around western capitals.

The Strait of Hormuz is open for transit

As a climate and energy reporter, I have to admit continued frustration in trying to convince people that electrification is a climate solution, regardless of what is used to generate the power. Sigh...

Can anyone explain to me what the Blue Labour justification for this is? Who out there will vote Labour because Mahmood prevented a Sudanese Chevening Scholar? And to be honest, why won’t the PM simply overrule her?

More solid data on #agrivoltaics Humid v’s dry, Do solar panels hurt crop yields? It depends on where you farm.  A new study shows agrivoltaics can cut #maize yields in humid regions but boost #soybean production in drier climates. #energysky #agsky www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/03/how-...