New infographic map linking roadmaps for transitioning 150 countries to 100% WindWaterSolar for all energy purposes while reducing annual energy costs, social costs, energy use, and mortalities and morbidities. sites.google.com/stanford.edu... Here's the paper: web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

thinking about the gould quote again

Making connections - my news to me good news for April 27 #EarthOptimism www.zmescience.com/ecology/anim...

About 20 years ago, lighting was the single largest use of electricity in American homes. But energy-efficient lightbulbs has shrunk the category to sixth place! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Norway sold 12 petrol cars in February 2026. Out of 7,272 new passenger car registrations, 98% were fully electric. Just 67 diesel & 12 petrol cars were registered. Hybrids? Only 66 in total mostly plug ins. More in my new Substack newsletter coming out every 7 days. Sign up here: t.co/In5lBaF2ox

Exciting news in Seattle! Banning cars from Pike Place Market from 10am-4pm saw retail sales rise 9.2% and restaurant sales rise 10.2% last summer. Now, the city moves to make the pedestrianization more permanent.

Reposting with hydro added to the chart, as it’s relevant in Uruguay.

The transformation of abandoned coal mines in the United Kingdom into renewable energy hubs represents a powerful shift in post-industrial land use strategy. These former fossil fuel sites are now being repurposed to generate clean wind and geothermal energy

Illustrates why fossils stand no chance against electrifying & providing the electricity with WindWaterSolar Huge reduction end-use energy due to efficiency of electricity over combustion & no more need to mine, transport, refine fossils (11% of world energy) More: web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/j...

My news to me good news for April 25. The US may be moving backwards, but the world is not. #EarthOptimism cleantechnica.com/2026/04/03/e...

Knowledge is power. finance.yahoo.com/sectors/ener...

This is a big deal and my news to me good news for April 23 #EarthOptimism www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I want everyone to see this video because like with any cause, hope for a better future instead of cynicism is imperative. This video is long, but really inspiring! This #EarthDay I want you to act knowing what you do will have an impact an the future can be bright because of what we do now! 🌿🌎🌿

The rise of the heat pump in NYC permits. 2021-2025.

Amazing! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/c...

We can do better here in the US!! www.zmescience.com/science/news...

As people noted in the thread -- there's ample evidence that protecting habitat and endangered species populations works! "A study in 2006 suggested that without [the US Endangered Species Act], an estimated 227 species would have gone extinct." (Other species in the ecosystem also benefit.)

In Canada, the Fisheries Act was our most potent legislation with teeth. I wrote about this. bsky.app/profile/andr...

In honor of Earth Day: a thread of environmental wins

We're just beginning to really do this at scale - huge upsides when done right in the right place. My news to me good news for #EarthDay #EarthOptimism www.zmescience.com/science/agri...

On the first #EarthDay in 1970, the NYT's title read "Mood is joyful as city [NY] gives its support." Even though joy has been replaced by anger and despair in many headlines, it's worth remembering that we have made progress on a surprising number of things. timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...

Beavers to the rescue - my news to me good news for April 21. #EarthOptimism www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/be...

More than half of all new EU buses are electric. At this rate, Europe's 2035 target of 100% zero emission bus sales could be reached as early as 2028. www.linkedin.com/posts/gavinm...

Welcome back to #StatsSunday — your statistical fix, pulled from this week’s stories.⁠ Read the story behind this stat here: https://reasonstobecheerful.world/india-sacred-groves-conservation/

Accidental nature thrives - my news to me good news for April 19. Just because I live in rural Maine doesn't mean I don't love cities! #EarthOptimism www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Even in the US - my news to me good news for April 18 #EarthOptimism reasonstobecheerful.world/us-grid-batt...

we can make a difference. www.ehn.org/pfas-seabird...

Why did the tiger (not) cross the road - My news to me good news for April 17 (and it's not just about paint) #EarthOptimism www.ecoticias.com/en/india-is-...

Fingers crossed... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Yes! yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/a-ve...

How to retire a cranberry bog - my news to me good news for April 16 #EarthOptimism apnews.com/article/cran...

EV transport driven by women for women passengers www.thisdaylive.com/2026/03/11/t...

Tres bien Marseille! Rebounding seagrass after pollution reduction is my news to me good news for April 15 #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism news.mongabay.com/2026/04/a-fr...

March 2026: Australian households matched ~9% of global utility-scale battery additions. Let that figure sink in. A country of 27M is competing with the world’s grid builders… from garages. This isn’t adoption. It’s decentralisation eating the system. ⚡🔋 #Bettrification

With the discovery of 30% more world lithium resources in one year, battery-electric vehicle and stationary battery storage prices should continue to drop rapidly, facilitating world electrification and the inevitable transition to 100% WindWaterSolar across all energy sectors.

I didn't even realize this was an issue (my bad) but so glad in some places it no longer is. My news to me good news for April 14 #EarthOptimism yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/how-...

more important than ever now... nicenews.com/health-and-w...

For people who don't NYC is a tidal estuary. It has currents. The "safe to eat" designation is both because *decades* of cleanup has reduced PCB levels and because the fish they've selected are migratory.

France 🇫🇷 doubles electrification support to €10bn/year through 2030 — EVs, heat pumps, industry. The reason? The Strait of Hormuz crisis making fossil fuel dependence impossible to ignore. Geopolitical shocks don’t just raise prices. They change what’s politically possible.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

Good news, everybody!

India isn’t chasing targets anymore—it’s smashing them while setting new records at the same time. 150 GW solar crossed. +44.6 GW added in a year (+87% YoY). 50% non-fossil capacity hit 5 years early. “Impossible” wasn’t physics—it was policy lag. #Bettrification

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

Heat batteries are a game changer for decarbonising heat. Polar Night Energy and Lahti Energia Oy have partnered to construct what is expected to become the world’s largest sand-based thermal energy storage system, to be built in Vääksy, Finland. www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/worl...

After disappearing from the Milwaukee River in the early 20th century due to overfishing and habitat loss, the new discovery of an adult sturgeon 20 miles upstream from Lake Michigan is a milestone in a massive restoration project that’s been underway for 20 years www.wuwm.com/lake-sturgeo...

#Norway is doubling down on electric maritime transport in a big way, placing an order for 20 of Candela’s P-12 electric hydrofoil ferries in what’s being described as the largest deployment of its kind to date. electrek.co/2026/04/09/n... #shipping #oliandgas #ActOnClimate #ElectricShips

Vermonters reimagine solar farms with sheep and pollinators www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...

There's a lot being shared right now about China's incredible shift towards renewable energy - and rightly so. But this, from the UK, is equally astonishing & encouraging. It's not just that change can happen. It's that it *is* happening. (Via climateactapp.substack.com/p/your-daily...)

amazing when you think about it... www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

These Palo Alto teenagers are leading their city’s charge toward induction stoves. www.canarymedia.com/articles/ele...