‘These trees may not survive’: #Jordan ’s ancient #olive harvest wilts under record-breaking #heatwave is facing its weakest olive oil season in four decades, with production down as much as 70%. This year, temperatures were 10-15C above average. www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateEmergency

#DominionEnergy is suing the #DonaldTrump administration after he stopped five #offshorewind projects currently under construction – including Dominion’s 2.6 gigawatt Coastal #Virginia Offshore Wind, the largest offshore wind farm in the US scheduled to come online soon electrek.co/2025/12/31/t...

In #Copenhagen there are 745,800 #bicycles for 546,000 residents. That's nearly 1.4 bikes for every person. In Amsterdam, the story is similar. And across the entire Netherlands, 28% of all trips - nearly one in three - are made by #bicycle #SmartCities #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow

#DonaldTrump has scaled back #tariffs that would have doubled the cost of Italian pasta brands, as he faces political pressure over the high cost of living. Tariffs on #Barilla #LaMolisana #PastificioLucioGarofalo fell from from 92% to 2% - 14% www.ft.com/content/670b... #inflation #Republicans

A parent may be able to change a nappy in moments, but it can languish in a landfill for centuries. Fungi, nature’s decomposers, are being enlisted to speed up the job. Their enzymatic prowess is attracting entrepreneurs who think they can do what modern recycling can’t www.ft.com/content/5697...

How #Nokia went from #iPhone victim to $1bn #Nvidia deal Its pivot, providing the hardware needed to connect cloud services/data centres, was endorsed by Nvidia. The two companies have entered into a strategic partnership to incorporate #AI into telecoms networks www.ft.com/content/0a07... via @FT

Bethlehem’s former steelworkers watch as #DonaldTrump promises revival - He says his tariffs can make areas such as the Lehigh Valley industrial again. “Other steel companies are coming to Pennsylvania now. It’s amazing” Nobody has seen a new company www.ft.com/content/ea40... via @FT #Lies

Hap-hap-happy New One, Bluesky friends and mutuals 🥳 I hope 2026 is good to you all

2025 was another big year for EU trade. Forging new partnerships that strengthen our economy. And bring certainty in uncertain times. We secure the interests of 🇪🇺 industry, farmers and consumers while delivering real benefits for our partners. That’s Europe’s way of doing business.

2025 was another one of record-setting heat and catastrophic storms. But across the US, the #climatecrisis showed up in smaller, deeply personal ways too. There were no bites where fish were once abundant and forests turned to meadows after a big burn www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #DonaldTrump

Israel’s ban on aid organisations working in #Gaza will have “catastrophic” consequences for the delivery of vital services and will put Palestinian lives “at imminent risk”, diplomats, humanitarian workers and experts say www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... #BenjaminNetanyahu #WarCriminal

#France intends to follow #Australia and ban #socialmedia platforms for children. A draft bill will be submitted for legal checks and is expected to be debated in parliament early in the new year www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... #MarkZuckerberg #X #Tiktok #HateSpeech #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk

#ElonMusk claims #TeslaModelY is best-selling car in the world, but there are serious doubts. Musk’s claim appears to be disconnected from reality. The trend lines paint a clear picture: #Toyota has likely reclaimed the throne decisively electrek.co/2025/12/31/e... #DonaldTrump #ElectricVehicles

Australian households in three states will soon be guaranteed at least three hours of free, solar-powered electricity each days. The initiative underscores how quickly #solarenergy is rising as a dominant power source— a fully solar-powered future may arrive much sooner than #DonaldTrump thinks

#DonaldTrump bullies small countries, has a weak backbone when it comes to strong countries... and he hates Europe, where 27 states are shaping their future together and growing ever closer. #Republicans #MakeAmericaSmall #FutureOfEurope

Analysts say that despite #DonaldTrump ’s efforts, #coal is in structural decline and unlikely to lead to the construction of new mines or plants. They expect consumption to dip in 2026 as more #renewables come online www.ft.com/content/6276... #RenewableEnergy cheaper than coal and #oilandgas

Tomorrow, Bulgaria joins the euro area. This milestone reflects years of hard work and commitment. Now it means simpler payments, easier travel and so many new opportunities for Bulgarian businesses. Поздравления, България! You can be proud of what you achieved.

#vonderLeyen on the 40th anniversary of Portugal's membership in the EU: #Portugal paved the way for #renewableenergy in Europe.Together we are building new schools and hospitals. And we supported the building of the incredible #VascodaGama bridge, the longest in Europe ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

#vonderLeyen on the 40th anniversary of Spain's membership in the EU: Your country has been transformed. #Spain is now an economic powerhouse, with the second most advanced tourism economy in the world. And a pioneer in #renewableenergy and #sustainabletransport ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

EU to launch #carbon border tax despite opposition from trade partners - It is intended to prevent EU companies that have to pay for their emissions being undercut by cheaper, more heavily polluting competition www.ft.com/content/9e4a... via @FT #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow #steel #chemicals

#JavierMilei battles to bring multinationals back to Argentina as a long-running exodus of foreign groups from Argentina has continued, with HSBC and Carrefour among a dozen major companies announcing their exits under Milei www.ft.com/content/6c7e... via @FT #DonaldTrump #populism #Republicans

Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across #Africa. This has happened at startling speed. Solar has risen from almost nothing in 2019 to 10% of South Africa’s electricity-generating capacity whilst #DonaldTrump ia making #China great with #oilandgas www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

#Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C. It is getting warmer due to global heating caused by the combustion of fossil fuels and the release of CO2 . In May, there were recordbreaking #heatwaves with areas 3C-4C hotter than usual www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Russia says it has moved #Oreshnik missiles into #Belarus Warcriminal #VladimirPutin has claimed the weapons are impossible to intercept because the missile speeds are supposedly more than 10 times the speed of sound. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2... #DonaldTrump #MarkRutte #vonderLeyen

EIA: All net new generating capacity in 2026 may be #renewables As 2025 draws to a close, it is clear that, notwithstanding the roadblocks created by #DonaldTrump, growth by #renewableenergy sources and #batter storage has greatly outpaced #fossilfuels electrek.co/2025/12/29/e... #ActOnClimate

The remarkable height of the #Dutch did not appear overnight. The real change began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when living conditions started to improve rapidly. Better access to nutritious food, cleaner water, advances in healthcare allowed children to grow to their full potential.

It's good to see such infrastructure being developed in the EU #DonaldTrump wants to destroy the EU, but Europe can show its teeth when it matters. His billionair sycophants will not succeed in determining Europe's digital rules. #ElonMusk #MarkZuckerberg #BillGates #Apple #X #Facebook

#Australia is home to the world’s first fully solar-powered passenger train. #ByronBay Solar Train runs entirely on solar energy, no fuel, no wires, and zero emissions. The train was retrofitted with #solarpanels and more power comes from panels on the station’s roof www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCe-...

2025 momentum shifted unmistakably toward the energy that streams from the Sun. #Renewableenergy, most of it from sunlight itself or from wind, overtook conventional energy on multiple fronts. www.science.org/content/arti... #ActOnClimate #renewables cheaper than #oilandgas #DonaldTrump #SolarPower

The US dollar is heading for its steepest annual drop since 2017, with Wall Street predicting further weakness next year after #DonaldTrump #tradewars sparked fears for the world’s biggest economy. The € is the winner against the faltering dollar, surging 14% www.ft.com/content/1712... #Republicans

The human cost of a world without rules - Atrocities and appalling human rights abuses have still proliferated through those decades. But the US retreat from the world and from the post-1945 pledges makes lawlessness all the more prevalent www.ft.com/content/9b76... via @FT #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk

Climate policy suffers blistering setbacks in 2025 despite clean energy boom. The setback occurred as the world is on course to overshoot the 1.5C rise. The past 3 yrs have ranked as the hottest on record, bringing #wildfires #heatwaves #floods #storms www.ft.com/content/b5e8... via @FT #DonaldTrump

A New Year is coming the fight for justice will keep going #EpsteinFiles

As bad as this year has been for Americans, and innocent people elsewhere in the world, it’s going to be worse for Chump in the last days of 2025. Indie journalists will spend these last few days pointing out EVERY criminal act Chump and his regime have committed. Just in time for 2026 to start.

Well done, who ever sunk this Russian Ghost Ship.

Extremes of weather have pushed nature to its limits in 2025, putting wildlife, plants and landscapes under severe pressure #BenMcCarthy, the head of nature conservation said: “Heat, drought and fire are the defining headlines of 2025 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #NationalTrust #ActOnClimate

#AfD invited to join Munich Security Conference 2026 after #JDVance lambasted its exclusion in a blistering speech at this year’s event in which he accused Germany of stifling free speech by sidelining the anti-migrant, pro-Kremlin party www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d... #Vaterlandsveräter

#China’s massive #treeplanting efforts began changing the environment itself. It stands as a reminder that large-scale environmental actions don’t just restore landscapes—they can actually transform climate behavior, proving how deeply connected forests are to the balance of nature #ActOnClimate

During the Dutch Golden Age, #Amsterdam was thinking centuries ahead when it came to clean water. At a time when most European cities still depended on polluted rivers or open canals, Amsterdam developed one of Europe’s earliest organized urban water systems. #SmartCities

A major link in Tesla’s 4680 #battery supply chain has just snapped. South Korean supplier L&F Co. said that the value of its massive supply deal with #Tesla has been slashed by over 99%, a catastrophic drop in demand for its in-house battery cells electrek.co/2025/12/29/t... #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump

Does #Volkswagen really want a change? “With an entry-level price at €25000, we are making electric mobility accessible to many people” #VW said. But now it seems that the cheapest #IDPolo won’t be available at launch. VW will only offer more expensive trims over €30 000 electrek.co/2025/12/29/v...

#VolodymyrZelenskyy calls for 50-year US #securityguarantee for Ukraine after the US offered a 15-year guarantee. Further sticking points remain around the issue of territory and who would manage the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant www.ft.com/content/c490... #DonaldTrump #VladimirPutin

China uses green tech dominance to take early lead in clean fuels race. #Envision one of the largest #windturbine manufacturers is using #windenergy to produce green #ammonia, selling it for use in fertilisers and chemicals and as a fuel for #shipping www.ft.com/content/7728... via @FT #ActOnClimate

Europe’s largest defence groups set to return $5bn in taxpayers money to shareholders in 2025 rewarding investors after a surge in global military spending following the war in Ukraine. It is probably cheaper to nationalize defence companies. No profit for war www.ft.com/content/79c3... via @FT

#DonaldTrump and #VolodymyrZelenskyy talks fail to deliver breakthrough on Ukraine peace deal - A day after a major missile and drone attack by Russia on Kyiv the meeting marked the culmination of intense diplomacy to halt the biggest land war in Europe in 80 yrs www.ft.com/content/f88f... via @FT

The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.

2025 comes to an end. It’s been a strong year for deployment and innovation, but a worrying one for energy politics. Moves like the US pause on offshore wind show how quickly progress can be undermined by polarised debate. Here’s hoping 2026 brings calmer, more evidence-based energy policymaking.

#Electriccar #batteries that can reach a whopping 600 miles before they ever need a recharge are coming to a garage near you, #Samsung recently boasted. Lithium-ion batteries in modern #EVs tap out at around 300 miles nypost.com/2025/12/27/u... #ElectricVehicles #EVs #ActOnClimate #DonaldTrump #AfD

“It used to rain earlier. Now, there are no cacti, there’s no grass, there’s not enough water. We have to spend what we earn from selling the animals on buying feed.” 5,700 sq km area in Brazil’s north-east could be classified as an #aridregion www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #ClimateEmergency